Mushna Dua Library

Grant Me Righteous Offspring

Quran

رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً ۖ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ

Transliteration

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

Translation

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

Understand the dua

Background & benefit

Background

The dua of Zakariyya when he asked Allah for righteous offspring.

Benefit

For seeking Allah’s mercy, guidance, protection, and goodness through a Quranic supplication.

When to recite

family

Source & authenticity

Source: Quran

Reference: Quran 3:38

Authenticity: Quranic

Quranic supplication. The wording is from the Quran, so the Arabic should be recited as it appears in the mushaf.

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Make Me and My Offspring Establish Prayer

رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ

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.

Why this dua?

It encourages a believer to ask not only for personal devotion but for generations of worshippers, tying family success to consistent, heartfelt prayer.

Ibrahim 14:40

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Keep Me and My Children from Idols

رَبِّ اجْعَلْ هَذَا الْبَلَدَ آمِنًا وَاجْنُبْنِي وَبَنِيَّ أَن نَّعْبُدَ الْأَصْنَامَ

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.

Why this dua?

It teaches a believer to worry more about faith than material comfort, and to regularly ask Allah for personal and family protection from all forms of shirk—obvious and hidden.

Ibrahim 14:35

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Zakariyya’s Prayer for Righteous Offspring

رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِي فَرْدًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْوَارِثِينَ

Rabbi la tadharni fardan wa anta khayrul-warithin

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

Why this dua?

It is a gentle way for those longing for children—or righteous successors in general—to express their needs to Allah while remembering that He ultimately owns everything.

Al-Anbiya’ 21:89

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Ibrahim’s Dua for a Righteous Child

رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ

Rabbi hab lī minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

My Lord, grant me from among the righteous.

Why this dua?

A concise Quranic dua for righteous children and future descendants.

Quran 37:100

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Make Us Submit to You

رَبَّنَا وَاجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِنَا أُمَّةً مُسْلِمَةً لَكَ وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَا ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ

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.

Why this dua?

For family faith, repentance, and learning to worship Allah properly.

Quran 2:128

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Spouses and Children as Comfort

رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا

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.

Why this dua?

It helps a believer focus on wanting families who support deen, not just worldly success, and on becoming an example others can safely follow

Al-Furqan 25:74

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Make Us Submit to You

Spouses and Children as Comfort