Duʿāʾ before and after eating
The Prophet ﷺ taught his companions to begin a meal with the name of Allah and to end it with praise. These are the supplications for food recorded in the Sunnah, with the Qurʾānic prayer for the good of this world and the next.
Before eating At the start of a meal
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ
"In the name of Allah."
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5376 Full duʿāʾ + transliteration →
After eating Finishing a meal
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي هَٰذَا وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلاَ قُوَّةٍ
"Praise is for Allah who fed me this and provided it for me without any power or strength from me."
Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4023 Full duʿāʾ + transliteration →
Rabbanā ātinā — the universal duʿāʾ Any time
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
"Our Lord, give us good in this world, and good in the Hereafter, and save us from the punishment of the Fire."
Source: Qurʾan 2:201 Full duʿāʾ + transliteration →
More supplications by need
- Duʿāʾ for anxiety and distress
- Duʿāʾ for forgiveness
- Duʿāʾ for hardship and difficulty
- Duʿāʾ for knowledge and studying
- Duʿāʾ for protection
- Duʿāʾ for travel
- Duʿāʾ before sleep
- Duʿāʾ for grief and loss
- Morning duʿāʾ (adhkār al-ṣabāḥ)
- Evening duʿāʾ (adhkār al-masāʾ)
- Duʿāʾ for leaving and entering the home
- Duʿāʾ inside the prayer (ṣalāh)
- Duʿāʾ for exams, study, and ease in a hard task
- How to make duʿāʾ — the etiquette