Dua Before Reciting Quran

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْۤ اَشْهَدُ اَنَّ هٰذَا كِتَابُكَ الْمُنْزَلُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ

O Allah I bear witness that this is Your Revealed Book from You

عَلٰى رَسُوْلِكَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهِ

To Your messenger Muhammad son of Abdullah, Allah’s blessings be on him and his family

وَكَلَامُكَ النَّاطِقَ عَلٰى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكَ

And it is Your Spoken Words, through the tongue of Your Prophet,

جَعَلْتَهُ هَادِيًا مِنْكَ اِلٰى خَلْقِكَ

You have made it a guide from You to Your creation

وَحَبْلًا مُتَّصِلًا فِيْمَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ عِبَادَكَ

And a connecting rope between You and Your servants

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّي نَشَرْتُ عَهْدَكَ وَكِتَابَكَ

O Allah I have opened Your Covenant and Your Book

اَللّٰهُمَّ فَاجْعَلْ نَظَرِيْ فِيْهِ عِبَادَةً

O Allah, so make my looking at it an act of worship

وَقِرَاۤءَتِيْ فِيْهِ فِكْرًا وَفِكْرِيْ فِيْهِ اِعْتِبَارًا

and my reciting it a pondering and my pondering over it a way to derive lessons

وَاجْعَلْنِيْ مِمَّنْ اِتَّعَظَ بِبَيَانِ مَوَاعِظِكَ فِيْهِ

[O Allah] include me from those who are advised by the narrations of its advices

وَاجْتَنَبَ مَعَاصِيَكَ

and who avoid Your disobedience

وَلَاتَطْبَعْ عِنْدَ قِرَاۤءَتِيْ عَلٰى سَمْعِيْ

[O Allah] do not seal my ears when I’m reciting it

وَلَا تَجْعَلْ عَلٰى بَصَرِيْ غِشَاوَةً

and do not place a curtain over my sight

وَلَا تَجْعَلْ قِرَاۤءَتِيْ قِرَاۤءَةً لَا تَدَبُّرَ فِيْهَا

Nor make my recitation a recitation lacking pondering

بَلِ اجْعَلْنِيْۤ اَتَدَبَّرُ اٰيَاتِهِ وَاَحْكَامَهُ

Rather make me from among those who ponder over its verses and its rules

اٰخِذًا بِشَرَايِعِ دِيْنِكَ

Deriving the ways to Your religion

وَلَا تَجْعَلْ نَظَرِيْ فِيْهِ غَفْلَةً

and do not make me heedless when I’m looking at it

وَلَا قِرَاۤءَتِيْ هَذَرًا

nor make my reciting a waste

اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الرَّؤُوْفُ الرَّحِيْمُ۔

Surely You are the Most Gentle, the Most Merciful