Our Lord, Do Not Make Us a Target for the Oppressors, and Save us by Your Mercy from the Disbelieving People.

A profound supplication from Sūrah Yūnus where believers ask Allah not to make them a trial for the wrongdoers and seek His mercy to be saved from the disbelievers.

رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ . وَنَجِّنَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ

Our Lord, do not make us a target for the oppressors, and save us by Your mercy from the disbelieving people.

Rabbanā lā tajʿalnā fitnatan lil-qawmi aẓ-ẓālimīn. wanajjinā biraḥmatika minal-qawmil-kāfirīn.

Context

This Duʿā can be recited when seeking Allah's protection from persecution and oppression, especially in situations where believers are a minority or are facing challenges from disbelievers. To seek Allah's protection from being a trial for the oppressors and to ask for His mercy to be saved from the harm of the disbelievers.

Benefits

This duʿā is a plea to Allah to protect the believers from being persecuted by the oppressors and to save them from the harm of the disbelievers through His mercy.

Source

10:85–86