Verses about Invocations in the Qur’an

And when their eyes are turned toward the companions of the Fire, they say, ‘ Our Lord, do not place us with the wrongdoing people.’

We would have invented against Allah a lie if we returned to your religion after Allah had saved us from it. And it is not for us to return to it except that Allah, our Lord, should will. Our Lord has encompassed all things in knowledge. Upon Allah we have relied. Our Lord, decide between us and our people in truth, and You are the best of those who give decision.’

And you do not resent us except because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us. Our Lord, pour upon us patience and let us die as Muslims [in submission to You].’

[Moses] said, ‘ My Lord, forgive me and my brother and admit us into Your mercy, for You are the most merciful of the merciful.’

And Moses chose from his people seventy men for Our appointment. And when the earthquake seized them, he said, ‘ My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before and me [as well]. Would You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is not but Your trial by which You send astray whom You will and guide whom You will. You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon us; and You are the best of forgivers.

And those who say, ‘ Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell. Indeed, its punishment is ever adhering;

And those who say, ‘ Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us an example for the righteous.’

[Moses] said, ‘ My Lord, expand for me my breast [with assurance]

So high [above all] is Allah, the Sovereign, the Truth. And, [O Muhammad], do not hasten with [recitation of] the Qur’an before its revelation is completed to you, and say, ‘ My Lord, increase me in knowledge.’

[And he said], ‘ My Lord, grant me authority and join me with the righteous.

Then judge between me and them with decisive judgement and save me and those with me of the believers.’

My Lord, save me and my family from [the consequence of] what they do.’

So [Solomon] smiled, amused at her speech, and said, ‘ My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to do righteousness of which You approve. And admit me by Your mercy into [the ranks of] Your righteous servants.’

And say, ‘ My Lord, cause me to enter a sound entrance and to exit a sound exit and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority.’

So they said, ‘ Upon Allah do we rely. Our Lord, make us not [objects of] trial for the wrongdoing people

My Lord, You have given me [something] of sovereignty and taught me of the interpretation of dreams. Creator of the heavens and earth, You are my protector in this world and in the Hereafter. Cause me to die a Muslim and join me with the righteous.’

Those [angels] who carry the Throne and those around it exalt [Allah] with praise of their Lord and believe in Him and ask forgiveness for those who have believed, [saying], ‘ Our Lord, You have encompassed all things in mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who have repented and followed Your way and protect them from the punishment of Hellfire.

[They will say], ‘ Our Lord, remove from us the torment; indeed, we are believers.’

And We have enjoined upon man, to his parents, good treatment. His mother carried him with hardship and gave birth to him with hardship, and his gestation and weaning [period] is thirty months. [He grows] until, when he reaches maturity and reaches [the age of] forty years, he says, ‘ My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to work righteousness of which You will approve and make righteous for me my offspring. Indeed, I have repented to You, and indeed, I am of the Muslims.’

[Mention] when the youths retreated to the cave and said, ‘ Our Lord, grant us from Yourself mercy and prepare for us from our affair right guidance.’

My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer and the believing men and believing women. And do not increase the wrongdoers except in destruction.’

And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham said, ‘ My Lord, make this city [Makkah] secure and keep me and my sons away from worshipping idols.

My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and [many] from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication.

And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, ‘ My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while you are the best of inheritors.’

And say, ‘My Lord, let me land at a blessed landing place, and You are the best to accommodate [us].’ ‘

My Lord, then do not place me among the wrongdoing people.’

Indeed, there was a party of My servants who said, ‘Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and You are the best of the merciful.’

And, [O Muhammad], say, ‘ My Lord, forgive and have mercy, and You are the best of the merciful.’

He said, ‘ My Lord, support me against the corrupting people.’

And [mention] when Abraham said, ‘ My Lord, make this a secure city and provide its people with fruits - whoever of them believes in Allah and the Last Day.’ [Allah] said. ‘ And whoever disbelieves - I will grant him enjoyment for a little; then I will force him to the punishment of the Fire, and wretched is the destination.’

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.’

And when they went forth to [face] Goliath and his soldiers, they said, ‘ Our Lord, pour upon us patience and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people.’

Allah 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.’

[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.

Those who say, ‘ Our Lord, indeed we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire,’

At that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, ‘ My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication.’

And their words were not but that they said, ‘ Our Lord, forgive us our sins and the excess [committed] in our affairs and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people.’

Who remember Allah while standing or sitting or [lying] on their sides and give thought to the creation of the heavens and the earth, [saying], ‘ Our Lord, You did not create this aimlessly; exalted are You [above such a thing]; then protect us from the punishment of the Fire.

There has already been for you an excellent pattern in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people, ‘ Indeed, we are disassociated from you and from whatever you worship other than Allah. We have denied you, and there has appeared between us and you animosity and hatred forever until you believe in Allah alone’ except for the saying of Abraham to his father, ‘ I will surely ask forgiveness for you, but I have not [power to do] for you anything against Allah. Our Lord, upon You we have relied, and to You we have returned, and to You is the destination.

And what is [the matter] with you that you fight not in the cause of Allah and [for] the oppressed among men, women, and children who say, ‘ Our Lord, take us out of this city of oppressive people and appoint for us from Yourself a protector and appoint for us from Yourself a helper?’

And [there is a share for] those who came after them, saying, ‘ Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put not in our hearts [any] resentment toward those who have believed. Our Lord, indeed You are Kind and Merciful.’

O you who have believed, repent to Allah with sincere repentance. Perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow [on] the Day when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed before them and on their right; they will say, ‘ Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent.’

And when they hear what has been revealed to the Messenger, you see their eyes overflowing with tears because of what they have recognized of the truth. They say, ‘ Our Lord, we have believed, so register us among the witnesses.

Said Jesus, the son of Mary, ‘ O Allah, our Lord, send down to us a table [spread with food] from the heaven to be for us a festival for the first of us and the last of us and a sign from You. And provide for us, and You are the best of providers.’