Mushna Dua Library
Guide Us to the Straight Path
Guide Us to the Straight Path
Quran
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ
Transliteration
Ihdinaṣ-ṣirāṭal-mustaqīm. Ṣirāṭal-ladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ghayril-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim wa-laḍ-ḍāllīn.
Translation
Guide us to the straight path: the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have earned anger, nor of those who are astray.
Understand the dua
Background & benefit
Background
A central supplication repeated in every prayer, asking Allah for guidance to the straight path.
Benefit
For guidance, firmness, and remaining on the path pleasing to Allah.
When to recite
salah, daily worship
Source & authenticity
Source: Quran
Reference: Quran 1:6-7
Authenticity: Quranic
Quranic supplication. The wording is from the Quran, so the Arabic should be recited as it appears in the mushaf.
Categories
Source
Emotion
Benefit
Activity
Life situation
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