Whether you’re about to take an exam in the next few days or want to know how to get ready for them whenever they are, Quran Classes.com has gathered the best dua for studying and concentration during exam days.
Islam has placed a great emphasis on learning. One of the numerous ways we may be close to Allah SWT is to seek knowledge. Understanding our surroundings and appreciating Allah’s creations will strengthen our gratitude to Him and foster a better feeling of humility in us.
Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) once said:
“Sitting with the people of learning is an honor in this life and the hereafter.”
He also encouraged us to teach what we learn in the right way, it’s been reported that he said:
“He who propagates religious affairs without having required competency does a disservice to the religion rather than serving it.”(Bihar-ul-Anwar)
So, when you’re studying for exams, think about how the knowledge you’re acquiring is getting you closer to Allah, and how studying itself gives you good deeds (hasanat) from Allah, The Almighty, as well as rewards in the afterlife.
Best Dua For Studying For Exams
Making dua helps with exam anxiety, information loss, and understanding difficult stuff. Here’s a list of dua for studying in English you can recite:
Dua Before Studying
Before you start studying, it’s important to clear your mind and recite this dua:
“Oh, Allah! Make useful for me what you have taught me and teach me knowledge that will be useful to me. Oh, Allah! I ask you for the understanding of the prophets and the memory of the messengers, and those nearest to you. Oh, Allah! Make my tongue full of your remembrance and my heart with awe of you. Oh, Allah! You do whatever you wish, and you are my suffice, and the best deputy”
Arabic transliteration:
“allahumma infa’nii bimaa ‘allamtanii wa’allimnii maa yanfa’uunii.
allahumma inii as’aluka fahmal-nabiyyen wa hifzal mursaleen al-muqarrabeen.
allahumma ijal leesanee ‘aiman bi dhikrika wa qalbi bi khashyatika.
innaka ‘ala ma-tasha’u qadeer wa anta hasbun-allahu wa ni’mal wakeel.”
The recitation of dua for studying for exams is essential. Allah loves it when He hears you asking for His help in every matter in your life. Recite this dua before you start preparing for your exams:
“O Allah, honor me by the light of understanding and take me out from the darknesses of doubt and open upon us the doors of Your knowledge and open upon us the treasure of Your recognition, O the best of the Merciful ones. O Allah, and give me Tawfeeq to study and solve all the difficult problems through books. By Your mercy, O the best of the merciful ones”
Arabic transliteration:
Allaahumma akrimnee binooril fahmi wa kharrajanee min zulumaatil wahmi waftah a’lainaa abwaaba i’lmak, wanshur a’lainaa khuzzaanu ma’rifatika yaa arh’amar raah’imeen. Allaahumma waffiqnee fil mut’aala’ti bih’ablee jamee-i’ mushkilaatil masaa-ili minal kutubi birah’matika yaa arh’amar raah’imeen.
Dua After Studying
After you’re done studying for the day, recite this dua to help you keep what you studied and recall it whenever necessary:
“Oh, Allah! I entrust you with what I have read and I have studied. Oh, Allah! Bring it back to me when I am in need of it. Oh, Allah! You do whatever you wish, Allah is my suffice, and the best deputy”
Arabic transliteration:
Allahumma inni astaodeeka ma qara’tu wama hafaz-tu, farudduhu allaya inda hajati elahi. Innaka ‘ala ma-tasha’-u Qadeer wa anta hasbeeya wa ni’mal wakeel
Dua For Studying Something Difficult
Whether you face difficulty in just a part of a subject, or in your whole major, dua will help you understand what’s difficult for you. Allah’s help facilitates every hardship in life. Recite this dua whenever you face something difficult in your study:
“Oh, Allah! Nothing is easy except what You have made easy. If You wish, You can make the difficult easy.”
Arabic transliteration:
Allahumma laa sahla illa ma ja-altahu sahla wa anta tajaalu al-hazana idhaa shita sahla.
Dua For Studying And Memory
If what you study requires memorization, you should recite dua that strengthens your memory. Recite this dua before memorizing anything:
“In the name of Allah the most kind, the most merciful. Glory be to Him who does not treat the citizens of His kingdom unjustly. Glory be to Him who does not let the torment and pain come suddenly upon mankind. Glory be to the compassionate and the merciful.
O Allah, fill my heart with true enlightenment, wisdom, understanding, and knowledge.
Surely you are able to do all things.”
Arabic transliteration:
Subhana man-la yaatadi alaa ahli mamlaktehi, subhana man-la yaakhodhu ahl al-ard be-alwani al-adhab, subhana ar-Rauofu ar-Raheem, allahumma ijaal li fi qalbi nouran wa basaran wa fihman w elmaan, ennakka alaa kuli shaieen Qadeer.
Dua For Increasing Concentration During Studying
Sometimes we struggle to keep our focus on what we’re studying. Whenever you feel a lack of concentration, recite this dua:
“Blessings of God be upon Muhammad and his progeny. Oh, Allah, I ask you, the one who mentions goodness and actualizes it and commands it, remind me of that which the shaytan makes me forget.”
Arabic transliteration:
Salla-allaahu alaa Muhammad wa aal-e Muhammad. Allahumma inni as’aluka yaa mudhakkira-l khayr wa faa’ilahu wa-l-aamimira bihi dhakir-ni maa ansaani-hi-shaytan.
Dua For Decreasing Anxiety Of Exams
Exams can be nerve-wracking. Lots of students struggle with exam anxiety which may result in them forgetting everything they learned. Recite this dua whenever you feel nervous about your exam:
“Oh, Allah, I seek refuge in You from worry and grief, from helplessness and laziness, from cowardice and stinginess, and from overpowering of debt and from the oppression of men”
Arabic transliteration:
Allahumma inni a’oodhoo bika minal-hammi wal-huzni, wal-ajzi wal-kasali wal-bukhli wal-jubni, wa ghalabatil-dayni wa qaahr-rijaali
Another dua is known to remove anxiety used to calm your soul whenever you feel nervous, check this:
“Oh, Allah let my heart be filled with light, insight, understanding, and knowledge. Verily you control everything”
Arabic transliteration:
Allahumma ijaal-li fi qalbi nouran, wa basaran, wa fihman, innakka alaa kuli shayein Qaader
Dua For Increasing Knowledge
Recite this dua before studying and after every prayer of the day to ask Allah to increase your knowledge and teach you what you don’t know.
“In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful, Oh Allah, bless Muhammad and his family. Oh, Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge and good deeds and a strong memory and a perfect understanding and a sound intellect by Your mercy, Oh, the Most Merciful of the merciful ones. Oh, Allah, bless Muhammad and his family”
Arabic transliteration:
Bismillahi ar-rahmani ar-raheem
Allahumma saalli ‘alaa Muhammadin wa aali Muhammad
Allahumma inni as’aluka ‘amalan nafiaan
Wa ‘amalan salehaan
Wa hifzan qawiyyan
Wa fahman kamilan
Wa aqlan saaliman
Bi rahmatika ya arhama ar-rahimeen
Allahumma Saalli ‘alaa Muhammadin wa aali Muhammad
Dua For Studying In Arabic
Here’s a list of dua you can recite in Arabic:
Dua Before Taking A Class
اَللّٰهُمَّ اَخْرِجْنِيْ مِنْ ظُلُمَاتِ الْوَهْمِ وَ اَكْرِمْنِيْ بِنُوْرِ الْفَهْمِ
اَللّٰهُمَّ افْتَحْ عَلَيْنَا اَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ انْشُرْ عَلَيْنَا خَزَآئِنَ علُوْمِكَ برَحْمَتِكَ يَا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ
Dua Before Studying
اللَّهُمَّ اَكْرِمْنْيْ بِنُوْرِ الْفَهْمِ وَخَرَّجَنِيْ مِنْ ظُلُمَاتِ الْوَهْمِ وَ افْتَحْ عَلَيْنَا اَبْوَابَ عِلْمَكَ، وَانْشُرْ عَلَيْنَا خُزَّانَ مَعْرِفَتِكَ يَا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ، اَللَّهُمَّ وَفِّقْنِيْ فِىْ الْمُطَالَعَةِ بحَلِّ جَمِيْعِ مُشْكِلاَتِ الْمَسَآئِلِ مِنَ الْكُتُبِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ.
Dua For Dealing With Exam Anxiety
اَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِيْ فِيْ قَلْبِيْ نُوْرًا وَ بَصَرًا وَفَهْمًا وَعِلْمًا اِنَّكَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْر
Dua For Memorization
اللهم أستودعك ما أتعلمه، فردّه إليّ عند حاجتي إليه، ولا تنسينه يا ربّ العالمين، إنك على كل شيء قدير. وقوي به عزمي بحولك وقوتك، فإنّه لا حول ولا قوة إلا بك يا أرحم الرّاحمين، ربّ إنّي مسّني الضّر وأنت أرحم الرّاحمين.
Dua For Remembering During The Exam
اللهم يا جامع النّاس في يوم لا ريب فيه اجمع عليّ ضالتي
Dua For Studying Something Difficult
اللَّهُمَّ لاَ سَهْلاً إِلّاَ مَا جَعَلّتَهٌ سَهْلاً وَأَنّتَ تَجّعَلَ الحَزَنَ إِذَا شِئتَ سَهْلاً
Dua For Increasing Your Knowledge
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْألُكَ عِلْماً نَافِعاَ وَعَمَلاً صَالِحاً
وَحِفْظاً قَوِيّاً وَفَهْماً كَامِلاً
وَعَقْلاً سَالِماً بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا اَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
Dua Before Acquiring New Information
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لاَ يَنْفَعُ، وَمِنْ دُعَاءٍ لاَ يُسْمَعُ، وَمَنْ قَلْبٍ لاَ يَخْشَعُ، وَمِنْ نَفْسٍ لاَ تَشْبَعُ
Dua For Studying In Urdu
Here’s a list of dua in Urdu that can help with your studying and concentration:
- اے اللہ براہ کرم مجھے شک کے اندھیروں سے نکال دو اور مجھ پر فہم کی روشنی عطا کریں، اے اللہ ہمارے لئے اپنی رحمت کے دروازے کھول دے اور ہمارے لئے اپنی رحمت سے اپنے علم کا خزانہ کھول دے اے رحیموں میں سب سے زیادہ رحم کرنے والا
- ہائے اللہ! کچھ بھی آسان نہیں سوائے اس کے کہ آپ نے آسان بنا دیا ہو۔ اگر آپ چاہیں تو ، مشکل کو آسان بنا سکتے ہو۔
- ہائے اللہ! میرے لئے مفید بنائیں جو آپ نے مجھے سکھایا ہے اور مجھے ایسا علم سکھائیں جو میرے لئے کارآمد ہوگا۔ ہائے اللہ! میں آپ سے انبیاء کی سمجھ اور رسولوں کی یاد ، اور آپ کے سب سے قریب کے لوگوں سے دعا گو ہوں۔ ہائے اللہ! میری زبان کو آپ کی یادوں سے اور دل کو آپ کے خوف سے بھرا دو۔ ہائے اللہ! آپ جو چاہیں کرتے ہو ، اور آپ میرے کارآمد اور محافظ اور بہترین امدادی ہیں۔
- اے اللہ ، عقل کی روشنی سے میری عزت فرما اور مجھے شک کے اندھیروں سے نکال دے اور اپنے علم کے دروازے ہم پر کھول دے اور ہم پر اپنی پہچان کا خزانہ کھول دے ، اے رحیموں میں سب سے بہتر۔ اے اللہ ، اور توفیق کو مطالعہ کرنے اور کتابوں کے ذریعہ سے تمام مشکل مسائل حل کرنے کی توفیق عطا فرما۔ اپنی رحمت سے ، اے رحیموں میں سے بہترین
- ہائے اللہ! میں آپ کو اس کے سپرد کرتا ہوں جو میں نے پڑھا ہے اور میں نے تعلیم حاصل کی ہے۔ ہائے اللہ! جب مجھے اس کی ضرورت ہو تو اسے میرے پاس واپس لاؤ۔ ہائے اللہ! آپ جو چاہیں کرتے ہو ، آپ میرے کارآمد اور محافظ اور بہترین معاون ہیں
Now you know the best dua for studying, keep reciting them while you’re studying, and wait for Allah to do wonders. QuranClasses.com wishes you the best!
