Some Implorations in The Quran
by Yousef Al Shamsi

During Salaat(our contacts with God) we should implore God.

The Quran as our guidance,here are some implorations mentioned in the Quran

Prayer of Abraham and Ishmael while engaged in restoring the House of Allah:- Lord, accept this offering from us, it is Thou Who art All-Hearing, All-Knowing. Lord, make us submissive to Thy will and pleasure and make of our offspring a people submissive to Thee. Teach us our appropriate ways of worship, and turn to us in mercy; for Thou art Oft-Returning with Compassion and Ever Merciful (Holy Quran 2.128, 129).

Prayer of the believers:- Lord, grant us the best in this world as well as the best in the world to come and shield us from the torment of the Fire (Holy Quran 2.202).

Prayer of the children of Israel when facing the enemy:- Lord, grant us steadfastness and make our steps firm and help us against the disbelieving people (Holy Quran 2.251).

We implore Thy forgiveness, Lord, and to Thee is our return (Holy Quran 2.286).

Lord, take us not to task if we forget or fall into error; Lord place us not under responsibility in the manner of those whom Thou didst place under responsibility before us; Lord, burden us not with that which we have not the strength to bear; overlook our defaults and grant us forgiveness and have mercy on us; Thou art our Master, so grant us succour against those who reject Thee (Holy Quran 2.287).

Lord, let not our hearts become perverse after Thou has guided us; and bestow upon us mercy from Thyself, surely Thou are the Great Bestower (Holy Quran 3.9).

Lord, surely we have believed; forgive us, therefore, our sins and shield us from the torment of the fire (Holy Quran 3.17).

Allah, Lord of sovereignty, Thou bestowest sovereignty upon whomsoever Thou pleases, and Thou takeouts away sovereignty from whomsoever Thou pleases, Thou exalts whomsoever Thou pleases and Thou abases whomsoever Thou pleases; in Thy hand is all good, Thou surely has power to do all that Thou dots will. Thou makes the night to pass into day and makes the day to pass into night; Thou brings forth the living from the dead and brings forth the dead from the living. Thou bestowest upon whomsoever Thou pleases without measure (Holy Quran 3.27, 28)

Prayer of Zachariah:- Lord grant me from Thyself pure offspring, surely Thou art the Hearer of Prayer (Holy Quran 3.39).

Prayer of the disciples of Jesus:- Lord, we have believed in that which Thou has sent down among the witnesses (Holy Quran 3.54).

Lord, thou has not created all this without purpose, Holy art Thou; shield us then from the torment of the Fire. Lord, him whom Thou dots condemn to the Fire has Thou surely humiliated, and for the transgressors there is no helper. Lord, we have heard a Caller unto faith: Believe   in your Lord; and we have believed. Lord, forgive us, therefore, our errors and remove from us our ills, and in death number us with the righteous. Lord, grant us that which Thou has promised us through Thy Messengers and humiliate us not on the Day of Judgement; surely Thou dots not contrary to Thy promise (Holy Quran 3.192 - 195).

Prayer of the persecuted and oppressed:- Lord, deliver us from this town whose people are oppressors, and appoint for us from Thyself some friend and appoint for us from Thyself some helper. (Holy Quran 4.76)

Supplication of those who have believed from among the people of the book:- Lord, we have believed, so write us down among the witnesses. Wherefore should we not believe in Allah and in the truth which has come to us, when we earnestly desire that our Lord should include us among the righteous people (Holy Quran 5.84, 85).

Prayer of Adam and Eve:- Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if Thou forgive us not and have not mercy on us, we shall surely be of the lost (Holy Quran 7.24).

Supplication of Pharoah's magicians when they had believed:- Lord, send down on us steadfastness and let death come to us in a state of submission to Thee (Holy Quran 7.127).

Prayer of Noah on embarking in the Ark:-In the name of Allah be its course and its mooring. My Lord is assuredly most Forgiving, Ever Merciful (Holy Quran 11.42).

Prayer of Joseph:- Lord, Thou has bestowed upon me a portion of sovereignty and taught me somewhat of the interpretation of dreams. Maker of the heavens and the earth, Thou art my Helper in this world and the Hereafter, let death, when it comes, find me in a state of complete submission to thy will and join me to the company of the righteous (Holy Quran 12.102).

Prayer of Abraham:- Lord, make me constant in observing Salat and every one of my children also. Lord, of Thy grace accept my prayer. Lord, extend Thy forgiveness to me and to my parents and to all the believers of the day when the reckoning is held (Holy Quran 14.41, 42).

Prayer of Muhammad :- Lord, make my entry a beneficent event and make my going forth also a beneficent event and grant me from Thyself a helper and a witness (Holy Quran 17.81).

Prayer of the Dwellers in the Cave):- Lord, bestow upon us special mercy from Thyself and provide for us the right guidance in our affair (Holy Quran 18.11).

Prayer of Moses:- Lord, expand my mind, and make my task easy, and remove every impediment from my speech that people may understand easily what I say (Holy Quran 20.26-29).

Prayer of Muhammad :- Lord, bestow on me an increase in Knowledge (Holy Quran 20.115).

Prayer of Job:- Lord, I have been afflicted with distress and Thou art the Most Merciful of all who show mercy (Holy Quran 21.84).

Prayer of Jonah:- There is no god except Thee, Holy art Thou. I have indeed been a wrongdoer (Holy Quran 21.88).

Prayer of Zachariah:- Leave me not alone, Lord, Thou art the Best of heirs (Holy Quran 21.90).

Prayer of Muhammad :- Lord, judge Thou with truth. Our Lord is the Gracious One Whose help is to be sought against that which you assert (Holy Quran 21.113).

Prayer of Noah:- All praise belongs to Allah Who has delivered us from the unjust people. Lord, make my landing full of every kind of blessing, for Thou art the Best of those who cause people to land (Holy Quran 23.29, 30).

Prayer of Muhammad :- Lord, if Thou wilt show me that of which they have been warned then place me not, Lord, with the wrongdoing prople (Holy Quran 23.94, 95).

Prayer of Muhammad :- Lord, I seek protection against the incitements of the rebellious ones and I seek Thy protection, Lord, lest they should approach me (Holy Quran 23.98, 99).

Lord, forgive and have mercy, for Thou art the Best of those who show mercy (Holy Quran 23.119).

Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell; it is a heavy torment (Holy Quran 25.66, 67).

Lord, grant us of our spouses and of our offspring the delight of our eyes, and make us a model for the righteous (Holy Quran 25.75).

Prayer of Abraham:- Lord, bestow right judgement upon me and join me with the righteous, and give me a true and lasting reputation among posterity and include me among the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss (Holy Quran 26.84-86).

Prayer of Solomon:- Lord, grant me the capacity to be grateful for Thy favour which Thou hast bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to act righteously so as to win Thy pleasure; and admit me, by Thy mercy, among Thy righteous servants (Holy Quran 27.20).

Prayer of Abraham:- Lord, grant me a righteous progeny (Holy Quran 37.101).

Supplication of angels on behalf of the righteous:-Lord, Thou dost comprehend all things in Thy knowledge, so grant Thy forgiveness to those who repent and follow Thy way and shield them against the punishment of Hell; and Lord, admit them and the virtuous from among their fathers and their wives and their children to the Gardens of Eternity which Thou hast promised them. Surely, Thou are the Mighty, the Wise. Safeguard them against all ill, for to him whom Thou dost safeguard against all ill that day hast Thou surely shown mercy and that indeed is The Supreme Kingdom (Holy Quran 40.8-10).

Prayer on riding an animal:- Holy is He Who has subjected this to us, while we had not the strength to subdue it ourselves. To our Lord surely shall we return (Holy Quran 43.14-15).

Lord, grant me the favour that I may be grateful to Thee for the bounty that Thou hast bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and that I may act righteously so as to please Thee, and make my progeny righteous also. I do turn to Thee and truly I am of Thy obedient servants (Holy Quran 46.16).

Prayer of Noah:- Lord, I am overcome: so do come to my help (Holy Quran 54.11).

Lord, forgive us and our brethren who preceeded us in the faith, and permit not any feeling of rancour to arise in our hearts against those who believe, Lord; Thou art indeed compassionate, Merciful (Holy Quran 59.11).

Prayer of Abraham's Companions:- Lord, in Thee do we put our trust, and to Thee do we turn in repentance, and to Thee is the final return. Lord, make us not a trial for those who disbelieve, and forgive, Lord, for thou alone art the Mighty, the Wise (Holy Quran 60:5-6).

Prayer of believers on the Day of Judgement:- Lord, perfect our light for us and forgive us, surely, Thou hast power over all things (Holy Quran 66.9).