Dua from the Qur'aan ~ Helpful in Seeking Knowledge ~

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DU’A #1

رَبِّ ٱشۡرَحۡ لِى صَدۡرِى

Rob-bish-roH-li – swod-ree

My Lord! relieve my mind.

 

وَيَسِّرۡ لِىٓ أَمۡرِى

Wa-yas-sir-lee – am-ree

And ease my task for me;

 

وَٱحۡلُلۡ عُقۡدَةً۬ مِّن لِّسَانِى

 

WaH- lul –‘uq- datam-minli-saa-nee

And loose a knot from my tongue,

يَفۡقَهُواْ قَوۡلِى

Yaf-qohuu- qaw-lee

That they may understand my saying.

 

 

DU’A #2

رَّبِّ زِدۡنِى عِلۡمً۬ا

Rob-bi zid-nee – ‘il-ma(n)

My Lord! Increase me in knowledge

 

DU’A #3

 

رَبِّ هَبۡ لِى حُڪۡمً۬ا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِى بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

Rob-bi hab-lee Huk-man

wa- al-Hiq-nee bis-swo-li-Heen

O my Lord! Bestow wisdom on me,

and join me with the righteous;

 

وَٱجۡعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدۡقٍ۬ فِى ٱلۡأَخِرِينَ

Waj- ‘al-lee lisaa-na swid-qeen

fil- aa-khireen

Grant me honourable mention on the tongue of truth

among the latest (generations);

 

وَٱجۡعَلۡنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Waj-‘al-nee min wa-ra-tha-ti

jan-natin-na-‘eem

Make me one of the inheritors

of the Garden of Bliss;

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Another short Du'a from Habib Mashur al-Haddad:

يَا فَتَاحُ  يَاعَلِيْمُ  إِفْتَحْ لَنَا فَتْحًا قَرِبًا

YA - FA-TAA H-

YAA - 'ALEE M

IF-TAH - LANAA

FAT-HAN - QO-REE - BA

“O (Allah! Who is the) Opener, 

O (Allah! Who is) All-Knowing, 

open for us the opening (to knowledge)

 that brings us closer (to You).”

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