Duas for Family

Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar. Subḥāna alladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahu muqrinīn, wa innā ilā rabbinā lamunqalibūn. Allāhumma innā nasʾaluka fī safarinā hādhā al-birra wa-t-taqwā, wa mina l-ʿamali mā tarḍā...

Allah is the Greatest. Glory be to the One who subjected this to us, and we could not have subdued it ourselves; surely to our Lord we will return. O Allah, we ask You in this journey for righteousness, piety, and deeds that please You...

Allāhumma bārik lahum fīmā razaqtahum, waghfir lahum, warḥamhum.

O Allah, bless them in what You have provided them, forgive them, and have mercy on them.

Allāhumma aṭʿim man aṭʿamanī, wasqi man saqānī.

O Allah, feed the one who fed me, and give drink to the one who gave me drink.

Bismillāh, Allāhumma jannibnā sh-shayṭān, wa jannibi sh-shayṭāna mā razaqtanā.

In the name of Allah. O Allah, keep Satan away from us and keep Satan away from what You provide us.

Lā baʾsa, ṭahūrun in shāʾ Allāh.

No harm; it is a purification, if Allah wills.

Uʿīdhukumā bi kalimāti Allāhi at-tāmmah, min kulli shayṭānin wa hāmmah, wa min kulli ʿaynin lāmmah.

I seek protection for you both in the perfect words of Allah from every devil and poisonous creature, and from every harmful eye.

Rabbanā wajʿalnā muslimayni laka wa-min dhurriyyatinā ummatan muslimatan laka, wa-arinā manāsikanā wa-tub ʿalaynā, innaka anta at-tawwābu ar-raḥīm.

Our Lord, make us both submissive to You, and from our descendants a community submissive to You. Show us our rites and accept our repentance. Indeed, You are the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.

Rabbi hab lī min ladunka dhurriyyatan ṭayyibah, innaka samīʿu ad-duʿāʾ.

My Lord, grant me from Yourself good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication.

Rabbi innī aʿūdhu bika an asʾalaka mā laysa lī bihi ʿilm, wa-illā taghfir lī wa-tarḥamnī akun mina al-khāsirīn.

My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking You for that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy on me, I will be among the losers.

Rabbi awziʿnī an ashkura niʿmataka allatī anʿamta ʿalayya wa-ʿalā wālidayya, wa-an aʿmala ṣāliḥan tarḍāh, wa-aṣliḥ lī fī dhurriyyatī. Innī tubtu ilayka wa-innī mina al-muslimīn.

My Lord, inspire me to be grateful for Your favor which You bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to do righteous deeds that please You. Reform my offspring for me. Indeed, I have repented to You, and indeed I am of the Muslims.

Rabbi najjinī wa ahlī mimmā yaʿmalūn.

My Lord, save me and my family from what they do.

Allāhumma innī as’aluka khayra l-mawlaji wa khayra l-makhraj, bismillāhi walajnā, wa bismillāhi kharajnā, wa ʿalā llāhi rabbinā tawakkalnā.

O Allah, I ask You for the best of entry and the best of exit. In the name of Allah we enter, in the name of Allah we leave, and upon Allah our Lord we rely.

Tublī wa yukhlifu llāhu taʿālā.

“May you wear it out, and may Allah replace it (for you).”

Rabbi-j‘al hadhal-balad aminan wajnubni wa baniyya an na‘budal-asnam

My Lord, make this land safe and keep me and my children away from idol worship.

Rabbi-j‘alni muqimas-salati wa min dhurriyyati rabbana wa taqabbal du‘a’

My Lord, make me one who establishes prayer, and also from my offspring. Our Lord, accept my supplication.

Rabbi-rhamhuma kama rabbayani saghira

My Lord, have mercy on them as they raised me when I was small.

Rabbi la tadharni fardan wa anta khayrul-warithin

My Lord, do not leave me alone, while You are the best of inheritors.

Rabbana hab lana min azwajina wa dhurriyyatina qurrata a‘yunin waj‘alna lil-muttaqina imama

Our Lord, grant us comfort in our spouses and children, and make us leaders for the God-fearing.

Rabbi awzi‘ni an ashkura ni‘mataka allati an‘amta ‘alayya wa ‘ala walidayya wa an a‘mala salihan tardahu wa adkhilni birahmatika fi ‘ibadikas-salihin

My Lord, inspire me to thank You for Your favour upon me and my parents, to do righteous deeds You accept, and admit me by Your mercy among Your righteous servants.

Rabbanā wasiʿta kulla shay’i-r-raḥmata-w-wa ʿilmā, fa-ghfir lil-ladhīna tābū wa-t-tabaʿū sabīlaka wa qihim ʿadhābal-jaḥīm. Rabbanā wa adkhil-hum jannāti ʿadnini-l-latī wa-ʿadtahum wa man ṣalaḥa min ābā’ihim wa azwājihim wa dhurriy-yātihim, innaka Antal-ʿAzīzu-l-Ḥakīm. Wa qihimu-s-sayyi’āt, wa man taqi-s-sayyi’āti yawma’idhin fa-qad raḥimtah, wa dhālika huwal-fawzul-ʿAẓīm.

Our Lord, You have encompassed all things in mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who have repented and followed Your path, and protect them from the punishment of Hell-fire. Our Lord, admit them to the eternal gardens of Paradise which You have promised them, along with whoever was righteous from their fathers, their spouses and their children. Indeed, You, and only You, are the All-Mighty and All-Wise. Protect them from all evil deeds. You will have bestowed Your mercy on those You protect from the evil deeds on that Day: that is the greatest achievement indeed.

Rabbighfir lī wa liwālidayya wa liman dakhala baytiya mu’minan wa lil-mu’minīna wal-mu’mināt, wa lā tazidiẓ-ẓālimīna illā tabārā.

My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer and the believing men and believing women. And do not increase the wrongdoers except in destruction.

Rabbi hab lī minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

My Lord, grant me from among the righteous.

Rabbighfir lī wa li-akhī wa adkhilnā fī raḥmatika wa anta arḥamur-rāḥimīn.

My Lord, forgive me and my brother and admit us into Your mercy, for You are the most merciful of the merciful.

Bāraka llāhu laka, wa bāraka ʿalayka, wa jamaʿa baynakumā fī khayr.

“May Allah bless you, and shower blessings upon you, and join you two together in goodness.”

Astawdiʿu llāha dīnak, wa amānatak, wa khawātīma ʿamalik.

I entrust to Allah your religion, your trust, and the last of your deeds.