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Fatwa CenterQuranic Supplications, Difference Between Quran and Qudsi Hadeeth, and Meaning of Seerah
Question
Assalaamu alaykum wa Ragmatullaahi wa BarakaatuhThank you so very much for all your efforts, Almighty Allah reward you all abundantly for your hard work.1. Please could you provide me with a list of surah and verse numbers of all the duas in The Quran that one should read.2. Also, please explain the main difference between The Quran, Hadith Qudsi and other Hadith.3. And what is the difference between the Seerah and the Sunnah?Shukran once again.Jazakallaahu khayraaWas Salaam
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
The supplications that are mentioned in the Quran are so many and it is difficult to encompass them in this Fatwa. Nonetheless, the greatest of them is the supplication mentioned in Surah Al-Faatihah (The Opening Chapter of the Quran), and in the last verse in Surah Al-Baqarah [i.e. 2: 286]
Ibn ‘Abbaas 
reported that while Jibreel (Gabriel) was sitting with the Prophet he heard a sound from above like a door opening. Jibreel looked up toward the sky and said: "This is a gate in Heaven that was opened today, but it was never opened before.” An Angel came down from it He (Jibreel) said: “This angle who came down never descended to earth before today.” The angle (who descended) greeted the Prophet and said: “Receive the glad tidings of two lights that have been given to you and were never given to any Prophet before you: The Opening of the Book (Al-Faatihah) and the ending verses [the last two] of Chapter Al-Baqarah [Quran 2]. You will never recite a single letter of them but you will be granted it (i.e., you will be rewarded for reciting it and the supplications included in these verses will be honored." [Muslim]
Among the most important supplications also in the Quran is the supplication mentioned in verse 201 of Chapter Al-Baqarah {"Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.}.
Also, the supplication that Prophet Yoonus said in Chapter Al-Anbiyaa’ {"There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."} [Quran 21:87] The Prophet said: “The supplication of Prophet Yoonus [i.e. Jonah] which he invoked when he was in the belly of the whale: "La ilaaha illa anta subhaanaka inni kuntu minath-thaalimeen". (None has the right to be worshipped except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers)." [Quran 21:87] There is no Muslim man who supplicates with it asking anything except that Allah responds to him (answers his supplication).” [An-Nasaa'i]
As for the difference between the Quran and the Qudsi Hadeeth, then the Quran –as it is known – is: the words of Allah, was sent down upon Muhammad as a miracle and to worship Allah using its wording. It was transmitted to us by Tawaatur [for definition, please refer to Fatwa 258208]
As regards the Qudsi Hadeeth, it is what the Prophet attributes to Allah that Allah said it. Some scholars are of the view that its wording is from Allah and some others are of the view that its wording is from the Prophet and the meaning is from Allah. It is not necessary that it is transmitted to us by Tawaatur; rather, it includes the Hadeeth whose chain of narration is authentic, Hasan and inauthentic.
As for the Ahadeeth of the Prophet they include what is attributed to him as sayings, actions, approvals, and physical and moral features. This is also referred to as Sunnah.
With regard to As-Seerah (biography), in scientific terminology, it is the events and stories related to the life of the Prophet from birth to death.
For more benefit, please refer to Fataawa 18457, 24371 and 91329.
Allah knows best.
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