DhikrA dua from the Qur'an
The dua of Yunus, for times of distress
The dua of Yunus, also known as Ayat-e-Karima, is La ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minaz-zalimin, “There is no god but You. Glory be to You. I have truly been one of the wrongdoers,” from the Qur'an, Surah al-Anbiya (Qur'an 21:87).
لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ﴿٨٧﴾
Transliteration
La ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minaz-zalimin
Meaning
There is no god but You. Glory be to You. I have truly been one of the wrongdoers.
Urdu meaning
تیرے سوا کوئی معبود نہیں تو پاک ہے، بیشک میں ظالموں میں ہو گیا
Urdu meaning from the translation by Maulana Muhammad Junagarhi.
Qur'an 21:87 Qur'anArabic text: Tanzil Project, tanzil.net (CC BY 3.0), used verbatim.
Where this dua comes from
The call of Yunus (peace be upon him) from within the darkness, after he had gone off in anger. The Prophet ﷺ said that no Muslim ever calls on Allah with it for anything without Allah answering him (Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3505).
In the next verse, Allah says that He answered Yunus and rescued him from his anguish, and that He saves the believers in the same way (Qur'an 21:88).
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