Question regarding Dua in the Quran

[captainneckbeard]

Please forgive my ignorance, but does the Quran give examples of what dua is appropriate for?

Example: as Allah does as he wills, and none die without his leave, I don't see the point in praying people's health.

Are there Quranic examples?

[Student of Allah]

Shalom Aleikhem,

I found the Qur'an having many such examples. For example:

2:286   God does not burden a soul except with what it can bear. For it is what it earns, and against it is what it earns. "Our Lord, do not mind us if we forget or make mistakes; our Lord, do not place a burden upon us as You have placed upon those before us; our Lord, do not place upon us what we cannot bear; pardon us, and forgive us, and have mercy on us; You are our patron, so grant us victory over the disbelieving people."

20:114 Then High above all is God, the King, the True. And do not be hasty with the Qur'an before its inspiration is completed to you, and say: "My Lord, increase my knowledge."

21:83    And Job when he called his Lord: "I have been afflicted with harm, and you are the Most Merciful of those who show mercy!"
21:84    So We answered him, and We removed what was afflicting him, and We brought him back his family and others with them as a mercy from Us and a reminder to those who serve.
21:85    And Ishmael and Enoch and Isaiah, all of them were patient.
21:86    And We admitted them in Our mercy, they were of the good doers.
21:87    And the one with 'N,' when he went off in anger, and he thought that We would not be able to take him. Then he called out in the darkness: "There is no god except You! Glory be to You, I was of the wicked!"
21:88    So We responded to him and We saved him from distress. And it is such that We save the faithful.
21:89    And Zachariah when he called out to his Lord: "My Lord, do not leave me without an heir, and You are the best inheritor."
21:90    So We responded to him, and We granted him John, and We cured his wife. They used to hasten to do good, and they would call to Us in joy and in fear. And of Us they were reverent.

So... like this.. I got many examples of duwa. Notice how God always emphasizes on how they were "good". So, I take it that no matter what, at the bare minimum, I have to be a nice person.


Peace
------------- Student of Allah

[captainneckbeard]

Shalom Aleikhem,

I found the Qur'an having many such examples. For example:

2:286   God does not burden a soul except with what it can bear. For it is what it earns, and against it is what it earns. "Our Lord, do not mind us if we forget or make mistakes; our Lord, do not place a burden upon us as You have placed upon those before us; our Lord, do not place upon us what we cannot bear; pardon us, and forgive us, and have mercy on us; You are our patron, so grant us victory over the disbelieving people."

20:114 Then High above all is God, the King, the True. And do not be hasty with the Qur'an before its inspiration is completed to you, and say: "My Lord, increase my knowledge."

21:83    And Job when he called his Lord: "I have been afflicted with harm, and you are the Most Merciful of those who show mercy!"
21:84    So We answered him, and We removed what was afflicting him, and We brought him back his family and others with them as a mercy from Us and a reminder to those who serve.
21:85    And Ishmael and Enoch and Isaiah, all of them were patient.
21:86    And We admitted them in Our mercy, they were of the good doers.
21:87    And the one with 'N,' when he went off in anger, and he thought that We would not be able to take him. Then he called out in the darkness: "There is no god except You! Glory be to You, I was of the wicked!"
21:88    So We responded to him and We saved him from distress. And it is such that We save the faithful.
21:89    And Zachariah when he called out to his Lord: "My Lord, do not leave me without an heir, and You are the best inheritor."
21:90    So We responded to him, and We granted him John, and We cured his wife. They used to hasten to do good, and they would call to Us in joy and in fear. And of Us they were reverent.

So... like this.. I got many examples of duwa. Notice how God always emphasizes on how they were "good". So, I take it that no matter what, at the bare minimum, I have to be a nice person.


Peace
------------- Student of Allah

Peace be to you!

Thank you for this response, and these are good examples. It shows that God really did take away affliction when asked and does show mercy when called upon.