Below is a list of Prophets and some of their prayers to Allaah, their Creator.
"O My Lord! Leave me not single (childless), though You are the Best of the inheritors." (Q21 [Anbiyaa]:88)
By prophet Zakariyyah
"La ilaha illaAnta [None has the right to be worshipped but You (O Allaah)], Glorified (and Exalted) are You [above all that (evil) they associate with You]. Truly, I have been of the wrong-doers." (Q21 [Anbiyaa]:87)
By prophet Yunus
He said: "O My Lord! Prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me. Unless You turn away their plot from me, I will feel inclined towards them and be one (of those who commit sin and deserve blame or those who do deeds) of the ignorant." (Q 12[Yusuf]:33)
By prophet Yusuf
"My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers on the earth! If You leave them, they will mislead Your slaves, and they will beget none but wicked disbelievers. "My Lord! Forgive me, and my parents, and him who enters my home as a believer, and all the believing men and women. And to the Zalimun (Polytheists, Wrong-doers, and disbelievers, etc.) grant You no increase but destruction!" (Q71[Nuh]: 26-28)
By prophet Nuh
"He said: "My Lord! Forgive me, and bestow upon me a kingdom such as shall not belong to any other after me: Verily,You are the Bestower." (Q38[Sad]:35)
By prophet Sulayman
This article was culled from the publications of Deen Communication Limited