📖 Du‘ās of the Prophets in the Qur’an

1. Ādam (عليه السلام)

رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ‌ لَنَا وَتَرْ‌حَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِ‌ينَ  
Rabbanaa ẓalamnaa anfusanaa wa illam taghfir lanaa wa tarḥamnaa lanakoonanna minal-khāsireen.     
Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves. If You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers. (Qur’an 7:23)

2. Nūḥ (عليه السلام)

رَبِّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِهِ عِلْمٌ وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ‌ لِي وَتَرْ‌حَمْنِي أَكُن مِّنَ الْخَاسِرِ‌ينَ  
Rabbi inneee a‘oodhu bika an as’alaka ma laisa lee bihee ‘ilm, wa illaa taghfir lee wa tarḥamnee akun minal-khāsireen.     
My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy upon me, I will be among the losers. (Qur’an 11:47)

3. Ibrāhīm (عليه السلام)

رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي ۚ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ  
Rabbi-j‘alnee muqeemas-salaati wa min dhurriyyatee rabbanaa wa taqabbal du‘ā’.     
My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and [many] from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication. (Qur’an 14:40)

4. Yūsuf (عليه السلام)

رَبِّ قَدْ آتَيْتَنِي مِنَ الْمُلْكِ وَعَلَّمْتَنِي مِن تَأْوِيلِ الْأَحَادِيثِ فَاطِرَ‌ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْ‌ضِ أَنتَ وَلِيِّي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَ‌ةِ تَوَفَّنِي مُسْلِمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ  
Rabbi qad ātaytanee minal-mulki wa ‘allamtanee min ta’weelil-aḥādeeth, fāṭiras-samaawaati wal-arḍ, anta waliyyee fid-dunyaa wal-ākhirah, tawaffanee muslimanw wa alḥiqnee bis-sāliheen.     
My Lord, You have given me [something] of sovereignty and taught me of the interpretation of dreams. Creator of the heavens and earth, You are my Protector in this world and the Hereafter. Cause me to die a Muslim and join me with the righteous. (Qur’an 12:101)

5. Mūsā (عليه السلام)

رَبِّ اشْرَ‌حْ لِي صَدْرِ‌ي ۝ وَيَسِّرْ‌ لِي أَمْرِ‌ي ۝ وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِي ۝ يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي  
Rabbi-shraḥ lee ṣadree. Wa yassir lee amree. Waḥlul ‘uqdatan min lisanee. Yafqahoo qawlee.     
My Lord, expand for me my breast [with assurance]. Ease for me my task. Untie the knot from my tongue so that they may understand my speech. (Qur’an 20:25-28)

6. Ayyūb (عليه السلام)

أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْ‌حَمُ الرَّ‌احِمِينَ  
Annee massaniyaḍ-ḍurru wa anta arḥamur-rāḥimeen.     
Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful. (Qur’an 21:83)

7. Yūnus (عليه السلام)

لَّا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ  
Laa ilaaha illa anta subḥaanaka inneekuntu minaz-ẓaalimeen.     
There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers. (Qur’an 21:87)

8. Zakariyyā (عليه السلام)

رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْ‌نِي فَرْ‌دًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ‌ الْوَارِ‌ثِينَ  
Rabbi laa tadharnee fardan wa anta khayrul-wāritheen.     
My Lord, do not leave me alone [without an heir], while You are the best of inheritors. (Qur’an 21:89)

9. Sulaymān (عليه السلام)

رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِي أَنْ أَشْكُرَ‌ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَالِدَيَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرْ‌ضَاهُ وَأَدْخِلْنِي بِرَ‌حْمَتِكَ فِي عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ  
Rabbi awzi‘nee an ashkura ni‘matakal-latee an‘amta ‘alayya wa ‘ala wālidayya wa an a‘mala ṣāliḥan tarḍaahu wa adkhilnee birahmatika fee ‘ibādikas-sāliḥeen.     
My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to do righteousness of which You approve. And admit me by Your mercy into [the ranks of] Your righteous servants. (Qur’an 27:19)

10. Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ (taught du‘ā)

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَ‌ةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ‌  
Rabbanaa ātinaa fid-dunyaa ḥasanatan wa fil-ākhirati ḥasanatan wa qinaa ‘adhaaban-naar.     
Our Lord, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire. (Qur’an 2:201)

✨ These are among the most special Prophetic du‘ās in Islam, mentioned directly in the Qur’an.