Dua al-Qunut (Qunut Duas of Witr)

September 11, 2026

Kunut Duaları Okunuşu, Anlamı ve Fazileti

Explanation

These are the duas recited in the third rak’ah of the Witr prayer. Qunut means humility and submission.

Dua Text

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْتَعِينُكَ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَنَسْتَهْدِيكَ وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ وَنَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ وَنَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ وَنُثْنِي عَلَيْكَ الْخَيْرَ كُلَّهُ، نَشْكُرُكَ وَلَا نَكْفُرُكَ وَنَخْلَعُ وَنَتْرُكُ مَنْ يَفْجُرُكَ، اَللَّهُمَّ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَلَكَ نُصَلِّي وَنَسْجُدُ وَإِلَيْكَ نَسْعَى وَنَحْفِدُ، نَرْجُو رَحْمَتَكَ وَنَخْشَى عَذَابَكَ، إِنَّ عَذَابَكَ بِالْكُفَّارِ مُلْحِقٌ

Transliteration

Allahumma inna nasta’inuka wa nastaghfiruka wa nastahdika wa nu’minu bika wa natubu ilayka wa natawakkalu ‘alayka wa nuthni ‘alaykal-khayra kullahu, nashkuruka wa la nakfuruka wa nakhla’u wa natruku man yafjuruka. Allahumma iyyaka na’budu wa laka nusalli wa nasjudu wa ilayka nas’a wa nahfidu, narju rahmataka wa nakhsha ‘adhabaka, inna ‘adhabaka bil-kuffari mulhiq.

Meaning

O Allah! We ask You for help, we seek Your forgiveness and we ask You to guide us. We believe in You, we turn to You and we put our trust in You. We attribute all good to You. We thank You and we are not ungrateful to You. We abandon and turn away from whoever disobeys You. O Allah! You alone we worship; for You we pray and prostrate. To You we hasten, and toward Your pleasure we turn. We hope for Your mercy and fear Your punishment. Surely Your punishment will reach the disbelievers.

What Is Asked in This Dua

The qunut duas are a declaration of devotion in which the servant proclaims, all at once, where he stands before Allah. In the first part, the servant asks Allah for help, forgiveness and guidance; he says that he believes in Him, turns to Him in repentance and trusts in Him alone. He attributes all good to Allah, thanks Him and states that he will not be ungrateful. He also declares that he will distance himself from those who disobey Allah and abandon them.

In the second part, the servant states that he worships Allah alone and that he performs his prayer and prostration for Him alone. He hastens to Him and turns toward His pleasure. He hopes for His mercy and fears His punishment, showing a balanced servanthood between hope and fear. At the end of the dua, it is recalled that Allah’s punishment will reach the disbelievers. The word qunut itself means humility and submission, and the dua is the spoken form of exactly this attitude.

When and How to Recite

The qunut duas are recited in the third rak’ah of the Witr prayer. In this rak’ah, after reciting al-Fatihah and a surah, you say the takbir, place your hands together again, recite the qunut duas and then go into ruku’. No separate number of recitations is mentioned in the source for these duas; they are recited once within the prayer.

Since the prayer is performed in a state of wudu, these duas are also recited with wudu. Reciting them while knowing their meaning helps you do justice to qunut, which means humility and submission. Within the prayer they are recited in Arabic; their meaning in your own language is learned separately.

Frequently Asked Questions

When is Dua al-Qunut recited?

It is recited in the third rak’ah of the Witr prayer, after al-Fatihah and a surah, once you have said the takbir and placed your hands together again, before going into ruku’.

What does Dua al-Qunut mean?

It asks Allah for help, forgiveness and guidance; it expresses that you believe in and trust Him alone, that worship and prostration are for Him alone, and that you hope for His mercy and fear His punishment.

What does qunut mean?

Qunut means humility and submission; the qunut duas are duas that proclaim the servant’s devotion and surrender to Allah.

Source

Majmu'at al-Ahzab, vol. 1, p. 93.

The text on this page was prepared by Dua Kitaplığı based on the work cited above. The Arabic text has been transcribed from the original with its vowel marks, and the transliteration in Latin letters and the English meaning are given separately. No virtue or number that does not appear in the source is added to this page. How do we prepare our content?

Published: 11 September 2026 · Last updated: 9 October 2026