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*DU'Ā : THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON OF THE BELIEVER*


*DU'Ā : THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON OF THE BELIEVER*

*DAY 1 (Saturday)*

*WHAT IS DU'Ā?* Du'ā is an Arabic word written here in English letters. Three small letters that make up a word and a subject that is large and breathtaking. This word "du'ā" could be roughly translated to mean supplication or invocation. Although neither word adequately define du'ā. Supplication, which means communicating with a deity, comes closer than invocation which is known to sometimes imply summoning spirits or devils.

In Islamic terminology, du'ā is the act of supplication. It is calling out to Allāh; it is a conversation with Allāh, our Creator, our Lord, the All knowing, and the All powerful. In fact the word is derived from the Arabic root meaning to call out or to summon. Du'ā is uplifting, empowering, liberating and transforming and it is one of the most powerful and effective act of worship a human being can engage in. Du'ā has been called the weapon of the believer. It affirms a person's belief in one God (Allāh) and it shuns all forms of idolatry or polytheism. Du'ā is essentially submission to Allāh and a manifestation of a person's need for Allāh (Sub-haanahu wata'aala)

Prophet Muhammad, may the Mercy and Blessings of Allāh be upon him, said, "A slave becomes nearest to his Lord when he is in prostration. So increase supplication in prostrations." Also, he said, "The supplication of everyone of you will be granted if he does not get impatient and say, 'I supplicated to my Lord but my prayer has not been granted.'"

Du'ā (supplication) is the essence of worship. It is the weapon of the believer. With it we can never fail; without it we can never succeed. It is a whispering conversation with Allāh, the most uplifting, liberating, empowering, and transforming conversation one can ever have. Never miss du'ā. May Allāh answer our positive Du'ās, Ameen.

The following are some authentic Du'ās from the Glorious Qur'an and Ahadīth of our beloved prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) for us to practice every week (i.e they are divided into 7 days of the week). Don't miss these authentic and great Du'ās!

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                      *SATURDAY*
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 *(1)*

رَبَّنَآ اٰتِنَا فِي الدُّنْیَا حَسَنَۃً وَّفِي الْاٰخِرَۃِ حَسَنَۃً وَّقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Rabbanā ātinā fid-dunyā hasanatan wa fil-ākhirati hasanatan wa qinā ‘adhāban-nār.

Our Lord, give unto us in this world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.

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*(2)*

رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَیْنَا صَبْرًا وَّاثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَی الْقَوْمِ الْکٰفِرِیْنَ

Rabbanā afrigh ‘alayanā sabran wa thabbit aqdāmanā wan-surnā ‘alal-qawmil-kāfirīn

Our Lord, pour out patience on us, plant firmly our feet, and give us victory over the disbelieving people.

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*(3)*

رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِنْ نَّسِیْنَآ أَوْ أَخْطَاْنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَیْنَآ إِصْرًا کَمَا حَمَلْتَہٗ عَلَی الَّذِیْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحْمِلْنَا مَالَا طَاقَۃَ لَنَا بِہٖ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْلَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا أَنْتَ مَوْلٰـنَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَی الْقَوْمِ الْکٰفِرِیْن

Rabbanā lā tu’ākhidhnā in nasinā aw akhţa’nā.Rabbanā wa lā tahmil ‘alaynā isran kamā hamaltahū ‘alal-ladhina min qablinā.Rabbanā wa lā tuhammilnā mā lā ţāqata lanā bih(ī), wa‘-fu ‘annā wagh-fir lanā war-hamnā. Anta Mawlānā fan-surnā ‘alal-qawmil-kafirin.

Our Lord, do not take us to task if we forget or make a mistake. Our Lord, do not place such a burden on us as You had placed on those before us. Or Lord, burden us not with that which we have not the strength to bear. Pardon us, grant us forgiveness, and have mercy on us. You are our Protector so help us to victory over the disbelieving people.

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*(4)*

رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوْبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ ھَدَیْتَنَا وَھَبْ لَنَا مِنْ لَّدُنْکَ رَحْمَۃً إِنَّکَ أَنْتَ الْوَھَّابُ

Rabbanā lā tuzighe qulūbanā ba’da idh hadaytanā wa hab lanā min ladunka rahma(tan). Innaka Antal-Wahhāb.

Our Lord, do not let our hearts falter after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from Your presence. Surely You are the most generous Grantor.

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*(5)*

رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَآ اٰمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْلَنَا ذُنُوْبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Rabbanā innanā āmannā fagh-fir lanā dhunūbanā wa qinā ‘adhāban-nār.

Our Lord, surely we have believed ,so forgive us our sins and shield us from the punishment of the Fire.w

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*(6)*

رَبَّنَا مَاخَلَقْتَ ھٰذَا بٰطِلًا سُبْحٰنَکَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّار

Rabbanā mā khalaqta hādhā bāţilan subhānaka fa qinā ‘adhāban-nār.

Our Lord, You have not created all this in vain! Glory be to You; shield us then from the punishment of the Fire.

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*(7)*

رَبَّنَآ إِنَّکَ مَنْ تُدْخِلِ النَّارَ فَقَدْ أَخْزَیْتَہٗ وَمَا لِلظّٰلِمِیْنَ مِنْ أَنْصَارِ

Rabbanā innaka man tudkhilin-nāra fa qad akhzayatah(ū),wa mā liz-zālimīna min ansār.

Our Lord, surely whomsoever You sentence to the Fire, You have disgraced him indeed. And for wrongdoers there will be no supporters.

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*(8)*

رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِیًا یُّنَادِیْ لِلْإیْمَانِ أَنْ اٰمِنُوْا بِرَبِّکُمْ فَاٰمَنَّا رَبَّنَا فَاغْفِرْلَنَا ذُنُوْبَنَا وَکَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَیِّئَاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الْاَبْرَارِ

Rabbanā innanā sami’nā munādiyan yunādi lil-īmāni an āminū birabbikum fa āmannā. Rabbanā fagh-fir lanā dhunūbanā wa kaffir ‘annā sayyi’ātina wa tawaffanā ma‘al-’abr ār.

Our Lord, surely we heard a caller calling to the faith, saying: believe in your Lord. And we believed. Our Lord, forgive us therefore our sins, and blot out from us our evil deeds, and in death join us with the righteous.

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*(9)*

رَبَّنَا وَاٰتِنَا مَاوَعَدْتَّنَا عَلٰی رُسُلِکَ وَلَا تُخْزِنَا یَوْمَ الْقِیٰمَۃِ إِنَّکَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِیْعَادَ

Rabbanā wa ātinā mā wa‘adttanā ‘alā rusulika wa lā tukhzinā yawmal-qiyāma(ti).Innaka lā tukhliful-mī‘ād.

Our Lord, grant us what You have promised to though Your messengers, and do not disgrace us on the Day of Judgment; surely You never break Your promise.

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*(10)*

رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا وَإِنْ لَّمْ تَغْفِرْلَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَکُوْنَنَّ مِنَ الْخٰسِرِیْنَ

Rabbanā zalamnā anfusanā wa in lam taghfir lanā wa tarhamnā lanakūnanna minal-khāsirīn.

Our Lord, we have wronged our souls. And if You do not forgive us and grant us mercy, we shall certainly be among the losers.

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*(11)*

رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَیْنَا صَبْرًا وَّتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِیْن

Rabbanā afrigh ‘alayanā sabran wa tawaffanā Muslumīn.

Our Lord, pour out patience over us and make us die as Muslims.

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*(12)*

أَنْتَ وَلِیُّنَا فَاغْفِرْلَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا وَأَنْتَ خَیْرُالْغٰفِرِیْنَ

Anta waliyyunā fagh-fir lanā war-hamnā , wa anta Khayrul-ghāfirīn.

You are our Protector. So forgive us and show us mercy, for You are the best of those who forgive.

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*(13)*

رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَۃً لِلْقَوْمِ الظّٰلِمِیْنَ - وَنَجِّنَا بِرَحْمَتِکَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الْکٰفِرِیْنَ

Rabbanā lā taj‘alanā fitnatam lil-qawmiz-zālimīn(a).Wa najjinā birahmatika minal-qawmil-kāfirīn.

Our Lord, do not turn us into a victim of the unjust people and save us through Your mercy from the disbelieving people.

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*(14)*

فَاطِرَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَنْتَ وَلِیِّيْ فِي الدُّنْیَا وَالْاٰخِرَۃِ تَوَفَّنِيْ مُسْلِمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِیْ بِالصّٰلِحِیْنَ

Fātiras-samāwāti wal-’ardi anta waliyyi fid-dunyā walākhira(ti), tawaffani musliman wa alhiqnī bis-sālihīn.

O the creator of the heavens and the earth,e You are my Protector in this world and in the Hereafter. Make me die a Muslim and unite me with righteous.

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رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِيْ مُقِیْمَ الصَّلٰوۃِ وَمِنْ ذُرِّیَتِيْ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَائِ

Rabbij-‘alnī muqīmas-salāti wa min dhurriyyatī. Rabbanā wa taqabbal du ‘ā’.

My Lord, make me and my offspring establish salat. Our Lord, accept my supplication.

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رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْلِيْ وَلِوٰلِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ یَوْم یَقُوْمُ الْحِسَابُ

Rabbanagh-fir lī wa liwālidayya wa lil-mu‘minīna yawma yaqūmul-hisāb.

Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and all believers on the day when the Reckoning will be set up.

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رَبِّ ارْحُمْھُمَا کَمَا رَبَّیٰنِیْ صَغِیْرًا

Rabbir-hamhumā kamā rabbayānī saghīra.

My Lord, show them (my parents) mercy just as they cared for me when I was a little child.

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*(18)*

رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِیْ مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَّأَخْرِجْنِیْ مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَّاجْعَلْ لِیْ مِنْ لَّدُنْکَ سُلْطٰنًا نَّصِیْرً

Rabbi adkhilnī mudkhala sidqin wa akhrijnī mukharaja sidqin waj-‘al li min ladunka sulţānan nasīra.

My Lord, make me enter through a rightful entrance and leave by rightful exit and grant me supporting authority from Your presence.

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رَبَّنَآ اٰتِنَا مِنْ لَّدُنْکَ رَحْمَۃً وَّھَیِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا

Rabbanā ātinā min ladunka rahmatan wa hayyi’ lanā min amrinā rashda.

Our Lord, grant us mercy from Your presence and provide us with guidance in our affair.

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*(20)*

رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِيْ صَدْرِيْ - وَیَسِّرْ لِيْ أَمْرِيْ - وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَۃً مِّنْ لِّسَانِیْ - یَفْقَھُوْا قَوْلِيْ

Rabbish-rah lī sadri.Wa yassir lī amrī, Wah-lul ‘uqdatam min lisanī. Yafqahū qawalī.

My Lord, open up my heart for me, make my task easy for me, and loose a knot from my tongue so they may understand my speech.

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رَبِّ زِدْنِیْ عِلْمًا

Rabbi zidnī ‘ilma.

My Lord, increase me in knowledge.

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أَنِّیْ مَسَّنِيْ الضُّرُّ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرّٰحِمِیْنَ

Annī massaniyad-durru wa anta Arhamur-rāhimin.

Adversity has afflicted me and You are the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.

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رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِيْ فَرْدًا وَّأَنْتَ خَیْرُالْوَارِثِیْنَ

Rabbi lā tadharni fardan wa anta Khayrul-wārithīn.

My Lord, leave me not childless, even though You are the Best of heirs.

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رَبِّ أَنْزِلْنِيْ مُنْزَلًا مُّبٰرَکًا وَّأنْتَ خَیْرُالْمُنْزِلِیْنَ

Rabbi anzilnī munzalam mubārakan wa anta Khayrul-munzilīn.

My Lord, cause me to land at a blessed landing place, for You are the Best of all who bring to land.

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رَبِّ أَعُوْذُبِکَ مِنْ ھَمَزٰتِ الشَّیٰطِیْنِ - وَأَعُوْذُبِکَ رَبِّ أَنْ یَّحْضُرُوْنِ

Rabbi a‘ūdhu bika min hamazātish-shayāţin(i). Wa a’ūdhu bika Rabbi an yahdurūn.

My Lord, I seek refuge with You from the prompting of the shaytans and I seek refuge with You my Lord from that they come to me.

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May Allāh (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) answer our positive prayers. Ameen



     *{To be continued In-sha-Allāh (If Allāh Wills)...}*


*"And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers."* (Qur'an 51:55)

*Thought For The Day*

From Jabirرضي الله عنه  the Prophet (ﷺ) said,
❝Every one will be raised in the condition in which he dies.❞
[Sahih Muslim]

📌 Our final deeds are significant to our state when resurrected! Choose your best ones!

●Nabi  ﷺ  said,  "A believer never satisfies doing good until he reaches Jannah." [Tirmidhi]

●The people who truly matter will never turn their back on you through the hardest times. Forget the people who do. You don’t need them.

●The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

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