8 Dua After Prayer in Arabic, Transliteration, and Meaning English

If you are reading this, you want to know the Dua after salah, right? There are several hadiths which encourage zikr and Dua after prayer or Salah. What to say after completing the prayer? Read the post and learn them.

1. Dua After Every Prayer In English

The first thing to say after finishing your prayers is

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ (ثَلاَثَاً) اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلاَمُ، وَمِنْكَ السَّلاَمُ، تَبَارَكْتَ يَا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ

Transliteration

Astaghfirullaah Astaghfirullaah Astaghfirullaah, Allaahumma ‘Antas-Salaamu wa minkas-salaamu, tabaarakta yaa Thal-Jalaali wal-‘Ikraam.

Dua After Prayer in English

I seek the forgiveness of Allah (three times) . O Allah, You are Peace and from You comes peace . Blessed are You, O Owner of majesty and honor.

2. Dua After Salah in Arabic

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، اللَّهُمَّ لاَ مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ، وَلاَ مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ، وَلاَ يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الجَدُّ

Transliteration

Laa ‘ilaaha ‘illallaahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu wa Huwa ‘alaa kulli shay’in Qadeer, Allaahumma laa ma ni’a limaa ‘a’tayta, wa laa mu’tiya limaa mana’ta, wa laa yanfa’u thal-jaddi minkal-jadd.

Dua After Salah in English

None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, He has no partner, His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is Able to do all things. O Allah, there is none who can withhold what You give, and none may give what You have withheld; and the might of the mighty person cannot benefit him against You.

Dua 3

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الْحَمدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ. لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَلاَ نَعْبُدُ إِلاَّ إِيَّاهُ, لَهُ النِّعْمَةُ وَلَهُ الْفَضْلُ وَلَهُ الثَّنَاءُ الْحَسَنُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الكَافِرُونَ

Transliteration

Laa ‘ilaaha ‘illallaahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu, lahul-mulku, wa lahul-hamdu wa Huwa ‘alaa kulli shay ‘in Qadeer. Laa hawla wa laa quwwata ‘illaa billaahi, laa ‘ilaaha ‘illallaahu, wa laa na’budu ‘illaa ‘iyyaahu, lahun-ni’matu wa lahul-fadhlu wa lahuth-thanaa’ul-hasanu, laa ‘ilaaha ‘illallaahu mukhliseena lahud-deena wa law karihal kaafiroon.

Meaning

• None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, He has no partner, His is the dominion and His is the praise and He is Able to do all things.
• There is no power and no might except by Allah. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and we do not worship any other besides Him.
• His is grace , and His is bounty and to Him belongs the most excellent praise. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah. (We are) sincere in making our religious devotion to Him, even though the disbelievers may dislike it.

Dua 4

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ (ثلاثاً وثلاثين) لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Transliteration

Subhaanallaahi, walhamdu lillaahi wallaahu ‘Akbar, (33×) Laa ‘ilaaha ‘illallaahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu waHuwa’alaakullishay’in Qadeer.

Meaning

Glory is to Allah, and praise is to Allah, and Allah is the Most Great (each said thirty-three times). None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, He has no partner, His is the dominion and His is the praise and He is Able to do all things.

Dua 5

These Surahs should be recited in Arabic after each prayer. After the Maghrib and Fajr prayers they should be recited three times each.

Al-Ikhlas

• قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ (١)
• اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ (٢)
• لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ (٣)
• وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ (٤)

Al-Falaq

• قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ (١)
• مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ (٢)
• وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ (٣)
• وَمِن شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ (٤)
• وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ (٥)

An-Nas

• قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ (١)
• مَلِكِ النَّاسِ (٢)
• إِلَهِ النَّاسِ (٣)
• مِن شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ (٤)
• الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ (٥)
• مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَ النَّاسِ (٦)

Transliteration

Al-Ikhlas

Bismillaahir-Rahmaanir-Raheem.

• Qul Huwallaahu ‘Ahad
• Allaahus-Samad.
• Lam yalid wa lam yoolad.
• Wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan ‘ahad.

Al-Falaq

Bismillaahir-Rahmaanir-Raheem.

• Qul ‘a’oothu birabbil-falaq.
• Min sharri maa khalaq.
• Wa min sharri ghaasiqin ‘ithaa waqab.
• Wa min sharrin-naffaathaati fil-‘uqad.
• Wa min sharri haasidin ‘ithaa hasad.

An-Nas

Bismillaahir-Rahmaanir-Raheem.

• Qul ‘a’oothu birabbin-naas.
• Malikin-naas.
• ‘Ilaahin-naas.
• Min sharril-waswaasil-khannaas.
• Allathee yuwaswisu fee sudoorin-naas.
• Minal-jinnati wannaas.

Meaning

Al-Ikhlas

With the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

• Say: He is Allah (the) One.
• The Self-Sufficient Master,
• Whom all creatures need, He begets not nor was He begotten, and there is none equal to Him.

Al-Falaq

With the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

• Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak,
• from the evil of what He has created,
• and from the evil of the darkening (night) as it comes with its darkness,
• and from the evil of those who practice witchcraft when they blow in the knots,
• and from the evil of the envier when he envies.

An-Nas

With the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

• Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind,
• the King of mankind,
• the God of mankind,
• from the evil of the whisperer who withdraws,
• who whispers in the breasts of mankind,
• of jinns and men.

Dua 6

اللّهُ لاَ إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ لاَ تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلاَ نَوْمٌ لَّهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الأَرْضِ مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلاَ يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلاَّ بِمَا شَاء وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ وَلاَ يَؤُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ

Transliteration

A ‘oothu billaahi minash-Shaytaanir-rajeem.

Allaahu laa ‘ilaaha ‘illaa Huwal-Hayyul-Qayyoom, laa ta’khuthuhu sinatun wa laa nawm, lahu maa fis-samaawaati wa maa fil-‘ardh, man thai-lathee yashfa’u ‘indahu ‘illaa bi’ithnih, ya’lamu maa bayna ‘aydeehim wa maa khalfahum, wa laa yuheetoona bishay’im-min ‘ilmihi ‘illaa bimaa shaa’a, wasi’a kursiyyuhus samaawaati wal’ardh, wa laa ya’ooduhu hifdhuhumaa, wa Huwal- ‘Aliyyul- ‘Adheem.

Meaning Of Ayatul Kursi

I seek refuge in Allah from Satan the outcast.

• Allah! There is none worthy of worship but He, the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists.
• Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth.
• Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His Permission? He knows what happens to them in this world, and what will happen to them in the Hereafter.
• And they will never encompass anything of His Knowledge except that which He wills.
• His Throne extends over the heavens and the earth, and He feels no fatigue in guarding and preserving them. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.

Dua 7

Recite this zikr ten times in Arabic after the Maghrib and Fajr prayers.

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Transliteration

Laa ‘ilaaha ‘illallaahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu yuhyee wa yumeetu wa Huwa ‘alaa kulli shay’in Qadeer.

Meaning

None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, Who has no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise. He brings life and He causes death, and He is Able to do all things.

Dua 8

Recite in Arabic after the Fajr prayer.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْماً نافِعاً، وَرِزْقاً طَيِّباً، وَعَمَلاً مُتَقَبَّلاً

Transliteration

Allaahumma ‘innee ‘as’aluka ‘ilman naafi’an, wa rizqan tayyiban, wa ‘amalan mutaqabbalan.

Translation

O Allah, I ask You for knowledge that is of benefit, a good provision, and deeds that will be accepted.

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