Everyday duas in Arabic with transliteration and translation. Greeting another Muslim As salamu alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Thereafter one should praise and glorify Allah in the best manner and recite the following Dua: Translation: O Allah, You have power and I have none. You know all and I know not.
• • • In, duʿāʾ (: دُعَاء IPA:, plural: ʾadʿiyah أدْعِيَة; archaically Doowa ), literally meaning ', is an act of. The term is derived from an word meaning to 'call out' or to 'summon', and regard this as a profound act of worship. Is reported to have said, 'Dua is the very essence of worship.' There is a special emphasis on du'a in Muslim spirituality and early Muslims took great care to record the supplications of Muhammad and transmit them to subsequent generations. [ ] These traditions precipitated new genres of literature in which prophetic supplications were gathered together in single volumes that were memorized and taught. Collections such as 's Kitab al-Adhkar and Shams al-Din al-Jazari's al-Hisn al-Hasin exemplify this literary trend and gained significant currency among Muslim devotees keen to learn how Muhammad supplicated to God. However, Du'a literature is not restricted to prophetic supplications; many later Muslim scholars and sages composed their own supplications, often in elaborate rhyming that would be recited by their disciples.