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my question is what kind the surah i can read for improve my studies or intellengent please let me know and also what kind the surah i can read before i go to sleep

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Dua to improve studies and for sleep

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person,  no grave, no prophet,  no imam,  no dai,  nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

 

Your Question: what kind the surah i can read for improve my studies or intellengent

Beloved Sister, the recitation of supplications alone will not improve ones studies and intelligence, unless the person is determined to work hard at his/her assignments and spend the time and effort necessary for obtaining optimum results.  Yes, after one has put in ones best efforts to the best of ones ability and affirms that he/she can do no more from himself; and seeks the help of the Lord Most Gracious to help them in their endeavor, then indeed Allah Subhanah will help His slaves achieve their noble objectives.

 

One of the best supplications in improving and increasing one’s knowledge is the supplication Allah Subhanah Himself commanded the Prophet (saws) to make:

 

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 20 Surah Taha verse 114 (part):

…say (O Mohammed (saws)): "O my Lord!  Advance me in knowledge."

 

Your Question: please let me know and also what kind the surah i can read before i go to sleep

Below are quoted the beautiful supplications the Messenger of Allah (saws) would himself make and guided the believers to make before they went to bed.

 

Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 4.119

Hudhaifah and Abu Dharr reported that when the Prophet (saws) went to bed, he (saws) would say, "O Allah, by Your Name I live and die." And when he (saws) woke up he (saws) said, "Praise be to Allah Who gave us life after death and to Him is the return."  He placed his right hand under his cheek and prayed, three times, "O Allah, save me from Your punishment on the day when You will raise Your creatures."

 

He (saws) would also say, "O Allah, Lord of the heavens, the earth, and the Mighty Throne, our Lord and the Lord of everything, Who causes the seed to grow and the date-stone to split and sprout, Who sent down Taurah, Injil, and the Qur'an, I seek refuge in You from the evil of all evil-mongers under Your Control. You are the First and there is nothing before You, and You are the Last, and there is nothing after You. You are the Evident and there is nothing beyond You, and You are the Source and there is no power beside You. Relieve us of our debt and poverty."

Related by Bukhari.

 

The Prophet (saws) also prayed, "Praise be to Allah Who has fed us and given us to drink, met all our needs, and given us refuge, while there are many who have neither anyone to meet their needs nor anyone to provide them with a refuge." And every night when he (saws) retired to bed he (saws) would hold out his hands together imploringly and blow over them after reciting Surah Al-Ikhlas (Surah 112), Surah Al-Falaq (Surah 113), and Surah An-Naas (Surah 114), and then rub his hands over whichever parts of his body he (saws) was able to rub, starting with his head, face, and front of his body. He used to do that three times.

 

The Prophet (saws) instructed his Companions that when they go to bed they should supplicate, "In Your name, O Lord, I lay me down to sleep. And by Your leave I raise myself up. So if You take away my soul during sleep, forgive it, and if You keep it alive after sleep protect it just as You protect Your pious servants."

 

The Prophet once advised his daughter, Fatimah, "Say ‘Subhan-Allah’ thirty three times, ‘Al-hamdu-lillah’ thirty three times, and ‘Allahu Akbar’, thirty four times." He (saws) also commended the recitation of ‘Ayatal-Kursi’  (Tthe Verse of the Throne, Qur'an Surah 2 Baqarah verse 255) along with the above supplications, and said that he who does so will be under the protection of Allah, Who will assign a protector to protect him.

 

The Prophet said to Bara, "When you go to bed make wudu as you do for the regular prayer, and then lie down on your right side and say, ' O Allah, I surrender my soul to You, and I tum my face toward You, and I trust my affairs to Your care. I turn to You in fear and hope. There is no refuge nor any protection against You except in You. I believe in Your book which You have revealed to Your Prophet whom You sent'."  Then he  (saws) added, "If you die, you will die in your true nature, and these words will be your last words."

 

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone.  Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

 

 

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

 

 

Burhan