May Allah grant you success in your studies. Ameen.

Du'as before/during study

Allahumma la sahla illa ma ja'altu sahla, wa 'anta taj-alul hazna idha shi'ta sahla O Allah! There is nothing easy except what You make easy, and You make the difficult easy if it be Your Will
[Ibn Hibban]

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Allahumma Tufiltuf bi fi taysiri kulli 'asirin, fainna taysirra kuuli 'asirin 'alaika yassirun O Allah! Make easy for me every difficult thing, with Your special favour and Kindness, for it is easy for You to make every difficult thing easy

Allahumma infa'nii bimaa 'allamtanii wa'allimnii maa yanfa' unii O Allah! Make useful for me what You taught me and teach me knowledge that will be useful to me.

Allahumma inni as'alukal 'afuwawal-afiya O Allah! I seek your forgiveness and well being (meaning in examination, memory, and concentration etc)

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Allahumma inni as'aluka 'Ilman naafi'an, wa rizqan tayyiban, wa 'amalan mutaqabbalan O Allah! I ask You for knowledge that is of benefit, a good provision and deeds that will be accepted.
[Ibn Majah and others]


Allahumma inni as'aluka fahmal-nabiyyen wa hifthal mursaleen al-muqarrabeen O Allah! I ask You for the understanding of the prophets and the memory of the messengers, and those nearest to You.

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Ya Hayyu, Ya Qayyumu, Ya Rabba Musa waHarun waNuh waIbrahim waIsa waMuhammadin Sallallahu alayhi wasallam Akrimni bi jawdatil hifdhi wasur'ati fahhmi, Warzuqni hikmata wama'rifatal ilmi wa thabat- dhihni wa'l aqli wa'l-hilmi bi haqqi sayyidina Muhmmadin Salallahu alayhi wasalam. Ya Rabbal Alamin O Living! O One Through Whom All Subsists! O Lord of Musa, Harun, Nuh, Ibrahim, Isa, and Muhammad, honour me with good memory and understanding, Bestow me with wisdom, true knowledge and a firm intellect and mind with the blessing of Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace). O Lord of the Worlds.

Allahumma ijal leesanee 'amiran bi thikrika wa qalbi bi khashyatika. O Allah! Make my tongue full of Your remembrance, and my heart with consciousness of You.

Rabbi 'inni limaa 'anzalta 'ilayya min khairin-faqeer
[Surah Qassas; 28:24] The above du'a was made while Musa (alayhis salam) was traveling to the desert of Madyan, and he had no shelter - nowhere to stay for rest. He made this du'a while resting under the shade of a tree, and consequently the father of the two sisters in the story invited him to stay with them...

O my Lord! I am indeed needy of whatever good You may send to me

Rabb-ishrah ii sadri, wa yassir li 'amri, Wah-lul 'uqdatam-mil-li-saani, Yaf-qahuu qawlii O my Lord! Expand me my breast; Ease my task for me; And remove the impediment from my speech, so they may understand what I say
[Surah Ta-Ha; 20:25-28] A du'a that Musa (alayhis salam) made when proceeding to the court of Fir'awn (Pharoah) for the arguments (inviting him to Islam)


Allahumm-aslih li diniyalladhi huwa ismatu amri, wa aslih li dunyaya-llati fiha ma'ashi, wa aslih li akhirati-llati fiha ma`adi, waj`alil-hayata ziyadatan li fi kulli khair, waj`alil-mauta rahatan li min kulli sharrin O Allah! Set right my faith which is the safeguard of my affairs. And set right for me my worldy affairs wherein is my living. And set right for me my Hereafter on which depends my after-life. And make my life for me (a source) of abundance for every good and make my death a source of comfort for me protecting me against every evil
[Muslim, 35/6565] [Abu Hurairah (radiAllahu anhu) reported that the Messenger of Allah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) used to say (the above)]

Allahumma inni as'alukal fauza fil qadaai' O Allah! I ask You for success concerning my destiny

Allahumma inni as'aluka min al khairi kullihi 'ajilihi wa ajilihi, ma 'alimtu minhu wa ma lam a'alam O Allah! I ask You for all the good which is in the present or in the future, which I know and which I do not know
[a comprehensive du'a taught to Aisha by the Prophet (saws)]

Du'as for anxiety/difficulty

Allahumma inni a'udhubika minal hammi wal hazan, wal 'ajzi wal kasal, wal bukhli wal jubn, wa dhala'id-dayni wa ghalabatir rijaal O Allah! I seek refuge in You from grief and sadness, from weakness and from laziness, from miserliness and from cowardice, from being overcome by debt and from being overpowered by men (other people)
[Sahih al-Bukhari 7:158]

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Allahumma inni unzila bika haajati wa-in qasuura rubbi wa du'fa 'amali iftaqartu illa Rahmatika O Allah! I ask You to answer my needs, though my intellect is weak, and my actions are defective, O Allah! I am in need of Your Mercy

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Innaka 'ala ma-tasha'-u qadeer wa anta hasbeeya wa na'mal wakeel O Allah! You do whatever You wish, and You are my Availer and Protector and the best of aid.

HasbiyAllahu wa ni'mal wakeel Allah is my availer and protector and the best of aids.

Rabbi inni maghlubun fan-tass-ssir O Allah! I am overpowered, so help me.

Du'as for Knowledge

Allahumma inni as'aluka 'ilman-naaji'han O Allah! I ask You for useful Knowledge


Subhanaka la 'ilma lana 'illa ma 'allamtana 'innaka 'antal-'Alimul Hakim Glory be to you, we have no knowledge except what you have taught us. Verily, it is You, the AllKnower, the All-Wise
[surah Baqarah; 2:32]

Rabbi zidni 'ilman war zuqni fahman O Allah! Advance me in Knowledge and true understanding

Ya Alimu, alimni O All-Knowing, grant me knowledge

Rabbi zidni ilma O my Lord! Advance me in Knowledge
[surah Ta-Ha; 20:114]

Du'as after studying

Allahumma zakkirni minhu, wa 'alimni minhu ma jahiltu O Allah! Assist me to remember it, and teach me whatever I am ignorant of it

-Allahhumma inni astaodeeuka ma qara'tu wama hafaz-tu. Faradduhu 'allaya inda hagati elayhi O Allah! I entrust You with what I have read and I have studied. (O Allah!) Bring it back to me when I am in need of it.

Du'as after studying

SallAllahu 'ala Muhammad wa 'aali Muhammad. Allahumma inni as'aluka ya Mudhakkiral khayr wa faa'ilahu walaamimira bihi dhakirni ma ansaanihi-shaytan Blessings of Allah be upon Muhammad and his progeny. O Allah! I ask You, The One who mentions goodness and actualizes it and commands it, Remind me of that which the shaytan makes me forget

Allahummanf'ani bima 'allamtani, wa 'allimni ma yaufa'uni O Allah! Let the knowledge that You have granted me, be useful for me, and teach me whatever can be fruitful for me

Rabbana ta-qabbal minna 'innaka 'Antas-Sami-'ul-'Aliim Our Rabb! accept from us. You indeed, You are the all-Hearing, the all-Knowing.
[Surah Baqarah, 2:127]

Du'as for those studying

... May Allah grant you success in your studies

Tabarak-Allah 'alayka The blessing of Allah be upon you.