Munajat
Guidance & Knowledge

اللَّهُمَّ عَلِّمْنِي مَا يَنْفَعُنِي وَانْفَعْنِي بِمَا عَلَّمْتَنِي وَزِدْنِي عِلْمًا

Allahumma 'allimni ma yanfa'uni wanfa'ni bima 'allamtani wa zidni 'ilma

O Allah, teach me what benefits me, let me benefit from what You have taught me, and increase me in knowledge.

HasanAt-Tirmidhi 3599, Ibn Majah 251

Three-part knowledge du'a: (1) Teach me what is beneficial — filter out useless information at the source; (2) Let me benefit from what I already know — many people have knowledge that sits unused; (3) And then increase me more. The second request is the most neglected — how much do you know that you don't act on? Knowing without benefiting is the worst kind of knowledge.

Guidance & Knowledge

Related Du'as

اللَّهُمَّ أَلْهِمْنِي رُشْدِي وَأَعِذْنِي مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي

O Allah, inspire me with right guidance and protect me from the evil of myself.

Hasan

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ وَمِنْ قَلْبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ وَمِنْ نَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ وَمِنْ دَعْوَةٍ لَا يُسْتَجَابُ لَهَا

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowledge that does not benefit, from a heart that does not humble itself, from a soul that is never satisfied, and from a supplication that is not answered.

Sahih

اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ

Guide us to the straight path — the path of those You have blessed, not of those who earned anger, nor of those who went astray.

Sahih

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَضِلَّ أَوْ أُضَلَّ أَوْ أَزِلَّ أَوْ أُزَلَّ أَوْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أُظْلَمَ أَوْ أَجْهَلَ أَوْ يُجْهَلَ عَلَيَّ

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from going astray or being led astray, from slipping or being caused to slip, from wronging others or being wronged, from behaving ignorantly or being treated with ignorance.

Sahih