الادعية اليومية

Daily Duas for Children

Short duas for waking, eating, travelling and sleeping, with Arabic, transliteration, meaning and source.

19 short duas for a child's day, from waking up to going to sleep. Each one has the Arabic, how to say it, the meaning and where it comes from.

Sources. Every dua here is from the Quran or from the well-known hadith collections named under it. Learn one dua a week and use it every day.

Morning and night

Morning and night

On waking up

1
اَلۡحَمۡدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي اَحۡيَانَا بَعۡدَ مَا اَمَاتَنَا وَاِلَيۡهِ النُّشُوۡرُ

🗣️ Alhamdu lillahi-lladhi ahyana ba'da ma amatana wa ilayhi-n-nushur.

All praise is for Allah, who gave us life after He had taken it, and to Him is the return.

📖 Sahih al-Bukhari

Morning and night

Before sleeping

2
اَللّٰهُمَّ بِاسۡمِكَ اَمُوۡتُ وَاَحۡيَا

🗣️ Allahumma bismika amutu wa ahya.

O Allah, in Your name I die and I live.

📖 Sahih al-Bukhari

Eating and drinking

Eating and drinking

Before eating

3
بِسۡمِ اللّٰهِ

🗣️ Bismillah.

In the name of Allah.

📖 Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim

Eating and drinking

If you forget at the start

4
بِسۡمِ اللّٰهِ اَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ

🗣️ Bismillahi awwalahu wa akhirah.

In the name of Allah, at its beginning and its end.

📖 Sunan Abi Dawud, Jami at-Tirmidhi

Eating and drinking

After eating

5
اَلۡحَمۡدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي اَطۡعَمَنَا وَسَقَانَا وَجَعَلَنَا مُسۡلِمِيۡنَ

🗣️ Alhamdu lillahi-lladhi at'amana wa saqana wa ja'alana muslimin.

All praise is for Allah, who fed us, gave us drink and made us Muslims.

📖 Sunan Abi Dawud, Jami at-Tirmidhi

Eating and drinking

After drinking milk

6
اَللّٰهُمَّ بَارِكۡ لَنَا فِيۡهِ وَزِدۡنَا مِنۡهُ

🗣️ Allahumma barik lana fihi wa zidna minh.

O Allah, bless it for us and give us more of it.

📖 Sunan Abi Dawud, Jami at-Tirmidhi

Cleanliness

Cleanliness

Entering the toilet

7
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّي اَعُوۡذُ بِكَ مِنَ الۡخُبُثِ وَالۡخَبَائِثِ

🗣️ Allahumma inni a'udhu bika mina-l-khubuthi wa-l-khaba'ith.

O Allah, I seek Your protection from the male and female devils.

📖 Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim

Cleanliness

Leaving the toilet

8
غُفۡرَانَكَ

🗣️ Ghufranak.

I seek Your forgiveness.

📖 Sunan Abi Dawud, Jami at-Tirmidhi

Cleanliness

After wudu

9
اَشۡهَدُ اَنۡ لَا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَحۡدَهُ لَا شَرِيۡكَ لَهُ وَاَشۡهَدُ اَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبۡدُهُ وَرَسُوۡلُهُ

🗣️ Ash-hadu an la ilaha illa-llahu wahdahu la sharika lahu wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa rasuluh.

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, alone, without partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger.

📖 Sahih Muslim

Home, masjid and travel

Home, masjid and travel

Leaving the house

10
بِسۡمِ اللّٰهِ تَوَكَّلۡتُ عَلٰى اللّٰهِ وَلَا حَوۡلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰهِ

🗣️ Bismillahi tawakkaltu 'ala-llahi wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah.

In the name of Allah, I rely on Allah, and there is no power and no strength except with Allah.

📖 Sunan Abi Dawud, Jami at-Tirmidhi

Home, masjid and travel

Entering the masjid

11
اَللّٰهُمَّ افۡتَحۡ لِي اَبۡوَابَ رَحۡمَتِكَ

🗣️ Allahumma-ftah li abwaba rahmatik.

O Allah, open for me the doors of Your mercy.

📖 Sahih Muslim

Home, masjid and travel

Leaving the masjid

12
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّي اَسۡاَلُكَ مِنۡ فَضۡلِكَ

🗣️ Allahumma inni as'aluka min fadlik.

O Allah, I ask You for Your bounty.

📖 Sahih Muslim

Home, masjid and travel

On a journey or in a vehicle

13
سُبۡحَانَ الَّذِيۡ سَخَّرَ لَنَا هٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقۡرِنِيۡنَ وَاِنَّا اِلٰى رَبِّنَا لَمُنۡقَلِبُوۡنَ

🗣️ Subhana-lladhi sakhkhara lana hadha wa ma kunna lahu muqrinin, wa inna ila Rabbina lamunqalibun.

Glory be to the One who placed this at our service, for we could not have done it ourselves, and to our Lord we shall surely return.

📖 Quran 43:13-14; Sahih Muslim

Sneezing

Sneezing

The one who sneezes says

14
اَلۡحَمۡدُ لِلّٰهِ

🗣️ Alhamdulillah.

All praise is for Allah.

📖 Sahih al-Bukhari

Sneezing

The one who hears replies

15
يَرۡحَمُكَ اللّٰهُ

🗣️ Yarhamuka-llah.

May Allah have mercy on you.

📖 Sahih al-Bukhari

Sneezing

The one who sneezed answers

16
يَهۡدِيۡكُمُ اللّٰهُ وَيُصۡلِحُ بَالَكُمۡ

🗣️ Yahdikumu-llahu wa yuslihu balakum.

May Allah guide you and set your affairs right.

📖 Sahih al-Bukhari

Duas from the Quran

Duas from the Quran

For knowledge

17
رَبِّ زِدۡنِيۡ عِلۡمًا

🗣️ Rabbi zidni 'ilma.

My Lord, increase me in knowledge.

📖 Quran 20:114

Duas from the Quran

For parents

18
رَبِّ ارۡحَمۡهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِيۡ صَغِيۡرًا

🗣️ Rabbi-rhamhuma kama rabbayani saghira.

My Lord, have mercy on them both, as they raised me when I was small.

📖 Quran 17:24

Duas from the Quran

For good in both worlds

19
رَبَّنَا اٰتِنَا فِي الدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الۡاٰخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

🗣️ Rabbana atina fi-d-dunya hasanatan wa fi-l-akhirati hasanatan wa qina 'adhaba-n-nar.

Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.

📖 Quran 2:201

Learn it with a teacher

A teacher listens to every word, corrects the pronunciation and helps the student memorise, one to one.

Islamic Duas courseBook a free trial

Begin with a free trial class

Meet the teacher, see how the lesson works, and decide with no obligation.