Dua e Qunoot The qunoot duas of the witr prayer, with their sources

In English letters

Dua e Qunoot transliteration

Both qunoots in English letters, split where you can pause, to learn them a phrase at a time.

Qunoot of ‘Umar: Dua e Qunoot transliteration

Learn it a phrase at a time. The words reported from ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, in the order Hisn al-Muslim gives them, split where you can take a breath (Hisn al-Muslim 118).

  • Allahumma iyyaka na‘bud,
  • wa laka nusalli wa nasjud,
  • wa ilayka nas‘a wa nahfid,
  • narju rahmatak,
  • wa nakhsha ‘adhabak,
  • inna ‘adhabaka bil-kafirina mulhaq.
  • Allahumma inna nasta‘inuk,
  • wa nastaghfiruk,
  • wa nuthni ‘alaykal-khayr,
  • wa la nakfuruk,
  • wa nu’minu bik,
  • wa nakhda‘u lak,
  • wa nakhla‘u man yakfuruk.

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Allahumma iyyaka na‘bud (the qunut of ‘Umar)

((اللَّهُمَّ إِيَّاكَ نعْبُدُ، وَلَكَ نُصَلِّي وَنَسْجُدُ، وَإِلَيْكَ نَسْعَى وَنَحْفِدُ، نَرْجُو رَحْمَتَكَ، وَنَخْشَى عَذَابَكَ، إِنَّ عَذَابَكَ بِالكَافِرِينَ مُلْحَقٌ. اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْتَعينُكَ، وَنَسْتَغْفِرُكَ، وَنُثْنِي عَلَيْكَ الْخَيْرَ، وَلاَ نَكْفُرُكَ، وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ، وَنَخْضَعُ لَكَ، وَنَخْلَعُ مَنْ يَكْفرُكَ)).

Allahumma iyyaka na‘bud, wa laka nusalli wa nasjud, wa ilayka nas‘a wa nahfid, narju rahmatak, wa nakhsha ‘adhabak, inna ‘adhabaka bil-kafirina mulhaq. Allahumma inna nasta‘inuk, wa nastaghfiruk, wa nuthni ‘alaykal-khayr, wa la nakfuruk, wa nu’minu bik, wa nakhda‘u lak, wa nakhla‘u man yakfuruk.

O Allah, You alone we worship; for You we pray and bow down in prostration; to You we hurry and we strive. We hope for Your mercy and we fear Your punishment; Your punishment will surely reach the disbelievers. O Allah, we ask You for help and we ask Your forgiveness. We praise You with all good, we are not ungrateful to You, we believe in You and humble ourselves before You, and we cast off whoever denies You.

Reported from ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, who said it in the qunut.

Hisn al-Muslim 118 · al-Bayhaqi, as-Sunan al-Kubra 2/211

Qunoot of al-Hasan, in English letters

Nine short phrases. The qunoot the Prophet ﷺ taught al-Hasan for witr; the phrase in brackets is in some narrations only (Sunan Abi Dawud 1425).

  • Allahummahdini fiman hadayt,
  • wa ‘afini fiman ‘afayt,
  • wa tawallani fiman tawallayt,
  • wa barik li fima a‘tayt,
  • wa qini sharra ma qadayt,
  • fa innaka taqdi wa la yuqda ‘alayk,
  • innahu la yadhillu man walayt,
  • [wa la ya‘izzu man ‘adayt,]
  • tabarakta rabbana wa ta‘alayt.

Allahummahdini fiman hadayt

((اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ، وَعَافِنِي فِيمَنْ عَافَيْتَ، وَتَوَلَّنِي فِيمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ، وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ، وَقِنِي شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ؛ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْضِي وَلاَ يُقْضَى عَلَيْكَ، إِنَّهُ لاَ يَذِلُّ مَنْ وَالَيْتَ، [وَلاَ يَعِزُّ مَنْ عَادَيْتَ]، تَبارَكْتَ رَبَّنا وَتَعَالَيْتَ)).

Allahummahdini fiman hadayt, wa ‘afini fiman ‘afayt, wa tawallani fiman tawallayt, wa barik li fima a‘tayt, wa qini sharra ma qadayt, fa innaka taqdi wa la yuqda ‘alayk, innahu la yadhillu man walayt, [wa la ya‘izzu man ‘adayt,] tabarakta rabbana wa ta‘alayt.

O Allah, guide me among those You have guided, keep me well among those You have kept well, take care of me among those You have taken care of, bless me in what You have given, and protect me from the evil of what You have decreed. For You decree, and no one decrees over You. Whoever You befriend is never humbled, [and whoever You oppose is never honoured]. Blessed are You, our Lord, and exalted.

The Prophet ﷺ taught this to his grandson al-Hasan to say in witr.

Hisn al-Muslim 116 · Sunan Abi Dawud 1425 · Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi 464 · Sunan an-Nasa’i 1745

Reading the letters

What the marks mean.

  • ‘, as in na‘bud and nasta‘inuk, is the letter ‘ayn, a tight sound from deep in the throat.
  • ’, as in nu’minu, is a short stop in the voice before the next sound.
  • dh, as in ‘adhabak, is said like the “th” in “that”; th, as in nuthni, like the “th” in “thank”.
  • kh, as in nakhsha and nakhla‘u, is a rough breath from the back of the mouth, like “loch” said in Scotland.
  • A double letter, as in Allahumma and rabbana, is never rushed: hold the doubled sound for a beat.

The English letters are a bridge to the Arabic, not a replacement for it: listen to your imam or a reciter, and check each phrase against the Arabic in the dua blocks above.

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