Learning journey · 10 steps
Ten steps that follow the shape of a normal day, from waking up to going to sleep, plus the duas for hard moments and for gratitude. Every dua on these pages gives its source. Learn the meaning first, and learn the Arabic from a teacher or a trusted recording.
- For: anyone building a daily habit of dua
- Steps: 10 lessons, in order
- Listen: English narration on 9 of 10 steps
Start step 1: What Dua Is and Why It Matters
Take the steps in order and at your own pace. Each step is one lesson; most take under ten minutes to read or listen to.
Find a dua by moment
| Moment | Where to find it |
|---|---|
| Waking up | Everyday Moments |
| Going to the toilet and coming out | Everyday Moments |
| Eating and drinking | Food & Drink |
| Leaving home | Everyday Moments |
| Entering home | Everyday Moments |
| Travelling | Travel |
| Entering and leaving the mosque | Everyday Moments |
| Going to sleep | Before Sleep |
| Distress and hardship | Hardship & Distress |
| Gratitude | Everyday Duas (“help me to remember You and to thank You”) |
The steps
Step 1: What Dua Is and Why It Matters
What dua is, how it differs from salah, and why it matters — a starting point before specific dua collections.
Step 2: Waking, the Toilet, Home and the Mosque
Short authentic duas for waking up, using the toilet, leaving and entering home, and going in and out of the mosque, with sources.
Step 3: Morning Remembrance
Qur'an passages and prophetic supplications for the morning, each with source, meaning and transliteration.
Step 4: Eating and Drinking
What to say before and after eating and drinking, and for a host, with sources.
Step 5: Travelling
Supplications for leaving home, boarding, journeying, stopping and returning, with sources.
Step 6: Evening Remembrance
The remembrances said as the day ends, with sources and how they differ from the morning set.
Step 7: Before Sleep
What the Prophet recited and said on going to bed, with authentic sources.
Step 8: Distress and Hardship
Qur'anic verses and prophetic supplications for grief, fear and hard times, with sources.
Step 9: Seeking Forgiveness
Qur'anic and prophetic ways to seek forgiveness (istighfar), with sources.
Step 10: Gratitude and the Duas Said Most Often
A short core of everyday supplications the Prophet said most often, with sources and transliteration.
When you finish
Browse the full Duas & Adhkar library for duas for parents, family, illness, knowledge, debt, Ramadan and Hajj.