198. Dua For Ruku (Allahumma Laka Rakatu Wa Bika Amantu)
اَللَّهُمَّ لَكَ رَكَعْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَلَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ خَشَعَ لَكَ سَمْعِيْ وَبَصَرِيْ وَمُخِّيْ وَعِظَامِيْ وَعَصَبِيْ
Dua For Ruku English Transliteration
Allaahumma laka raka'tu, wa bika 'aamantu, wa laka 'aslamtu khasha'a laka sam'ee, wa basaree, wa mukhkhee, wa 'idhaamee, wa 'asabee
Dua For Ruku English Translation
O Allah, to You I bow (in prayer) and in You I believe and to You I have submitted. Before You my hearing is humbled, as is my sight, my mind, my bones, my nerves.
Ali (RA) said, Rasulullah (ﷺ) used to say these words in rukoo.
Hadith about the Dua
Arabic Text
عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا رَكَعَ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ رَكَعْتُ، وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ، وَلَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ، خَشَعَ لَكَ سَمْعِي، وَبَصَرِي، وَمُخِّي، وَعِظَامِي، وَعَصَبِي.
Ali ibn Abi Talib narrated: Whenever he bowed in ruku', he would say: "O Allah, to You I have bowed, in You I believe, and to You I have submitted. My hearing, my sight, my mind, my bones, and my nerves have humbled themselves before You." [Sunan Abi Dawud 760 | Graded Sahih by Al-Albani]