Prostration is a great act of worship performed to God Almighty alone, with no partner, and prostration is one of the characteristics of believers who seek to gain God’s satisfaction and gain His Paradise. God - Glory be to Him and Most High - has promised His prostrated servants many good things, including that He is the closest thing a servant can be to his Lord while he is prostrating, and also that prostration is a subject of response. Supplication, and this is indicated by what was reported from the Prophet - may God bless him and grant him peace - in his saying: “And I have been forbidden to recite the Qur’an while bowing or prostrating. As for bowing, glorify the Lord Almighty therein, and as for prostration, strive to supplicate You will be answered.) 1][2]
Among the supplications of prostration that a Muslim says while prostrating:
Prayers of prostration
(Glory be to my Lord, the Most High). [Narrated by Al-Albani, in Al-Kalam Al-Tayyib, on the authority of Hudhayfah bin Al-Yaman, page or number: 86, authentic with its evidence.]
(Glory be to You, O God, our Lord, and with Your praise, O God, forgive me.) [Narrated by Al-Bukhari, in Sahih Al-Bukhari, on the authority of Aisha, Mother of the Believers, page or number: 4293, Sahih.]
(Glory be to Him, Holy, Lord of the angels and the Spirit). [Narrated by Al-Albani, in Sahih Al-Nasa’i, on the authority of Aisha, Mother of the Believers, page or number: 1133, Sahih.]
(Glory be to Him who has power and kingdom, and pride and greatness). [Narrated by Al-Nawawi, in Al-Athkar, on the authority of Awf bin Malik Al-Ashja’i, page or number: 81, authentic.]
(O God, to You I have prostrated, and to You I have believed, and to You I have submitted, and you are my Lord, my face has prostrated to Him who created it, fashioned it, and created its hearing and sight. Blessed be God, the Best of Creators.) [Narrated by Al-Albani, in Sahih Al-Nasa’i, on the authority of Jabir bin Abdullah, page or number: 1126, authentic.]
Universal supplications to be said during prostration
There are supplications mentioned in the Qur’an and Sunnah, and their explanation is as follows: [3]
{Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the torment of the Fire}. [Surat Al-Baqarah, verse: 201]
{Our Lord, do not let our hearts deviate after You have guided us. Grant us mercy from You. Indeed, You are the Granter.} [Surat Al Imran, verse: 8]
{Our Lord, accept from us. Indeed, You are the Hearer, the Knower}. [Surat Al-Baqarah, verse: 127]
{Our Lord, pour upon us patience, and make our feet firm, and grant us victory over the disbelieving people}. [Surat Al-Baqarah, verse: 250]
{Our Lord, do not hold us accountable if we forget or make a mistake. Our Lord, and do not place upon us a burden as You placed upon those before us. Our Lord, and do not burden us with what is due to us We cannot bear it. And pardon us and forgive us and have mercy on us. You are our master, so help us against the disbelieving people.} [Surat Al-Baqarah, verse: 286]
{My Lord, grant me from Yourself good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication.} [Surat Al Imran, verse: 38]
{Our Lord, we have believed in what You have sent down, and we have followed the Messenger, so we are recorded with the witnesses.} [Surat Al Imran, verse: 53]
{Our Lord, forgive us our sins and our extravagance in our affairs, and make firm our feet, and grant us victory over the disbelieving people}. [Surat Al Imran, verse: 147]
{Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs}. [Surat Al Imran, verse: 173]
{Our Lord, You did not create this in vain. Glory be to You, so protect us from the torment of the Fire}. [Surat Al Imran, verse: 191]
{Our Lord, and give us what You promised us with Your messengers, and do not disgrace us on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, you do not break your promise.} [Surat Al Imran, verse: 194]
{And appoint for us a guardian from Yourself, and appoint for us a Helper from Yourself.} [Surat An-Nisa, Verse: 75]
{And provide for us, and You are the Best of Providers}. [Surat Al-Ma’idah, verse: 114]
{My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your blessings which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to do righteousness that pleases You, and make good for me in my descendants. Indeed, I repent to You Indeed, I am one of the Muslims.} [Surat Al-Ahqaf, verse: 15]
{Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith, and do not place in our hearts any hatred against those who believe. Our Lord, indeed, You are Most Compassionate and Merciful.} [Surat Al-Hashr, Verse: 10]
{Our Lord, in You we put our trust, and to You we turn, and to You is the return}. [Surat Al-Mumtahana, verse: 4]
(O God, forgive me all my sins, whether minute or large, beginning and end, open or secret). [Narrated by Muslim, in Sahih Muslim, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, page or number: 483, authentic.]
(O God, I seek refuge in Your satisfaction from Your anger, and in Your forgiveness from Your punishment, and I seek refuge in You from You. I do not praise You as You have praised Yourself.) [Narrated by Muslim, in Sahih Muslim, on the authority of Aisha, Mother of the Believers, page or number: 4 86, true.]
(O God, I ask you of all goodness, both present and present, of which I have learned and that which I do not know, and I seek refuge in You from all evil, both present and present, of which I have learned and that which I do not know. O God, I ask of You of the good of which Your servant and Your Prophet have asked You, and I seek refuge in You Save me from the evil that your servant has sought refuge with And Your Prophet, O God, I ask You for Paradise and whatever words or deeds bring me closer to it, and I seek refuge in You from Hell and whatever words or deeds bring me closer to it, and I ask You to make every decree You made for me good.) [Narrated by Al-Albani, in Sahih Ibn Majah, on the authority of Aisha, the Mother of the Believers, Page or number: 3116, authentic hadith.]
(O God, forgive me for what I have concealed and what I have declared.) [Narrated by Al-Albani, in Sahih Al-Nasa’i, on the authority of Aisha, Mother of the Believers, page or number: 1123, Sahih.]
(O God, place light in my heart, light in my hearing, light in my sight, light on my right, light on my left, light in front of me, light behind me, light above me, light below me, and make light for me Light).[Narrated by Muslim, in Sahih Muslim, on the authority of Abdullah Ibn Abbas, page or number: 763, authentic.]
(O God, make peace between us, reconcile our hearts, guide us to the path of peace, deliver us from darkness to light, and keep us away from immoral acts, both apparent and hidden. O God, bless for us our hearing, our sight, our hearts, our spouses, and our offspring, and accept our repentance. Indeed, You are the Most Merciful. And make us thankful for Your blessing, praising it, accepting it, and complete it upon us.) [Narrated by Al-Suyuti, in Al-Jami’ Al-Saghir, on the authority of Abdullah bin Masoud, page or number: 1476, authentic.]
(O God, Lord of the Great Throne, our Lord and Lord of all things, the Sender of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur’an, the Creator of love and intentions, I seek refuge in You from the evil of all things, You are the first, and there is nothing before You, and You are the Last, and there is nothing after You something, and you are the apparent one, there is nothing above you, and you Inwardly, there is nothing besides You. Pay off my debt and free me from poverty.) [Narrated by Al-Albani, in Sahih Al-Jami’, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, page or number: 4424, authentic hadith.]
(There is no god but God, the Most Forbearing, the Most Generous. Glory be to God. Blessed be God, Lord of the Great Throne, and praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds.) [Narrated by Shuaib Al-Arnaout, in Takhrij Al-Musnad, on the authority of Ali bin Abi Talib, page or number: 701, authentic hadith.]
(I seek refuge in God, the Hearing, the All-Knowing, from the accursed Satan, from his whispering, hissing, and his spitting.) [Narrated by Al-Shawkani, in Al-Darari, on the authority of Abu Saeed Al-Khudri, page or number: 88, authentic hadith.]
(O God, I am Your servant, the son of Your servant, and the son of Your female servant. My forelock is in Your hand. Your judgment continues over me. Your decree is just for me. I ask you with every name that you have named yourself with, or taught to one of your creation, or sent down in your book, or reserved for you in the knowledge of the unseen, to make the Qur’an a spring. My heart, the light of my chest, the removal of my sadness, and the departure of my anxiety.) [Narrated by Al-Albani, in Al-Tawassul, on the authority of Abdullah bin Masoud, page or number: 31, its chain of transmission is authentic.]
(I seek refuge in the perfect words of God from His wrath and punishment, and from the evil of His servants). [Narrated by Al-Albani, in Sahih al-Targheeb, on the authority of Amr bin Shuaib’s grandfather, page or number: 1601, a good hadith according to others.]
(O God, with your knowledge of the unseen and your ability to create, revive me if life is good for me and cause me to die if death is good for me. O God, I ask you for your fear in the unseen and witnessed, and I ask you for the word of truth in anger and contentment, and I ask you for purpose in wealth and poverty, and I ask you for endless bliss and the comfort of an endless eye I stop and ask you to be satisfied again I ask You for the joy of life after death, and I ask You for the pleasure of looking at Your noble face and the longing to meet You without harmful adversity or misleading temptation. O God, adorn us with the adornment of faith and make us rightly guided.) [Narrated by Al-Albani, in Sharh Al-Tahawiyyah, on the authority of Ammar bin Yasser, page number: 1 00 An authentic hadith.]
(I seek refuge in the perfect words of God, which neither the righteous nor the wicked can pass over, from the evil of what He created, spread, and acquitted, and from the evil of what descends from the sky, and from the evil of what ascends therein, and from the evil of what He spreads on the earth, and from the evil of what emerges from it, and from the evil of the temptations of night and day. And from the evil of every Tariq except one who knocks with goodness, O Most Merciful). [Narrated by Al-Albani, in Sahih Al-Jami’, on the authority of Abdul Rahman bin Khanbash, page or number: 74, authentic hadith.]
(O God, I have wronged myself greatly, and no one can forgive sins except You, so grant me forgiveness from You, and have mercy on me. Indeed, You are the Forgiving, the Merciful). [Narrated by Al-Bukhari, in Sahih Al-Bukhari, on the authority of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq, page or number: 6326, authentic hadith.]
(O God, Lord of the seven heavens, Lord of the Great Throne, our Lord and Lord of all things, You are the Manifest, and there is nothing above You, and You are the Inward, and there is nothing below You. You sent down the Torah, the Gospel, and the Criterion, so give up love and intentions. I seek refuge in You from the evil of everything, You are the first Not before you One thing, and you are the last, and there is nothing after you. Pay off our debt and enrich us from poverty.) [Narrated by Shuaib Al-Arna’ut, in the narration of Sahih Ibn Hibban, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, page or number: 966, authentic.]
(O God, grant me the enjoyment of my hearing and my sight until you make them my heir, and grant me health in my religion and my body, and grant me victory over those who wronged me until you show me my revenge for him.) [Narrated by Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani, in Naqati’at Al-Afkar, on the authority of Ali bin Abi Talib, page or number: 87, good and narrated by him. Trustworthy.]
(O God, preserve me with Islam while standing, protect me with Islam while sitting, protect me with Islam while lying down, and do not let any enemy or envious gloat over me. O God, I ask You for every good thing whose treasures are in Your hand, and I seek refuge in You from every evil whose treasures are in Your hand.) [Narrated by Al-Albani, in Sahih Al-Jami’, on the authority of Abdullah Bin Masoud, page or number: 1260, good hadith.]
(O God, I seek refuge in You from the torment of Hell, from the torment of the grave, from the temptation of life and death, and from the evil of the temptation of the Antichrist.) [Narrated by Muslim, in Sahih Muslim, on the authority of Abu Hurairah Page or number: 588, authentic hadith.]
(Allah suffices me, there is no god but Him, in Him I put my trust, and He is the Lord of the Great Throne). [Narrated by Shuaib Al-Arna’ut, in the hadith of Zad Al-Ma’ad, on the authority of Abu Al-Darda’, page or number: 2/342, its chain of transmission is authentic.]
(O God, I ask You that praise be to You. There is no god but You, the Benefactor, Creator of the heavens and the earth, O Possessor of Majesty and Honour, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer.) [Narrated by Shuaib Al-Arna’ut, in Takhrij Zad Al-Ma’ad, on the authority of Anas, page or number: 188, Hadith Its chain of transmission is correct.]
(O God, Lord of Gabriel, Michael, and Israfil, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed. You judge between Your servants in that in which they differed. Guide me to the truth in that in which they differed, by Your leave. Indeed, You guide whomever You will to a straight path.) [Narrated by Muslim, in Sahih Muslim, on the authority of Aisha, Mother of the Believers, page or number: 770, authentic.]
(O God, keep me away from my sins, as You have distanced between the East and the West. O God, purify me from my sins as a white garment is purified from filth. O God, wash me away from my sins with ice, water, and hail.) [Narrated by Al-Albani, in Sahih Al-Nasa’i, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, page or number. :60, true.]
(O God, I seek refuge in Your noble face and Your perfect words, from the evil of what You are taking by the forelock. O God, You remove the debt and the sin. O God, Your army will not be defeated, Your promise will not be broken, and the hardworking person will not benefit from You. Glory be to You and with Your praise.) [Narrated by Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani, In Graduation from Mishkat al-Masabi, on the authority of Ali bin Abi Talib, page or number: 475, a good hadith.]
(O God, I seek refuge in You from the bad day, from the bad night, from the bad hour, from the bad companion, and from the bad neighbor in the residence.) [Narrated by Al-Haythami, in Majma’ al-Zawa’id, on the authority of Uqba bin Aamer, page or number: 223, its men are trustworthy.]
(There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. To Him belongs dominion and to Him is praise, and He is capable of all things. There is no power nor strength except in Allah. There is no god but Allah, and we worship none but Him. To Him belongs the blessing and To Him is the credit, and to Him is the good praise, there is no god but Allah Faithful to Him in religion, even if the disbelievers hate it.) [Narrated by Muslim, in Sahih Muslim, on the authority of Abdullah bin Al-Zubair, page or number: 594, authentic hadith.]
Supplications said between the two prostrations
(Lord, forgive me, Lord, forgive me). [Narrated by Al-Albani, in Sahih Ibn Majah, on the authority of Hudhayfah bin Al-Yaman, page or number: 739, Sahih.]
(O God, forgive me, have mercy on me, keep me safe, guide me, and provide for me.) [Narrated by Shuaib Al-Arnaout, in Takhrij Sunan Abi Dawud, on the authority of Abdullah bin Abbas, page or number: 850, hadith whose chain of transmission is good.]