The traveler's invocation at dawn
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.
((سَمَّعَ سَامِعٌ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ، وَحُسْنِ بَلاَئِهِ عَلَيْنَا، رَبَّنَا صاحِبْنَا، وَأَفْضِلْ عَلَيْنَا، عَائِذاً بِاللَّهِ مِنَ النَّارِ)).
Samma'a sami'un bihamdillah, wahusni bala'ihi 'alayna, rabbana sahibna, wa afdil 'alayna, 'a'idhan billahi minan-nar.
(May a witness, be witness to our praise of Allah for His favours and bounties upon us. Our Lord, protect us, show favour on us and deliver us from every evil. I take refuge in Allah from the fire.)
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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.
More duas
- Invocation for a layover (stopping along the way) on the journey
- What to say upon returning from a Journey
- What to say if something happens to please you or to displease you
- The excellence of asking for Allah's blessings upon the Prophet pbuh
- Spreading the greetings of Salam (Peace)
- How to reply to a disbeliever if he says Salam to you
- Invocation upon hearing the cock's crow or the bray of a donkey
- Invocation upon hearing a dog barking in the night