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Invocation upon hearing the cock's crow or the bray of a donkey

The dua in its Arabic wording from Hisn al-Muslim, with its English meaning.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Bismillahir-rahmanir-raheem

Each dua: the Arabic, then a transliteration to help you say it aloud, then its meaning.

  1. ((إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ صِيَاحَ الدِّيَكَةِ فَاسْأَلُوا اللَّهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ؛ فَإِنَّهَا رَأَتْ مَلَكاً وَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ نَهِيقَ الْحِمَارِ فَتَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيطَانِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ رَأَى شَيْطَاناً)).

    Idha sami'tum siyahad-diyakati fas'alullaha min fadlih; fa innaha ra'at malakan wa idha sami'tum naheeqal-himari fata'awwadhoo billahi minash-shaytan; fa innahu ra'a shaytana.

    (If you hear the crow of a rooster, ask Allah for his bounty for it has seen an angel and if you hear the braying of an ass, seek refuge in Allah for it has seen a devil.)

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Source: Hisn al-Muslim by Saʿid ibn ʿAli ibn Wahf al-Qahtani. The Arabic is verbatim from the book; the English meaning is from the hisnmuslim.com English edition. The transliteration is generated by Waqtazan from the voweled Arabic as a reading aid — the Arabic and the recitation remain the reference. Virtues are quoted only from authentic hadith (al-Bukhari, Muslim, or graded sahih/hasan by al-Albani). Recitations: hisnmuslim.com.

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