Knowledge, Study & Exams

Subḥānaka lā ʿilma lanā illā mā ʿallamtanā, innaka Antal-ʿAlīmul-Ḥakīm.

Exalted are You. We have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise.

Said by The angels

[ Surah Al-Baqara 2:32 ]

Rabbanā wabʿath fīhim rasūlan minhum yatlū ʿalayhim āyātika wa yuʿallimuhumul-Kitāba wal-ḥikmata wa yuzakkīhim, innaka Antal-ʿAzīzul-Ḥakīm.

Our Lord, send among them a messenger from themselves who will recite to them Your verses and teach them the Book and wisdom and purify them. Indeed, You are the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Said by Prophet Ibrahim ﷺ

[ Surah Al-Baqara 2:129 ]

Rabbi arinī kayfa tuḥyil-mawtā.

My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead.

Said by Prophet Ibrahim ﷺ

[ Surah Al-Baqara 2:260 ]

Rabbi innī aʿūdhu bika an as'alaka mā laysa lī bihi ʿilm, wa illā taghfir lī wa tarḥamnī akun minal-khāsirīn.

My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking You for that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy upon me, I will be among the losers.

Said by Prophet Nuh ﷺ

[ Surah Hud 11:47 ]

Rabbish-raḥ lī ṣadrī, wa yassir lī amrī, waḥlul ʿuqdatan min lisānī, yafqahū qawlī.

My Lord, expand for me my breast, ease for me my task, and untie the knot from my tongue so that they may understand my speech.

Said by Prophet Musa ﷺ

[ Surah Taa-Haa 20:25-28 ]

Rabbi zidnī ʿilmā.

My Lord, increase me in knowledge.

[ Surah Taa-Haa 20:114 ]

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 ]

A`ūdhu billāhi minash-shayṭānir-rajīm.

Say: I seek refuge in Allah from Satan the outcast (then blow with a little spittle to your left). (Do this three times reciting in Arabic.)

[ Muslim 4/1729. Hisn al-Muslim 138 ]