The holy month of Ramadan
Dua'a after prayer (salah)
Supplications To be recited after each obligatory prayer
Dua Allahumma Arzukni
اللّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي
Sayyid Ibn Tawus has narrated that Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) and Imam al-Kadhim (peace be upon him) instructed that the following supplication is said after each and every obligatory prayer in the month of Ramadan:



اَللَّهُمَّ ٱرْزُقْنِي حَجَّ بَيْتِكَ ٱلْحَرَامِ
allahumma irzuqni hajja baytika alharami
O Allah, (please) confer upon me with the grace of pilgrimage to Your Holy House

فِي عَامِي هٰذَا وَفِي كُلِّ عَامٍ
fi `ami hadha wa fi kulli `amin
in this year and every year

مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِي فِي يُسْرٍ مِنْكَ وَعَافِيَةٍ وَسَعَةِ رِزْقٍ
ma abqaytani fi yusrin minka wa `afiyatin wa sa`ati rizqin
as long as You keep me alive, with easiness, good health, and expansive sustenance from You.

وَلاَ تُخْلِنِي مِنْ تِلْكَ ٱلْمَوَاقِفِ ٱلْكَرِيمَةِ
wa la tukhlini min tilka almawaqifi alkarimati
Do not deprive me of these noble situations,

وَٱلْمَشَاهِدِ ٱلشَّرِيفَةِ
walmashahidi alshsharifati
holy places,

وَزِيَارَةِ قَبْرِ نَبِيِّكَ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ
wa ziyarati qabri nabiyyika salawatuka `alayhi wa-alihi
and visiting the tomb of Your Prophet—may Your blessings be upon him and his Household.

وَفِي جَمِيعِ حَوَائِجِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلآخِرَةِ فَكُنْ لِي
wa fi jami`i hawa`iji alddunya wal-akhirati fakun li
(Please) stand for me in all of my needs for this worldly life and the Next World.

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فِي مَا تَقْضِي وَتُقَدِّرُ
allahumma inni as'aluka fi ma taqdi wa tuqaddiru
O Allah, I beseech You regarding that which You decide and determine

مِنَ ٱلأَمْرِ ٱلْمَحْتُومِ فِي لَيْلَةِ ٱلْقَدْرِ
min al-amri almahtumi fi laylati alqadri
from the inevitable decisions that You make on the Grand Night—

مِنَ ٱلْقَضَاءِ ٱلَّذِي لاَ يُرَدُّ وَلاَ يُبَدَّلُ
min alqadha`i alladhi la yuraddu wa la yubaddalu
decisions that are neither retreated nor altered—

أَنْ تَكْتُبَنِي مِنْ حُجَّاجِ بَيْتِكَ ٱلْحَرَامِ
an taktubani min hujjaji baytika alharami
to include me with the pilgrims to Your Holy House

ٱلْمَبْرُورِ حَجُّهُمُ
almabruri hajjuhum
whose pilgrimage is admitted by You,

ٱلْمَشْكُورِ سَعْيُهُمُ
almashkuri sa`yuhum
whose efforts are thankfully accepted by You,

ٱلْمَغْفُورِ ذُنُوبُهُمُ
almaghfuri dhunubuhum
whose sins are forgiven by You,

ٱلْمُكَفَّرِ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتُهُمْ
almukaffari `anhum sayyi`atuhum
and whose offenses are pardoned by You.,

وَٱجْعَلْ فِي مَا تَقْضِي وَتُقَدِّرُ
waj`al fi ma taqdi wa tuqaddiru
Within Your determined decisions,

أَنْ تُطِيلَ عُمْرَي
an tutila `umri
please decide for me a long life,

وَتُوَسِّعَ عَلَيَّ رِزْقِي
wa tuwassi`a `alayya rizqi
expansive sustenance,

وَتُؤَدِّيَ عَنِّي أَمَانَتِي وَدَيْنِي
wa tu'addiya `anni amanati wa dayni
and help to fulfill my trusts and settle my debts.

آمِين رَبَّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ
amina rabba al`alamina
Respond to me, O Lord of the worlds!





Dua Ya Aliyu Ya Azeem
يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَظِيمُ
It has been narrated to recite this dua after each and every obligatory prayer in the month of Ramadan:



يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَظِيمُ
ya `aliyyu ya `azimu
O Most High! O All-great!

يَا غَفُورُ يَا رَحِيمُ
ya ghafuru ya rahimu
O All-forgiving! O All-merciful!

أَنْتَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
anta alrrabbu al`azimu
You are the All-great Lord

ٱلَّذِي لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ
alladhi laysa kamithlihi shay`un
like Whom there is nothing,

وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ
wa huwa alssami`u albasiru
and He is the All-hearing, the All-aware.

وَهٰذَا شَهْرٌ عَظَّمْتَهُ وَكَرَّمْتَهُ
wa hadha shahrun `azzamtahu wa karramtahu
This is a month that You have glorified, ennobled,

وَشَرَّفْتَهُ وَفَضَّلْتَهُ عَلَىٰ ٱلشُّهُورِ
wa sharraftahu wa faddaltahu `ala alshshuhuri
honored, and preferred to the other months.

وَهُوَ ٱلشَّهْرُ ٱلَّذِي فَرَضْتَ صِيَامَهُ عَلَيَّ
wa huwa alshsharhu alladhi faradta siyamahu `alayya
It is the month that You imposed upon me to observe fasting in it.

وَهُوَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ ٱلَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنَ
wa huwa shahru ramadana alladhi anzalta fihi alqur`ana
It is the month of Ramadan during which You revealed the Qur'an

هُدَىً لِلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْفُرْقَانِ
hudan linnasi wa bayyinatin min alhuda walfurqani
as guidance for people, clear proofs on true guidance, and distinction (between the right and the wrong).

وَجَعَلْتَ فِيهِ لَيْلَةَ ٱلْقَدْرِ
wa ja`alta fihi laylata alqadri
You decided the Grand Night to be in it

وَجَعَلْتَهَا خَيْراً مِنَ الفِ شَهْرٍ
wa ja`altaha khayran min alfi shahrin
and You have decided it to be more favorable that one thousand months.

فَيَا ذَا ٱلْمَنِّ وَلاَ يُمَنُّ عَلَيْكَ
faya dhalmanni wa la yumannu `alayka
So, O Lord of graces! None can ever do favor to You!

مُنَّ عَلَيَّ بِفَكَاكِ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ فِي مَنْ تَمُنُّ عَلَيْهِ
munna `alayya bifakaki raqabati min alnnari fi man tamunnu `alayhi
please, do me a favor by releasing me from the Fire and by including me with those to whom You do this favor,

وَأَدْخِلْنِي ٱلْجَنَّةَ
wa adkhilni aljannata
and allow me to enter Paradise,

بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ
birahmatika ya arhama alrrahimina
on account of Your mercy. O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!





Dua Allahumma Adhkil 'Ala
اَللَّهُمَّ أَدْخِلْ عَلَىٰ
In ‘al-Misbah’ and in ‘al-Balad al-Amin’, Shaykh al-Kaf`amiy, as well as Shaykh al-Shahid in ‘al-Majmu`ah’, have narrated that the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) said that one who says the following supplication after each obligatory prayer in Ramadan will have all his sins forgiven up to the Resurrection Day:



اَللَّهُمَّ أَدْخِلْ عَلَىٰ أَهْلِ ٱلْقُبُورِ ٱلسُّرُورَ
allahumma adkhil `ala ahli alquburi alssurur
O Allah, (please do) give pleasure to the inhabitants of graves (i.e. the dead).

اَللَّهُمَّ أَغْنِ كُلَّ فَقِيرٍ
allahumma aghni kulla faqir
O Allah, (please do) enrich all the poor .

اَللَّهُمَّ أَشْبِعْ كُلَّ جَائِعٍ
allahumma ashbi` kulla ja'i`in
O Allah, (please do) satisfy all hungry ones.

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱكْسُ كُلَّ عُرْيَانٍ
allahumma iksu kulla `uryan
O Allah, (please do) provide all the naked with clothes.

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱقْضِ دَيْنَ كُلِّ مَدِينٍ
allahumma iqdi dayna kulli madinin
O Allah, (please do) help all the debtors settle their debts.

اَللَّهُمَّ فَرِّجْ عَنْ كُلِّ مَكْرُوبٍ
allahumma farrij `an kulli makrub
O Allah, (please do) relieve all the aggrieved ones.

اَللَّهُمَّ رُدَّ كُلَّ غَرِيبٍ
allahumma rudda kulla gharib
O Allah, (please do) help all the strangers to return home.

اَللَّهُمَّ فُكَّ كُلَّ أَسِيرٍ
allahumma fukka kulla asir
O Allah, (please do) release all prisoners.

اَللَّهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ كُلَّ فَاسِدٍ مِنْ أُمُورِ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
allahumma aslih kulla fasidin min umuri almuslimina
O Allah, (please do) rectify all the Muslims’ affairs that are wrong.

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱشْفِ كُلَّ مَرِيضٍ
allahumma ishfi kulla marid
O Allah, (please do) heal all the ailed ones.

اَللَّهُمَّ سُدَّ فَقْرَنَا بِغِنَاكَ
allahumma sudda faqrana bighinak
O Allah, (please do) fill our poverty with Your richness.

اَللَّهُمَّ غَيِّرْ سُوءَ حَالِنَا بِحُسْنِ حَالِكَ
allahumma ghayyir su'a halina bihusni halik
O Allah, (please do) change our ill manners through Your excellent manners.

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱقْضِ عَنَّا ٱلدَّيْنَ وَأَغْنِنَا مِنَ ٱلْفَقْرِ
allahumma iqdi `anna alddayna wa aghnina min alfaqr
O Allah, (please do) help us settle our debts and save us from poverty.

إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
innaka `ala kulli shay`in qadir
verily, You have power over all things.






اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي بِكَ وَمِنْكَ أَطْلُبُ حَاجَتِي
allahumma inni bika wa minka atlubu hajati
O Allah, from You and by You, I beseech for settling my need.

وَمَنْ طَلَبَ حَاجَةً إِلَىٰ النَّاسِ
wa man talaba hajatan ila alnnasi
If others beg people for settling their needs,

فَإِنِّي لاَ أَطْلُبُ حَاجَتِي إِلاَّ مِنْكَ
fa-inni la atlubu hajati illa minka
I ask none except You for settling my need;

وَحْدَكَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَكَ
wahdaka la sharika laka
from You alone, since You have no partner with You.

وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِفَضْلِكَ وَرِضْوَانِكَ
wa as'aluka bifadlika wa ridwanika
I thus implore You in the name of Your favor and Your pleasure,

أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ
an tusalliya `ala muhammadin wa ahli baytihi
to send blessings to Muhammad and his Household

وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِي فِي عَامِي هٰذَا إِلَىٰ بَيْتِكَ ٱلْحَرَامِ سَبِيلاً
wa an taj`ala li fi `ami hadha ila baytika alharami sabilan
and to choose for me a way to Your Holy House this year:

حِجَّةً مَبْرُورَةً
hijjatan mabruratan
a pilgrimage that is admitted,

مُتَقَبَّلَةً زَاكِيةً
mutaqabbalatan zakiyatan
accepted, pure,

خَالِصَةً لَكَ
khalisatan laka
and sincerely intended for You

تَقَرُّ بِهَا عَيْنِي
taqarru biha `ayni
by which You delight me

وَتَرْفَعُ بِهَا دَرَجَتِي
wa tarfa`u biha darajati
and raise my rank with You.

وَتَرْزُقَنِي أَنْ أَغُضَّ بَصَرِي
wa tarzuqani an aghudda basari
Confer upon me with the grace of making me cast my sight down (against what is illegal for me to look at),

وَأَنْ أَحْفَظَ فَرْجِي
wa an ahfaza farji
making me act chastely,

وَأَنْ أَكُفَّ بِهَا عَنْ جَمِيعِ مَحَارِمِكَ
wa an akuffa biha `an jami`i maharimika
and making me stop committing any deed that You have deemed unlawful

حَتَّىٰ لاَ يَكُونَ شَيْءٌ آثَرَ عِنْدِي مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ وَخَشْيَتِكَ
hatta la yakuna shay`un athara `indi min ta`atika wa khashyatika
so that nothing will be more preferred in my sight than obedience to You, fear of You,

وَٱلْعَمَلِ بِمَا أَحْبَبْتَ
wal`amali bima ahbabta
doing all that which You love,

وَٱلتَّرْكِ لِمَا كَرِهْتَ وَنَهَيْتَ عَنْهُ
walttarki lima karihta wa nahayta `anhu
and avoiding all that which You have detested and warned against.

وَٱجْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ فِي يُسْرٍ وَيَسَارٍ
waj`al dhalika fi yusrin wa yasarin
(Please) make all that take place with easiness, lenience,

وَعَافِيَةٍ وَمَا أَنْعَمْتَ بِهِ عَلَيَّ
wa `afiyatin wa ma an`amta bihi `alayya
and good health as well as the grace that You have bestowed upon me.

وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ وَفَاتِي قَتْلاً فِي سَبِيلِكَ
wa as'aluka an taj`ala wafati qatlan fi sabilika
I beseech You to cause me to die as martyr for Your sake,

تَحْتَ رَايَةِ نَبِيِّكَ مَعَ أَوْلِيَائِكَ
tahta rayati nabiyyika ma`a awliya'ika
under the pennon of Your Prophet and in the line of Your intimate servants.

وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَقْتُلَ بِي أَعْدَاءَكَ وَأَعْدَاءَ رَسُولِكَ
wa as'aluka an taqtula bi a`da'aka wa a`da'a rasulika
I ask You to make me a means of killing Your enemies and the enemies of Your Messenger.

وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُكْرِمَنِي بِهَوَانِ مَنْ شِئْتَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ
wa as'aluka an tukrimani bihawani man shi'ta min khalqika
I ask You to honor me through humiliating any one of Your created beings that You choose,

وَلاَ تُهِنِّي بِكَرَامَةِ أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكَ
wa la tuhinni bikaramati ahadin min awliya'ika
and not to humiliate me through honoring any of Your intimate servants.

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱجْعَلْ لِي مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلاً
allahumma ij`al li ma`a alrrasuli sabilan
O Allah, find me a way with the Messenger.

حَسْبِيَ ٱللَّهُ مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّهُ
hasbiya allahu ma sha'a allahu
Allah is Sufficient unto me! Only that which Allah wants shall take place.