Travel

Rabbij-ʿal hādhā baladan āminan warzuq ahlahu minath-thamarāt.

My Lord, make this a secure city and provide its people with fruits.

Said by Prophet Ibrahim ﷺ

[ Surah Al-Baqara 2:126 ]

Rabbanā akhrijnā min hādhihil-qaryatiẓ-ẓālimi ahluhā, wajʿal lanā min ladunka waliyyan wajʿal lanā min ladunka naṣīrā.

Our Lord, take us out of this town whose people are oppressors, and appoint for us from Yourself a protector, and appoint for us from Yourself a helper.

[ Surah An-Nisaa 4:75 ]

Bismillāhi majrāhā wa mursāhā, inna Rabbī la-Ghafūrur-Raḥīm.

In the name of Allah is its course and its anchorage. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful.

Said by Prophet Nuh ﷺ

[ Surah Hud 11:41 ]

Rabbi adkhilnī mudkhala ṣidqin wa akhrijnī mukhraja ṣidqin wajʿal lī min ladunka sulṭānan naṣīrā.

My Lord, cause me to enter a sound entrance and to exit a sound exit, and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority.

[ Surah Al-Israa 17:80 ]

Rabbi anzilnī munzalan mubārakan wa Anta khayrul-munzilīn.

My Lord, let me land at a blessed landing place, and You are the best to accommodate.

Said by Prophet Nuh ﷺ

[ Surah Al-Muminoon 23:29 ]

ʿAsā Rabbī an yahdiyanī sawā'as-sabīl.

Perhaps my Lord will guide me to the sound way.

Said by Prophet Musa ﷺ

[ Surah Al-Qasas 28:22 ]

Subḥānal-ladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahu muqrinīn. Wa innā ilā Rabbinā lamunqalibūn.

Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have otherwise subdued it. And indeed we, to our Lord, will surely return.

Part of the Prophet's ﷺ supplication when mounting his riding animal. (Sahih Muslim 1342)

[ Surah Az-Zukhruf 43:13-14 ]

Bismillāh, walḥamdulillāh. Subḥāna ‘lladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahu muqrinīn. Wa innā ilā Rabbinā lamunqalibūn. Alḥamdulillāh, alḥamdulillāh, alḥamdulillāh, Allāhu Akbar, Allāhu Akbar, Allāhu Akbar, Subḥānaka ‘llāhumma innī ẓalamtu nafsī, faghfir lī, fa innahu lā yaghfirudh-dhunūba illā ant.

With the Name of Allah. Praise is to Allah. Glory is to Him Who has provided this for us though we could never have had it by our efforts. Surely, unto our Lord, we are returning. Praise is to Allah. Praise is to Allah. Praise is to Allah. Allah is the Most Great. Allah is the Most Great. Allah is the Most Great. Glory is to You. O Allah, I have wronged my own soul. Forgive me, for surely none forgives sins but You.

[ Abu Dawud 3/34, At-Tirmidhi 5/501. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi3/156. Hisn al-Muslim 206 ]

Allāhu Akbar, Allāhu Akbar, Allāhu Akbar, Subḥāna ‘l-ladhi sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahu muqrinīn. Wa innā ilā Rabbinā lamunqalibūn. Allāhumma innā nas'aluka fī safarinā hādha ‘l-birra wat-taqwā, Wa mina ‘l-`amali mā tarḍā, Allāhumma hawwin `alaynā safaranā hādhā waṭwi `annā bu`dah, Allāhumma antas-sāḥibu fis-safar, wa ‘l-khalīfatu fil-ahl, Allāhumma innī a`ūdhu bika min wa`thā'is-safar, wa ka'ābati ‘l-manẓar, wa sū'il-munqalabi fil-māli wa ‘l-ahl. (Upon returning recite the same again adding): Ā’ibūna, tā'ibūna, `ābidūn, Li Rabbinā ḥāmidūn.

Allah is the Most Great. Allah is the Most Great. Allah is the Most Great. Glory is to Him Who has provided this for us though we could never have had it by our efforts. Surely, unto our Lord we are returning. O Allah, we ask You on this our journey for goodness and piety, and for works that are pleasing to You. O Allah, lighten this journey for us and make its distance easy for us. O Allah, You are our Companion on the road and the One in Whose care we leave our family. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from this journey's hardships, and from the wicked sights in store and from finding our family and property in misfortune upon returning. (Upon returning recite the same again adding :) We return repentant to our Lord, worshipping our Lord, and praising our Lord.

[ Muslim 2/978. Hisn al-Muslim 207 ]

Bismillāh.

With the Name of Allah.

[ Abu Dawud 4/296. Al-Albani graded it authentic in Sahih Abu Dawud 3/941. Hisn al-Muslim 210 ]

Astawdi`ukumu ‘llāha ‘l-ladhi lā taḍī`u wadā'i`uh.

I place you in the trust of Allah, whose trust is never misplaced.

[ Ahmad 2/403, Ibn Majah 2/943. See also Al-Albani, Sahih Ibn Majah 2/133. Hisn al-Muslim 211 ]

Astawdi`ullāha dīnak, wa amānatak, wa khawātīma `amalik.

I leave your religion in the care of Allah, as well as your safety, and the last of your deeds.

[ Ahmad 2/7, At-Tirmidhi 5/499. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 2/155. Hisn al-Muslim 212 ]

Zawwadaka ‘llāhut-taqwā, wa ghafara dhanbak, wa yassara laka ‘l-khayra ḥaythu mā kunt.

May Allah give you piety as your provision, forgive your sins, and make goodness easy for you wherever you are.

[ At-Tirmidhi. See Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi, 3/155. Hisn al-Muslim 213 ]

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Jabir (ra), said: Whenever we went up a hill we would say Allāhu Akbar (Allah is the Most Great) and when we descended we would say Subḥānallāh (Glory is to Allah).

[ Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 6/135. Hisn al-Muslim 214 ]

Sami`a sāmi`un biḥamdillāhi wa ḥusni balā'ihi `alaynā. Rabbanā ṣāḥibnā, wa afḍil `alaynā, `ā'idhan billāhi minan-nār.

He Who listens has heard that we praise Allah for the good things He gives us. Our Lord, be with us and bestow Your favor upon us. I seek the protection of Allah from the Fire.

[ Muslim 4/2086, the meaning of sami`a sāmi`un (who listens has heard) is that 'a witness has witnessed our praise of Allah due to His blessings and favor upon us.' It could also be read samma`a sāmi`un, in which case it means 'one who has heard this statement of mine will convey it to another and he will say it as well.' This is due to the attention given to the Thikr (remembrance of Allah) and supplications made during the early morning hours. The meaning of his saying 'Our Lord, be with us and bestow Your favor upon us' is: 'Our Lord, protect us and guard us. Bless us with Your numerous bounties, and avert from us every evil.' See An-Nawawi, Sharh Sahih Muslim 17/39. Hisn al-Muslim 215 ]

A`ūdhu bikalimāti ‘llāhit-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq.

I seek refuge in the Perfect Words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.

[ Muslim 4/2080. Hisn al-Muslim 216 ]

From every elevated point say Allāhu Akbar (three times), and then recite: Lā ilāha illallāh waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu ‘l-mulku, walahu ‘l-ḥamd, wa Huwa `alā kulli shay'in Qadīr, ā'ibūna, tā'ibūna,`ābidūn, li Rabbinā ḥāmidūn, sadaqallāhu wa`dah, wa nasara `abdah, wa hazama ‘l-'aḥzāba waḥdah.

From every elevated point say Allāhu Akbar (Allah is the Most Great) three times and then recite: None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, Who has no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is Able to do all things. We return repentant to our Lord, worshipping our Lord, and praising our Lord. He fulfilled His Promise, He aided His slave, and He alone defeated the Confederates.

[ Bukhari 7/163, Muslim 2/980. The Prophet (ﷺ) used to say this when returning from a campaign or from Hajj. Hisn al-Muslim 217 ]

Allāhumma Rabbas-samāwātis-sab`i wa mā aẓlaln, Wa Rabba ‘l-arāḍīnas-sab`i wa mā aqlaln, wa Rabbash-shayāṭīni wa mā aḍlaln, wa Rabbar-riyāḥi wa mā dharayn. As'aluka khayra hādhihi ‘l-qaryah, wa khayra ahlihā, wa khayra māfīhā, wa a`ūdhu bika min sharrihā, wa sharri ahlihā, wa sharri mā fīhā.

O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and all they overshadow, Lord of the seven worlds and all they uphold, Lord of the devils and all they lead astray, Lord of the winds and all they scatter. I ask You for the goodness of this town, and for the goodness of its people, and for the goodness it contains. I seek refuge in You from its evil, from the evil of its people, and from the evil it contains.

[ Al-Hakim who graded it authentic and Ath-Tfaahabi agreed 2/100, and Ibn As-Sunni (no. 524). Al-Hafidh graded it good in his checking of Al-'Athkdr 5/154. Ibn Baz said in Tuhfatul-'Akhydr p. 37, that An-Nasa'i recorded it with a good chain of narration. Hisn al-Muslim 208 ]