Du’as for seeking knowledge (2024)

1. Du’as from the Qur’an for seeking and mastering knowledge:

These ayats from the Qur’an are from:

(i) Surah Taha (Chapter 20), verses 25-28, (excerpted)

رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي

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وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي

وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِي

يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي

Transliteration: Rabbishrahleesadree Wayassir lee amree Wahlul ‘uqdatan min lisanee Yafqahoo qawlee

Translation: “O my Sustainer! Open up my heartand make my task easy for me,and loosen the knot from my tongueso that they might fully understand my speech.”

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(ii) Surah Taha (Chapter 20), verse:114 (excerpted)

رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا

Transliteration: Rabbi zidnee ‘ilman

Translation: “O my Lord, increase me in knowledge!”

(iii) Surah Ash-Shu’ara (Chapter 26), verses:83-85.

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رَبِّ هَبْ لِي حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ

وَاجْعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ(26

وَاجْعَلْنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيمِ

Transliteration: Rabbi hab leehukman waalhiqnee bialssaliheenaWaj’al lee lisanasidqin fee alakhireenaWaj’alnee min warathati jannati anna’eem

Translation: “My Lord, grant me wisdom, join me with the righteous; give me a good name among later generations,; make me one of those given the Garden of Bliss.”