Appendices

Forty Prayers From The Quran And The Traditions

Below we give a selection of forty prayers from the Quran and the Traditions as indicated in Lesson XVII.

1) Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, the Compassionate, the Merciful, Owner of the Day of Judgment. Thee alone do we worship, and to Thee alone do we beg for help. Show us the straight path: the path of those whom Thou hast favoured; not the path (of those) who earn Thine anger, nor of those who go astray. Amen!

2)Our Lord! Give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and defend us from the torment of the Fire.

3) Our Lord! We have, indeed, believed: forgive us, then, our sins, and save us from the agony of the Fire.

4) O Lord! Forgive us our sins and anything we may have done that transgressed our duty: establish our feet firmly, and help us against this people that resisteth faith.

5) Our Lord! We have heard the call of one calling us to Faith, “Believe ye in the Lord”, and we have believed. Our Lord! Forgive us our sins, blot out from us our inequities, and take to Thyself our souls in the company of the righteous, Our Lord! grant us what Thou didst promise unto us through Thine Apostle, and save us from shame on the day of Judgment: for Thou never breakest promise.

6) Our Lord! We have wronged our souls; if Thou forgive us not and bestow not on us Thy mercy we shall certainly be lost.

7) Our Lord! Make us not a trail for those who practise oppression and deliver us by Thy mercy from those who reject Thee.

8) Creator of the heavens and the earth! Thou art my protector in this world and the Hereafter. Take Thou my soul at death as one submitting to Thy Will (as a Muslim), and unite us with the righteous.

9) O my Lord! Make me one who establishes regular prayer, and also raise among my off-spring, O our Lord, and accept Thou my Prayer. O our Lord! Cover us with Thy forgiveness-me, my parents and all Believers, on the Day that the reckoning will be established.

10) My Lord! Bestow on my parents Thy mercy even as they cherished me in my childhood.

11) O my Lord! Advance me in my knowledge.

12) O my Lord! Grant Thou forgiveness and mercy! For Thou art the Best of those who show mercy!

13) O my Lord! Grant me that I may be grateful for Thy favour, which Thou hast bestowed upon me, and upon both my parents, and I may work righteousness such as Thou mayst approve; and be gracious to me in my issue. Truly have I turned to Thee and truly do I bow to Thee in Islam.

14) Our Lord! Forgive us, and our brethren who came before us into the Faith, and leave not, in our hearts, rancour (or sense of injury) against those who have believed. Our Lord! Thou at, indeed, full of kindness, Most Merciful.

15) Our Lord! Perfect our Light for us and grant us forgiveness: for Thou hast power over all things.

16) O Thou Living, Eternal One! Unto Thy Mercy do I appeal.

17) O God! Set aright my faith which is the safeguard of all my affairs; set aright my world wherein is my living, set aright my Hereafter whereto I have to return. Let life be unto me a source of advance in every kind of righteousness, and let death be to me a release from every kind of evil.

18) O God! I beg of Thee forgiveness and peace in this world and the next.

19) O God! I beg of Thee guidance and modesty and righteousness and freedom from want.

20) O God! I beg of Thee sustenance that is clean, knowledge that is useful, and conduct that is acceptable to Thee.

21) O God! Open the doors of Thy Mercy for us and make easy for us the doors of sustenance.

22) O God! Let Thy lawful sustenance suffice for me against unlawful sustenance, and let me be, by Thy Grace, dependent on no one besides Thee.

23) O God! Let it be my good fortune to do things that are pleasing to Thee and make the Hereafter better for me than this world.

24) O God! Guide me to the right path, to the path of truth and piety, and save me from the mischief of my own self.

25) O God! Help me in Thy remembrance and in being thankful to Thee and in good worship.

26) O Thou who controlleth the hearts! Keep my heart steadfast in Thy faith.

27) O God! Grant me that I may live as a Muslim and die as a Muslim.

28) O God! I beg of Thee Thy love and the love of him who loveth Thee and the conduct that will enable me to attain Thy love. O God! Let Thy love be dearer to me than myself, my wealth, mine household and water that is cold.

29) O God! Cover me with Thy Mercy and save me from Thy punishment.

30) O God! Keep me steadfast when feet beginz to waver.

31) O God! Judge me leniently on the Day of Judgment.

32) O God! Forgive me my sins on Day of Requital.

33) O God! Save me from Thy Chastisement on the Day Thou will raise up Thy slaves.

34) O God! Thy forgiveness is wider than mine inequities and I have better hope in thy Mercy than in my conduct.

35) O God! I beg of Thee Thy good pleasure and the Garden (i.e., Paradise). I also beg of Thee to spare me out of Thy Mercy the Punishment of Fire.)

36) O God! I seek refuge in Thy good pleasure from Thy displeasure, and Thy forgiveness from Thy retribution; and

37) O God! Forgive me, be kind to me, have mercy on me Verily Thou art Most Kind, Most Merciful.

38) O God! Thou art my Lord. There is no God save Thee. Thou hast created me and I am thy slave. And I abide by Thy Covenant and Promise as best as I can. I seek refuge in Thee from the mischief of what I have wrought. I acknowledge unto thee Thy favour which Thou hast bestowed upon me. I confees also my inequity: so, forgive me for none forgiveth sins save Thee.

39) O God! I seek refuge in Thee from the mischief of my ears, and from the mischief of my eyes, and from the mischief of my tongue, and from the mischief of my heart, and from the mischief of my carnal desires, and I seek refuge in Thee from the punishment of Hell, and from the punishment of the grave, and from the calamity of Dajjal, and I seek refuge in Thee from the trails and temptations of life and death.

40) O God! I beg of Thee all the good things that (Prophet) Mohammad (Peace be upon him) had begged of Thee, and I seek Thy refuge from all the evils from which (Prophet) Mohammad (Peace be upon him) had sought refuge in Thee.

41) O Allah! Magnify Mohammad and his posterity and followers as Thou has magnified Abraham and his posterity and followers; verily, Thou art the Praiseworthy, the Majestic. O Allah! Send him down on the Day of Judgment into the place of special nearness unto Thee and elevate him to places of honour and intercession and grant him that place of choicest favour and worthiness which Thou promised of him, and bless us with his intercession on the Day of recompense: for Thou never breakest Thy promise.

A ppendix
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Prayers For Particular Occasions
Many prayers for specific occasions have also been taught to us by the holy Prophet, We are reproducing some of them here that are easy to learn and can be made use of by us in our daily life. They should be learnt by heart and recited habitually at moments for which they are indicated.
1. At Day break
O God! With Thy help do we enter upon the morning, and with Thy help do we enter upon the evening: with Thy help do we live and with Thy help do we die: and unto Thee shall be the Resurrection.
2. When evening sets in
O God! With Thy help do we enter upon the evening and with Thy help do we enter upon the morning: with Thy help do we live and with Thy do we die: and unto Thee shall be the Resurrection.
3. On retiring to bed
O God! In Thy name do we live and die.
4. On rising up in the morning
Praise be to God who restored us unto life, having caused to die, and unto Him shall be the Resurrection.
5. Before entering the lavatory
O God! I seek refuge in Thee from the wicked devils, both male and female.
6. On coming out of the lavatory
Praise be to God who relieved me of faeces and gave health.
7. While performing the Wazu
O God! Forgive me my sins, bless my household and grant auspiciousness and prosperity to my sustenance.
8. When the Wazu is finished
I bear witness that there is not except One God. He is alone: He hath no partner. And I bear witness that Mohammad is His slave and His Messenger. O God! Make me among those that repent and among those that remain clean.
9. On entering the mosque
O Lord! Forgive me my sins and open unto me the gates of Thy Mercy.
10. One coming out of the mosque
O Lord! Forgive me my sins and open unto me the doors of Thy Bounty.
11. Before commencing to eat
In the name of God and upon the blessings of the Lord
12. At the end of meal
Praise be to God who fed us and gave us drink and raised us up as Muslims.
13. When dining at someone's place
O God! Feed him who fed us and give him drink who gave us to drink.
14. When riding a beast of burden or a carriage
Glory be to Him who hath subjugated it to us though we were unable to subdue it. Behold, we are assuredly to return unto the Lord.
15. When setting forth on a journey
O God! Make this journey of ours easy for us and roll up for us the distance thereof. O God! Thou art our Companion in the journey and the Caretaker of our households when we are away. O God! I seek refuge in Thee from the toil of the journey and from beholding a sad sight and a bad reverse in my fortunes and on my return.
16. On returning home from a journey
We return unto God, penitents, adorers and worshippers of the Lord.
17. When bidding farewell to anyone
I place thee in the hands of God, and thy things that need protection and the end of Thy deeds.
18. On seeing anyone in distress
Praise be to Lord who saved me from that from which lie hath afflicted thee, and made me better than of His creatures (purely out of His Mercy. I claim no credit for it).
19. On entering a town
O God! Bless this town for us and make it for us auspicious
20. When rising from a company
O God! Glory be to Thee, celebrate Thy praises; There is no Lord save Thee, I beg Thy forgiveness and I repent.

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