Morning duʿāʾ (adhkār al-ṣabāḥ)
The Sunnah opens the day with remembrance: the words the Prophet ﷺ taught for waking, the morning litany, Āyat al-Kursī and the three Quls. These are the supplications the classical adhkār collections place at the start of the day.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ
"Praise is for Allah, who gave us life after He had caused us to die; and to Him is the resurrection."
أَصْبَحْنَا وَأَصْبَحَ الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، لاَ إِلَٰهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
"We have entered the morning, and the whole kingdom belongs to Allah. Praise is for Allah. There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the kingdom, to Him is the praise, and He is over all things capable."
اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَٰهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ، لاَ تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلاَ نَوْمٌ، لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الأَرْضِ، مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ
"Allah — there is no god but He, the Living, the Sustainer. No drowsiness overtakes Him, nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who could intercede with Him except by His permission?"
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ‧ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ ‧ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ
"Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, and an-Nās — the last three surahs of the Qurʾan. Recited three times each, morning and evening, as the Prophet ﷺ taught."
More supplications by need
- Duʿāʾ for anxiety and distress
- Duʿāʾ for forgiveness
- Duʿāʾ for hardship and difficulty
- Duʿāʾ for knowledge and studying
- Duʿāʾ for protection
- Duʿāʾ for travel
- Duʿāʾ before sleep
- Duʿāʾ for grief and loss
- 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