Du’as for seeking knowledge

1. Du’as from the Qur’an for seeking and mastering knowledge:

These ayats from the Qur’an are from:

(i) Surah Taha (Chapter 20), verses 25-28, (excerpted)

رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي

وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي

وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِي

يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي

Transliteration: Rabbishrah lee sadree Wayassir lee amree Wahlul ‘uqdatan min lisanee Yafqahoo qawlee

Translation: “O my Sustainer! Open up my heart and make my task easy for me, and loosen the knot from my tongue so that they might fully understand my speech.”

(ii) Surah Taha (Chapter 20), verse:114 (excerpted)

رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا

Transliteration: Rabbi zidnee ‘ilman

Translation: “O my Lord, increase me in knowledge!”

(iii) Surah Ash-Shu’ara (Chapter 26), verses:83-85.

رَبِّ هَبْ لِي حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ

وَاجْعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ (26

وَاجْعَلْنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيمِ

Transliteration: Rabbi hab lee hukman waalhiqnee bialssaliheena Waj’al lee lisana sidqin fee alakhireena Waj’alnee min warathati jannati anna’eem

Translation: “My Lord, grant me wisdom, join me with the righteous; give me a good name among later generations,; make me one of those given the Garden of Bliss.”