Here is a dua for safety and protection from Shirk (polytheism)
“My Lord, make this city secure and keep me and my sons away from worshipping idols”
رَبِّ اجْعَلْ هَٰذَا الْبَلَدَ آمِنًا وَاجْنُبْنِي وَبَنِيَّ أَن نَّعْبُدَ الْأَصْنَامَ
Rabbi ij’al haathal-balada aaminan wajnubnee wabaniyya an na’budal-asnaam
Surah Ibrahim ,verse 35
This dua can be recited
- For protection from Shirk (polytheism)
- For the safety and security of your city [from any riots,oppression or disasters]
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Listen to the recitation of this dua.
This is Prophet Ibrahim Alaihissalaam’s supplication to Allah when He brought Isma`il Alaihissalaam to Makkah.
Word-by-word Meanings:
| Transliteration | Arabic | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| Rabbi | رَبِّ | My Lord |
| ij’al | اجْعَلْ | Make |
| haatha | هَٰذَا | this |
| al-balada | الْبَلَدَ | city |
| aaminan | آمِنًا | secure |
| wajnubnee | وَاجْنُبْنِي | and keep me away |
| wabaniyya | وَبَنِيَّ | and my sons |
| an | أَن | that |
| na’buda | نَّعْبُدَ | we worship |
| al-asnaam | الْأَصْنَامَ | the idols |
Allah mentions here, while bringing forth more evidences against Arab polytheists, that the Sacred House in Makkah was established on the worship of Allah alone, without partners. He also states that Ibrahim Alaihissalaam, who establsihed the city, had disowned those who worship others besides Allah, and that he begged Allah to make Makkah peaceful and secure.
(O my Lord! Make this city (Makkah) of peace and security,) and Allah accepted his supplication.
Allah said in other Ayat,
(Have they not seen that We have made (Makkah) a secure sanctuary.) 29:67 and,
(Verily, the first House (of worship) appointed for mankind was that at Makkah, full of blessing, and a guidance for Al-‘Alamin. In it are manifest signs, the Maqam of Ibrahim; whosoever enters it, he attains security.) 3:96
Ibrahim Alaihissalaam then said,
(and keep me and my sons away from worshipping idols.) It is proper for whoever supplicates to Allah to also ask for the benefit of his parents and offspring, as well as himself.
