A parent's supplication for a child is among those not turned back: 'Three supplications are answered without doubt… and the supplication of a parent for his child' (at-Tirmidhi). You supplicate not knowing which of your words will meet an hour of response and become the cause of your child's uprightness for a lifetime.
Most Qur'anic supplications about offspring ask neither for wealth nor health, but for uprightness: 'My Lord, grant me from among the righteous', 'My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and from my descendants.' That teaches us what should be asked for them first.
And beware of supplicating against your child in anger — that too is among the answered. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Do not invoke against your children… lest it coincide with an hour in which Allah is asked and He answers you' (Muslim).
رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي، رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ
Rabbi ij'alni muqimas-salati wa min dhurriyyati, Rabbana wa taqabbal du'a.
My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication.
رب اجعلني مقيم الصلاة ومن ذريتي، ربنا وتقبل دعاء
رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً، إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ
Rabbi hab li min ladunka dhurriyyatan tayyibah, innaka Sami'ud-du'a.
My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication.
رب هب لي من لدنك ذرية طيبة، إنك سميع الدعاء
رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا
Rabbana hab lana min azwajina wa dhurriyyatina qurrata a'yunin waj'alna lil-muttaqina imama.
Our Lord, grant us from among our spouses and offspring comfort to our eyes, and make us leaders for the righteous.
ربنا هب لنا من أزواجنا وذرياتنا قرة أعين واجعلنا للمتقين إماما
أُعِيذُكُمَا بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ، مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ
U'idhukuma bikalimatillahit-tammah, min kulli shaytanin wa hammah, wa min kulli 'aynin lammah.
I seek protection for you both in the perfect words of Allah, from every devil and every poisonous creature, and from every envious eye.
أعيذكما بكلمات الله التامة، من كل شيطان وهامة، ومن كل عين لامة
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The Qur'anic supplications, most comprehensively: 'My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication' (Ibrahim 40).
