Duas from the QuranRabbi j'alni muqimas-salati
A prayer from the Quran: 14:40-41. The Arabic, the transliteration, the English meaning and a note on the context.
رَبِّ ٱجْعَلْنِى مُقِيمَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِى ۚ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَآءِ
Rabbi ijAAalnee muqeema alssalati wamin thurriyyatee rabbana wtaqabbal duAAai
My Lord! Make me to establish proper worship, and some of my posterity (also); our Lord! and accept my prayer.
رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْحِسَابُ
Rabbana ighfir lee waliwalidayya walilmumineena yawma yaqoomu alhisabu
Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents and believers on the day when the account is cast.
Context
The verses give a prayer of Abraham (Ibrahim), spoken in the same part of the surah where he talks of leaving his family in a barren valley.
Explanation
In two lines Ibrahim asks for steadiness in prayer for himself and his children, for his prayer to be accepted, and for forgiveness for himself, his parents and the believers on the Day of Account. It is much recited by Muslim parents for their children. It is also often added to the end of the five daily prayers.
How to use this page
Read the Arabic if you can, and use the letters beneath it to follow the sounds. The sentence under the transliteration is the English of Pickthall, in the English of 1930; the explanation above is ours. A dua does not need a special time or place, and you can make it in any language as well. What is a dua?
Related prayers
- The prayer of Ibrahim and Ismail
- Rabbana la tuzigh qulubana
- Rabbana ighfir lana dhunubana
- Rabbana ma khalaqta hadha batilan
- Rabbana zalamna anfusana
Questions people ask
Where is this prayer in the Quran?
It is in Ibrahim 14:40-41.
Do I have to say it in Arabic?
Many Muslims recite the Arabic of the Quran as it is revealed and also pray in their own language. A dua can be made in any language, in your own words, at any time.
The notes on this page are in our own words and are not a ruling or a commentary (tafsir). For questions of practice, please ask a trusted scholar or your local imam.