Remembrance

أذكار

Adhkār

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Those who have believed and whose hearts are assured by the remembrance of Allah. Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allah hearts are assured."

Ar-Raʿd 13:28

240 adhkār in 12 sets

0 / 27 The window runs from after ʿAṣr into the night; before sunset is best. The evening words are the morning words with the night named instead of the day.

Begin with the Qur’an

The evening adds the last two ayat of al-Baqarah, which belong to the night.

  1. 1

    Āyat al-Kursī

    Qur'an

    ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

    Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great. Al-Baqarah 2:255

    Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwa-l-ḥayyu-l-qayyūm. Lā taʾkhudhuhu sinatun wa lā nawm. Lahu mā fi-s-samāwāti wa mā fi-l-arḍ. Man dha-lladhī yashfaʿu ʿindahu illā bi-idhnih. Yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum, wa lā yuḥīṭūna bi-shayʾin min ʿilmihi illā bi-mā shāʾ. Wasiʿa kursiyyuhu-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, wa lā yaʾūduhu ḥifẓuhumā, wa huwa-l-ʿaliyyu-l-ʿaẓīm.

    Whoever says it when he enters upon the evening is protected until morning.

    An-Nasāʾī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Layla — graded ṣaḥīḥ
  2. 2

    Al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq and an-Nās

    Qur'an ×3

    ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏

    Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One, Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, Nor is there to Him any equivalent." Al-Ikhlāṣ 112:1–4

    ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏

    Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak From the evil of that which He created And from the evil of darkness when it settles And from the evil of the blowers in knots And from the evil of an envier when he envies." Al-Falaq 113:1–5

    ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

    Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, The Sovereign of mankind. The God of mankind, From the evil of the retreating whisperer - Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind - From among the jinn and mankind." An-Nās 114:1–6

    Qul huwa-llāhu aḥad. Allāhu-ṣ-ṣamad. Lam yalid wa lam yūlad. Wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan aḥad. · Qul aʿūdhu bi-rabbi-l-falaq. Min sharri mā khalaq. Wa min sharri ghāsiqin idhā waqab. Wa min sharri-n-naffāthāti fi-l-ʿuqad. Wa min sharri ḥāsidin idhā ḥasad. · Qul aʿūdhu bi-rabbi-n-nās. Maliki-n-nās. Ilāhi-n-nās. Min sharri-l-waswāsi-l-khannās. Alladhī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūri-n-nās. Mina-l-jinnati wa-n-nās.

    Say them three times when you enter the morning and the evening: they will suffice you against everything.

    Sunan Abi Dawud 5084 · Jami' al-Tirmidhi 3659
  3. 3

    The last two ayat of al-Baqarah

    Qur'an

    ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

    The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allah and His angels and His books and His messengers, [saying], "We make no distinction between any of His messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination." Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people." Al-Baqarah 2:285–286

    Āmana-r-rasūlu bi-mā unzila ilayhi min rabbihi wa-l-muʾminūn. Kullun āmana bi-llāhi wa malāʾikatihi wa kutubihi wa rusulih, lā nufarriqu bayna aḥadin min rusulih. Wa qālū samiʿnā wa aṭaʿnā, ghufrānaka rabbanā wa ilayka-l-maṣīr. Lā yukallifu-llāhu nafsan illā wusʿahā, lahā mā kasabat wa ʿalayhā ma-ktasabat. Rabbanā lā tuʾākhidhnā in nasīnā aw akhṭaʾnā. Rabbanā wa lā taḥmil ʿalaynā iṣran ka-mā ḥamaltahu ʿala-lladhīna min qablinā. Rabbanā wa lā tuḥammilnā mā lā ṭāqata lanā bih. Wa-ʿfu ʿannā wa-ghfir lanā wa-rḥamnā, anta mawlānā fa-nṣurnā ʿala-l-qawmi-l-kāfirīn.

    Whoever recites the last two ayat of al-Baqarah in a night, they are enough for him.

    These belong to the night. They are said in the evening or before sleep — not in the morning.

    Sahih al-Bukhari 4552

The words that name the evening

Everything that opens with amsaynā — "we have entered the evening".

  1. 4

    We have entered the evening

    أَمْسَيْنَا وَأَمْسَى الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ اللَّهُمَّ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ وَشَرِّ مَا بَعْدَهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَسُوءِ الْكِبَرِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ فِي النَّارِ وَعَذَابٍ فِي الْقَبْرِ

    Amsaynā wa amsa-l-mulku lillāh, wa-l-ḥamdu lillāh, lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamdu wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr. Allāhumma asʾaluka khayra hādhihi-l-laylati wa aʿūdhu bika min sharri hādhihi-l-laylati wa sharri mā baʿdahā. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-kasali wa sūʾi-l-kibar. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābin fi-n-nāri wa ʿadhābin fi-l-qabr.

    We have entered the evening and the dominion belongs to Allah, and praise belongs to Allah. There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner; His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things. O Allah, I ask You for the good of this night, and I take refuge in You from the evil of this night and the evil of what follows it. O Allah, I take refuge in You from idleness and the misery of old age. O Allah, I take refuge in You from a punishment in the Fire and a punishment in the grave.

    Sahih Muslim 6739
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    By You we enter the evening

    اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ

    Allāhumma bika amsaynā, wa bika naḥyā, wa bika namūtu, wa ilayka-n-nushūr.

    O Allah, by You we enter the evening, by You we live and by You we die, and to You is the resurrection.

    Sunan Abi Dawud 5070
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    Whatever blessing I have

    اللَّهُمَّ مَا أَمْسَى بِي مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ فَمِنْكَ وَحْدَكَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَكَ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَلَكَ الشُّكْرُ

    Allāhumma mā amsā bī min niʿmatin fa-minka waḥdaka lā sharīka lak, fa-laka-l-ḥamdu wa laka-sh-shukr.

    O Allah, whatever blessing has come to me this evening is from You alone, with no partner; so Yours is the praise and Yours is the thanks.

    Whoever says it in the evening has fulfilled the thanks due for his night.

    Sunan Abi Dawud 5075
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    I call You to witness

    ×4

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَمْسَيْتُ أُشْهِدُكَ وَأُشْهِدُ حَمَلَةَ عَرْشِكَ وَمَلاَئِكَتَكَ وَجَمِيعَ خَلْقِكَ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَأَنَّ سَيِّدَنَا مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ

    Allāhumma innī amsaytu ush-hiduka wa ush-hidu ḥamalata ʿarshika wa malāʾikataka wa jamīʿa khalqik, annaka anta-llāhu lā ilāha illā ant, wa anna sayyidanā Muḥammadan ʿabduka wa rasūluk.

    O Allah, I have entered the evening calling You to witness, and calling to witness the bearers of Your Throne, Your angels and all Your creation, that You are Allah — there is no god but You — and that Sayyidinā Muhammad is Your servant and Your Messenger.

    Said four times, Allah frees him from the Fire.

    Sunan Abi Dawud 5071

Seeking forgiveness, and being content

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    The chief of seeking forgiveness

    اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَىَّ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

    Allāhumma anta rabbī, lā ilāha illā ant, khalaqtanī wa anā ʿabduk, wa anā ʿalā ʿahdika wa waʿdika ma-staṭaʿt. Aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā ṣanaʿt, abūʾu laka bi-niʿmatika ʿalayya wa abūʾu laka bi-dhanbī, fa-ghfir lī, fa-innahu lā yaghfiru-dh-dhunūba illā ant.

    O Allah, You are my Lord; there is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant, and I hold to Your covenant and Your promise as far as I am able. I take refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge to You Your favour upon me and I acknowledge to You my sin, so forgive me — for none forgives sins but You.

    Whoever says it at night with certainty in it and dies before morning is among the people of the Garden.

    Sahih al-Bukhari 6069
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    I am content

    رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِالإِسْلاَمِ دِينًا وَبِسَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيًّا

    Raḍītu bi-llāhi rabban, wa bi-l-islāmi dīnan, wa bi-sayyidinā Muḥammadin nabiyyan.

    I am content with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Sayyidinā Muhammad as Prophet.

    It becomes a promise from Allah to please him on the Day of Rising.

    Sunan Ibn Majah 3606

Asking for well-being and refuge

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    Well-being in body, hearing and sight

    ×3

    اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَدَنِي اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي سَمْعِي اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَصَرِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

    Allāhumma ʿāfinī fī badanī, Allāhumma ʿāfinī fī samʿī, Allāhumma ʿāfinī fī baṣarī, lā ilāha illā ant.

    O Allah, grant me well-being in my body. O Allah, grant me well-being in my hearing. O Allah, grant me well-being in my sight. There is no god but You.

    Sunan Abi Dawud 5092
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    From disbelief and poverty

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    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالْفَقْرِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

    Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-kufri wa-l-faqr, Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābi-l-qabr, lā ilāha illā ant.

    O Allah, I take refuge in You from disbelief and poverty. O Allah, I take refuge in You from the punishment of the grave. There is no god but You.

    Sunan Abi Dawud 5092
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    Pardon and well-being

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ. اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ، وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي. اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِي، وَآمِنْ رَوْعَاتِي. اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي، وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي، وَمِنْ فَوْقِي، وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ مِنْ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي

    Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿāfiyata fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyata fī dīnī wa dunyāya wa ahlī wa mālī. Allāhumma-stur ʿawrātī wa āmin rawʿātī. Allāhumma-ḥfaẓnī min bayni yadayya wa min khalfī, wa ʿan yamīnī wa ʿan shimālī, wa min fawqī, wa aʿūdhu bi-ʿaẓamatika an ughtāla min taḥtī.

    O Allah, I ask You for well-being in this world and the next. O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in my religion, my worldly affairs, my family and my wealth. O Allah, conceal my faults and calm my fears. O Allah, guard me from in front of me and behind me, from my right and my left, and from above me; and I take refuge in Your greatness from being taken unawares from beneath me.

    Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1203
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    Allah is enough for me

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    حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ

    Ḥasbiya-llāhu lā ilāha illā huwa, ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa huwa rabbu-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm

    Allah is enough for me; there is no god but He. In Him I place my trust, and He is the Lord of the mighty Throne.

    Sunan Abi Dawud 5083
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    With His name nothing harms

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    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَىْءٌ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

    Bismi-llāhi-lladhī lā yaḍurru maʿa-smihi shay'un fi-l-arḍi wa lā fi-s-samā'i wa huwa-s-samīʿu-l-ʿalīm

    In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing on earth or in heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

    Sunan Abi Dawud 5090
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    By the perfect words of Allah

    أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

    Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti-llāhi-t-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq

    I take refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.

    Had you said this when you entered the evening, it would not have harmed you.

    Sahih Muslim 6712
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    Save me from the Fire

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    اللَّهُمَّ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ النَّارِ

    Allāhumma ajirnī mina-n-nār.

    O Allah, save me from the Fire.

    Said after the Maghrib prayer.

    Sunan Abi Dawud 5081
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    Knower of the unseen

    اللَّهُمَّ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ، رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي، وَمِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ

    Allāhumma ʿālima-l-ghaybi wa-sh-shahādah, fāṭira-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, rabba kulli shayʾin wa malīkah, ash-hadu an lā ilāha illā ant. Aʿūdhu bika min sharri nafsī, wa min sharri-sh-shayṭāni wa shirkih.

    O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Lord of everything and its Sovereign — I bear witness that there is no god but You. I take refuge in You from the evil of my own self, and from the evil of Satan and his incitement to associate others with You.

    Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1205
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    From the evil of what I have done

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَمِلْتُ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا لَمْ أَعْمَلْ

    Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā ʿamiltu wa min sharri mā lam aʿmal.

    O Allah, I take refuge in You from the evil of what I have done, and from the evil of what I have not done.

    Sahih Muslim 6727
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    From poverty and from being brought low

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَالْقِلَّةِ وَالذِّلَّةِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أُظْلَمَ

    Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-faqri wa-l-qillati wa-dh-dhillah, wa aʿūdhu bika min an aẓlima aw uẓlam.

    O Allah, I take refuge in You from poverty, from want and from humiliation; and I take refuge in You from wronging or being wronged.

    Sunan Abi Dawud 1545
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    From the evil of my own hearing and sight

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ سَمْعِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ بَصَرِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ لِسَانِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ قَلْبِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَنِيِّي

    Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min sharri samʿī, wa min sharri baṣarī, wa min sharri lisānī, wa min sharri qalbī, wa min sharri maniyyī.

    O Allah, I take refuge in You from the evil of my hearing, from the evil of my sight, from the evil of my tongue, from the evil of my heart, and from the evil of my desire.

    Sunan Abi Dawud 1552

The tasbīḥ of the evening

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    The good of this night

    أَمْسَيْنَا وَأَمْسَى الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ: فَتْحَهَا، وَنَصْرَهَا، وَنُورَهَا، وَبَرَكَتَهَا، وَهُدَاهَا، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا فِيهَا وَشَرِّ مَا بَعْدَهَا

    Amsaynā wa amsa-l-mulku lillāhi rabbi-l-ʿālamīn. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka khayra hādhihi-l-layla: fatḥahā wa naṣrahā wa nūrahā wa barakatahā wa hudāhā, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā fīhā wa sharri mā baʿdahā.

    We have entered the evening, and the dominion of the evening belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, I ask You for the good of this night — its opening, its help, its light, its blessing and its guidance — and I take refuge in You from the evil in it and the evil of what comes after it.

    The hadith gives the wording for the morning and then says: “and when evening comes, let him say the like of that.” This is that, put into the evening.

    Sunan Abi Dawud 5086
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    Glory be to Allah, and praise

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    سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ

    Subḥāna-llāhi wa bi-ḥamdih

    Glory be to Allah, and His is the praise.

    Sahih Muslim 6678
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    As many as His creation

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    سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ

    Subḥāna-llāhi wa bi-ḥamdih, ʿadada khalqih, wa riḍā nafsih, wa zinata ʿarshih, wa midāda kalimātih

    Glory be to Allah and His is the praise — as many as His creation, as pleases Him, as the weight of His Throne, and as the ink of His words.

    Sahih Muslim 6745
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    There is no god but Allah alone

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    لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهْوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    Lā ilāha illā-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamdu wa huwa ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr

    There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things.

    Both counts are transmitted for these words. A hundred is the reward above; ten times carries the reward of freeing four souls from the children of Ismāʿīl. Choose either.

    Sahih al-Bukhari 6146
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    I ask Allah for forgiveness

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    أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

    Astaghfiru-llāha wa atūbu ilayh

    I seek the forgiveness of Allah and turn to Him in repentance.

    Sunan Ibn Majah 3551
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    As befits the majesty of Your face

    يَا رَبِّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ كَمَا يَنْبَغِي لِجَلَالِ وَجْهِكَ وَلِعَظِيمِ سُلْطَانِكَ

    Yā rabbi laka-l-ḥamdu kamā yanbaghī li-jalāli wajhika wa li-ʿaẓīmi sulṭānik

    My Lord, Yours is the praise as befits the majesty of Your face and the greatness of Your sovereignty.

    A servant said it, and the two angels did not know how to write it down; so they carried it up, and it was written as the servant said it.

    Sunan Ibn Majah 3537
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    Blessings on the Prophet ﷺ

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    اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَبَارِكْ وَسَلِّمْ

    Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ʿalā ālihi wa ṣaḥbihi wa bārik wa sallim.

    O Allah, send blessings upon our master Muhammad and upon his family and his companions, and bless them and grant them peace.

    Whoever sends blessings on me ten times when he enters the morning and ten when he enters the evening will be reached by my intercession on the Day of Rising.

    Aṭ-Ṭabarānī — ḥasan by the reckoning of al-Suyūṭī and others
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