Dua for Palestine and Qunut Nazilah
Written in collaboration with Office of the Mufti.
| Sections: 1) Dedicated supplication for Palestine (English and Malay) | 2) Dua Qunut Nazilah |
In these devastating times where we witness unimaginable oppression in Palestine, feeling heartbroken and helpless is a natural response that people worldwide share when we see the continuous loss of innocent lives, systematic destruction of homes, and forced displacement of families.
In our state of profound grief, making dua becomes not just an act of worship but a powerful source of hope and spiritual resistance, as Allah s.w.t. reminds us that no prayer goes unheard, and no tear falls without His knowledge. Our consistent duas serve as a spiritual lifeline, connecting hearts across borders and reinforcing our shared humanity, whilst demonstrating our trust in Allah's perfect timing and wisdom. Through persistent dua, we not only seek Allah's intervention for our Palestinian brothers and sisters but also maintain hope, strengthen our own spiritual resilience, and fulfil our moral obligation to stand against oppression and injustice, remembering that the dua of the oppressed is never rejected by Allah s.w.t. While we may feel helpless, we are never truly powerless as long as we have the ability to raise our hands in dua to the Most Merciful, the Most Just, seeking liberation, dignity, and justice for all of humanity regardless of faith or background.
1) Dedicated supplication for Palestine (English and Malay)
Suitably recited after every fard (five daily obligatory) and sunnah (voluntary) prayer. Source: MUIS.
In English
O Allah, the All-Hearing Lord who hears every whisper of His servants’ hearts, grant us Your forgiveness, for indeed, we are Your servants who often forget and make mistakes. Forgive our past and future sins, those committed intentionally and unintentionally, the small and few and the vast akin to the oceans. And do not let these sins become a barrier that prevents our prayers from being accepted.
O Lord who answers the supplications of His servants, on this blessed day and moment, we bow with sincerity and humility, pleading for a portion of Your mercy, O Most Merciful. Help our oppressed brothers and sisters wherever they may be, especially in Gaza and Palestine.
O Allah, O Mannan, lighten their burdens, protect them from violence and harm, heal those who are sick and wounded, and provide sustenance for those who are hungry and thirsty.
O Latif, O Hannan, envelop them in Your mercy, place them within Your divine love, and strengthen their spirits with faith in Your assistance.
O Allah, O Dzal ‘Izzi was-Sultan, replace their fear with peace, their hardship with ease, their anxiety with calmness, and their sorrow with joy.
O Allah, our Lord, grant us goodness in this world, and grant us also goodness in the Hereafter, and protect us from the torment of the Hellfire.
In Malay
Ya Allah, Tuhan yang Maha mendengar suara hati hamba-Nya, kurniakanlah kami pengampunan, sesungguhnya kami adalah hamba-hamba-Mu yang sering alpa dan melakukan kesilapan. Ampunilah dosa-dosa kami yang terdahulu dan terkemudian, yang disengajakan mahupun yang tidak disengajakan, yang kecil dan sedikit mahupun yang seluas lautan. Dan janganlah Kau jadikan dosa tersebut menjadi penyebab terhijabnya setiap permintaan.
Wahai Tuhan yang memperkenan permohonan hamba-Nya, pada hari dan saat yang penuh keberkatan ini, kami tunduk dengan insaf dan tawaduk, mengemis secebis rahmat-Mu Ya Rahman, bantulah saudara saudari kami yang tertindas di setiap tempat, khususnya di Gaza dan Palestin.
Ya Allah Ya Mannan, Kau ringankanlah bebanan mereka, lindungilah mereka dari ancaman kekerasan dan bahaya, sembuhkanlah yang sakit dan terluka, dan kurniakanlah rezeki-Mu bagi yang lapar dan dahaga.
Ya Latiff Ya Hannan, dakapilah mereka dengan rahmat-Mu, tempatkan mereka dalam kasih sayang-Mu, teguhkan semangat mereka dengan keyakinan pada bantuan-Mu.
Ya Allah Ya Dzal ‘Izzi was-Sultan, gantikan ketakutan mereka dengan keamanan, kesempitan dengan kelapangan, keresahan dengan ketenangan, dan kesedihan dengan kegembiraan.
Ya Allah Ya Tuhan kami, kurniakanlah kami kebaikan di dunia. Kurniakanlah bagi kami juga kebaikan di akhirat, serta lindungilah kami dari azab api neraka.
2) Dua Qunut Nazilah
The recent heartbreaking events in Palestine call our attention to recite dua Qunut Nazilah, and to all victims of oppression, disasters and unfortunate events around the world.
Source: MUIS
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْتَعِيْنُكَ وَنَسْتَهْدِيْكَ
Allahumma inna nasta‘īnuka wa nastahdīka,
وَنَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَنَتُوْبُ إِلَيْكَ
wa nastaghfiruka wa natūbu ilayk,
وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ وَنَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ
wa nu’minu bika wa natawakkalu ‘alayk,
وَنُثْنِيْ عَلَيْكَ الخَيْرَ كُلَّهُ
wa nuthnī ‘alaykal-khayra kullah.
نَشْكُرُكَ وَلاَ نَكْفُرُكَ
Nashkuruka wa lā nakfuruk,
وَنَخْلَعُ وَنَتْرُكُ مَنْ يَفْجُرُكَ
wa nakhla‘u wa natruku man yafjuruk.
اَللَّهُمَّ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ
Allahumma iyyāka na‘bud,
وَلَكَ نُصَلِّيْ وَنَحْفِدُ
wa laka nuṣallī wa naḥfid,
نَرْجُوْ رَحْمَتَكَ
narjū raḥmatak,
وَنَخْشَى عَذَابَكَ
wa nakhshā ‘adhābak.
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِن جَهْدِ البَلاَءِ
Allahumma innā na‘ūdhu bika min jahdil-balā’,
وَدَرْكِ الشَّقَاءِ
wa darkish-shaqā’,
وَسُوءِ القَضَاءِ
wa sū’il-qaḍā’,
وَشَمَاتَةِ الأَعْدَاءِ
wa shamātatil-a‘dā’.
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِن زَوَالِ نِعْمَتِكَ
Allahumma innā na‘ūdhu bika min zawāli ni‘matik,
وَتَحَوُّلِ عَافِيَتِكَ
wa taḥawwuli ‘āfiyatik,
وَفُجَاءَةِ نِقْمَتِكَ
wa fujā’ati niqmatik,
وَجَمِيعِ سَخَطِكَ
wa jamī‘i sakhaṭik.
اَللَّهُمَّ ادْفَعْ عَنَّا البَلَاءَ
Allahummadfa‘ ‘annal-balā’
وَالوَبَاءَ
wal-wabā’
وَالزَّلَازِلَ
waz-zalāzila
وَالـمِحَنَ
wal-miḥan,
مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ
mā ẓahara minhā wa mā baṭan,
عَن بَلَدِنَا خَاصَّةً
‘an baladinā khāṣṣah,
وَسَائِرِ الْبُلْدَانِ عَامَّةً
wa sā’iril-buldāni ‘āmmah,
يَا رَبَّ العَالَمِينَ
yā Rabbal-‘Ālamīn.
اَللَّهُمَّ انْصُرْ إِخْوَانَنَا المُسْتَضْعَفِيْنَ الْمَظْلُومِينَ
Allahummanṣur ikhwānanal-mustaḍ‘afīnal-maẓlūmīn
فِي غَزَّة وَفِي فِلِسْطِينَ
fī Ghazzah wa fī Filisṭīn
وَفِيْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ عَامَّةً
wa fī kulli makānin ‘āmmah,
يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
yā Arḥamar-Rāḥimīn.
اللَّهُمَّ ارْفَعْ عَنْهُمُ الظُلْمَةَ
Allahummarfa‘ ‘anhumuẓ-ẓulmah
وَشَرَّ الظَّالِمِينَ
wa sharraẓ-ẓālimīn.
اَللَّهُمَّ بَدِّلْ خَوْفَهُمْ أَمْنًا
Allahumma baddil khawfahum amnā,
وَحُزْنَهُمْ فَرَحًا
wa ḥuznahum faraḥā,
وَهَمَّهُمْ فَرَجًا
wa hammahum farajā.
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ الأَمْنَ وَالأَمَانَ
Allahumma innā nas’alukal-amna wal-amān,
وَالسِّلْمَ وَالسَّلَامَ
was-silma was-salām,
فِي الْعَالَمِ كُلِّهِ وَلِلنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ
fīl-‘ālami kullihī wa lin-nāsi ajma‘īn.
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنيَا حَسَنَةً
Rabbana ātinā fid-dunyā ḥasanah,
وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً
wa fil-ākhirati ḥasanah,
وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
wa qinā ‘adhāban-nār.
وَصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَـمَّدٍ
Wa ṣallallāhu ‘alā Sayyidinā Muḥammad,
وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلَّم
wa ‘alā ālihī wa ṣaḥbihī wa sallam.
وَالحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ العَالَـمِينَ
Wal-ḥamdu lillāhi Rabbil-‘Ālamīn.
Meaning (in English):
O Allah, we seek Your help and ask for Your guidance, and seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance. We believe in You and place our trust in You. We praise You with all goodness. We thank You and do not deny Your blessings. We renounce and abandon those who disobey You.
O Allah, You alone we worship, and to You we pray and strive. We hope for Your mercy, and we fear Your punishment.
O Allah, we seek refuge in You from severe trials, from misery, from unpleasant fate, and from the gloating of enemies.
O Allah, we seek refuge in You from the loss of Your blessings, the absence of Your protection, the suddenness of Your punishment, and all forms of Your wrath.
O Allah, ward off from us affliction, plague, earthquakes, and calamities—both apparent and hidden—from our country specifically and from all countries generally, O Lord of the worlds.
O Allah, grant aid to our weak and oppressed brothers in Gaza, in Palestine, and everywhere in general, O Most Merciful of the merciful. O Allah, remove the darkness and the evil of the oppressors from them. O Allah, replace their fear with peace, their sorrow with joy, and their distress with relief.
O Allah, we ask You for safety and security, and peace and harmony, throughout the entire world and for all people. Our Lord, grant us goodness in this world and goodness in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire. And may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and companions. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
(In Malay):
Ya Allah, sesungguhnya kami memohon pertolongan-Mu dan petunjuk-Mu. Kami memohon keampunan-Mu dan bertaubat kepada-Mu. Kami beriman kepada-Mu dan bertawakal kepada-Mu. Kami memuji-Mu dengan segala kebaikan. Kami bersyukur kepada-Mu dan tidak mengingkari-Mu. Kami menolak dan meninggalkan orang yang derhaka kepada-Mu.
Ya Allah, hanya kepada-Mu kami menyembah, dan kepada-Mu kami solat dan bersegera. Kami mengharap rahmat-Mu, dan kami takut akan azab-Mu.
Ya Allah, kami berlindung dengan-Mu daripada kesusahan yang berat, daripada kecelakaan yang berterusan, daripada ketentuan yang buruk, dan daripada kegembiraan musuh-musuh kami atas penderitaan kami. Ya Allah, kami berlindung dengan-Mu daripada lenyapnya nikmat-Mu, hilangnya kesejahteraan yang Engkau kurniakan, hukuman-Mu yang datang secara tiba-tiba, dan semua bentuk kemurkaan-Mu.
Ya Allah, hindarkanlah kami daripada bala, wabak, gempa bumi dan segala ujian, sama ada yang nyata atau tersembunyi, dari negeri kami secara khusus dan seluruh negeri secara umum, wahai Tuhan sekalian alam.
Ya Allah, berilah bantuan kepada saudara-saudara kami yang lemah dan dizalimi di Gaza, di Palestin, dan di seluruh tempat pada umumnya, wahai Yang Maha Penyayang. Ya Allah, hilangkan daripada mereka kezaliman dan keburukan para penzalim. Ya Allah, gantikan ketakutan mereka dengan keamanan, kesedihan mereka dengan kegembiraan, dan kesempitan mereka dengan kelapangan.
Ya Allah, kami memohon kepada-Mu keselamatan dan keamanan, serta kedamaian dan kesejahteraan, di seluruh dunia dan untuk sekalian manusia. Tuhan kami, kurniakanlah kami kebaikan di dunia dan kebaikan di akhirat, dan peliharalah kami dari azab api neraka. Selawat dan salam ke atas penghulu kami Nabi Muhammad, serta ke atas keluarga dan para sahabatnya. Segala puji bagi Allah, Tuhan sekalian alam.
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