5 Dua For Blessings in Arabic and English

A blessing means having a lot of good things that never end. When we make a dua for blessings, we are asking for many good things and good things that will last forever.

The Quran and the teachings of the Prophet (Sunnah) tell us that only Allah can give blessings. No one else can give blessings like Allah does. This means that Allah’s goodness is very great, never-ending and always true.

1. Dua For Blessings And Wealth

Here is a beautiful dua for increase and blessings in wealth & children and a long life:

اللَّهُمَّ أكْثِرْ مَالِي، وَوَلَدِي، وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أعْطَيْتَنِي [وَأطِلْ حَيَاتِي عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ، وَأحْسِنْ عَمَلِي وَاغْفِرْ لِي]

Transliteration: Allahumma akthir mali wa waladi, wa barik-li fima a’taitani [wa atil hayati ’ala ta’atik, wa ahsin ’amali wagfirli].

Meaning: O Allah increase my wealth and offspring and bless me in what You have provided for me [and give me a long life in obedience to You and help me to do all that is good and forgive me]

Hadith Text

This dua is extracted from the Dua of the Prophet (ﷺ) for Anas:

Narrated Anas: The Prophet (ﷺ) paid a visit to Um-Sulaim and she placed before him dates and ghee. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Replace the ghee and dates in their respective containers for I am fasting.”

Then he stood somewhere in her house and offered an optional prayer and then he invoked good on Um-Sulaim and her family. Then Um-Sulaim said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) ! I have a special request (today).”

He said, “What is it?” She replied, “(Please invoke for) your servant Anas.” So Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) did not leave anything good in the world or the Hereafter which he did not invoke (Allah to bestow) on me and said,

“O Allah! Give him (i.e. Anas) property and children and bless him.” Thus I am one of the richest among the Ansar and my daughter Umaina told me that when Al-Hajjaj came to Basra, more than 120 of my offspring had been buried.

[Sahih al-Bukhari, 1982, Sahih Muslim 660]

And in another narration by Muslim: Anas b. Malik said: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) passed (by our house) that my mother Umm Sulaim listened to his voice and said: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), let my father and mother be sacrificed for you, here is Unais (and requested him to invoke blessings upon me).

So Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) invoked three blessings upon me. I have seen (the results) of the two in this very world (in regard to wealth and progeny) and I hope to see (the result) of the third one in the Hereafter.

[Sahih Muslim, 2481 c]

And in a narration by at-Tirmidhi: Narrated Abu Khaldah: “I said to Abu Al-‘Aliyah: ‘(Did) Anas heard from the Prophet (ﷺ)?’

He said: ‘He served him for ten years, and the Prophet (ﷺ) supplicated for him, and he used to have a garden that would bear fruit twice in the year, and there used to be sweet basil in it, from which could be found the smell of musk.’”

[at-Tirmidhi No. 3833, and it was authenticated by Shaykh Al-Albani in Sahih al-Tirmidhi, No. 3010, and in Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah, No. 2241]

Al-Albani’s Commentary on the Hadeeth

This hadeeth has many benefits, which I will briefly mention:

• It’s okay to pray for more wealth and children, as it’s allowed in Islam. (Bukhari has a chapter on this)
• Wealth and children can be a blessing if we obey Allah’s rules regarding them.

Al-Albani criticizes those who try to control the number of children they have, using methods like birth control or abortion, and seeking permission from scholars to make it acceptable.

He points out that Allah answered the Prophet’s prayer for Anas, making him one of the wealthiest and most prolific among the Ansar.

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2. Dua For Blessings in Arabic

Narrated ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab (رضي الله عنه): “When revelation came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), one could hear what sounded like the drone of bees before his face.

One day revelation was coming to him, he faced the Qiblah, raised his hands and said:

اللَّهُمَّ زِدْنَا وَلاَ تَنْقُصْنَا وَأَكْرِمْنَا وَلاَ تُهِنَّا وَأَعْطِنَا وَلاَ تَحْرِمْنَا وَآثِرْنَا وَلاَ تُؤْثِرْ عَلَيْنَا وَأَرْضِنَا وَارْضَ عَنَّا ‏

Transliteration: Allahumma zidna wala tanqusnaa, wa akrimnaa wala tuhinnaa, wa’atinaa wala tahrimnaa, wa aathirnaa wala tu’thir ’alaynaa, wa ardinaa warda ’anna.

Meaning in English: O Allah! Increase us [in Your Blessings and rewards] and do not decrease us, honour us and do not humiliate us, give us [from Your Gifts] and do not deprive us, be in favour of us and not against us, and make us satisfied and be satisfied with us.

He (ﷺ) said: ‘Ten Ayah were revealed to me, whoever abides by them shall enter Paradise (and they are): ‘Successful indeed are the believers…’ until the completion of ten Ayat (23:1-10).”

[Narrated by At-Tirmidhi, No. 3173].

This is a dua for increase in blessings, knowledge & all goodness, honour, piety, success and contentment.

3. Dua

It is related that Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (رضي الله عنه) used to use these supplications a lot:

اللَّهُمَّ أَلِّفْ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِنَا، وَأَصْلِحْ ذَاتَ بَيْنِنَا، وَاهْدِنَا سُبُلَ السَّلَامِ، وَنَجِّنَا مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ، وَجَنِّبْنَا الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ، وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي أَسْمَاعِنَا، وَأَبْصَارِنَا، وَقُلُوبِنَا، وَأَزْوَاجِنَا، وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا، وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ، وَاجْعَلْنَا شَاكِرِينَ لِنِعْمِكَ مُثْنِينَ بِهَا عَلَيْكَ، قَابِلِينَ لَهَا، وَأَتِمِمْهَا عَلَيْنَا

Transliteration: Allahumma allif baina qulubina, wa aslih dhata bainina, wahdina subulas-salam, wa-najjina minad-dhulumati ilan-noor, wa jannibnal-fawahisha ma dhahara minha wa-ma batana, wa barik lana fi asmaina, wa absarina, wa qulubina, wa azwajina, wa dhurriyyatina, wa tub ‘alaina innaka anta-Tawwabur-Rahim, wa-j’alna shaakireena lini’mik muthneena biha ’alaik, qaabi-lina laha, wa ati-mimha ’alaina.

Meaning: O Allah! Reconcile our hearts, amend what is between us, guide us to the paths of peace, save us from the darkness [and admit us] to light, and save us from obscenities, inwardly or outwardly, and bless our hearing, seeing, hearts, spouses and offspring. And accept our repentance, indeed You are the Ever Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful, and make us thankful for Your favours. All praise is due to You. Accept our good deeds and complete them for us.

[Abu Dawood No. 969]

This is dua to mend relationships, blessings in life, forgiveness, protection from obscenities.

4. Dua

Narrated by Ibn Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

أَللّٰهُمَّ قَنِّعْنِىْ بِمَا رَزَقْتَنِىْ وَ بَارِكْ لِىْ فِيْهِ وَاخْلُفْ عَلَىَّ كُلَّ غَآئِبَةٍ لِّىْ بِخَيْرٍ

Transliteration: Allahumma qanni‘ni bima razaqtani wa baarik li feehi wakhluf ‘alayya kulla ghaa’ibatil-li bikhayr.

Meaning: O Allah, make me content with what You have provided me, bless it for me and substitute every concealed (evil) with good.

[Narrated by Al-Hakim 1/455]

This is dua for contentment & blessings in everything and substituting every evil with good.

5. Dua For Abundant Blessings

اﻟﻠَّﻬُﻢَّ ﺇِﻧِّﻲ ﺃَﺳْﺄَﻟُﻚَ ﺧَﺸْﻴَﺘَﻚَ ﻓِﻲ اﻟْﻐَﻴْﺐِ ﻭَاﻟﺸَّﻬَﺎﺩَﺓِ، ﻭَﺃَﺳْﺄَﻟُﻚَ ﻛَﻠِﻤَﺔَ اﻟْﺤَﻖِّ ﻓِﻲ اﻟﺮِّﺿَﺎ ﻭَاﻟْﻐَﻀَﺐِ، ﻭَﺃَﺳْﺄَﻟُﻚَ اﻟْﻘَﺼْﺪَ ﻓِﻲ اﻟْﻐِﻨَﻰ ﻭَاﻟْﻔَﻘْﺮِ، ﻭَﺃَﺳْﺄَﻟُﻚَ ﻧَﻌِﻴﻤﺎً ﻻَ ﻳَﻨْﻔَﺪُ، ﻭَﺃَﺳْﺄَﻟُﻚَ ﻗُﺮَّﺓَ ﻋَﻴْﻦٍ ﻻَ ﺗَﻨْﻘَﻄِﻊْ، ﻭَﺃَﺳْﺄَﻟُﻚَ اﻟﺮِّﺿَﺎ ﺑَﻌْﺪَ اﻟﻘَﻀَﺎءِ، ﻭَﺃَﺳْﺄَﻟُﻚَ ﺑَﺮْﺩَ اﻟْﻌَﻴْﺶِ ﺑَﻌْﺪَ اﻟْﻤَﻮْﺕ، ﻭَﺃَﺳْﺄَﻟُﻚَ ﻟَﺬَّﺓَ اﻟﻨَّﻈَﺮِ ﺇِﻟَﻰ ﻭَﺟْﻬِﻚَ ﻭَاﻟﺸَّﻮْﻕَ ﺇِﻟَﻰ ﻟِﻘَﺎﺋِﻚَ ﻓِﻲ ﻏَﻴْﺮِ ﺿَﺮَّاءَ ﻣُﻀِﺮَّﺓٍ، ﻭَﻻ ﻓِﺘْﻨَﺔٍ ﻣُﻀﻠَّﺔٍ، اﻟﻠَّﻬُﻢَّ ﺯَﻳِّﻨَّﺎ ﺑِﺰِﻳﻨَﺔِ اﻹِﻳـﻤَﺎﻥِ ﻭَاﺟْﻌَﻠْﻨَﺎ ﻫُﺪَاﺓً ﻣُﻬْﺘَﺪِﻳﻦ

Transliteration: Allaahumma ‘innee ‘as’aluka khashyataka fil-ghaybi wash-shahaadati, wa ‘as’aluka kalimatal-haqqi fir-ridhaa walghadhabi, wa ‘as’alukal-qasda fil-ghinaa walfaqri, wa ‘as’aluka na’eeman laa yanfadu, wa ‘as’aluka qurrata ‘aynin laa tanqati’u, wa ‘as’alukar-ridhaa ba’dal-qadhaa’i, wa ‘as’aluka bardal-‘ayshi ba’dal-mawti, wa ‘as’aluka laththatan-nadhari ‘ilaa wajhika wash-shawqa ‘ilaa liqaa’ikafee ghayri dharraa’a mudhirratin wa laa fitnatin mudhillatin, Allaahumma zayyinnaa bizeenatil-‘eemaani waj’alnaa hudaatan muhtadeen.

Meaning: O Allah, I ask You to grant me fear of You in private and in public. I ask you for the word of truth in times of contentment and anger. I ask You for moderation in wealth and in poverty. I ask you for blessings never ceasing and the coolness of my eye that never ends. I ask You for pleasure after Your Judgment and I ask You for a life of coolness after death. I ask You for the delight of gazing upon Your Face and the joy of meeting You without any harm and misleading trials befalling me. O Allah, dress us with the beauty of Faith, and make us guides who are upon (correct) guidance.