Supplications for traveling


Supplications for  traveler 

 أَسۡتَوۡدِعُ اللّٰهَ دِيۡنَكُمۡ وَأَمَانَتَكُمۡ وَخَوَاتِيۡمَ عَمَلِكُمۡ

I place every one of your religion, your faithfulness and the ends of your deeds in the trust of Allah.

 

Supplication for  traveler’s well-being

زَوَّدَكَ اللّٰهُ التَّقۡوٰى وَغَفَرَ ذَنۡبَكَ وَيَسَّرَ لَكَ الۡخَيۡرَ حَيۡثُمَا كُنۡتَ

 May Allah endow you with taqwa (fear of Allah), forgive your sins and facilitate all good for you wherever you may be.

 

Supplication for ease in journey

اَللّٰهُمَّ إِطۡوِ لَهُ الۡاَرۡضَ وَهَوِّنۡ عَلَيۡهِ السَّفَرَ

O Allah, let his journey be covered quickly and most easily.

 

Importance of supplication of traveler

ثَلَاثُ دَعَوَاتٍ يُسۡتَجَابُ لَهُنَّ لَا شَكَّ فِيۡهِنَّ دَعۡوَةُ الۡمَظۡلُوۡمِ وَ دَعۡوَةُ الۡمُسَافِرِ وَدَعۡوَةُ الۡوَالِدِ لِوَلَدِهِ

The acceptance of three supplications are certain, the supplication of the one who is wronged, the supplication of a traveler and the supplication of a father for his child.

 

Supplication to resident by traveler

أَسۡتَوۡدِعُكَ اللّٰهَ الَّذِيۡ لَا تَضِيۡعُ وَدَائِعُهُ

I entrust you to Allah whose trust is never misplaced.

 

When boarding any transport

بِسۡمِ اللّٰهِ، اَلۡحَمۡدُ لِلّٰهِ، سُبۡحٰنَ الَّذِيۡ سَخَّرَلَنَا هٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقۡرِنِيۡنَ وَاِنَّآ اِلٰي رَبِّنَا لَمُنۡقَلِبُوۡنَ، اَلۡحَمۡدُ لِلّٰهِ (x3(اللّٰهُ اَكۡبَرُ(x3(،سُبۡحَانَكَ اِنِّيۡ ظَلَمۡتُ نَفۡسِيۡ فَاغۡفِرۡ لِيۡ فَاِنَّهُ لَا يَغۡفِرُ الذُّنُوۡبَ اِلَّا اَنۡتَ

In the name of Allah and all praise is for Allah. How perfect He is, the One Who has placed this (transport) at our service and we ourselves would not have been capable of that, and to our Lord is our final destiny. All praise is for Allah, All praise is for Allah, All praise is for Allah, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest. How perfect You are, O Allah, verily I have wronged my soul, so forgive me, for surely none can forgive sins except You.

 

Pointing towards the sky and making dua

اَللّٰهُمَّ أَنۡتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالۡخَلِيۡفَةُ فِيۡ الۡأَهۡلِ اَللّٰهُمَّ اصۡحَبۡنَا بِنُصۡحِكَ وَاقۡلِبۡنَا بِذِمَّةٍ اَللّٰهُمَّ ازۡوِ لَنَا الۡأَرۡضَ وَهَوِّنۡ عَلَيۡنَا السَّفَرَ اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيۡ أَعُوۡذُ بِكَ مِنۡ وَعۡثَاءِ السَّفَرِ وَكَآبَةِ الۡمُنۡقَلَبِ

O Allah, You are the companion in the journey and the successor in my family. O Allah, accompany us with your advice and return us with protection. O Allah, fold for us the earth and make the journey easy for us. O Allah, Indeed I, I seek your refuge from the difficulty of the journey and from the sad return.

 

Supplication for person who provided means of transport

اَللّٰهُمَّ أَنۡتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالۡخَلِيۡفَةُ فِي الۡأَهۡلِ وَالۡحَامِلُ عَلَي الظَّهۡرِ اَللّٰهُمَّ اصۡحَبۡنَا بِنُصۡحٍ وَاقۡلِبۡنَا بِذِمَّةٍ أَعُوۡذُ بِكَ مِنۡ مِلۡحِ وَعۡثَاءِ السَّفَرِ وَكَآبَةِ الۡمُنۡقَلَبِ

O Allah, You are the companion in the journey and the successor in my family and the carrier upon the back of the conveyance. O Allah, accompany us with your advice and return us with protection, I seek your refuge from the bitter difficulty of the journey and from the sad return.

 

 

Supplication for protection from difficulties during journey

اَللّٰهُمَّ أَنۡتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِيۡ السَّفَرِ وَالۡخَلِيۡفَةُ فِيۡ الۡأَهۡلِ اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيۡ أَعُوۡذُبِكَ مِنَ الضُّبۡنَةِ فِيۡ السَّفَرِ وَالۡكَآبَةِ فِيۡ الۡمُنۡقَلَبِ اَللّٰهُمَّ اقۡبِضۡ لَنَا الۡأَرۡضَ وَهَوِّنۡ عَلَيۡنَا السَّفَرَ

O Allah, You are The Companion on the journey and The Successor over the family,
O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the difficulties of travel, and sad return and against a bad spectacle with family and wealth, 
O Allah fold the earth for us, and facilitate our journey.

 

Supplication of piety and being safeguarded by Allah

اللّٰهُ اَكۡبَرُ (x3(سُبۡحَانَ الَّذِيۡ سَخَّرَ لَنَا هٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقۡرِنِيۡنَ وَ اِنَّا اِلٰي رَبِّنَالَمُنۡقَلِبُوۡنَ اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنَّا نَسۡأَلُكَ فِيۡ سَفَرِنَا هَذَا الۡبِرَّوَالتَّقۡوٰي وَمِنَ الۡعَمَلِ مَا تَرۡضٰي اَللّٰهُمَّ هَوِّنۡ عَلَيۡنَا سَفَرَنَا هٰذَاوَاطۡوِعَنَّابُعۡدَهُ اَللّٰهُمَّ أَنۡتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِيۡ السَّفَرِوَالۡخَلِيۡفَةُ فِيۡ الۡأَهۡلِ اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيۡ أَعُوۡذُ بِكَ مِنۡ وَعۡثَاءِ السَّفَرِ وَكَآبَةِ الۡمَنۡظَرِ وَسُوۡءِ الۡمُنۡقَلَبِ فِيۡ الۡمَالِ وَالۡأَهۡلِ

Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, How perfect He is, The One Who has placed this (transport) at our service, and we ourselves would not have been capable of that, and to our Lord is our final destiny. O Allah, we ask You for birr and taqwa in this journey of ours, and we ask You for deeds which please You. O Allah, facilitate our journey and let us cover it’s distance quickly. O Allah, You are The Companion on the journey and The Successor over the family, O Allah, I take refuge with You from the difficulties of travel, from having a change of hearts and being in a bad predicament, and I take refuge in You from an ill-fated outcome with wealth and family. [upon returning the same supplication is recited with the following addition :] (We return, repent, worship and praise our Lord.)

 

 

Supplication during travel for well-being of  family

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّي أَعُوۡذُ بِكَ مِنۡ وَعۡثَاءِ السَّفَرِ وَكَآبَةِ الۡمُنۡقَلَبِ وَالۡحَوۡرِ بَعۡدَ الۡكَوۡرِ وَدَعۡوَةِ الۡمَظۡلَوۡمِ وَسُوۡءِ الۡمَنۡظَرِ فِي الۡأَهۡلِ وَالۡمَالِ وَالۡوَلَدِ

O Allah, Indeed I, I seek your refuge from the difficulty of the journey and from the sad return and the loss after plenty and the call of those who are wronged and the bad scene in the family, the wealth and the children.

 

 

Supplication during travel to be humble and get rid of laziness, loan and hardships

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيۡ أَعُوۡذُ بِكَ مِنَ الۡهَمِّ وَالۡحَزَنِ وَالۡعَجۡزِ وَالۡكَسَلِ وَالۡبُخۡلِ وَالۡجُبۡنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيۡنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ

O Allah, Indeed I, I seek your refuge from the sadness and the grief and the weakness and the laziness and greed and cowardice and the attachment of loan and being subdued by men.

 

 

Supplication for traveling via ship

بِسۡمِ اللّٰهِ مَجۡرِهَا وَمُرۡسٰهَا اِنَّ رَبِّيۡ لَغَفُوۡرٌ رَّحِيۡمٌ

In the name of Allah, it moves and stops. Definitely my Lord is forgiving and merciful.

 

 

Remembering Allah During traveling

اللّٰهُ اَكۡبَرُ

Allah is the greatest.

سُبۡحَانَ اللّٰهِ

How perfect Allah is.

سُبۡحَانَ اللّٰهِ وَالۡحَمۡدُ لِلّٰهِ وَلَا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَاللّٰهُ أَكۡبَرُ

All glory to Allah and all praise and thanks to Allah and there is no deity except Allah and Allah is the greatest.

 

 

Supplication for stopping or lodging somewhere

أَعُوۡذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللّٰهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنۡ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

I take refuge in Allah’s perfect words from the evil that He has created.

 

Prayer of the traveler as dawn approaches

سَمِعَ سَامِعٌ بِحَمۡدِ اللّٰهِ وَحُسۡنِ بَلَائِهِ عَلَيۡنَا رَبَّنَا صَاحِبۡنَا وَأَفۡضِلۡ عَلَيۡنَا عَائِذًا بِاللّٰهِ مِنَ النَّارِ

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.

 

While entering the city

 رَبِّ أَدۡخِلۡنِيۡ مُدۡخَلَ صِدۡقٍ وَّ أَخۡرِجۡنِيۡ مُخۡرَجَ صِدۡقٍ وَّاجۡعَلۡ لِّيۡ مِنۡ لَّدُنۡكَ سُلۡطَانًا نَّصِىيۡرًا

O my Lord! Cause me to enter a place of truth and let me leave from a place of truth and appoint for me a helper from yourself.

 

رَبِّ أَنۡزِلۡنِيۡ مُنۡزَلًا مُّبٰرَكًا وَّ أَنۡتَ خَيۡرُ الۡمُنۡزِلِيۡنَ

O my Lord! Cause me to alight at a blessed place and you are the best of hosts.

 

اَللّٰهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبۡعِ وَمَا أَظَلَّتۡ وَرَبَّ الۡأَرَضِيۡنَ السَّبۡعِ وَمَا أَقَلَّتۡ وَرَبَّ الرِّيَاحِ وَمَا أَذَرَّتۡ وَرَبَّ الشَّيَاطِيۡنِ وَمَا أَضَلَّتۡ اِنِّيۡ أَسۡأَلُكَ خَيۡرَهَا وَخَيۡرَ مَا فِيۡهَا وَأَعُوۡذُ بِكَ مِنۡ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ مَا فِيۡهَا

O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and all that they envelop, Lord of the seven earths and all that they carry, Lord of the devils and all whom they misguide, Lord of the winds and all whom they whisk away. I ask You for the goodness of this village, the goodness of its inhabitants and for all the goodness found within it and I take refuge with You from the evil of this village, the evil of its inhabitants and from all the evil found within it.

 

Supplications while returning from the journey

اللّٰهُ أَكۡبَرُ، اللّٰهُ أَكۡبَرُ، اللّٰهُ أَكۡبَرُ، سُبۡحَانَ الَّذِيۡ سَخَّرَ لَنَا هٰذَا وَمَاكُنَّا لَهُ مُقۡرِنِيۡنَ وَاِنَّا اِلٰي رَبِّنَا لَمُنۡقَلِبُوۡنَ، اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنَّا نَسۡاَلُكَ فِيۡ سَفَرِنَا هٰذَا الۡبِرَّ وَالتَّقۡوٰي وَمِنَ الۡعَمَلِ مَا تَرۡضٰي اَللّٰهُمَّ هَوِّنۡ عَلَيۡنَا سَفَرَنَا هٰذَا وَاطۡوِعَنَّا بُعۡدَهُ، اَللّٰهُمَّ أَنۡتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالۡخَلِيۡفَةُ فِي الۡأَهۡلِ، اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيۡ أَعُوۡذُ بِكَ مِنۡ وَعۡثَاءِ السَّفَرِ وَكَآبَةِ الۡمَنۡظَرِوَسُوۡءِ الۡمُنۡقَلَبِ فِي الۡمَالِ والۡأَهۡلِ، آئِبُوۡنَ تَائِبُوۡنَ عَابِدُوۡنَ لِرَبِّنَا حَامِدُوۡنَ

Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest. How far from imperfections He is, The One Who has placed this (transport) at our service, and we ourselves would not have been capable of doing so, and to our Lord is our final destination, O Allah, we ask You for piety (Birr), and fear of You (Taqwa) in this journey of ours, and we ask You for deeds which please You, O Allah, facilitate our journey and let us cover it’s distance quickly. O Allah, You are The Companion on the journey and The Successor over the family, O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the difficulties of travel, and from having a change of hearts and being in a bad predicament, and I take refuge with You from an ill fated outcome with wealth and family. We return, repent, worship and praise our Lord. Note: Birr and Taqwa are two comprehensive terms which individually, refer to all good actions and obedience i.e. performing the commanded actions and avoiding the prohibited actions. When combined together, birr refers to doing those actions which have been commanded and taqwa refers to avoiding those actions which have been prohibited.

 

   آئِبُوۡنَ تَآئِبُوۡنَ عَابِدُوۡنَ لِرَبِّنَاحَامِدُوۡنَ

We are returning, repenting and obedient to Allah, praising Him.

 

 اَوۡبًا اَوۡبًا لِرَبِّنَا تَوۡبًا لَّا يُغَادِرُ عَلَيۡنَا حَوۡبًا

I have come back, I have come back, I seek forgiveness from Allah with such a repentance that leaves me with no sin.

 

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