Duʿāʾ for knowledge and studying
For the seeker, the student, and anyone facing an exam or a hard conversation — these supplications ask Allah for beneficial knowledge, an expanded chest, and clarity of tongue.
Rabbi zidnī ʿilmā Seeking increase in knowledge
رَبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا
"My Lord, increase me in knowledge."
Source: Qurʾan 20:114 Full duʿāʾ + transliteration →
Beneficial knowledge After Fajr prayer
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا، وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا، وَعَمَلاً مُتَقَبَّلاً
"O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, wholesome provision, and deeds that are accepted."
Source: Sunan Ibn Mājah 925 Full duʿāʾ + transliteration →
Rabbi shraḥ lī ṣadrī Before speaking, teaching, or a hard conversation
رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي، وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي، وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِي يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي
"My Lord, open my chest for me, ease my task, and loosen the knot from my tongue so they understand what I say."
Source: Qurʾan 20:25–28 — the duʿāʾ of Mūsā before Pharaoh Full duʿāʾ + transliteration →
More supplications by need
- Duʿāʾ for anxiety and distress
- Duʿāʾ for forgiveness
- Duʿāʾ for hardship and difficulty
- Duʿāʾ for protection
- Duʿāʾ for travel
- Duʿāʾ before sleep
- Duʿāʾ for grief and loss
- Morning duʿāʾ (adhkār al-ṣabāḥ)
- Evening duʿāʾ (adhkār al-masāʾ)
- Duʿāʾ before and after eating
- Duʿāʾ for leaving and entering the home
- Duʿāʾ inside the prayer (ṣalāh)
- Duʿāʾ for exams, study, and ease in a hard task
- How to make duʿāʾ — the etiquette