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Abdul Qadir al-Gilani’s Secret Prayer: Du’a al-Jalalah (The Majestic Supplication)

This supplication, attributed to the revered Sufi saint Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani (d. 1166 CE), founder of the Qadiriyya order, is often referred to as a “secret” or majestic prayer due to its profound spiritual depth and protective invocations. It draws on esoteric aspects of divine essence and mystery (Sirr al-Dhat), seeking safeguarding from enemies and adversities through Allah’s light, names, and seals. It is commonly recited for protection, spiritual fortification, and after daily prayers in Qadiri traditions.

Below is the full text in Arabic (original script reconstructed from the transliteration for accuracy), Transliteration (Romanized for pronunciation), and English Translation (interpretative, with Quranic references noted).

Arabic

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِسِرِّ الذَّاتِ وَبِذَاتِ السِّرِّ هُوَ أَنْتَ وَأَنْتَ هُوَ احْتَجَبْتُ بِنُورِ اللَّهِ وَبِنُورِ عَرْشِ اللَّهِ وَبِكُلِّ اسْمِ اللَّهِ مِنْ عَدُوِّي وَعَدُوِّ اللَّهِ بِمَا أَتَى أَلْفِ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ خَتَمْتُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي وَعَلَىٰ أَهْلِي وَعَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَعْطَانِيهِ رَبِّي بِخَتَمِ اللَّهِ الْمَنِيعِ الَّذِي خَتَمَ بِهِ أَقْطَارَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَحَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ نِعْمَ الْمَوْلَىٰ وَنِعْمَ النَّصِيرُ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ وَصَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَىٰ آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَجْمَعِينَ. آمِينَ

Transliteration

Bismillāhi ’r-Raḥmāni ’r-Raḥīm. Allāhumma innī as’aluka bi-Sirri-dh-Dhāti wa bi-Dhāti-s-Sirri huwa anta wa anta huwa iḥtajabtu bi-Nūri Llāhi wa bi-Nūri ‘Arshi Llāhi wa bi-kulli ismi Llāhi min ‘aduwwī wa ‘aduwwi Llāhi bi-mā atā alfi lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bi Llāhi khatamtu ‘alā nafsī wa ‘alā ahli wa ‘alā kulli shay’in a‘ṭānīhi Rabbī bi-khatami Llāhi l-manī‘ illadhī khatama bihi aqṭāra s-samāwāti wa l-arḍi wa ḥasbunā Llāhu wa ni‘ma l-wakīlu ni‘ma l-mawlā wa ni‘ma n-naṣīru wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bi Llāhi l-‘aliyyi l-‘aẓīmi wa ṣallā Llāhu ‘alā sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ‘alā ālihi wa ṣaḥbihi wa sallama ajma‘īna. Āmīna.

English Translation

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. (Quran 1:1) O Allah! I ask of You for the sake of the Mystery of the Essence and for the sake of the Essence of the Mystery—both the Essence and the Mystery being Yours—that I may be veiled/protected by the Sacred Light of Allah, by the Light of the Throne of Allah, and by all the Names of Allah from my enemies and from all the devils (enemies of Allah). (I supplicate to You, O Allah,) with a hundred thousand times recitation of (this glorification of Yours): “There is no strength nor power except with Allah.” I have sealed myself and my family and all the things that my Lord has given me, with the impregnable seal of Allah with which He has sealed all the regions of the heavens and the earth. And Allah is sufficient for us, and what an excellent Trustee is He. (Quran 3:173) What an Excellent Patron and what an Excellent Helper. (Quran 8:40) “And there is no strength nor power except with Allah, the Exalted, the Almighty.” And may Allah bestow blessings and peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad, on his family and all his companions. Amen.

This dua is recited in the Qadiriyya tariqa for spiritual protection and closeness to Allah. It emphasizes tawhid (divine unity) through the invocation of Allah’s hidden attributes and culminates in sealing with divine safeguarding. For recitation, it is often repeated 100 times or as part of daily litanies.