Appendix D

Qunut

Supplications

Qunut literally means standing in prayer, obedience or supplication.

One version is:

Transliteration:

Allahumma ihdani fiman hadait

wa afini fiman afait

wa tawalani fiman tawalait

wa barik li fima atait

waqini sharra ma qadhait

fainnaka tuqdhi wa la yuqdha alaik

wa innhau la yazallo mun wa`lait

wa la ya`azzo mun a`dait

tabarakta rabbana wa talait

wa sallallah alan nabi Muhammad

Translation:

Oh Allah, guide me among those whom you have guided. Grant me safety among those whom You have granted safety. Take me into Your charge among those whom You have taken into Your charge. Bless me in what You have given me. Protect me from the evil that You have decreed, for you decree and nothing is decreed for you. And there is no humiliation for whom you take as a ward. Blessed and Exalted are You, our Lord.

And Allah has blessed Prophet Muhammad.

Second version:

Arabic:

Transliteration:

Allahumma inna nastainuka

wanastahdika

wa nastaghfiruka,

wa numinu bika

wa natawakkalu alaika

wa nuthni alaikal khair,

wa nashkuruka

wa la nakfuruka

wa nakhlau

wa natruku man yyafjuruka,

allahumma iyyaka nabudu,

wa lak nusalli

wa nasjudu

wa ilaika nas a

wa nahfidu

wa narju rahmataka

wa nakh`sha adhabaka

inna adhabaka bil kuffari mulhiq.

Translation:

Oh, Allah, we seek Your help and guidance and ask Your forgiveness and we believe in You and trust in You. We praise You in the best way and we thank You and we are not ungrateful and we cast off and forsake him who disobeys You.. Oh Allah, You alone we worship and to You we pray and before You we prostrate, to You we turn in haste, and hope for Your mercy and fear Your punishment. Your punishment overtakes the unbelievers.