Read in Witr
Dua E Qunoot
دعائے قنوت اردو ترجمہ کے ساتھ
Dua e Qunoot (Allahumma inna nasta’inuka) in Arabic with Roman, Urdu and English translation, when it is read in Witr, and where its wording comes from.
By the Darood E Taj project · Arabic checked against several digital editions · Last updated
Dua e Qunoot is the dua recited in the Witr prayer. In Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, where the Hanafi school is followed, the dua most people learn begins “Allahumma inna nasta‘inuka”. This page gives it in Arabic with Roman, Urdu and English, and says plainly where the wording comes from.
The Arabic is the wording printed in the source named under the text, with its vowels. It was read in that source and compared with matching digital texts (see the sources box). Other wordings of the qunut exist and are described below.
دعائے قنوت وتر کی نماز میں پڑھی جاتی ہے۔ حنفی مسلک میں اکثر لوگ "اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْتَعِينُكَ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُكَ" والی دعا پڑھتے ہیں۔ نیچے یہ دعا عربی، رومن، اردو ترجمے اور انگریزی کے ساتھ دی گئی ہے۔
Dua e Qunoot in Arabic, Roman, Urdu and English
Dua e Qunoot
دعائے قنوتHanded down: Recited by the Companions and early scholars; the exact wording differs between narrations.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْتَعِينُكَ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُكَ
Allahumma inna nasta‘inuka wa nastaghfiruka
اے اللہ! ہم تجھ سے مدد چاہتے ہیں اور تجھ سے بخشش مانگتے ہیں،
O Allah, we ask You for help and we ask Your forgiveness,
وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ وَنَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ
wa nu’minu bika wa natawakkalu ‘alayka
اور تجھ پر ایمان لاتے ہیں اور تجھ پر بھروسا رکھتے ہیں،
we believe in You and we rely upon You,
وَنُثْنِي عَلَيْكَ الْخَيْرَ وَنَشْكُرُكَ وَلَا نَكْفُرُكَ
wa nuthni ‘alaykal khayra wa nashkuruka wa la nakfuruka
اور تیری بہت اچھی تعریف کرتے ہیں، اور تیرا شکر کرتے ہیں اور تیری ناشکری نہیں کرتے،
we praise You well, we thank You and we are not ungrateful to You,
وَنَخْلَعُ وَنَتْرُكُ مَنْ يَّفْجُرُكَ
wa nakhla‘u wa natruku man yafjuruk
اور اس شخص کو الگ کرتے اور چھوڑتے ہیں جو تیری نافرمانی کرے۔
and we cast off and leave whoever disobeys You.
اللَّهُمَّ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَلَكَ نُصَلِّي وَنَسْجُدُ
Allahumma iyyaka na‘budu wa laka nusalli wa nasjudu
اے اللہ! ہم تیری ہی عبادت کرتے ہیں اور تیرے ہی لیے نماز پڑھتے اور سجدہ کرتے ہیں،
O Allah, You alone we worship, and to You we pray and prostrate,
وَإِلَيْكَ نَسْعَى وَنَحْفِدُ
wa ilayka nas‘a wa nahfid
اور تیری ہی طرف دوڑتے ہیں اور خدمت کے لیے حاضر ہوتے ہیں،
and toward You we strive and hasten to serve,
وَنَرْجُو رَحْمَتَكَ وَنَخْشَى عَذَابَكَ
wa narju rahmataka wa nakhsha ‘adhabaka
اور تیری رحمت کی امید رکھتے ہیں اور تیرے عذاب سے ڈرتے ہیں،
we hope for Your mercy and we fear Your punishment,
إِنَّ عَذَابَكَ بِالْكُفَّارِ مُلْحِقٌ
inna ‘adhabaka bil kuffari mulhiq
بے شک تیرا عذاب کافروں کو ملنے والا ہے۔
for Your punishment will surely reach the disbelievers.
- Printing conventions in the source: the idgham of “man yafjuruk” is marked with a shadda on the ya, and the last word has no tanween because the line ends at a stop (waqf). In a continuous reading it is mulhiqun.
When Dua e Qunoot is read
In the Hanafi school the qunut is read in Witr, in the third rak‘ah, after the recitation of the surah. Reciting it is wajib (necessary) in that school.
The Hanafi books say the obligation is met by any dua. The particular wording “Allahumma inna nasta‘inuka” is the preferred one, and reading a different dua is valid (al-Durr al-Mukhtar with Radd al-Muhtar, quoted in a fatwa of Jamia Banuri Town). If you do not yet know it by heart, ask your imam or teacher what to read in the meantime.
Other schools differ on where and when the qunut is recited and which duas they read. Follow your own school and ask a scholar you trust.
About the wording
The qunut of “Allahumma inna nasta‘inuka” is not printed in exactly one way. The version on this page is the one in the source. Al-Fatawa al-Tatarkhaniyya has it in the same form. The booklet Namaz-e-Masnoon adds “wa nastahdika” and “wa natubu ilayka” after “nastaghfiruka”. The narration in Abu Dawud’s al-Marasil has some different words, such as “nakhda‘u laka” and “man yakfuruka”.
The last word is written mulhiq (with a kasra under the ha, “one who overtakes”) in the source and in most texts. A few web pages print mulhaq. If you see both, the printed source here and the Hanafi books use mulhiq.
The qunut dua taught to al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali
Another qunut dua is the one the Prophet ﷺ taught his grandson al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali to say in Witr. It begins “Allahumma ihdini fiman hadayt” (O Allah, guide me among those You have guided). It is in Sunan Abi Dawud 1425, Sunan an-Nasa’i 1745 and Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi 464, and al-Albani graded the narrations in Abu Dawud and an-Nasa’i sahih.
Its Arabic is not on this page yet. The wording differs a little between the books, and the project publishes a text only when its vowels have been checked against its source.
Questions about dua e qunoot
What is Dua e Qunoot?
It is the dua read in the Witr prayer. For Hanafis it is read in the third rak‘ah, and the most widely learned wording begins “Allahumma inna nasta‘inuka”.
When is Dua e Qunoot read?
In Witr. In the Hanafi school it is read in the third rak‘ah after the recitation. Other schools read it at other times and in other places, so follow your own school.
Is Dua e Qunoot wajib?
In the Hanafi school, reciting a qunut dua in Witr is wajib. The Hanafi books say any dua fulfils it, and “Allahumma inna nasta‘inuka” is the preferred wording.
What if I do not remember Dua e Qunoot?
The Hanafi books say that any dua fulfils the requirement. Learn the dua over time, and ask your imam or teacher what to read until you know it.
What is the meaning of Dua e Qunoot in Urdu?
It says that we ask Allah for help and forgiveness, believe in Him and rely on Him, praise and thank Him, and cast off whoever disobeys Him. Then we say that we worship, pray and prostrate to Him alone, hasten toward Him, hope for His mercy and fear His punishment, which will reach the disbelievers. The full Urdu translation is on this page beside each line.