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“O Allah, I ask You for beneficial…” (Hisn al-Muslim 27:95)

Hisn al-Muslim 27

((اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْماً نَافِعاً، وَرِزْقاً طَيِّباً، وَعَمَلاً مُتَقَبَّلاً)) (إذا أصبحَ).

allahumma inni as'aluka 'ilman nafi'an, wa rizqan tayyiban, wa 'amalan mutaqabbalan

O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provision, and accepted deeds.

Hisn al-Muslim 27 · Hisn al-Muslim

Source & authenticity

Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 27

Translation: dua-dhikr (fitrahive), free redistribution

This supplication also appears, with small differences in the Arabic wording, under What to say after completing the prayer.

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Context & meaning

Three requests are made inside a single sentence, and each one carries a qualifier that narrows it. Knowledge is not asked for on its own but beneficial knowledge; provision is asked for as good provision; deeds are asked for as accepted deeds. The adjective does the work in every case, so what is sought is not the amount of any of the three but the quality that makes it worth having.

When & how to recite

The chapter files these words under morning and evening.

Reflection

Of the three qualifiers, only the last is passive. Beneficial and good describe the things themselves, while accepted describes a verdict passed on them, and the wording leaves that verdict with the One being asked.

About these notesThe notes above explain the wording of the supplication as it is translated on this page. They add no commentary, history or ruling beyond it.

Common questions

Where does this dua come from?

Our record gives Hisn al-Muslim 27:95.

What do these words mean?

The English of it is: “O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provision, and accepted deeds.” Three requests are made inside a single sentence, and each one carries a qualifier that narrows it.

How is it pronounced if you cannot read Arabic?

Written in Latin letters it is: “allahumma inni as'aluka 'ilman nafi'an, wa rizqan tayyiban, wa 'amalan mutaqabbalan”

At what point is it recited?

The chapter files these words under morning and evening. Of the three qualifiers, only the last is passive.

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