# Duas for the Qunoot of Witr

- **Arabic title:** أدعية قنوت الوتر
- **Type:** Dua
- **Categories:** [Night](https://duasonline.org/category/night.md)
- **When:** Night
- **Recitation:** none yet
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/salat-al-layl-witr-qunoot-duas

## Origin

Supplications for the qunoot of Witr: one quoted by Allamah al-Majlisi in Bihar al-Anwar from al-Ikhtiyar, and one from Sahifa al-Alawiyya (109).

## Preface

Supplications that may be recited in the qunoot of Witr, the one rak'at that closes the night prayer, alongside or in place of the qunoot given in Salat al-Layl (Tahajjud Prayer).

## Source

Arabic text, translation and transliteration from [duas.org](https://www.duas.org/salat-al-layl-tahajjud-prayer.html).

## Text

Each line gives the Arabic, then the transliteration in italics, then the English.

*In the qunoot of Witr, the eleventh rak'at, you may recite any dua; among them:*

1. اَللّٰهُمَّ اهْدِنِيْ فِيْمَنْ هَدَيْتَ وَ عَافِنِيْ فِيْمَنْ عَافَيْتَ وَ تَوَلَّنِيْ فِيْمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ و\
   *allaahummah denee feeman hadayta wa a’afenee feeman a’afayta wa tawallanee feeman tawallayta wa*\
   O Allah! Guide me as those whom You have guided, and grant me well-being as those whom You have granted well-being, and take care of my affair as those whose affairs You have taken care of

2. َ بَارِكْ لِيْ فِيْمَا اَعْطَيْتَ وَ قِنِيْ شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ اِنَّكَ تَقْضِيْ وَ لَا يُقْضٰى عَلَيْكَ\
   *baarik lee feeman a-a’tayta wa qenee sharra maa qazayta innaka taqzee wa laa yuqzaa a’layka*\
   and bless me in what You grant me and protect me from the evil of what You have decreed, truly You decree and nothing is decreed upon You.

3. سُبْحَانَكَ رَبَّ الْبَيْتِ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَ اَتُوْبُ اِلَيْكَ وَ اُوْمِنُ بِكَ وَ اَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِكَ يَا رَحِيْمُ.\
   *subhaanaka rabbal bayte astaghferoka wa atoobo elayka wa oomeno beka wa atawakkalo a’layka wa laa hawla wa laa quwwata illaa beka yaa raheemo.*\
   Glory be to You O Lord of the House! I seek forgiveness from You and turn to You, and I seek refuge with You and rely on You, and there is no power or might but by Your will, O Most Merciful!

*A dua said in the Witr prayer. Allamah al-Majlisi quotes it in Bihar al-Anwar from the book al-Ikhtiyar. Raise your hands towards the sky and say:*

4. إِلٰهِي كَيْفَ اصْدُرُ عَنْ بَابِكَ بِخَيْبَةٍ مِنْكَ\
   *ilahi kayfa asduru \`an babika bikhaybatin minka*\
   O my God, how can it be that I return from Your door carrying disappointment of You

5. وَقَدْ قَصَدْتُهُ عَلَىٰ ثِقَةٍ بِكَ\
   *wa qad qasadtuhu \`ala thiqatin bika*\
   after I have come to it putting my trust in You?

6. إِلٰهِي كَيْفَ تُؤْيِسُنِي مِنْ عَطَائِكَ\
   *ilahi kayfa tu'yisuni min \`ata'ika*\
   O my God, how can it be that You make me despair of Your gifts

7. وَقَدْ امَرْتَنِي بِدُعَائِكَ\
   *wa qad amartani bidu\`a'ika*\
   after You have ordered me to pray You?

8. صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ\
   *salli \`ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin*\
   (Please) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad

9. وَٱرْحَمْنِي إِذَا ٱشْتَدَّ ٱلانِينُ\
   *warhamni idha ishtadda al-aninu*\
   and have mercy upon me when moaning will intensify,

10. وَحُظِرَ عَلَيَّ ٱلْعَمَلُ\
   *wa huzira \`alayya al\`amalu*\
   when action will be banned,

11. وَٱنْقَطَعَ مِنِّي ٱلامَلُ\
   *wanqata\`a minni al-amalu*\
   when hope will be cut off,

12. وَافْضَيْتُ إِلَىٰ ٱلْمَنُونِ\
   *wa afdaytu ila almanuni*\
   when I will be led to death,

13. وَبَكَتْ عَلَيَّ ٱلْعُيُونُ\
   *wa bakat \`alayya al\`uyunu*\
   when eyes will weep for me,

14. وَوَدَّعَنِي ٱلاهْلُ وَٱلاحْبَابُ\
   *wa wadda\`ani al-ahlu wal-ahbabu*\
   when my family members and dear ones will bid farewell to me,

15. وَحُثِيَ عَلَيَّ ٱلتُّرَابُ\
   *wa huthiya \`alayya altturabu*\
   when dust will be poured upon me,

16. وَنُسِيَ ٱسْمِي\
   *wa nusiya ismi*\
   when my name will be forgotten,

17. وَبَلِيَ جِسْمِي\
   *wa baliya jismi*\
   when my body will be rotten,

18. وَٱنْطَمَسَ ذِكْرِي\
   *wantamasa dhikri*\
   when my remembrance will be wiped out,

19. وَهُجِرَ قَبْرِي\
   *wa hujira qabri*\
   when my grave will be deserted;

20. فَلَمْ يَزُرْنِي زَائِرٌ\
   *falam yazurni za'irun*\
   so, no one will ever visit me

21. وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْنِي ذَاكِرٌ\
   *wa lam yadhkurni dhakirun*\
   and no one will ever remember me,

22. وَظَهَرَتْ مِنِّي ٱلْمَآثِمُ\
   *wa zaharat minni alma'athimu*\
   when the responsibilities of my sins will appear,

23. وَٱسْتَوْلَتْ عَلَيَّ ٱلْمَظَالِمُ\
   *wastawlat \`alayya almazalimu*\
   when my violations of the others’ rights will overtake me,

24. وَطَالَتْ شِكَايَةُ ٱلْخُصُومِ\
   *wa talat shikayatu alkhusumi*\
   when the complaints of my rivals will be admitted,

25. وَٱتَّصَلَتْ دَعْوَةُ ٱلْمَظْلُومِ\
   *wa ittasalat da\`watu almazlumi*\
   and when the prayer of the oppressed ones against me will be responded.

26. صَلِّ ٱللَّهُمَّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ\
   *salli allahumma \`ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin*\
   O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

27. وَارْضِ خُصُومِي عَنِّي\
   *wa ardi khusumi \`anni*\
   make my rivals be pleased with me

28. بِفَضْلِكَ وَإِحْسَانِكَ\
   *bifadlika wa ihsanika*\
   out of Your favoring and Your good turns,

29. وَجُدْ عَلَيَّ بِعَفْوِكَ وَرِضْوَانِكَ\
   *wa jud \`alayya bi\`afwika wa ridwanika*\
   and treat me magnanimously out of Your pardon and pleasure.

30. إِلٰهِي ذَهَبَتْ ايَّامُ لَذَّاتِي\
   *ilahi dhahabat ayyamu ladhdhati*\
   O Allah, the days of my pleasures have gone away

31. وَبَقِيَتْ مَآثِمِي وَتَبِعَاتِي\
   *wa baqiyat ma'athimi wa tabi\`ati*\
   and nothing remained but my sins and the liabilities of my wrongdoings.

32. وَقَدْ اتَيْتُكَ مُنِيباً تَائِباً\
   *wa qad ataytuka muniban ta'iban*\
   I have thus come to You repentant and penitent.

33. فَلاَ تَرُدَّنِي مَحْرُوماً وَلاَ خَائِباً\
   *fala taruddani mahruman wa la kha'iban*\
   So, (please) do not reject me deprived and disappointed.

34. اَللَّهُمَّ آمِنْ رَوْعَتِي\
   *allahumma amin raw\`ati*\
   O Allah, (please) secure my fear,

35. وَٱغْفِرْ زَلَّتِي\
   *waghfir zallati*\
   forgive my slips,

36. وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ\
   *wa tub \`alayya*\
   and accept my repentance.

37. إِنَّكَ انْتَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ\
   *innaka anta alttawwabu alrrahimu*\
   Truly, You are the Oft-Returning, the All-merciful.

*A dua for the end of the qunoot of Witr:*

38. اَلَّلهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلىَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ\
   *Allahumma salli ala Muhammadin wa ali Muhammad*\
   O Allah bless Muhammad and his family

39. سَيِّدِي سَيِّدِي هذِهِ يَدَايَ قَدْ مَدَدْن.تُهُمَا اِلَيْكَ بِاذُنُوْبِ مَمْلُوْءَةً\
   *Sayyidi sayyidi hadhihi yadaya qad madad-tuhuma ilayka bidh-dhunoobi mamloo'atan*\
   My Master, My Master, I have stretched out these hands to You full of sins

40. وَ عَيْنَايَ بِالرَّجَاءِ مَمْدُوْدَةً وَحَقٌّ يِمَنْ دَعَاكَ بِالْكَرَمِ تَفَضُّلاَ\
   *Wa 'aynaya bir-raja'i mamdoodatan wa haqqun liman da'aka bil-karami tafaddula*\
   and my eyes stretched out with hope and it is the right of the one who calls You with regret and humility that You answer him with Generosity and Grace

41. سَيِّدِي آمِنْ اَهْلِ الشَّقَاءِ خَلُقْتَنِي قَاَطِيْلُ بُكَائِي\
   *Sayyidi a-min ahlish-shaqa'i khalaqtani fa-uteela buka'ee*\
   My master,have You created me from the unfortunate ones so I should lengthen my weeping?

42. اَمْ مِنْ اَهْلِ السَّعَادَةِ خَلُفْتَنٍي\
   *Am min ahlis-sa'adati khalaqtani*\
   or have You created me from the fortunate ones

43. فَاُبَشِّرُ رَجَائِي\
   *Fa-ubash-shira raja'ee*\
   so I should give glad tidings to my hopes?

44. سَيِّدِي لَوْ اَنَّ عَبْدًا اِسْتَطَاعَ الْهَرَبَ مِنْ مَوْلاَهُ\
   *Sayyidi law anna 'abdan istata'al-haraba min mawlah*\
   My master, if a servant was able to escape from his Master

45. لَكُنْتُ اَوَّلَ الْهَارِبِيْنَ مِنْكَ لكِنِّي اَعْلَمُ اَنِّي لاَ اَفُوْتُكَ\
   *Lakuntu awwalah-haribeena minka lakinnee a'lamu annee la afootuk*\
   then I would be the first of those who escape from You but I know that I cannot escape You

46. اِلَهِي وَ سَيِّدِي اِرْحَمْنِي مَصْرُوْعًا عَلى الْفِرَاشِ\
   *Ilahi wa sayyidi irhamni masroo'an 'alal-firash*\
   My God and my master, have mercy on me when I am lying on my bed\[dead\]

47. تُقَلِّبُنِي اَيْدِي اَحِبَّتِي وَارْحَمْنِي مَصطْرُوحًا عَلى الْمُغْتَسَلِ يُغَسِّلَنِي صَالِحُ جِيْرَتِي\
   *Tuqallibuni aydee ahibbatee warhamni matroohan 'alal-mughtasali yughassiluni salihu jeeratee*\
   Have mercy on me when the hands of my loved ones turn me when I am placed on the place of ghusl and the virtuous near ones wash me

48. وَاَرْحَمْنِي مَحْمُولاَ قَدْ تَنَاوَلَ اَلاَقْرِبَاءُ اَطْرَافَ جَنَازَتِي\
   *Warhamni mahmoolan qad tanawalal-aqriba'u atrafa janazatee*\
   Have mercy on me when I am being carried, and my relatives have surrounded my coffin

49. وَ ارْحَمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْبَيْتِ الْمُظْلِمِ وَحْشَتِي وَ غُرْبَتِي وَ وَحْدَتِي\
   *Warham fee dhalikal-baytil-muzlimi wahshatee wa ghurbatee wa wahdatee*\
   Have mercy on me in that dark house on my fear, my separation, and my loneliness have mercy on me

*From Sahifa al-Alawiyya: Imam Ali's (a) supplication in Witr (109):*

50. رَبِّ اَسَاْتُ وَ ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى وَ بِئْسَ مَا صَنَعْتُ\
   *Rabbi asa'tu wa zalamtu nafsee wa bi'sa ma sana'tu*\
   O Allah! I am a sinner, I have done oppression on my self, and whatever I have done is wrong,

51. فَهَذِهِ يَدَایَ یَا رَبِِّ جَزَآءَ بِمَا کَسَبْتُ وَ هَاذِهِ\
   *Fahadhihi yadaya ya Rabbi jaza'an bima kasabtu wa hadhihi*\
   now both these hands are presented for punishment,

52. رَقَبَتِى خَاضِعَةً لِِّمَا اَتَيْتُ وَهَا اَنَا ذَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ\
   *Raqabatee khadi'atan lima ataytu wa ha ana dha bayna yadayk*\
   and the neck is bowed down due to my sins and now I have presented myself in Your presence.

53. فَخُذْ لِنَنفْسِی مِنْ نَفْسِى الرِِّضَا حَتَّى تَرْضَى لَكَ\
   *Fakhudh li-nafsee min nafseer-rida hatta tarda lakal-*\
   So take for me my satisfaction from myself until it is satisfied with you.

54. الْعُتْبَى لاَ اَعُوْدُ\
   *'Utba la a'ood*\
   so that You love my actions and then I never repeat such deeds again.

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