اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَاهْدِنِي وَاجْبُرْنِي وَعَافِنِي وَارْزُقْنِي وَارْفَعْنِي
O Allah! Forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, mend me, protect me, provide for me, and elevate me.
Allahummaghfirli warhamni wahdini wajburni wa 'afini warzuqni warfa'ni
When to Read
This supplication is recited while sitting between the two prostrations during the congregational or individual prayer (Salah). It's a brief but powerful moment where we pause, rising from the first prostration before settling into the second. The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) would seize this opportunity to make sincere requests to Allah.
How to Read
While sitting upright between the two sujoods, you should recite this dua with sincerity and focus. It's a moment of vulnerability and reliance on Allah. You can pause slightly after each request before moving to the next, allowing the meaning to sink in. The posture of sitting between prostrations itself signifies a humble turning back to Allah after acknowledging our lowliness in sujood.
Virtues & Benefits
This dua encapsulates comprehensive requests for a Muslim's well-being in this life and the next. It covers spiritual, physical, and material needs: forgiveness (غْفِرْ لِي), mercy (ارْحَمْنِي), guidance (اهْدِنِي), healing and completeness (اجْبُرْنِي - which can encompass mending broken affairs or wounds), protection from harm (عَافِنِي), sustenance (ارْزُقْنِي), and elevation in status or rank (ارْفَعْنِي). By asking for all these things in such a pivotal moment of prayer, we are essentially asking Allah to perfect our state in every aspect.
Source & Authentication
The full hadith context often describes the Prophet (ﷺ) sitting between the two prostrations and saying: 'Allahumma-ghfirli, warhamni, wahdini, wajburni, wa 'afini, warzuqni, warfa'ni' (O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, mend me, protect me, provide for me, and elevate me). This action was a consistent practice of the Prophet (ﷺ), highlighting the importance of this specific posture and the supplications made during it. Another related narration mentions: 'When the Prophet (ﷺ) rose from the two rak'ahs in the prayer he would say: *Allahumma-ghfir li dhanbi kullahu diqqahu wa jillahu wa awwalahu wa akhirahu wa 'alaniyatahu wa sirrahu* (O Allah, forgive me my sin, all of it, the small and the great, the first and the last, the open and the secret). And he would supplicate for himself until he prostrated.' (Sahih Muslim 960). While this narration focuses on forgiveness, the essence of making earnest supplications during the sitting phase between prostrations remains consistent.