Someone means you harm
Facing hostility or an enemy
62 verified supplications · 57 written out in full
ٱلَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمُ ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا۟ لَكُمْ فَٱخْشَوْهُمْ فَزَادَهُمْ …
When you have done all you can
Said by Ibrāhīm ﷺ in the fire, and by the believers when armies gathered
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَجْعَلُكَ فِي نُحُورِهِمْ وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شُرُورِهِمْ
When you are afraid of someone
What the Prophet ﷺ said when he feared harm from a people.
اللَّهُمَّ أَلِّفْ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِنَا وَأَصْلِحْ ذَاتَ بَيْنِنَا وَاهْدِنَا سُبُلَ السَّلاَمِ …
When there is bad feeling between people
Asked for hearts to be brought together, not just for the argument to st
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
وَلَمَّا بَرَزُوا۟ لِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِۦ قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا …
Before something you are dreading
Said by a small army the moment they saw how large the other one was.
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 مُنْزِلَ الْكِتَابِ، سَرِيعَ الْحِسَابِ، اهْزِمِ الأَحْزَابَ، اهْزِمْهُمْ …
When people have banded together against you
Said on the day the tribes gathered around Madīnah to finish it.
اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِ دَوْسًا وَائْتِ بِهِمْ
For people who have rejected you
They asked him ﷺ to curse a tribe that had refused him. He asked for the
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَمِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ، وَمِنْ …
When everything feels like it is going wrong at once
Refuge from the trials of living and of dying, sought in the prayer itse
وَمَا تَنقِمُ مِنَّآ إِلَّآ أَنْ ءَامَنَّا بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَآءَتْنَا ۚ …
When standing firm will cost you
Said by men who had been sorcerers that morning and believed by the afte
وَمَا لَكُمْ لَا تُقَـٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ …
When you are stuck somewhere you need to leave
The Qur'an quotes the oppressed asking to be taken out, and to be sent s
وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّ ٱجْعَلْ هَـٰذَا بَلَدًا ءَامِنًا وَٱرْزُقْ أَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ …
For the place you live to be safe
The first thing Ibrāhīm ﷺ asked for a city was security, before provisio
اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي شَأْمِنَا، اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي يَمَنِنَا
For the place and its people
The Prophet ﷺ named the regions and asked for blessing on each.
تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ جَهْدِ الْبَلاَءِ، وَدَرَكِ الشَّقَاءِ، وَسُوءِ الْقَضَاءِ …
Four things to seek refuge from
Named together, and the last of them is about other people.
قَالَ لَا تَخَافَآ ۖ إِنَّنِى مَعَكُمَآ أَسْمَعُ وَأَرَىٰ
When you feel watched by no one
Said to Mūsā and Hārūn as they walked towards the most powerful man aliv
قَدِ ٱفْتَرَيْنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا إِنْ عُدْنَا فِى مِلَّتِكُم بَعْدَ إِذْ نَجَّىٰنَا …
When a dispute cannot be resolved by talking
Shuʿayb ﷺ said this when his people would not hear him.
فَخَرَجَ مِنْهَا خَآئِفًا يَتَرَقَّبُ ۖ قَالَ رَبِّ نَجِّنِى مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
Getting away from people who mean you harm
Mūsā ﷺ said it running from Egypt with nothing.
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.
إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ فَأَصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَ أَخَوَيْكُمْ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ …
When two people you know have fallen out
A statement, then an instruction that follows from it.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ قَوَّٰمِينَ لِلَّهِ شُهَدَآءَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَلَا …
Being fair to someone you dislike
The verse names the temptation before forbidding it.
خُذِ ٱلْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِٱلْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ
Three instructions for dealing with people
Said to be among the most comprehensive verses about character.
۞ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَجْعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ عَادَيْتُم مِّنْهُم مَّوَدَّةً ۚ …
About someone you are at odds with now
A possibility left open in the middle of a verse about enemies.
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
يَا فُلاَنُ بْنَ فُلاَنٍ، وَيَا فُلاَنُ بْنَ فُلاَنٍ، أَيَسُرُّكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ أَطَعْتُمُ …
Speaking to those who did not listen
After Badr he stood over the well where the bodies had been thrown.
وَمَا يُلَقَّىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَمَا يُلَقَّىٰهَآ إِلَّا ذُو حَظٍّ عَظِيمٍ
Two responses to being wronged
Named together as requiring the same resolve.
وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ …
When a community is under pressure
A promise made to people who were frightened at the time.
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا ٱلذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ
A guarantee attached to the text itself
Nine words, and history is the argument for them.
وَيُطْعِمُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا إِنَّمَا …
Giving away food you wanted yourself
Three people are named as receiving it, and the reason given is one line
وَقُل لِّعِبَادِى يَقُولُوا۟ ٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ يَنزَغُ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ …
A reason given for choosing your words
The verse explains what happens if you do not.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ الأَجْرَ أَجْرُ الآخِرَهْ فَارْحَمِ الأَنْصَارَ وَالْمُهَاجِرَهْ
Said to a man chasing him for a bounty
Surāqa pursued them during the hijrah, and his horse sank into the groun
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.
مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَنَّهُۥ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًۢا …
On the weight of a single person
A scale given for one life, in both directions.
اكْتُبِ الشَّرْطَ بَيْنَنَا بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَذَا مَا قَاضَى عَلَيْهِ …
Accepting terms that looked like a defeat
At Ḥudaybiyah they made him strike out his own titles from the document.
اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَيْهِمْ بِسَبْعٍ كَسَبْعِ يُوسُفَ
Praying against people, and then relenting
He asked for a famine like the one in Yūsuf's time, and it came.
اللَّهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ بِقُرَيْشٍ، اللَّهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ بِقُرَيْشٍ، اللَّهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ بِقُرَيْشٍ
Naming names while praying, once
They had put filth on his back while he prayed at the Kaʿbah.
اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، خَرِبَتْ خَيْبَرُ، إِنَّا إِذَا نَزَلْنَا بِسَاحَةِ قَوْمٍ فَسَاءَ صَبَاحُ …
Said on arriving somewhere at first light
They reached Khaybar at dawn and he said it as the walls came into view.
وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَن تَمُوتَ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ كِتَـٰبًا مُّؤَجَّلًا ۗ وَمَن يُرِدْ …
On being kept in your place until the end
A verse about not moving people before their time.
وَلَا تَسْتَوِى ٱلْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا …
Three instructions in five words
Said to be among the most complete verses on dealing with people.
فَٱنقَلَبُوا۟ بِنِعْمَةٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَفَضْلٍ لَّمْ يَمْسَسْهُمْ سُوٓءٌ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ …
What was said by people told to be afraid
Threatened with an army, they answered with one sentence.
هَاجَرَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بِسَارَةَ، دَخَلَ بِهَا قَرْيَةً فِيهَا مَلِكٌ مِنَ الْمُلُوكِ أَوْ …
Sarah's prayer when a tyrant reached for her
Ibrāhīm was told to say she was his sister, and the king sent for her.
اللَّهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ بِأَبِي جَهْلِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ وَعُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ وَشَيْبَةَ بْنِ …
Naming an oppressor in prayer while he was praying
Filth had been placed on his back while he prostrated.
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْجِ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ، وَسَلَمَةَ بْنَ هِشَامٍ، وَعَيَّاشَ بْنَ أَبِي …
Naming people who were being held and beaten
He named them one by one after rising from the bow.
يَا أَبَا جَهْلِ بْنَ هِشَامٍ يَا أُمَيَّةَ بْنَ خَلَفٍ يَا عُتْبَةَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ يَا …
Speaking to the dead at the well of Badr
ʿUmar asked why he was addressing bodies.
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ عَضُدِي وَأَنْتَ نَصِيرِي وَبِكَ أُقَاتِلُ
What he said when he set out
Three short clauses, no request in any of them.
اللَّهُمَّ أَذَقْتَ أَوَّلَ قُرَيْشٍ نَكَالاً فَأَذِقْ آخِرَهُمْ نَوَالاً
A prayer for the descendants of his enemies
The first of them had already been dealt with.
رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ
A prophet wiping blood off his face
Ibn Masʿud said he could still picture him telling it.
اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِيهِمْ بِسَبْعٍ كَسَبْعِ يُوسُفَ
What he asked for when Quraysh would not stop
He asked for the exact famine an earlier prophet had lived through.
اللَّهُمَّ مُنْزِلَ الْكِتَابِ، وَمُجْرِيَ السَّحَابِ، وَهَازِمَ الأَحْزَابِ، اهْزِمْهُمْ …
What he said facing an army
He waited until the sun had passed its height before saying anything.
اهْدِنِي لِمَا اخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِكَ إِنَّكَ تَهْدِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ إِلَى …
What he asked for when people disagreed
He asked for the truth in it, not for his own side.
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.
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.
أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الْعَدُوِّ وَشَمَاتَةِ الأَعْدَاءِ
Three ways of being beaten
The third one is not about losing at all.
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.
وَيْحَ عَمَّارٍ تَقْتُلُهُ الْفِئَةُ الْبَاغِيَةُ، يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، وَيَدْعُونَهُ …
What he said while they were carrying bricks
ʿAmmar was helping build the mosque when it was said.
وَإِنِّي وَاللَّهِ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُشْرِكُوا بَعْدِي، وَلَكِنِّي أَخَافُ …
What he feared after Uhud, and what he did not
He had just prayed over the dead.
لاَ يَحِلُّ لاِمْرَأَةٍ تَسْأَلُ طَلاَقَ أُخْتِهَا لِتَسْتَفْرِغَ صَحْفَتَهَا، فَإِنَّمَا …
What a woman may not ask for
The reason given closes the whole question.
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.
اللَّهُمَّ مُنْزِلَ الْكِتَابِ وَمُجْرِيَ السَّحَابِ وَهَازِمَ الأَحْزَابِ، اهْزِمْهُمْ …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2965
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الْعَدُوِّ وَشَمَاتَةِ …
Sunan an-Nasā'ī 5475 · The Book of Seeking Refuge with Allah
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ وَشَمَاتَةِ الأَعْدَاءِ
Sunan an-Nasā'ī 5488 · The Book of Seeking Refuge with Allah
رَبِّي لأُمَّتِي أَنْ لاَ يُهْلِكَهَا بِسَنَةٍ عَامَّةٍ وَأَنَّ لاَ يُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ …
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2176 · Chapters On Al-Fitan
إِنَّهُ لاَ يَقْتُلُ الصَّيْدَ، وَلاَ يَنْكَأُ الْعَدُوَّ، وَإِنَّهُ يَفْقَأُ الْعَيْنَ …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6220 · Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)