Chapter  1

Dua before class

O GOD, please bring me out of the darkness of doubt and favour me
with the light of comprehension,
O GOD open to us the doors of your mercy and unfold for us the
treasure of your knowledge by your mercy O the most merciful of the
merciful ones.

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 Allhumma Akhrijni min zulumatil vahmi ,wa akrimni be nuril fahmi . Al-
lahumma afta alayna abwaba rahmateka, wa anshur alyna khazaena uloomeka be
rahmateka ya arrahamar rahemeen.
Chapter  2
Dua Before Studying 1
Oh Allah! Make useful for me what you have taught me and teach me
knowledge that will be useful to me.
Oh Allah! I ask you for the understanding of the prophets and the
memory of the messengers, and those nearest to you.
Oh Allah! Make my tongue full of your remembrance and my heart
with awe of you.
Oh Allah! You do whatever you wish, and you are my availer and pro-
tector and best of aid.

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“ALLAHUMMA INFA’NII BIMAA ‘ALLAMTANII WA’ALLIMNII MAA

YANFA’UUNII.
 ALLAHUMMA INII AS’ALUKA FAHMAL-NABIYYEN WA HIFZAL
 MURSALEEN AL-MUQARRABEEN.
AL-MUQARRABEEN.
 ALLAHUMMA IJAL LEESANEE ‘AIMAN BI DHIKRIKA WA QALBI BI 
KHASHYATIKA.
INNA
INNAKA
KA ‘ALA
ALA MA-TAS
-TASHA
HA’U
’U QAD
QADEER
EER WA ANT
ANTA HASB
HASBUN
UN--
 ALLAHU WA NA’MAL
NA’MAL WAKEEL.”
Chapter  3
Dua before study 2
O Allah, honor me by the light of understanding and take me out from
the darknesses of doubt and
and open upon us the doors of Your knowledge
and open upon us the treasure of Your recognition, O the best of the
Merciful ones.
O Allah, and give me Tawfee
feeq to the study and solving all the diffi
fficult
problems through books. By Your mercy, O the best of the merciful ones.

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Allaah
Allaahum
umma
ma akri
akrimn
mnee
ee bino
binoor
oril
il fahm
fahmii wa khar
kharra
raja
jane
neee mi
minn z’ul
z’ulum
umaaaati
till
wahmi waftah’ a’lainaa abwaaba i’lmak.ak. Wan shur a’lainaa khuzza zzaanu
ma’rifatika yaa arh’amar raah’imeen. Allaahumma waffiqnee fil
mut’aala’ti bih’ablee jamee-i’ mushkilaatil masaa-ili minal kutubi
 birah’matika yaa arh’amar raah’imeen.
raah’imeen.

Source:Zubtat al-Asraar, Anci

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Chapter  4
Du`a for removing Anxiety
Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You from worry and grief,
from helplessness and laziness,
from cowardice and stinginess,
and from overpowering of debt and from oppression of men.

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 Allâhumma innî a‘ûdhu bika min al-hammi wa al-hazan. Wa a‘ûdhu bika

min al-‘ajzi wa al-kasal.
Wa a‘ûdhu bika min al-jubni wa al-bukhl. Wa a‘ûdhu bika min ghalabat id-
dayni wa qahr ir-rijal.

This is a short dua found in Mafateehul Jinaan usef

useful
ul fo
forr acq
acquiri
uirinng
 better understanding and more insight into the ocean of light of know-
ledge, It can be recited regularly in Qunoot of Namaaz. This is specially
 beneficial for students for achieving maximum output from their efforts
in studies.

O Allah let my heart be filled with light & insight & understanding &
knowledge ,verily u control everything.

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Chapter  5
Dua After Studying
Oh Allah! I entrust you with what I have read and I have studied. Oh Al-
lah! Bring it back to me when I am in need of it. Oh Allah! You do
whatever you wish, you are my availer and protector and the best of aid.

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“  ALLAHUMMA INNI ASTAODEEKA MA QARA’TU WAMA HAFAZ-

TU. FARUDDUHU ‘ALLAYA INDA HAJATI ELAHI. INNAKA ‘ALA MA-
TASHA’-U QADEER WA ANTA HASBEEYA WA NA’MAL WAKEEL” 
Chapter  6
Dua While Studying Something Difficult
Oh Allah! Nothing is easy except what You have made easy. If You wish,
You can make the difficult easy.

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 Allâhumma lâ sahla illâ mâ ja‘altahu sahlâ wa anta taj‘alu al-hazana

idhâ shi’ta sahlâ.
Chapter  7
Dua For Concentration
Concentration
Blessings of God be upon Muhammad and his progeny. O God, I ask
you, the one who mentions goodness and actualizes it and co
com
mmands it,
remind me of that which the shaytan makes me forget.

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SALL
SALLA-
A-L-
L-LA
LAAH
AHU U ALAA
ALAA MUHA
MUHAMMMMAD
AD WA AAL-
AAL-EE MUHA
MUHAMMMMAD
AD..
ALLA
ALLAHU
HUMM
MMA A IN
INNI
NI AS’A
AS’ALU
LUKA
KA YAA
YAA MUDH
MUDHAK
AKKIKIRA
RA-L
-L KHAY
KHAYR
R WA
FAA’
FAA’IL
ILA
AHU WA-L-
A-L-AA
AAMMIRA
IRA BIH
BIHI DHAK
DHAKIR
IR-N
-NII MAA ANSA
ANSAAN
ANI-
I-H
HI-
SHAYTAN.
Chapter  8
Dua For Victory And Prosperity
O’ the chief of all chiefs! O’ the acceptor of prayers! O’ the elevator of 
ranks! O’ the master of virtues! O’ the forgiver of sins! O’ the granter of 
requests! O’ the excerptor of penance! O’ the hearer of all voices! O’ the
one who knows all mysteries! O’ the remover of calamities!

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“YA SAYYEDAS-SADA-TE, YA MOJEEBAD-DA’VATE, YA RAFE’AD-

DARAJATE, YA VALI-YAL HASANATE, YA GHAFERAL-KHATI’ATE,
YA MO’TI-YAL MAS’ALATE, YA QABI-LAT-TAVBATE, YA SAME’AL-
 ASVATE, YA ‘ALEMAL-KHAFIYATE,
‘ALEMAL-KHAFIYATE, YA DAFE’AL
DAFE’AL BALI YATE.”
Chapter  9
Dua for increase in knowledge
In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful,
O Allah, bless Muhammad and his family
O Allah I ask You for beneficial knowledge and good deeds and a
strong memory and a perfect understanding
and a sound intellect by Your mercy,
cy, O the most Merciful
ful of the merci-
ful ones
O Allah, bless Muhammad and his family.

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Bismil
Bismillāh
lāhir
ir rahm
rahmāni
ānirr raheem
raheem -
Allāhumma
Allāhumma Swalli
Swalli ‘alā Muhamm
Muhammadin
adin wa
wa aali Muhammad
Muhammad -
Allāhumma
Allāhumma inni asaluka
asaluka ‘amalan
‘amalan nāfi‘ā
nāfi‘ā -
Wa ‘amalan swālihā -

hifzan qawiyyā -
wa fahm
fahmanan kāmi
kāmilā
lā -
wa aqla
aqlann sāli
sālimā
mā - bira
birahm
hmat
atik
ikaa yā
yā arha
arhama
marr rāhi
rāhime
meen
en -
Allāhumma Swalli ‘alā Muhammadin wa aali Muhammad-
Chapter  10
DuÝa Before Starting Class
In the Name of AllÁh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful fulTak
Take me out
of the dark
arkness of doubt, . And favor me with the light of understanding.
O’ AllÁh! Upon for us, the doors of Your Mercy,And unfold for us, the
treas
reasur
ures
es of Your
Your Know
Knowleledg
dgee,!Wi
,!With
th your
your Mercy
ercy,, O’ the Mos
ostt Merci
ercifu
full of 
the Merciful! O’ AllÁh! Send Your blessings upon Muhammad and the
family of Muhammad.
Chapter  11
Dua'a for Memory and Speech
DUA'A 10
If one fails to remember an event or written text or spoken words, ac-
cording to Imam Jafar bin Muhammad al Sadiq one should put the right
hand on the forehad and recite:
INNEE AS-ALUKA YAA MUD'AKKIRAL KHAYRI WA FAA-
ILAHOO WAL AAMIRA BIHEE AN TUS'ALLIYA A'LAA
MUH'
MUH'AM AMMA
MADI DINN WA AALI
AALI MUH'
MUH'AMAMMA
MADI DIN
N WA TUD'
TUD'AK
AKKI
KIRA
RANE
NEE E
MAA ANSAANEEHISH SHAYT'AAN
I beseech You, O He who reminds about doing good, does good and
commands to do good. Send blessings on Muhammed and the family of 
Muhammed and let me remember what shaytan makes me forget.

DUA'A 11
Acco
corrding to Imam Ali ibn abi Talib to retain
ain in memory whatever one
listens or reads, recite the following dua'a after every obligatory salat.
In the name of Allah the most kind the most merciful.
Glory be to Him who does not treat the citizens of His kingdom unjustly.
Glory be to Him who does not let the torment and pain come suddenly
upon mankind.
Glory be to the compassionate the merciful.
O Allah, fill
fill my heart with true
true enlightenme
enlightenment,
nt, wisdom,
wisdom, understand
understanding
ing
and knowledge.
Surely you are able to do all things.
SUBH'AANA MAN LAA YA-TADEE AA'LAA AHLI
MAMLAKATIHEE SUBH'AANA MAN LAA YAAKHUD'U AHLAL
ARZ'I BILWAANIL A'D'AABI SUBH'AANAR RA-OOFIR RAH'EEMI
ALLAAHUMMAJ-A'L LEE FEE QALBEE NOORAN WA BAS'ARAN
WA FAHMAN WA I'LMAN INNAKA A'LAA KULLI SHAY-IN
QADEER
 DUA'A 12
Recite the following dua'a 7 times after obligatory salat to increase
knowledge
RABBI ZIDNEE I'LMAA

DUA'A 13
To learn the holy Quran by heart (or remember its important verses)
recite the following dua'a by Imam Ali ibn abi Talib written in Sahifa
Alawiyyah
O Allah have mercy on me to be able to leave disobeying you till I am
alive. Show mercy on me by not imposing a troublesome and difficult
task on me. Make me do good deeds that please you. Make me learn
your
 book by heart, just like you have taught me.Give me thethe ability to
recite it in a manner that pleases you. O Allah (through the quran)
enlighten my wisdom, open the doors of understanding and liberate my
heart. Loosen my tongue, let my body be active and give me strength
for it. No one can help me save you. There is no god except you.
ALLAAH
ALLAAHUMM UMMAR-
AR-H'A
H'AMNE
MNEE E BITARK
BITARKILIL MA-A'A
MA-A'AS'ES'EE
E ABDAN
ABDAN MAA
ABQAYTANEE FAR-H'AMNEE MIN TAKALLUFI MAA LAA
YUNEENEE WARZUQNEE H'USNAL MANZ'ARI FEEMAA
YURZ'EEKA A'NNEE WAL-ZAM QALBEE H'IFZ'A KITAABIKA
KAMAA A'LLAMTANEE WARZUQNEE AN ATLUWAHOO A'LAN
NAH'W
H'WIL LAD'EAD'EE
E YURZ
YURZ'E 'EEK
EKAA A'N
A'NNEE ALL
ALLAAH
AAHUMMAMMA NAWW AWWIR
BAS'AREE WASH-RAH BIHEE S'ADRE WA FARRU BIHEE QALBEE
WA AT'LIT'LIQQ BIH
IHE
EE LISA
ISAAANE
AANEE E WAS-TA
S-TA-M
-MIIL BIH
IHEEE BADA
BADAN NEE WA
QAWWINEE A'LAA D'AALIKA WA A-I'NNEE A'LAYHI INNAHOO
LAA MU-E'ENA A'LAYHI ILLAA ANTA LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTA

DUA'A 14
Whoe
Whoeve verr wr
writ
ites
es surah Israil with saffron, washes it with pure
surah Bani Israil
water and drinks it will grow in wisdom and have fluent speech.
DUA'A 15
To spea
speakk clea
clearl
rlyy and
and flue
fluenntly
tly reci
recitte surah al Jumu-ah a great deal, and
to have a photographic memory learn surah al A-laa by heart.
Memo
Memory ry and
and Rete
Retentntio
ion
n Ayatu
yatull
llah
ah ‘Al
Alii Qadhi
adhi al-T
al-Tab
abat
atab
aba’
a’ii wo
woululd
d ad-
ad-
vise one to recite Ayat al-Kursi [2:255
255-257] and Ma’udhatayn (Surat al-
Falaq and Surat al-Nas) for strengthening one’s memory
Reci
Reciti
tinng regu
regula
larl
rlyy Sal
Salwaat
waat on the
the holy
oly prop
prophhet & his
his ho
hous
useeho
holdld is also
also a
method to improve ones memory
Take 4 or 7 almonds and pray salwat then pray "Ya Zul Jallale wal
Ikraam" 11times, again salwat then and blow ( breathe on the almonds
with the breath of the Zikr as you recite it ) on the almonds and eat
them first thing every morning, Inshallah it will help your memory
Chapter  12
From Baqiyatus slaehat ( margins of Mafatih ) :-
It is reported in 'Makaarimul Akhlaq' from Imam Muhammad Baqir
(a.s.) and Imam Sadiq (a.s.) that one should write on a clean vessel with
safr
safron
on the Chap
hapter
ter of Al-H
l-Hamd,
amd, Ayat
Ayatul
ul Kurs
Kursi,i, the
the Chap
Chapte ters
rs of Qadr,
adr, Yas-
Yas-
in, Waqiah, Hashr, Mulk, Ikhlas, Falaq and Nas and should then wash
them with Zamzam water, rain water or clean water and add in the wa-
ter about two grams of 'kandaroo', fiftyfty grams of sugar and fif fifty grams
ams of 
honey. At night it should be kept under open sky on iron.
At the end of the night one should recite two rakaats in each of which
after the recitation of the Chapter of Al-Hamd, the chapter of Ikhlas be
recited fifty times.
On completion of the salaat, one should drink the water which is good
and tested
The following dua’a was taught by the Holy
Prophet (S.A.) to Imam Ali (A.S.), to be re-
cited after every obligatory Salaat, for devel-
oping a flawless memory:
Glory be to Him who does not treat the cit- ???????? ???? ?? ????????
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izens of His Kingdom unjustly and harshly, ???????? ???? ?? ???????
Glory be to Him who does not let torment
and pain come suddenly upon mankind, ?????? ????????? ?????????
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Glory be to the Compassionate, the Merci- ?????????? ? ?? ?? ? ? ??
ful. O Allah fill my heart and mind with true
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enlightenment, discerning intelligence, ?????? ?????? ?????????
quic
quickk unde
undersrsta
tand
ndin
ingg and
and know
knowle
ledg
dge,
e, Veri
Verily
ly
Thou art able to do all things. ????
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Chapter  13
Proven Supplication for increasing memory ( Tohfatul
Hashmiya)
Write on seven pieces of sugar and eat a piece everyday. Write on the
first one:
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Fataa’a’lallaahul malikul haqq
Supremely exalted is therefore Allah, the King, the Truth,[1]
and eat it on Saturday, and on the second write:
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Wa qur rabbi zidnee i’lmaa.
And say: O my Lord! Increase me in knowledge.[2]
and eat it on Sunday, and on the third write:
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Laa tuh’arrik-bihi lisaanak.
Do not move your tongue with it[3]
and eat it on Monday, and on the fourth piece write
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Inna a’lainaa jam-a’hu wa qur-aanah.
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.[4]
and eat it on Tuesday, and on the fifth piece write:
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Fa-idhaa qaraa-nahu fattabi’ qur-aanah.
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.[5]
and eat it on Wednesday, and on the sixth piece write:
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Sanuqri-uka falaa tansaa.
We will make you recite so you shall not forget,[6]
and eat it on Thursday, and on the seventh piece write:
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Innahu ya’lamul jahra wa maa yakhfaa.
Surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.[7]
 and eat it on Friday.
Memorization would became easy for one who does this for seven
days, and his tongue would become eloquent and his memory will
increase.
Another Supplication for Memory[8]
The Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said to Ali (a.s.): If you intend that you retain all
that you hear, then recite the following after every ritual prayer:
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Sub-h
ub-h’a
’aan
anaa mall
mallaa
aa ya’t
ya’tad
adee
ee a’la
a’laaa ahl
ahli mamli
amlika
kati
tihh. Sub-
Sub-h’h’aa
aanana malla
allaaa
yaa-khudhu ahlal arz”i bi-alwaanil adhaab. Sub-h’aanar ra-oofur
rah’eem. Allaahummaj-a’l fee qalbee nooranw wa bas’araa. Wa fahi-
manw wa i’lmaa. Innaka a’laa kulli shai-in qadeer.
Glory be to the One who does not oppress His subjects, Glory be to the
One Who does not subject the people of the earth to various punish-
ments, Glory be to the forgiving and the Merciful, O Allah, put in my
heart a light and perception and understanding. Indeed You are power-
ful over all things.

[1] Surah Taha 20:114

[2] Surah Taha 20:114
[3] Surah Qiyamah 75:16
[4] Surah Qiyamah 75:17
[5] Surah Qiyamah 75:18
[6] Surah Alaa 87:6
[7] Surah Alaa 87:7
[8] Tibb al-Aaimma, As-Sayyid Shubbar, Pg. 388
Chapter  14
Du‘ā for increase in knowledge
Bismillāhir rahmānir raheem
In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful
Allāhumma Swalli ‘alā Muhammadin wa aali
Muhammad O Allah, bless Muhammad and his family
Allāhumma inni asaluka ‘amalan nāfi‘ā
O Allah I ask You for beneficial knowledge
Wa ‘amalan swālihā
and good deeds
wa hifzan qawiyyā
and a strong memory
wa fahman kāmilā
and a perfect understanding
wa aqlan sālimā
and a sound intellect
 birahmatika yā arhamar rāhimeen
 by Your mercy, O the most Merciful of the merciful one
Allāhumma Swalli ‘alā Muhammadin wa aali
Muhammad O Allah, bless Muhammad and his family.
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