Mushna Dua Library

Opening Dua in Salah: Subhanaka Allahumma

Hadith/Dhikr

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ، وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ، وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ، وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ

Transliteration

Subḥānaka Allāhumma wa bi-ḥamdik, wa tabāraka-smuk, wa taʿālā jadduk, wa lā ilāha ghayruk.

Translation

Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise is Yours. Blessed is Your Name, exalted is Your majesty, and there is no god besides You.

Understand the dua

Background & benefit

Background

One of the opening supplications recited in prayer.

Benefit

Begins prayer with glorification, praise, and tawhid.

When to recite

salah

Source & authenticity

Source: Hadith/Dhikr

Reference: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 775

Authenticity: Accepted opening dua

Reported in Sunan Abī Dāwūd and used by many scholars as an opening supplication in prayer. It is one of several reported opening supplications in ṣalāh.

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Dua in Ruku: Subhana Rabbiyal Azim

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ

Subḥāna rabbiyal-ʿaẓīm.

Glory be to my Lord, the Magnificent.

Why this dua?

Glorifies Allah’s greatness in a posture of humility.

Sunan Abi Dawud 869; Jami` at-Tirmidhi 262

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Dua in Sujood: Subhana Rabbiyal A'la

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى

Subḥāna rabbiyal-aʿlā.

Glory be to my Lord, the Most High.

Why this dua?

Glorifies Allah’s highness while the servant is physically lowest.

Sunan Abi Dawud 871; Jami` at-Tirmidhi 262

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Between the Two Prostrations

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي، رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي

Rabbighfir lī, rabbighfir lī.

“My Lord, forgive me; my Lord, forgive me.”

Why this dua?

Keeps forgiveness central even inside the structure of salah.

Sunan Ibn Mājah 897; also cited alongside Abū Dāwūd’s description of this

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After the Adhan

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ، وَالصَّلَاةِ الْقَائِمَةِ، آتِ مُحَمَّدًا الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالْفَضِيلَةَ، وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا الَّذِي وَعَدْتَهُ

Allāhumma Rabba hādhihi d-daʿwati t-tāmmah, waṣ-ṣalāti l-qāʾimah, āti Muḥammadan al-wasīlata wa-l-faḍīlah, wabʿathhu maqāman maḥmūdan alladhī waʿadtah.

O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and established prayer, grant Muhammad the Wasilah and virtue, and raise him to the praised station You have promised him.

Why this dua?

Builds love for the Prophet ﷺ and asks Allah to grant him the praised station.

Sahih al-Bukhari 614

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