The Hereafter & Paradise

Rabbanā ātinā fid-dunyā ḥasanatan wa fil-ākhirati ḥasanatan wa qinā ʿadhāban-nār.

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

The supplication the Prophet ﷺ made most frequently. (Sahih al-Bukhari 6389)

[ Surah Al-Baqara 2:201 ]

Rabbanā innaka jāmiʿun-nāsi li-yawmin lā rayba fīh, innallāha lā yukhliful-mīʿād.

Our Lord, You will gather the people for a Day about which there is no doubt. Indeed, Allah does not fail in His promise.

[ Surah Aal-i-Imraan 3:9 ]

Rabbanā mā khalaqta hādhā bāṭilan, Subḥānaka faqinā ʿadhāban-nār.

Our Lord, You did not create this without purpose. Exalted are You; protect us from the punishment of the Fire.

[ Surah Aal-i-Imraan 3:191 ]

Rabbanā innaka man tudkhilin-nāra faqad akhzaytah, wa mā liẓ-ẓālimīna min anṣār.

Our Lord, whoever You admit to the Fire You have disgraced, and for the wrongdoers there are no helpers.

[ Surah Aal-i-Imraan 3:192 ]

Rabbanā wa ātinā mā waʿadtanā ʿalā rusulika wa lā tukhzinā yawmal-qiyāmah, innaka lā tukhliful-mīʿād.

Our Lord, grant us what You promised us through Your messengers and do not disgrace us on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, You do not fail in Your promise.

[ Surah Aal-i-Imraan 3:194 ]

Rabbanā lā tajʿalnā maʿal-qawmiẓ-ẓālimīn.

Our Lord, do not place us with the wrongdoing people.

[ Surah Al-A'raaf 7:47 ]

Anta waliyyunā faghfir lanā warḥamnā wa Anta khayrul-ghāfirīn. Waktub lanā fī hādhihid-dunyā ḥasanatan wa fil-ākhirati innā hudnā ilayk.

You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and You are the best of forgivers. And decree for us good in this world and in the Hereafter; indeed, we have turned to You.

Said by Prophet Musa ﷺ

[ Surah Al-A'raaf 7:155-156 ]

Rabbi qad ātaytanī minal-mulki wa ʿallamtanī min ta'wīlil-aḥādīth. Fāṭiras-samāwāti wal-arḍ, Anta waliyyī fid-dunyā wal-ākhirah, tawaffanī musliman wa alḥiqnī biṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

My Lord, You have given me sovereignty and taught me the interpretation of dreams. Creator of the heavens and the earth, You are my protector in this world and the Hereafter. Cause me to die a Muslim and join me with the righteous.

Said by Prophet Yusuf ﷺ

[ Surah Yusuf 12:101 ]

Rabbi immā turiyannī mā yūʿadūn. Rabbi falā tajʿalnī fil-qawmiẓ-ẓālimīn.

My Lord, if You should show me that which they are promised, then, my Lord, do not place me among the wrongdoing people.

[ Surah Al-Muminoon 23:93-94 ]

Rabbanaṣ-rif ʿannā ʿadhāba jahannam, inna ʿadhābahā kāna gharāmā. Innahā sā'at mustaqarran wa muqāmā.

Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell. Indeed, its punishment is ever clinging; indeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence.

[ Surah Al-Furqaan 25:65-66 ]

Rabbi hab lī ḥukman wa alḥiqnī biṣ-ṣāliḥīn. Wajʿal lī lisāna ṣidqin fil-ākhirīn. Wajʿalnī min warathati jannatin-naʿīm.

My Lord, grant me sound judgement and join me with the righteous. And grant me an honourable mention among later generations. And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Pleasure.

Said by Prophet Ibrahim ﷺ

[ Surah Ash-Shu'araa 26:83-85 ]

Wa lā tukhzinī yawma yubʿathūn. Yawma lā yanfaʿu mālun wa lā banūn. Illā man atallāha biqalbin salīm.

And do not disgrace me on the Day they are resurrected, the Day when neither wealth nor children will be of benefit, except one who comes to Allah with a sound heart.

Said by Prophet Ibrahim ﷺ

[ Surah Ash-Shu'araa 26:87-89 ]

Rabbi awziʿnī an ashkura niʿmatakal-latī anʿamta ʿalayya wa ʿalā wālidayya wa an aʿmala ṣāliḥan tarḍāhu wa adkhilnī biraḥmatika fī ʿibādikaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favour which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to do righteousness of which You approve. And admit me by Your mercy among Your righteous servants.

Said by Prophet Sulayman ﷺ

[ Surah An-Naml 27:19 ]

Rabbanā wasiʿta kulla shay'in raḥmatan wa ʿilman faghfir lilladhīna tābū wattabaʿū sabīlaka wa qihim ʿadhābal-jaḥīm. Rabbanā wa adkhilhum jannāti ʿadninil-latī waʿadtahum wa man ṣalaḥa min ābā'ihim wa azwājihim wa dhurriyyātihim, innaka Antal-ʿAzīzul-Ḥakīm.

Our Lord, You have encompassed all things in mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who have repented and followed Your way, and protect them from the punishment of Hellfire. Our Lord, and admit them to the gardens of perpetual residence which You promised them, and whoever was righteous among their forefathers, their spouses and their offspring. Indeed, it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Said by The angels who bear the Throne

[ Surah Ghafir 40:7-8 ]

Rabbanā atmim lanā nūranā waghfir lanā, innaka ʿalā kulli shay'in Qadīr.

Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent.

[ Surah At-Tahrim 66:8 ]

Rabbib-ni lī ʿindaka baytan fil-jannati wa najjinī min Firʿawna wa ʿamalihi wa najjinī minal-qawmiẓ-ẓālimīn.

My Lord, build for me a house near You in Paradise, and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds, and save me from the wrongdoing people.

Said by Asiyah, the wife of Pharaoh

[ Surah At-Tahrim 66:11 ]