Oppression, slander, and power used against you — taking it to Allah instead of into your own hands.
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌۭ فَٱنتَصِرْ
ʾannī maghlūbun fa-intaṣir
From Sūrat Al-Qamar, 54:10. The occasion of this supplication has not yet been written with a tafsīr citation.
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ
Rabbi inṣurnī bimā kadhdhabūni
In the Qur’an (23:26), Nuh asks Allah for help against those who denied his message.
وَقَالَ نُوحٌۭ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا
Rabbi lā tadhar ʿalā al-ʾarḍi mina al-kāfirīna dayyāran
In the Qur’an (71:26), Nuh asks Allah to end persistent disbelief and corruption.
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًۭا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Rabbi ʾinna qawmī kadhdhabūni faftaḥ baynī wa-baynahum fatḥan wa-najjinī wa-man maʿiya mina al-muʾminīna
From Sūrat Ash-Shu'araa, 26:117-118. The occasion of this supplication has not yet been written with a tafsīr citation.
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
Rabbi inṣurnī ʿalā al-qawmi al-mufsidīna
From Sūrat Al-Ankaboot, 29:30. The occasion of this supplication has not yet been written with a tafsīr citation.
قَدِ ٱفْتَرَيْنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا إِنْ عُدْنَا فِى مِلَّتِكُم بَعْدَ إِذْ نَجَّىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّعُودَ فِيهَآ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّنَا وَسِعَ رَبُّنَا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا رَبَّنَا ٱفْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْفَٰتِحِينَ
Rabbanā iftaḥ baynanā wa-bayna qawminā bilḥaqqi wa-ʾanta khayru al-fātiḥīna
From Sūrat Al-A'raaf, 7:89. The occasion of this supplication has not yet been written with a tafsīr citation.
فَخَرَجَ مِنْهَا خَآئِفًۭا يَتَرَقَّبُ قَالَ رَبِّ نَجِّنِى مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
Rabbi najjinī mina al-qawmi aẓ-ẓālimīna
In the Qur’an (28:21), Musa asks to be saved from wrongdoing people.
وَٱخْتَارَ مُوسَىٰ قَوْمَهُۥ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًۭا لِّمِيقَٰتِنَا فَلَمَّآ أَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ أَهْلَكْتَهُم مِّن قَبْلُ وَإِيَّٰىَ أَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَّآ إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا فِتْنَتُكَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَهْدِى مَن تَشَآءُ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْغَٰفِرِينَ وَٱكْتُبْ لَنَا فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةًۭ وَفِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ إِنَّا هُدْنَآ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ عَذَابِىٓ أُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَنْ أَشَآءُ وَرَحْمَتِى وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۢ فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Rabbi law shiʾta ʾahlaktahum min qablu wa-ʾiyyāya ʾatuhlikunā bimā fa-ʿala as-sufahāʾu minnā ʾin hiya ʾillā fitnatuka tuḍillu bihā man tashāʾu wa-tahdī man tashāʾu ʾanta wa-liyyunā faghfir lanā warḥamnā wa-ʾanta khayru al-ghāfirīna waktub lanā fī hādhihi ad-dunyā ḥasanatan wa-fī al-ʾākhirati ʾinnā hudnā ʾilayka
In the Qur’an (7:156), Musa asks for goodness in this life and the Hereafter while turning to Allah.
وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ ءَاتَيْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَأَهُۥ زِينَةًۭ وَأَمْوَٰلًۭا فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا رَبَّنَا لِيُضِلُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِكَ رَبَّنَا ٱطْمِسْ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَٱشْدُدْ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ
Rabbanā ʾinnaka ʾātayta firʿawna wa-malaʾahu zīnatan wa-ʾamwālan fī al-ḥayawāti ad-dunyā rabbanā liyuḍillū ʿan sabīlika rabbanā iṭmis ʿalā ʾamwālihim washdud ʿalā qulūbihim fa-lā yuʾminū ḥattā yarawu al-ʿadhāba al-ʾalīma
In the Qur’an (10:88), Musa and Harun ask Allah to restrain Pharaoh’s misguidance and oppression.
وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًۭا لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱمْرَأَتَ فِرْعَوْنَ إِذْ قَالَتْ رَبِّ ٱبْنِ لِى عِندَكَ بَيْتًۭا فِى ٱلْجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِى مِن فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَمَلِهِۦ وَنَجِّنِى مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
Rabbi ibni lī ʿindaka baytan fī al-jannati wa-najjinī min firʿawna wa-ʿamalihi wa-najjinī mina al-qawmi aẓ-ẓālimīna
From Sūrat At-Tahrim, 66:11. The occasion of this supplication has not yet been written with a tafsīr citation.
