Quran Universe
14:41

رَبَّنَا ٱغۡفِرۡ لِي وَلِوَٰلِدَيَّ وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلۡحِسَابُ

Rabbana ighfir lee waliwalidayya walilmumineena yawma yaqoomu alhisabu

Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers the Day the account is established."

Word by word
  1. رَبَّنَاOur Lord
  2. ٱغۡفِرۡForgive
  3. لِيme
  4. وَلِوَٰلِدَيَّand my parents
  5. وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَand the believers
  6. يَوۡمَ(on) the Day
  7. يَقُومُwill (be) established
  8. ٱلۡحِسَابُthe account
Ibrahim · 14:41Makkah

Forgive me, my parents, and all the believers.

A dua that widens the circle

Who he includes
me
my parents
the believersall of them
on
the Dayof reckoning
How wide my dua is
just me
everyone who believesthe whole circle

Ibrahim ends his prayer by asking forgiveness for himself, his parents and all the believers, for the Day of reckoning. Ibn Kathir notes he said this before he disowned his father, once it became clear his father was an enemy of Allah.

You make dua after prayer and it is a short list about your own week. Add your mother and father, living or gone. Then add every believer, including the stranger in the next row. A wide dua, said in seconds.

My dua is about me and my needs.

My dua can hold my parents and every believer too.

Try this

After your next prayer, say: Rabbana ighfir li wa li walidayya wa lil mu'mineen.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 14:38)

"O our Lord! Certainly, You know what we conceal and what we reveal. Nothing on the earth or in the heaven is hidden from Allah. (38)"All praise is due to Allah, Who has given me in old age Isma'il and Ishaq. Verily, my Lord is indeed the All-Hearer of invocations. (39)"O my Lord! Make me one who performs Salah, and (also) from my offspring, our Lord! And accept my invocation. (40)"Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents, and (all) the believers on the Day when the reckoning will be established.") Ibn Jarir At-Tabari said, "Allah said that Ibrahim, His Khalil, sai (41)

رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ مَا نُخْفِي وَمَا نُعْلِنُ

(O our Lord! Certainly, You know what we conceal and what we reveal.) meaning, 'You know the intention behind my supplication for the people of this town, seeking Your pleasure in sincerity to You. You know all things, apparent and hidden, and nothing escapes Your knowledge on the earth or in heaven.'" He next praised and thanked his Lord the Exalted and Most Honored for granting him offspring after he became old,

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي وَهَبَ لِي عَلَى الْكِبَرِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي لَسَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ

(All praise is due to Allah, Who has given me in old age Isma'il (Ishmael) and Ishaq (Isaac). Verily, my Lord is indeed the All-Hearer of invocations.) 'He accepts the supplication of those who invoke Him, and has accepted my invocation when I asked Him to grant me offspring. ' Ibrahim said next,

رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ

(O my Lord! Make me one who performs Salah,), preserving its obligations and limits,

وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي

(and (also) from my offspring,), make them among those who establish the prayer, as well,

رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ

(our Lord! And accept my invocation.), all of my invocation which I invoked You with herein,

رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ

(Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents,) Ibrahim said this before he declared himself innocent from his father, after he became sure that he was an enemy of Allah,

وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ 

(and the believers), all of them,

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ

(on the Day when the reckoning will be established.) on the Day when You will reckon Your servants and recompense or reward them for their deeds - good for good and evil for evil.