Our Lord, and make us Muslims [in submission] to You and from our descendants a Muslim nation [in submission] to You. And show us our rites [of worship] and accept our repentance. Indeed, You are the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.
Our Lord, and send among them a messenger from themselves who will recite to them Your verses and teach them the Book and wisdom and purify them. Indeed, You are the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people.
Our Lord, indeed we have heard a caller [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] calling to faith, [saying], 'Believe in your Lord,' and we have believed. Our Lord, so forgive us our sins and remove from us our misdeeds and cause us to die among the righteous.
Our Lord, and grant us what You promised us through Your messengers and do not disgrace us on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, You do not fail in [Your] promise.
O Allāh, our Lord, send down to us a table [spread with food] from the heaven to be for us a festival for the first of us and the last of us and a sign from You. And provide for us, and You are the best of providers.
Our Lord, indeed You have given Pharaoh and his establishment splendor and wealth in the worldly life, our Lord, that they may lead [men] astray from Your way. Our Lord, obliterate their wealth and harden their hearts so that they will not believe until they see the painful punishment.
26Ibrahim, leaving his family in MakkahIbrahim 14:37
rabbanā innī askantu min dhurriyyatī biwādin ghayri dhī zarʿin ʿinda baytika l-muḥarami rabbanā liyuqīmū l-ṣalata fa-ij'ʿal afidatan mina l-nāsi tahwī ilayhim wa-ur'zuq'hum mina l-thamarāti laʿallahum yashkurūna
Our Lord, I have settled some of my descendants in an uncultivated valley near Your sacred House, our Lord, that they may establish prayer. So make hearts among the people incline toward them and provide for them from the fruits that they might be grateful.
Our Lord, You have encompassed all things in mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who have repented and followed Your way and protect them from the punishment of Hellfire.
Our Lord, and admit them to gardens of perpetual residence which You have promised them and whoever was righteous among their forefathers, their spouses and their offspring. Indeed, it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
37Believers who came after the Muhajirin and AnsarAl-Hashr 59:10
Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put not in our hearts [any] resentment toward those who have believed. Our Lord, indeed You are Kind and Merciful.
Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent.
Arabic and word-by-word transliteration: Quran.com. English: Saheeh International.
Where the dua is part of a longer verse, only the dua is shown; the reference links to the full verse.
Key takeaways
Rabbana means "Our Lord". The Rabbana duas are the prayers in the Quran that call on Allah with that word.
Prophets, believers and angels say Rabbana to Allah in 40 verses. All 40 are below, in Quran order.
Rabbana appears as an address in 22 more verses, spoken by the people of the Fire and others, and those aren't duas to repeat.
Rabbana atina (2:201) was the Prophet's most frequent dua, according to Sahih al-Bukhari.
The Rabbana duas are the prayers in the Quran that call on Allah as Rabbana, “Our Lord”. Prophets, believers and angels pray this way in 40 verses. All 40 are at the top of this page in Quran order, each with who said it and a link to the verse.
How we counted the 40
We went through the whole Quran word by word, using Quran.com’s text, and found rabbanā used to address Allah in 62 verses. (In 35:34 the same spelling comes after inna, “indeed our Lord is Forgiving”, so it’s a statement and not an address.)
In 40 of those verses, prophets, believers or angels are making dua. Those are the ones above.
The other 22 are a different kind of speech, and none of them is a dua to repeat:
Who says it
Verses
The people of the Fire, and others on the Day of Judgment
Disbelievers, in words the Quran reports or imagines
20:134, 28:47, 34:19, 38:16
People who ask only for this world, or object to a command
2:200, 4:77
Lists titled “40 Rabbana duas” are compilations, and they don’t all pick the same verses. This one includes every verse where believers call on Allah with Rabbana, each with its reference, so you can check any of them on Quran.com.
One Rabbana dua has a hadith of its own. Anas reported:
His most frequent dua Sahih
The most frequent invocation of the Prophet ﷺ was: “O Allah! Give to us in the world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and save us from the torment of the Fire.” (2.201)
He also said it between the two corners of the Kaaba during tawaf:
Between the two corners Hasan (Al-Albani)
I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say between the two corners: O Allah, bring us a blessing in this world and a blessing in the next and guard us from punishment of Hell.
A few of the 40 are prayers for one situation in the story around them:
No. 19 (5:114): Isa asks for a table of food to be sent down from the sky.
No. 25 (10:88): Musa prays against Pharaoh and his chiefs.
No. 26 (14:37): Ibrahim prays for the family he settled in the valley of Makkah.
No. 35–36 (40:7–8): the angels pray for the believers.
They’re in the list because prophets, believers or angels say them to Allah, and reading them shows how each one asked.
How to learn the Rabbana duas
Most of them are one short verse, or part of one. Learn one or two a week alongside your other memorization, and say each one in your own dua once you know it.
Start with the ones you’ll use most, like numbers 4, 7, 8, 20 and 29. The Arabic of a dua sticks faster when you hear it recited, so pair each card above with a recitation of its verse.
They are the duas in the Quran that begin with or include Rabbana, "Our Lord". Prophets such as Ibrahim, Musa and Isa say them, and so do believers and the angels who carry the Throne. By our count there are 40 verses of them.
How many Rabbana duas are in the Quran?
The word رَبَّنَا is used to address Allah in 62 verses. In 40 of them, prophets, believers or angels are making dua. In the other 22, the speakers are the people of the Fire, people on the Day of Judgment, or disbelievers, so those aren't included in lists of Rabbana duas.
What does Rabbana mean?
Rabbana means "Our Lord": rabb, Lord, with -na, our. Saheeh International translates it as "Our Lord" throughout.
What is Rabbana atina?
Rabbana atina is the dua in Surah Al-Baqarah 2:201: "Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire." Anas reported that it was the Prophet's most frequent supplication (Sahih al-Bukhari 6389).
Are there benefits to reciting the 40 Rabbana duas?
We haven't found a graded hadith about reciting a set of 40 Rabbana duas. The duas themselves are verses of the Quran, and a few have hadith of their own, such as Rabbana atina and the last two verses of Surah Al-Baqarah.