Journey & Travel
Dua for Setting Out
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ
Subḥāna-lladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahu muqrinīn, wa innā ilā Rabbinā la-munqalibūn
“Glory to Him who has placed this in our service, though we could never have mastered it ourselves; and indeed, to our Lord we are returning.”
Why This Dua
The Prophet ﷺ preceded this with Bismillah, then said Allahu Akbar three times upon settling in — a full sequence for setting out, drawn from the wording of the Qur'an (43:13–14).