Supplication
Dua when boarding a vehicle
دُعَاء رُكُوب الدَّابَّة
Recited when boarding any vehicle — car, aircraft, ship, bus — before departure. From Quran 43:13-14, the Prophet (SAW) recited this whenever mounting a conveyance.
Arabic
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُون
Transliteration
Subḥāna l-ladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahu muqrinīn wa innā ilā rabbinā la-munqalibūn
English
Glory be to Him who has subjected this for us — we could never have subdued it ourselves. And indeed, it is to our Lord that we shall all return.