Prayers of the Prophets in the Qur'an

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One of the most beautiful gifts of the Qur'an is the recording of the prayers of the prophets - sentences that once rose from the hearts of the best human beings in their most difficult times, and then immortalized by Allah so that we can also say them. There is a prayer of Prophet Adam after slipping: "Rabbanaa zhalamnaa anfusanaa..." — O our Rabb, we have wronged ourselves; If You do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we will surely be among the losers (QS Al-A'raf: 23). This is the first language of repentance in human history: without defending oneself, without blaming others. There is the prayer of the Prophet Yunus from the three darknesses — night, ocean, and the belly of the fish: "Laa ilaaha illaa anta, subhaanaka, innii kuntu minazh-zhaalimiin" (QS Al-Anbiya': 87). Monotheism, purification, then confession. The next verse mentions a general promise: "Thus We save the believers" — not just Jonah. There is a prayer of the Prophet Ibrahim who thinks across generations: asking for a safe country, descendants who perform prayers, and the sending of a messenger among his children and grandchildren (QS Al-Baqarah: 126-129; QS Ibrahim: 40) - a prayer that was answered thousands of years later with the sending of the Prophet sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam. There is a prayer of the Prophet Musa which was uttered in a fugitive and helpless state: "Rabbi innii limaa anzalta ilayya min khairin faqiir" — O my Rabb, I really need whatever goodness You send down to me (QS Al-Qashash: 24). And the prayer of the Prophet Zakariya in his old age asked for offspring, which opened with the most honest confession about gray hair and weakened bones (QS Maryam: 4). Note the pattern: the prayers of the prophets always combined recognition of one's own weakness with complete confidence in God's mercy. No prestige, no despair. They prayed at a time when the world's causes seemed exhausted — and it was precisely at that point that help came. Memorize just one of these prayers, and carry it with you in your prostration. The sentence that once saved a prophet from the belly of a fish, God willing, is strong enough to bring your dreams up to the same sky.