Du’a is worship and direct dependence upon اللّٰه (ALLAH). A careful learner understands what a supplication means, distinguishes Qur’anic wording from an authenticated Prophetic r…
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Du’a is worship and direct dependence upon اللّٰه(ALLAH). A careful learner understands what a supplication means, distinguishes Qur’anic wording from an authenticated Prophetic report, and keeps personal requests within what is lawful. Login is never required to read or practise; it only saves assignment and progress.
Calling upon the Creator Alone
Qur’an study · Al-Fatihah
Ayah 1:5
✓ Source checkedArabic Qur’an:
إِيَّاكَ نَعۡبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسۡتَعِينُ ٥
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1إِيَّاكَiyyākaYou Alone
2نَعۡبُدُnaʿbuduwe worship
3وَإِيَّاكَwa-iyyākaand You Alone
4نَسۡتَعِينُnastaʿīnuwe ask for help
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
It is You we worship and You we ask for help.
Compare · M. Pickthall
Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 1:5. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2سَأَلَكَsa-alakaask you
3عِبَادِيʿibādīMy servants
4عَنِّيʿannīabout Me
5فَإِنِّيfa-innīthen indeed I am
6قَرِيبٌۖqarībunnear
7أُجِيبُujībuI respond
8دَعۡوَةَdaʿwata(to the) invocation
9ٱلدَّاعِl-dāʿi(of) the supplicant
10إِذَاidhāwhen
11دَعَانِۖdaʿānihe calls Me
12فَلۡيَسۡتَجِيبُواْfalyastajībūSo let them respond
13لِيlīto Me
14وَلۡيُؤۡمِنُواْwalyu'minūand let them believe
15بِيbīin Me
16لَعَلَّهُمۡlaʿallahumso that they may
17يَرۡشُدُونَyarshudūna(be) led aright
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And when My servants ask you, [O Muḥammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him)], concerning Me – indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.
The salutation is an editorial addition; the stored translation is unchanged.
Compare · M. Pickthall
And when My servants question thee concerning Me, then surely I am nigh. I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he crieth unto Me. So let them hear My call and let them trust in Me, in order that they may be led aright.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
When My servants ask thee concerning Me, I am indeed close (to them): I listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calleth on Me: Let them also, with a will, Listen to My call, and believe in Me: That they may walk in the right way.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:186. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 27 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
2رَبُّكُمُrabbukumuyour Lord
3ٱدۡعُونِيٓid'ʿūnīCall upon Me
4أَسۡتَجِبۡastajibI will respond
5لَكُمۡۚlakumto you
6إِنَّinnaIndeed
7ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
8يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَyastakbirūna(are) proud
9عَنۡʿanto
10عِبَادَتِيʿibādatīworship Me
11سَيَدۡخُلُونَsayadkhulūnawill enter
12جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
13دَاخِرِينَdākhirīna(in) humiliation
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible.
Compare · M. Pickthall
And your Lord hath said: Pray unto Me and I will hear your prayer. Lo! those who scorn My service, they will enter hell, disgraced.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And your Lord says: "Call on Me; I will answer your (Prayer): but those who are too arrogant to serve Me will surely find themselves in Hell – in humiliation!"
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 40:60. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
An-Nu'man ibn Bashir reported Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) teaching that supplication is worship.
Evidence use
This gives du'a its worshipful category and connects the teaching to Qur'an 40:60.
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Collection and locator
Sunan Abi Dawud 1479; Book 8, Hadith 64
Chapter shown by source
Regarding Supplication
Narrator
An-Nu'man ibn Bashir
Displayed grading
Sahih — Displayed Al-Albani grading on Sunan Abi Dawud 1479. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
Only the concise Prophetic statement identifying supplication as worship is retained; the source page also connects it to Qur'an 40:60.
Evidence boundary
Prophetic hadith, not Qur’an or hadith qudsi. The parallel Tirmidhi route is recorded separately in the source snapshot.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd that
2ٱلۡمَسَٰجِدَl-masājidathe masjids
3لِلَّهِlillahi(are) for Allah
4فَلَاfalāso (do) not
5تَدۡعُواْtadʿūcall
6مَعَmaʿawith
7ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
8أَحَدٗاaḥadananyone
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And [He revealed] that the masjids are for Allāh, so do not invoke with Allāh anyone.
Compare · M. Pickthall
And the places of worship are only for Allah, so pray not unto anyone along with Allah.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
"And the places of worship are for Allah (alone): So invoke not any one along with Allah;
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 72:18. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1قُلِquliSay
2ٱدۡعُواْid'ʿūInvoke
3ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
4أَوِawior
5ٱدۡعُواْid'ʿūinvoke
6ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنَۖl-raḥmānathe Most Gracious
7أَيّٗاayyanBy whatever (name)
8مَّاmāBy whatever (name)
9تَدۡعُواْtadʿūyou invoke
10فَلَهُfalahuto Him (belongs)
11ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءُl-asmāuthe Most Beautiful Names
12ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۚl-ḥus'nāthe Most Beautiful Names
13وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
14تَجۡهَرۡtajharbe loud
15بِصَلَاتِكَbiṣalātikain your prayers
16وَلَاwalāand not
17تُخَافِتۡtukhāfitbe silent
18بِهَاbihātherein
19وَٱبۡتَغِwa-ib'taghibut seek
20بَيۡنَbaynabetween
21ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
22سَبِيلٗاsabīlana way
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Say, "Call upon Allāh or call upon the Most Merciful [ar-Raḥmān]. Whichever [name] you call – to Him belong the best names." And do not recite [too] loudly in your prayer or [too] quietly but seek between that an [intermediate] way.
Compare · M. Pickthall
Say (unto mankind): Cry unto Allah, or cry unto the Beneficent, unto whichsoever ye cry (it is the same). His are the most beautiful names. And thou (Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him)), be not loud-voiced in thy worship nor yet silent therein, but follow a way between.
The salutation is an editorial addition; the stored translation is unchanged.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Say: "Call upon Allah, or call upon Rahman: by whatever name ye call upon Him, (it is well): for to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Neither speak thy Prayer aloud, nor speak it in a low tone, but seek a middle course between."
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 17:110. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Ibn Abbas reported being taught as a young learner to remain mindful of the Creator, ask Him and seek His aid, while recognising that created benefit and harm remain within what He has decreed.
Evidence use
This is age-aware instruction in supplication and ultimate reliance.
How this hadith panel was sourced and checkedOpen the collection, locator and grading record
Collection and locator
Jami at-Tirmidhi 2516; Book 37, Hadith 102
Chapter shown by source
The hadith of Hanzalah
Narrator
Ibn Abbas
Displayed grading
Hasan — Darussalam grade displayed by Sunnah.com; al-Tirmidhi states hasan sahih. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
The opening instruction to the young learner, including asking and seeking aid, is retained. The source page continues with the decree and created benefit/harm.
Evidence boundary
The report teaches ultimate reliance and religious asking; it does not prohibit ordinary help within created ability. Grading labels require the site’s specialist policy.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
The centre of du’a is Tawheed: worship and ultimate dependence belong to اللّٰه(ALLAH) alone. The Qur’an teaches that He is near and answers the caller, commands people to call upon Him and forbids invoking another alongside Him in worship.
Qur’an 1:5 joins exclusive worship with seeking ultimate help from اللّٰه(ALLAH). Name the need directly in prayer while still taking the lawful created means available. Read the complete displayed evidence before repeating the point. Preserve what the source establishes, what the lesson explains and what still needs qualified application.
Read the complete evidence panel before reducing it to a step. The Arabic, named translation, source locator and explanation have different roles; preserving those roles lets a learner worship with confidence without turning a short guide into an unsupported ruling.
Keep three lines in your notes: what the source explicitly says, what this lesson explains, and what remains for qualified review. That structure makes later correction clear rather than embarrassing.
Requesting ordinary help from a capable living person is not the same category as worship; the exact claim and belief must be examined before labels are applied.
Learning move: Open lesson 1, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1ٱدۡعُواْid'ʿūCall upon
2رَبَّكُمۡrabbakumyour Lord
3تَضَرُّعٗاtaḍarruʿanhumbly
4وَخُفۡيَةًۚwakhuf'yatanand privately
5إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
6لَاlā(does) not
7يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
8ٱلۡمُعۡتَدِينَl-muʿ'tadīnathe transgressors
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Call upon your Lord in humility and privately; indeed, He does not like transgressors.1
Compare · M. Pickthall
(O mankind!) Call upon your Lord humbly and in secret. Lo! He loveth not aggressors.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Call on your Lord with humility and in private: for Allah loveth not those who trespass beyond bounds.
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 7:55. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2تُفۡسِدُواْtuf'sidūcause corruption
3فِيfīin
4ٱلۡأَرۡضِl-arḍithe earth
5بَعۡدَbaʿdaafter
6إِصۡلَٰحِهَاiṣ'lāḥihāits reformation
7وَٱدۡعُوهُwa-id'ʿūhuAnd call Him
8خَوۡفٗاkhawfan(in) fear
9وَطَمَعًاۚwaṭamaʿanand hope
10إِنَّinnaIndeed
11رَحۡمَتَraḥmata(the) Mercy
12ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
13قَرِيبٞqarībun(is) near
14مِّنَminafor
15ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary ·
And cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. And invoke Him in fear and aspiration. Indeed, the mercy of Allāh is near to the doers of good.
Compare ·
Work not confusion in the earth after the fair ordering (thereof). and call on Him in fear and hope. Lo! the mercy of Allah is nigh unto the good.
Compare ·
Do no mischief on the earth, after it hath been set in order, but call on Him with fear and longing (in your hearts): for the Mercy of Allah is (always) near to those who do good.
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 7:56. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1قُلِquliSay
2ٱدۡعُواْid'ʿūInvoke
3ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
4أَوِawior
5ٱدۡعُواْid'ʿūinvoke
6ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنَۖl-raḥmānathe Most Gracious
7أَيّٗاayyanBy whatever (name)
8مَّاmāBy whatever (name)
9تَدۡعُواْtadʿūyou invoke
10فَلَهُfalahuto Him (belongs)
11ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءُl-asmāuthe Most Beautiful Names
12ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۚl-ḥus'nāthe Most Beautiful Names
13وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
14تَجۡهَرۡtajharbe loud
15بِصَلَاتِكَbiṣalātikain your prayers
16وَلَاwalāand not
17تُخَافِتۡtukhāfitbe silent
18بِهَاbihātherein
19وَٱبۡتَغِwa-ib'taghibut seek
20بَيۡنَbaynabetween
21ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
22سَبِيلٗاsabīlana way
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Say, "Call upon Allāh or call upon the Most Merciful [ar-Raḥmān]. Whichever [name] you call – to Him belong the best names." And do not recite [too] loudly in your prayer or [too] quietly but seek between that an [intermediate] way.
Compare · M. Pickthall
Say (unto mankind): Cry unto Allah, or cry unto the Beneficent, unto whichsoever ye cry (it is the same). His are the most beautiful names. And thou (Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him)), be not loud-voiced in thy worship nor yet silent therein, but follow a way between.
The salutation is an editorial addition; the stored translation is unchanged.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Say: "Call upon Allah, or call upon Rahman: by whatever name ye call upon Him, (it is well): for to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Neither speak thy Prayer aloud, nor speak it in a low tone, but seek a middle course between."
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 17:110. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Anas ibn Malik reported that a man praised اللّٰه(ALLAH), affirmed that none is worthy of worship except Him, invoked Him as Al-Mannan, the Originator of the heavens and earth, the Possessor of Majesty and Honour, the Ever-Living and the Sustainer, and then asked Him. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) said that the man had called upon اللّٰه(ALLAH) by His Great Name: when He is called by it, He answers, and when He is asked by it, He gives.
Evidence use
The report contains the exact definite form Al-Mannan in a direct invocation of اللّٰه(ALLAH). It is hadith evidence for the title; it does not create a Qur’anic occurrence or establish that every use of the same Arabic root has a Divine referent.
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Collection and locator
Sunan Abi Dawud 1495; Book 8, Hadith 80
Chapter shown by source
Regarding Supplication
Narrator
Anas ibn Malik
Displayed grading
Sahih — Al-Albani, as displayed by the source. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
The vowel-marked supplication and the Prophet’s response are transcribed from the cited source without the chain of transmission; punctuation and presentation are normalised. Open the source page for the complete record.
Evidence boundary
Hadith title evidence only. Qur’anic root uses and human uses of mannan remain separate datasets and must be classified by context.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 27 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Abu Huraira reported that a person should not abandon supplication by saying that they asked but were not answered.
Evidence use
This authenticated parallel clarifies impatience while preserving compassionate space for disappointment.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 6340; Book 80, Hadith 37
Chapter shown by source
The invocation is granted if the person does not show impatience
Narrator
Abu Huraira
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
The complete concise parallel report is retained. It warns against abandoning supplication through impatience; it does not permit blaming a suffering person or promising their requested outcome.
Evidence boundary
It must not be used to shame distress, diagnose weak faith or promise the requested result. Not Qur’an or hadith qudsi.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Abu Huraira reported guidance against supplicating for sin or severing family ties and against abandoning supplication through impatience.
Evidence use
This supplies lawful-content and patience boundaries without promising a chosen outcome or date.
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Collection and locator
Sahih Muslim 2735c; Book 48, Hadith 127
Chapter shown by source
The supplicant should not become impatient
Narrator
Abu Huraira
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih Muslim collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
The retained clause covers requests for sin, severing family ties and impatience; the full report explains abandoning supplication after perceived delay.
Evidence boundary
Prophetic hadith, not an exact-outcome guarantee, Qur’an or hadith qudsi.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Abu Huraira reported that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) taught that اللّٰه(ALLAH) is Tayyib and accepts only what is tayyib, before connecting the teaching to lawful food, deeds, charity and supplication.
Evidence use
Tayyib is an indefinite Divine predicate. The same root is used of created food, earnings and other good things in the report, so those uses must not be counted as extra title occurrences or treated as equal modes of meaning.
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Collection and locator
Sahih Muslim 1015; Book 12, Hadith 83
Chapter shown by source
Acceptance Of Charity From Good Earnings
Narrator
Abu Huraira
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih Muslim collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
This controlled panel reproduces the opening predicate and acceptance clause from the cited report. It omits the chain, Qur'anic citations and the longer travel-and-supplication example; open the source page for the complete narration.
Evidence boundary
Authenticated indefinite-predicate evidence. Lawful earnings and consumption matter, but the report must not be used to pronounce a private judgement that a named person's supplication is rejected.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 28 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2سَأَلَكَsa-alakaask you
3عِبَادِيʿibādīMy servants
4عَنِّيʿannīabout Me
5فَإِنِّيfa-innīthen indeed I am
6قَرِيبٌۖqarībunnear
7أُجِيبُujībuI respond
8دَعۡوَةَdaʿwata(to the) invocation
9ٱلدَّاعِl-dāʿi(of) the supplicant
10إِذَاidhāwhen
11دَعَانِۖdaʿānihe calls Me
12فَلۡيَسۡتَجِيبُواْfalyastajībūSo let them respond
13لِيlīto Me
14وَلۡيُؤۡمِنُواْwalyu'minūand let them believe
15بِيbīin Me
16لَعَلَّهُمۡlaʿallahumso that they may
17يَرۡشُدُونَyarshudūna(be) led aright
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And when My servants ask you, [O Muḥammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him)], concerning Me – indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.
The salutation is an editorial addition; the stored translation is unchanged.
Compare · M. Pickthall
And when My servants question thee concerning Me, then surely I am nigh. I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he crieth unto Me. So let them hear My call and let them trust in Me, in order that they may be led aright.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
When My servants ask thee concerning Me, I am indeed close (to them): I listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calleth on Me: Let them also, with a will, Listen to My call, and believe in Me: That they may walk in the right way.
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:186. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 27 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Du’a is made with humility, hope and awareness, not as a transaction that places the Creator under a deadline. The Qur’an joins fear and hope, while authenticated Sunnah warns against impatience, sinful requests and severing family ties.
Qur’an 7:56 forbids corruption after reform and directs people to call with fear and hope, with mercy near to those who do good. Pair hope for mercy with one responsible action that stops harm or builds good. Read the complete displayed evidence before repeating the point. Preserve what the source establishes, what the lesson explains and what still needs qualified application.
A beginner needs a usable route and an honest boundary at the same time. Learn the shared practice first, record any circumstance that changes it, and take medical, financial, disability or school-specific questions to a qualified person who can examine the real case.
Read once for meaning and a second time for boundaries. On the second reading, test strong words such as always, never, invalid and required against the complete evidence shown.
Apply the teaching with truthful facts, protected dignity and qualified review when another person’s rights are involved.
Learning move: Open lesson 2, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
Qur’anic Supplications: Meaning before Memorisation
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَمِنۡهُمwamin'humAnd from those
2مَّنmanwho
3يَقُولُyaqūlusay
4رَبَّنَآrabbanāOur Lord
5ءَاتِنَاātināGrant us
6فِيfīin
7ٱلدُّنۡيَاl-dun'yāthe world
8حَسَنَةٗḥasanatangood
9وَفِيwafīand in
10ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
11حَسَنَةٗḥasanatangood
12وَقِنَاwaqināand save us
13عَذَابَʿadhāba(from the) punishment
14ٱلنَّارِl-nāri(of) the Fire
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
But among them is he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire."
Compare · M. Pickthall
And of them (also) is he who saith: "Our Lord! Give unto us in the world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and guard us from the doom of Fire."
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And there are men who say: "Our Lord! Give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and defend us from the torment of the Fire!"
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:201. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Interlinear word study
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
2لَاlā(Do) not
3تُزِغۡtuzighdeviate
4قُلُوبَنَاqulūbanāour hearts
5بَعۡدَbaʿdaafter
6إِذۡidh[when]
7هَدَيۡتَنَاhadaytanāYou (have) guided us
8وَهَبۡwahaband grant
9لَنَاlanā(for) us
10مِنminfrom
11لَّدُنكَladunkaYourself
12رَحۡمَةًۚraḥmatanmercy
13إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed You
14أَنتَantaYou
15ٱلۡوَهَّابُl-wahābu(are) the Bestower
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
[Who say], "Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us and grant us from Yourself mercy. Indeed, You are the Bestower.
Compare · M. Pickthall
Our Lord! Cause not our hearts to stray after Thou hast guided us, and bestow upon us mercy from Thy Presence. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Bestower.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
"Our Lord!" (they say), "Let not our hearts deviate now after Thou hast guided us, but grant us mercy from Thine own Presence; for Thou art the Grantor of bounties without measure.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 3:8. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 27 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1قَالَاqālāBoth of them said
2رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
3ظَلَمۡنَآẓalamnāwe have wronged
4أَنفُسَنَاanfusanāourselves
5وَإِنwa-inand if
6لَّمۡlamnot
7تَغۡفِرۡtaghfirYou forgive
8لَنَاlanā[for] us
9وَتَرۡحَمۡنَاwatarḥamnāand have mercy (on) us
10لَنَكُونَنَّlanakūnannasurely, we will be
11مِنَminaamong
12ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnathe losers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers."
Compare · M. Pickthall
They said: Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If thou forgive us not and have not mercy on us, surely we are of the lost!
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
They said: "Our Lord! We have wronged our own souls: If thou forgive us not and bestow not upon us Thy Mercy, we shall certainly be lost."
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 7:23. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1قَالَqālaHe said
2رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
3ٱشۡرَحۡish'raḥExpand
4لِيlīfor me
5صَدۡرِيṣadrīmy breast
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
[Moses] said, "My Lord, expand [i.e., relax] for me my breast [with assurance]
Compare · M. Pickthall
(Moses) said: My Lord! relieve my mind
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
(Moses) said: "O my Lord! expand me my breast;
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 20:25. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَيَسِّرۡwayassirAnd ease
2لِيٓlīfor me
3أَمۡرِيamrīmy task
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And ease for me my task
Compare · M. Pickthall
And ease my task for me;
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
"Ease my task for me;
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 20:26. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Interlinear word study
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَٱحۡلُلۡwa-uḥ'lulAnd untie
2عُقۡدَةٗʿuq'datan(the) knot
3مِّنminfrom
4لِّسَانِيlisānīmy tongue
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And untie the knot from my tongue
Compare · M. Pickthall
And loose a knot from my tongue,
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
"And remove the impediment from my speech,
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 20:27. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَفۡقَهُواْyafqahūThat they may understand
2قَوۡلِيqawlīmy speech
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
That they may understand my speech.
Compare · M. Pickthall
That they may understand my saying.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
"So they may understand what I say:
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 20:28. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1فَسَقَىٰfasaqāSo he watered
2لَهُمَاlahumāfor them
3ثُمَّthummaThen
4تَوَلَّىٰٓtawallāhe turned back
5إِلَىilāto
6ٱلظِّلِّl-ẓilithe shade
7فَقَالَfaqālaand said
8رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
9إِنِّيinnīIndeed, I am
10لِمَآlimāof whatever
11أَنزَلۡتَanzaltaYou send
12إِلَيَّilayyato me
13مِنۡminof
14خَيۡرٖkhayringood
15فَقِيرٞfaqīrun(in) need
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
So he watered [their flocks] for them; then he went back to the shade and said, "My Lord, indeed I am, for whatever good You would send down to me, in need."
Compare · M. Pickthall
So he watered (their flock) for them. Then he turned aside into the shade, and said: My Lord! I am needy of whatever good Thou sendest down for me.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
So he watered (their flocks) for them; then he turned back to the shade, and said:"O my Lord! truly am I in (desperate) need of any good that Thou dost send me!"
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 28:24. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Qur’anic supplications carry revealed wording and context. A learner should see the exact QPC Hafs text, hear it, study each word, read named translations and understand the request before memorising. Transliteration helps temporarily but cannot replace the Arabic.
Qur’an 7:23 records an admission of wrongdoing, a request for forgiveness and mercy, and recognition of loss without them. Read the controlled Arabic and meaning, then identify admission, request and consequence as three distinct parts. Read the complete displayed evidence before repeating the point. Preserve what the source establishes, what the lesson explains and what still needs qualified application.
Calm completeness is the goal. Repeating an action without evidence, rushing past a required distinction, or ignoring real harm can all move the learner away from careful worship. Work through the evidence once slowly, check once, and improve through reviewed teaching.
An adult guiding a child should praise careful attention and an honest “I need to ask” answer. The aim is worship with understanding, not performance for the teacher.
Apply the teaching with truthful facts, protected dignity and qualified review when another person’s rights are involved.
Learning move: Open lesson 3, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
Authenticated Prophetic Supplications and Personal Du’a
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Anas ibn Malik reported that a man praised اللّٰه(ALLAH), affirmed that none is worthy of worship except Him, invoked Him as Al-Mannan, the Originator of the heavens and earth, the Possessor of Majesty and Honour, the Ever-Living and the Sustainer, and then asked Him. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) said that the man had called upon اللّٰه(ALLAH) by His Great Name: when He is called by it, He answers, and when He is asked by it, He gives.
Evidence use
The report contains the exact definite form Al-Mannan in a direct invocation of اللّٰه(ALLAH). It is hadith evidence for the title; it does not create a Qur’anic occurrence or establish that every use of the same Arabic root has a Divine referent.
How this hadith panel was sourced and checkedOpen the collection, locator and grading record
Collection and locator
Sunan Abi Dawud 1495; Book 8, Hadith 80
Chapter shown by source
Regarding Supplication
Narrator
Anas ibn Malik
Displayed grading
Sahih — Al-Albani, as displayed by the source. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
The vowel-marked supplication and the Prophet’s response are transcribed from the cited source without the chain of transmission; punctuation and presentation are normalised. Open the source page for the complete record.
Evidence boundary
Hadith title evidence only. Qur’anic root uses and human uses of mannan remain separate datasets and must be classified by context.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 27 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Khawlah reported a supplication seeking refuge in the perfect words of the Creator when stopping at a place.
Evidence use
Authenticated stopping-place remembrance.
How this hadith panel was sourced and checkedOpen the collection, locator and grading record
Collection and locator
Sahih Muslim 2708a; Book 48, Hadith 72
Chapter shown by source
Seeking refuge from a bad end and misery
Narrator
Khawlah bint Hakim
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih Muslim collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
Complete concise report retained for stopping at a place.
Evidence boundary
Does not cancel precautions or guarantee absence of every hardship.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Hudhayfah reported concise remembrance at bedtime and on waking.
Evidence use
Authenticated sleep-and-waking remembrance.
How this hadith panel was sourced and checkedOpen the collection, locator and grading record
Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 6324; Book 80, Hadith 21
Chapter shown by source
What to say at sleep and waking
Narrator
Hudhayfah
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
The two concise phrases for bedtime and waking are retained together as the page reports them.
Evidence boundary
Not an insomnia treatment or uninterrupted-sleep promise.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Aisha reported that when the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) visited someone who was ill, he asked the Lord of people to remove the suffering and heal, directly addressing اللّٰه(ALLAH) as Ash-Shafi, while affirming that no healing exists except His healing.
Evidence use
The report contains the exact definite form Ash-Shafi in direct address to اللّٰه(ALLAH). It is authentic hadith title evidence; it does not create an exact-title occurrence in the Qur'an or promise that every illness will end in the manner or timing a person requests.
How this hadith panel was sourced and checkedOpen the collection, locator and grading record
Collection and locator
Sahih Muslim 2191d; Book 39, Hadith 64
Chapter shown by source
It Is Recommended To Recite Ruqyah For One Who Is Sick
Narrator
Aisha
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih Muslim collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
This controlled panel reproduces the healing supplication from the cited Sahih Muslim report without its chain. Punctuation is normalised for display; open the source page for the complete record and wording note.
Evidence boundary
Exact direct-address hadith evidence. Medical care, lawful treatment, patience, decree and the Qur'anic healing contexts remain distinct teaching questions.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 28 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2سَأَلَكَsa-alakaask you
3عِبَادِيʿibādīMy servants
4عَنِّيʿannīabout Me
5فَإِنِّيfa-innīthen indeed I am
6قَرِيبٌۖqarībunnear
7أُجِيبُujībuI respond
8دَعۡوَةَdaʿwata(to the) invocation
9ٱلدَّاعِl-dāʿi(of) the supplicant
10إِذَاidhāwhen
11دَعَانِۖdaʿānihe calls Me
12فَلۡيَسۡتَجِيبُواْfalyastajībūSo let them respond
13لِيlīto Me
14وَلۡيُؤۡمِنُواْwalyu'minūand let them believe
15بِيbīin Me
16لَعَلَّهُمۡlaʿallahumso that they may
17يَرۡشُدُونَyarshudūna(be) led aright
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And when My servants ask you, [O Muḥammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him)], concerning Me – indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.
The salutation is an editorial addition; the stored translation is unchanged.
Compare · M. Pickthall
And when My servants question thee concerning Me, then surely I am nigh. I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he crieth unto Me. So let them hear My call and let them trust in Me, in order that they may be led aright.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
When My servants ask thee concerning Me, I am indeed close (to them): I listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calleth on Me: Let them also, with a will, Listen to My call, and believe in Me: That they may walk in the right way.
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:186. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 27 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1ٱدۡعُواْid'ʿūCall upon
2رَبَّكُمۡrabbakumyour Lord
3تَضَرُّعٗاtaḍarruʿanhumbly
4وَخُفۡيَةًۚwakhuf'yatanand privately
5إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
6لَاlā(does) not
7يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
8ٱلۡمُعۡتَدِينَl-muʿ'tadīnathe transgressors
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Call upon your Lord in humility and privately; indeed, He does not like transgressors.1
Compare · M. Pickthall
(O mankind!) Call upon your Lord humbly and in secret. Lo! He loveth not aggressors.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Call on your Lord with humility and in private: for Allah loveth not those who trespass beyond bounds.
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 7:55. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Abu Huraira reported that a person should not abandon supplication by saying that they asked but were not answered.
Evidence use
This authenticated parallel clarifies impatience while preserving compassionate space for disappointment.
How this hadith panel was sourced and checkedOpen the collection, locator and grading record
Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 6340; Book 80, Hadith 37
Chapter shown by source
The invocation is granted if the person does not show impatience
Narrator
Abu Huraira
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
The complete concise parallel report is retained. It warns against abandoning supplication through impatience; it does not permit blaming a suffering person or promising their requested outcome.
Evidence boundary
It must not be used to shame distress, diagnose weak faith or promise the requested result. Not Qur’an or hadith qudsi.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Abu Huraira reported guidance against supplicating for sin or severing family ties and against abandoning supplication through impatience.
Evidence use
This supplies lawful-content and patience boundaries without promising a chosen outcome or date.
How this hadith panel was sourced and checkedOpen the collection, locator and grading record
Collection and locator
Sahih Muslim 2735c; Book 48, Hadith 127
Chapter shown by source
The supplicant should not become impatient
Narrator
Abu Huraira
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih Muslim collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
The retained clause covers requests for sin, severing family ties and impatience; the full report explains abandoning supplication after perceived delay.
Evidence boundary
Prophetic hadith, not an exact-outcome guarantee, Qur’an or hadith qudsi.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
Authenticated Prophetic supplications teach words, occasions and meanings through hadith. Personal du’a remains open for lawful needs, but personal words must not be presented as revelation or attached to invented counts, guaranteed outcomes or unsupported special times.
Sahih Muslim 2191d records a supplication asking the Lord of people to remove suffering and heal. Use the prayer alongside appropriate medical assessment, medication, safeguarding and practical care. Read the complete displayed evidence before repeating the point. Preserve what the source establishes, what the lesson explains and what still needs qualified application.
For a younger learner, use plain words, a visual sequence without animate imagery and one correction at a time. Adults should protect privacy, explain unfamiliar terms and never use religious teaching to shame a child.
If terminology becomes difficult, return to the practical question: what is the learner preparing to do, which step is established here, and what fact about the person or situation could change the answer?
A devotional resource does not diagnose illness, promise recovery or replace emergency and clinical care.
Learning move: Open lesson 4, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
Keep revelation, demonstration and legal classification distinct
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:286. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَمَآwamāAnd not
2أَرۡسَلۡنَاarsalnāWe sent
3مِنminbefore you
4قَبۡلِكَqablikabefore you
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6رِجَالٗاrijālanmen
7نُّوحِيٓnūḥīWe revealed
8إِلَيۡهِمۡۖilayhimto them
9فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْfasalūso ask
10أَهۡلَahla(the) people
11ٱلذِّكۡرِl-dhik'ri(of) the Reminder
12إِنinif
13كُنتُمۡkuntumyou
14لَاlā(do) not
15تَعۡلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.
Compare · M. Pickthall
And We sent not (as Our messengers) before thee other than men whom We inspired – Ask the followers of the Remembrance if ye know not! –
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And before thee also the messengers We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration: if ye realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message.
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 16:43. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Begin with Qur’an 1:5, 2:186, 40:60 and 72:18. Learn praise, humility, hope and patience through Qur’an 7:55–56, 17:110 and authenticated reports. Study selected Qur’anic and Prophetic supplications through their complete controlled Arabic, word-level support, named translations and exact locators.
The course begins with the Qur’anic command, uses authenticated Prophetic teaching where relevant and labels later legal classifications. This gives a learner a usable route without pretending that a short page decides every recognised difference or personal case.
Distinguish a revealed command, an authenticated Prophetic demonstration and a later legal classification. They work together, but they are not interchangeable. Where recognised schools differ, this resource labels the difference instead of presenting one view as the only Islam.
A resume point can preserve more than scroll position. Save the last completed step, the unresolved question and the next safe action so the learner can continue without unnecessary repetition.
This resource teaches revealed foundations and authenticated Prophetic guidance. Defamation, abuse, danger, coercion, protected disclosures, mental-health distress, legal rights and personalised rulings require appropriate qualified support before indexing.
Learning move: Make three columns headed revelation, authenticated demonstration and qualified application.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:286. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2تَقۡفُtaqfupursue
3مَاmāwhat
4لَيۡسَlaysanot
5لَكَlakayou have
6بِهِۦbihiof it
7عِلۡمٌۚʿil'munany knowledge
8إِنَّinnaIndeed
9ٱلسَّمۡعَl-samʿathe hearing
10وَٱلۡبَصَرَwal-baṣaraand the sight
11وَٱلۡفُؤَادَwal-fuādaand the heart
12كُلُّkulluall
13أُوْلَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
14كَانَkānawill be
15عَنۡهُʿanhu[about it]
16مَسۡـُٔولٗاmasūlanquestioned
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart – about all those [one] will be questioned.
Compare · M. Pickthall
(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart – of each of these it will be asked.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 17:36. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
For every supplication, record its source type, locator, meaning, occasion, grading where relevant and any boundary on use. Listen, read slowly, understand the request, practise privately and avoid invented promises about guaranteed timings or outcomes.
Record what has been learned, practised and checked. Do not turn uncertainty into repeated worship, abandoned obligations or authority over another learner. The next action should be specific and proportionate.
Save the exact point that needs review. A useful learning record says what was completed, what remains uncertain, which source was checked and who should help next. That is more valuable than a confident tick beside a misunderstood step.
Explain the practice in plain language before using legal vocabulary. If the simple sentence overstates the evidence, a technical Arabic label will not repair it.
This resource teaches revealed foundations and authenticated Prophetic guidance. Defamation, abuse, danger, coercion, protected disclosures, mental-health distress, legal rights and personalised rulings require appropriate qualified support before indexing.
Learning move: Save the completed steps, one unresolved question and the support route required next.
See exactly where this resource comes fromQur’an, authentic hadith and editorial boundaries are kept distinct
Qur’an evidence
Qur'an-primary; controlled Quran Foundation QPC Hafs panels. Named translations are human renderings and later explanation remains separately attributed. Arabic, word alignment, transliteration and named translations are supplied through the separately labelled Quran Foundation panels.
Hadith evidence
Controlled authenticated record: abudawud:1479, tirmidhi:2516, abudawud:1495, bukhari:6340, muslim:2735c, muslim:1015, muslim:2708a, bukhari:6324, muslim:2191d. Report wording, grading and personal application remain distinct. The collection and reference are preserved; a named displayed grading is not silently changed into a universal claim.
Teaching explanation
Explanatory prose, examples, diagrams and adult teaching advice are Tawheed Club editorial material. They are never presented as Qur’an, translation, tafsir or words of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him).
Release control
This item must pass source, meaning, language, editorial and release checks. Corrections remain welcome when supported by an exact source locator.
Help a learner master Du'a: Etiquette, Source Care and Daily Practice
Du'a is worship and direct dependence upon اللّٰه(ALLAH). A careful learner understands what a supplication means, distinguishes Qur’anic wording from an authenticated Prophetic report, and keeps personal requests within what is lawful. Login is never required to read or practise; it only saves assignment and progress. Your role is to slow the learning down, keep the exact evidence visible and make it safe for the learner to say, “I am not sure yet.”
Begin with the source
Open the named ayah or hadith before explaining it. Tell the learner whether they are seeing Arabic revelation, a reading aid, a named translation, a hadith translation or editorial teaching.
Invite an answer before helping
Ask one precise question and wait. If the learner struggles, point to the relevant line, narrow the choice or replay the audio before supplying the answer.
Correct with dignity
Praise honest checking and careful effort. Correct the idea or sound without labelling the learner, and never turn a mistake into embarrassment.
01Prepare a focused session
Read Du'a: Etiquette, Source Care and Daily Practice yourself and open every cited source before inviting the learner.
Choose one realistic aim from the mastery statement. Do not try to teach the whole page in one sitting.
Test any Arabic audio. If a sound is outside your confidence, plan to listen together and seek correction from a capable teacher.
Remove distractions and decide when to stop: about 8–10 minutes for a younger child, 15–20 minutes for ages 8–11, or 20–30 minutes for an older learner.
Keep paper optional. If Qur’anic text is printed, follow the respect and waste guidance shown above the ayah panel.
Opening words: “We are going to learn one idea carefully and see exactly where it comes from. We can pause, replay and check the source whenever we need to.”
02Use a source-led teaching conversation
Connect: Ask what the learner already thinks the title means. Record the answer without immediately judging it.
Read or listen: Open the first evidence panel or cited report. Hear the complete Arabic before isolating one word or phrase.
Notice: Ask the learner to identify the exact words that support the first teaching point. A contextual word gloss is a clue; the complete named translation supplies the sentence meaning.
Explain: Read the teaching paragraph. Ask, “Which part came directly from the source, and which part is the writer helping us understand?”
Apply: Choose one practice task. Keep everyday examples within the boundary of the source; do not invent promises, hidden causes or rulings.
Retrieve: Close the explanation and ask the learner to state the idea, evidence locator and one careful application in their own words.
03Questions for this exact resource
“What does Calling upon the Creator Alone mean here, and which words or source locator support your answer (Qur'an 1:5)?”
“What does Praise, Presence, Hope and Patience mean here, and which words or source locator support your answer (Qur'an 2:186)?”
“Which sentence is revelation or hadith, and which sentence is explanation?”
“What would be an overstatement that the cited source does not allow us to make?”
04Adapt the same truth for different ages
Ages 5–7
Teach one short source phrase and one meaning. Use text cards, colour bands, paths or simple geometric symbols—never a picture of اللّٰه(ALLAH) and never an image that implies His form. Let the child point, match, listen and repeat once or twice.
Ages 8–11
Use two or three evidence cards and ask the learner to match each idea to its locator. Invite a short explanation in their own words, then reopen the source to correct it together.
Ages 12–15
Compare the named English translations where provided. Ask what wording differs, what remains constant, and why a translation must not be called the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Ages 16+ and adults
Require a precise claim, an exact source locator and a stated boundary. Invite the learner to distinguish established meaning from inference and to mark any unresolved question for qualified review.
05Support Arabic without creating false confidence
Listen to the whole ayah or supplication first.
Follow the Arabic from right to left and use the word-level controls only after hearing the complete wording.
Treat transliteration as temporary scaffolding. It cannot reproduce every Arabic sound.
Let the learner echo a short unit, then return it to the full phrase so meaning and pronunciation remain connected.
If neither of you can hear or form a sound confidently, record it for a capable Qur’an or Arabic teacher. Do not manufacture an English substitute and call it exact.
Gentle correction: “Let us listen once more and notice where the sound begins,” protects both accuracy and confidence.
06Choose one useful follow-up
Study every controlled evidence panel in context.
Complete the practice move and resume from the saved position.
Complete one task independently before adding another. Adult support should reveal the route, not hide whether the learner can use it.
07Revisit for durable mastery
After 24 hours · five minutes
Ask for the central idea without showing the answer.
Ask the learner to find its source locator.
Replay one Arabic phrase and reconnect it to the complete meaning.
Correct by reopening the source, then end with one successful retrieval.
After seven days · eight minutes
Ask for the idea, source and boundary in the learner’s own words.
Retry the most difficult mastery question.
Apply the idea to one new but appropriate situation.
Record what is secure and what needs another supported attempt.
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