Power Of Dua In Islam

Definition of Dua

Dua is an Arabic word which literally means supplication or call, but in the religious sense it means to ask for something from Allah (usually during worship).

Dua is a great form of worship and there are many verses and hadiths about its greatness and excellence.  One of the wisdom in the greatness of prayer is that prayer is an expression of our love for Allah (S.W.T) , a sign of our obedience to His glory, a manifestation of our trust and confidence in His knowledge, power and grace, It is the confession and proof of our faith the more we ask from Allah, the more we might feel closer to Him. 

Power Of Dua In Islam

What Allah says about Dua in Quran?

وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ٱدْعُونِىٓ أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِى سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ

In the Surah Ghafir, Allah  says: 

"And your Lord says, Make Dua before Me, I will accept for you. Verily those who disdain My worship surely will enter the hellfire contemptible" (40:60)

Hadith About Dua

عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِيَسْأَلْ أَحَدُكُمْ رَبَّهُ حَاجَتَهُ كُلَّهَا حَتَّى يَسْأَلَ شِسْعَ نَعْلِهِ إِذَا انْقَطَعَ

Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said

‘Let one of you ask his Lord for his every need, even until he asks Him for the strap of his sandal when it breaks.’

 It is an important part of our faith and belief. We ask from Almighty Allah for everything that we want in our life no matter its how big or small.

There are various Dua with different purposes in the Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet s.a.w. We're largely encouraged to recite these Dua from both sources for our benefits in both worlds. Also, we can personalise our Dua by making it in our own words and in a language we're comfortable with for better contemplation. Indeed if our expressions in the Dua may sound opaque or not well organized, Allah s.w.t. knows our intentions.

Manners Of Making Dua

The Mufassireen have mentioned some conditions and manners for accepting the Dua , their summary is as follows :

1: Be sincere in praying.

2: When praying, do not divert your heart to anything other than prayer.

3:  Do not ask for illegitimate and sinful prayers.

4:  The supplicant believes in the mercy of Allah (S.W.T)

5: If the supplication is not accepted, then he should not complain that I prayed but it was not accepted.

Benefits of Making Dua

There are countless benefits of making Dua to Allah Almighty some of them we have listed below :

Dua provides an opportunity to seek Allah forgiveness

Dua is a source of keeping us closer to the Almighty Allah.

Dua is powerful enough to change our Qadar.

Dua keeps us humble.

Dua is the most powerful weapon of  a Muslims at the time of sorrow

Dua can change our life.

Therefore, we should keep asking Allah (S.W.T) all the time.

What is difficult for Allah?  Allah is the One who can create success even in failures.

And as Muslims we all know that only Allah can make impossible possible so we should never give up, because we have the ultimate weapon to counter our fears, depression, in the form of Dua.

So go ahead, make dua today, and seek the benefits of this beautiful act of worship!