Hardship & Anxiety

The Dua of Yunus

Source: Qur'an 21:87

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

Transliteration

La ilaha illa anta, subhanaka, inni kuntu minaz-zalimin.

Translation

None has the right to be worshipped but You — glory be to You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.

What this dua means

The cry of Prophet Yunus from inside the whale, in total darkness: first Allah's oneness, then His perfection, then an honest confession. Allah answered him — and He answers whoever calls with it.

When to read it

In any distress, grief, or seemingly impossible situation.

Virtue

The Prophet ﷺ said: the supplication of Yunus — no Muslim supplicates with it for anything but Allah answers him. (Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3505)