Dua Qunoot is a special supplication recited in the Witr prayer every day, and often in the Fajr prayer when Muslims are under attack by nonmuslims.
Arabic Dua Qunoot
Allahummahdini Fiman Hadait
Hasan bin Ali said: Allah’s Messenger taught me some phrases to say during Witr prayer:
اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ وَعَافِنِي فِيمَنْ عَافَيْتَ وَتَوَلَّنِي فِيمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَقِنِي شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْضِي وَلاَ يُقْضَى عَلَيْكَ وَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَذِلُّ مَنْ وَالَيْتَ تَبَارَكْتَ رَبَّنَا وَتَعَالَيْتَ
Dua e Qunoot in English
Allāhummahdinī fīman hadait, wa ‘āfinī fīman ‘āfait, wa tawallanī fīman tawallait, wa bārik Lī fimā a’tait, wa qinī sharra mā qadait, fa innaka taqdī wa lā yuqdā ‘alaik, wa innahū lā yadhillu man wālait, tabārakta Rabbanā wa ta’ālait.
Dua Qunoot English Translation
O Allah guide me among those You have guided, pardon me among those You have pardoned, befriend me among those You have befriended, bless me in what You have granted, and save me from the evil that You decreed. Indeed You decree, and none can pass decree, and none can pass decree upon You, indeed he is not humiliated whom You have befriended, blessed are You our Lord and Exalted.
(Tirmidhi 464, Nasai 1746, Abu Dawud 1425)
Another word for Dua Qunoot
اللّهُـمَّ إِنّا نَسْتَعـينُكَ وَنَسْتَـغْفِرُك، وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ وَنَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْك، وَنُثْـنـي عَلَـيْك الخَـيْرَ، وَنَشْكُرُكَ وَلا نَكْـفُرُك، وَنَخْلَعُ وَنَتْرُكُ مَنْ يَفْجُرُكَ اللّهُـمَّ إِيّـاكَ نعْـبُدْ، وَلَـكَ نُصَلّـي وَنَسْـجُد، وَإِلَـيْكَ نَسْـعى وَنَحْـفِد، نَـرْجو رَحْمَـتَك، وَنَخْشـى عَـذابَك، إِنَّ عَـذابَكَ بالكـفار ملْحَـق
English Dua e Qunoot
Allāhumma innā nasta’īnuka, wa nastaghfiruka, wa numinu bika, wa natawakkalu ‘alaika, wa nuthnī ‘alaikal khair, wa nashkuruka, wa lā nakfuruka, wa nakhla’u wa natruku man yafjuruk. Allāhumma iyyāka na’budu, wa laka nuṣallī wa nasjudu, wa ilaika nas’ā wa naḥfidu, narjū raḥmataka, wa nakhshā ‘adhābaka, inna ‘adhābaka bil kuffāri mulḥaq.
Dua Qunoot Translation
O Allah, we seek Your help and Your forgiveness. We believe in You and rely upon You, and we praise You beneficently. We thank you and we do not deny You. We abandon and renounce whoever defies You. O Allah, You alone do we worship, and to You, we pray and bow down prostrate. To You, we hasten to worship and to serve. Our hope is for Your mercy, and we fear Your punishment. Surely, Your punishment of the disbelievers is at hand.
(Musannaf Abdur Razzaq 4978, 4982, 4997; Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaiba 6965, 7100, 7102, 7104, 30326-30327, Sharh Ma’anil Athar by Tahabi 1475)
Dua for Witr Namaz
In Witr Namaz, Dua Qunoot is recited during the third rakat before the Ruku (bowing). You can recite either of the two recommended supplications, as mentioned above. Both of these duas are rooted in the Sunnah and carry profound meanings.