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Supplications in bowing

Dua 1

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيْمِ1

“Glory be to my Lord, the Magnificent.” Say it three times.2

Open dua
  1. 1

    Sahih Muslim, no. (772), Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (874), Sunan at-Tirmidhi, no. (262), Sunan an-Nasa'i, no. (1665), Sunan Ibn Majah, no. (888).

  2. 2

    Hasan li-ghairihi, Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (885), Sunan Ibn Majah, no. (888), and al-Albani graded it Sahih in “Sahih Abi Dawud”, no. (828). For details see: Anwar an-Nasihah (d/885).

Dua 2

سُبْحَانَكَ اللّٰهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَبِحَمْدِكَ اللّٰهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِيْ

Glory be to You, O Allah, our Lord, and with Your praise. O Allah, forgive me.

Open dua
  1. Sahih al-Bukhari, no. (794), Sahih Muslim, no. (484), Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (877), Sunan an-Nasa'i (1122), Sunan Ibn Majah, no. (889), the wording is theirs.

Dua 3

سُبُّوْحٌ قُدُّوْسٌ رَبُّ الْمَلَآئِكَةِ وَالرُّوْحِ

Most Glorious, Most Holy, Lord of the angels and of the Spirit (Jibril).

Open dua
  1. Sahih Muslim, no. (487), Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (872), Sunan an-Nasa'i, no. (1048).

Dua 4

اَللّٰهُمَّ لَكَ رَكَعْتُ وَبِكَ اٰمَنْتُ وَلَكَ اَسْلَمْتُ خَشَعَ لَكَ سَمْعِيْ وَبَصَرِيْ وَمُخِّيْ وَعَظْمِيْ وَعَصَبِيْ،1 [وَمَا اسْتَقَلَّتْ بِهٖ قَدَمِيْ]2

O Allah! To You I have bowed, in You I have believed, and to You I have submitted. Humbled before You are my hearing, my sight, my brain, my bones, my sinews and (this body of mine) that my feet (legs) carry.

Open dua

The reciter says “wa mas-taqalla bihi qadamee” instead of “wa mas-taqallat bihi qadamee”.

  1. 1

    Sahih Muslim, no. (771), Sunan at-Tirmidhi, no. (3421), the wording is theirs, Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (760), Sunan an-Nasa'i, no. (1050).

  2. 2

    Sahih, Musnad Ahmad, Maymaniyyah edition (1/119), Sahih Ibn Hibban with at-Ta'liqat al-Hisan of al-Albani no. (1898), and al-Albani graded it Sahih in his notes on it.

Dua 5

سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْجَبَرُوْتِ وَالْمَلَكُوْتِ وَالْكِبْرِيَآءِ وَالْعَظَمَةِ

Glory be to the One of great might and power, of vast dominion, of grandeur and magnificence.

Open dua
  1. Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (873), Sunan an-Nasa'i, no. (1132), and al-Albani graded it Sahih in “Sahih Abi Dawud” (4/27) no. (817).