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Stopping at a Place

What to recite when setting out on a journey

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ
A'udhu bikalimatillahit-tammati min sharri ma khalaq
I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created. (Whoever says this when stopping at a place will not be harmed until he leaves.)
Sahih Muslim 4:2080 Dua for Travel

About this dua

This supplication is recorded in Sahih Muslim 4:2080. It belongs to the dua for travel category.

The transliteration is provided to help with pronunciation while you are still learning the Arabic script. Recite from the Arabic where you can, since transliteration cannot capture every sound precisely.

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