Here are some essential Duas for Maghfirat (forgiveness) for the deceased, along with their Arabic, transliteration, and English translations:
Dua Upon Hearing of Someoneโs Death
ุฅููููุง ููููููู ููุฅููููุข ุฅููููููู ุฑููฐุฌูุนูููู
Transliteration: Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un
English: “Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.”
Dua for Forgiveness and Mercy
ุงูููู
ุงุบูุฑ ูู ูุงุฑุญู
ู
Transliteration: Allahumma ighfir lahu warhamhu
English: “O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him.”
Comprehensive Dua for the Deceased
ุงููููููู
ูู ุงุบูููุฑู ูููู ุ ููุงุฑูููุนู ุฏูุฑูุฌูุชููู ููู ุงููู
ูููุฏููููููู ุ ููุงุฎููููููู ููู ุนูููุจููู ููู ุงููุบูุงุจูุฑูููู ุ ููุงุบูููุฑู ููููุง ูููููู ููุง ุฑูุจูู ุงููุนูุงููู
ูููู ุ ููุงููุณูุญู ูููู ููู ููุจูุฑููู ุ ูููููููุฑู ูููู ููููู
Transliteration: Allahumma-ghfir lah, wa-rfaสฟ darajatahลซ fi-l-mahdiyyฤซn, wa-khlufhu fi สฟaqibihi fi-l-ghฤbirฤซn, wa-ghfir lanฤ wa lahลซ yฤ Rabba-l-สฟฤlamฤซn, wa-fsaแธฅ lahลซ fi qabrih, wa nawwir lahลซ fฤซh.
English: “O Allah, forgive him, raise his rank among those who are guided, and take care of those he leaves behind him. Forgive us and him, O Lord of the worlds; expand his grave for him and illuminate it for him.”
Dua for Protection and Pardon
ุงูููู
ุงุบูุฑ ูู ูุงุฑุญู
ู ูุนุงูู ูุงุนู ุนูู
Transliteration: Allahumma ighfir lahu warhamhu waafihi wafu `anhu.
English: “O Divine, shower him/her with forgiveness, bathe him/her in your mercy, bless him/her with robust health, and envelop him/her in your pardon.”
Dua for a Peaceful Resting Place
ุงูููู
ุงุฌุนู ูุจุฑู ุฑูุถุฉ ู
ู ุฑูุงุถ ุงูุฌูุฉ
Transliteration: Allahumma j’al qabrah rawแธatan min riyaแธ al-jannah
English: “O Allah, make his grave a garden from the gardens of Paradise.”
Dua for Protection from the Trial of the Grave
ุงูููู
ูู ูุชูุฉ ุงููุจุฑ
Transliteration: Allahumma qih fatnat al-qabr
English: “O Allah, protect him from the trial of the grave.”
Dua for Entry into Paradise
ุงูููู
ุฃุฏุฎูู ุงูุฌูุฉ
Transliteration: Allahumma adkhilhu al-jannah
English: “O Allah, enter him into Paradise.”
Dua for Expanding the Grave and Filling it with Light
ุงูููู
ูุณุน ูุจุฑู ูุฃุฏุฎูู ููุฑุงู
Transliteration: Allahumma wasi’ qabrah wa adkhilhu nura
English: “O Allah, expand his grave and fill it with light.”
Dua for Good Replacement
ุงูููู
ุงุจุฏูู ุฎูุฑุงู ู
ู ุงูุฐูๅคฑ
Transliteration: Allahumma abdilhu khayran min al-ladhi faqada
English: “O Allah, replace our loss with something better.” (This is a paraphrased supplication based on the concept of asking for a good replacement).
Dua for Acceptance of Good Deeds
ุงูููู
ุชูุจู ู
ูู ุงูุตุงูุญุงุช
Transliteration: Allahumma taqbal minhu al-salihat
English: “O Allah, accept his good deeds.”
Dua for Protection Against Punishment
ุงูููู
ูู ุนุฐุงุจ ุงููุจุฑ ูุนุฐุงุจ ุงููุงุฑ
Transliteration: Allahumma qih adhฤb al-qabr wa
adhฤb al-nฤr
English: “O Allah, protect him from the punishment of the grave and the punishment of the Hell-Fire.”