Powerful Duas for Ramadan: Seek Forgiveness, Mercy & Blessings

Here are three key duas (supplications) to make during Ramadan, along with their English translations:

1. Dua for Starting the Fast (Dua for Sehri)

Arabic: اللهم إني نويت صيام هذا اليوم لله تعالى، اللهم تقبّل مني إنك أنت السميع العليم.

Transliteration: Allāhumma innī nawaytu ṣiyāma hādhā al-yawm li-llāh ta’ālā, Allāhumma taqabbal minnī innaka anta as-samī’ al-`alīm.

English Translation: “O Allah, I intend to fast today for Your sake. O Allah, accept it from me, verily You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.”

2. Dua for Breaking the Fast (Dua for Iftar)

Arabic: اللهم إني لك صمت، وعليك توكلت، وبك آمنت، ولك أسلمت، وعلى رزقك أفطرت.

Transliteration: Allāhumma innī laka ṣumtu, wa ʿalayka tawakkaltu, wa bika āmant, wa laka aslamtu, wa ʿalā rizqika aftartu.

English Translation: “O Allah, I fasted for You, I put my trust in You, I believe in You, I submit to You, and with Your sustenance, I break my fast.”

3. Dua for the Last Ten Nights of Ramadan (Seeking Laylat al-Qadr)

Arabic: اللهم إنك عفو تحب العفو فاعف عني.

Transliteration: Allāhumma innaka ‘afuwwun tuḥibbu al-ʿafwa fa’fu ‘annī.

English Translation: “O Allah, You are the Most Forgiving, and You love forgiveness, so forgive me.”

4. Dua for Guidance and Steadfastness

Arabic: اللهم اهدني فيمن هديت، وعافني فيمن عافيت، وتولني فيمن توليت.

Transliteration: Allāhumma ihdīnī fīmān hadayt, wa ‘āfinī fīmān ‘āfayt, wa tawallanī fīmān tawalayt.

English Translation: “O Allah, guide me among those whom You have guided, grant me health among those whom You have granted health, and take me under Your care among those whom You have taken under Your care.”

5. Dua for Relief from Hardship

Arabic: اللهم فرج همي، ويسر أمري، وارزقني من حيث لا أحتسب.

Transliteration: Allāhumma farrij hammī, wa yassir amrī, wa ruzuqnī min ḥaythu lā aḥtasib.

English Translation: “O Allah, relieve my worries, ease my affairs, and provide for me from where I do not expect.”

6. Dua for Forgiveness and Mercy

Arabic: اللهم إني ظلمت نفسي ظلماً كثيراً، ولا يغفر الذنوب إلا أنت، فاغفر لي مغفرة من عندك، وارحمني إنك أنت الغفور الرحيم.

Transliteration: Allāhumma innī zalamtu nafsī zulman kathīran, wa lā yaghfiru adh-dhunūba illā anta, faghfir lī maghfiratan min ʿindika, warḥamnī innaka anta al-ghafūr ar-raḥīm.

English Translation: “O Allah, I have wronged myself with much wrong, and no one forgives sins except You. So forgive me with a forgiveness from You and have mercy on me. Verily, You are the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.”

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