In Islam, duʿāʾ is a prayer of invocation, supplication or request, asking help or assistance from God.
An Indonesian Muslim man doing dua
A young Muslim supplicating after salah at the Great Mosque of Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Portrait of the Mughal Emperor Akbar invocation of a Dua prayer
The first Mughal Emperor Babur and his Mughal Army perform a Dua prayer while saluting their standards.
In Western ritual magic, invocations are a field involving communicating or interacting with certain incorporeal, supernatural spirits. Invocation may take the form of:Supplication, prayer or spell.
A form of possession.
Command or conjuration.
Self-identification with certain spirits.
Invocation by Gustave Doré