800. Prophet’s Dua in Battle of Ahzab
اَللَّهُمَّ مُنْزِلَ الْكِتَابِ سَرِيعَ الْحِسَابِ اِهْزِمِ الْأَحْزَابَ اَللَّهُمَّ اهْزِمْهُمْ وَزَلْزِلْهُمْ
Prophet’s Dua in Battle of Ahzab in Transliteration
Allaahumma munzilal-kitaabi, saree'al-hisaabi, ihzimil-'ahzaaba, Allaahummah zimhum wa zalzilhum.
Dua in Battle of Ahzab English Translation
O Allah, Revealer of the Book, swift in (taking) account, put the tribes to rout. O Lord, defeat them and shake them.
In the battle of Ahzaab, those who fought with The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), they were five kinds: Polytheists of Makkah, Polytheists of various tribes of Arab, Jews who came from outside the madina, Banu Quraiza and the hypocrites. There were ten thousands disbelievers in the front of trench and with the Prophet (ﷺ), there were three thousands Muslims. The disbelievers surrounded Prophet (ﷺ) for 1 month. There was no fighting between them, but there was an incident where a fighting took place Ali ibn Abi Taalib (RA) with Amar ibn Udd Amiri. Ali (RA) killed him. This was the fourth year after Hijrah. In that battle The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) invoked Allah against them - (The dua is mentioned above)
Hadith about the Dua
Arabic Text
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَعَا عَلَى الْأَحْزَابِ، فَقَالَ " اللَّهُمَّ مُنْزِلَ الْكِتَابِ، سَرِيعَ الْحِسَابِ، اهْزِمِ الْأَحْزَابَ، اللَّهُمَّ اهْزِمْهُمْ وَزَلْزِلْهُمْ " .
Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) supplicated against the confederates, saying: "O Allah, Revealer of the Book, swift in account, defeat the confederates. O Allah, defeat them and shake them."