Supplications for Guidance, Security, and Blessings in Makkah

Ibrahim — Verses 35–41 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ هَٰذَا الْبَلَدَ آمِنًا وَاجْنُبْنِي وَبَنِيَّ أَن نَّعْبُدَ الْأَصْنَامَ ٣٥

And (remember) when Ibrahim (Abraham) said: "O my Lord! Make this city (Makkah) one of peace and security, and keep me and my sons away from worshipping idols.

وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ
And (remember) when Ibrahim (Abraham) said:
رَبِّ اجْعَلْ هَٰذَا الْبَلَدَ آمِنًا
O my Lord! Make this city (Makkah) one of peace and security,
وَاجْنُبْنِي وَبَنِيَّ
and keep me and my sons
أَن نَّعْبُدَ الْأَصْنَامَ
away from worshipping idols.

رَبِّ إِنَّهُنَّ أَضْلَلْنَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ النَّاسِ ۖ فَمَن تَبِعَنِي فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي ۖ وَمَنْ عَصَانِي فَإِنَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ٣٦

"O my Lord! They have indeed led astray many among mankind. But whoso follows me, he verily is of me. And whoso disobeys me, - still You are indeed Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

رَبِّ إِنَّهُنَّ أَضْلَلْنَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ النَّاسِ ۖ
O my Lord! They have indeed led astray many among mankind.
فَمَن تَبِعَنِي فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي ۖ
But whoso follows me, he verily is of me.
وَمَنْ عَصَانِي فَإِنَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
And whoso disobeys me, - still You are indeed Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

رَّبَّنَا إِنِّي أَسْكَنتُ مِن ذُرِّيَّتِي بِوَادٍ غَيْرِ ذِي زَرْعٍ عِندَ بَيْتِكَ الْمُحَرَّمِ رَبَّنَا لِيُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ فَاجْعَلْ أَفْئِدَةً مِّنَ النَّاسِ تَهْوِي إِلَيْهِمْ وَارْزُقْهُم مِّنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْكُرُونَ ٣٧

"O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring to dwell in an uncultivable valley by Your Sacred House (the Ka'bah at Makkah); in order, O our Lord, that they may perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), so fill some hearts among men with love towards them, and (O Allah) provide them with fruits so that they may give thanks.

رَّبَّنَا إِنِّي أَسْكَنتُ مِن ذُرِّيَّتِي
O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring
بِوَادٍ غَيْرِ ذِي زَرْعٍ
to dwell in an uncultivable valley
عِندَ بَيْتِكَ الْمُحَرَّمِ
by Your Sacred House (the Ka'bah at Makkah);
رَبَّنَا لِيُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ
in order, O our Lord, that they may perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat),
فَاجْعَلْ أَفْئِدَةً مِّنَ النَّاسِ تَهْوِي إِلَيْهِمْ
so fill some hearts among men with love towards them,
وَارْزُقْهُم مِّنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ
and (O Allah) provide them with fruits
لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْكُرُونَ
so that they may give thanks.

رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ مَا نُخْفِي وَمَا نُعْلِنُ ۗ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِن شَيْءٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ ٣٨

"O our Lord! Certainly, You know what we conceal and what we reveal. Nothing on the earth or in the heaven is hidden from Allah.

رَبَّنَا
O our Lord!
إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ
Certainly, You know
مَا نُخْفِي وَمَا نُعْلِنُ ۗ
what we conceal and what we reveal.
وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِن شَيْءٍ
Nothing is hidden from Allah
فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ
on the earth or in the heaven.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي وَهَبَ لِي عَلَى الْكِبَرِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي لَسَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ ٣٩

"All the praises and thanks be to Allah, Who has given me in old age Isma'il (Ishmael) and Ishaque (Isaac). Verily! My Lord is indeed the All-Hearer of invocations.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ
All the praises and thanks be to Allah,
الَّذِي وَهَبَ لِي
Who has given me
عَلَى الْكِبَرِ
in old age
إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ ۚ
Isma'il (Ishmael) and Ishaque (Isaac).
إِنَّ رَبِّي لَسَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ
Verily! My Lord is indeed the All-Hearer of invocations.

رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي ۚ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ ٤٠

"O my Lord! Make me one who performs As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and (also) from my offspring, our Lord! And accept my invocation.

رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي
O my Lord! Make me
مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ
one who performs As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat),
وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي ۚ
and (also) from my offspring,
رَبَّنَا
our Lord!
وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ
And accept my invocation.

رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ ٤١

"Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents, and (all) the believers on the Day when the reckoning will be established."

رَبَّنَا
Our Lord!
اغْفِرْ لِي
Forgive me
وَلِوَالِدَيَّ
and my parents
وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
and (all) the believers
يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ
on the Day when the reckoning will be established.