Dua for Good Character and Inner Purification
The supplication asking Allah to beautify one’s inner morals, ethics, and temper just as He beautified the physical creation.
اللَّهُمَّ كَمَا حَسَّنْتَ خَلْقِي فَحَسِّنْ خُلُقِي
Allāhumma kamā ḥassanta khalqī fa-ḥassin khuluqī
Translation & Meaning
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When looking in the mirror, before interacting with difficult people, and in daily prayers
Distinguishing between Khalq (خَلْق - physical shape) and Khuluq (خُلُق - moral disposition). True beauty in Islam is the harmony of righteous etiquette, kindness, patience, and integrity.
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: "The heaviest thing placed on the Scale of the believer on the Day of Resurrection will be good character." (Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi 2002; Musnad Ahmad 24392).
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More Duas in Guidance & Knowledge
Rabbi Zidni ‘Ilma (Dua for Growth in Knowledge and Wisdom)
رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا
Dua for Guidance, God-Consciousness, Chastity, and Self-Sufficiency
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالتُّقَى وَالْعَفَافَ وَالْغِنَى
Dua for Spiritual Light in All Faculties (Dua an-Nur)
اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِي قَلْبِي نُورًا، وَفِي بَصَرِي نُورًا، وَفِي سَمْعِي نُورًا، وَعَنْ يَمِينِي نُورًا، وَعَنْ يَسَارِي نُورًا، وَفَوْقِي نُورًا، وَتَحْتِي نُورًا، وَأَمَامِي نُورًا، وَخَلْفِي نُورًا، وَاجْعَلْ لِي نُورًا