Invocation for traveling
upon returning the same supplication is recited with the following addition:
Allāhu akbaru, allāhu akbaru, allāhu akbaru, subḥāna alladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wamā kunnā lahu muqrinīna wa innā ilā rabbinā lamunqalibūna llāhumma inn nasʾaluka fī safarinā hādhā l-birra wa at-taqwā, wamina l-ʿamali mā tarḍā, allāhumma hawwin ʿalaynā safaranā hādhā wa iṭwi ʿannā buʿdahu, allāhumma anta aṣ-ṣāḥibu fī as-safari, wa-l-khalyfatu fī l-ʾahli, allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min waʿthāʾi as-safari, wa kābati l-manẓari, wa sūʾi l-munqalabi fī l-māli wa-l-ʾahl
Āyibūna, tʾibūna, ʿābidūna, li-rabbinā ḥāmidūn
Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, How perfect He is, The One Who has placed this transport at our service, and we ourselves would not have been capable of that, and to our Lord is our final destiny. O Allah, we ask You for birr and taqwa in this journey of ours, and we ask You for deeds which please You. O Allah, facilitate our journey and let us cover it’s distance quickly. O Allah, You are The Companion on the journey and The Successor over the family, O Allah, I take refuge with You from the difficulties of travel, from having a change of hearts and being in a bad predicament, and I take refuge in You from an ill fated outcome with wealth and family.
We return, repent, worship and praise our Lord.