Anger
Rage, resentment, the urge to lash out
62 verified supplications · 49 written out in full
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ
When anger rises in you
The Prophet ﷺ said he knew a word that would take it away, if the man wo
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَـٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ …
When you cannot shake a bad feeling
The last sūrah of the Qur'an, a refuge from what is whispered into the c
وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَـٰفِلًا عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ۚ إِنَّمَا يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ …
When the one who wronged you walked away from it
A warning to anyone who thinks getting away with it is the same as getti
إِذَا غَضِبَ أَحَدُكُمْ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ فَلْيَجْلِسْ فَإِنْ ذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الْغَضَبُ وَإِلاَّ …
When anger has you on your feet
Not words this time, but a physical instruction.
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ
When you could ask for them to be punished
Said by the Prophet ﷺ at Ṭā'if, bleeding, after the town had driven him
اللَّهُمَّ فَأَيُّمَا مُؤْمِنٍ سَبَبْتُهُ فَاجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ لَهُ قُرْبَةً إِلَيْكَ يَوْمَ …
When you said something in anger you regret
The Prophet ﷺ asked that any harshness of his be turned into mercy for t
وَٱلَّذِينَ جَآءُو مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَٰنِنَا …
Asking for people you never met
Those who came later, asking forgiveness for those who came before.
وَلَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ …
When you cannot stop looking at what others have
A direct instruction about where not to let your eyes settle.
لَهُۥ مُعَقِّبَـٰتٌ مِّنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ يَحْفَظُونَهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ …
When you want your situation to change
Where the Qur'an says change begins.
وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى …
The only thing that will count
Ibrāhīm ﷺ asked not to be disgraced on the Day, then named what will act
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
When the wrong thing is winning
Lūṭ ﷺ, alone in a town that had turned entirely.
وَلَا تَسْتَوِى ٱلْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا …
When someone has been hostile to you
An instruction, followed by a claim about what happens if you follow it.
وَلَا يَأْتَلِ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْفَضْلِ مِنكُمْ وَٱلسَّعَةِ أَن يُؤْتُوٓا۟ أُو۟لِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ …
Being asked to forgive someone who does not deserve it
Revealed when Abū Bakr swore to stop supporting a relative who had sland
وَلَا تَتَمَنَّوْا۟ مَا فَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ …
When you want what someone else was given
An instruction about wishing, followed by what to do instead.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ قَوَّٰمِينَ لِلَّهِ شُهَدَآءَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَلَا …
Being fair to someone you dislike
The verse names the temptation before forbidding it.
ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ فِى ٱلسَّرَّآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ وَٱلْكَـٰظِمِينَ ٱلْغَيْظَ وَٱلْعَافِينَ …
Among the qualities of those promised the Garden
Three things listed in order, each harder than the last.
إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِى مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ …
When someone you love will not listen
Revealed about the Prophet's ﷺ own uncle, who died refusing.
وَلَمَن صَبَرَ وَغَفَرَ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمِنْ عَزْمِ ٱلْأُمُورِ
Two things that take real resolve
A short verse about what following an injury.
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
The single thing he was praised for by name
Of everything that could have been said about him ﷺ, this was said.
اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ فُلاَنًا وَفُلاَنًا وَفُلاَنًا
A prayer he made, and then was told to stop
He named individuals in the prayer after rising from the bow, until a ve
وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَجُولًا
When you ask for something in a bad moment
A verse about the speed at which people ask.
إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ إِذَا سَلَّمُوا عَلَيْكُمْ يَقُولُ أَحَدُهُمُ السَّامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَقُلْ …
What to say when the greeting is not friendly
Aisha wanted to answer them in kind and was told not to.
غِفَارُ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهَا وَأَسْلَمُ سَالَمَهَا اللَّهُ وَعُصَيَّةُ عَصَتِ اللَّهَ …
A prayer said after a bad turn
Said in the qunūt for a month, then stopped.
فَقُولَا لَهُۥ قَوْلًا لَّيِّنًا لَّعَلَّهُۥ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَوْ يَخْشَىٰ
Sent to the worst tyrant with an instruction about tone
Mūsā and Hārūn were told how to speak before they were told what to say.
لَيْسَ الشَّدِيدُ بِالصُّرَعَةِ، إِنَّمَا الشَّدِيدُ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ
Where strength is actually located
A redefinition offered in one sentence.
لا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ
A condition placed on belief itself
Short, and phrased as an exclusion.
لاَ تَغْضَبْ
A man asked for advice and got one line
He asked repeatedly, and got the same answer every time.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمَّا قَضَى الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ عَرْشِهِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي سَبَقَتْ …
A statement about the order of things
Written above the Throne before anything else was made.
اللَّهُمَّ فَأَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ مُؤْمِنٍ سَبَبْتُهُ فَاجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ لَهُ قُرْبَةً إِلَيْكَ …
A safeguard he built into his own anger
He asked that anything harsh he said be converted.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَن تَرِثُوا۟ ٱلنِّسَآءَ كَرْهًا ۖ …
Applied specifically to marriage
The same principle, given in a domestic setting.
إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ وَإِنِّي اشْتَرَطْتُ عَلَى رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَىُّ عَبْدٍ مِنَ …
A safeguard he built into his own temper
He made an agreement with his Lord about anything he said in anger.
أَوَمَا عَلِمْتِ مَا شَارَطْتُ عَلَيْهِ رَبِّي قُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ فَأَىُّ …
A safeguard set for anyone he ever wronged
Aisha heard him make it after two men had spoken to him.
اللَّهُمَّ أَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَبِمُعَافَاتِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ …
Seeking refuge in Him from Him
Aisha found him in prostration in the dark and heard this.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي اتَّخَذْتُ عِنْدَكَ عَهْدًا لَنْ تُخْلِفَنِيهِ فَأَيُّمَا مُؤْمِنٍ …
A binding arrangement made in advance
He set it up so that his own anger could not harm anyone.
لاَ تَدْعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ وَلاَ تَدْعُوا عَلَى أَوْلاَدِكُمْ وَلاَ تَدْعُوا عَلَى …
Why he told them to stop cursing their own children
The reason given is not that it is unkind.
لاَ تَقُلْ تَعِسَ الشَّيْطَانُ فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا قُلْتَ ذَلِكَ تَعَاظَمَ حَتَّى يَكُونَ مِثْلَ …
What he corrected when the animal stumbled
The rider had said the obvious thing.
لاَ يَكُونُ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ مُسْلِمًا فَوْقَ ثَلاَثَةٍ فَإِذَا لَقِيَهُ سَلَّمَ …
The limit on not speaking to someone
And who carries the sin once it goes past that.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتَّخِذُ عِنْدَكَ عَهْدًا لَنْ تُخْلِفَنِيهِ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ …
The promise he took out for people he might wrong
He began by saying what he is.
اللَّهُمَّ امْلأْ قُبُورَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ نَارًا كَمَا شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلاَةِ الْوُسْطَى …
What he said the day they kept him from the prayer
The sun had gone down before he could pray it.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَبِمُعَافَاتِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ وَأَعُوذُ …
What Aisha found him saying when she went looking
She had reached out in the dark and he was not there.
لاَ تُصَاحِبُنَا نَاقَةٌ عَلَيْهَا لَعْنَةٌ
What he said about a curse spoken in traffic
The mountain pass had narrowed and everyone was stuck.
رَبِّ أَعِنِّي وَلاَ تُعِنْ عَلَىَّ وَانْصُرْنِي وَلاَ تَنْصُرْ عَلَىَّ وَامْكُرْ لِي وَلاَ …
Six pairs, each one the same request reversed
Every clause is followed by its own negative.
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ مِنْ هَمْزِهِ وَنَفْخِهِ …
Three specific things a devil does
Said before beginning to recite.
اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنِ الْحَارِثَ بْنَ هِشَامٍ اللَّهُمَّ …
The prayer that was interrupted by a verse
He was naming three men at Uhud.
أَسْأَلُكَ خَشْيَتَكَ فِي الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ كَلِمَةَ الْحَقِّ فِي الرِّضَا …
Six requests, most of them balanced against their opposite
Muadh was taught it after being told he was loved.
إِذَا الْتَقَى الْمُسْلِمَانِ بِسَيْفَيْهِمَا فَالْقَاتِلُ وَالْمَقْتُولُ فِي النَّارِ
What he said about the one who was killed
They asked the obvious question about the second man.
إِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ مَا يَجِدُ لَوْ قَالَ أَعُوذُ …
What he said watching a man's face go red
Two men were insulting each other in front of him.
لاَ تَبَاغَضُوا، وَلاَ تَحَاسَدُوا، وَلاَ تَدَابَرُوا، وَكُونُوا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ إِخْوَانًا …
Four instructions in a row, all of them negative
Then one that is not.
مَهْلاً يَا عَائِشَةُ، عَلَيْكِ بِالرِّفْقِ، وَإِيَّاكِ وَالْعُنْفَ وَالْفُحْشَ
What he told Aisha after she answered them back
She had heard the insult and returned it with interest.
From the wider collections
Each of these passed the same grading rule. They are shown with the source narration rather than a written-out translation.
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ. ذَهَبَ عَنْهُ مَا يَجِدُ
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3282 · Beginning of Creation
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6115 · Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)
اللَّهُمَّ بِعِلْمِكَ الْغَيْبَ وَقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى الْخَلْقِ أَحْيِنِي مَا عَلِمْتَ الْحَيَاةَ …
Sunan an-Nasā'ī 1305 · The Book of Forgetfulness (In Prayer)
اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَإِذَا خَرَجَ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ …
Sunan Ibn Mājah 773 · The Book On The Mosques And The Congregations
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ وَهَمْزِهِ وَنَفْخِهِ وَنَفْثِهِ
Sunan Ibn Mājah 808 · Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
أَصْبَحْتَ تُمَاشِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
Sunan Ibn Mājah 1568 · Chapters Regarding Funerals
أَمَّا إِذَا كُنْتِ عَنِّي رَاضِيَةً فَإِنَّكِ تَقُولِينَ لاَ وَرَبِّ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَإِذَا …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5228 · Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah)
إِنَّكِ إِذَا كُنْتِ رَاضِيَةً قُلْتِ بَلَى وَرَبِّ مُحَمَّدٍ. وَإِذَا كُنْتِ سَاخِطَةً قُلْتِ …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6078 · Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)
عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً، ثُمَّ اعْرِفْ وِكَاءَهَا وَعِفَاصَهَا، ثُمَّ اسْتَنْفِقْ بِهَا، فَإِنْ …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6112 · Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)
إِنِّي لأَعْرِفُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الَّذِي يَجِدُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6646 · The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of K
يُوشِكُ إِنْ طَالَتْ بِكَ مُدَّةٌ أَنْ تَرَى قَوْمًا فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ مِثْلُ أَذْنَابِ …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 7195 · The Book of Paradise, its Description, its Bounties and its Inhabitants
أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي سَبَبْتُهُ سَبَّةً أَوْ لَعَنْتُهُ لَعْنَةً فِي غَضَبِي - …
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4659 · Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)
مَنِ الْتَمَسَ رِضَاءَ اللَّهِ بِسَخَطِ النَّاسِ كَفَاهُ اللَّهُ مُؤْنَةَ النَّاسِ وَمَنِ …
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2414 · Chapters On Zuhd