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

480 adhkār in 23 sets

0 / 3 The first words of the day, before anything else is said.

Who gave us life

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī aḥyānā baʿda mā amātanā wa ilayhi-n-nushūr

All praise belongs to Allah, who gave us life after He caused us to die, and to Him is the resurrection.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6312 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2711
Who returned my soul to me

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي عَافَانِي فِي جَسَدِي وَرَدَّ عَلَىَّ رُوحِي وَأَذِنَ لِي بِذِكْرِهِ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī ʿāfānī fī jasadī, wa radda ʿalayya rūḥī, wa adhina lī bi-dhikrih

All praise belongs to Allah, who restored my body to health, returned my soul to me, and permitted me to remember Him.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3401
Who returned my soul and did not take it

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي رَدَّ عَلَيَّ نَفْسِي، وَلَمْ يُمِتْهَا فِي مَنَامِهَا، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ أَنْ تَزُولَا … الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاءَ أَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī radda ʿalayya nafsī wa lam yumithā fī manāmihā. Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī yumsiku-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍa an tazūlā … Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī yumsiku-s-samāʾa an taqaʿa ʿala-l-arḍi illā bi-idhnih.

Praise be to Allah, who has returned my soul to me and did not take it in its sleep. Praise be to Allah, who holds the heavens and the earth lest they cease … Praise be to Allah, who holds back the sky from falling onto the earth except by His leave.

An angel and a devil race to the one who wakes. If he says this, the angel drives the devil away — and if he falls from his bed and dies, he enters the Garden.

The narration says “to the end of the verse” after the second praise: it runs on through the rest of Fāṭir 35:41.

Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 5533 · an-Nasāʾī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 854 · al-Mustadrak 2011
Who created sleep and waking

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي خَلَقَ النَّوْمَ وَالْيَقَظَةَ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي بَعَثَنِي سَالِمًا سَوِيًّا، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī khalaqa-n-nawma wa-l-yaqaẓah, al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī baʿathanī sāliman sawiyyā, ashhadu anna-llāha yuḥyi-l-mawtā wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

Praise be to Allah, who created sleep and waking; praise be to Allah, who has raised me up safe and sound. I bear witness that Allah gives life to the dead, and He has power over all things.

Allah says of the one who says it: “My servant has spoken the truth.”

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 13
Who returned our souls to us

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي رَدَّ عَلَيْنَا أَرْوَاحَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ كُنَّا أَمْوَاتًا

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī radda ʿalaynā arwāḥanā baʿda idh kunnā amwātā.

Praise be to Allah, who has returned our souls to us after we were as the dead.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr

0 / 29 The window runs from Fajr to the adhān of Dhuhr, and the earlier in it the better — just after Fajr is best of all. If you miss it, say them when you remember.

As the dawn breaks

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْقَبْرِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābi-l-qabri wa min fitnati-l-qabr.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from the punishment of the grave and from the trial of the grave.

A neighbour of the Prophet ﷺ used to hear him say this as the dawn came up.

Musnad Aḥmad 22328
Save me from the Fire
×7

اللَّهُمَّ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ النَّارِ

Allāhumma ajirnī mina-n-nār.

O Allah, save me from the Fire.

Say it seven times after the dawn prayer: if you die that day, a protection from the Fire is written for you.

Straight after the Fajr prayer.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5079
Knowledge that benefits

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا، وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا، وَعَمَلاً مُتَقَبَّلاً

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ʿilman nāfiʿā, wa rizqan ṭayyibā, wa ʿamalan mutaqabbalā.

O Allah, I ask You for knowledge that benefits, provision that is wholesome, and deeds that are accepted.

He ﷺ said it after the salām of the Fajr prayer.

Sunan Ibn Mājah 925
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 the morning is protected until evening, and whoever says it when he enters the evening is protected until morning.

an-Nasāʾī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 961 · Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 784 · aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 541
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 Abī Dāwūd 5082 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3575
Glory be to Allah, evening and morning
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

So exalted is Allah when you reach the evening and when you reach the morning. And to Him is [due all] praise throughout the heavens and the earth. And [exalted is He] at night and when you are at noon. He brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and brings to life the earth after its lifelessness. And thus will you be brought out. Ar-Rūm 30:17–19

Fa-subḥāna-llāhi ḥīna tumsūna wa ḥīna tuṣbiḥūn. Wa lahu-l-ḥamdu fi-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍi wa ʿashiyyan wa ḥīna tuẓhirūn. Yukhriju-l-ḥayya mina-l-mayyiti wa yukhriju-l-mayyita mina-l-ḥayyi wa yuḥyi-l-arḍa baʿda mawtihā, wa kadhālika tukhrajūn.

Whoever says them when he enters the morning makes up what he missed of that day, and whoever says them when he enters the evening makes up what he missed of that night.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5076
The opening of Ghāfir, and Āyat al-Kursī
Qur’an

‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Ha, Meem. The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Knowing. The forgiver of sin, acceptor of repentance, severe in punishment, owner of abundance. There is no deity except Him; to Him is the destination. Ghāfir 40:1–3

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

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

Ḥā Mīm. Tanzīlu-l-kitābi mina-llāhi-l-ʿazīzi-l-ʿalīm. Ghāfiri-dh-dhanbi wa qābili-t-tawbi shadīdi-l-ʿiqābi dhi-ṭ-ṭawl, lā ilāha illā huwa, ilayhi-l-maṣīr. · 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 recites Ḥā Mīm al-Muʾmin as far as “to Him is the journeying”, together with Āyat al-Kursī, in the morning is guarded by them until evening; whoever recites them in the evening is guarded until morning.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2879
The last verses of al-Ḥashr

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

I take refuge in Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from Satan the accursed.

‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed. He is the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him. He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise. Al-Ḥashr 59:22–24

Aʿūdhu billāhi-s-samīʿi-l-ʿalīmi mina-sh-shayṭāni-r-rajīm. · Huwa-llāhu-lladhī lā ilāha illā huwa, ʿālimu-l-ghaybi wa-sh-shahādah, huwa-r-raḥmānu-r-raḥīm. Huwa-llāhu-lladhī lā ilāha illā huwa-l-maliku-l-quddūsu-s-salāmu-l-muʾminu-l-muhayminu-l-ʿazīzu-l-jabbāru-l-mutakabbir, subḥāna-llāhi ʿammā yushrikūn. Huwa-llāhu-l-khāliqu-l-bāriʾu-l-muṣawwiru lahu-l-asmāʾu-l-ḥusnā, yusabbiḥu lahu mā fi-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, wa huwa-l-ʿazīzu-l-ḥakīm.

Allah appoints seventy thousand angels to pray for him until evening, and if he dies that day he dies a martyr; whoever says it in the evening has the same standing.

Say the words of refuge three times, then recite the last three verses of al-Ḥashr.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2922
We have entered the morning

أَصْبَحْنَا وَأَصْبَحَ الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ رَبِّ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ مَا فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ وَخَيْرَ مَا بَعْدَهُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ وَشَرِّ مَا بَعْدَهُ رَبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَالْهَرَمِ وَسُوءِ الْكِبَرِ وَفِتْنَةِ الدُّنْيَا رَبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ فِي النَّارِ وَعَذَابٍ فِي الْقَبْرِ

Aṣbaḥnā wa aṣbaḥa-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. Rabbi asʾaluka khayra mā fī hādha-l-yawmi wa khayra mā baʿdah, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā fī hādha-l-yawmi wa sharri mā baʿdah. Rabbi aʿūdhu bika mina-l-kasali wa-l-haram wa sūʾi-l-kibar wa fitnati-d-dunyā. Rabbi aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābin fi-n-nāri wa ʿadhābin fi-l-qabr.

We have entered the morning, and all dominion has entered the morning belonging to Allah, and all praise is Allah’s. There is no god but Allah alone, without partner; His is the dominion and His the praise, and He has power over all things. My Lord, I ask You for the good that is in this day and the good of what follows it, and I take refuge in You from the evil that is in this day and the evil of what follows it. My Lord, I take refuge in You from laziness, from decrepitude and from the miseries of old age, and from the trial of this world. My Lord, I take refuge in You from a punishment in the Fire and a punishment in the grave.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2723Marked words Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2723
By You we enter the morning

اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ

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

O Allah, by You we enter the morning and by You we enter the evening; by You we live and by You we die, and to You is the rising.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5068 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3391
Upon the natural way of Islam

أَصْبَحْنَا عَلَى فِطْرَةِ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَعَلَى كَلِمَةِ الْإِخْلَاصِ، وَعَلَى دِينِ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، وَعَلَى مِلَّةِ أَبِينَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا مُسْلِمًا، وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

Aṣbaḥnā ʿalā fiṭrati-l-islām, wa ʿalā kalimati-l-ikhlāṣ, wa ʿalā dīni nabiyyinā Muḥammadin ﷺ, wa ʿalā millati abīnā Ibrāhīma ḥanīfan muslimā, wa mā kāna mina-l-mushrikīn.

We have entered the morning upon the natural way of Islam, upon the word of sincere faith, upon the religion of our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, and upon the way of our father Ibrāhīm, who turned wholly to Allah in submission and was not of those who set up partners with Him.

Musnad Aḥmad 15360 · an-Nasāʾī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 1
Pardon and well-being

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَاىَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِي وَآمِنْ رَوْعَاتِي اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَىَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي وَمِنْ فَوْقِي وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ 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 and my worldly life, in my family and my wealth. O Allah, cover my faults and calm my fears. O Allah, guard me from in front of me and from behind me, from my right and from my left, and from above me; and I take refuge in Your greatness from being seized from beneath me.

He ﷺ never left these supplications, morning or evening.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5074 · Sunan Ibn Mājah 3871
Well-being in body, hearing and sight
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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 Abī Dāwūd 5090
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 from poverty. O Allah, I take refuge in You from the punishment of the grave. There is no god but You.

Abū Bakrah said both of these three times every morning and evening, because he had heard the Prophet ﷺ supplicate with them.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5090
Make this day good

أَصْبَحْنَا وَأَصْبَحَ الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَالْكِبْرِيَاءُ وَالْعَظَمَةُ لِلَّهِ، وَالْخَلْقُ وَالْأَمْرُ، وَاللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ وَمَا سَكَنَ فِيهِمَا لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ أَوَّلَ هَذَا النَّهَارِ صَلَاحًا، وَأَوْسَطَهُ نَجَاحًا، وَآخِرَهُ فَلَاحًا، يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Aṣbaḥnā wa aṣbaḥa-l-mulku lillāhi ʿazza wa jall, wa-l-ḥamdu lillāh, wa-l-kibriyāʾu wa-l-ʿaẓamatu lillāh, wa-l-khalqu wa-l-amr, wa-l-laylu wa-n-nahāru wa mā sakana fīhimā lillāhi ʿazza wa jall. Allāhumma-jʿal awwala hādha-n-nahāri ṣalāḥā, wa awsaṭahu najāḥā, wa ākhirahu falāḥā, yā arḥama-r-rāḥimīn.

We have entered the morning, and all dominion belongs to Allah, Mighty and Majestic; all praise is Allah’s, and all grandeur and greatness are Allah’s; creation and command, the night and the day and all that rests in them belong to Allah, Mighty and Majestic. O Allah, make the beginning of this day goodness, its middle success, and its end salvation, O Most Merciful of the merciful.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 38
Good that comes suddenly

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَجْأَةِ الْخَيْرِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فَجْأَةِ الشَّرِّ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka min fajʾati-l-khayr, wa aʿūdhu bika min fajʾati-sh-sharr.

O Allah, I ask You for the good that comes suddenly, and I take refuge in You from the evil that comes suddenly.

“For a servant does not know what will come upon him suddenly in the morning and the evening.”

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 39
I call You to witness, my Lord
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أَصْبَحْتُ يَا رَبِّ أُشْهِدُكَ، وَأُشْهِدُ مَلَائِكَتَكَ، وَأَنْبِيَاءَكَ وَرُسُلَكَ، وَجَمِيعَ خَلْقِكَ عَلَى شَهَادَتِي عَلَى نَفْسِي أَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ، وَأَنَّ سَيِّدَنَا مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ، وَأُؤْمِنُ بِكَ، وَأَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ

Aṣbaḥtu yā rabbi ushhiduka, wa ushhidu malāʾikataka wa anbiyāʾaka wa rusulaka wa jamīʿa khalqika ʿalā shahādatī ʿalā nafsī, annī ashhadu annaka lā ilāha illā anta waḥdaka lā sharīka lak, wa anna sayyidanā Muḥammadan ﷺ ʿabduka wa rasūluk, wa uʾminu bika wa atawakkalu ʿalayk.

I have entered the morning, my Lord, calling You to witness, and calling Your angels, Your prophets, Your messengers and all Your creation to witness what I testify of myself: that I bear witness there is no god but You alone, without partner, and that Sayyidinā Muhammad ﷺ is Your servant and Your Messenger. I believe in You, and on You I rely.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 52 · aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ 9356
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 before You Your favour upon me, and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me — for none forgives sins but You.

Whoever says it in the day with certainty in it and dies that day before evening is among the people of the Garden; and whoever says it at night with certainty in it and dies before morning is among them too.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6306
I am content
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رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِالإِسْلاَمِ دِينًا وَبِسَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ نَبِيًّا

Raḍītu billāhi rabbā, wa bi-l-islāmi dīnā, wa bi-sayyidinā Muḥammadin ﷺ nabiyyā.

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

Whoever says it three times in the morning and the evening, it is a right upon Allah to please him on the Day of Rising. And of the one who says it in the morning, he ﷺ said: “I am his guarantor: I will take him by the hand until I bring him into the Garden.”

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5072 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3389 · Musnad Aḥmad 18967 · aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 838
I call You to witness
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اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَصْبَحْتُ أُشْهِدُكَ وَأُشْهِدُ حَمَلَةَ عَرْشِكَ وَمَلاَئِكَتَكَ وَجَمِيعَ خَلْقِكَ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَأَنَّ سَيِّدَنَا مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ

Allāhumma innī aṣbaḥtu ushhiduka wa ushhidu ḥamalata ʿarshika wa malāʾikataka wa jamīʿa khalqik, annaka anta-llāhu lā ilāha illā ant, wa anna sayyidanā Muḥammadan ﷺ ʿabduka wa rasūluk.

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

Said once, Allah frees a quarter of him from the Fire; twice, half; three times, three quarters; and four times, Allah frees him from the Fire.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5069
Whatever blessing I have

اللَّهُمَّ مَا أَصْبَحَ بِي مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ أَوْ بِأَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ فَمِنْكَ وَحْدَكَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَكَ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَلَكَ الشُّكْرُ

Allāhumma mā aṣbaḥa bī min niʿmatin aw bi-aḥadin min khalqik fa-minka waḥdaka lā sharīka lak, fa-laka-l-ḥamdu wa laka-sh-shukr.

O Allah, whatever blessing has come with the morning to me, or to any of Your creation, is from You alone, without partner; so Yours is the praise and Yours is the thanks.

Whoever says it in the morning has given the thanks due for his day, and whoever says it in the evening has given the thanks due for his night.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5073Marked words an-Nasāʾī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 7 · Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 861
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 shayʾun fi-l-arḍi wa lā fi-s-samāʾ, 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.

Say it three times in the morning and no sudden affliction will strike you until evening; say it three times in the evening and none will strike you until morning.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5088 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3388
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.

Sufficient for me is Allah; there is no deity except Him. On Him I have relied, and He is the Lord of the Great Throne.

Whoever says it seven times in the morning and the evening, Allah will suffice him in whatever concerns him.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5081 · Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 71
Originator of the heavens and the earth

اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ رَبَّ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَشَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ وَأَنْ أَقْتَرِفَ عَلَى نَفْسِي سُوءًا أَوْ أَجُرَّهُ إِلَى مُسْلِمٍ

Allāhumma fāṭira-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, ʿālima-l-ghaybi wa-sh-shahādah, rabba kulli shayʾin wa malīkah, ashhadu an lā ilāha illā ant, aʿūdhu bika min sharri nafsī wa sharri-sh-shayṭāni wa shirkih, wa an aqtarifa ʿalā nafsī sūʾan aw ajurrahu ilā muslim.

O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Lord of all things and their 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 the partners he calls to, and from bringing evil upon myself or drawing it onto a Muslim.

Taught to Abū Bakr to say in the morning, in the evening, and on going to bed.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5067 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3392Marked words Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3529
Set right all my affairs

يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ، أَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ، وَلا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ

Yā Ḥayyu yā Qayyūmu bi-raḥmatika astaghīth, aṣliḥ lī shaʾnī kullah, wa lā takilnī ilā nafsī ṭarfata ʿayn.

O Ever-Living, O Sustainer of all, by Your mercy I seek relief: set right all my affairs, and do not leave me to myself for the blink of an eye.

His ﷺ counsel to Sayyidatunā Fāṭimah, to say morning and evening.

al-Bazzār, al-Musnad · al-Mustadrak 2000
You created me, and You guide me

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي، وَأَنْتَ تَهْدِينِي، وَأَنْتَ تُطْعِمُنِي، وَأَنْتَ تَسْقِينِي، وَأَنْتَ تُمِيتُنِي، وَأَنْتَ تُحْيِينِي

Allāhumma anta khalaqtanī, wa anta tahdīnī, wa anta tuṭʿimunī, wa anta tasqīnī, wa anta tumītunī, wa anta tuḥyīnī.

O Allah, You created me and You guide me; You feed me and You give me drink; You will cause me to die and You will give me life.

Whoever says it in the morning and the evening does not ask Allah for anything but He gives it to him.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ 1028
The good of this day

أَصْبَحْنَا وَأَصْبَحَ الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ فَتْحَهُ وَنَصْرَهُ وَنُورَهُ وَبَرَكَتَهُ وَهُدَاهُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا فِيهِ وَشَرِّ مَا بَعْدَهُ

Aṣbaḥnā wa aṣbaḥa-l-mulku lillāhi rabbi-l-ʿālamīn. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka khayra hādha-l-yawm: fatḥahu wa naṣrahu wa nūrahu wa barakatahu wa hudāh, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā fīhi wa sharri mā baʿdah.

We have entered the morning, and all dominion belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, I ask You for the good of this day — 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.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5084
All praise belongs to Allah

أَصْبَحْنَا وَأَصْبَحَ الْحَمْدُ كُلُّهُ لِلَّهِ، لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ

Aṣbaḥnā wa aṣbaḥa-l-ḥamdu kulluhu lillāh, lā sharīka lah, lā ilāha illa-llāh, wa ilayhi-n-nushūr.

We have entered the morning, and all praise has entered it belonging to Allah, without partner. There is no god but Allah, and to Him is the rising.

al-Adab al-Mufrad 604 · al-Bazzār, al-Musnad 8685
The daily covenant

لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ، وَالْخَيْرُ فِي يَدَيْكَ وَمِنْكَ وَبِكَ وَإِلَيْكَ، اللَّهُمَّ مَا قُلْتُ مِنْ قَوْلٍ، أَوْ نَذَرْتُ مِنْ نَذْرٍ، أَوْ حَلَفْتُ مِنْ حَلِفٍ، فَمَشِيئَتُكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، مَا شِئْتَ كَانَ، وَمَا لَمْ تَشَأْ لَمْ يَكُنْ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِكَ، إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، اللَّهُمَّ وَمَا صَلَّيْتُ مِنْ صَلَاةٍ، فَعَلَى مَنْ صَلَّيْتَ، وَمَا لَعَنْتُ مِنْ لَعْنَةٍ، فَعَلَى مَنْ لَعَنْتَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ وَلِيِّي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، تَوَفَّنِي مُسْلِمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ. أَسْأَلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ الرِّضَا بَعْدَ الْقَضَاءِ، وَبَرْدَ الْعَيْشِ بَعْدَ الْمَمَاتِ، وَلَذَّةَ نَظَرٍ إِلَى وَجْهِكَ، وَشَوْقًا إِلَى لِقَائِكَ، مِنْ غَيْرِ ضَرَّاءَ مُضِرَّةٍ، وَلَا فِتْنَةٍ مُضِلَّةٍ. أَعُوذُ بِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أُظْلَمَ، أَوْ أَعْتَدِيَ أَوْ يُعْتَدَى عَلَيَّ، أَوْ أَكْتَسِبَ خَطِيئَةً مُحْبِطَةً، أَوْ ذَنْبًا لَا يُغْفَرُ، اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ، عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ، فَإِنِّي أَعْهَدُ إِلَيْكَ فِي هَذِهِ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا، وَأُشْهِدُكَ وَكَفَى بِكَ شَهِيدًا، أَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ، لَكَ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ، وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ سَيِّدَنَا مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ وَعْدَكَ حَقٌّ، وَلِقَاءَكَ حَقٌّ، وَالْجَنَّةَ حَقٌّ، وَالسَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَا، وَأَنْتَ تَبْعَثُ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُورِ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ إِنْ تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي، تَكِلْنِي إِلَى ضَيْعَةٍ وَعَوْرَةٍ وَذَنْبٍ وَخَطِيئَةٍ، وَإِنِّي لَا أَثِقُ إِلَّا بِرَحْمَتِكَ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي كُلَّهُ، إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ

Labbayka-llāhumma labbayka wa saʿdayk, wa-l-khayru fī yadayka wa minka wa bika wa ilayk. Allāhumma mā qultu min qawlin, aw nadhartu min nadhrin, aw ḥalaftu min ḥalifin, fa-mashīʾatuka bayna yadayh; mā shiʾta kān, wa mā lam tashaʾ lam yakun, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bik, innaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr. Allāhumma wa mā ṣallaytu min ṣalātin fa-ʿalā man ṣallayt, wa mā laʿantu min laʿnatin fa-ʿalā man laʿant, innaka anta waliyyī fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah, tawaffanī muslimā, wa alḥiqnī bi-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn. Asʾaluka-llāhumma-r-riḍā baʿda-l-qaḍāʾ, wa barda-l-ʿayshi baʿda-l-mamāt, wa ladhdhata naẓarin ilā wajhik, wa shawqan ilā liqāʾik, min ghayri ḍarrāʾa muḍirrah, wa lā fitnatin muḍillah. Aʿūdhu bika-llāhumma an aẓlima aw uẓlam, aw aʿtadiya aw yuʿtadā ʿalayy, aw aktasiba khaṭīʾatan muḥbiṭatan aw dhanban lā yughfar. Allāhumma fāṭira-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, ʿālima-l-ghaybi wa-sh-shahādah, dha-l-jalāli wa-l-ikrām, fa-innī aʿhadu ilayka fī hādhihi-l-ḥayāti-d-dunyā, wa ushhiduka — wa kafā bika shahīdā — annī ashhadu annahu lā ilāha illā anta waḥdaka lā sharīka lak, laka-l-mulku wa laka-l-ḥamd, wa anta ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr, wa ashhadu anna sayyidanā Muḥammadan ﷺ ʿabduka wa rasūluk, wa ashhadu anna waʿdaka ḥaqq, wa liqāʾaka ḥaqq, wa-l-jannata ḥaqq, wa-s-sāʿata ātiyatun lā rayba fīhā, wa anta tabʿathu man fi-l-qubūr, wa ashhadu annaka in takilnī ilā nafsī takilnī ilā ḍayʿatin wa ʿawratin wa dhanbin wa khaṭīʾah, wa innī lā athiqu illā bi-raḥmatik, fa-ghfir lī dhanbī kullah, innahu lā yaghfiru-dh-dhunūba illā ant, wa tub ʿalayy, innaka anta-t-tawwābu-r-raḥīm.

Here I am at Your service, O Allah, here I am, answering You again and again. All good is in Your hands; it comes from You, it exists by You, and it returns to You. O Allah, whatever I have said, whatever vow I have made or oath I have sworn — Your will comes before it all: what You will comes to be, and what You do not will does not. There is no might and no power except through You; You have power over all things. O Allah, whatever blessing I have prayed for falls on whomever You bless, and whatever curse I have uttered falls on whomever You curse. You are my Protector in this world and the next: take me as a Muslim, and join me with the righteous. I ask You, O Allah, for contentment after the decree, for the coolness of life after death, for the delight of looking upon Your Face, and for longing to meet You — without harm that hurts or trial that misleads. I take refuge in You, O Allah, from wronging or being wronged, from transgressing or being transgressed against, and from earning a sin that wipes out my deeds or a sin that is not forgiven. O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Lord of majesty and generosity: I give You my pledge in this worldly life, and I call You to witness — and You are enough as a witness — that I bear witness there is no god but You alone, without partner; Yours is the dominion and Yours the praise, and You have power over all things. I bear witness that Sayyidinā Muhammad ﷺ is Your servant and Your Messenger; that Your promise is true, meeting You is true, the Garden is true, and the Hour is coming, there is no doubt about it; and that You will raise those who are in the graves. And I bear witness that if You leave me to myself, You leave me to weakness and exposure, to sin and error — and I trust in nothing but Your mercy. So forgive me all my sins, for none forgives sins but You, and turn to me; You are the Ever-Relenting, the Most Merciful.

The Prophet ﷺ taught it to Zayd ibn Thābit and told him to keep his household saying it every day.

Musnad Aḥmad 21666 · aṭ-Ṭabarānī, ad-Duʿāʾ 320
What Allah wills comes to be

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ لاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ كَانَ وَمَا لَمْ يَشَأْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا

Subḥāna-llāhi wa bi-ḥamdih, lā quwwata illā billāh, mā shāʾa-llāhu kān, wa mā lam yashaʾ lam yakun, aʿlamu anna-llāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr, wa anna-llāha qad aḥāṭa bi-kulli shayʾin ʿilmā.

Glory be to Allah, and His is the praise; there is no power except through Allah. What Allah wills comes to be, and what He does not will does not. I know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah encompasses all things in knowledge.

Whoever says these words in the morning is kept safe until evening, and whoever says them in the evening is kept safe until morning.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5075 · Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 46
My Lord is Allah

رَبِّيَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ، تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ، وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ كَانَ، وَمَا لَمْ يَشَأْ لَمْ يَكُنْ، أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًا

Rabbiya-llāhu-lladhī lā ilāha illā huwa-l-ʿaliyyu-l-ʿaẓīm, tawakkaltu ʿala-llāh, wa huwa rabbu-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm, mā shāʾa-llāhu kān, wa mā lam yashaʾ lam yakun, aʿlamu anna-llāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr, wa anna-llāha qad aḥāṭa bi-kulli shayʾin ʿilmā.

My Lord is Allah, besides whom there is no god, the Most High, the Magnificent. I have placed my trust in Allah, and He is Lord of the mighty Throne. What Allah wills comes to be, and what He does not will does not. I know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah encompasses all things in knowledge.

Whoever says it in the morning and the evening, and then dies, enters the Garden.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 42
Kept from calamity

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ، وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ كَانَ، وَمَا لَمْ يَشَأْ لَمْ يَكُنْ، لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ، أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًا، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي، وَمِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا، إِنَّ رَبِّي عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ

Allāhumma anta rabbī, lā ilāha illā ant, ʿalayka tawakkaltu wa anta rabbu-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm, mā shāʾa-llāhu kān, wa mā lam yashaʾ lam yakun, lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāhi-l-ʿaliyyi-l-ʿaẓīm, aʿlamu anna-llāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr, wa anna-llāha qad aḥāṭa bi-kulli shayʾin ʿilmā. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min sharri nafsī, wa min sharri kulli dābbatin anta ākhidhun bi-nāṣiyatihā, inna rabbī ʿalā ṣirāṭin mustaqīm.

O Allah, You are my Lord; there is no god but You. In You I have placed my trust, and You are Lord of the mighty Throne. What Allah wills comes to be, and what He does not will does not. There is no might and no power except through Allah, the Most High, the Magnificent. I know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah encompasses all things in knowledge. O Allah, I take refuge in You from the evil of my own self, and from the evil of every creature whose forelock You hold. Truly my Lord is on a straight path.

Whoever says these words at the start of his day is not struck by calamity until evening, and whoever says them at its end, not until morning.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 57
Over myself, my family and my wealth

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي

Bismi-llāhi ʿalā nafsī wa ahlī wa mālī.

In the name of Allah, over myself, my family and my wealth.

A man complained of the misfortunes that kept befalling him. He was told to say this in the morning, and they left him.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 51
It is as Allah wills

مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ، لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Mā shāʾa-llāh, lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh, ashhadu anna-llāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

It is as Allah wills; there is no might and no power except through Allah. I bear witness that Allah has power over all things.

Whoever says it in the morning is given the good of that day and has its evil turned away from him; and whoever says it at night, the same for the night.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 53
Sincere in my religion
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اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ رَبِّي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، آمَنْتُ بِكَ مُخْلِصًا لَكَ دِينِي، أَصْبَحْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ سَيِّئِ عَمَلِي وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِذُنُوبِي الَّتِي لَا يَغْفِرُهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ

Allāhumma laka-l-ḥamdu lā ilāha illā anta rabbī wa anā ʿabduk, āmantu bika mukhliṣan laka dīnī, aṣbaḥtu ʿalā ʿahdika wa waʿdika ma-staṭaʿt, atūbu ilayka min sayyiʾi ʿamalī, wa astaghfiruka li-dhunūbiya-llatī lā yaghfiruhā illā ant.

O Allah, Yours is the praise; there is no god but You. You are my Lord and I am Your servant. I believe in You, making my religion sincerely Yours. I have entered the morning upon Your covenant and Your promise as far as I am able. I turn to You from my bad deeds, and I ask Your forgiveness for my sins, which none forgives but You.

Whoever says it three times in the morning and dies that day enters the Garden; and whoever says it three times in the evening and dies that night enters the Garden.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, ad-Duʿāʾ 310
Before whose greatness all things bow

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي تَوَاضَعَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ لِعَظَمَتِهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي ذَلَّ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ لِعِزَّتِهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أُخْضِعَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ لِمُلْكِهِ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī tawāḍaʿa kullu shayʾin li-ʿaẓamatih, wa-l-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī dhalla kullu shayʾin li-ʿizzatih, wa-l-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī ukhḍiʿa kullu shayʾin li-mulkih.

Praise be to Allah, before whose greatness all things are humbled; praise be to Allah, before whose might all things are brought low; praise be to Allah, to whose dominion all things are made to yield.

Whoever says it in the morning has a hundred thousand good deeds written for him.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, ad-Duʿāʾ 325
The most worthy to be remembered

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ أَحَقُّ مَنْ ذُكِرَ، وَأَحَقُّ مَنْ عُبِدَ، وَأَنْصَرُ مَنِ ابْتُغِيَ، وَأَرْأَفُ مَنْ مَلَكَ، وَأَجْوَدُ مَنْ سُئِلَ، وَأَوْسَعُ مَنْ أَعْطَى، أَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ، وَالْفَرْدُ لَا تَهْلِكُ، كُلُّ شَيْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَكَ، لَنْ تُطَاعَ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِكَ، وَلَنْ تُعْصَى إِلَّا بِعِلْمِكَ، تُطَاعُ فَتَشْكُرُ، وَتُعْصَى فَتَغْفِرُ، أَقْرَبُ شَهِيدٍ، وَأَدْنَى حَفِيظٍ، حُلْتَ دُونَ الثُّغُورِ وَأَخَذْتَ بِالنَّوَاصِي، وَكَتَبْتَ الْآثَارَ وَنَسَخْتَ الْآجَالَ، الْقُلُوبُ لَكَ مُفْضِيَةٌ وَالسِّرُّ عِنْدَكَ عَلَانِيَةٌ، الْحَلَالُ مَا أَحْلَلْتَ وَالْحَرَامُ مَا حَرَّمْتَ، وَالدِّينُ مَا شَرَعْتَ، وَالْأَمْرُ مَا قَضَيْتَ، وَالْخَلْقُ خَلْقُكَ، وَالْعَبْدُ عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنْتَ اللَّهُ الرَّءُوفُ الرَّحِيمُ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الَّذِي أَشْرَقَتْ لَهُ السَّمَوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ، وَبِكُلِّ حَقٍّ هُوَ لَكَ، وَبِحَقِّ السَّائِلِينَ عَلَيْكَ، أَنْ تَقْبَلَنِي فِي هَذِهِ الْغَدَاةِ وَأَنْ تُجِيرَنِي مِنَ النَّارِ بِقُدْرَتِكَ

Allāhumma anta aḥaqqu man dhukir, wa aḥaqqu man ʿubid, wa anṣaru mani-btughī, wa arʾafu man malak, wa ajwadu man suʾil, wa awsaʿu man aʿṭā. Anta-l-maliku lā sharīka lak, wa-l-fardu lā tahlik, kullu shayʾin hālikun illā wajhak. Lan tuṭāʿa illā bi-idhnik, wa lan tuʿṣā illā bi-ʿilmik. Tuṭāʿu fa-tashkur, wa tuʿṣā fa-taghfir. Aqrabu shahīd, wa adnā ḥafīẓ. Ḥulta dūna-th-thughūr, wa akhadhta bi-n-nawāṣī, wa katabta-l-āthār, wa nasakhta-l-ājāl. Al-qulūbu laka mufḍiyah, wa-s-sirru ʿindaka ʿalāniyah. Al-ḥalālu mā aḥlalt, wa-l-ḥarāmu mā ḥarramt, wa-d-dīnu mā sharaʿt, wa-l-amru mā qaḍayt, wa-l-khalqu khalquk, wa-l-ʿabdu ʿabduk, wa anta-llāhu-r-raʾūfu-r-raḥīm. Asʾaluka bi-nūri wajhika-lladhī ashraqat lahu-s-samāwātu wa-l-arḍ, wa bi-kulli ḥaqqin huwa lak, wa bi-ḥaqqi-s-sāʾilīna ʿalayk, an taqbalanī fī hādhihi-l-ghadāh, wa an tujīranī mina-n-nāri bi-qudratik.

O Allah, You are the most worthy of being remembered and the most worthy of being worshipped, the surest help of any whose help is sought, the most compassionate of any who holds power, the most generous of any who is asked, and the most bountiful of any who gives. You are the King, without partner, the One who never perishes; everything perishes except Your Face. You are obeyed only by Your leave, and disobeyed only within Your knowledge. You are obeyed and You reward it; You are disobeyed and You forgive. You are the nearest witness and the closest guardian. You stand guard at every breach, You hold every forelock, You have written every trace and fixed every term. Hearts lie open to You, and the secret is plain before You. The lawful is what You have made lawful and the unlawful what You have forbidden; the religion is what You have laid down and the matter is what You have decreed. The creation is Your creation and the servant Your servant, and You are Allah, the Most Kind, the Most Merciful. I ask You by the light of Your Face, by which the heavens and the earth shine, by every right that is Yours, and by the right of those who ask of You, to accept me this morning, and to protect me from the Fire by Your power.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, ad-Duʿāʾ 318
From every venomous thing

اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا، وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا، وَبِكَ حَيَاتُنَا وَمَوْتُنَا، وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ السَّامَّةِ وَالْهَامَّةِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ شَرِّ عِقَابِهِ، وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ

Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā, wa bika amsaynā, wa bika ḥayātunā wa mawtunā, wa ilayka-n-nushūr. Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti-llāhi-t-tāmmāti min sharri-s-sāmmati wa-l-hāmmah, wa aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti-llāhi-t-tāmmati min sharri ʿiqābihi wa sharri ʿibādih.

O Allah, by You we enter the morning and by You we enter the evening; by You is our life and our death, and to You is the rising. I take refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of every venomous and every crawling thing, and I take refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of His punishment and the evil of His servants.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 50
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.

Whoever says it in the morning and the evening, nothing will harm him.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ 523
I give my honour in charity

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي قَدْ تَصَدَّقْتُ بِعِرْضِي عَلَى عِبَادِكَ

Allāhumma innī qad taṣaddaqtu bi-ʿirḍī ʿalā ʿibādik.

O Allah, I have given my honour in charity to Your servants.

The morning words of Abū Ḍamḍam, a man of the nations before us whom the Prophet ﷺ held up as an example: whoever wronged his honour, he had already forgiven.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4886 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4887
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 illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamdu wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin 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.

Ten times in the morning: a hundred good deeds are written for you and a hundred sins erased, it is worth freeing a slave, and you are guarded by it until evening — and the same in the evening. A hundred times in a day: it is worth freeing ten slaves, a hundred good deeds are written and a hundred sins erased, and it is a shelter from Satan that day until evening.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3293 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2691 · Musnad Aḥmad 8719
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.

Whoever says it a hundred times in the morning and the evening, no one will come on the Day of Rising with anything better than what he brings, except one who said as much or more.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2692
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.

Said three times, these words outweigh all the dhikr said since the morning.

He ﷺ said them after leaving Sayyidatunā Juwayriyah at her place of prayer after Fajr.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2726
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
Sitting on until sunrise

Pray Fajr in congregation, then stay sitting in remembrance of Allah until the sun has risen, then pray two rakʿahs.

The reward of a Ḥajj and an ʿUmrah — complete, complete, complete.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 586
Once the sun has risen

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي وَهَبَ لَنَا هَذَا الْيَوْمَ، وَأَقَالَنَا فِيهِ عَثَرَاتِنَا

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī wahaba lanā hādha-l-yawm, wa aqālanā fīhi ʿatharātinā.

Praise be to Allah, who has given us this day and overlooked our stumbles in it.

What ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him) said once the sun had risen, having spent the time after Fajr in glorification.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 8901
When the sun rises

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى جَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ الَّذِي جَاءَنَا بِالْيَوْمِ وَعَافِيَتِهِ، وَجَاءَنَا بِالشَّمْسِ مِنْ مَطْلِعِهَا، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَصْبَحْتُ أَشْهَدُ لَكَ بِمَا شَهِدْتَ بِهِ لِنَفْسِكَ، وَشَهِدَتْ بِهِ مَلَائِكَتُكَ وَحَمَلَةُ عَرْشِكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ قَائِمًا بِالْقِسْطِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ، اكْتُبْ شَهَادَتِي مَعَ شَهَادَةِ مَلَائِكَتِكَ وَأُولِي الْعِلْمِ، وَمَنْ لَا يَشْهَدُ بِمِثْلِ مَا شَهِدْتَ بِهِ فَاكْتُبْ شَهَادَتِي مَكَانَ شَهَادَتِهِ، اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُ وَإِلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ، أَسْأَلُكَ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ أَنْ تَسْتَجِيبَ دَعْوَتَنَا، وَأَنْ تُعْطِيَنَا رَغْبَتَنَا، وَأَنْ تُغْنِيَنَا عَمَّنْ أَغْنَيْتَ عَنَّا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، اللَّهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ لِي دِينِي الَّذِي هُوَ عِصْمَةُ أَمْرِي، وَأَصْلِحْ لِي دُنْيَايَ الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعِيشَتِي، وَأَصْلِحْ لِي آخِرَتِي الَّتِي إِلَيْهَا مُنْقَلَبِي

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi ʿalā jamīʿi khalqihi-lladhī jāʾanā bi-l-yawmi wa ʿāfiyatih, wa jāʾanā bi-sh-shamsi min maṭliʿihā. Allāhumma innī aṣbaḥtu ashhadu laka bi-mā shahidta bihi li-nafsik, wa shahidat bihi malāʾikatuka wa ḥamalatu ʿarshik, innaka anta-llāhu lā ilāha illā anta qāʾiman bi-l-qisṭ, lā ilāha illā huwa-l-ʿazīzu-l-ḥakīm. Uktub shahādatī maʿa shahādati malāʾikatika wa uli-l-ʿilm, wa man lā yashhadu bi-mithli mā shahidta bihi fa-ktub shahādatī makāna shahādatih. Allāhumma anta-s-salāmu wa minka-s-salāmu wa ilayka-s-salām. Asʾaluka yā dha-l-jalāli wa-l-ikrām an tastajība daʿwatanā, wa an tuʿṭiyanā raghbatanā, wa an tughniyanā ʿamman aghnayta ʿannā min khalqik. Allāhumma aṣliḥ lī dīnī-lladhī huwa ʿiṣmatu amrī, wa aṣliḥ lī dunyāya-llatī fīhā maʿīshatī, wa aṣliḥ lī ākhiratī-llatī ilayhā munqalabī.

Praise be to Allah for all His creation, who has brought us the day in well-being and brought us the sun from its rising place. O Allah, this morning I bear witness for You to what You have witnessed of Yourself, and what Your angels and the bearers of Your Throne have witnessed: that You are Allah, there is no god but You, upholding justice; there is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise. Write my testimony with the testimony of Your angels and of those who have knowledge; and in the place of whoever does not testify as You have testified, write my testimony. O Allah, You are Peace, from You is peace, and to You is peace. I ask You, Lord of majesty and generosity, to answer our prayer, to grant us what we long for, and to make us free of need of those of Your creation of whom You have made us free. O Allah, set right for me my religion, which is the safeguard of my affairs; set right for me my world, in which is my living; and set right for me my Hereafter, to which is my return.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, ad-Duʿāʾ 319

0 / 26 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.

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 the morning is protected until evening, and whoever says it when he enters the evening is protected until morning.

an-Nasāʾī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 961 · Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 784 · aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 541
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 Abī Dāwūd 5082 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3575
The last two verses 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 billāhi 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 kamā ḥamaltahu ʿala-lladhīna min qablinā, rabbanā wa lā tuḥammilnā mā lā ṭāqata lanā bih, waʿfu ʿannā wa-ghfir lanā wa-rḥamnā, anta mawlānā fa-nṣurnā ʿala-l-qawmi-l-kāfirīn.

Whoever recites the last two verses of Sūrat al-Baqarah at night, they will suffice him.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5009 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 807
Ten verses of al-Baqarah
Qur’an

‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Alif, Lam, Meem. This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allah - Who believe in the unseen, establish prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them, And who believe in what has been revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what was revealed before you, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith]. Al-Baqarah 2:1–4

‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

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. There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in Taghut and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing. Allah is the ally of those who believe. He brings them out from darknesses into the light. And those who disbelieve - their allies are Taghut. They take them out of the light into darknesses. Those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein. Al-Baqarah 2:255–257

‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. Whether you show what is within yourselves or conceal it, Allah will bring you to account for it. Then He will forgive whom He wills and punish whom He wills, and Allah is over all things competent. 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 2:284–286

Whoever recites ten verses of al-Baqarah in a house, no devil enters that house that night until morning: four from its opening, Āyat al-Kursī and the two after it, and its closing verses.

The counsel of ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him).

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 8673
Glory be to Allah, evening and morning
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

So exalted is Allah when you reach the evening and when you reach the morning. And to Him is [due all] praise throughout the heavens and the earth. And [exalted is He] at night and when you are at noon. He brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and brings to life the earth after its lifelessness. And thus will you be brought out. Ar-Rūm 30:17–19

Fa-subḥāna-llāhi ḥīna tumsūna wa ḥīna tuṣbiḥūn. Wa lahu-l-ḥamdu fi-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍi wa ʿashiyyan wa ḥīna tuẓhirūn. Yukhriju-l-ḥayya mina-l-mayyiti wa yukhriju-l-mayyita mina-l-ḥayyi wa yuḥyi-l-arḍa baʿda mawtihā, wa kadhālika tukhrajūn.

Whoever says them when he enters the morning makes up what he missed of that day, and whoever says them when he enters the evening makes up what he missed of that night.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5076
The opening of Ghāfir, and Āyat al-Kursī
Qur’an

‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Ha, Meem. The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Knowing. The forgiver of sin, acceptor of repentance, severe in punishment, owner of abundance. There is no deity except Him; to Him is the destination. Ghāfir 40:1–3

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

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

Ḥā Mīm. Tanzīlu-l-kitābi mina-llāhi-l-ʿazīzi-l-ʿalīm. Ghāfiri-dh-dhanbi wa qābili-t-tawbi shadīdi-l-ʿiqābi dhi-ṭ-ṭawl, lā ilāha illā huwa, ilayhi-l-maṣīr. · 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 recites Ḥā Mīm al-Muʾmin as far as “to Him is the journeying”, together with Āyat al-Kursī, in the morning is guarded by them until evening; whoever recites them in the evening is guarded until morning.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2879
The last verses of al-Ḥashr

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

I take refuge in Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from Satan the accursed.

‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed. He is the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him. He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise. Al-Ḥashr 59:22–24

Aʿūdhu billāhi-s-samīʿi-l-ʿalīmi mina-sh-shayṭāni-r-rajīm. · Huwa-llāhu-lladhī lā ilāha illā huwa, ʿālimu-l-ghaybi wa-sh-shahādah, huwa-r-raḥmānu-r-raḥīm. Huwa-llāhu-lladhī lā ilāha illā huwa-l-maliku-l-quddūsu-s-salāmu-l-muʾminu-l-muhayminu-l-ʿazīzu-l-jabbāru-l-mutakabbir, subḥāna-llāhi ʿammā yushrikūn. Huwa-llāhu-l-khāliqu-l-bāriʾu-l-muṣawwiru lahu-l-asmāʾu-l-ḥusnā, yusabbiḥu lahu mā fi-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, wa huwa-l-ʿazīzu-l-ḥakīm.

Allah appoints seventy thousand angels to pray for him until evening, and if he dies that day he dies a martyr; whoever says it in the evening has the same standing.

Say the words of refuge three times, then recite the last three verses of al-Ḥashr.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2922
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 رَبِّ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ مَا فِي هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ وَخَيْرَ مَا بَعْدَهَا وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا فِي هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ وَشَرِّ مَا بَعْدَهَا رَبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَالْهَرَمِ وَسُوءِ الْكِبَرِ وَفِتْنَةِ الدُّنْيَا رَبِّ 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. Rabbi asʾaluka khayra mā fī hādhihi-l-laylati wa khayra mā baʿdahā, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā fī hādhihi-l-laylati wa sharri mā baʿdahā. Rabbi aʿūdhu bika mina-l-kasali wa-l-haram wa sūʾi-l-kibar wa fitnati-d-dunyā. Rabbi aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābin fi-n-nāri wa ʿadhābin fi-l-qabr.

We have entered the evening, and all dominion has entered the evening belonging to Allah, and all praise is Allah’s. There is no god but Allah alone, without partner; His is the dominion and His the praise, and He has power over all things. My Lord, I ask You for the good that is in this night and the good of what follows it, and I take refuge in You from the evil that is in this night and the evil of what follows it. My Lord, I take refuge in You from laziness, from decrepitude and from the miseries of old age, and from the trial of this world. My Lord, I take refuge in You from a punishment in the Fire and a punishment in the grave.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2723Marked words Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2723
By You we enter the evening

اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ

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

O Allah, by You we enter the evening and by You we enter the morning; by You we live and by You we die, and to You is the rising.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5068Marked words Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3391
Upon the natural way of Islam

أَمْسَيْنَا عَلَى فِطْرَةِ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَعَلَى كَلِمَةِ الْإِخْلَاصِ، وَعَلَى دِينِ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، وَعَلَى مِلَّةِ أَبِينَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا مُسْلِمًا، وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

Amsaynā ʿalā fiṭrati-l-islām, wa ʿalā kalimati-l-ikhlāṣ, wa ʿalā dīni nabiyyinā Muḥammadin ﷺ, wa ʿalā millati abīnā Ibrāhīma ḥanīfan muslimā, wa mā kāna mina-l-mushrikīn.

We have entered the evening upon the natural way of Islam, upon the word of sincere faith, upon the religion of our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, and upon the way of our father Ibrāhīm, who turned wholly to Allah in submission and was not of those who set up partners with Him.

Musnad Aḥmad 15360 · an-Nasāʾī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 1
Pardon and well-being

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَاىَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِي وَآمِنْ رَوْعَاتِي اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَىَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي وَمِنْ فَوْقِي وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ 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 and my worldly life, in my family and my wealth. O Allah, cover my faults and calm my fears. O Allah, guard me from in front of me and from behind me, from my right and from my left, and from above me; and I take refuge in Your greatness from being seized from beneath me.

He ﷺ never left these supplications, morning or evening.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5074 · Sunan Ibn Mājah 3871
Well-being in body, hearing and sight
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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 Abī Dāwūd 5090
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 from poverty. O Allah, I take refuge in You from the punishment of the grave. There is no god but You.

Abū Bakrah said both of these three times every morning and evening, because he had heard the Prophet ﷺ supplicate with them.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5090
Good that comes suddenly

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَجْأَةِ الْخَيْرِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فَجْأَةِ الشَّرِّ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka min fajʾati-l-khayr, wa aʿūdhu bika min fajʾati-sh-sharr.

O Allah, I ask You for the good that comes suddenly, and I take refuge in You from the evil that comes suddenly.

“For a servant does not know what will come upon him suddenly in the morning and the evening.”

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 39
This night is a new creation

أَمْسَيْنَا وَأَمْسَى الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي ذَهَبَ بِالنَّهَارِ وَجَاءَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَنَحْنُ مِنْهُ فِي عَافِيَةٍ، اللَّهُمَّ هَذَا خَلْقٌ لَكَ جَدِيدٌ قَدْ جَاءَ، فَمَا عَمِلْتُ فِيهِ مِنْ سَيِّئَةٍ فَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْهَا، وَمَا عَمِلْتُ فِيهِ مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ فَتَقَبَّلْهَا وَأَضْعِفْهَا أَضْعَافًا مُضَاعَفَةً، اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ بِجَمِيعِ حَاجَتِي عَالِمٌ، وَإِنَّكَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ نَجْحِهَا قَادِرٌ، اللَّهُمَّ أَنْجِحِ اللَّيْلَةَ كُلَّ حَاجَةٍ لِي، وَلَا تَزِدْنِي فِي دُنْيَايَ، وَلَا تَنْقُصْنِي فِي آخِرَتِي

Amsaynā wa amsa-l-mulku lillāhi-l-wāḥidi-l-qahhār. Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī dhahaba bi-n-nahāri wa jāʾa bi-l-layli wa naḥnu minhu fī ʿāfiyah. Allāhumma hādhā khalqun laka jadīdun qad jāʾ, fa-mā ʿamiltu fīhi min sayyiʾatin fa-tajāwaz ʿanhā, wa mā ʿamiltu fīhi min ḥasanatin fa-taqabbalhā wa aḍʿifhā aḍʿāfan muḍāʿafah. Allāhumma innaka bi-jamīʿi ḥājatī ʿālim, wa innaka ʿalā jamīʿi najḥihā qādir. Allāhumma anjiḥi-l-laylata kulla ḥājatin lī, wa lā tazidnī fī dunyāya, wa lā tanquṣnī fī ākhiratī.

We have entered the evening, and all dominion belongs to Allah, the One, the All-Compelling. Praise be to Allah, who has taken the day away and brought the night while we are in well-being from Him. O Allah, this is a new creation of Yours that has come: whatever wrong I do in it, pass over it; whatever good I do in it, accept it and multiply it many times over. O Allah, You know every need I have, and You are able to fulfil every one of them: O Allah, fulfil every need of mine tonight. Do not give me more of this world, and do not give me less of the next.

He ﷺ said this in the evening, and in the morning said the same.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ 7657
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 before You Your favour upon me, and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me — for none forgives sins but You.

Whoever says it in the day with certainty in it and dies that day before evening is among the people of the Garden; and whoever says it at night with certainty in it and dies before morning is among them too.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6306
I am content
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رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِالإِسْلاَمِ دِينًا وَبِسَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ نَبِيًّا

Raḍītu billāhi rabbā, wa bi-l-islāmi dīnā, wa bi-sayyidinā Muḥammadin ﷺ nabiyyā.

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

Whoever says it three times in the morning and the evening, it is a right upon Allah to please him on the Day of Rising. And of the one who says it in the morning, he ﷺ said: “I am his guarantor: I will take him by the hand until I bring him into the Garden.”

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5072 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3389 · Musnad Aḥmad 18967 · aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 838
I call You to witness
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اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَمْسَيْتُ أُشْهِدُكَ وَأُشْهِدُ حَمَلَةَ عَرْشِكَ وَمَلاَئِكَتَكَ وَجَمِيعَ خَلْقِكَ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَأَنَّ سَيِّدَنَا مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ

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

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

Said once, Allah frees a quarter of him from the Fire; twice, half; three times, three quarters; and four times, Allah frees him from the Fire.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5069
Whatever blessing I have

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

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

O Allah, whatever blessing has come with the evening to me, or to any of Your creation, is from You alone, without partner; so Yours is the praise and Yours is the thanks.

Whoever says it in the morning has given the thanks due for his day, and whoever says it in the evening has given the thanks due for his night.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5073Marked words an-Nasāʾī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 7 · Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 861
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 shayʾun fi-l-arḍi wa lā fi-s-samāʾ, 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.

Say it three times in the morning and no sudden affliction will strike you until evening; say it three times in the evening and none will strike you until morning.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5088 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3388
The perfect words of Allah
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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.

Whoever says it three times when he enters the evening, no sting will harm him that night.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2709 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3604
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.

Sufficient for me is Allah; there is no deity except Him. On Him I have relied, and He is the Lord of the Great Throne.

Whoever says it seven times in the morning and the evening, Allah will suffice him in whatever concerns him.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5081 · Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 71
Originator of the heavens and the earth

اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ رَبَّ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَشَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ وَأَنْ أَقْتَرِفَ عَلَى نَفْسِي سُوءًا أَوْ أَجُرَّهُ إِلَى مُسْلِمٍ

Allāhumma fāṭira-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, ʿālima-l-ghaybi wa-sh-shahādah, rabba kulli shayʾin wa malīkah, ashhadu an lā ilāha illā ant, aʿūdhu bika min sharri nafsī wa sharri-sh-shayṭāni wa shirkih, wa an aqtarifa ʿalā nafsī sūʾan aw ajurrahu ilā muslim.

O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Lord of all things and their 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 the partners he calls to, and from bringing evil upon myself or drawing it onto a Muslim.

Taught to Abū Bakr to say in the morning, in the evening, and on going to bed.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5067 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3392Marked words Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3529
Set right all my affairs

يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ، أَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ، وَلا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ

Yā Ḥayyu yā Qayyūmu bi-raḥmatika astaghīth, aṣliḥ lī shaʾnī kullah, wa lā takilnī ilā nafsī ṭarfata ʿayn.

O Ever-Living, O Sustainer of all, by Your mercy I seek relief: set right all my affairs, and do not leave me to myself for the blink of an eye.

His ﷺ counsel to Sayyidatunā Fāṭimah, to say morning and evening.

al-Bazzār, al-Musnad · al-Mustadrak 2000
You created me, and You guide me

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي، وَأَنْتَ تَهْدِينِي، وَأَنْتَ تُطْعِمُنِي، وَأَنْتَ تَسْقِينِي، وَأَنْتَ تُمِيتُنِي، وَأَنْتَ تُحْيِينِي

Allāhumma anta khalaqtanī, wa anta tahdīnī, wa anta tuṭʿimunī, wa anta tasqīnī, wa anta tumītunī, wa anta tuḥyīnī.

O Allah, You created me and You guide me; You feed me and You give me drink; You will cause me to die and You will give me life.

Whoever says it in the morning and the evening does not ask Allah for anything but He gives it to him.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ 1028
Who holds up the sky

أَمْسَيْنَا وَأَمْسَى الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاءَ أَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ، وَذَرَأَ وَبَرَأَ

Amsaynā wa amsa-l-mulku lillāh, wa-l-ḥamdu lillāh. Aʿūdhu billāhi-lladhī yumsiku-s-samāʾa an taqaʿa ʿala-l-arḍi illā bi-idhnih, min sharri mā khalaqa wa dharaʾa wa baraʾ.

We have entered the evening, and all dominion belongs to Allah, and all praise is Allah’s. I take refuge in Allah, who holds back the sky from falling onto the earth except by His leave, from the evil of all that He has created, scattered and brought into being.

Whoever says these words is protected from every sorcerer, soothsayer, devil and envier.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ 4291
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-laylah: 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 all dominion 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.

“And when evening comes, let him say the same.”

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5084
All praise belongs to Allah

أَمْسَيْنَا وَأَمْسَى الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ كُلُّهُ لِلَّهِ، لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَإِلَيْهِ الْمَصِيرُ

Amsaynā wa amsa-l-mulku lillāh, wa-l-ḥamdu kulluhu lillāh, lā sharīka lah, lā ilāha illa-llāh, wa ilayhi-l-maṣīr.

We have entered the evening, and all dominion belongs to Allah, and all praise is Allah’s, without partner. There is no god but Allah, and to Him is the return.

al-Adab al-Mufrad 604 · al-Bazzār, al-Musnad 8685
What Allah wills comes to be

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ لاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ كَانَ وَمَا لَمْ يَشَأْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا

Subḥāna-llāhi wa bi-ḥamdih, lā quwwata illā billāh, mā shāʾa-llāhu kān, wa mā lam yashaʾ lam yakun, aʿlamu anna-llāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr, wa anna-llāha qad aḥāṭa bi-kulli shayʾin ʿilmā.

Glory be to Allah, and His is the praise; there is no power except through Allah. What Allah wills comes to be, and what He does not will does not. I know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah encompasses all things in knowledge.

Whoever says these words in the morning is kept safe until evening, and whoever says them in the evening is kept safe until morning.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5075 · Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 46
My Lord is Allah

رَبِّيَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ، تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ، وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ كَانَ، وَمَا لَمْ يَشَأْ لَمْ يَكُنْ، أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًا

Rabbiya-llāhu-lladhī lā ilāha illā huwa-l-ʿaliyyu-l-ʿaẓīm, tawakkaltu ʿala-llāh, wa huwa rabbu-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm, mā shāʾa-llāhu kān, wa mā lam yashaʾ lam yakun, aʿlamu anna-llāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr, wa anna-llāha qad aḥāṭa bi-kulli shayʾin ʿilmā.

My Lord is Allah, besides whom there is no god, the Most High, the Magnificent. I have placed my trust in Allah, and He is Lord of the mighty Throne. What Allah wills comes to be, and what He does not will does not. I know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah encompasses all things in knowledge.

Whoever says it in the morning and the evening, and then dies, enters the Garden.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 42
Kept from calamity

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ، وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ كَانَ، وَمَا لَمْ يَشَأْ لَمْ يَكُنْ، لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ، أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًا، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي، وَمِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا، إِنَّ رَبِّي عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ

Allāhumma anta rabbī, lā ilāha illā ant, ʿalayka tawakkaltu wa anta rabbu-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm, mā shāʾa-llāhu kān, wa mā lam yashaʾ lam yakun, lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāhi-l-ʿaliyyi-l-ʿaẓīm, aʿlamu anna-llāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr, wa anna-llāha qad aḥāṭa bi-kulli shayʾin ʿilmā. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min sharri nafsī, wa min sharri kulli dābbatin anta ākhidhun bi-nāṣiyatihā, inna rabbī ʿalā ṣirāṭin mustaqīm.

O Allah, You are my Lord; there is no god but You. In You I have placed my trust, and You are Lord of the mighty Throne. What Allah wills comes to be, and what He does not will does not. There is no might and no power except through Allah, the Most High, the Magnificent. I know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah encompasses all things in knowledge. O Allah, I take refuge in You from the evil of my own self, and from the evil of every creature whose forelock You hold. Truly my Lord is on a straight path.

Whoever says these words at the start of his day is not struck by calamity until evening, and whoever says them at its end, not until morning.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 57
It is as Allah wills

مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ، لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Mā shāʾa-llāh, lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh, ashhadu anna-llāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

It is as Allah wills; there is no might and no power except through Allah. I bear witness that Allah has power over all things.

Whoever says it in the morning is given the good of that day and has its evil turned away from him; and whoever says it at night, the same for the night.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 53
Sincere in my religion
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اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ رَبِّي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، آمَنْتُ بِكَ مُخْلِصًا لَكَ دِينِي، أَمْسَيْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ سَيِّئِ عَمَلِي وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِذُنُوبِي الَّتِي لَا يَغْفِرُهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ

Allāhumma laka-l-ḥamdu lā ilāha illā anta rabbī wa anā ʿabduk, āmantu bika mukhliṣan laka dīnī, amsaytu ʿalā ʿahdika wa waʿdika ma-staṭaʿt, atūbu ilayka min sayyiʾi ʿamalī, wa astaghfiruka li-dhunūbiya-llatī lā yaghfiruhā illā ant.

O Allah, Yours is the praise; there is no god but You. You are my Lord and I am Your servant. I believe in You, making my religion sincerely Yours. I have entered the evening upon Your covenant and Your promise as far as I am able. I turn to You from my bad deeds, and I ask Your forgiveness for my sins, which none forgives but You.

Whoever says it three times in the morning and dies that day enters the Garden; and whoever says it three times in the evening and dies that night enters the Garden.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, ad-Duʿāʾ 310
The most worthy to be remembered

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ أَحَقُّ مَنْ ذُكِرَ، وَأَحَقُّ مَنْ عُبِدَ، وَأَنْصَرُ مَنِ ابْتُغِيَ، وَأَرْأَفُ مَنْ مَلَكَ، وَأَجْوَدُ مَنْ سُئِلَ، وَأَوْسَعُ مَنْ أَعْطَى، أَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ، وَالْفَرْدُ لَا تَهْلِكُ، كُلُّ شَيْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَكَ، لَنْ تُطَاعَ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِكَ، وَلَنْ تُعْصَى إِلَّا بِعِلْمِكَ، تُطَاعُ فَتَشْكُرُ، وَتُعْصَى فَتَغْفِرُ، أَقْرَبُ شَهِيدٍ، وَأَدْنَى حَفِيظٍ، حُلْتَ دُونَ الثُّغُورِ وَأَخَذْتَ بِالنَّوَاصِي، وَكَتَبْتَ الْآثَارَ وَنَسَخْتَ الْآجَالَ، الْقُلُوبُ لَكَ مُفْضِيَةٌ وَالسِّرُّ عِنْدَكَ عَلَانِيَةٌ، الْحَلَالُ مَا أَحْلَلْتَ وَالْحَرَامُ مَا حَرَّمْتَ، وَالدِّينُ مَا شَرَعْتَ، وَالْأَمْرُ مَا قَضَيْتَ، وَالْخَلْقُ خَلْقُكَ، وَالْعَبْدُ عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنْتَ اللَّهُ الرَّءُوفُ الرَّحِيمُ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الَّذِي أَشْرَقَتْ لَهُ السَّمَوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ، وَبِكُلِّ حَقٍّ هُوَ لَكَ، وَبِحَقِّ السَّائِلِينَ عَلَيْكَ، أَنْ تَقْبَلَنِي فِي هَذِهِ الْعَشِيَّةِ وَأَنْ تُجِيرَنِي مِنَ النَّارِ بِقُدْرَتِكَ

Allāhumma anta aḥaqqu man dhukir, wa aḥaqqu man ʿubid, wa anṣaru mani-btughī, wa arʾafu man malak, wa ajwadu man suʾil, wa awsaʿu man aʿṭā. Anta-l-maliku lā sharīka lak, wa-l-fardu lā tahlik, kullu shayʾin hālikun illā wajhak. Lan tuṭāʿa illā bi-idhnik, wa lan tuʿṣā illā bi-ʿilmik. Tuṭāʿu fa-tashkur, wa tuʿṣā fa-taghfir. Aqrabu shahīd, wa adnā ḥafīẓ. Ḥulta dūna-th-thughūr, wa akhadhta bi-n-nawāṣī, wa katabta-l-āthār, wa nasakhta-l-ājāl. Al-qulūbu laka mufḍiyah, wa-s-sirru ʿindaka ʿalāniyah. Al-ḥalālu mā aḥlalt, wa-l-ḥarāmu mā ḥarramt, wa-d-dīnu mā sharaʿt, wa-l-amru mā qaḍayt, wa-l-khalqu khalquk, wa-l-ʿabdu ʿabduk, wa anta-llāhu-r-raʾūfu-r-raḥīm. Asʾaluka bi-nūri wajhika-lladhī ashraqat lahu-s-samāwātu wa-l-arḍ, wa bi-kulli ḥaqqin huwa lak, wa bi-ḥaqqi-s-sāʾilīna ʿalayk, an taqbalanī fī hādhihi-l-ʿashiyyah, wa an tujīranī mina-n-nāri bi-qudratik.

O Allah, You are the most worthy of being remembered and the most worthy of being worshipped, the surest help of any whose help is sought, the most compassionate of any who holds power, the most generous of any who is asked, and the most bountiful of any who gives. You are the King, without partner, the One who never perishes; everything perishes except Your Face. You are obeyed only by Your leave, and disobeyed only within Your knowledge. You are obeyed and You reward it; You are disobeyed and You forgive. You are the nearest witness and the closest guardian. You stand guard at every breach, You hold every forelock, You have written every trace and fixed every term. Hearts lie open to You, and the secret is plain before You. The lawful is what You have made lawful and the unlawful what You have forbidden; the religion is what You have laid down and the matter is what You have decreed. The creation is Your creation and the servant Your servant, and You are Allah, the Most Kind, the Most Merciful. I ask You by the light of Your Face, by which the heavens and the earth shine, by every right that is Yours, and by the right of those who ask of You, to accept me this evening, and to protect me from the Fire by Your power.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, ad-Duʿāʾ 318
From every venomous thing

اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا، وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا، وَبِكَ حَيَاتُنَا وَمَوْتُنَا، وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ السَّامَّةِ وَالْهَامَّةِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ شَرِّ عِقَابِهِ، وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ

Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā, wa bika amsaynā, wa bika ḥayātunā wa mawtunā, wa ilayka-l-maṣīr. Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti-llāhi-t-tāmmāti min sharri-s-sāmmati wa-l-hāmmah, wa aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti-llāhi-t-tāmmati min sharri ʿiqābihi wa sharri ʿibādih.

O Allah, by You we enter the morning and by You we enter the evening; by You is our life and our death, and to You is the return. I take refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of every venomous and every crawling thing, and I take refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of His punishment and the evil of His servants.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 50
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 illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamdu wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin 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.

Ten times in the morning: a hundred good deeds are written for you and a hundred sins erased, it is worth freeing a slave, and you are guarded by it until evening — and the same in the evening. A hundred times in a day: it is worth freeing ten slaves, a hundred good deeds are written and a hundred sins erased, and it is a shelter from Satan that day until evening.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3293 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2691 · Musnad Aḥmad 8719
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.

Whoever says it a hundred times in the morning and the evening, no one will come on the Day of Rising with anything better than what he brings, except one who said as much or more.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2692
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
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.

Say it seven times after Maghrib: if you die that night, a protection from the Fire is written for you.

Straight after the Maghrib prayer.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5079

0 / 27 Said on going to bed. Make wuḍūʾ, lie on your right side, and let the last words be the last card.

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 recites it on going to bed has a guardian from Allah over him, and no devil comes near him until morning.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2311
The three Quls, into the palms
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.

Cup your hands, blow lightly into them, recite the three sūrahs, then wipe as much of your body as you can, beginning with your head and face. Do this three times.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5017 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2192
The last two verses 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 billāhi 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 kamā ḥamaltahu ʿala-lladhīna min qablinā, rabbanā wa lā tuḥammilnā mā lā ṭāqata lanā bih, waʿfu ʿannā wa-ghfir lanā wa-rḥamnā, anta mawlānā fa-nṣurnā ʿala-l-qawmi-l-kāfirīn.

Whoever recites the last two verses of Sūrat al-Baqarah at night, they will suffice him.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5009 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 807
Al-Kāfirūn
Qur’an

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏

Say, "O disbelievers, I do not worship what you worship. Nor are you worshippers of what I worship. Nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship. Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship. For you is your religion, and for me is my religion." Al-Kāfirūn 109:1–6

Qul yā ayyuha-l-kāfirūn. Lā aʿbudu mā taʿbudūn. Wa lā antum ʿābidūna mā aʿbud. Wa lā anā ʿābidun mā ʿabattum. Wa lā antum ʿābidūna mā aʿbud. Lakum dīnukum wa liya dīn.

“Recite “Say: O you who disbelieve”, then sleep upon its ending, for it is a clearance from associating partners with Allah.”

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5055 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3403
As-Sajdah and al-Mulk
Qur’an
- 32 As-Sajdah السجدة 30 verses
- 67 Al-Mulk الملك 30 verses
He ﷺ would not sleep until he had recited Alif Lām Mīm Tanzīl (as-Sajdah) and Tabārak (al-Mulk).

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2892
Al-Isrāʾ and az-Zumar
Qur’an
- 17 Al-Isrāʾ الإسراء 111 verses
- 39 Az-Zumar الزمر 75 verses
He ﷺ would not sleep until he had recited az-Zumar and Banī Isrāʾīl (al-Isrāʾ).

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3405
The Musabbiḥāt
Qur’an
- 17 Al-Isrāʾ الإسراء 111 verses
- 57 Al-Ḥadīd الحديد 29 verses
- 59 Al-Ḥashr الحشر 24 verses
- 61 Aṣ-Ṣaff الصف 14 verses
- 62 Al-Jumuʿah الجمعة 11 verses
- 64 At-Taghābun التغابن 18 verses
- 87 Al-Aʿlā الأعلى 19 verses
“Among them is a verse better than a thousand verses.”

He ﷺ recited the sūrahs that open with Allah’s glorification before he slept.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5057 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2921
Any sūrah of the Book of Allah

Recite any sūrah of the Qurʾān as you take to your bed.

Allah appoints an angel to him, and nothing that would harm him comes near him until he wakes, whenever he wakes.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3407 · Musnad Aḥmad 17132
Al-Fātiḥah and al-Ikhlāṣ
Qur’an

‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds - The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful, Sovereign of the Day of Recompense. It is You we worship and You we ask for help. Guide us to the straight path - The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray. Al-Fātiḥah 1:1–7

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

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

Bismi-llāhi-r-raḥmāni-r-raḥīm. Al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi-l-ʿālamīn. Ar-raḥmāni-r-raḥīm. Māliki yawmi-d-dīn. Iyyāka naʿbudu wa iyyāka nastaʿīn. Ihdina-ṣ-ṣirāṭa-l-mustaqīm. Ṣirāṭa-lladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ghayri-l-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim wa la-ḍ-ḍāllīn. · Qul huwa-llāhu aḥad. Allāhu-ṣ-ṣamad. Lam yalid wa lam yūlad. Wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan aḥad.

“When you lay your side on the bed and recite the Opening of the Book and “Say: He is Allah, One”, you are safe from everything except death.”

al-Bazzār, al-Musnad 7393
In Your name I die and I live

بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

Bismika-llāhumma amūtu wa aḥyā

In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6324 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2711
In Your name I lay down my side

بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّ وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي، وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ، إِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا، وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ

Bi-smika rabbī waḍaʿtu janbī, wa bika arfaʿuh, in amsakta nafsī fa-rḥamhā, wa in arsaltahā fa-ḥfaẓhā bi-mā taḥfaẓu bihi ʿibādaka-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

In Your name, my Lord, I lay down my side, and by You I raise it. If You take my soul, have mercy on it; and if You send it back, guard it with that by which You guard Your righteous servants.

First dust the bed with the inside of your garment, for you do not know what has come onto it since you left it.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6320 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2714
You created my soul

اللَّهُمَّ خَلَقْتَ نَفْسِي وَأَنْتَ تَوَفَّاهَا لَكَ مَمَاتُهَا وَمَحْيَاهَا إِنْ أَحْيَيْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا وَإِنْ أَمَتَّهَا فَاغْفِرْ لَهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ

Allāhumma khalaqta nafsī wa anta tawaffāhā, laka mamātuhā wa maḥyāhā, in aḥyaytahā fa-ḥfaẓhā, wa in amattahā fa-ghfir lahā. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿāfiyah.

O Allah, You created my soul and You take it back; its death and its life are Yours. If You keep it alive, protect it; and if You cause it to die, forgive it. O Allah, I ask You for well-being.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2712
Lord of the heavens and the earth

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَرَبَّ الأَرْضِ وَرَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ رَبَّنَا وَرَبَّ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ فَالِقَ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى وَمُنْزِلَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالإِنْجِيلِ وَالْفُرْقَانِ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الأَوَّلُ فَلَيْسَ قَبْلَكَ شَىْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الآخِرُ فَلَيْسَ بَعْدَكَ شَىْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الظَّاهِرُ فَلَيْسَ فَوْقَكَ شَىْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الْبَاطِنُ فَلَيْسَ دُونَكَ شَىْءٌ اقْضِ عَنَّا الدَّيْنَ وَأَغْنِنَا مِنَ الْفَقْرِ

Allāhumma rabba-s-samāwāti wa rabba-l-arḍi wa rabba-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm, rabbanā wa rabba kulli shayʾ, fāliqa-l-ḥabbi wa-n-nawā, wa munzila-t-tawrāti wa-l-injīli wa-l-furqān. Aʿūdhu bika min sharri kulli shayʾin anta ākhidhun bi-nāṣiyatih. Allāhumma anta-l-awwalu fa-laysa qablaka shayʾ, wa anta-l-ākhiru fa-laysa baʿdaka shayʾ, wa anta-ẓ-ẓāhiru fa-laysa fawqaka shayʾ, wa anta-l-bāṭinu fa-laysa dūnaka shayʾ. Iqḍi ʿanna-d-dayna wa aghninā mina-l-faqr.

O Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth and Lord of the mighty Throne, our Lord and the Lord of everything, Splitter of the grain and the date-stone, Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel and the Criterion — I take refuge in You from the evil of every thing whose forelock You hold. O Allah, You are the First, so there is nothing before You; and You are the Last, so there is nothing after You; and You are the Manifest, so there is nothing above You; and You are the Hidden, so there is nothing beyond You. Settle our debt for us and enrich us out of poverty.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2713
Who fed us and gave us shelter

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنَا وَسَقَانَا وَكَفَانَا وَآوَانَا فَكَمْ مِمَّنْ لاَ كَافِيَ لَهُ وَلاَ مُئْوِيَ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī aṭʿamanā wa saqānā wa kafānā wa āwānā, fa-kam mimman lā kāfiya lah.

Praise belongs to Allah, who fed us and gave us drink, who sufficed us and gave us shelter — for how many are there who have none to suffice them.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2715
Glory be to Allah
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سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ

Subḥāna-llāh

Glory be to Allah.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6318 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2727
Praise belongs to Allah
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الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ

Al-ḥamdu lillāh

All praise belongs to Allah.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6318 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2727
Allah is greatest
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اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

Allāhu akbar

Allah is greater.

Given to Sayyidatunā Fāṭimah and Sayyidunā ʿAlī for their bed: “It is better for you both than a servant.”

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6318 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2727
Shield me from Your punishment
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اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ

Allāhumma qinī ʿadhābaka yawma tabʿathu ʿibādak

O Allah, guard me from Your punishment on the Day You raise Your servants.

He ﷺ would lay his right hand under his cheek and say it three times.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5045 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3398
By Your noble Face

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ وَكَلِمَاتِكَ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ تَكْشِفُ الْمَغْرَمَ وَالْمَأْثَمَ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ يُهْزَمُ جُنْدُكَ وَلاَ يُخْلَفُ وَعْدُكَ وَلاَ يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ سُبْحَانَكَ وَبِحَمْدِكَ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bi-wajhika-l-karīmi wa kalimātika-t-tāmmah, min sharri mā anta ākhidhun bi-nāṣiyatih. Allāhumma anta takshifu-l-maghrama wa-l-maʾtham. Allāhumma lā yuhzamu junduk, wa lā yukhlafu waʿduk, wa lā yanfaʿu dha-l-jaddi minka-l-jadd. Subḥānaka wa bi-ḥamdik.

O Allah, I take refuge in Your noble Face and Your perfect words from the evil of everything You hold by the forelock. O Allah, You remove debt and sin. O Allah, Your army is not defeated, Your promise is not broken, and no one’s fortune avails him against You. Glory be to You, and praise.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5052
Drive my devil away

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي وَأَخْسِئْ شَيْطَانِي وَفُكَّ رِهَانِي وَاجْعَلْنِي فِي النَّدِيِّ الأَعْلَى

Bismi-llāhi waḍaʿtu janbī. Allāhumma-ghfir lī dhanbī, wa akhsiʾ shayṭānī, wa fukka rihānī, wa-jʿalnī fi-n-nadiyyi-l-aʿlā.

In the name of Allah I lay my side down. O Allah, forgive me my sin, drive my devil away, free me from what holds me in pledge, and place me in the highest assembly.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5054
Who sufficed me and sheltered me

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَفَانِي وَآوَانِي وَأَطْعَمَنِي وَسَقَانِي وَالَّذِي مَنَّ عَلَىَّ فَأَفْضَلَ وَالَّذِي أَعْطَانِي فَأَجْزَلَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ وَإِلَهَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī kafānī wa āwānī wa aṭʿamanī wa saqānī, wa-lladhī manna ʿalayya fa-afḍal, wa-lladhī aʿṭānī fa-ajzal. Al-ḥamdu lillāhi ʿalā kulli ḥāl. Allāhumma rabba kulli shayʾin wa malīkahu wa ilāha kulli shayʾ, aʿūdhu bika mina-n-nār.

Praise be to Allah, who sufficed me and sheltered me, fed me and gave me drink; who favoured me and was generous, and gave to me and gave abundantly. Praise be to Allah in every state. O Allah, Lord and Sovereign of everything, God of everything, I take refuge in You from the Fire.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5058
Originator of the heavens and the earth

اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ، عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، أَنْتَ رَبُّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَإِلَهُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ، وَأَنَّ سَيِّدَنَا مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ، وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ يَشْهَدُونَ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَقْتَرِفَ عَلَى نَفْسِي إِثْمًا أَوْ أَجُرَّهُ عَلَى مُسْلِمٍ

Allāhumma fāṭira-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, ʿālima-l-ghaybi wa-sh-shahādah, anta rabbu kulli shayʾin wa ilāhu kulli shayʾ, ashhadu an lā ilāha illā anta waḥdaka lā sharīka lak, wa anna sayyidanā Muḥammadan ﷺ ʿabduka wa rasūluk, wa-l-malāʾikatu yashhadūn. Aʿūdhu bika mina-sh-shayṭāni wa shirkih, wa aʿūdhu bika an aqtarifa ʿalā nafsī ithman aw ajurrahu ʿalā muslim.

O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You are the Lord of all things and the God of all things. I bear witness that there is no god but You alone, without partner, and that Sayyidinā Muhammad ﷺ is Your servant and Your Messenger — and the angels bear witness. I take refuge in You from Satan and the partners he calls to, and I take refuge in You from bringing a sin upon myself or drawing it onto a Muslim.

He ﷺ taught ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr to say this when he wanted to sleep.

Musnad Aḥmad 6597 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5067
Forgive me my sin

بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّي وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي

Bi-smika rabbī waḍaʿtu janbī, fa-ghfir lī dhanbī.

In Your name, my Lord, I lay down my side; so forgive me my sin.

What he ﷺ said when he lay down to sleep.

Musnad Aḥmad 6620
Forgiveness, three times
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أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ الَّذِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَىَّ الْقَيُّومَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

Astaghfiru-llāha-l-ʿaẓīma-lladhī lā ilāha illā huwa-l-ḥayya-l-qayyūma wa atūbu ilayh.

I ask forgiveness of Allah the Magnificent, besides whom there is no god, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all, and I turn to Him in repentance.

Whoever says it three times as he goes to bed, Allah forgives his sins, even if they are as the foam of the sea, as the leaves of the trees, as the sands of ʿĀlij, or as the days of this world.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3397
In Your pardon from Your punishment

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِمُعَافَاتِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ، وَأَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْكَ، اللَّهُمَّ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ ثَنَاءً عَلَيْكَ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتُ، وَلَكِنْ أَنْتَ كَمَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bi-muʿāfātika min ʿuqūbatik, wa aʿūdhu bi-riḍāka min sakhaṭik, wa aʿūdhu bika mink. Allāhumma lā astaṭīʿu thanāʾan ʿalayka wa law ḥaraṣt, wa lākin anta kamā athnayta ʿalā nafsik.

O Allah, I take refuge in Your pardon from Your punishment, in Your pleasure from Your anger, and in You from You. O Allah, I cannot praise You as You deserve however hard I try; You are as You have praised Yourself.

Sayyidunā ʿAlī heard him ﷺ say this when he had finished his prayer and lain down for the night.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ 1992
Sufficiency for my family

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ غِنَى الْأَهْلِ وَالْمَوْلَى، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ تَدْعُوَ عَلَيَّ رَحِمٌ قَطَعْتُهَا

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ghina-l-ahli wa-l-mawlā, wa aʿūdhu bika an tadʿuwa ʿalayya raḥimun qaṭaʿtuhā.

O Allah, I ask You for sufficiency for my family and those in my care, and I take refuge in You from a tie of kinship I have cut calling out against me.

What Zayd ibn Thābit (may Allah be pleased with him) said when he lay down to sleep.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 4849
The bedtime words of Qaylah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، وَأَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَى اللَّهِ، وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي لِرَبِّي، أَسْتَغْفِرُهُ لِذَنْبِي، أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَبِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ الَّتِي لَا يُجَاوِزُهُنَّ بَرٌّ وَلَا فَاجِرٌ، مِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا، وَشَرِّ مَا يَنْزِلُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَشَرِّ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا، وَشَرِّ فِتَنِ النَّهَارِ، وَطَوَارِقِ اللَّيْلِ إِلَّا طَارِقًا يَطْرُقُ بِخَيْرٍ، آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ، اعْتَصَمْتُ بِاللَّهِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي اسْتَسْلَمَ لِقُدْرَتِهِ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي ذَلَّ لِعِزَّتِهِ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي تَوَاضَعَ لِعَظَمَتِهِ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي خَشَعَ لِمُلْكِهِ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَعَاقِدِ الْعِزِّ مِنْ عَرْشِكَ، وَمُنْتَهَى الرَّحْمَةِ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ، وَجَدِّكَ الْأَعْلَى، وَاسْمِكَ الْأَكْبَرِ، وَكَلِمَاتِكَ التَّامَّاتِ الَّتِي لَا يُجَاوِزُهُنَّ بَرٌّ وَلَا فَاجِرٌ، أَنْ تَنْظُرَ إِلَيْنَا نَظْرَةً مَرْحُومَةً، لَا تَدَعُ لَنَا ذَنْبًا إِلَّا غَفَرْتَهُ، وَلَا فَقْرًا إِلَّا جَبَرْتَهُ، وَلَا عَدُوًّا إِلَّا أَهْلَكْتَهُ، وَلَا عُرْيَانًا إِلَّا كَسَوْتَهُ، وَلَا دَيْنًا إِلَّا قَضَيْتَهُ، وَلَا أَمْرًا لَنَا فِيهِ صَلَاحٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا أَعْطَيْتَنَاهُ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ، آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَاعْتَصَمْتُ بِهِ

Bismi-llāh, wa atawakkalu ʿala-llāh, waḍaʿtu janbī li-rabbī, astaghfiruhu li-dhanbī. Aʿūdhu billāhi wa bi-kalimāti-llāhi-t-tāmmāti-llatī lā yujāwizuhunna barrun wa lā fājir, min sharri mā yanzilu mina-s-samāʾi wa mā yaʿruju fīhā, wa sharri mā yanzilu fi-l-arḍi wa sharri mā yakhruju minhā, wa sharri fitani-n-nahār, wa ṭawāriqi-l-layli illā ṭāriqan yaṭruqu bi-khayr. Āmantu billāh, iʿtaṣamtu billāh. Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhi-staslama li-qudratihi kullu shayʾ, wa-l-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī dhalla li-ʿizzatihi kullu shayʾ, wa-l-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī tawāḍaʿa li-ʿaẓamatihi kullu shayʾ, wa-l-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī khashaʿa li-mulkihi kullu shayʾ. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka bi-maʿāqidi-l-ʿizzi min ʿarshik, wa muntaha-r-raḥmati min kitābik, wa jaddika-l-aʿlā, wa-smika-l-akbar, wa kalimātika-t-tāmmāti-llatī lā yujāwizuhunna barrun wa lā fājir, an tanẓura ilaynā naẓratan marḥūmah, lā tadaʿu lanā dhanban illā ghafartah, wa lā faqran illā jabartah, wa lā ʿaduwwan illā ahlaktah, wa lā ʿuryānan illā kasawtah, wa lā daynan illā qaḍaytah, wa lā amran lanā fīhi ṣalāḥun fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirati illā aʿṭaytanāh, yā arḥama-r-rāḥimīn. Āmantu billāhi wa-ʿtaṣamtu bih.

In the name of Allah; I rely on Allah. I lay my side down for my Lord, and I ask His forgiveness for my sin. I take refuge in Allah, and in the perfect words of Allah which neither the righteous nor the wicked can pass beyond, from the evil of what comes down from the sky and what rises up into it, from the evil of what descends into the earth and the evil of what comes out of it, from the evil of the trials of the day, and from whatever knocks in the night — except one that knocks with good. I believe in Allah; I hold fast to Allah. Praise be to Allah, to whose power all things have surrendered; praise be to Allah, before whose might all things are lowly; praise be to Allah, before whose greatness all things are humbled; praise be to Allah, to whose dominion all things are submissive. O Allah, I ask You by the seats of glory of Your Throne, by the utmost of mercy in Your Book, by Your exalted majesty, Your greatest name and Your perfect words which neither the righteous nor the wicked can pass beyond, to look upon us with a look of mercy that leaves us no sin but You forgive it, no poverty but You mend it, no enemy but You destroy him, no nakedness but You clothe it, no debt but You settle it, and no matter in which our good lies, in this world or the next, but You give it to us, O Most Merciful of the merciful. I believe in Allah and hold fast to Him.

The words Qaylah bint Makhramah (may Allah be pleased with her) said when she lay down after the night prayer; she then said the hundred of tasbīḥ, taḥmīd and takbīr.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 25/3
From evil that clings

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ وَلُوعًا، وَمِنَ الْجُوعِ ضَجِيعًا

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-sh-sharri walūʿā, wa mina-l-jūʿi ḍajīʿā.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from evil that clings, and from hunger as a bedfellow.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ 7196
Who is exalted and all-subduing

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي عَلَا فَقَهَرَ، وَبَطَنَ فَخَبَرَ، وَمَلَكَ فَقَدَرَ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī ʿalā fa-qahar, wa baṭana fa-khabar, wa malaka fa-qadar. Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī yuḥyī wa yumīt, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

Praise be to Allah, who is exalted and so subdues all things, who is hidden and so knows all things, who possesses all and so has power over it. Praise be to Allah, who gives life and causes death, and He has power over all things.

Whoever says it on going to bed comes out of his sins as on the day his mother bore him.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ 7891
From what knocks in the night

آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَكَفَرْتُ بِالطَّاغُوتِ، وَعْدُ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَصَدَقَ الْمُرْسَلُونَ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ طَوَارِقِ هَذَا اللَّيْلِ إِلَّا طَارِقًا يَطْرُقُ بِخَيْرٍ

Āmantu billāhi wa kafartu bi-ṭ-ṭāghūt, waʿdu-llāhi ḥaqq, wa ṣadaqa-l-mursalūn. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ṭawāriqi hādha-l-layli illā ṭāriqan yaṭruqu bi-khayr.

I believe in Allah and I reject every false god. The promise of Allah is true, and the messengers spoke the truth. O Allah, I take refuge in You from whatever knocks in this night, except one that knocks with good.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 3454
Let me enjoy my hearing and sight

اللَّهُمَّ مَتِّعْنِي بِسَمْعِي وَبَصَرِي، وَاجْعَلْهُمَا الْوَارِثَ مِنِّي، وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى عَدُوِّي، وَأَرِنِي مِنْهُ ثَأْرِي، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ، وَمِنَ الْجُوعِ، فَإِنَّهُ بِئْسَ الضَّجِيعُ

Allāhumma mattiʿnī bi-samʿī wa baṣarī, wa-jʿalhuma-l-wāritha minnī, wa-nṣurnī ʿalā ʿaduwwī, wa arinī minhu thaʾrī. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ghalabati-d-dayni wa mina-l-jūʿ, fa-innahu biʾsa-ḍ-ḍajīʿ.

O Allah, let me enjoy my hearing and my sight, and let them be the last of me to go; help me against my enemy and let me see my right taken from him. O Allah, I take refuge in You from being overwhelmed by debt, and from hunger, for it is an evil bedfellow.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah
Excuse me my failings

اللَّهُمَّ تَجَاوَزْ عَنْ سَيِّئَاتِي وَاعْذُرْنِي بِعِلَّاتِي

Allāhumma tajāwaz ʿan sayyiʾātī, wa-ʿdhurnī bi-ʿillātī.

O Allah, pass over my misdeeds, and excuse me for my failings.

What Bilāl (may Allah be pleased with him) said when he lay down to sleep.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 1009
A true and good dream

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ رُؤْيَا صَالِحَةً، صَادِقَةً غَيْرَ كَاذِبَةٍ، نَافِعَةً غَيْرَ ضَارَّةٍ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ruʾyā ṣāliḥatan, ṣādiqatan ghayra kādhibah, nāfiʿatan ghayra ḍārrah.

O Allah, I ask You for a good dream — true and not false, beneficial and not harmful.

What Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah said when she wanted to sleep; after it she spoke no more until morning.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah
The last words before sleep

اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي إِلَيْكَ، وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ، وَوَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ، وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ، رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ، لاَ مَلْجَأَ وَلاَ مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلاَّ إِلَيْكَ، آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ، وَبِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ

Allāhumma aslamtu nafsī ilayk, wa fawwaḍtu amrī ilayk, wa wajjahtu wajhī ilayk, wa aljaʾtu ẓahrī ilayk, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilayk, lā maljaʾa wa lā manjā minka illā ilayk. Āmantu bi-kitābika-lladhī anzalt, wa bi-nabiyyika-lladhī arsalt.

O Allah, I surrender myself to You, I entrust my affair to You, I turn my face to You, and I place my back under Your protection — out of hope in You and fear of You. There is no refuge and no escape from You except to You. I believe in Your Book which You sent down, and in Your Prophet whom You sent.

If you die that night, you die upon the fiṭrah.

Make wuḍūʾ as for the prayer, lie on your right side, and make these the last words you say.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6313 · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 247 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2710
Sūrat al-Wāqiʿah, every night
Qur’an
- 56 Al-Wāqiʿah الواقعة 96 verses
Whoever recites it every night will never be struck by poverty. Ibn Masʿūd had his daughters recite it every night.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 680

On turning over or waking in the night, when sleep will not come, after a fright or a dream, and on rising to pray.

On waking in the night

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ. الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamdu wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr. Al-ḥamdu lillāh, wa subḥāna-llāh, wa lā ilāha illa-llāh, wa-llāhu akbar, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh.

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. Praise belongs to Allah; glory be to Allah; there is no god but Allah; Allah is greatest; and there is no might and no power except by Allah.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1154
On turning over in the night

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ، رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفَّارُ

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu-l-wāḥidu-l-qahhār, rabbu-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍi wa mā baynahuma-l-ʿazīzu-l-ghaffār.

There is no god but Allah, the One, the All-Compelling, Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Mighty, the Ever-Forgiving.

What he ﷺ said when he turned over in the night.

Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 5530 · al-Mustadrak 1980
Increase me in knowledge

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِذَنْبِي وَأَسْأَلُكَ رَحْمَتَكَ اللَّهُمَّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا وَلاَ تُزِغْ قَلْبِي بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنِي وَهَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ

Lā ilāha illā anta subchānaka, Allāhumma astaghfiruka li-dhanbī wa asʾaluka raḥmatak. Allāhumma zidnī ʿilman wa lā tuzigh qalbī baʿda idh hadaytanī, wa hab lī min ladunka raḥmah, innaka anta-l-wahhāb.

There is no god but You, glory be to You. O Allah, I ask Your forgiveness for my sin and I ask You for Your mercy. O Allah, increase me in knowledge, and do not let my heart deviate after You have guided me, and grant me mercy from Yourself — You are the Ever-Giving.

What he ﷺ said when he woke in the night.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5061
On going back to bed

بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّي وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ فَإِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ

Bi-smika rabbī waḍaʿtu janbī, wa bika arfaʿuh, fa-in amsakta nafsī fa-rḥamhā, wa in arsaltahā fa-ḥfaẓhā bi-mā taḥfaẓu bihi ʿibādaka-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

In Your name, my Lord, I lay down my side, and by You I raise it. If You take my soul, have mercy on it; and if You send it back, guard it with that by which You guard Your righteous servants.

If you get up from your bed and then return to it, dust it three times with the edge of your garment first.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3401
The eyes have slept

نَامَتِ الْعُيُونُ وَغَارَتِ النُّجُومُ وَأَنْتَ الْحَىُّ الْقَيُّومُ

Nāmati-l-ʿuyūn, wa ghārati-n-nujūm, wa anta-l-ḥayyu-l-qayyūm.

Eyes have slept and the stars have set, and You are the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all.

What Abū ad-Dardāʾ (may Allah be pleased with him) said when he rose in the depth of the night.

al-Muwaṭṭaʾ 515
Stirring in the night
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَكَفَرْتُ بِالطَّاغُوتِ

Bismi-llāh — subḥāna-llāh — āmantu billāhi wa kafartu bi-ṭ-ṭāghūt.

In the name of Allah — glory be to Allah — I believe in Allah and reject every false god.

He is protected from everything he fears, and no sin can reach him until the next time he says it.

Each of the three, ten times, when you stir in the night.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ 9017
When sleep will not come

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَظَلَّتْ وَرَبَّ الأَرَضِينَ وَمَا أَقَلَّتْ وَرَبَّ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَمَا أَضَلَّتْ كُنْ لِي جَارًا مِنْ شَرِّ خَلْقِكَ كُلِّهِمْ جَمِيعًا أَنْ يَفْرُطَ عَلَىَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ أَوْ أَنْ يَبْغِيَ عَلَىَّ عَزَّ جَارُكَ وَجَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

Allāhumma rabba-s-samāwāti-s-sabʿi wa mā aẓallat, wa rabba-l-araḍīna wa mā aqallat, wa rabba-sh-shayāṭīni wa mā aḍallat, kun lī jāran min sharri khalqika kullihim jamīʿā, an yafruṭa ʿalayya aḥadun minhum aw an yabghiya ʿalayy. ʿAzza jāruk, wa jalla thanāʾuk, wa lā ilāha ghayruk, wa lā ilāha illā ant.

O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and all they shade, Lord of the earths and all they carry, Lord of the devils and all they lead astray: be my protector against the evil of all Your creation, lest any of them should wrong me or transgress against me. Mighty is the one You protect, exalted is Your praise; there is no god besides You, there is no god but You.

Taught to Khālid ibn al-Walīd when he complained that he could not sleep.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3523
On a fright in sleep

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ

Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti-llāhi-t-tāmmati min ghaḍabihi wa sharri ʿibādihi wa min hamazāti-sh-shayāṭīni wa an yaḥḍurūn.

I take refuge in the perfect words of Allah from His anger, from the evil of His servants, from the promptings of the devils and from their coming near me.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3893 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3528
Against the plots of the devils

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ الَّتِي لَا يُجَاوِزُهُنَّ بَرٌّ، وَلَا فَاجِرٌ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ، وَذَرَأَ وَبَرَأَ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا ذَرَأَ فِي الْأَرْضِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا، وَمِنْ شَرِّ فِتَنِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ طَارِقٍ إِلَّا طَارِقًا يَطْرُقُ بِخَيْرٍ، يَا رَحْمَنُ

Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti-llāhi-t-tāmmāti-llatī lā yujāwizuhunna barrun wa lā fājir, min sharri mā khalaqa wa dharaʾa wa baraʾ, wa min sharri mā yanzilu mina-s-samāʾ, wa min sharri mā yaʿruju fīhā, wa min sharri mā dharaʾa fi-l-arḍ, wa min sharri mā yakhruju minhā, wa min sharri fitani-l-layli wa-n-nahār, wa min sharri kulli ṭāriqin illā ṭāriqan yaṭruqu bi-khayr, yā Raḥmān.

I take refuge in the perfect words of Allah, which neither the righteous nor the wicked can pass beyond, from the evil of all He has created, scattered and brought into being; from the evil of what comes down from the sky and what rises up into it; from the evil of what He has spread in the earth and what comes out of it; from the evil of the trials of the night and the day; and from the evil of everything that knocks — except one that knocks with good, O Most Merciful.

Jibrīl taught it to the Prophet ﷺ on the night the devils came at him with a flame of fire; he said it, and their fire went out.

Musnad Aḥmad 15461
After a good dream

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ

Al-ḥamdu lillāh.

Praise belongs to Allah.

A good dream is from Allah: praise Him for it, and tell it to those you love.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6985
After a bad dream
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أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ

Aʿūdhu billāhi mina-sh-shayṭān.

I take refuge in Allah from Satan.

Spit lightly to your left three times, seek refuge in Allah from Satan and from the dream’s evil three times, and turn onto your other side. Tell it to no one: it will not harm you.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2262 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2261 · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6985
From the work of Satan

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ، وَسَيِّئَاتِ الْأَحْلَامِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿamali-sh-shayṭān, wa sayyiʾāti-l-aḥlām.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from the work of Satan and from evil dreams.

Said after spitting lightly to the left three times.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah
To one who tells you a dream

خَيْرًا رَأَيْتَ، وَخَيْرًا يَكُونُ

Khayran raʾayta, wa khayran yakūn.

You have seen good, and good it will be.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah
The last verses of Āl ʿImrān
Qur’an

‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day are signs for those of understanding. Who remember Allah while standing or sitting or [lying] on their sides and give thought to the creation of the heavens and the earth, [saying], "Our Lord, You did not create this aimlessly; exalted are You [above such a thing]; then protect us from the punishment of the Fire. Our Lord, indeed whoever You admit to the Fire - You have disgraced him, and for the wrongdoers there are no helpers. Our Lord, indeed we have heard a caller calling to faith, [saying], 'Believe in your Lord,' and we have believed. Our Lord, so forgive us our sins and remove from us our misdeeds and cause us to die with the righteous. Our Lord, and grant us what You promised us through Your messengers and do not disgrace us on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, You do not fail in [Your] promise." And their Lord responded to them, "Never will I allow to be lost the work of [any] worker among you, whether male or female; you are of one another. So those who emigrated or were evicted from their homes or were harmed in My cause or fought or were killed - I will surely remove from them their misdeeds, and I will surely admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow as reward from Allah, and Allah has with Him the best reward." Be not deceived by the [uninhibited] movement of the disbelievers throughout the land. [It is but] a small enjoyment; then their [final] refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place. But those who feared their Lord will have gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding eternally therein, as accommodation from Allah. And that which is with Allah is best for the righteous. And indeed, among the People of the Scripture are those who believe in Allah and what was revealed to you and what was revealed to them, [being] humbly submissive to Allah. They do not exchange the verses of Allah for a small price. Those will have their reward with their Lord. Indeed, Allah is swift in account. O you who have believed, persevere and endure and remain stationed and fear Allah that you may be successful. Āl ʿImrān 3:190–200

Inna fī khalqi-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍi wa-khtilāfi-l-layli wa-n-nahāri la-āyātin li-uli-l-albāb. Alladhīna yadhkurūna-llāha qiyāman wa quʿūdan wa ʿalā junūbihim wa yatafakkarūna fī khalqi-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, rabbanā mā khalaqta hādhā bāṭilan subḥānaka fa-qinā ʿadhāba-n-nār. Rabbanā innaka man tudkhili-n-nāra fa-qad akhzaytah, wa mā li-ẓ-ẓālimīna min anṣār. Rabbanā innanā samiʿnā munādiyan yunādī li-l-īmāni an āminū bi-rabbikum fa-āmannā. Rabbanā fa-ghfir lanā dhunūbanā wa kaffir ʿannā sayyiʾātinā wa tawaffanā maʿa-l-abrār. Rabbanā wa ātinā mā waʿadtanā ʿalā rusulika wa lā tukhzinā yawma-l-qiyāmah, innaka lā tukhlifu-l-mīʿād. Fa-stajāba lahum rabbuhum annī lā uḍīʿu ʿamala ʿāmilin minkum min dhakarin aw unthā, baʿḍukum min baʿḍ. Fa-lladhīna hājarū wa ukhrijū min diyārihim wa ūdhū fī sabīlī wa qātalū wa qutilū la-ukaffiranna ʿanhum sayyiʾātihim wa la-udkhilannahum jannātin tajrī min taḥtiha-l-anhār, thawāban min ʿindi-llāh. Wa-llāhu ʿindahu ḥusnu-th-thawāb. Lā yaghurrannaka taqallubu-lladhīna kafarū fi-l-bilād. Matāʿun qalīlun thumma maʾwāhum jahannam, wa biʾsa-l-mihād. Lākini-lladhīna-ttaqaw rabbahum lahum jannātun tajrī min taḥtiha-l-anhāru khālidīna fīhā nuzulan min ʿindi-llāh. Wa mā ʿinda-llāhi khayrun li-l-abrār. Wa inna min ahli-l-kitābi la-man yuʾminu billāhi wa mā unzila ilaykum wa mā unzila ilayhim khāshiʿīna lillāhi lā yashtarūna bi-āyāti-llāhi thamanan qalīlā. Ulāʾika lahum ajruhum ʿinda rabbihim, inna-llāha sarīʿu-l-ḥisāb. Yā ayyuha-lladhīna āmanū-ṣbirū wa ṣābirū wa rābiṭū wa-ttaqu-llāha laʿallakum tufliḥūn.

He ﷺ woke, wiped the sleep from his face, looked up at the sky and recited them.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4569
Lord of Jibrīl, Mīkāʾīl and Isrāfīl

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ جِبْرَائِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ وَإِسْرَافِيلَ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ أَنْتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ اهْدِنِي لِمَا اخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِكَ إِنَّكَ تَهْدِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ

Allāhumma rabba sayyidinā Jibrāʾīla wa sayyidinā Mīkāʾīla wa sayyidinā Isrāfīl, fāṭira-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, ʿālima-l-ghaybi wa-sh-shahādah, anta taḥkumu bayna ʿibādika fīmā kānū fīhi yakhtalifūn. Ihdinī li-mā-khtulifa fīhi mina-l-ḥaqqi bi-idhnik, innaka tahdī man tashāʾu ilā ṣirāṭin mustaqīm.

O Allah, Lord of Sayyidinā Jibrīl, Sayyidinā Mīkāʾīl and Sayyidinā Isrāfīl, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen — You judge between Your servants concerning that in which they differed. Guide me, by Your leave, to the truth in what is disputed. You guide whom You will to a straight path.

How he ﷺ opened his prayer when he rose at night.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 770
You are the Truth

اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ قَيِّمُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ، لَكَ مُلْكُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ نُورُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ الْحَقُّ، وَوَعْدُكَ الْحَقُّ، وَلِقَاؤُكَ حَقٌّ، وَقَوْلُكَ حَقٌّ، وَالْجَنَّةُ حَقٌّ، وَالنَّارُ حَقٌّ، وَالنَّبِيُّونَ حَقٌّ، وَسَيِّدُنَا مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ حَقٌّ، وَالسَّاعَةُ حَقٌّ، اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ، وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ، وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْتُ، وَبِكَ خَاصَمْتُ، وَإِلَيْكَ حَاكَمْتُ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ، وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ، أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

Allāhumma laka-l-ḥamdu, anta qayyimu-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍi wa man fīhinn, wa laka-l-ḥamd, laka mulku-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍi wa man fīhinn, wa laka-l-ḥamd, anta nūru-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, wa laka-l-ḥamd, anta-l-ḥaqq, wa waʿduka-l-ḥaqq, wa liqāʾuka ḥaqq, wa qawluka ḥaqq, wa-l-jannatu ḥaqq, wa-n-nāru ḥaqq, wa-n-nabiyyūna ḥaqq, wa sayyidunā Muḥammadun ﷺ ḥaqq, wa-s-sāʿatu ḥaqq. Allāhumma laka aslamt, wa bika āmant, wa ʿalayka tawakkalt, wa ilayka anabt, wa bika khāṣamt, wa ilayka ḥākamt, fa-ghfir lī mā qaddamtu wa mā akhkhart, wa mā asrartu wa mā aʿlant, anta-l-muqaddimu wa anta-l-muʾakhkhir, lā ilāha illā ant.

O Allah, Yours is the praise: You are the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all who are in them. Yours is the praise: Yours is the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all who are in them. Yours is the praise: You are the Light of the heavens and the earth. Yours is the praise: You are the Truth, Your promise is true, meeting You is true, Your word is true, the Garden is true, the Fire is true, the prophets are true, Sayyidunā Muhammad ﷺ is true, and the Hour is true. O Allah, to You I have submitted, in You I believe, on You I rely, to You I turn, by You I contend, and to You I bring my case for judgement. So forgive me what I have done before and what I have left undone, what I have hidden and what I have shown. You bring forward and You put back; there is no god but You.

What he ﷺ said when he rose at night to pray.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1120 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 769
From the narrowness of the standing

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَاهْدِنِي وَارْزُقْنِي وَعَافِنِي أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ ضِيقِ الْمَقَامِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

Allāhumma-ghfir lī wa-hdinī wa-rzuqnī wa ʿāfinī. Aʿūdhu billāhi min ḍīqi-l-maqāmi yawma-l-qiyāmah.

O Allah, forgive me, guide me, provide for me and grant me well-being. I take refuge in Allah from the narrowness of the standing on the Day of Rising.

Sunan an-Nasāʾī 1617

Entering and leaving the lavatory, and what is said before and after wuḍūʾ.

Entering the lavatory

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ

Bismi-llāh. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-khubuthi wa-l-khabāʾith.

In the name of Allah. O Allah, I take refuge in You from the evil ones, male and female.

“The screen between the eyes of the jinn and the nakedness of the children of Ādam, when one of them enters the lavatory, is that he says: bismi-llāh.”

Said before going in — or, in open country, before the clothing is raised.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 142 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 375Marked words Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 606 · Sunan Ibn Mājah 297
From the unclean one

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الرِّجْسِ النَّجَسِ الْخَبِيثِ الْمُخْبِثِ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-r-rijsi-n-najasi-l-khabīthi-l-mukhbithi-sh-shayṭāni-r-rajīm.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from the unclean, the impure, the foul one who makes foul: Satan the outcast.

On entering the lavatory.

Sunan Ibn Mājah 299 · Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 25
Leaving the lavatory

غُفْرَانَكَ

Ghufrānak.

Your forgiveness, O Allah.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 30 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 7
Who took the harm away

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَذْهَبَ عَنِّي الأَذَى وَعَافَانِي

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī adhhaba ʿanni-l-adhā wa ʿāfānī.

Praise be to Allah, who took the harm away from me and gave me well-being.

On leaving the lavatory.

Sunan Ibn Mājah 301
Who let me taste its goodness

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَذَاقَنِي لَذَّتَهُ، وَأَبْقَى فِيَّ قُوَّتَهُ، وَأَذْهَبَ عَنِّي أَذَاهُ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī adhāqanī ladhdhatah, wa abqā fiyya quwwatah, wa adhhaba ʿannī adhāh.

Praise be to Allah, who let me taste its goodness, left its strength in me, and took its harm away from me.

On leaving the lavatory.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 25
Before wuḍūʾ

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ

Bismi-llāh.

In the name of Allah.

“There is no wuḍūʾ for one who does not mention the name of Allah over it.” The same is said before ghusl and tayammum.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 101 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 25 · Sunan an-Nasāʾī 78
During wuḍūʾ

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي، وَوَسِّعْ لِي فِي دَارِي، وَبَارِكْ لِي فِي رِزْقِي

Allāhumma-ghfir lī dhanbī, wa wassiʿ lī fī dārī, wa bārik lī fī rizqī.

O Allah, forgive me my sin, make my home spacious for me, and bless me in my provision.

Abū Mūsā heard him ﷺ say it while he made wuḍūʾ, and asked him about it. “Have they left anything out?”

an-Nasāʾī, as-Sunan al-Kubrā 9828 · Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 28
After wuḍūʾ

أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ سَيِّدَنَا مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ التَّوَّابِينَ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ

Ashhadu an lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, wa ashhadu anna sayyidanā Muḥammadan ﷺ ʿabduhu wa rasūluh. Allāhumma-jʿalnī mina-t-tawwābīna wa-jʿalnī mina-l-mutaṭahhirīn.

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Sayyidinā Muḥammad ﷺ is His servant and His Messenger. O Allah, make me one of those who turn to You in repentance, and make me one of those who keep themselves pure.

The eight gates of the Garden are opened for him, to enter by whichever he wishes.

Said when the wuḍūʾ — or the ghusl — is complete.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 234Marked words Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 55
Sealed, and kept beneath the Throne

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ

Subḥānaka-llāhumma wa bi-ḥamdik, ashhadu an lā ilāha illā ant, astaghfiruka wa atūbu ilayk.

Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I ask Your forgiveness and I turn to You.

It is sealed with a seal and raised beneath the Throne, and the seal is not broken until the Day of Rising.

The words of Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī رضي الله عنه, for the end of wuḍūʾ.

an-Nasāʾī, as-Sunan al-Kubrā 9831 · an-Nasāʾī, as-Sunan al-Kubrā 9829

Answering the adhān, the time before the iqāmah, the walk to the mosque, and going in and coming out.

Answering the adhān

لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ

Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh.

There is no might and no power except by Allah.

Whoever answers it so, from his heart, enters the Garden.

Repeat each phrase of the adhān after the muezzin, except “ḥayya ʿala-ṣ-ṣalāh” and “ḥayya ʿala-l-falāḥ”: at each of those, say these words instead. The iqāmah is answered the same way.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 385 · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 611
At the two testimonies

وَأَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَنَّ سَيِّدَنَا مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِسَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ رَسُولاً وَبِالإِسْلاَمِ دِينًا

Wa anā ashhadu an lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, wa anna sayyidanā Muḥammadan ﷺ ʿabduhu wa rasūluh. Raḍītu billāhi rabban, wa bi-sayyidinā Muḥammadin ﷺ rasūlan, wa bi-l-islāmi dīnā.

And I too bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and that Sayyidinā Muḥammad ﷺ is His servant and His Messenger. I am content with Allah as Lord, with Sayyidinā Muḥammad ﷺ as Messenger, and with Islam as religion.

His sins are forgiven.

Said as the muezzin gives the two testimonies. When he ﷺ heard them, he would say: “And I, and I.”

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 386 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 526
At “come to success”

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا مُفْلِحِينَ

Allāhumma-jʿalnā mufliḥīn.

O Allah, make us among the successful.

What he ﷺ said when the muezzin called “ḥayya ʿala-l-falāḥ”.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 92
When the adhān is over

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ وَالصَّلاَةِ الْقَائِمَةِ آتِ سَيِّدَنَا مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالْفَضِيلَةَ وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا الَّذِي وَعَدْتَهُ إِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ

Allāhumma rabba hādhihi-d-daʿwati-t-tāmmah, wa-ṣ-ṣalāti-l-qāʾimah, āti sayyidanā Muḥammadan ﷺ al-wasīlata wa-l-faḍīlah, wa-bʿath-hu maqāman maḥmūdani-lladhī waʿadtah, innaka lā tukhlifu-l-mīʿād.

O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and of the prayer about to be established, give Sayyidinā Muḥammad ﷺ the Wasīlah and the excellence, and raise him to the praised station You have promised him. You never break Your promise.

His intercession ﷺ becomes due for whoever says it on hearing the call.

First send the ṣalāh upon the Prophet ﷺ, then ask for him the Wasīlah: a station in the Garden fitting for only one of the servants of Allah, “and I hope that I will be he.”

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 614 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 384Marked words al-Bayhaqī, as-Sunan al-Kubrā 1933
At the adhān of Maghrib

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَذَا إِقْبَالُ لَيْلِكَ وَإِدْبَارُ نَهَارِكَ وَأَصْوَاتُ دُعَاتِكَ فَاغْفِرْ لِي

Allāhumma inna hādhā iqbālu laylika wa idbāru nahārika wa aṣwātu duʿātika, fa-ghfir lī.

O Allah, this is the coming of Your night, the going of Your day, and the voices of those who call to You; so forgive me.

Taught to Umm Salamah رضي الله عنها for the adhān of Maghrib.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 530
Between the adhān and the iqāmah

Ask Allah for well-being in this world and the next.

“The supplication made between the adhān and the iqāmah is not turned back.” They asked what to ask for, and he ﷺ said this.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 521 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3594 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2540
At “the prayer has begun”

أَقَامَهَا اللَّهُ وَأَدَامَهَا

Aqāmaha-llāhu wa adāmahā.

May Allah establish it and keep it established.

What he ﷺ said when Bilāl reached “qad qāmati-ṣ-ṣalāh” in the iqāmah.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 528
At the iqāmah

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ، وَهَذِهِ الصَّلَاةِ الْقَائِمَةِ، صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، وَآتِهِ سُؤْلَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

Allāhumma rabba hādhihi-d-daʿwati-t-tāmmah, wa hādhihi-ṣ-ṣalāti-l-qāʾimah, ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad, wa ātihi suʾlahu yawma-l-qiyāmah.

O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and of this prayer now being established: send blessings upon Muḥammad, and give him what he asks on the Day of Rising.

What Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنه would say on hearing the iqāmah.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 105
On the way to the mosque

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِي قَلْبِي نُورًا وَفِي لِسَانِي نُورًا وَاجْعَلْ فِي سَمْعِي نُورًا وَاجْعَلْ فِي بَصَرِي نُورًا وَاجْعَلْ مِنْ خَلْفِي نُورًا وَمِنْ أَمَامِي نُورًا وَاجْعَلْ مِنْ فَوْقِي نُورًا وَمِنْ تَحْتِي نُورًا. اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنِي نُورًا

Allāhumma-jʿal fī qalbī nūrā, wa fī lisānī nūrā, wa-jʿal fī samʿī nūrā, wa-jʿal fī baṣarī nūrā, wa-jʿal min khalfī nūrā, wa min amāmī nūrā, wa-jʿal min fawqī nūrā, wa min taḥtī nūrā. Allāhumma aʿṭinī nūrā.

O Allah, place light in my heart and light on my tongue; place light in my hearing and light in my sight; place light behind me and light before me; place light above me and light beneath me. O Allah, give me light.

What he ﷺ was saying as he went out to the Fajr prayer.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 763
Walking to the prayer

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ السَّائِلِينَ عَلَيْكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ مَمْشَاىَ هَذَا فَإِنِّي لَمْ أَخْرُجْ أَشَرًا وَلاَ بَطَرًا وَلاَ رِيَاءً وَلاَ سُمْعَةً وَخَرَجْتُ اتِّقَاءَ سُخْطِكَ وَابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِكَ فَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُعِيذَنِي مِنَ النَّارِ وَأَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي ذُنُوبِي إِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka bi-ḥaqqi-s-sāʾilīna ʿalayk, wa asʾaluka bi-ḥaqqi mamshāya hādhā, fa-innī lam akhruj asharan wa lā baṭarā, wa lā riyāʾan wa lā sumʿah, wa kharajtu-ttiqāʾa sukhṭika wa-btighāʾa marḍātik, fa-asʾaluka an tuʿīdhanī mina-n-nār, wa an taghfira lī dhunūbī, innahu lā yaghfiru-dh-dhunūba illā ant.

O Allah, I ask You by the right of those who ask of You, and I ask You by the right of this walk of mine: I have not come out in pride or vanity, nor to be seen or to be spoken of; I have come out fearing Your anger and seeking Your pleasure. So I ask You to save me from the Fire, and to forgive me my sins, for none forgives sins but You.

Allah turns His face towards him, and seventy thousand angels ask forgiveness for him.

Sunan Ibn Mājah 778 · Musnad Aḥmad 11156
Entering the mosque

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَالسَّلاَمُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي وَافْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ

Bismi-llāh, wa-s-salāmu ʿalā rasūli-llāh. Allāhumma -ghfir lī dhunūbī, wa-ftaḥ lī abwāba raḥmatik.

In the name of Allah, and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah. O Allah, forgive me my sins, and open for me the gates of Your mercy.

Enter with the right foot.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 713 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 465Marked words Sunan Ibn Mājah 771 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 314
And refuge from Satan

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَبِوَجْهِهِ الْكَرِيمِ وَسُلْطَانِهِ الْقَدِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

Aʿūdhu billāhi-l-ʿaẓīm, wa bi-wajhihi-l-karīm, wa sulṭānihi-l-qadīm, mina-sh-shayṭāni-r-rajīm.

I take refuge in Allah the Magnificent, in His noble Face and His eternal dominion, from Satan the outcast.

When it is said, Satan says: “He is kept safe from me for the rest of the day.”

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 466
On reaching the row

اللَّهُمَّ آتِنِي أَفْضَلَ مَا تُؤْتِي عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ

Allāhumma ātinī afḍala mā tuʾtī ʿibādaka-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

O Allah, give me the best of what You give Your righteous servants.

A man said it as he joined the row. When the Prophet ﷺ learnt who had spoken: “Then your mount will be wounded, and you will be martyred in the path of Allah.”

an-Nasāʾī, as-Sunan al-Kubrā 9841 · Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 4640
Leaving the mosque

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَالسَّلاَمُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ اللَّهُمَّ اعْصِمْنِي مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

Bismi-llāh, wa-s-salāmu ʿalā rasūli-llāh. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka min faḍlik. Allāhumma-ʿṣimnī mina-sh-shayṭāni-r-rajīm.

In the name of Allah, and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah. O Allah, I ask You of Your bounty. O Allah, protect me from Satan the outcast.

Leave with the left foot.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 713Marked words Sunan Ibn Mājah 771 · Sunan Ibn Mājah 773
From Iblīs and his soldiers

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ إِبْلِيسَ وَجُنُودِهِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min Iblīsa wa junūdih.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from Iblīs and his soldiers.

Said standing at the door of the mosque on the way out, when “the soldiers of Iblīs gather like bees around their king”.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 155
To one calling out for something lost

لاَ رَدَّهَا اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ

Lā raddaha-llāhu ʿalayk.

May Allah not return it to you.

Said to one who calls out in the mosque for a lost thing — “for the mosques were not built for this.”

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 568
To one buying or selling in the mosque

لاَ أَرْبَحَ اللَّهُ تِجَارَتَكَ

Lā arbaḥa-llāhu tijāratak.

May Allah not make your trade profitable.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 1321

What is said inside the prayer, in the order it is prayed.

The opening: distance from my sins

اللَّهُمَّ بَاعِدْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ خَطَايَاىَ كَمَا بَاعَدْتَ بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ، اللَّهُمَّ نَقِّنِي مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا يُنَقَّى الثَّوْبُ الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ، اللَّهُمَّ اغْسِلْ خَطَايَاىَ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ

Allāhumma bāʿid baynī wa bayna khaṭāyāya kamā bāʿadta bayna-l-mashriqi wa-l-maghrib. Allāhumma naqqinī mina-l-khaṭāyā kamā yunaqqa-th-thawbu-l-abyaḍu mina-d-danas. Allāhumma-ghsil khaṭāyāya bi-l-māʾi wa-th-thalji wa-l-barad.

O Allah, put as much distance between me and my sins as You have put between the east and the west. O Allah, cleanse me of my sins as a white garment is cleansed of dirt. O Allah, wash away my sins with water, snow and hail.

Said quietly after the opening takbīr, before the Fātiḥah.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 744 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 598
The opening: I have turned my face

وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِنَّ صَلاَتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَاىَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَبِذَلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ. أَنْتَ رَبِّي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي وَاعْتَرَفْتُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَاهْدِنِي لأَحْسَنِ الأَخْلاَقِ لاَ يَهْدِي لأَحْسَنِهَا إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَاصْرِفْ عَنِّي سَيِّئَهَا لاَ يَصْرِفُ عَنِّي سَيِّئَهَا إِلاَّ أَنْتَ لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ وَالْخَيْرُ كُلُّهُ فِي يَدَيْكَ وَالشَّرُّ لَيْسَ إِلَيْكَ أَنَا بِكَ وَإِلَيْكَ تَبَارَكْتَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ

Wajjahtu wajhiya li-lladhī faṭara-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍa ḥanīfan wa mā ana mina-l-mushrikīn. Inna ṣalātī wa nusukī wa maḥyāya wa mamātī lillāhi rabbi-l-ʿālamīn, lā sharīka lah, wa bi-dhālika umirtu wa ana mina-l-muslimīn. Allāhumma anta-l-maliku lā ilāha illā ant. Anta rabbī wa ana ʿabduk, ẓalamtu nafsī wa-ʿtaraftu bi-dhanbī, fa-ghfir lī dhunūbī jamīʿā, innahu lā yaghfiru-dh-dhunūba illā ant. Wa-hdinī li-aḥsani-l-akhlāq, lā yahdī li-aḥsanihā illā ant, wa-ṣrif ʿannī sayyiʾahā, lā yaṣrifu ʿannī sayyiʾahā illā ant. Labbayka wa saʿdayk, wa-l-khayru kulluhu fī yadayk, wa-sh-sharru laysa ilayk. Ana bika wa ilayk, tabārakta wa taʿālayt, astaghfiruka wa atūbu ilayk.

I have turned my face toward He who created the heavens and the earth, inclining toward truth, and I am not of those who associate others with Allah. Indeed, my prayer, my rites of sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds. No partner has He. And this I have been commanded, and I am of the Muslims. O Allah, You are the King; there is no god but You. You are my Lord and I am Your servant. I have wronged myself and I confess my sin, so forgive me all my sins; none forgives sins but You. Guide me to the best of character — none guides to the best of it but You — and turn its worst away from me; none turns its worst away but You. Here I am at Your service, and gladly; all good is in Your hands, and evil is not to be ascribed to You. I am by You and to You. Blessed are You and exalted. I ask Your forgiveness and I turn to You.

Said after the opening takbīr. He ﷺ also said it on rising for the night prayer.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 771
The opening: Allah is greatest, by far

اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبِيرًا وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيرًا وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلاً

Allāhu akbaru kabīrā, wa-l-ḥamdu lillāhi kathīrā, wa subḥāna-llāhi bukratan wa aṣīlā.

Allah is greatest, by far; abundant praise belongs to Allah; and glory be to Allah, morning and evening.

A man opened his prayer with it, and he ﷺ said: “I marvelled at it — the gates of heaven were opened for it.”

Jubayr ibn Muṭʿim heard him ﷺ say each phrase three times.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 601 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 764
The opening: abundant, good, blessed praise

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi ḥamdan kathīran ṭayyiban mubārakan fīh.

Praise belongs to Allah — abundant, good and blessed praise.

A man said it as he joined the row, out of breath. “I saw twelve angels racing to be the one to raise it up.”

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 600
The opening: glory be to You, O Allah

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ

Subḥānaka-llāhumma wa bi-ḥamdik, wa tabāraka-smuk, wa taʿālā jadduk, wa lā ilāha ghayruk.

Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise. Blessed is Your name and exalted Your majesty, and there is no god but You.

Sayyidunā ʿUmar رضي الله عنه would say it aloud, to teach it.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 776 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 243 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 399
Refuge before reciting

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ مِنْ هَمْزِهِ وَنَفْخِهِ وَنَفْثِهِ

Aʿūdhu billāhi-s-samīʿi-l-ʿalīmi mina-sh-shayṭāni-r-rajīm, min hamzihi wa nafkhihi wa nafthih.

I take refuge in Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from Satan the outcast — from his madness, his pride and his poetry.

Said after the opening supplication, before the Fātiḥah.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 775 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 242
Answering what you recite

Pause where you recite: at a verse of glorification, glorify Allah; at a verse of mercy, ask for it; at a verse of punishment, seek refuge from it.

How he ﷺ recited in the night prayer.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 772
After “Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High”

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الأَعْلَى

Subḥāna rabbiya-l-aʿlā.

Glory be to my Lord, the Most High.

What he ﷺ said on reciting Sūrat al-Aʿlā.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 883
After “Which of the favours of your Lord…”

لاَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ نِعَمِكَ رَبَّنَا نُكَذِّبُ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ

Lā bi-shayʾin min niʿamika rabbanā nukadhdhib, fa-laka-l-ḥamd.

None of Your favours, our Lord, do we deny; Yours is the praise.

The jinn answered each “fa-bi-ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān” in Sūrat ar-Raḥmān with these words.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3291
After “Is not Allah the most just of judges?”

بَلَى وَأَنَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ مِنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ

Balā, wa anā ʿalā dhālika mina-sh-shāhidīn.

Yes indeed — and to that I am one of the witnesses.

At the end of Sūrat at-Tīn.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 887
After “Is He not able to give life to the dead?”

بَلَى

Balā.

Yes indeed.

At the end of Sūrat al-Qiyāmah.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 887
After “In what speech after this will they believe?”

آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ

Āmannā billāh.

We believe in Allah.

At the end of Sūrat al-Mursalāt.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 887
In rukūʿ
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سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ

Subḥāna rabbiya-l-ʿaẓīm wa bi-ḥamdih.

Glory be to my Lord, the Magnificent, and with His praise.

Three times is the least of it.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 772 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 261Marked words Sunan Abī Dāwūd 870
To You I have bowed

اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ رَكَعْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَلَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ خَشَعَ لَكَ سَمْعِي وَبَصَرِي وَمُخِّي وَعَظْمِي وَعَصَبِي

Allāhumma laka rakaʿtu, wa bika āmantu, wa laka aslamtu, khashaʿa laka samʿī wa baṣarī wa mukhkhī wa ʿaẓmī wa ʿaṣabī.

O Allah, to You I have bowed, in You I have believed, and to You I have submitted. My hearing, my sight, my mind, my bones and my sinews are humbled before You.

In rukūʿ.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 771
Glory be to You, our Lord

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَبِحَمْدِكَ، اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي

Subḥānaka-llāhumma rabbanā wa bi-ḥamdik, Allāhumma-ghfir lī.

Glory be to You, O Allah, our Lord, and praise. O Allah, forgive me.

He ﷺ said it often in his rukūʿ and his sujūd.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 794 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 484
All-Glorious, All-Holy

سُبُّوحٌ قُدُّوسٌ رَبُّ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ وَالرُّوحِ

Subbūḥun quddūsun rabbu-l-malāʾikati wa-r-rūḥ.

All-Glorious, All-Holy, Lord of the angels and of the Spirit.

In rukūʿ and in sujūd.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 487
Lord of might and dominion

سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْجَبَرُوتِ وَالْمَلَكُوتِ وَالْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَالْعَظَمَةِ

Subḥāna dhi-l-jabarūti wa-l-malakūti wa-l-kibriyāʾi wa-l-ʿaẓamah.

Glory be to the Possessor of might, dominion, grandeur and majesty.

In rukūʿ and in sujūd, in the long night prayer.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 873 · Sunan an-Nasāʾī 1049
Rising from rukūʿ

سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لَمِنْ حَمِدَهُ، رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ

Samiʿa-llāhu li-man ḥamidah. Rabbanā laka-l-ḥamd.

Allah hears the one who praises Him. Our Lord, Yours is the praise.

The first words while rising; the second once standing.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 789 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 392
Abundant, good and blessed praise

رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ، حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ

Rabbanā wa laka-l-ḥamdu, ḥamdan kathīran ṭayyiban mubārakan fīh.

Our Lord, and Yours is the praise — praise abundant, good and blessed.

A man said it behind him ﷺ. “I saw thirty-odd angels racing to be the first to write it.”

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 799
Filling the heavens and the earth

رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ مِلْءَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَمِلْءَ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ شَىْءٍ بَعْدُ أَهْلَ الثَّنَاءِ وَالْمَجْدِ أَحَقُّ مَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ وَكُلُّنَا لَكَ عَبْدٌ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَلاَ مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ وَلاَ يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ

Rabbanā laka-l-ḥamdu milʾa-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, wa milʾa mā shiʾta min shayʾin baʿd, ahla-th-thanāʾi wa-l-majd, aḥaqqu mā qāla-l-ʿabd, wa kullunā laka ʿabd. Allāhumma lā māniʿa limā aʿṭayt, wa lā muʿṭiya limā manaʿt, wa lā yanfaʿu dha-l-jaddi minka-l-jadd.

Our Lord, Yours is the praise, filling the heavens and the earth, and filling whatever else You will. You are worthy of praise and glory — the truest thing a servant has said, and we are all Your servants. O Allah, none can withhold what You give, none can give what You withhold, and no one’s fortune avails him against You.

Said standing, after rising from rukūʿ.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 477
Purify me

اللَّهُمَّ طَهِّرْنِي بِالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ وَالْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ اللَّهُمَّ طَهِّرْنِي مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ وَالْخَطَايَا كَمَا يُنَقَّى الثَّوْبُ الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْوَسَخِ

Allāhumma ṭahhirnī bi-th-thalji wa-l-baradi wa-l-māʾi-l-bārid. Allāhumma ṭahhirnī mina-dh-dhunūbi wa-l-khaṭāyā kamā yunaqqa-th-thawbu-l-abyaḍu mina-l-wasakh.

O Allah, purify me with snow, with hail and with cold water. O Allah, purify me of sins and errors as a white garment is cleansed of dirt.

In the narration of Ibn Abī Awfā it follows the praise “filling the heavens and the earth”.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 476
In sujūd
×3

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الأَعْلَى وَبِحَمْدِهِ

Subḥāna rabbiya-l-aʿlā wa bi-ḥamdih.

Glory be to my Lord, the Most High, and with His praise.

Three times is the least of it.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 772 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 261Marked words Sunan Abī Dāwūd 870
To You I have prostrated

اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ سَجَدْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَلَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ سَجَدَ وَجْهِي لِلَّذِي خَلَقَهُ وَصَوَّرَهُ وَشَقَّ سَمْعَهُ وَبَصَرَهُ تَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ

Allāhumma laka sajadtu, wa bika āmantu, wa laka aslamtu, sajada wajhī li-lladhī khalaqahu wa ṣawwarahu wa shaqqa samʿahu wa baṣarah, tabāraka-llāhu aḥsanu-l-khāliqīn.

O Allah, to You I have prostrated, in You I have believed, and to You I have submitted. My face has prostrated to the One who created it and shaped it, and opened its hearing and its sight. Blessed is Allah, the best of creators.

In sujūd.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 771
Glory be to You; there is no god but You

سُبْحَانَكَ وَبِحَمْدِكَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

Subḥānaka wa bi-ḥamdik, lā ilāha illā ant.

Glory be to You, and praise; there is no god but You.

Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah found him ﷺ saying it in the night, bowing or prostrating.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 485
Forgive me all of my sin

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي كُلَّهُ دِقَّهُ وَجِلَّهُ وَأَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ وَعَلاَنِيَتَهُ وَسِرَّهُ

Allāhumma-ghfir lī dhanbī kullah, diqqahu wa jillah, wa awwalahu wa ākhirah, wa ʿalāniyatahu wa sirrah.

O Allah, forgive me all of my sin — the small and the great of it, the first and the last of it, the open and the hidden of it.

In sujūd.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 483
Your pleasure, from Your anger

اللَّهُمَّ أَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَبِمُعَافَاتِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْكَ لاَ أُحْصِي ثَنَاءً عَلَيْكَ أَنْتَ كَمَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ

Allāhumma aʿūdhu bi-riḍāka min sakhaṭik, wa bi-muʿāfātika min ʿuqūbatik, wa aʿūdhu bika mink, lā uḥṣī thanāʾan ʿalayk, anta kamā athnayta ʿalā nafsik.

O Allah, I take refuge in Your pleasure from Your anger, and in Your pardon from Your punishment; and I take refuge in You from You. I cannot count Your praise; You are as You have praised Yourself.

Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah found him ﷺ saying it in sujūd, in the night. He also said it at the end of his witr.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 486 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1427
My Lord, forgive me

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي

Rabbi-ghfir lī, rabbi-ghfir lī.

My Lord, forgive me. My Lord, forgive me.

Said sitting between the two prostrations, which he ﷺ made about as long as the prostration itself.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 874 · Sunan Ibn Mājah 897
Forgive me, and have mercy on me

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَعَافِنِي وَاجْبُرْنِي وَاهْدِنِي وَارْزُقْنِي وَارْفَعْنِي

Allāhumma-ghfir lī, wa-rḥamnī, wa ʿāfinī, wa-jburnī, wa-hdinī, wa-rzuqnī, wa-rfaʿnī.

O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, keep me safe, mend me, guide me and provide for me, and raise me up.

Between the two prostrations.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 850Marked words Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 284 · Sunan Ibn Mājah 898
In the prostration of recitation

سَجَدَ وَجْهِي لِلَّذِي خَلَقَهُ وَشَقَّ سَمْعَهُ وَبَصَرَهُ بِحَوْلِهِ وَقُوَّتِهِ فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ

Sajada wajhī li-lladhī khalaqahu wa shaqqa samʿahu wa baṣarahu bi-ḥawlihi wa quwwatih, fa-tabāraka-llāhu aḥsanu-l-khāliqīn.

My face has prostrated to the One who created it and opened its hearing and its sight, by His might and His power. So blessed is Allah, the best of creators.

In the prostration made on reciting a verse of prostration, in the prayer or outside it.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1414 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 580Marked words al-Ḥākim, al-Mustadrak 802
Write it as a reward for me

اللَّهُمَّ اكْتُبْ لِي بِهَا عِنْدَكَ أَجْرًا وَضَعْ عَنِّي بِهَا وِزْرًا وَاجْعَلْهَا لِي عِنْدَكَ ذُخْرًا وَتَقَبَّلْهَا مِنِّي كَمَا تَقَبَّلْتَهَا مِنْ عَبْدِكَ دَاوُدَ

Allāhumma-ktub lī bihā ʿindaka ajrā, wa ḍaʿ ʿannī bihā wizrā, wa-jʿalhā lī ʿindaka dhukhrā, wa taqabbalhā minnī kamā taqabbaltahā min ʿabdika Dāwūd.

O Allah, write it down for me as a reward with You, lift a burden from me by it, keep it for me as a treasure with You, and accept it from me as You accepted it from Your servant Dāwūd.

Ibn ʿAbbās heard him ﷺ say it in the prostration of recitation.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 579
The tashahhud of Ibn Masʿūd

التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلَّهِ، وَالصَّلَوَاتُ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ، السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ، السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللَّهِ الصَّالِحِينَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

At-taḥiyyātu lillāhi wa-ṣ-ṣalawātu wa-ṭ-ṭayyibāt. As-salāmu ʿalayka ayyuha-n-nabiyyu wa raḥmatu-llāhi wa barakātuh. As-salāmu ʿalaynā wa ʿalā ʿibādi-llāhi-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn. Ashhadu an lā ilāha illa-llāh, wa ashhadu anna Muḥammadan ʿabduhu wa rasūluh.

All greetings, prayers and good things belong to Allah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muḥammad is His servant and His Messenger.

“When you say it, it reaches every righteous servant of Allah in the heavens and the earth.”

The wording in both Ṣaḥīḥs; the one the Ḥanafī and Ḥanbalī schools prefer.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 831 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 402
The tashahhud of Ibn ʿAbbās

التَّحِيَّاتُ الْمُبَارَكَاتُ الصَّلَوَاتُ الطَّيِّبَاتُ لِلَّهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللَّهِ الصَّالِحِينَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

At-taḥiyyātu-l-mubārakātu-ṣ-ṣalawātu-ṭ-ṭayyibātu lillāh. As-salāmu ʿalayka ayyuha-n-nabiyyu wa raḥmatu-llāhi wa barakātuh. As-salāmu ʿalaynā wa ʿalā ʿibādi-llāhi-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn. Ashhadu an lā ilāha illa-llāh, wa ashhadu anna Muḥammadan rasūlu-llāh.

All blessed greetings, prayers and good things are for Allah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allah.

The wording the Shāfiʿī school prefers.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 403
The tashahhud of Abū Mūsā

التَّحِيَّاتُ الطَّيِّبَاتُ الصَّلَوَاتُ لِلَّهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللَّهِ الصَّالِحِينَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

At-taḥiyyātu-ṭ-ṭayyibātu-ṣ-ṣalawātu lillāh. As-salāmu ʿalayka ayyuha-n-nabiyyu wa raḥmatu-llāhi wa barakātuh. As-salāmu ʿalaynā wa ʿalā ʿibādi-llāhi-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn. Ashhadu an lā ilāha illa-llāh, wa ashhadu anna Muḥammadan ʿabduhu wa rasūluh.

Greetings, good things and prayers are for Allah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muḥammad is His servant and His Messenger.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 404
The tashahhud of ʿUmar

التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلَّهِ الزَّاكِيَاتُ لِلَّهِ الطَّيِّبَاتُ الصَّلَوَاتُ لِلَّهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللَّهِ الصَّالِحِينَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

At-taḥiyyātu lillāh, az-zākiyātu lillāh, aṭ-ṭayyibātu-ṣ-ṣalawātu lillāh. As-salāmu ʿalayka ayyuha-n-nabiyyu wa raḥmatu-llāhi wa barakātuh. As-salāmu ʿalaynā wa ʿalā ʿibādi-llāhi-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn. Ashhadu an lā ilāha illa-llāh, wa ashhadu anna Muḥammadan ʿabduhu wa rasūluh.

Greetings are for Allah; pure deeds are for Allah; good words and prayers are for Allah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muḥammad is His servant and His Messenger.

Taught by Sayyidunā ʿUmar from the minbar; the wording the Mālikī school prefers.

al-Muwaṭṭaʾ 203
The tashahhud of ʿĀʾishah

التَّحِيَّاتُ الطَّيِّبَاتُ الصَّلَوَاتُ الزَّاكِيَاتُ لِلَّهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ. السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ. السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللَّهِ الصَّالِحِينَ

At-taḥiyyātu-ṭ-ṭayyibātu-ṣ-ṣalawātu-z-zākiyātu lillāh. Ashhadu an lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, wa anna Muḥammadan ʿabduhu wa rasūluh. As-salāmu ʿalayka ayyuha-n-nabiyyu wa raḥmatu-llāhi wa barakātuh. As-salāmu ʿalaynā wa ʿalā ʿibādi-llāhi-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

Greetings, good things, prayers and pure deeds are for Allah. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and that Muḥammad is His servant and His Messenger. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah.

How Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها made her tashahhud.

al-Muwaṭṭaʾ 205
The tashahhud of Ibn ʿUmar

بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلَّهِ الصَّلَوَاتُ لِلَّهِ الزَّاكِيَاتُ لِلَّهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللَّهِ الصَّالِحِينَ شَهِدْتُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ شَهِدْتُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

Bismi-llāh. At-taḥiyyātu lillāh, aṣ-ṣalawātu lillāh, az-zākiyātu lillāh. As-salāmu ʿala-n-nabiyyi wa raḥmatu-llāhi wa barakātuh. As-salāmu ʿalaynā wa ʿalā ʿibādi-llāhi-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn. Shahidtu an lā ilāha illa-llāh, shahidtu anna Muḥammadan rasūlu-llāh.

In the name of Allah. Greetings are for Allah, prayers are for Allah, pure deeds are for Allah. Peace be upon the Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah. I have borne witness that there is no god but Allah; I have borne witness that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allah.

How ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar رضي الله عنهما made his tashahhud.

al-Muwaṭṭaʾ 204
The ṣalāh upon him ﷺ

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ، اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي الْعَالَمِينَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ʿalā āli sayyidinā Muḥammad, kamā ṣallayta ʿalā sayyidinā Ibrāhīma wa ʿalā āli sayyidinā Ibrāhīm, innaka ḥamīdun majīd. Allāhumma bārik ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ʿalā āli sayyidinā Muḥammad, kamā bārakta ʿalā sayyidinā Ibrāhīma wa ʿalā āli sayyidinā Ibrāhīm, fi-l-ʿālamīn, innaka ḥamīdun majīd.

O Allah, send blessings upon Sayyidinā Muḥammad and upon the family of Sayyidinā Muḥammad, as You sent blessings upon Sayyidinā Ibrāhīm and upon the family of Sayyidinā Ibrāhīm; You are Praiseworthy, Glorious. O Allah, bless Sayyidinā Muḥammad and the family of Sayyidinā Muḥammad, as You blessed Sayyidinā Ibrāhīm and the family of Sayyidinā Ibrāhīm among all the worlds; You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.

After the tashahhud.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3370 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 406Marked words Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 405
The four refuges

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَمِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ، وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ، وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābi-l-qabr, wa min ʿadhābi-n-nār, wa min fitnati-l-maḥyā wa-l-mamāt, wa min fitnati-l-masīḥi-d-dajjāl.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, from the punishment of the Fire, from the trial of life and of death, and from the trial of the False Messiah.

“When one of you finishes the last tashahhud, let him seek refuge in Allah from four things.”

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1377 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 588
From sin and from debt

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَفِتْنَةِ الْمَمَاتِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْمَأْثَمِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābi-l-qabr, wa aʿūdhu bika min fitnati-l-masīḥi-d-dajjāl, wa aʿūdhu bika min fitnati-l-maḥyā wa fitnati-l-mamāt. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-maʾthami wa-l-maghram.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from the punishment of the grave; I take refuge in You from the trial of the False Messiah; and I take refuge in You from the trial of life and the trial of death. O Allah, I take refuge in You from sin and from debt.

He ﷺ would say it in the prayer.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 832 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 589
I have wronged myself greatly

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا وَلاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، وَارْحَمْنِي إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

Allāhumma innī ẓalamtu nafsī ẓulman kathīrā, wa lā yaghfiru-dh-dhunūba illā ant, fa-ghfir lī maghfiratan min ʿindik, wa-rḥamnī, innaka anta-l-ghafūru-r-raḥīm.

O Allah, I have wronged myself greatly, and none forgives sins but You; so forgive me with a forgiveness from You, and have mercy on me. You are the Forgiving, the Merciful.

Taught to Sayyidunā Abū Bakr رضي الله عنه to say in his prayer.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 834 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2705
What I have sent ahead and left behind

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَفْتُ وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

Allāhumma-ghfir lī mā qaddamtu wa mā akhkhart, wa mā asrartu wa mā aʿlant, wa mā asraft, wa mā anta aʿlamu bihi minnī. Anta-l-muqaddimu wa anta-l-muʾakhkhir, lā ilāha illā ant.

O Allah, forgive me what I have sent ahead and what I have left behind, what I have hidden and what I have shown, what I have done to excess, and what You know better than I. You are the One who brings forward and the One who puts back; there is no god but You.

Among the last things he ﷺ said between the tashahhud and the salām.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 771 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1509
The Garden, and refuge from the Fire

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-jannah, wa aʿūdhu bika mina-n-nār.

O Allah, I ask You for the Garden, and I take refuge in You from the Fire.

A man said this was all he asked after his tashahhud. “Around these we hum too.”

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 792
By Your being the One

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللَّهُ بِأَنَّكَ الْوَاحِدُ الأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي ذُنُوبِي إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka yā Allāhu bi-annaka-l-wāḥidu-l-aḥadu-ṣ-ṣamad, alladhī lam yalid wa lam yūlad wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan aḥad, an taghfira lī dhunūbī, innaka anta-l-ghafūru-r-raḥīm.

O Allah, I ask You, O Allah — by Your being the One, the Only, the Eternal Refuge, who neither begets nor was begotten, to whom none is equal — to forgive me my sins. You are the Forgiving, the Merciful.

A man said it at the end of his tashahhud, and the Prophet ﷺ said three times: “He has been forgiven.”

Sunan an-Nasāʾī 1301 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 985
Life while life is good for me

اللَّهُمَّ بِعِلْمِكَ الْغَيْبَ وَقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى الْخَلْقِ أَحْيِنِي مَا عَلِمْتَ الْحَيَاةَ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا عَلِمْتَ الْوَفَاةَ خَيْرًا لِي اللَّهُمَّ وَأَسْأَلُكَ خَشْيَتَكَ فِي الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ كَلِمَةَ الْحَقِّ فِي الرِّضَا وَالْغَضَبِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ الْقَصْدَ فِي الْفَقْرِ وَالْغِنَى وَأَسْأَلُكَ نَعِيمًا لاَ يَنْفَدُ وَأَسْأَلُكَ قُرَّةَ عَيْنٍ لاَ تَنْقَطِعُ وَأَسْأَلُكَ الرِّضَاءَ بَعْدَ الْقَضَاءِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ بَرْدَ الْعَيْشِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ لَذَّةَ النَّظَرِ إِلَى وَجْهِكَ وَالشَّوْقَ إِلَى لِقَائِكَ فِي غَيْرِ ضَرَّاءَ مُضِرَّةٍ وَلاَ فِتْنَةٍ مُضِلَّةٍ اللَّهُمَّ زَيِّنَّا بِزِينَةِ الإِيمَانِ وَاجْعَلْنَا هُدَاةً مُهْتَدِينَ

Allāhumma bi-ʿilmika-l-ghayba wa qudratika ʿala-l-khalq, aḥyinī mā ʿalimta-l-ḥayāta khayran lī, wa tawaffanī idhā ʿalimta-l-wafāta khayran lī. Allāhumma wa asʾaluka khashyataka fi-l-ghaybi wa-sh-shahādah, wa asʾaluka kalimata-l-ḥaqqi fi-r-riḍā wa-l-ghaḍab, wa asʾaluka-l-qaṣda fi-l-faqri wa-l-ghinā, wa asʾaluka naʿīman lā yanfad, wa asʾaluka qurrata ʿaynin lā tanqaṭiʿ, wa asʾaluka-r-riḍāʾa baʿda-l-qaḍāʾ, wa asʾaluka barda-l-ʿayshi baʿda-l-mawt, wa asʾaluka ladhdhata-n-naẓari ilā wajhik, wa-sh-shawqa ilā liqāʾik, fī ghayri ḍarrāʾa muḍirrah, wa lā fitnatin muḍillah. Allāhumma zayyinnā bi-zīnati-l-īmān, wa-jʿalnā hudātan muhtadīn.

O Allah, by Your knowledge of the unseen and Your power over creation, keep me alive while You know life is better for me, and take me when You know death is better for me. O Allah, I ask You for fear of You in private and in public; for the word of truth in contentment and in anger; for moderation in poverty and in wealth; for a bliss that does not run out and a delight of the eye that does not end; for contentment after Your decree, and the coolness of life after death; and for the joy of looking upon Your Face and longing to meet You, without harmful adversity or misleading trial. O Allah, adorn us with the beauty of faith, and make us guides who are rightly guided.

ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir said it in his prayer, having heard it from the Prophet ﷺ.

Sunan an-Nasāʾī 1305
Steadfastness in the matter

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الثَّبَاتَ فِي الأَمْرِ وَالْعَزِيمَةِ عَلَى الرُّشْدِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ شُكْرَ نِعْمَتِكَ وَحُسْنَ عِبَادَتِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ قَلْبًا سَلِيمًا وَلِسَانًا صَادِقًا وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا تَعْلَمُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا تَعْلَمُ وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا تَعْلَمُ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-th-thabāta fi-l-amr, wa-l-ʿazīmata ʿala-r-rushd, wa asʾaluka shukra niʿmatika wa ḥusna ʿibādatik, wa asʾaluka qalban salīman wa lisānan ṣādiqā, wa asʾaluka min khayri mā taʿlam, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā taʿlam, wa astaghfiruka limā taʿlam.

O Allah, I ask You for steadfastness in the matter and resolve upon right guidance; for thankfulness for Your blessing and the beauty of worshipping You; for a sound heart and a truthful tongue. I ask You for the good of what You know, I take refuge in You from the evil of what You know, and I ask Your forgiveness for what You know.

He ﷺ would say it in his prayer.

Sunan an-Nasāʾī 1304
An easy reckoning

اللَّهُمَّ حَاسِبْنِي حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا

Allāhumma ḥāsibnī ḥisāban yasīrā.

O Allah, give me an easy reckoning.

Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah heard him ﷺ say it in some of his prayers, and asked what an easy reckoning is: “That He looks into his record and passes over it.”

Musnad Aḥmad 24215
The closing salām

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatu-llāhi wa barakātuh.

Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.

Once to the right and once to the left.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 996 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 295Marked words Sunan Abī Dāwūd 997
The qunūt

اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ وَعَافِنِي فِيمَنْ عَافَيْتَ وَتَوَلَّنِي فِيمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَقِنِي شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ إِنَّكَ تَقْضِي وَلاَ يُقْضَى عَلَيْكَ وَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَذِلُّ مَنْ وَالَيْتَ وَلاَ يَعِزُّ مَنْ عَادَيْتَ تَبَارَكْتَ رَبَّنَا وَتَعَالَيْتَ وَصَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ مُحَمَّدٍ

Allāhumma-hdinī fī-man hadayt, wa ʿāfinī fī-man ʿāfayt, wa tawallanī fī-man tawallayt, wa bārik lī fī-mā aʿṭayt, wa qinī sharra mā qaḍayt, innaka taqḍī wa lā yuqḍā ʿalayk, wa innahu lā yadhillu man wālayt, wa lā yaʿizzu man ʿādayt, tabārakta rabbanā wa taʿālayt, wa ṣalla-llāhu ʿala-n-nabiyyi Muḥammad.

O Allah, guide me among those You have guided, keep me well among those You have kept well, take me into Your care among those You have taken into Your care, bless me in what You have given, and protect me from the evil of what You have decreed. For You decree, and none decrees against You; none is abased whom You befriend, and none is honoured whom You oppose. Blessed are You, our Lord, and exalted. And may Allah bless the Prophet Muḥammad.

Taught to Sayyidunā al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī for the witr; said also in the qunūt of Fajr.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1425 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 464Marked words Sunan an-Nasāʾī 1746
The qunūt of Sayyidunā ʿUmar

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْتَعِينُكَ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُكَ، وَنُثْنِي عَلَيْكَ الْخَيْرَ، وَلَا نَكْفُرُكَ، وَنَخْلَعُ، وَنَتْرُكُ مَنْ يَفْجُرُكَ، اللَّهُمَّ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ، وَلَكَ نُصَلِّي، وَنَسْجُدُ وَإِلَيْكَ نَسْعَى وَنَحْفِدُ، وَنَرْجُو رَحْمَتَكَ، وَنَخْشَى عَذَابَكَ، إِنَّ عَذَابَكَ بِالْكُفَّارِ مُلْحِقٌ

Allāhumma innā nastaʿīnuka wa nastaghfiruk, wa nuthnī ʿalayka-l-khayr, wa lā nakfuruk, wa nakhlaʿu wa natruku man yafjuruk. Allāhumma iyyāka naʿbud, wa laka nuṣallī wa nasjud, wa ilayka nasʿā wa naḥfid, wa narjū raḥmatak, wa nakhshā ʿadhābak, inna ʿadhābaka bi-l-kuffāri mulḥiq.

O Allah, we ask Your help and Your forgiveness, we praise You with all good, and we are not ungrateful to You; we cast off and leave whoever defies You. O Allah, You alone we worship; to You we pray and prostrate; to You we hasten and strive; we hope for Your mercy and fear Your punishment. Your punishment will overtake the disbelievers.

Sayyidunā ʿUmar رضي الله عنه said it in the qunūt of Fajr. It is the qunūt of the witr in the Ḥanafī school.

Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 7027 · al-Bayhaqī, as-Sunan al-Kubrā 3144
When the witr is done
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سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ

Subḥāna-l-maliki-l-quddūs.

Glory be to the King, the All-Holy.

Three times after the salām of the witr, drawing out the third.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1430 · Sunan an-Nasāʾī 1699

0 / 17 Said straight after the taslīm, before standing up. The counted tasbīḥ is thirty-three, thirty-three and thirty-three, and the hundredth is the tahlīl.

I ask Allah for forgiveness
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أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ

Astaghfiru-llāh.

I ask Allah for forgiveness.

The first thing he ﷺ said on turning from the prayer: three times.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 591
You are Peace

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلاَمُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلاَمُ تَبَارَكْتَ يَا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ

Allāhumma anta-s-salāmu wa minka-s-salām, tabārakta yā dha-l-jalāli wa-l-ikrām.

O Allah, You are Peace and from You is peace. Blessed are You, O Possessor of Majesty and Honour.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 591Marked words Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 592
None can withhold what You give

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهْوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، اللَّهُمَّ لاَ مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ، وَلاَ مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ، وَلاَ يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamdu wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr. Allāhumma lā māniʿa limā aʿṭayt, wa lā muʿṭiya limā manaʿt, wa lā yanfaʿu dha-l-jaddi minka-l-jadd.

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, none can withhold what You give, none can give what You withhold, and no one’s fortune avails him against You.

He ﷺ said it at the end of every obligatory prayer.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 844 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 593
Sincere in religion to Him

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَلاَ نَعْبُدُ إِلاَّ إِيَّاهُ لَهُ النِّعْمَةُ وَلَهُ الْفَضْلُ وَلَهُ الثَّنَاءُ الْحَسَنُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamdu wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr. Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh. Lā ilāha illa-llāhu wa lā naʿbudu illā iyyāh, lahu-n-niʿmatu wa lahu-l-faḍlu wa lahu-th-thanāʾu-l-ḥasan. Lā ilāha illa-llāhu mukhliṣīna lahu-d-dīna wa law kariha-l-kāfirūn.

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. There is no might and no power except by Allah. There is no god but Allah, and we worship none but Him; His is the blessing, His the bounty, and His the most beautiful praise. There is no god but Allah; we are sincere in religion to Him, though the disbelievers dislike it.

He ﷺ would proclaim these words after every prayer.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 594
Glory be to Allah
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سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ

Subḥāna-llāh.

Glory be to Allah.

Thirty-three times; or ten, as in another narration.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 597 · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 843 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5065
Praise belongs to Allah
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الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ

Al-ḥamdu lillāh.

Praise belongs to Allah.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 597 · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 843 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5065
Allah is greatest
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اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

Allāhu akbar.

Allah is greatest.

Thirty-three, then the words below for the hundredth; or thirty-four, making the hundred.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 597 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 596 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5065
And the hundredth

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

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamdu wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin 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.

His sins are forgiven, though they were like the foam of the sea.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 597
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 recites it after every obligatory prayer, nothing stands between him and the Garden but death.

an-Nasāʾī, as-Sunan al-Kubrā 9848
Al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq and an-Nās
Qur’an

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

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.

He ﷺ told ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir to recite the Muʿawwidhāt after every prayer.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1523 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2903 · Sunan an-Nasāʾī 1336
Help me to remember You

اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَشُكْرِكَ وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِكَ

Allāhumma aʿinnī ʿalā dhikrika wa shukrika wa ḥusni ʿibādatik.

O Allah, help me to remember You, to thank You, and to worship You well.

“O Muʿādh, by Allah, I love you.” Then he ﷺ told him never to leave it at the end of any prayer.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1522
From cowardice, and a return to decrepitude

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُرَدَّ إِلَى أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدُّنْيَا، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-jubn, wa aʿūdhu bika an uradda ilā ardhali-l-ʿumur, wa aʿūdhu bika min fitnati-d-dunyā, wa aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābi-l-qabr.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from cowardice; I take refuge in You from being returned to the worst of old age; I take refuge in You from the trial of this world; and I take refuge in You from the punishment of the grave.

He ﷺ sought refuge with these words at the end of the prayer; Saʿd taught them to his sons as a teacher teaches writing.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2822
From disbelief, poverty and the grave

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالْفَقْرِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-kufri wa-l-faqri wa ʿadhābi-l-qabr.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from disbelief, from poverty, and from the punishment of the grave.

He ﷺ would say it at the end of the prayer.

Sunan an-Nasāʾī 1347
Lord of everything, I bear witness

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَرَبَّ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ أَنَا شَهِيدٌ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ الرَّبُّ وَحْدَكَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَكَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَرَبَّ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ أَنَا شَهِيدٌ أَنَّ سَيِّدَنَا مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَرَبَّ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ أَنَا شَهِيدٌ أَنَّ الْعِبَادَ كُلَّهُمْ إِخْوَةٌ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَرَبَّ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ اجْعَلْنِي مُخْلِصًا لَكَ وَأَهْلِي فِي كُلِّ سَاعَةٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ يَا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ اسْمَعْ وَاسْتَجِبِ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ الأَكْبَرُ اللَّهُمَّ نُورَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ. قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ رَبَّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ. اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ الأَكْبَرُ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ الأَكْبَرُ

Allāhumma rabbanā wa rabba kulli shayʾ, anā shahīdun annaka anta-r-rabbu waḥdaka lā sharīka lak. Allāhumma rabbanā wa rabba kulli shayʾ, anā shahīdun anna sayyidanā Muḥammadan ﷺ ʿabduka wa rasūluk. Allāhumma rabbanā wa rabba kulli shayʾ, anā shahīdun anna-l-ʿibāda kullahum ikhwah. Allāhumma rabbanā wa rabba kulli shayʾ, ijʿalnī mukhliṣan laka wa ahlī fī kulli sāʿatin fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah. Yā dha-l-jalāli wa-l-ikrām, ismaʿ wa-stajib. Allāhu akbaru-l-akbar. Allāhumma nūra-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ. Allāhu akbaru-l-akbar, ḥasbiya-llāhu wa niʿma-l-wakīl, Allāhu akbaru-l-akbar.

O Allah, our Lord and Lord of everything, I bear witness that You alone are the Lord, with no partner. O Allah, our Lord and Lord of everything, I bear witness that Sayyidinā Muḥammad ﷺ is Your servant and Your Messenger. O Allah, our Lord and Lord of everything, I bear witness that all Your servants are brothers. O Allah, our Lord and Lord of everything, make me and my family sincere to You in every hour, in this world and the next. O Possessor of Majesty and Honour, hear and answer. Allah is greater than all that is great. O Allah, Light of the heavens and the earth. Allah is greater than all that is great; Allah is enough for me, and He is the best guardian; Allah is greater than all that is great.

He ﷺ would say it after his prayer.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1508
Set right my religion and my world

اللَّهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ لِي دِينِي الَّذِي جَعَلْتَهُ لِي عِصْمَةً وَأَصْلِحْ لِي دُنْيَاىَ الَّتِي جَعَلْتَ فِيهَا مَعَاشِي اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِعَفْوِكَ مِنْ نِقْمَتِكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْكَ لاَ مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَلاَ مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ وَلاَ يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ

Allāhumma aṣliḥ lī dīniya-lladhī jaʿaltahu lī ʿiṣmah, wa aṣliḥ lī dunyāya-llatī jaʿalta fīhā maʿāshī. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bi-riḍāka min sakhaṭik, wa aʿūdhu bi-ʿafwika min niqmatik, wa aʿūdhu bika mink. Lā māniʿa limā aʿṭayt, wa lā muʿṭiya limā manaʿt, wa lā yanfaʿu dha-l-jaddi minka-l-jadd.

O Allah, set right for me my religion, which You have made my safeguard, and set right for me my world, in which You have placed my living. O Allah, I take refuge in Your pleasure from Your anger, in Your pardon from Your retribution, and in You from You. None can withhold what You give, none can give what You withhold, and no one’s fortune avails him against You.

Ṣuhayb said the Prophet ﷺ would say these words on turning from his prayer.

Sunan an-Nasāʾī 1346
Shield me from Your punishment

رَبِّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ - أَوْ تَجْمَعُ - عِبَادَكَ

Rabbi qinī ʿadhābaka yawma tabʿathu ʿibādak.

My Lord, shield me from Your punishment on the day You raise Your servants.

Al-Barāʾ heard him ﷺ say it as he turned to face them after the prayer.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 709
Ten times, after Fajr and Maghrib
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لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamdu, yuḥyī wa yumītu wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

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

Said ten times after Fajr, still sitting as for the prayer and before speaking: ten good deeds are written for him, ten bad deeds erased, he is raised ten degrees, and he is guarded all that day from every harm.

The same ten after Maghrib is narrated too.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3474 · Musnad Aḥmad 17990
Take anxiety and grief from me

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ، اللَّهُمَّ أَذْهِبْ عَنِّي الْهَمَّ وَالْحَزَنَ

Bismi-llāhi-lladhī lā ilāha illā huwa-r-raḥmānu-r-raḥīm. Allāhumma adh-hib ʿanni-l-hamma wa-l-ḥazan.

In the name of Allah, besides whom there is no god, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful. O Allah, take anxiety and grief away from me.

When he ﷺ finished his prayer he would pass his right hand over his head, and say it.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ 3178 · Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 112
Revive me, and mend me

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي وَخَطَايَايَ كُلَّهَا، اللَّهُمَّ أَنْعِشْنِي، وَاجْبُرْنِي، وَاهْدِنِي لِصَالِحِ الْأَعْمَالِ وَالْأَخْلَاقِ، إِنَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي لِصَالِحِهَا، وَلَا يَصْرِفُ سَيِّئَهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ

Allāhumma-ghfir lī dhunūbī wa khaṭāyāya kullahā. Allāhumma anʿishnī wa-jburnī, wa-hdinī li-ṣāliḥi-l-aʿmāli wa-l-akhlāq, innahu lā yahdī li-ṣāliḥihā wa lā yaṣrifu sayyiʾahā illā ant.

O Allah, forgive me all my sins and errors. O Allah, revive me and mend me, and guide me to good deeds and good character; none guides to the good of them and none turns their evil away but You.

Abū Umāmah never came near him ﷺ after a prayer, obligatory or voluntary, without hearing him say it.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 116
The best of my life, its end

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ خَيْرَ عُمْرِي آخِرَهُ، وَخَيْرَ عَمَلِي خَوَاتِمَهُ، وَاجْعَلْ خَيْرَ أَيَّامِي يَوْمَ أَلْقَاكَ

Allāhumma-jʿal khayra ʿumurī ākhirah, wa khayra ʿamalī khawātīmah, wa-jʿal khayra ayyāmī yawma alqāk.

O Allah, make the best of my life its end, the best of my deeds their last, and the best of my days the day I meet You.

What he ﷺ would say on turning from the prayer.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 121

Leaving the house and coming back to it, putting on clothes, and the words for a family.

Leaving the house

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ

Bismi-llāh, tawakkaltu ʿala-llāh, lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh.

In the name of Allah; I put my trust in Allah; there is no might and no power except by Allah.

It is said to him: “You are guided, you are sufficed, and you are protected” — and the devils turn away from him.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5095 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3426
That I not go astray

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَضِلَّ أَوْ أُضَلَّ أَوْ أَزِلَّ أَوْ أُزَلَّ أَوْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أُظْلَمَ أَوْ أَجْهَلَ أَوْ يُجْهَلَ عَلَىَّ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika an aḍilla aw uḍall, aw azilla aw uzall, aw aẓlima aw uẓlam, aw ajhala aw yujhala ʿalayy.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from going astray or being led astray, from slipping or being made to slip, from wronging or being wronged, and from acting foolishly or being treated foolishly.

Whenever he ﷺ left her house, said Umm Salamah, he raised his eyes to the sky and said this.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5094 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3427 · Sunan an-Nasāʾī 5486
Entering the house

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ الْمَوْلِجِ وَخَيْرَ الْمَخْرَجِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَلَجْنَا وَبِسْمِ اللَّهِ خَرَجْنَا وَعَلَى اللَّهِ رَبِّنَا تَوَكَّلْنَا

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka khayra-l-mawliji wa khayra-l-makhraj. Bismi-llāhi walajnā, wa bismi-llāhi kharajnā, wa ʿala-llāhi rabbinā tawakkalnā.

O Allah, I ask You for the best of entering and the best of leaving. In the name of Allah we enter, in the name of Allah we leave, and in Allah our Lord we put our trust.

Then greet your family with salām.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5096
Entering a house where no one is

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللَّهِ الصَّالِحِينَ

As-salāmu ʿalaynā wa ʿalā ʿibādi-llāhi-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

Peace be upon us, and upon the righteous servants of Allah.

What ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar رضي الله عنهما said to say on entering a house no one lives in.

al-Adab al-Mufrad 1055
Coming home in the day

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَفَانِي وَآوَانِي، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي وَسَقَانِي، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي مَنَّ عَلَيَّ فَأَفْضَلَ عَلَيَّ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِعِزَّتِكَ أَنْ تُنْجِيَنِي مِنَ النَّارِ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī kafānī wa āwānī, wa-l-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī aṭʿamanī wa saqānī, wa-l-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī manna ʿalayya fa-afḍal, wa asʾaluka bi-ʿizzatika an tunjiyanī mina-n-nār.

Praise be to Allah, who sufficed me and gave me shelter; praise be to Allah, who fed me and gave me drink; praise be to Allah, who favoured me and was generous to me. I ask You by Your might to save me from the Fire.

What he ﷺ would say when he came home during the day.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 720
Putting on a garment

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَسَانِي هَذَا الثَّوْبَ وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلاَ قُوَّةٍ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī kasānī hādha-th-thawba wa razaqanīhi min ghayri ḥawlin minnī wa lā quwwah.

Praise be to Allah, who clothed me in this garment and provided it for me, without any might or power of my own.

His past sins are forgiven, and those to come.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4023
Putting on something new

اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ كَسَوْتَنِيهِ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِهِ وَخَيْرِ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ

Allāhumma laka-l-ḥamdu anta kasawtanīh, asʾaluka min khayrihi wa khayri mā ṣuniʿa lah, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharrihi wa sharri mā ṣuniʿa lah.

O Allah, Yours is the praise — You clothed me in it. I ask You for its good and the good it was made for, and I take refuge in You from its evil and the evil it was made for.

When he ﷺ put on something new he would name it — a turban, a shirt, a cloak — then say this.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4020 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 1767
What covers me and adorns me

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَسَانِي مَا أُوَارِي بِهِ عَوْرَتِي وَأَتَجَمَّلُ بِهِ فِي حَيَاتِي

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī kasānī mā uwārī bihi ʿawratī wa atajammalu bihi fī ḥayātī.

Praise be to Allah, who has clothed me with what covers my nakedness and what I beautify myself with in my life.

Whoever says it on putting on something new, then gives away the garment it replaces, is in the care, the keeping and the covering of Allah, living and dead.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3560 · Sunan Ibn Mājah 3557
To someone in new clothes

أَبْلِي وَأَخْلِقِي

Ablī wa akhliqī.

Wear it out, and wear it out again — may you live long in it.

What he ﷺ said, twice, to the little girl Umm Khālid as he dressed her in a new garment.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5845
May you wear it out

تُبْلِي وَيُخْلِفُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى

Tublī wa yukhlifu-llāhu taʿālā.

May you wear it out, and may Allah Most High give you another.

What the Companions said to one of them wearing something new.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4020
Wear it new, live praised

الْبَسْ جَدِيدًا وَعِشْ حَمِيدًا وَمُتْ شَهِيدًا

Ilbas jadīdā, wa ʿish ḥamīdā, wa mut shahīdā.

Wear new clothes, live a praiseworthy life, and die a martyr.

What he ﷺ said to Sayyidunā ʿUmar, on seeing him in a white garment.

Sunan Ibn Mājah 3558
Taking off your clothes

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ

Bismi-llāhi-lladhī lā ilāha illā huwa.

In the name of Allah, besides whom there is no god.

It is a screen between the eyes of the jinn and the nakedness of the children of Ādam.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 273
Looking in the mirror

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، اللَّهُمَّ كَمَا حَسَّنْتَ خَلْقِي فَحَسِّنْ خُلُقِي

Al-ḥamdu lillāh. Allāhumma kamā ḥassanta khalqī fa-ḥassin khuluqī.

Praise be to Allah. O Allah, as You have made my form beautiful, make my character beautiful.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 163
Before intimacy

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنَا الشَّيْطَانَ وَجَنِّبِ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا

Bismi-llāh. Allāhumma jannibna-sh-shayṭān, wa jannibi-sh-shayṭāna mā razaqtanā.

In the name of Allah. O Allah, keep Satan away from us, and keep Satan away from what You grant us.

If a child is decreed for them from it, Satan will never harm it.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 141 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1434
Protection for children

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لاَمَّةٍ

Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti-llāhi-t-tāmmah, min kulli shayṭānin wa hāmmah, wa min kulli ʿaynin lāmmah.

I take refuge in the perfect words of Allah from every devil and every harmful creature, and from every evil eye.

He ﷺ sought protection for al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn with these words — “one” for “you both”, “aʿīdhukumā” — and said that Ibrāhīm sought it with them for Ismāʿīl and Isḥāq.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3371
The adhān in a newborn’s ear

Call the adhān in the ear of a newborn child.

He ﷺ gave the call to prayer in the ear of al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī when Sayyidatunā Fāṭimah gave birth to him.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5105 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 1514
Congratulating on a birth

شَكَرْتَ الْوَاهِبَ، وَبُورِكَ لَكَ فِي الْمَوْهُوبِ، وَبَلَغَ أَشَدَّهُ، وَرُزِقْتَ بِرَّهُ

Shakarta-l-wāhib, wa būrika laka fi-l-mawhūb, wa balagha ashuddah, wa ruziqta birrah.

May you thank the Giver and be blessed in what was given; may he reach his full strength, and may you be granted his devotion.

What al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī taught a man he heard congratulating a father with “may the horseman bring you joy”.

Musnad Ibn al-Jaʿd 3398 · Ibn Abī ad-Dunyā, an-Nafaqah ʿala-l-ʿIyāl 201
On seeing something you like of your own

مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ، لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

Mā shāʾa-llāh, lā quwwata illā billāh.

What Allah willed has occurred; there is no power except in Allah

Whoever sees something that pleases him and says this, the evil eye will not harm it.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 207

Before eating and after it, for the host, and on breaking the fast.

Before eating

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ

Bismi-llāh.

In the name of Allah.

“Name Allah, eat with your right hand, and eat from what is in front of you.”

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5376 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2022 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 1858
If you forgot to say it

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ

Bismi-llāhi fī awwalihi wa ākhirih.

In the name of Allah, at its beginning and at its end.

Said when you remember partway through the meal.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3767 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 1858
Eating beside someone who is afflicted

كُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ ثِقَةً بِاللَّهِ وَتَوَكُّلاً عَلَيْهِ

Kul, bismi-llāhi thiqatan billāhi wa tawakkulan ʿalayh.

Eat — in the name of Allah, trusting in Allah and relying on Him.

What he ﷺ said as he put the hand of a man with leprosy into the dish with his own.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 1817 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3925
Praising the food

نِعْمَ الأُدُمُ الْخَلُّ

Niʿma-l-udumu-l-khall, niʿma-l-udumu-l-khall.

What an excellent relish vinegar is! What an excellent relish vinegar is!

He ﷺ never found fault with food; asking what there was to eat with his bread and told “only vinegar”, he ate and said this.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2052
When the meal is cleared away

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ، غَيْرَ مَكْفِيٍّ، وَلاَ مُوَدَّعٍ وَلاَ مُسْتَغْنًى عَنْهُ، رَبَّنَا

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi kathīran ṭayyiban mubārakan fīh, ghayra makfiyyin wa lā muwaddaʿin wa lā mustaghnan ʿanhu, rabbanā.

Praise be to Allah, abundant, good and blessed praise — never enough, never to be left, never to be done without, our Lord.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5458
Who sufficed us and quenched our thirst

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَفَانَا وَأَرْوَانَا، غَيْرَ مَكْفِيٍّ، وَلاَ مَكْفُورٍ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī kafānā wa arwānā, ghayra makfiyyin wa lā makfūr.

Praise be to Allah, who has sufficed us and quenched our thirst — praise never enough, and never denied.

Allah is pleased with the servant who eats a meal and praises Him for it, or drinks and praises Him for it.

What he ﷺ said when he had finished eating.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5459 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2734
Who fed me with no power of mine

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي هَذَا وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلاَ قُوَّةٍ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī aṭʿamanī hādhā wa razaqanīhi min ghayri ḥawlin minnī wa lā quwwah.

Praise be to Allah, who fed me this and provided it for me without any might or power of my own.

His past sins are forgiven.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3458 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4023
Who made it easy to swallow

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَ وَسَقَى وَسَوَّغَهُ وَجَعَلَ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī aṭʿama wa saqā, wa sawwaghahu wa jaʿala lahu makhrajā.

Praise be to Allah, who gave food and drink, made it easy to swallow, and made a way out for it.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3851
You fed, and gave drink

اللَّهُمَّ أَطْعَمْتَ، وَأَسْقَيْتَ، وَأَغْنَيْتَ، وَأَقْنَيْتَ، وَهَدَيْتَ، وَاجْتَبَيْتَ، فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا أَعْطَيْتَ

Allāhumma aṭʿamta wa asqayta, wa aghnayta wa aqnayta, wa hadayta wa-jtabayta, fa-laka-l-ḥamdu ʿalā mā aʿṭayt.

O Allah, You have fed and given drink, enriched and given plenty, guided and chosen: Yours is the praise for what You have given.

A man who served him ﷺ for eight years heard him say it when he finished eating.

an-Nasāʾī, as-Sunan al-Kubrā 6871 · Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 465
Who made us Muslims

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنَا وَسَقَانَا وَجَعَلَنَا مُسْلِمِينَ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī aṭʿamanā wa saqānā wa jaʿalanā muslimīn.

Praise be to Allah, who fed us and gave us drink and made us Muslims.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3850 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3457
Bless it for us

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهِ وَأَطْعِمْنَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُ

Allāhumma bārik lanā fīhi wa aṭʿimnā khayran minh.

O Allah, bless it for us, and feed us with better than it.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3730 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3455
On drinking milk

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهِ وَزِدْنَا مِنْهُ

Allāhumma bārik lanā fīhi wa zidnā minh.

O Allah, bless it for us, and give us more of it.

“For there is nothing that suffices in place of both food and drink except milk.”

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3730 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3455
For the house that fed you

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِي مَا رَزَقْتَهُمْ وَاغْفِرْ لَهُمْ وَارْحَمْهُمْ

Allāhumma bārik lahum fī-mā razaqtahum, wa-ghfir lahum wa-rḥamhum.

O Allah, bless them in what You have provided them, forgive them, and have mercy on them.

What he ﷺ said for the family of ʿAbdullāh ibn Busr when he had eaten with them.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2042
For the one who gave you food or drink

اللَّهُمَّ أَطْعِمْ مَنْ أَطْعَمَنِي وَأَسْقِ مَنْ أَسْقَانِي

Allāhumma aṭʿim man aṭʿamanī, wa asqi man asqānī.

O Allah, feed the one who fed me, and give drink to the one who gave me drink.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2055
After eating at someone’s house

أَفْطَرَ عِنْدَكُمُ الصَّائِمُونَ وَأَكَلَ طَعَامَكُمُ الأَبْرَارُ وَصَلَّتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ

Afṭara ʿindakumu-ṣ-ṣāʾimūn, wa akala ṭaʿāmakumu-l-abrār, wa ṣallat ʿalaykumu-l-malāʾikah.

May those who fast break their fast with you, may the righteous eat your food, and may the angels pray for you.

What he ﷺ said at the house of Saʿd ibn ʿUbādah after eating there.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3854 · Sunan Ibn Mājah 1747
On breaking the fast

ذَهَبَ الظَّمَأُ وَابْتَلَّتِ الْعُرُوقُ وَثَبَتَ الأَجْرُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

Dhahaba-ẓ-ẓamaʾ, wa-btallati-l-ʿurūq, wa thabata-l-ajru in shāʾa-llāh.

The thirst has gone, the veins are moist again, and the reward is certain, if Allah wills.

“The one who fasts has, when he breaks his fast, a supplication that is not turned back.”

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2357 · Sunan Ibn Mājah 1753
By Your mercy that embraces all things

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka bi-raḥmatika-llatī wasiʿat kulla shayʾin an taghfira lī.

O Allah, I ask You by Your mercy, which embraces all things, to forgive me.

What ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr رضي الله عنهما would say as he broke his fast.

Sunan Ibn Mājah 1753
For You I fasted

اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ صُمْتُ وَعَلَى رِزْقِكَ أَفْطَرْتُ

Allāhumma laka ṣumtu wa ʿalā rizqika afṭart.

O Allah, for You I fasted, and with Your provision I break my fast.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2358
Who helped me to fast

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَعَانَنِي فَصُمْتُ، وَرَزَقَنِي فَأَفْطَرْتُ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī aʿānanī fa-ṣumt, wa razaqanī fa-afṭart.

Praise be to Allah, who helped me and I fasted, and provided for me and I broke my fast.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 479
Accept it from us

اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ صُمْنَا، وَعَلَى رِزْقِكَ أَفْطَرْنَا، فَتَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

Allāhumma laka ṣumnā wa ʿalā rizqika afṭarnā, fa-taqabbal minnā, innaka anta-s-samīʿu-l-ʿalīm.

O Allah, for You we fasted and with Your provision we break our fast; so accept it from us. You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 480
When provoked while fasting

إِنِّي صَائِمٌ

Innī ṣāʾim, innī ṣāʾim.

I am fasting. I am fasting.

Said, twice, to anyone who fights or insults you while you fast.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1894 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1151
Invited while fasting

Accept the invitation, and pray for the household instead of eating.

“If one of you is invited, let him accept. If he is fasting let him pray (for them), and if he is not, let him eat.”

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1431

Greeting, sneezing, thanking, gatherings, the market and marriage — what is said to others, and for them.

The greeting

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatu-llāhi wa barakātuh.

Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah, and His blessings.

For “as-salāmu ʿalaykum” he ﷺ counted ten good deeds; with the mercy, twenty; with the blessings, thirty.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5195 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2689
Returning the greeting
Qur’an

‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet [in return] with one better than it or [at least] return it [in a like manner]. Indeed, Allah is ever, over all things, an Accountant. An-Nisāʾ 4:86

Wa idhā ḥuyyītum bi-taḥiyyatin fa-ḥayyū bi-aḥsana minhā aw ruddūhā, inna-llāha kāna ʿalā kulli shayʾin ḥasībā.

Return it with more than you were given — “wa ʿalaykumu-s-salāmu wa raḥmatu-llāhi wa barakātuh” — or at least with its like.

An-Nisāʾ 4:86
When a greeting is brought to you

وَعَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

Wa ʿalayhi-s-salāmu wa raḥmatu-llāhi wa barakātuh.

And upon him be peace, and the mercy of Allah, and His blessings.

Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah’s answer when the Prophet ﷺ told her: “This is Jibrīl, greeting you with salām.”

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3217
Asking to come in

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَأَدْخُلُ

As-salāmu ʿalaykum, a-adkhul?

Peace be upon you — may I come in?

A man came in without greeting or asking; he ﷺ told him: “Go back and say: as-salāmu ʿalaykum, may I come in?” Ask up to three times; if you are not let in, go back.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2710 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5176
Answering the greeting of the People of the Book

وَعَلَيْكُمْ

Wa ʿalaykum.

And upon you.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6258
On sneezing

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi ʿalā kulli ḥāl.

Praise be to Allah in every state.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6224Marked words Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5033
To someone who sneezes and praises Allah

يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ

Yarḥamuka-llāh.

May Allah have mercy on you.

Said only to one who praised Allah: he ﷺ answered the man who did, and not the one who did not.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6224
And the sneezer’s reply

يَهْدِيكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ

Yahdīkumu-llāhu wa yuṣliḥu bālakum.

May Allah guide you and set your affairs right.

It is also what he ﷺ said to those who sneezed near him hoping to hear “yarḥamukumu-llāh”.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6224 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5038
On yawning

Hold it back as much as you can, and put your hand over your mouth.

“For Satan enters.”

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2995
Answering “I love you for Allah”

أَحَبَّكَ الَّذِي أَحْبَبْتَنِي لَهُ

Aḥabbaka-lladhī aḥbabtanī lah.

May He for whose sake you love me love you.

“If a man loves his brother, let him tell him.”

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5125
Thanking someone

جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا

Jazāka-llāhu khayrā.

May Allah reward you with good.

Whoever has a kindness done to him and says this to the one who did it has praised him as fully as praise can.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2035
Returning a prayer of blessing

وَفِيهِمْ بَارَكَ اللَّهُ

Wa fīhim bāraka-llāh.

And may Allah bless them.

When those she sent a gift to said “bāraka-llāhu fīkum”, Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah returned the same prayer for them, so that the reward of the gift stayed whole. To one person: “wa fīka bāraka-llāh.”

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 278
Repaying a loan

بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِي أَهْلِكَ وَمَالِكَ إِنَّمَا جَزَاءُ السَّلَفِ الْحَمْدُ وَالأَدَاءُ

Bāraka-llāhu laka fī ahlika wa mālik, innamā jazāʾu-s-salafi-l-ḥamdu wa-l-adāʾ.

May Allah bless you in your family and your wealth. The due of a loan is only thanks, and paying it back.

What he ﷺ said as he repaid a loan. “Bāraka-llāhu laka fī ahlika wa mālik” is also what ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf said to Saʿd ibn ar-Rabīʿ, when Saʿd offered him half of all he had.

Sunan an-Nasāʾī 4683 · Sunan Ibn Mājah 2424
When you are praised

اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِمَا يَقُولُونَ، وَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا لا يَعْلَمُونَ

Allāhumma lā tuʾākhidhnī bimā yaqūlūn, wa-ghfir lī mā lā yaʿlamūn.

O Allah, do not take me to account for what they say, and forgive me what they do not know.

What the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ would say when they were praised.

al-Adab al-Mufrad 761
When someone laughs

أَضْحَكَ اللَّهُ سِنَّكَ

Aḍḥaka-llāhu sinnak.

May Allah keep you smiling.

What Sayyidunā ʿUmar said to the Prophet ﷺ on finding him laughing.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3294
For those who bring their charity

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى آلِ فُلاَنٍ

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā āli fulān.

O Allah, send blessings upon the family of so-and-so.

When people brought him ﷺ their charity he would pray for them by name — for Abū Awfā: “ʿalā āli Abī Awfā”.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1497
Against evil omens

اللَّهُمَّ لَا خَيْرَ إِلَّا خَيْرُكَ، وَلَا طَيْرَ إِلَّا طَيْرُكَ، وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ

Allāhumma lā khayra illā khayruk, wa lā ṭayra illā ṭayruk, wa lā ilāha ghayruk.

O Allah, there is no good but Your good, no omen but Yours, and no god but You.

“Whoever is turned back from what he meant to do by an omen has associated a partner with Allah.” Asked what makes amends for it, he ﷺ said this.

Musnad Aḥmad 7045
None brings good but You

اللَّهُمَّ لاَ يَأْتِي بِالْحَسَنَاتِ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَلاَ يَدْفَعُ السَّيِّئَاتِ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِكَ

Allāhumma lā yaʾtī bi-l-ḥasanāti illā ant, wa lā yadfaʿu-s-sayyiʾāti illā ant, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bik.

O Allah, none brings good things but You, none turns away bad things but You, and there is no might and no power except by You.

For when something is taken as an ill omen.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3919
Seeing someone afflicted

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي عَافَانِي مِمَّا ابْتَلاَكَ بِهِ وَفَضَّلَنِي عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِمَّنْ خَلَقَ تَفْضِيلاً

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī ʿāfānī mimma-btalāka bih, wa faḍḍalanī ʿalā kathīrin mimman khalaqa tafḍīlā.

Praise be to Allah, who has kept me safe from what He has tried you with, and has favoured me greatly over much of what He created.

That affliction will not reach him.

Said quietly, so that the one afflicted is not hurt by it.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3432 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3431
When anger rises

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

Aʿūdhu billāhi mina-sh-shayṭāni-r-rajīm.

I take refuge in Allah from Satan, the outcast.

“If he said it, what he feels would leave him.”

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6115
Take the rage from my heart

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ مُحَمَّدٍ، اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي، وَأَذْهِبْ غَيْظَ قَلْبِي، وَأَجِرْنِي مِنْ مُضِلَّاتِ الْفِتَنِ

Allāhumma rabba Muḥammad, ighfir lī dhanbī, wa adh-hib ghayẓa qalbī, wa ajirnī min muḍillāti-l-fitan.

O Allah, Lord of Muḥammad, forgive me my sin, take away the rage of my heart, and protect me from trials that lead astray.

What he ﷺ taught Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah to say when she was angry.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 455
At the end of a gathering

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ

Subḥānaka-llāhumma wa bi-ḥamdik, ashhadu an lā ilāha illā ant, astaghfiruka wa atūbu ilayk.

Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I ask Your forgiveness and turn to You.

Whatever was said in that gathering is forgiven him.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4859 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3433
Before rising from a gathering

اللَّهُمَّ اقْسِمْ لَنَا مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ مَا يَحُولُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ مَعَاصِيكَ وَمِنْ طَاعَتِكَ مَا تُبَلِّغُنَا بِهِ جَنَّتَكَ وَمِنَ الْيَقِينِ مَا تُهَوِّنُ بِهِ عَلَيْنَا مُصِيبَاتِ الدُّنْيَا وَمَتِّعْنَا بِأَسْمَاعِنَا وَأَبْصَارِنَا وَقُوَّتِنَا مَا أَحْيَيْتَنَا وَاجْعَلْهُ الْوَارِثَ مِنَّا وَاجْعَلْ ثَأْرَنَا عَلَى مَنْ ظَلَمَنَا وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى مَنْ عَادَانَا وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ مُصِيبَتَنَا فِي دِينِنَا وَلاَ تَجْعَلِ الدُّنْيَا أَكْبَرَ هَمِّنَا وَلاَ مَبْلَغَ عِلْمِنَا وَلاَ تُسَلِّطْ عَلَيْنَا مَنْ لاَ يَرْحَمُنَا

Allāhumma-qsim lanā min khashyatika mā yaḥūlu baynanā wa bayna maʿāṣīk, wa min ṭāʿatika mā tuballighunā bihi jannatak, wa mina-l-yaqīni mā tuhawwinu bihi ʿalaynā muṣībāti-d-dunyā, wa mattiʿnā bi-asmāʿinā wa abṣārinā wa quwwatinā mā aḥyaytanā, wa-jʿalhu-l-wāritha minnā, wa-jʿal thaʾranā ʿalā man ẓalamanā, wa-nṣurnā ʿalā man ʿādānā, wa lā tajʿal muṣībatanā fī dīninā, wa lā tajʿali-d-dunyā akbara hamminā wa lā mablagha ʿilminā, wa lā tusalliṭ ʿalaynā man lā yarḥamunā.

O Allah, give us such fear of You as will come between us and disobeying You, such obedience to You as will bring us to Your Garden, and such certainty as will make the calamities of this world light for us. Let us enjoy our hearing, our sight and our strength for as long as You keep us alive, and let them last as long as we do. Let our vengeance fall on those who wrong us, help us against those who are hostile to us, let no calamity of ours be in our religion, do not make this world our greatest concern or the limit of our knowledge, and do not give power over us to those who will show us no mercy.

He ﷺ seldom rose from a gathering without saying it for his Companions.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3502
Entering the market

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ حَىٌّ لاَ يَمُوتُ بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamd, yuḥyī wa yumītu wa huwa ḥayyun lā yamūt, bi-yadihi-l-khayru wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His the praise. He gives life and death, and He is living and does not die. In His hand is all good, and He has power over all things.

Allah writes a thousand thousand good deeds for him, wipes out a thousand thousand bad deeds, and builds him a house in the Garden.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3429 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3428
The good of this market

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ هَذِهِ السُّوقِ وَخَيْرِ مَا فِيهَا، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ هَذِهِ السُّوقِ وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُصِيبَ فِيهَا يَمِينًا فَاجِرَةً، أَوْ صَفْقَةً خَاسِرَةً

Bismi-llāh. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka min khayri hādhihi-s-sūqi wa khayri mā fīhā, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharri hādhihi-s-sūqi wa sharri mā fīhā, wa aʿūdhu bika an uṣība fīhā yamīnan fājiratan aw ṣafqatan khāsirah.

In the name of Allah. O Allah, I ask You for the good of this market and the good of what is in it, and I take refuge in You from its evil and the evil of what is in it; and I take refuge in You from swearing a false oath here, or striking a losing bargain.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 181
The address before a marriage, or any matter

إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ لِلَّهِ نَسْتَعِينُهُ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهُ وَنَعُوذُ بِهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ أَنْفُسِنَا مَنْ يَهْدِ اللَّهُ فَلاَ مُضِلَّ لَهُ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلاَ هَادِيَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ سَيِّدَنَا مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

Inna-l-ḥamda lillāhi nastaʿīnuhu wa nastaghfiruh, wa naʿūdhu bihi min shurūri anfusinā. Man yahdi-llāhu fa-lā muḍilla lah, wa man yuḍlil fa-lā hādiya lah. Wa ashhadu an lā ilāha illa-llāh, wa ashhadu anna sayyidanā Muḥammadan ﷺ ʿabduhu wa rasūluh.

Praise belongs to Allah; we seek His help and His forgiveness, and we take refuge in Him from the evils of our own selves. Whomever Allah guides, none can lead astray; and whomever He leaves astray, none can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Sayyidinā Muḥammad ﷺ is His servant and His Messenger.

He ﷺ taught it “for marriage and for any other need”; it goes on with three verses: an-Nisāʾ 4:1, Āl ʿImrān 3:102 and al-Aḥzāb 33:70–71.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2118 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 1105
Congratulating on a marriage

بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكَ وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَكُمَا فِي خَيْرٍ

Bāraka-llāhu lak, wa bāraka ʿalayk, wa jamaʿa baynakumā fī khayr.

May Allah bless you, and send His blessing upon you, and join the two of you in good.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2130 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 1091
Welcoming a bride

عَلَى الْخَيْرِ وَالْبَرَكَةِ، وَعَلَى خَيْرِ طَائِرٍ

ʿAla-l-khayri wa-l-barakah, wa ʿalā khayri ṭāʾir.

With good and with blessing, and with the best of fortune.

What the women of the Anṣār said to Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah as she was brought to her new home.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3894
On marrying, or bringing home a mount

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا وَخَيْرَ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka khayrahā wa khayra mā jabaltahā ʿalayh, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharrihā wa min sharri mā jabaltahā ʿalayh.

O Allah, I ask You for her good and the good of the nature You have given her, and I take refuge in You from her evil and the evil of the nature You have given her.

Said with a hand on the forelock, praying for blessing; and the same, holding the top of its hump, on buying a camel.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2160
To one who brushes something off you

مَسَحَ اللَّهُ عَنْكَ يَا أَبَا أَيُّوبَ مَا تَكْرَهُ

Masaḥa-llāhu ʿanka yā Abā Ayyūba mā takrah.

May Allah wipe away from you, Abū Ayyūb, whatever you dislike.

What he ﷺ said to Abū Ayyūb, who had taken something from his beard. Name the one who did it for you.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 281
When your ear rings

ذَكَرَ اللَّهُ بِخَيْرٍ مَنْ ذَكَرَنِي

Dhakara-llāhu bi-khayrin man dhakaranī.

May Allah remember with good whoever has remembered me.

“Let him remember me and send the ṣalāh upon me,” then say this.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 166
When your foot goes numb

يَا مُحَمَّدُ ﷺ

Yā Muḥammad ﷺ.

O Muḥammad ﷺ.

ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar’s foot went numb; told to name the one he loved most, he said this.

al-Adab al-Mufrad 964

From rising to set out to coming in to your family — the farewell, the ride, the road, the night halt and the return.

Rising to set out

اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ انْتَشَرْتُ، وَإِلَيْكَ تَوَجَّهْتُ، وَبِكَ اعْتَصَمْتُ، اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ ثِقَتِي وَرَجَائِي، اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي مَا أَهَمَّنِي، وَمَا لَا أَهْتَمُّ بِهِ، وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي، وَزَوِّدْنِي التَّقْوَى، وَاغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي، وَوَجِّهْنِي لِلْخَيْرِ حَيْثُ مَا تَوَجَّهْتُ

Allāhumma bika-ntashartu, wa ilayka tawajjahtu, wa bika-ʿtaṣamt. Allāhumma anta thiqatī wa rajāʾī. Allāhumma-kfinī mā ahammanī wa mā lā ahtammu bih, wa mā anta aʿlamu bihi minnī. Wa zawwidni-t-taqwā, wa-ghfir lī dhanbī, wa wajjihnī li-l-khayri ḥaythu mā tawajjaht.

O Allah, by You I set out, to You I turn, and to You I hold fast. O Allah, You are my trust and my hope. O Allah, spare me what weighs on me, what I give no thought to, and what You know of better than I. Provision me with piety, forgive me my sin, and turn me towards good wherever I turn.

Whenever he ﷺ meant to travel, he said this as he rose from where he sat.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 495
By You I travel

اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصُولُ، وَبِكَ أَحُولُ، وَبِكَ أَسِيرُ

Allāhumma bika aṣūlu, wa bika aḥūlu, wa bika asīr.

O Allah, by You I press forward, by You I turn about, and by You I travel.

What he ﷺ said when he meant to travel.

Musnad Aḥmad 691
At a farewell

أَسْتَوْدِعُكَ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لاَ تَضِيعُ وَدَائِعُهُ

Astawdiʿuka-llāha-lladhī lā taḍīʿu wadāʾiʿuh.

I leave you in the keeping of Allah, whose trusts are never lost.

What he ﷺ said to Abū Hurayrah as he took leave of him — and what Abū Hurayrah taught others to say at a parting.

Sunan Ibn Mājah 2825 · Musnad Aḥmad 9230 · an-Nasāʾī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 508
To someone setting out

أَسْتَوْدِعُ اللَّهَ دِينَكَ وَأَمَانَتَكَ وَخَوَاتِيمَ عَمَلِكَ

Astawdiʿu-llāha dīnaka wa amānataka wa khawātīma ʿamalik.

I place in Allah’s keeping your religion, your trust, and the last of your deeds.

Ibn ʿUmar رضي الله عنهما would take the traveller’s hand and say it, “as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ bade me farewell.” To a group setting out he ﷺ said it to them all: “dīnakum wa amānatakum wa khawātīma aʿmālikum.”

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2600 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3443 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2601
What the traveller is given for the road

زَوَّدَكَ اللَّهُ التَّقْوَى، وَغَفَرَ ذَنْبَكَ، وَيَسَّرَ لَكَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ

Zawwadaka-llāhu-t-taqwā, wa ghafara dhanbak, wa yassara laka-l-khayra ḥaythumā kunt.

May Allah provision you with piety, forgive you your sin, and make good easy for you wherever you are.

A man about to travel asked him ﷺ for provision for the road. He gave him these words one at a time, each time the man asked for more.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3444
For someone who has just left

اللَّهُمَّ اطْوِ لَهُ الأَرْضَ وَهَوِّنْ عَلَيْهِ السَّفَرَ

Allāhumma-ṭwi lahu-l-arḍa wa hawwin ʿalayhi-s-safar.

O Allah, fold up the earth for him, and make the journey easy for him.

A man asked him ﷺ for advice before a journey. “Hold to the fear of Allah,” he said, “and say Allāhu akbar on every rise.” When the man turned to go, he ﷺ said this for him.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3445
Asking the traveller to pray for you

أَىْ أُخَىَّ أَشْرِكْنَا فِي دُعَائِكَ وَلاَ تَنْسَنَا

Ay ukhayy, ashriknā fī duʿāʾika wa lā tansanā.

My dear brother, include us in your prayers, and do not forget us.

What he ﷺ said to Sayyidunā ʿUmar when he asked leave to go for ʿUmrah.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3562 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1498
Setting out on a journey

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ فِي سَفَرِنَا هَذَا الْبِرَّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَمِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تَرْضَى اللَّهُمَّ هَوِّنْ عَلَيْنَا سَفَرَنَا هَذَا وَاطْوِ عَنَّا بُعْدَهُ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الأَهْلِ اللَّهُمَّ اصْحَبْنَا فِي سَفَرِنَا وَاخْلُفْنَا فِي أَهْلِنَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وَعْثَاءِ السَّفَرِ وَكَآبَةِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَسُوءِ الْمُنْقَلَبِ فِي الْمَالِ وَالأَهْلِ وَالْحَوْرِ بَعْدَ الْكَوْرِ وَدَعْوَةِ الْمَظْلُومِ

Subḥāna-lladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahu muqrinīn, wa innā ilā rabbinā la-munqalibūn. Allāhumma innā nasʾaluka fī safarinā hādha-l-birra wa-t-taqwā, wa mina-l-ʿamali mā tarḍā. Allāhumma hawwin ʿalaynā safaranā hādhā wa-ṭwi ʿannā buʿdah. Allāhumma anta-ṣ-ṣāḥibu fi-s-safar, wa-l-khalīfatu fi-l-ahl. Allāhumma-ṣḥabnā fī safarinā wa-khlufnā fī ahlinā. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min waʿthāʾi-s-safar, wa kaʾābati-l-manẓar, wa sūʾi-l-munqalabi fi-l-māli wa-l-ahl, wa-l-ḥawri baʿda-l-kawr, wa daʿwati-l-maẓlūm.

Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have otherwise subdued it. And indeed we, to our Lord, will surely return. O Allah, we ask You on this journey of ours for righteousness and piety, and for deeds that please You. O Allah, make this journey of ours easy for us, and fold its distance up for us. O Allah, You are the Companion on the journey and the One who takes our place with our family. O Allah, keep us company on our journey, and take our place with our family. O Allah, I take refuge in You from the hardship of travel, from a sight that grieves, and from an ill return to wealth and family, from falling back after going forward, and from the prayer of the wronged.

He ﷺ said Allāhu akbar three times once he was settled on his camel, then this. Coming home he said it again, adding: “Āyibūna, tāʾibūna, ʿābidūna, li-rabbinā ḥāmidūn.”

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1342Marked words Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3439 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1343
Mounting a ride

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

Bismi-llāh. Al-ḥamdu lillāh. Subḥāna-lladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahu muqrinīn, wa innā ilā rabbinā la-munqalibūn. Al-ḥamdu lillāh, al-ḥamdu lillāh, al-ḥamdu lillāh. Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar. Subḥānaka innī ẓalamtu nafsī fa-ghfir lī, fa-innahu lā yaghfiru-dh-dhunūba illā ant.

In the name of Allah. Praise be to Allah. Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have otherwise subdued it. And indeed we, to our Lord, will surely return. Praise be to Allah, praise be to Allah, praise be to Allah. Allah is greatest, Allah is greatest, Allah is greatest. Glory be to You — I have wronged myself, so forgive me, for none forgives sins but You.

Your Lord delights in His servant when he says “forgive me my sins”, knowing that none forgives sins but He.

Sayyidunā ʿAlī: “bismi-llāh” with his foot in the stirrup, “al-ḥamdu lillāh” once seated, then the rest. Then he laughed, and said he had seen the Prophet ﷺ do just this, and laugh.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2602 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3446
Going up, and coming down

On every rise of the road say “Allāhu akbar”, and on every descent say “subḥāna-llāh”.

Jābir رضي الله عنه: “When we climbed we said Allāhu akbar, and when we came down we said subḥāna-llāh.”

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2993 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3445
On reaching high ground

اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الشَّرَفُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَرَفٍ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ

Allāhumma laka-sh-sharafu ʿalā kulli sharaf, wa laka-l-ḥamdu ʿalā kulli ḥāl.

O Allah, Yours is the height above every height, and Yours is the praise in every state.

Musnad Aḥmad 12281 · Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 522
Before dawn on a journey

سَمَّعَ سَامِعٌ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ وَحُسْنِ بَلاَئِهِ عَلَيْنَا رَبَّنَا صَاحِبْنَا وَأَفْضِلْ عَلَيْنَا عَائِذًا بِاللَّهِ مِنَ النَّارِ

Sammaʿa sāmiʿun bi-ḥamdi-llāhi wa ḥusni balāʾihi ʿalaynā. Rabbanā ṣāḥibnā wa afḍil ʿalaynā, ʿāʾidhan billāhi mina-n-nār.

Let one who hears pass on our praise of Allah and His goodness to us. Our Lord, be our Companion and be generous to us — seeking refuge in Allah from the Fire.

What he ﷺ said on a journey in the last part of the night.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2718
Stopping somewhere

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.

Nothing will harm him until he moves on from that place.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2708
When night falls on a journey

يَا أَرْضُ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكِ اللَّهُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّكِ وَشَرِّ مَا فِيكِ وَشَرِّ مَا خُلِقَ فِيكِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَدِبُّ عَلَيْكِ وَأَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ أَسَدٍ وَأَسْوَدَ وَمِنَ الْحَيَّةِ وَالْعَقْرَبِ وَمِنْ سَاكِنِ الْبَلَدِ وَمِنْ وَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

Yā arḍu, rabbī wa rabbuki-llāh. Aʿūdhu billāhi min sharriki wa sharri mā fīki wa sharri mā khuliqa fīki wa min sharri mā yadibbu ʿalayk. Wa aʿūdhu billāhi min asadin wa aswad, wa mina-l-ḥayyati wa-l-ʿaqrab, wa min sākini-l-balad, wa min wālidin wa mā walad.

O earth, my Lord and your Lord is Allah. I take refuge in Allah from your evil, from the evil of what is in you, the evil of what was created in you and the evil of what creeps upon you. I take refuge in Allah from lion and black serpent, from snake and scorpion, from those who dwell in the land, and from every sire and what it sires.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2603
On seeing a town you will enter

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَظْلَلْنَ، وَرَبَّ الْأَرْضِينَ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَقْلَلْنَ، وَرَبَّ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَمَا أَضْلَلْنَ، وَرَبَّ الرِّيَاحِ وَمَا ذَرَيْنَ، فَإِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ وَخَيْرَ أَهْلِهَا وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ أَهْلِهَا وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا

Allāhumma rabba-s-samāwāti-s-sabʿi wa mā aẓlaln, wa rabba-l-araḍīna-s-sabʿi wa mā aqlaln, wa rabba-sh-shayāṭīni wa mā aḍlaln, wa rabba-r-riyāḥi wa mā dharayn, fa-innā nasʾaluka khayra hādhihi-l-qaryati wa khayra ahlihā, wa naʿūdhu bika min sharrihā wa sharri ahlihā wa sharri mā fīhā.

O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and all they shade, Lord of the seven earths and all they carry, Lord of the devils and all they lead astray, Lord of the winds and all they scatter: we ask You for the good of this town and the good of its people, and we take refuge in You from its evil, the evil of its people and the evil of what is in it.

He ﷺ never saw a town he meant to enter without saying this as it came into view.

an-Nasāʾī, as-Sunan al-Kubrā 8776 · Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 2709
And for the town’s blessing

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهَا، اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهَا، اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهَا، اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنَا جَنَاهَا، وَحَبِّبْنَا إِلَى أَهْلِهَا، وَحَبِّبْ صَالِحِي أَهْلِهَا إِلَيْنَا

Allāhumma bārik lanā fīhā, Allāhumma bārik lanā fīhā, Allāhumma bārik lanā fīhā. Allāhumma-rzuqnā janāhā, wa ḥabbibnā ilā ahlihā, wa ḥabbib ṣāliḥī ahlihā ilaynā.

O Allah, bless it for us. O Allah, bless it for us. O Allah, bless it for us. O Allah, give us of its fruit, make us beloved to its people, and make the righteous among its people beloved to us.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ 4755 · aṭ-Ṭabarānī, ad-Duʿāʾ 836
When your mount stumbles

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ

Bismi-llāh.

In the name of Allah.

Do not say “may Satan perish” — at that he swells until he is the size of a house, and says “by my strength”. Say “bismi-llāh”, and he shrinks until he is like a fly.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4982
Stranded in open country

يَا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ أَعِينُوا

Yā ʿibāda-llāhi aʿīnū.

O servants of Allah, help!

Allah has angels on the earth besides the recording angels, writing down every leaf that falls. If one of you is stranded in open country, let him call out this.

Musnad al-Bazzār 4922
When your mount runs off

يَا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ احْبِسُوا، يَا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ احْبِسُوا

Yā ʿibāda-llāhi-ḥbisū, yā ʿibāda-llāhi-ḥbisū.

O servants of Allah, hold it back! O servants of Allah, hold it back!

For Allah has on the earth those present who will hold it back for him.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 508
On a difficult mount
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

So is it other than the religion of Allah they desire, while to Him have submitted [all] those within the heavens and earth, willingly or by compulsion, and to Him they will be returned? Āl ʿImrān 3:83

Yūnus ibn ʿUbayd, of the Followers: no one on a difficult mount recites this into its ear but that it stands still, by Allah’s leave.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 510
When the jinn take shapes on the road

Call the adhān.

What he ﷺ told travellers to do when the ghouls take on shapes to lead them astray.

Musnad Aḥmad 14277 · Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 523
The traveller’s prayer is answered

Three prayers are answered, there is no doubt about them: the prayer of the one wronged, the prayer of the traveller, and the prayer of a father against his child.

So make much of prayer on the road.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 1905
Coming home from a journey

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، آيِبُونَ تَائِبُونَ عَابِدُونَ سَاجِدُونَ لِرَبِّنَا حَامِدُونَ، صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ وَنَصَرَ عَبْدَهُ وَهَزَمَ الأَحْزَابَ وَحْدَهُ

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamd, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr. Āyibūna, tāʾibūna, ʿābidūna, sājidūna, li-rabbinā ḥāmidūn. Ṣadaqa-llāhu waʿdah, wa naṣara ʿabdah, wa hazama-l-aḥzāba waḥdah.

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. We return, repenting, worshipping, bowing down, and praising our Lord. Allah has kept His promise, given His servant victory, and routed the confederates alone.

On the way home he ﷺ said Allāhu akbar three times on every rise of the ground, then this. Nearing Madīnah he kept saying “āyibūna, tāʾibūna, ʿābidūna, li-rabbinā ḥāmidūn” until he entered it.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1797 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1344 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1345
Coming in to your family

تَوْبًا تَوْبًا، لِرَبِّنَا أَوْبًا، لَا يُغَادِرُ عَلَيْنَا حَوْبًا

Tawban tawban, li-rabbinā awbā, lā yughādiru ʿalaynā ḥawbā.

Repentance, repentance; to our Lord we return — may He leave no sin upon us.

What he ﷺ said when he came in to his family from a journey.

Musnad Aḥmad 2311 · Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 2716
Welcoming someone home

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي نَصَرَكَ وَأَعَزَّكَ وَأَكْرَمَكَ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī naṣaraka wa aʿazzaka wa akramak.

Praise be to Allah, who gave you victory, honoured you, and was generous to you.

Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah’s words as she took his hand ﷺ on his return from a campaign.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah

Clouds, wind and rain, asking for rain, thunder, eclipses and shooting stars, and the sounds of the night.

On seeing clouds gather

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min sharrihā.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from its evil.

When a cloud rose on the horizon he ﷺ would leave what he was doing, even a prayer, and say this.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5099
When the wind blows hard

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا وَخَيْرَ مَا فِيهَا وَخَيْرَ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا وَشَرِّ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka khayrahā wa khayra mā fīhā wa khayra mā ursilat bih, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharrihā wa sharri mā fīhā wa sharri mā ursilat bih.

O Allah, I ask You for its good, the good in it and the good it was sent with; and I take refuge in You from its evil, the evil in it and the evil it was sent with.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 899
When the wind brings what you dislike

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ هَذِهِ الرِّيحِ وَخَيْرِ مَا فِيهَا وَخَيْرِ مَا أُمِرَتْ بِهِ وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ هَذِهِ الرِّيحِ وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا وَشَرِّ مَا أُمِرَتْ بِهِ

Allāhumma innā nasʾaluka min khayri hādhihi-r-rīḥi wa khayri mā fīhā wa khayri mā umirat bih, wa naʿūdhu bika min sharri hādhihi-r-rīḥi wa sharri mā fīhā wa sharri mā umirat bih.

O Allah, we ask You for the good of this wind, the good in it and the good it was commanded with; and we take refuge in You from the evil of this wind, the evil in it and the evil it was commanded with.

“Do not curse the wind. The wind is from the mercy of Allah; it brings mercy, and it brings punishment.”

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2252 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5097
A wind that brings life

اللَّهُمَّ لَقْحًا لَا عَقِيمًا

Allāhumma laqḥan lā ʿaqīmā.

O Allah, let it be fruitful, not barren.

What he ﷺ said when the wind grew strong.

Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 1008
Let it be mercy, not punishment

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهَا رَحْمَةً وَلَا تَجْعَلْهَا عَذَابًا، اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهَا رِيَاحًا وَلَا تَجْعَلْهَا رِيحًا

Allāhumma-jʿalhā raḥmatan wa lā tajʿalhā ʿadhābā. Allāhumma-jʿalhā riyāḥan wa lā tajʿalhā rīḥā.

O Allah, make it a mercy, and do not make it a punishment. O Allah, make it winds of mercy, and do not make it a wind of ruin.

He ﷺ would face the wind, kneel, stretch out his hands and say this.

aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 11533
When a dark wind rises

Say “Allāhu akbar” — it clears away the black dust.

For a dark storm of wind, or any great and terrible thing.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 284
When it rains

صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا

Ṣayyiban nāfiʿā.

A beneficial downpour.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1032
A wholesome downpour

اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبًا هَنِيئًا

Allāhumma ṣayyiban hanīʾā.

O Allah, a wholesome downpour.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5099
After the rain

مُطِرْنَا بِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَرَحْمَتِهِ

Muṭirnā bi-faḍli-llāhi wa raḥmatih.

We have been given rain by the grace of Allah and His mercy.

Allah says of the one who says this: “My servant believes in Me, and disbelieves in the stars.”

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 846
When there is too much rain

اللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلاَ عَلَيْنَا، اللَّهُمَّ عَلَى الآكَامِ وَالظِّرَابِ وَبُطُونِ الأَوْدِيَةِ وَمَنَابِتِ الشَّجَرِ

Allāhumma ḥawālaynā wa lā ʿalaynā. Allāhumma ʿala-l-ākāmi wa-ẓ-ẓirābi wa buṭūni-l-awdiyati wa manābiti-sh-shajar.

O Allah, around us and not upon us. O Allah, upon the hills and the high ground, the valley floors and the places where trees grow.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1014
Asking for rain: relieve us

اللَّهُمَّ أَغِثْنَا، اللَّهُمَّ أَغِثْنَا، اللَّهُمَّ أَغِثْنَا

Allāhumma aghithnā, Allāhumma aghithnā, Allāhumma aghithnā.

O Allah, relieve us with rain. O Allah, relieve us with rain. O Allah, relieve us with rain.

What he ﷺ said, raising his hands on the minbar during the Friday khuṭbah, when a man complained of the drought.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1014
Asking for rain: give us water

اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا، اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا، اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا

Allāhumma-sqinā, Allāhumma-sqinā, Allāhumma-sqinā.

O Allah, give us rain. O Allah, give us rain. O Allah, give us rain.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1013
Rain that brings relief

اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا غَيْثًا مُغِيثًا مَرِيئًا مَرِيعاً نَافِعًا غَيْرَ ضَارٍّ عَاجِلاً غَيْرَ آجِلٍ

Allāhumma-sqinā ghaythan mughīthan marīʾan marīʿan nāfiʿan ghayra ḍārr, ʿājilan ghayra ājil.

O Allah, give us rain that relieves, wholesome and bringing growth, beneficial and not harmful, soon and not late.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1169
Water Your servants and Your creatures

اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِ عِبَادَكَ وَبَهَائِمَكَ وَانْشُرْ رَحْمَتَكَ وَأَحْىِ بَلَدَكَ الْمَيِّتَ

Allāhumma-sqi ʿibādaka wa bahāʾimak, wa-nshur raḥmatak, wa aḥyi baladaka-l-mayyit.

O Allah, give water to Your servants and Your animals, spread Your mercy, and bring Your dead land to life.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1176
The prayer for rain

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ مَلِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الْغَنِيُّ وَنَحْنُ الْفُقَرَاءُ أَنْزِلْ عَلَيْنَا الْغَيْثَ وَاجْعَلْ مَا أَنْزَلْتَ لَنَا قُوَّةً وَبَلاَغًا إِلَى حِينٍ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi-l-ʿālamīn, ar-raḥmāni-r-raḥīm, maliki yawmi-d-dīn. Lā ilāha illa-llāhu yafʿalu mā yurīd. Allāhumma anta-llāhu lā ilāha illā ant, al-ghaniyyu wa naḥnu-l-fuqarāʾ. Anzil ʿalayna-l-ghayth, wa-jʿal mā anzalta lanā quwwatan wa balāghan ilā ḥīn.

All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds — The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful, Sovereign of the Day of Recompense. There is no god but Allah; He does what He wills. O Allah, You are Allah, there is no god but You; You are the Rich and we are the poor. Send down rain upon us, and make what You send down a strength for us and a provision for a while.

What he ﷺ said on the minbar in the prayer-ground, after the people had complained of the drought.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1173
Through the Prophet’s uncle ﷺ

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّنَا ﷺ فَتَسْقِينَا وَإِنَّا نَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ بِعَمِّ نَبِيِّنَا ﷺ فَاسْقِنَا

Allāhumma innā kunnā natawassalu ilayka bi-nabiyyinā ﷺ fa-tasqīnā, wa innā natawassalu ilayka bi-ʿammi nabiyyinā ﷺ fa-sqinā.

O Allah, we used to seek nearness to You through our Prophet ﷺ and You gave us rain; now we seek nearness to You through the uncle of our Prophet ﷺ, so give us rain.

Sayyidunā ʿUmar’s prayer when drought came, asking for rain through al-ʿAbbās — and they were given rain.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1010
On hearing thunder

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي يُسَبِّحُ الرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَالْمَلاَئِكَةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِ

Subḥāna-lladhī yusabbiḥu-r-raʿdu bi-ḥamdihi wa-l-malāʾikatu min khīfatih.

Glory be to Him — “the thunder exalts Allah with praise of Him — and the angels as well from fear of Him.”

ʿAbdullāh ibn az-Zubayr رضي الله عنهما would stop talking when he heard thunder and say this.

al-Adab al-Mufrad 723
Thunder and thunderbolts

اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَقْتُلْنَا بِغَضَبِكَ وَلاَ تُهْلِكْنَا بِعَذَابِكَ وَعَافِنَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ

Allāhumma lā taqtulnā bi-ghaḍabik, wa lā tuhliknā bi-ʿadhābik, wa ʿāfinā qabla dhālik.

O Allah, do not kill us with Your anger, do not destroy us with Your punishment, and keep us safe before that.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3450 · al-Ḥākim, al-Mustadrak 7772
When a star shoots

مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ، لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

Mā shāʾa-llāh, lā quwwata illā billāh.

What Allah willed has occurred; there is no power except in Allah

ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd: “We were told not to follow a shooting star with our eyes, and to say this.”

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 653
At an eclipse

Call on Allah, say Allāhu akbar, pray, and give in charity.

“The sun and the moon are two of the signs of Allah; they are not eclipsed for anyone’s death or life.” At such a sign, hasten to remember Him, call on Him and ask His forgiveness.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1044 · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1059
Looking at the moon

Seek refuge in Allah from its evil.

He ﷺ looked at the moon and told Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah to seek refuge in Allah from its evil, “for it is the darkness when it settles”.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3366
When a rooster crows

Ask Allah of His bounty — it has seen an angel.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3303
When a donkey brays, or dogs bark at night

Seek refuge in Allah from Satan — they see what you do not see.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3303 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5103
On seeing a fire

Say “Allāhu akbar” — takbīr puts it out.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 295

Friday, the new moon, Laylat al-Qadr, the ten days of Dhu-l-Ḥijjah and ʿArafah, the ʿĪds and the sacrifice.

Friday, before Fajr
×3

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيَّ الْقَيُّومَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

Astaghfiru-llāha-lladhī lā ilāha illā huwa-l-ḥayya-l-qayyūma wa atūbu ilayh.

I ask forgiveness of Allah, besides whom there is no god, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all, and I turn to Him in repentance.

His sins are forgiven, even if they are like the foam of the sea.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 83
Sūrat al-Kahf
Qur’an
- 18 Al-Kahf الكهف 110 verses
A light shines for him from one Friday to the next.

Read on Friday.

al-Ḥākim, al-Mustadrak 3392
Ṣalāh upon the Prophet ﷺ

Send much ṣalāh upon the Prophet ﷺ on Friday.

“The best of your days is Friday… so send much ṣalāh upon me in it, for your ṣalāh is shown to me.”

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1047
Entering the mosque on Friday

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي أَوْجَهَ مَنْ تَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْكَ، وَأَقْرَبَ مَنْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَيْكَ، وَأَفْضَلَ مَنْ سَأَلَكَ وَرَغِبَ إِلَيْكَ

Allāhumma-jʿalnī awjaha man tawajjaha ilayk, wa aqraba man taqarraba ilayk, wa afḍala man saʾalaka wa raghiba ilayk.

O Allah, make me the most honoured of those who turn to You, the nearest of those who draw near to You, and the best of those who ask of You and long for You.

He ﷺ would take hold of the two posts of the mosque door and say this.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 374
The hour on Friday

Ask Allah for what you need on Friday.

“There is an hour in it: no Muslim servant who meets it, standing in prayer and asking Allah for something, but He gives it to him.” He ﷺ said it lies between the imam sitting down and the prayer ending.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 935 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 853
After the Friday prayer
Qur’an ×7
Allah protects him from evil until the next Friday.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 375
On sighting the new moon

اللَّهُمَّ أَهْلِلْهُ عَلَيْنَا بِالْيُمْنِ وَالإِيمَانِ وَالسَّلاَمَةِ وَالإِسْلاَمِ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكَ اللَّهُ

Allāhumma ahlilhu ʿalaynā bi-l-yumni wa-l-īmān, wa-s-salāmati wa-l-islām. Rabbī wa rabbuka-llāh.

O Allah, bring it over us with blessing and faith, with safety and Islam. My Lord and your Lord is Allah.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3451
The new moon, with takbīr

اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُمَّ أَهِلَّهُ عَلَيْنَا بِالْأَمْنِ وَالْإِيمَانِ، وَالسَّلَامَةِ وَالْإِسْلَامِ، وَالتَّوْفِيقِ لِمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَى، رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّكَ اللَّهُ

Allāhu akbar. Allāhumma ahillahu ʿalaynā bi-l-amni wa-l-īmān, wa-s-salāmati wa-l-islām, wa-t-tawfīqi limā yuḥibbu rabbunā wa yarḍā. Rabbunā wa rabbuka-llāh.

Allah is greatest. O Allah, bring it over us with safety and faith, with peace and Islam, and with success in what our Lord loves and is pleased with. Our Lord and your Lord is Allah.

Musnad ad-Dārimī 1729
A moon of good and guidance

هِلاَلُ خَيْرٍ وَرُشْدٍ هِلاَلُ خَيْرٍ وَرُشْدٍ هِلاَلُ خَيْرٍ وَرُشْدٍ آمَنْتُ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَكَ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي ذَهَبَ بِشَهْرِ كَذَا وَجَاءَ بِشَهْرِ كَذَا

Hilālu khayrin wa rushd, hilālu khayrin wa rushd, hilālu khayrin wa rushd. Āmantu bi-lladhī khalaqak. Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī dhahaba bi-shahri kadhā wa jāʾa bi-shahri kadhā.

A new moon of good and guidance, a new moon of good and guidance, a new moon of good and guidance. I believe in the One who created you. Praise be to Allah, who has taken away such-and-such a month and brought such-and-such a month.

“I believe in the One who created you” three times; in the last words, name the month that has gone and the one that has come.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5092
When Rajab begins

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي رَجَبٍ وَشَعْبَانَ، وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي رَمَضَانَ

Allāhumma bārik lanā fī rajabin wa shaʿbān, wa bārik lanā fī ramaḍān.

O Allah, bless us in Rajab and Shaʿbān, and bless us in Ramaḍān.

Musnad Aḥmad 2346
Laylat al-Qadr

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ كَرِيمٌ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي

Allāhumma innaka ʿafuwwun karīmun tuḥibbu-l-ʿafwa fa-ʿfu ʿannī.

O Allah, You are Pardoning and Generous, You love to pardon, so pardon me.

What he ﷺ taught Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah to say if she knew which night was Laylat al-Qadr.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3513 · Sunan Ibn Mājah 3850
The first ten days of Dhu-l-Ḥijjah

Say much “lā ilāha illa-llāh”, “Allāhu akbar” and “al-ḥamdu lillāh” in these days.

No days are greater with Allah, nor is good done in any days dearer to Him, than these ten.

Musnad Aḥmad 5446 · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 969
The day of ʿArafah

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamd, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin 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.

The best prayer is the prayer of the day of ʿArafah, and the best of what he ﷺ and the prophets before him said is this.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3585
The takbīr of the ʿĪd days

اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَلِلَّهِ الْحَمْدُ

Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar, lā ilāha illa-llāhu wa-llāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar wa lillāhi-l-ḥamd.

Allah is greatest, Allah is greatest; there is no god but Allah; Allah is greatest, Allah is greatest, and to Allah belongs all praise.

How ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd and Sayyidunā ʿAlī said the takbīr. Ibn Masʿūd said it after the prayers from Fajr on the day of ʿArafah to ʿAṣr on the day of the sacrifice, and through the days of Tashrīq.

Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 5651 · Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 5653 · Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 5633
The greeting of ʿĪd

تَقَبَّلَ اللَّهُ مِنَّا وَمِنْكَ

Taqabbala-llāhu minnā wa mink.

May Allah accept from us and from you.

What was said to ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz on the two ʿĪds; he returned the greeting and did not object to it.

al-Bayhaqī, as-Sunan al-Kubrā 6296
Laying the sacrifice down

إِنِّي وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ عَلَى مِلَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِنَّ صَلاَتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَاىَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَبِذَلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

Innī wajjahtu wajhiya li-lladhī faṭara-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍa ʿalā millati ibrāhīma ḥanīfan wa mā ana mina-l-mushrikīn. Inna ṣalātī wa nusukī wa maḥyāya wa mamātī lillāhi rabbi-l-ʿālamīn, lā sharīka lah, wa bi-dhālika umirtu wa ana mina-l-muslimīn.

Indeed, I have turned my face toward He who created the heavens and the earth, upon the way of Ibrāhīm, inclining toward truth, and I am not of those who associate others with Allah. Indeed, my prayer, my rites of sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds. No partner has He. And this I have been commanded, and I am of the Muslims.

What he ﷺ said as he turned his two rams to face the qiblah on the day of sacrifice.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2795 · al-Ḥākim, al-Mustadrak 1716
At the sacrifice

بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُمَّ مِنْكَ وَلَكَ

Bismi-llāhi wa-llāhu akbar. Allāhumma minka wa lak.

In the name of Allah; Allah is greatest. O Allah, from You and for You.

Then name the one it is for: he ﷺ said, “on behalf of Muḥammad and his community.”

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1966Marked words Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2795
On the first fruit of the season

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي ثَمَرِنَا وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي مَدِينَتِنَا وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِنَا وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي مُدِّنَا

Allāhumma bārik lanā fī thamarinā, wa bārik lanā fī madīnatinā, wa bārik lanā fī ṣāʿinā, wa bārik lanā fī muddinā.

O Allah, bless us in our fruit, bless us in our city, bless us in our ṣāʿ and bless us in our mudd.

When the first fruit was brought to him ﷺ he said this, then gave it to the youngest child there.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1373

The talbiyah, the Kaʿbah, aṣ-Ṣafā and al-Marwah, ʿArafah and Minā, Zamzam, and the greeting in Madīnah.

The talbiyah

لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ، لَبَّيْكَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَكَ لَبَّيْكَ، إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ وَالنِّعْمَةَ لَكَ وَالْمُلْكَ، لاَ شَرِيكَ لَكَ لَبَّيْكَ لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ وَالْخَيْرُ بِيَدَيْكَ لَبَّيْكَ وَالرَّغْبَاءُ إِلَيْكَ وَالْعَمَلُ

Labbayka-llāhumma labbayk, labbayka lā sharīka laka labbayk, inna-l-ḥamda wa-n-niʿmata laka wa-l-mulk, lā sharīka lak. Labbayka labbayka wa saʿdayk, wa-l-khayru bi-yadayk, labbayka wa-r-raghbāʾu ilayka wa-l-ʿamal.

Here I am, O Allah, here I am. Here I am — You have no partner — here I am. All praise and blessing are Yours, and the dominion. You have no partner. Here I am, here I am, at Your call; all good is in Your hands. Here I am: all longing is for You, and all deeds.

For the pilgrim in iḥrām, from the start of Ḥajj or ʿUmrah until the rites begin. The words set apart are what ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar used to add to it.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1549Marked words Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1184
Here I am, God of truth

لَبَّيْكَ إِلَهَ الْحَقِّ

Labbayka ilāha-l-ḥaqq.

Here I am, God of truth.

Among the words of his ﷺ talbiyah.

Sunan an-Nasāʾī 2752
A Ḥajj with no show in it

اللَّهُمَّ حِجَّةٌ لاَ رِيَاءَ فِيهَا وَلاَ سُمْعَةَ

Allāhumma ḥijjatun lā riyāʾa fīhā wa lā sumʿah.

O Allah, a Ḥajj with no showing off in it and no seeking of renown.

What he ﷺ said, making his Ḥajj on a worn saddle with a cloth worth four dirhams or less.

Sunan Ibn Mājah 2890
When something delights you in Ḥajj

لَبَّيْكَ إِنَّ الْعَيْشَ عَيْشُ الْآخِرَةِ

Labbayka inna-l-ʿaysha ʿayshu-l-ākhirah.

Here I am — the true life is the life of the Hereafter.

What he ﷺ added to the talbiyah one day, as though what he saw pleased him.

al-Bayhaqī, as-Sunan al-Kubrā 9035
On seeing the Kaʿbah

اللَّهُمَّ زِدْ هَذَا الْبَيْتَ تَشْرِيفًا، وَتَعْظِيمًا، وَتَكْرِيمًا، وَمَهَابَةً، وَزِدْ مَنْ شَرَّفَهُ، وَكَرَّمَهُ، وَعَظَّمَهُ مِمَّنْ حَجَّهُ، أَوِ اعْتَمَرَهُ تَشْرِيفًا، وَتَكْرِيمًا، وَتَعْظِيمًا، وَبِرًّا

Allāhumma zid hādha-l-bayta tashrīfan wa taʿẓīman wa takrīman wa mahābah, wa zid man sharrafahu wa karramahu wa ʿaẓẓamahu mimman ḥajjahu awi-ʿtamarahu tashrīfan wa takrīman wa taʿẓīman wa birrā.

O Allah, increase this House in honour, in greatness, in nobility and in awe; and increase whoever honours it, ennobles it and reveres it, of those who come to it for Ḥajj or ʿUmrah, in honour, nobility, greatness and goodness.

He ﷺ raised his hands when he saw the House, and said this.

al-Bayhaqī, as-Sunan al-Kubrā 9213
You are Peace

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ، وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُ، فَحَيِّنَا رَبَّنَا بِالسَّلَامِ

Allāhumma anta-s-salāmu wa minka-s-salām, fa-ḥayyinā rabbanā bi-s-salām.

O Allah, You are Peace and from You is peace; so greet us, our Lord, with peace.

What Sayyidunā ʿUmar said when he saw the House.

al-Bayhaqī, as-Sunan al-Kubrā 9216 · Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 29627
At the Black Stone

Say “Allāhu akbar” each time you come level with the Black Stone, pointing to it.

He ﷺ circled the House on his camel, and every time he came to the corner he pointed to it and said Allāhu akbar.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1613
In faith in You

اللَّهُمَّ إِيمَانًا بِكَ، وَتَصْدِيقًا بِكِتَابِكَ، وَاتِّبَاعًا لِسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكَ ﷺ

Allāhumma īmānan bika, wa taṣdīqan bi-kitābika, wa-ttibāʿan li-sunnati nabiyyika ﷺ.

O Allah, in faith in You, in affirmation of Your Book, and in following the Sunnah of Your Prophet ﷺ.

What Sayyidunā ʿAlī said on touching the Stone.

al-Bayhaqī, as-Sunan al-Kubrā 9252
Between the Yemeni corner and the Black Stone

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Rabbanā ātinā fi-d-dunyā ḥasanatan wa fi-l-ākhirati ḥasanatan wa qinā ʿadhāba-n-nār.

Our Lord, give us in this world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1892
Nearing aṣ-Ṣafā
Qur’an

‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

Indeed, as-Safa and al-Marwah are among the symbols of Allah. So whoever makes Hajj to the House or performs 'umrah - there is no blame upon him for walking between them. And whoever volunteers good - then indeed, Allah is appreciative and Knowing. Al-Baqarah 2:158

He ﷺ recited this as he drew near aṣ-Ṣafā, and said: “I begin with what Allah began with.”

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1218
On aṣ-Ṣafā and al-Marwah
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لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ أَنْجَزَ وَعْدَهُ وَنَصَرَ عَبْدَهُ وَهَزَمَ الأَحْزَابَ وَحْدَهُ

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamd, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr. Lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdah, anjaza waʿdah, wa naṣara ʿabdah, wa hazama-l-aḥzāba waḥdah.

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. There is no god but Allah alone; He fulfilled His promise, gave His servant victory, and routed the confederates alone.

Climb until you see the House, face the qiblah, declare Allah’s oneness and greatness, and say this; then make duʿāʾ. Three times, and the same on al-Marwah.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1218
Ibn ʿUmar’s prayer on aṣ-Ṣafā

اللَّهُمَّ اعْصِمْنَا بِدِينِكَ، وَطَوَاعِيَتِكَ وَطَوَاعِيَةِ رَسُولِكَ ﷺ، وَجَنِّبْنَا حُدُودَكَ، اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا نُحِبُّكَ وَنُحِبُّ مَلَائِكَتَكَ، وَأَنْبِيَاءَكَ، وَرُسُلَكَ وَنُحِبُّ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ، اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْنَا إِلَيْكَ، وَإِلَى مَلَائِكَتِكَ، وَإِلَى أَنْبِيَائِكَ وَرُسُلِكَ، وَإِلَى عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ، اللَّهُمَّ يَسِّرْنَا لِلْيُسْرَى وَجَنِّبْنَا الْعُسْرَى، وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَى، وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الْمُتَّقِينَ

Allāhumma-ʿṣimnā bi-dīnika wa ṭawāʿiyatika wa ṭawāʿiyati rasūlika ﷺ, wa jannibnā ḥudūdak. Allāhumma-jʿalnā nuḥibbuka wa nuḥibbu malāʾikataka wa anbiyāʾaka wa rusulak, wa nuḥibbu ʿibādaka-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn. Allāhumma ḥabbibnā ilayka wa ilā malāʾikatika wa ilā anbiyāʾika wa rusulika wa ilā ʿibādika-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn. Allāhumma yassirnā li-l-yusrā wa jannibna-l-ʿusrā, wa-ghfir lanā fi-l-ākhirati wa-l-ūlā, wa-jʿalnā min aʾimmati-l-muttaqīn.

O Allah, keep us safe by Your religion, by obedience to You and obedience to Your Messenger ﷺ, and keep us away from Your limits. O Allah, make us love You, love Your angels, Your prophets and Your messengers, and love Your righteous servants. O Allah, make us beloved to You, to Your angels, to Your prophets and Your messengers, and to Your righteous servants. O Allah, ease us towards ease and keep us from hardship; forgive us in the Hereafter and in this first life, and make us leaders of the God-fearing.

al-Bayhaqī, as-Sunan al-Kubrā 9346
Between aṣ-Ṣafā and al-Marwah

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْأَعَزُّ الْأَكْرَمُ

Rabbi-ghfir wa-rḥam, innaka anta-l-aʿazzu-l-akram.

My Lord, forgive and have mercy; You are the Most Mighty, the Most Generous.

What ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd said as he hastened through the valley between them; Ibn ʿUmar said the same.

Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 29647 · al-Bayhaqī, as-Sunan al-Kubrā 9352
At ʿArafah

اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ كَالَّذِي تَقُولُ وَخَيْرًا مِمَّا نَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ صَلاَتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَاىَ وَمَمَاتِي وَإِلَيْكَ مَآبِي وَلَكَ رَبِّ تُرَاثِي اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَوَسْوَسَةِ الصَّدْرِ وَشَتَاتِ الأَمْرِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا تَجِيءُ بِهِ الرِّيحُ

Allāhumma laka-l-ḥamdu ka-lladhī taqūlu wa khayran mimmā naqūl. Allāhumma laka ṣalātī wa nusukī wa maḥyāya wa mamātī, wa ilayka maʾābī, wa laka rabbi turāthī. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābi-l-qabr, wa waswasati-ṣ-ṣadr, wa shatāti-l-amr. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā tajīʾu bihi-r-rīḥ.

O Allah, Yours is the praise as You say it, and better than what we say. O Allah, my prayer, my sacrifice, my living and my dying are Yours; to You is my return, and Yours, my Lord, is all I leave. O Allah, I take refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, the whispering of the heart, and the scattering of my affairs. O Allah, I take refuge in You from the evil the wind brings.

What he ﷺ said most at the standing on ʿArafah. The tahlīl of the day of ʿArafah is with the blessed days.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3520
At al-Mashʿar al-Ḥarām

Face the qiblah and call on Allah; say Allāhu akbar and lā ilāha illa-llāh, and declare His oneness, until the sky is bright.

What he ﷺ did at al-Mashʿar al-Ḥarām in Muzdalifah after Fajr, until it was very light.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1218
Stoning the pillars

Say “Allāhu akbar” with every pebble. After the first and the middle pillar, move aside, face the qiblah, raise your hands and make duʿāʾ at length. Do not stop at the last.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1753 · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1751
Drinking Zamzam

اللَّهُمَّ أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا، وَرِزْقًا وَاسِعًا، وَشِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ

Allāhumma asʾaluka ʿilman nāfiʿā, wa rizqan wāsiʿā, wa shifāʾan min kulli dāʾ.

O Allah, I ask You for knowledge that benefits, provision that is ample, and a cure for every illness.

“Zamzam water is for whatever it is drunk for.” Ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما would say this when he drank it.

al-Ḥākim, al-Mustadrak 1739 · Sunan Ibn Mājah 3062
For the pilgrim

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْحَاجِّ، وَلِمَنِ اسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ الْحَاجُّ

Allāhumma-ghfir li-l-ḥājji wa li-mani-staghfara lahu-l-ḥājj.

O Allah, forgive the pilgrim, and those the pilgrim asks forgiveness for.

al-Ḥākim, al-Mustadrak 1612
To someone leaving for Ḥajj

زَوَّدَكَ اللَّهُ التَّقْوَى، وَوَجَّهَكَ فِي الْخَيْرِ، وَكَفَاكَ الْهَمَّ

Zawwadaka-llāhu-t-taqwā, wa wajjahaka fi-l-khayr, wa kafāka-l-hamm.

May Allah provision you with piety, turn you towards good, and spare you worry.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 506
To a pilgrim who has returned

قَبِلَ اللَّهُ حَجَّكَ، وَغَفَرَ ذَنْبَكَ، وَأَخْلَفَ نَفَقَتَكَ

Qabila-llāhu ḥajjak, wa ghafara dhanbak, wa akhlafa nafaqatak.

May Allah accept your Ḥajj, forgive your sin, and replace what you spent.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 506
Greeting the Prophet ﷺ at his grave

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَتَاهُ

As-salāmu ʿalayka yā rasūla-llāh. As-salāmu ʿalayka yā abā bakr. As-salāmu ʿalayka yā abatāh.

Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah. Peace be upon you, Abū Bakr. Peace be upon you, my father.

Whenever ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar returned from a journey he came to the grave and said this — the last greeting to his father, Sayyidunā ʿUmar.

Muṣannaf ʿAbd ar-Razzāq 6724

Distress, calamity, debt, fear and whispering — and asking Allah for a need, or to choose for you.

In distress

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَوَاتِ، وَرَبُّ الأَرْضِ، وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu-l-ʿaẓīmu-l-ḥalīm. Lā ilāha illa-llāhu rabbu-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm. Lā ilāha illa-llāhu rabbu-s-samāwāti wa rabbu-l-arḍi wa rabbu-l-ʿarshi-l-karīm.

There is no god but Allah, the Mighty, the Forbearing. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the mighty Throne. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth, and Lord of the noble Throne.

What he ﷺ would say in distress.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6346 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2730
O Ever-Living, O Sustainer

يَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ

Yā ḥayyu yā qayyūm, bi-raḥmatika astaghīth.

O Ever-Living, O Sustainer of all, by Your mercy I call for help.

What he ﷺ said when something distressed him, or when worry or grief came upon him.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3524 · al-Ḥākim, al-Mustadrak 1875
When a matter troubles you

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ، يَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّومُ

Subḥāna-llāhi-l-ʿaẓīm. Yā ḥayyu yā qayyūm.

Glory be to Allah, the Mighty. O Ever-Living, O Sustainer of all.

When a matter troubled him ﷺ he raised his head to the sky and said “subḥāna-llāhi-l-ʿaẓīm”; when he strove hard in prayer he said “yā ḥayyu yā qayyūm”.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3436
The prayers of the distressed

اللَّهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُو فَلاَ تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ وَأَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

Allāhumma raḥmataka arjū, fa-lā takilnī ilā nafsī ṭarfata ʿayn, wa aṣliḥ lī shaʾnī kullah, lā ilāha illā ant.

O Allah, it is Your mercy I hope for, so do not leave me to myself for the blink of an eye, and set right all my affairs. There is no god but You.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5090
Words for when distress comes down

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْكَرِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ، سُبْحَانَهُ، وَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu-l-karīmu-l-ḥalīm, subḥānahu wa tabāraka-llāhu rabbu-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm, wa-l-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi-l-ʿālamīn.

There is no god but Allah, the Generous, the Forbearing. Glory be to Him, and blessed is Allah, Lord of the mighty Throne; and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

Sayyidunā ʿAlī: he ﷺ taught me these words and told me to say them if distress or hardship came down on me.

Musnad Aḥmad 726 · Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 865
Allah, Allah is my Lord

اللَّهُ اللَّهُ رَبِّي لاَ أُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا

Allāhu Allāhu rabbī, lā ushriku bihi shayʾā.

Allah, Allah is my Lord; I associate nothing with Him.

What he ﷺ taught Asmāʾ bint ʿUmays to say in distress.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1525
When something frightens you

هُوَ اللَّهُ رَبِّي، لَا أُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا

Huwa-llāhu rabbī, lā ushriku bihi shayʾā.

He is Allah, my Lord; I associate nothing with Him.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 335
The prayer of Yūnus

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

Lā ilāha illā anta subḥānaka innī kuntu mina-ẓ-ẓālimīn.

There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.

No Muslim ever calls with it, for anything at all, but that Allah answers him.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3505
I am Your servant

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ، وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ، ابْنُ أَمَتِكَ، نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ، مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤُكَ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ، سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ، أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ، أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، أَوِ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ، أَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقُرْآنَ رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي، وَنُورَ صَدْرِي، وَجِلَاءَ حُزْنِي، وَذَهَابَ هَمِّي

Allāhumma innī ʿabduk, wa-bnu ʿabdik, ibnu amatik, nāṣiyatī bi-yadik, māḍin fiyya ḥukmuk, ʿadlun fiyya qaḍāʾuk. Asʾaluka bi-kulli-smin huwa lak, sammayta bihi nafsak, aw anzaltahu fī kitābik, aw ʿallamtahu aḥadan min khalqik, awi-staʾtharta bihi fī ʿilmi-l-ghaybi ʿindak, an tajʿala-l-qurʾāna rabīʿa qalbī, wa nūra ṣadrī, wa jalāʾa ḥuznī, wa dhahāba hammī.

O Allah, I am Your servant, the son of Your servant, the son of Your maidservant. My forelock is in Your hand; Your judgement over me is done, and Your decree for me is just. I ask You by every name that is Yours — that You have named Yourself with, or sent down in Your Book, or taught to any of Your creation, or kept to Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen with You — to make the Qurʾān the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the lifting of my sorrow and the going of my worry.

No servant says it when worry and grief strike him but that Allah takes away his worry and gives him joy in place of his sorrow.

Musnad Aḥmad 3712 · Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 972
From worry and grief

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ، وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ، وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-hammi wa-l-ḥazan, wa-l-ʿajzi wa-l-kasal, wa-l-bukhli wa-l-jubn, wa ḍalaʿi-d-dayn, wa ghalabati-r-rijāl.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from worry and grief, from helplessness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from the burden of debt and from being overpowered by men.

Anas: I often heard him ﷺ say this.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6363
Allah is enough for us

حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ

Ḥasbuna-llāhu wa niʿma-l-wakīl.

Sufficient for us is Allah, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.

Ibrāhīm عليه السلام said it when he was thrown into the fire; and the Prophet ﷺ said it when he was told: “The people have gathered against you.”

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4563
When a matter gets the better of you

حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ

Ḥasbiya-llāhu wa niʿma-l-wakīl.

Allah is enough for me, and He is the best to rely on.

“Allah blames helplessness — so be resourceful; then, if a matter gets the better of you, say this.”

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3627
Make the hard easy

اللَّهُمَّ لَا سَهْلَ إِلَّا مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلًا، وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ سَهْلًا إِذَا شِئْتَ

Allāhumma lā sahla illā mā jaʿaltahu sahlā, wa anta tajʿalu-l-ḥazna sahlan idhā shiʾt.

O Allah, nothing is easy except what You make easy, and You make the hard easy when You will.

Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 974 · Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 351
When earning a living is hard

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَمَالِي وَدِينِي، اللَّهُمَّ رَضِّنِي بِقَضَائِكَ، وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا قُدِّرَ لِي حَتَّى لَا أُحِبَّ تَعْجِيلَ مَا أَخَّرْتَ، وَلَا تَأْخِيرَ مَا عَجَّلْتَ

Bismi-llāhi ʿalā nafsī wa mālī wa dīnī. Allāhumma raḍḍinī bi-qaḍāʾik, wa bārik lī fīmā quddira lī, ḥattā lā uḥibba taʿjīla mā akhkharta wa lā taʾkhīra mā ʿajjalt.

In the name of Allah, over myself, my wealth and my religion. O Allah, make me content with Your decree, and bless me in what is decreed for me, until I do not love to hasten what You have delayed, nor to delay what You have hastened.

Said on leaving the house.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 350
When calamity strikes

إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا

Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn. Allāhumma-jurnī fī muṣībatī wa akhlif lī khayran minhā.

Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return. O Allah, reward me in my calamity, and give me better than it in its place.

Allah will give him better in its place.

Umm Salamah said it when Abū Salamah died — and Allah gave her the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 918
I count my calamity with You

إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ عِنْدَكَ أَحْتَسِبُ مُصِيبَتِي فَآجِرْنِي فِيهَا وَأَبْدِلْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا

Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn. Allāhumma ʿindaka aḥtasibu muṣībatī, fa-ʾjurnī fīhā, wa abdil lī khayran minhā.

Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return. O Allah, with You I count my calamity, so reward me for it, and give me better than it in its place.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3119
Even for a small loss

Say “innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn” for everything, even a broken sandal strap — it too is a calamity.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 352
When something goes wrong

قَدَرُ اللَّهِ وَمَا شَاءَ فَعَلَ

Qadaru-llāhi wa mā shāʾa faʿal.

Allah has decreed, and what He willed, He did.

Do not say “if only I had done this, it would have been so” — “if only” opens the door to Satan’s work.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2664
From the strain of trial

Seek refuge in Allah from the strain of trial, from being overtaken by misery, from an evil decree, and from the gloating of enemies.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6616
Except a trial that raises you

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ جَهْدِ الْبَلاَءِ، إِلاَّ بَلاَءً فِيهِ عَلاءٌ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min jahdi-l-balāʾ — illā balāʾan fīhi ʿalāʾ.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from the strain of trial — except a trial that brings a rising.

ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr: when you say the first words, pause, then add the last.

al-Adab al-Mufrad 729
When debt presses

اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِحَلاَلِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ وَأَغْنِنِي بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ

Allāhumma-kfinī bi-ḥalālika ʿan ḥarāmik, wa aghninī bi-faḍlika ʿamman siwāk.

O Allah, suffice me with what You have made lawful against what You have forbidden, and by Your grace make me free of need of anyone but You.

Were you to owe a mountain of debt, Allah would pay it off for you.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3563
From debt, and from being overcome

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الْعَدُوِّ وَشَمَاتَةِ الأَعْدَاءِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ghalabati-d-dayn, wa ghalabati-l-ʿaduww, wa shamātati-l-aʿdāʾ.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from being overcome by debt, from being overcome by an enemy, and from the gloating of enemies.

Sunan an-Nasāʾī 5475
Fearing a people

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَجْعَلُكَ فِي نُحُورِهِمْ وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شُرُورِهِمْ

Allāhumma innā najʿaluka fī nuḥūrihim, wa naʿūdhu bika min shurūrihim.

O Allah, we put You before them, and we take refuge in You from their evil.

What he ﷺ said when he feared a people.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1537
Suffice me against them

اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِيهِمْ بِمَا شِئْتَ

Allāhumma-kfinīhim bi-mā shiʾt.

O Allah, suffice me against them however You will.

The prayer of the believing boy of the People of the Ditch, as the Prophet ﷺ told his story.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 3005
You are my support

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ عَضُدِي وَنَصِيرِي بِكَ أَحُولُ وَبِكَ أَصُولُ وَبِكَ أُقَاتِلُ

Allāhumma anta ʿaḍudī wa naṣīrī, bika aḥūlu wa bika aṣūlu wa bika uqātil.

O Allah, You are my support and my helper; by You I move, by You I press forward, and by You I fight.

What he ﷺ said when he went out on a campaign.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2632
Against those who come against you

اللَّهُمَّ مُنْزِلَ الْكِتَابِ وَمُجْرِيَ السَّحَابِ وَهَازِمَ الأَحْزَابِ، اهْزِمْهُمْ وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ

Allāhumma munzila-l-kitāb, wa mujriya-s-saḥāb, wa hāzima-l-aḥzāb, ihzimhum wa-nṣurnā ʿalayhim.

O Allah, Revealer of the Book, Driver of the clouds, Defeater of the confederates: defeat them, and give us victory over them.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2966
Facing an enemy

يَا مَالِكَ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ، إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

Yā māliki yawmi-d-dīn, iyyāka naʿbudu wa iyyāka nastaʿīn.

O Master of the Day of Judgement — “It is You we worship and You we ask for help.”

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 334
Before a ruler you fear

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ، وَرَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، كُنْ لِي جَارًا مِنْ فُلاَنِ بْنِ فُلاَنٍ وَأَحْزَابِهِ مِنْ خَلاَئِقِكَ، أَنْ يَفْرُطَ عَلَيَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ أَوْ يَطْغَى، عَزَّ جَارُكَ، وَجَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ، وَلا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

Allāhumma rabba-s-samāwāti-s-sabʿ, wa rabba-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm, kun lī jāran min fulāni-bni fulānin wa aḥzābihi min khalāʾiqik, an yafruṭa ʿalayya aḥadun minhum aw yaṭghā. ʿAzza jāruk, wa jalla thanāʾuk, wa lā ilāha illā ant.

O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the mighty Throne, be my protector against so-and-so, son of so-and-so, and his parties among Your creatures, lest any of them act hastily against me or transgress. Mighty is the one You protect, exalted is Your praise, and there is no god but You.

ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd: say this if you have a ruler over you whose arrogance or injustice you fear — naming him.

al-Adab al-Mufrad 707
Allah is mightier than all His creation
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اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَعَزُّ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ جَمِيعًا، اللَّهُ أَعَزُّ مِمَّا أَخَافُ وَأَحْذَرُ، وَأَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ، الْمُمْسِكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعَ أَنْ يَقَعْنَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ، مِنْ شَرِّ عَبْدِكَ فُلاَنٍ، وَجُنُودِهِ وَأَتْبَاعِهِ وَأَشْيَاعِهِ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالإِنْسِ، اللَّهُمَّ كُنْ لِي جَارًا مِنْ شَرِّهِمْ، جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ، وَعَزَّ جَارُكَ، وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ، وَلاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ

Allāhu akbar, Allāhu aʿazzu min khalqihi jamīʿā, Allāhu aʿazzu mimmā akhāfu wa aḥdhar. Aʿūdhu billāhi-lladhī lā ilāha illā huw, al-mumsiki-s-samāwāti-s-sabʿa an yaqaʿna ʿala-l-arḍi illā bi-idhnih, min sharri ʿabdika fulān, wa junūdihi wa atbāʿihi wa ashyāʿihi mina-l-jinni wa-l-ins. Allāhumma kun lī jāran min sharrihim, jalla thanāʾuk, wa ʿazza jāruk, wa tabāraka-smuk, wa lā ilāha ghayruk.

Allah is greatest. Allah is mightier than all His creation; Allah is mightier than what I fear and dread. I take refuge in Allah, besides whom there is no god, who holds the seven heavens from falling on the earth except by His leave, from the evil of Your servant so-and-so, and his soldiers, followers and partisans, of jinn and men. O Allah, be my protector against their evil. Exalted is Your praise, mighty is the one You protect, blessed is Your name, and there is no god but You.

ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās: say this three times on coming before a formidable ruler you fear will assault you.

al-Adab al-Mufrad 708
When you are caught in a predicament

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ

Bismi-llāhi-r-raḥmāni-r-raḥīm, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāhi-l-ʿaliyyi-l-ʿaẓīm.

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful; and there is no might and no power except by Allah, the Most High, the Mighty.

By it Allah turns away whatever kinds of trial He wills.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah
When Satan comes at you

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْكَ، أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْكَ، أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْكَ، أَلْعَنُكَ بِلَعْنَةِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ، أَلْعَنُكَ بِلَعْنَةِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ، أَلْعَنُكَ بِلَعْنَةِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ

Aʿūdhu billāhi mink, aʿūdhu billāhi mink, aʿūdhu billāhi mink. Alʿanuka bi-laʿnati-llāhi-t-tāmmah, alʿanuka bi-laʿnati-llāhi-t-tāmmah, alʿanuka bi-laʿnati-llāhi-t-tāmmah.

I take refuge in Allah from you, I take refuge in Allah from you, I take refuge in Allah from you. I curse you with the complete curse of Allah, I curse you with the complete curse of Allah, I curse you with the complete curse of Allah.

What he ﷺ said, three times each, when Iblīs came at him in prayer with a flame of fire.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 542
When a voice or presence unsettles you

Call the adhān — Satan flees at the call to prayer.

Abū Ṣāliḥ told his son: “If you hear a voice, call the adhān,” and gave the hadith as his reason.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 389
When the whisper asks “who created Allah?”

Seek refuge in Allah, and stop there.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3276
I believe in Allah

آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ

Āmantu billāhi wa rusulih.

I believe in Allah and His messengers.

People will keep asking until it is said: “Allah created creation — then who created Allah?” Whoever finds any of that, let him say this.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 134Marked words Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 134
When doubt stirs in you
Qur’an

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

He is the First and the Last, the Ascendant and the Intimate, and He is, of all things, Knowing. Al-Ḥadīd 57:3

Ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما: if you find something of that in yourself, say this verse.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5110
When a bad thought comes

اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي رَدَّ كَيْدَهُ إِلَى الْوَسْوَسَةِ

Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar. Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī radda kaydahu ila-l-waswasah.

Allah is greatest, Allah is greatest, Allah is greatest. Praise be to Allah, who has reduced his plot to mere whispering.

A man told him ﷺ of thoughts he would rather be burnt to charcoal than speak of. He said this.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5112
When whispering spoils your prayer

Seek refuge in Allah from him, and spit lightly to your left three times.

“That is a devil called Khinzab.” The Companion who asked did so, and Allah took it away from him.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2203
When you feel lonely

سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ، رَبِّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالرُّوحِ، جَلَّلْتَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِالْعِزَّةِ وَالْجَبَرُوتِ

Subḥāna-l-maliki-l-quddūs, rabbi-l-malāʾikati wa-r-rūḥ, jallalta-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍa bi-l-ʿizzati wa-l-jabarūt.

Glory be to the King, the Most Holy, Lord of the angels and the Spirit; You have covered the heavens and the earth with might and majesty.

A man complained of loneliness; he ﷺ told him to say this often, and the loneliness left him.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 639
For a need, through the Prophet ﷺ

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ وَأَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّكَ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ إِنِّي تَوَجَّهْتُ بِكَ إِلَى رَبِّي فِي حَاجَتِي هَذِهِ لِتُقْضَى لِي اللَّهُمَّ فَشَفِّعْهُ فِيَّ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka wa atawajjahu ilayka bi-nabiyyika sayyidinā Muḥammadin ﷺ nabiyyi-r-raḥmah. Innī tawajjahtu bika ilā rabbī fī ḥājatī hādhihi li-tuqḍā lī. Allāhumma fa-shaffiʿhu fiyy.

O Allah, I ask You and turn to You through Your Prophet, Sayyidinā Muḥammad ﷺ, the Prophet of mercy. I have turned through you to my Lord in this need of mine, that it be fulfilled for me. O Allah, accept his intercession for me.

He ﷺ taught it to a blind man who asked him to pray for his sight: make wuḍūʾ well, then say this.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3578
The prayer of need

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ أَسْأَلُكَ مُوجِبَاتِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَعَزَائِمَ مَغْفِرَتِكَ وَالْغَنِيمَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ بِرٍّ وَالسَّلاَمَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ إِثْمٍ لاَ تَدَعْ لِي ذَنْبًا إِلاَّ غَفَرْتَهُ وَلاَ هَمًّا إِلاَّ فَرَّجْتَهُ وَلاَ حَاجَةً هِيَ لَكَ رِضًا إِلاَّ قَضَيْتَهَا يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu-l-ḥalīmu-l-karīm. Subḥāna-llāhi rabbi-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm. Al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi-l-ʿālamīn. Asʾaluka mūjibāti raḥmatik, wa ʿazāʾima maghfiratik, wa-l-ghanīmata min kulli birr, wa-s-salāmata min kulli ithm. Lā tadaʿ lī dhanban illā ghafartah, wa lā hamman illā farrajtah, wa lā ḥājatan hiya laka riḍan illā qaḍaytahā, yā arḥama-r-rāḥimīn.

There is no god but Allah, the Forbearing, the Generous. Glory be to Allah, Lord of the mighty Throne. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. I ask You for what makes Your mercy certain and Your forgiveness sure, a share of every good and safety from every sin. Leave me no sin but You forgive it, no worry but You relieve it, and no need that pleases You but You fulfil it, O Most Merciful of the merciful.

Make wuḍūʾ well, pray two rakʿahs, praise Allah and send ṣalāh upon the Prophet ﷺ, then say this.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 479
Istikhārah: asking Allah to choose

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ، فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلاَ أَقْدِرُ وَتَعْلَمُ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتَ عَلاَّمُ الْغُيُوبِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ، وَاقْدُرْ لِي الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِي بِهِ

Allāhumma innī astakhīruka bi-ʿilmik, wa astaqdiruka bi-qudratik, wa asʾaluka min faḍlika-l-ʿaẓīm, fa-innaka taqdiru wa lā aqdir, wa taʿlamu wa lā aʿlam, wa anta ʿallāmu-l-ghuyūb. Allāhumma in kunta taʿlamu anna hādha-l-amra khayrun lī fī dīnī wa maʿāshī wa ʿāqibati amrī fa-qdurhu lī wa yassirhu lī thumma bārik lī fīh, wa in kunta taʿlamu anna hādha-l-amra sharrun lī fī dīnī wa maʿāshī wa ʿāqibati amrī fa-ṣrifhu ʿannī wa-ṣrifnī ʿanh, wa-qdur liya-l-khayra ḥaythu kān, thumma arḍinī bih.

O Allah, I ask You to choose for me by Your knowledge, and I ask You to enable me by Your power, and I ask You of Your great bounty; for You are able and I am not, You know and I do not, and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, if You know this matter to be good for me in my religion, my livelihood and the outcome of my affairs, then decree it for me, make it easy for me, then bless me in it; and if You know this matter to be bad for me in my religion, my livelihood and the outcome of my affairs, then turn it away from me and turn me away from it, and decree for me the good wherever it may be, then make me content with it.

Pray two rakʿahs other than the obligatory prayer, then say this, naming your matter at “this matter”. The narrator was unsure whether he ﷺ said “the outcome of my affairs” or “my affairs now and later”; both may be said.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1166 · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6382
Choose for me

اللَّهُمَّ خِرْ لِي وَاخْتَرْ لِي

Allāhumma khir lī wa-khtar lī.

O Allah, choose the good for me, and make the choice for me.

What he ﷺ said when he meant to do something.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3516

What to say over your own pain, and what to say at the bedside of someone who is ill.

Reciting over yourself
Qur’an
When he ﷺ was ill he recited the Muʿawwidhāt over himself and blew lightly; when the pain grew hard, Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah recited them over him and wiped him with his own hand for its blessing.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5016
A hand where it hurts

بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ، بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ، بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ، أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ

Bismi-llāh, bismi-llāh, bismi-llāh. Aʿūdhu billāhi wa qudratihi min sharri mā ajidu wa uḥādhir.

In the name of Allah, in the name of Allah, in the name of Allah. I take refuge in Allah and His power from the evil of what I feel and what I fear.

Put your hand on the place that hurts: say “bismi-llāh” three times, then the words of refuge seven times.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2202
Al-Fātiḥah as a ruqyah
Qur’an
- 1 Al-Fātiḥah الفاتحة 7 verses
A Companion recited it over a man stung by a scorpion, and he was cured. “And how did you know it is a ruqyah?”

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5749
If you must speak of death

اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي، وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي

Allāhumma aḥyinī mā kānati-l-ḥayātu khayran lī, wa tawaffanī idhā kānati-l-wafātu khayran lī.

O Allah, keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and take me when death is better for me.

Let none of you wish for death because of some harm that befalls him; if he must, let him say this.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5671
From leprosy, madness and evil diseases

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبَرَصِ وَالْجُنُونِ وَالْجُذَامِ وَمِنْ سَيِّئِ الأَسْقَامِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-baraṣi wa-l-junūni wa-l-judhām, wa min sayyiʾi-l-asqām.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from leprosy, madness and elephantiasis, and from evil diseases.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1554
Five sayings, in illness

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu wa-llāhu akbar. Lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdah. Lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah. Lā ilāha illa-llāhu lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamd. Lā ilāha illa-llāhu wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh.

There is no god but Allah, and Allah is greatest. There is no god but Allah alone. There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. There is no god but Allah; His is the dominion and His is the praise. There is no god but Allah, and there is no might and no power except by Allah.

At each, his Lord affirms him. Whoever says them in his illness and then dies, the Fire will not touch him.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3430
On visiting someone ill

لاَ بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

Lā baʾsa, ṭahūrun in shāʾa-llāh.

No harm — a purification, if Allah wills.

What he ﷺ said whenever he visited someone who was ill.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3616
An expiation and a purification

كَفَّارَةٌ وَطَهُورٌ

Kaffāratun wa ṭahūr.

An expiation, and a purification.

What he ﷺ said to a Bedouin with a fever.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 535
Seven times, at the bedside
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أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ

Asʾalu-llāha-l-ʿaẓīm, rabba-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm, an yashfiyak.

I ask Allah the Mighty, Lord of the mighty Throne, to cure you.

If his time has not come, Allah cures him of that illness.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3106
Take away the hurt

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ، اشْفِهِ وَأَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لاَ شِفَاءَ إِلاَّ شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لاَ يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا

Allāhumma rabba-n-nās, adhhibi-l-baʾs, ishfihi wa anta-sh-shāfī, lā shifāʾa illā shifāʾuk, shifāʾan lā yughādiru saqamā.

O Allah, Lord of mankind, take away the hurt; cure him, for You are the Healer; there is no cure but Your cure, a cure that leaves no illness behind.

He ﷺ would wipe the sick person with his right hand as he said it.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5743
The ruqyah Jibrīl brought

بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ يُؤْذِيكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ نَفْسٍ أَوْ عَيْنِ حَاسِدٍ اللَّهُ يَشْفِيكَ بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ

Bismi-llāhi arqīk, min kulli shayʾin yuʾdhīk, min sharri kulli nafsin aw ʿayni ḥāsid, Allāhu yashfīk, bismi-llāhi arqīk.

In the name of Allah I recite over you, from everything that harms you, from the evil of every soul and every envious eye. Allah cures you; in the name of Allah I recite over you.

What Jibrīl عليه السلام said over the Prophet ﷺ when he was ill.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2186
The soil of our land

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، تُرْبَةُ أَرْضِنَا. بِرِيقَةِ بَعْضِنَا، يُشْفَى سَقِيمُنَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّنَا

Bismi-llāh. Turbatu arḍinā, bi-rīqati baʿḍinā, yushfā saqīmunā bi-idhni rabbinā.

In the name of Allah. The soil of our land, with the spittle of some of us, cures our sick by the leave of our Lord.

He ﷺ would touch his finger with his saliva to the ground, then to the sore, and say this.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5745
Heal Your servant

اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ عَبْدَكَ يَنْكَأُ لَكَ عَدُوًّا أَوْ يَمْشِي لَكَ إِلَى جَنَازَةٍ

Allāhumma-shfi ʿabdaka yankaʾu laka ʿaduwwan aw yamshī laka ilā janāzah.

O Allah, heal Your servant, that he may wound an enemy for You or walk for You to a funeral.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3107
Give him well-being

اللَّهُمَّ عَافِهِ أَوِ اشْفِهِ

Allāhumma ʿāfihi — aw: ishfih.

O Allah, give him well-being — or: cure him.

What he ﷺ said over Sayyidunā ʿAlī when he was ill; a narrator was unsure which of the two words he said. ʿAlī never had that pain again.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3564
Ask the sick to pray for you

When you visit someone who is ill, ask them to pray for you — their prayer is like the prayer of the angels.

Sunan Ibn Mājah 1441
For fever and every pain

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الْكَبِيرِ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ عِرْقٍ نَعَّارٍ وَمِنْ شَرِّ حَرِّ النَّارِ

Bismi-llāhi-l-kabīr. Aʿūdhu billāhi-l-ʿaẓīmi min sharri kulli ʿirqin naʿʿār, wa min sharri ḥarri-n-nār.

In the name of Allah, the Great. I take refuge in Allah, the Mighty, from the evil of every gushing vein, and from the evil of the heat of the Fire.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2075
On a boil or blister

اللَّهُمَّ مُصَغِّرَ الْكَبِيرِ، وَمُكَبِّرَ الصَّغِيرِ، صَغِّرْ مَا بِي

Allāhumma muṣaghghira-l-kabīr, wa mukabbira-ṣ-ṣaghīr, ṣaghghir mā bī.

O Allah, who makes the great small and the small great, make small what I have.

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 635
The end of al-Muʾminūn, over the afflicted
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?" So exalted is Allah, the Sovereign, the Truth; there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Noble Throne. And whoever invokes besides Allah another deity for which he has no proof - then his account is only with his Lord. Indeed, the disbelievers will not succeed. And, [O Muhammad], say, "My Lord, forgive and have mercy, and You are the best of the merciful. Al-Muʾminūn 23:115–118

Ibn Masʿūd recited it into the ear of an afflicted man and he recovered. “Had a man of certainty recited it over a mountain, it would have moved.”

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 631

With the dying, when someone dies, the funeral prayer, the burial, consoling the family, and visiting the graves.

With the dying

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ

Lā ilāha illa-llāh.

There is no god but Allah.

Whoever’s last words are lā ilāha illa-llāh will enter the Garden.

“Prompt your dying with lā ilāha illa-llāh.” Say it gently near them, so that it is their last word.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 916 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3116
Sūrah Yā Sīn
Qur’an
- 36 Yā-Sīn يس 83 verses
“Recite Yā Sīn over your dying.”

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3121
In the pangs of death

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، إِنَّ لِلْمَوْتِ سَكَرَاتٍ

Lā ilāha illa-llāh, inna li-l-mawti sakarāt.

There is no god but Allah; death has its throes.

His ﷺ words at the end, dipping his hands into water and wiping his face.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4449
Help me through death’s throes

اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَى غَمَرَاتِ الْمَوْتِ

Allāhumma aʿinnī ʿalā ghamarāti-l-mawt.

O Allah, help me through the floods of death.

The narrator was unsure whether he ﷺ said “ghamarāt” or “sakarāt” — the floods, or the throes.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 978
Join me with the highest company

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالرَّفِيقِ الأَعْلَى

Allāhumma-ghfir lī wa-rḥamnī wa alḥiqnī bi-r-rafīqi-l-aʿlā.

O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, and join me with the highest company.

Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah heard him ﷺ say this, leaning against her, at the end.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5674
On closing the eyes of the dead

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لأَبِي سَلَمَةَ وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ فِي الْمَهْدِيِّينَ وَاخْلُفْهُ فِي عَقِبِهِ فِي الْغَابِرِينَ وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلَهُ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَافْسَحْ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ، وَنَوِّرْ لَهُ فِيهِ

Allāhumma-ghfir li-abī salamah, wa-rfaʿ darajatahu fi-l-mahdiyyīn, wa-khlufhu fī ʿaqibihi fi-l-ghābirīn, wa-ghfir lanā wa lahu yā rabba-l-ʿālamīn, wa-fsaḥ lahu fī qabrih, wa nawwir lahu fīh.

O Allah, forgive Abū Salamah, raise his rank among the rightly guided, and take his place with those he leaves behind. Forgive us and him, O Lord of the worlds; make his grave wide for him, and fill it with light for him.

He ﷺ closed Abū Salamah’s eyes — “when the soul is taken, the sight follows it” — and said this. Name the one who has died in his place. “Say nothing but good, for the angels say āmīn to what you say.”

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 920
When someone close to you dies

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلَهُ وَأَعْقِبْنِي مِنْهُ عُقْبَى حَسَنَةً

Allāhumma-ghfir lī wa lah, wa aʿqibnī minhu ʿuqbā ḥasanah.

O Allah, forgive me and him, and give me a good successor after him.

What he ﷺ told Umm Salamah to say when Abū Salamah died.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 919
On hearing that a brother has died

إِنَّا لِلَّهِ، وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ، وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ، اللَّهُمَّ اكْتُبْهُ عِنْدَكَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ، وَاجْعَلْ كِتَابَهُ فِي عِلِّيِّينَ، وَاخْلُفْهُ فِي أَهْلِهِ فِي الْغَابِرِينَ، وَلَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ، وَلَا تَفْتِنَّا بَعْدَهُ

Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn, wa innā ilā rabbinā la-munqalibūn. Allāhumma-ktubhu ʿindaka mina-l-muḥsinīn, wa-jʿal kitābahu fī ʿilliyyīn, wa-khlufhu fī ahlihi fi-l-ghābirīn, wa lā taḥrimnā ajrah, wa lā taftinnā baʿdah.

Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return. And indeed we, to our Lord, will surely return. O Allah, write him among the good-doers with You, place his record in ʿIlliyyīn, take his place with the family he leaves behind, do not deprive us of his reward, and do not try us after him.

“Death is a fright.”

Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 561
The funeral prayer: al-Fātiḥah
Qur’an
- 1 Al-Fātiḥah الفاتحة 7 verses
Ibn ʿAbbās recited al-Fātiḥah in a funeral prayer and said: “So that you know it is the Sunnah.”

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1335
The funeral prayer

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ وَعَافِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهُ وَوَسِّعْ مُدْخَلَهُ وَاغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ وَنَقِّهِ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا نَقَّيْتَ الثَّوْبَ الأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ وَأَبْدِلْهُ دَارًا خَيْرًا مِنْ دَارِهِ وَأَهْلاً خَيْرًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَزَوْجًا خَيْرًا مِنْ زَوْجِهِ وَأَدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعِذْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ أَوْ مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ

Allāhumma-ghfir lahu wa-rḥamh, wa ʿāfihi wa-ʿfu ʿanh, wa akrim nuzulah, wa wassiʿ mudkhalah, wa-ghsilhu bi-l-māʾi wa-th-thalji wa-l-barad, wa naqqihi mina-l-khaṭāyā kamā naqqayta-th-thawba-l-abyaḍa mina-d-danas, wa abdilhu dāran khayran min dārih, wa ahlan khayran min ahlih, wa zawjan khayran min zawjih, wa adkhilhu-l-jannah, wa aʿidhhu min ʿadhābi-l-qabri aw min ʿadhābi-n-nār.

O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, keep him safe and pardon him; make his reception honourable and his entry wide. Wash him with water, snow and hail, and cleanse him of sins as You cleanse a white garment of dirt. Give him a home better than his home, a family better than his family and a spouse better than his spouse. Admit him to the Garden, and protect him from the punishment of the grave — or of the Fire.

ʿAwf ibn Mālik: I memorised this from his ﷺ prayer over a funeral, until I wished I were that dead man.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 963
For all of us

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَأَحْيِهِ عَلَى الإِيمَانِ وَمَنْ تَوَفَّيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَتَوَفَّهُ عَلَى الإِسْلاَمِ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ وَلاَ تُضِلَّنَا بَعْدَهُ

Allāhumma-ghfir li-ḥayyinā wa mayyitinā, wa ṣaghīrinā wa kabīrinā, wa dhakarinā wa unthānā, wa shāhidinā wa ghāʾibinā. Allāhumma man aḥyaytahu minnā fa-aḥyihi ʿala-l-īmān, wa man tawaffaytahu minnā fa-tawaffahu ʿala-l-islām. Allāhumma lā taḥrimnā ajrah, wa lā tuḍillanā baʿdah.

O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, our young and our old, our men and our women, those present and those absent. O Allah, whoever of us You keep alive, keep him alive in faith; and whoever of us You take, take him in Islam. O Allah, do not deprive us of his reward, and do not let us go astray after him.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3201
You are its Lord

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبُّهَا وَأَنْتَ خَلَقْتَهَا وَأَنْتَ هَدَيْتَهَا لِلإِسْلاَمِ وَأَنْتَ قَبَضْتَ رُوحَهَا وَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِسِرِّهَا وَعَلاَنِيَتِهَا جِئْنَاكَ شُفَعَاءَ فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ

Allāhumma anta rabbuhā, wa anta khalaqtahā, wa anta hadaytahā li-l-islām, wa anta qabaḍta rūḥahā, wa anta aʿlamu bi-sirrihā wa ʿalāniyatihā. Jiʾnāka shufaʿāʾa fa-ghfir lah.

O Allah, You are its Lord; You created it, You guided it to Islam, You took its soul, and You know best what it hid and what it showed. We have come to You as intercessors, so forgive him.

How Abū Hurayrah said he heard the Prophet ﷺ pray over the dead.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3200
In Your care

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ فُلاَنَ بْنَ فُلاَنٍ فِي ذِمَّتِكَ وَحَبْلِ جِوَارِكَ فَقِهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَعَذَابِ النَّارِ وَأَنْتَ أَهْلُ الْوَفَاءِ وَالْحَقِّ فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

Allāhumma inna fulāna-bna fulānin fī dhimmatik, wa ḥabli jiwārik, fa-qihi min fitnati-l-qabri wa ʿadhābi-n-nār, wa anta ahlu-l-wafāʾi wa-l-ḥaqq. Fa-ghfir lahu wa-rḥamh, innaka anta-l-ghafūru-r-raḥīm.

O Allah, so-and-so, son of so-and-so, is in Your care and under the rope of Your protection; so guard him from the trial of the grave and the punishment of the Fire. You are the One of faithfulness and truth. So forgive him and have mercy on him; You are the Forgiving, the Merciful.

Name the one who has died.

Sunan Ibn Mājah 1499 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3202
In need of Your mercy

اللَّهُمَّ عَبْدُكَ، وَابْنُ أَمَتِكَ احْتَاجَ إِلَى رَحْمَتِكَ، وَأَنْتَ غَنِيٌّ عَنْ عَذَابِهِ إِنْ كَانَ مُحْسِنًا فَزِدْ فِي إِحْسَانِهِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مُسِيئًا فَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْهُ

Allāhumma ʿabduka wa-bnu amatik, iḥtāja ilā raḥmatik, wa anta ghaniyyun ʿan ʿadhābih. In kāna muḥsinan fa-zid fī iḥsānih, wa in kāna musīʾan fa-tajāwaz ʿanh.

O Allah, Your servant and the son of Your maidservant is in need of Your mercy, and You have no need to punish him. If he did good, add to his good; and if he did wrong, pass over it.

What he ﷺ said when he stood to pray over the dead.

al-Ḥākim, al-Mustadrak 1328
Over a child

اللَّهُمَّ أَعِذْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ

Allāhumma aʿidhhu min ʿadhābi-l-qabr.

O Allah, protect him from the punishment of the grave.

What Abū Hurayrah said, praying over a child who had never done a wrong.

al-Muwaṭṭaʾ 540
A forerunner for us

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لَنَا فَرَطًا وَسَلَفًا وَأَجْرًا

Allāhumma-jʿalhu lanā faraṭan wa salafan wa ajrā.

O Allah, make him one who goes ahead of us, a forerunner, and a reward for us.

What al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī said over a child, after reciting al-Fātiḥah.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, before 1335 (al-Ḥasan)
Placing the body in the grave

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَعَلَى سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ

Bismi-llāhi wa ʿalā sunnati rasūli-llāh ﷺ.

In the name of Allah, and on the way of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3213
After the burial

Ask forgiveness for your brother, and ask that he be made firm — he is being questioned now.

What he ﷺ said, standing by the grave, when the burial was done.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3221
Consoling the bereaved

إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا أَخَذَ وَلَهُ مَا أَعْطَى وَكُلٌّ عِنْدَهُ بِأَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى، فَلْتَصْبِرْ وَلْتَحْتَسِبْ

Inna lillāhi mā akhadh, wa lahu mā aʿṭā, wa kullun ʿindahu bi-ajalin musammā, fa-l-taṣbir wa-l-taḥtasib.

To Allah belongs what He took, and His is what He gave, and everything has its appointed time with Him. So let her be patient and hope for the reward.

His ﷺ message to his daughter when her little son was dying. Said to a man: “fa-l-yaṣbir wa-l-yaḥtasib”; to the one you speak to: “fa-ṣbir wa-ḥtasib”.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1284
When a child dies

Praise Allah and say “innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn”.

Of the servant who does so when his child is taken, Allah says: “Build for My servant a house in the Garden, and name it the House of Praise.”

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 1021
Visiting the graves

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدِّيَارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَلَاحِقُونَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ لَنَا وَلَكُمْ الْعَافِيَةَ

As-salāmu ʿalaykum ahla-d-diyāri mina-l-muʾminīna wa-l-muslimīn, wa innā in shāʾa-llāhu la-lāḥiqūn. Asʾalu-llāha lanā wa lakumu-l-ʿāfiyah.

Peace be upon you, people of these dwellings, believers and Muslims. We shall, if Allah wills, join you. I ask Allah for well-being for us and for you.

What he ﷺ taught his Companions to say when they went out to the graves.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 975
At al-Baqīʿ

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ دَارَ قَوْمٍ مُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَتَاكُمْ مَا تُوعَدُونَ غَدًا مُؤَجَّلُونَ وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لاَحِقُونَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لأَهْلِ بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ

As-salāmu ʿalaykum dāra qawmin muʾminīn, wa atākum mā tūʿadūna ghadan muʾajjalūn, wa innā in shāʾa-llāhu bikum lāḥiqūn. Allāhumma-ghfir li-ahli baqīʿi-l-gharqad.

Peace be upon you, abode of a believing people. What you were promised has come to you; you are given respite until tomorrow; and we shall, if Allah wills, join you. O Allah, forgive the people of Baqīʿ al-Gharqad.

He ﷺ went out in the last part of the night to al-Baqīʿ and said this.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 974
Passing by graves

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الْقُبُورِ يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لَنَا وَلَكُمْ أَنْتُمْ سَلَفُنَا وَنَحْنُ بِالأَثَرِ

As-salāmu ʿalaykum yā ahla-l-qubūr, yaghfiru-llāhu lanā wa lakum, antum salafunā wa naḥnu bi-l-athar.

Peace be upon you, people of the graves. May Allah forgive us and you. You went before us, and we follow.

He ﷺ passed the graves of Madīnah and turned his face towards them.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 1053
You went ahead of us

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ دَارَ قَوْمٍ مُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْتُمْ لَنَا فَرَطٌ وَإِنَّا بِكُمْ لاَحِقُونَ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُمْ وَلاَ تَفْتِنَّا بَعْدَهُمْ

As-salāmu ʿalaykum dāra qawmin muʾminīn, antum lanā faraṭ, wa innā bikum lāḥiqūn. Allāhumma lā taḥrimnā ajrahum wa lā taftinnā baʿdahum.

Peace be upon you, abode of a believing people. You went ahead of us, and we shall join you. O Allah, do not deprive us of their reward, and do not try us after them.

Sunan Ibn Mājah 1546

Remembrance that belongs to no particular time, and seeking forgiveness.

The four that endure

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

Subḥāna-llāhi wa-l-ḥamdu lillāhi wa lā ilāha illa-llāhu wa-llāhu akbar.

Glory be to Allah; praise belongs to Allah; there is no god but Allah; and Allah is greatest.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2695
Two words, heavy on the scale

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ

Subḥāna-llāhi wa bi-ḥamdih, subḥāna-llāhi-l-ʿaẓīm

Glory be to Allah and His is the praise; glory be to Allah the Almighty.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6406 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2694
A treasure of the Garden

لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ

Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh

There is no power and no strength except with Allah.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4205 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2704
A palm tree in the Garden

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ

Subḥāna-llāhi-l-ʿaẓīmi wa bi-ḥamdih.

Glory be to Allah, the Mighty, and His is the praise.

Whoever says it, a palm tree is planted for him in the Garden.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3464
A thousand good deeds a day

Say “subḥāna-llāh” a hundred times.

A thousand good deeds are written for him, or a thousand sins are taken away from him.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2698
The best of it

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ

Lā ilāha illa-llāh

There is no god but Allah.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3383 · Sunan Ibn Mājah 3800
Words taught to a Bedouin

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبِيرًا وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيرًا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, Allāhu akbaru kabīrā, wa-l-ḥamdu lillāhi kathīrā, subḥāna-llāhi rabbi-l-ʿālamīn, lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāhi-l-ʿazīzi-l-ḥakīm.

There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. Allah is greatest, by far; praise be to Allah abundantly; glory be to Allah, Lord of the worlds; there is no might and no power except by Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2696
Sins falling away like foam

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu wa-llāhu akbar, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh.

There is no god but Allah, and Allah is greatest, and there is no might and no power except by Allah.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3460
As many as He has created

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ فِي الأَرْضِ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا هُوَ خَالِقٌ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ

Subḥāna-llāhi ʿadada mā khalaqa fi-s-samāʾ, wa subḥāna-llāhi ʿadada mā khalaqa fi-l-arḍ, wa subḥāna-llāhi ʿadada mā khalaqa bayna dhālik, wa subḥāna-llāhi ʿadada mā huwa khāliq; wa-llāhu akbaru mithla dhālik, wa-l-ḥamdu lillāhi mithla dhālik, wa lā ilāha illa-llāhu mithla dhālik, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāhi mithla dhālik.

Glory be to Allah, as many times as all He has created in the heavens; glory be to Allah, as many as all He has created on earth; glory be to Allah, as many as all He has created between them; glory be to Allah, as many as all He is yet to create. And Allah is greatest, the same; praise be to Allah, the same; there is no god but Allah, the same; and there is no might and no power except by Allah, the same.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1500
Words of forgiveness, taught to ʿAlī

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu-l-ʿaliyyu-l-ʿaẓīm, lā ilāha illa-llāhu-l-ḥalīmu-l-karīm, lā ilāha illa-llāh, subḥāna-llāhi rabbi-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm.

There is no god but Allah, the Most High, the Magnificent. There is no god but Allah, the Forbearing, the Generous. There is no god but Allah. Glory be to Allah, Lord of the mighty Throne.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3504
He honoured His army

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ، أَعَزَّ جُنْدَهُ، وَنَصَرَ عَبْدَهُ وَغَلَبَ الأَحْزَابَ وَحْدَهُ، فَلاَ شَىْءَ بَعْدَهُ

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdah, aʿazza jundah, wa naṣara ʿabdah, wa ghalaba-l-aḥzāba waḥdah, fa-lā shayʾa baʿdah.

There is no god but Allah alone. He honoured His army, gave victory to His servant, and alone overcame the confederates; and there is nothing after Him.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4114
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.

Sunan Ibn Mājah 3801
On seeing what pleases you

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي بِنِعْمَتِهِ تَتِمُّ الصَّالِحَاتُ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī bi-niʿmatihi tatimmu-ṣ-ṣāliḥāt.

Praise be to Allah, by whose blessing good things are brought to completion.

Sunan Ibn Mājah 3803
On seeing what you dislike

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi ʿalā kulli ḥāl.

Praise be to Allah in every state.

Sunan Ibn Mājah 3803
More than seventy times a day

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

Astaghfiru-llāha wa atūbu ilayh.

I ask Allah’s forgiveness, and I turn to Him in repentance.

“By Allah, I ask Allah’s forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times a day.”

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6307
Turning back, a hundred times a day

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَتُبْ عَلَىَّ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ

Rabbi-ghfir lī wa tub ʿalayya, innaka anta-t-tawwābu-r-raḥīm.

My Lord, forgive me and turn to me in mercy; You are the Ever-Relenting, the Most Merciful.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1516
Forgiveness from the Ever-Living

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

Astaghfiru-llāha-lladhī lā ilāha illā huwa-l-ḥayyu-l-qayyūmu wa atūbu ilayh

I ask forgiveness of Allah, beside whom there is no god, the Living, the Sustainer, and I turn to Him.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1517
Hold fast to “O Lord of Majesty and Honour”

يَا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ

Yā dha-l-jalāli wa-l-ikrām.

O Lord of Majesty and Honour.

“Hold fast to: yā dha-l-jalāli wa-l-ikrām” — call on Him by it often.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3524
O Most Merciful of the merciful
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يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Yā arḥama-r-rāḥimīn.

O Most Merciful of the merciful.

An angel is appointed to whoever says it; when he has said it three times, the angel says: “The Most Merciful of the merciful has turned to you — so ask.”

al-Ḥākim, al-Mustadrak 1996

The comprehensive supplications he ﷺ loved most, and the refuges he sought.

The whole of the good, and refuge from the whole of the evil

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ، مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ، مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا سَأَلَكَ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَاذَ بِهِ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ كُلَّ قَضَاءٍ قَضَيْتَهُ لِي خَيْرًا

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka mina-l-khayri kullihi, ʿājilihi wa ājilih, mā ʿalimtu minhu wa mā lam aʿlam. Wa aʿūdhu bika mina-sh-sharri kullihi, ʿājilihi wa ājilih, mā ʿalimtu minhu wa mā lam aʿlam. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka min khayri mā saʾalaka ʿabduka wa nabiyyuk, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā ʿādha bihi ʿabduka wa nabiyyuk. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-jannata wa mā qarraba ilayhā min qawlin aw ʿamal, wa aʿūdhu bika mina-n-nāri wa mā qarraba ilayhā min qawlin aw ʿamal, wa asʾaluka an tajʿala kulla qaḍāʾin qaḍaytahu lī khayrā.

O Allah, I ask You for all of the good, its soon and its late, what I know of it and what I do not; and I take refuge in You from all of the evil, its soon and its late, what I know of it and what I do not. O Allah, I ask You for the best of what Your servant and Your prophet asked You for, and I take refuge in You from the evil he took refuge from. O Allah, I ask You for the Garden and every word and deed that brings me nearer to it, and I take refuge in You from the Fire and every word and deed that brings me nearer to it; and I ask You to make every decree You decree for me a good one.

Sunan Ibn Mājah 3846
All that he ﷺ asked for

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ مِمَّا سَأَلَكَ نَبِيُّكَ سَيِّدُنَا مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ، وَنَسْتَعِيذُكَ مِمَّا اسْتَعَاذَكَ مِنْهُ نَبِيُّكَ سَيِّدُنَا مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ، اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْمُسْتَعَانُ وَعَلَيْكَ الْبَلاَغُ، وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ

Allāhumma innā nasʾaluka mimmā saʾalaka nabiyyuka sayyidunā Muḥammadun ṣalla-llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam, wa nastaʿīdhuka mimma-staʿādhaka minhu nabiyyuka sayyidunā Muḥammadun ṣalla-llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam. Allāhumma anta-l-mustaʿān, wa ʿalayka-l-balāgh, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh.

O Allah, we ask You for all that Your Prophet, Sayyidinā Muhammad ﷺ, asked You for, and we seek refuge in You from all that Your Prophet, Sayyidinā Muhammad ﷺ, sought refuge in You from. O Allah, You are the One whose help is sought, and it is for You to bring it about; there is no might and no power except by Allah.

al-Adab al-Mufrad 679 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3521
Everything, gathered

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا وَارْضَ عَنَّا وَتَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا وَأَدْخِلْنَا الْجَنَّةَ وَنَجِّنَا مِنَ النَّارِ وَأَصْلِحْ لَنَا شَأْنَنَا كُلَّهُ

Allāhumma-ghfir lanā wa-rḥamnā wa-rḍa ʿannā wa taqabbal minnā, wa adkhilna-l-jannata wa najjinā mina-n-nār, wa aṣliḥ lanā shaʾnanā kullah.

O Allah, forgive us, have mercy on us, be pleased with us and accept from us; admit us to the Garden, save us from the Fire, and set right all our affairs.

Sunan Ibn Mājah 3836
Join our hearts

اللَّهُمَّ أَلِّفْ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِنَا وَأَصْلِحْ ذَاتَ بَيْنِنَا وَاهْدِنَا سُبُلَ السَّلاَمِ وَنَجِّنَا مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ وَجَنِّبْنَا الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي أَسْمَاعِنَا وَأَبْصَارِنَا وَقُلُوبِنَا وَأَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ وَاجْعَلْنَا شَاكِرِينَ لِنِعْمَتِكَ مُثْنِينَ بِهَا قَابِلِيهَا وَأَتِمَّهَا عَلَيْنَا

Allāhumma allif bayna qulūbinā, wa aṣliḥ dhāta bayninā, wa-hdinā subula-s-salām, wa najjinā mina-ẓ-ẓulumāti ila-n-nūr, wa jannibna-l-fawāḥisha mā ẓahara minhā wa mā baṭan, wa bārik lanā fī asmāʿinā wa abṣārinā wa qulūbinā wa azwājinā wa dhurriyyātinā, wa tub ʿalaynā innaka anta-t-tawwābu-r-raḥīm, wa-jʿalnā shākirīna li-niʿmatika, muthnīna bihā, qābilīhā, wa atimmahā ʿalaynā.

O Allah, join our hearts together, set right what is between us, guide us to the paths of peace, bring us out of darkness into light, keep us away from indecencies, open and hidden, and bless us in our hearing, our sight, our hearts, our spouses and our children. Turn to us — You are the Relenting, the Merciful — and make us grateful for Your blessing, praising You for it and receiving it, and complete it upon us.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 969
Forgive me, have mercy on me

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَاهْدِنِي وَعَافِنِي وَارْزُقْنِي

Allāhumma-ghfir lī wa-rḥamnī wa-hdinī wa ʿāfinī wa-rzuqnī.

O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, grant me well-being and provide for me.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2697
Guidance, piety, chastity and sufficiency

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالتُّقَى وَالْعَفَافَ وَالْغِنَى

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-hudā wa-t-tuqā wa-l-ʿafāfa wa-l-ghinā.

O Allah, I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity and sufficiency.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2721
Set right my religion, my world and my end

اللَّهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ لِي دِينِيَ الَّذِي هُوَ عِصْمَةُ أَمْرِي وَأَصْلِحْ لِي دُنْيَاىَ الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعَاشِي وَأَصْلِحْ لِي آخِرَتِي الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعَادِي وَاجْعَلِ الْحَيَاةَ زِيَادَةً لِي فِي كُلِّ خَيْرٍ وَاجْعَلِ الْمَوْتَ رَاحَةً لِي مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ

Allāhumma aṣliḥ lī dīniya-lladhī huwa ʿiṣmatu amrī, wa aṣliḥ lī dunyāya-llatī fīhā maʿāshī, wa aṣliḥ lī ākhiratī-llatī fīhā maʿādī, wa-jʿali-l-ḥayāta ziyādatan lī fī kulli khayr, wa-jʿali-l-mawta rāḥatan lī min kulli sharr.

O Allah, set right for me my religion, which is the safeguard of my affair; and set right for me my world, in which is my living; and set right for me my Hereafter, to which is my return. Make life an increase for me in every good, and make death a rest for me from every evil.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2720
Guide me and make me steady

اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي وَسَدِّدْنِي

Allāhumma-hdinī wa saddidnī.

O Allah, guide me and make me steady.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2725
By Your might, lest You let me stray

اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْتُ وَبِكَ خَاصَمْتُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّتِكَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ أَنْ تُضِلَّنِي أَنْتَ الْحَىُّ الَّذِي لاَ يَمُوتُ وَالْجِنُّ وَالإِنْسُ يَمُوتُونَ

Allāhumma laka aslamt, wa bika āmant, wa ʿalayka tawakkalt, wa ilayka anabt, wa bika khāṣamt. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bi-ʿizzatika, lā ilāha illā ant, an tuḍillanī. Anta-l-ḥayyu-lladhī lā yamūt, wa-l-jinnu wa-l-insu yamūtūn.

O Allah, to You I have submitted, in You I have believed, upon You I rely, to You I turn, and by You I contend. O Allah, I take refuge in Your might — there is no god but You — lest You let me go astray. You are the Ever-Living who does not die, while jinn and men die.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2717
Give my soul its piety

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْهَرَمِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ اللَّهُمَّ آتِ نَفْسِي تَقْوَاهَا وَزَكِّهَا أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا أَنْتَ وَلِيُّهَا وَمَوْلاَهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لاَ يَنْفَعُ وَمِنْ قَلْبٍ لاَ يَخْشَعُ وَمِنْ نَفْسٍ لاَ تَشْبَعُ وَمِنْ دَعْوَةٍ لاَ يُسْتَجَابُ لَهَا

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-ʿajzi wa-l-kasal, wa-l-jubni wa-l-bukhl, wa-l-harami wa ʿadhābi-l-qabr. Allāhumma āti nafsī taqwāhā, wa zakkihā anta khayru man zakkāhā, anta waliyyuhā wa mawlāhā. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿilmin lā yanfaʿ, wa min qalbin lā yakhshaʿ, wa min nafsin lā tashbaʿ, wa min daʿwatin lā yustajābu lahā.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from helplessness and laziness, from cowardice and miserliness, from decrepit old age and from the punishment of the grave. O Allah, give my soul its piety and purify it — You are the best to purify it; You are its Guardian and its Master. O Allah, I take refuge in You from knowledge that does not benefit, from a heart that is not humbled, from a soul that is never satisfied, and from a prayer that is not answered.

Zayd ibn Arqam: “I say to you only what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say.”

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2722
What makes Your mercy certain

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ مُوجِبَاتِ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَعَزَائِمَ مَغْفِرَتِكَ، وَالسَّلَامَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ إِثْمٍ، وَالْغَنِيمَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ بِرٍّ، وَالْفَوْزَ بِالْجَنَّةِ، وَالنَّجَاةَ بِعَوْنِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ

Allāhumma innā nasʾaluka mūjibāti raḥmatik, wa ʿazāʾima maghfiratik, wa-s-salāmata min kulli ithm, wa-l-ghanīmata min kulli birr, wa-l-fawza bi-l-jannah, wa-n-najāta bi-ʿawnika mina-n-nār.

O Allah, we ask You for what makes Your mercy certain and Your forgiveness sure, safety from every sin, a share of every good, the winning of the Garden, and deliverance from the Fire by Your help.

al-Ḥākim, al-Mustadrak 1925
Doing good, and leaving wrong

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فِعْلَ الْخَيْرَاتِ وَتَرْكَ الْمُنْكَرَاتِ وَحُبَّ الْمَسَاكِينِ وَأَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي وَتَرْحَمَنِي وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ فِتْنَةَ قَوْمٍ فَتَوَفَّنِي غَيْرَ مَفْتُونٍ أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَحُبَّ عَمَلٍ يُقَرِّبُ إِلَى حُبِّكَ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka fiʿla-l-khayrāt, wa tarka-l-munkarāt, wa ḥubba-l-masākīn, wa an taghfira lī wa tarḥamanī, wa idhā aradta fitnata qawmin fa-tawaffanī ghayra maftūn. Asʾaluka ḥubbaka wa ḥubba man yuḥibbuk, wa ḥubba ʿamalin yuqarribu ilā ḥubbik.

O Allah, I ask You for doing good deeds, leaving wrong ones and loving the poor, and that You forgive me and have mercy on me; and when You intend a trial for a people, take me to You untried. I ask You for Your love, the love of those who love You, and the love of deeds that bring me near to Your love.

“It is true — so study it, and learn it.”

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3235
Make my inward better than my outward

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ سَرِيرَتِي خَيْرًا مِنْ عَلاَنِيَتِي وَاجْعَلْ عَلاَنِيَتِي صَالِحَةً اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ صَالِحِ مَا تُؤْتِي النَّاسَ مِنَ الْمَالِ وَالأَهْلِ وَالْوَلَدِ غَيْرِ الضَّالِّ وَلاَ الْمُضِلِّ

Allāhumma-jʿal sarīratī khayran min ʿalāniyatī, wa-jʿal ʿalāniyatī ṣāliḥah. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka min ṣāliḥi mā tuʾti-n-nāsa mina-l-māli wa-l-ahli wa-l-walad, ghayri-ḍ-ḍālli wa la-l-muḍill.

O Allah, make what is hidden in me better than what I show, and make what I show righteous. O Allah, I ask You for the good of what You give people — wealth, family and children — neither astray nor leading astray.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3586
Health, chastity and trust

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الصِّحَّةَ، وَالْعِفَّةَ، وَالأَمَانَةَ، وَحُسْنَ الْخُلُقِ، وَالرِّضَا بِالْقَدَرِ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-ṣ-ṣiḥḥata wa-l-ʿiffah, wa-l-amānata wa ḥusna-l-khuluq, wa-r-riḍā bi-l-qadar.

O Allah, I ask You for health and chastity, trustworthiness and good character, and contentment with Your decree.

al-Adab al-Mufrad
As You made my form beautiful

اللَّهُمَّ أَحْسَنْتَ خَلْقِي، فَأَحْسِنْ خُلُقِي

Allāhumma aḥsanta khalqī, fa-aḥsin khuluqī.

O Allah, You have made my form beautiful, so make my character beautiful.

Musnad Aḥmad 24392 · Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 959
Forgive my error and my ignorance

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي وَجَهْلِي وَإِسْرَافِي فِي أَمْرِي، وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي، اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي هَزْلِي وَجِدِّي وَخَطَاىَ وَعَمْدِي، وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي

Allāhumma-ghfir lī khaṭīʾatī wa jahlī, wa isrāfī fī amrī, wa mā anta aʿlamu bihi minnī. Allāhumma-ghfir lī hazlī wa jiddī, wa khaṭaʾī wa ʿamdī, wa kullu dhālika ʿindī.

O Allah, forgive me my error and my ignorance, and my going to excess in my affairs, and what You know better than I. O Allah, forgive me what I did in jest and in earnest, by mistake and deliberately — and all of that is in me.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6399
The firmest supplication

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي، وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي، وَاعْتَرَفْتُ بِذَنْبِي، لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي

Allāhumma anta rabbī wa anā ʿabduk, ẓalamtu nafsī wa-ʿtaraftu bi-dhanbī, lā yaghfiru-dh-dhunūba illā ant, rabbi-ghfir lī.

O Allah, You are my Lord and I am Your servant. I have wronged myself and I admit my sin; none forgives sins but You. My Lord, forgive me.

al-Adab al-Mufrad 667
Your forgiveness is wider than my sins

اللَّهُمَّ مَغْفِرَتُكَ أَوْسَعُ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي وَرَحْمَتُكَ أَرْجَى عِنْدِي مِنْ عَمَلِي

Allāhumma maghfiratuka awsaʿu min dhunūbī, wa raḥmatuka arjā ʿindī min ʿamalī.

O Allah, Your forgiveness is wider than my sins, and Your mercy is more hoped for by me than my deeds.

A man came crying “my sins, my sins!” He ﷺ told him to say this, then: “Again,” and “again”, then: “Stand — Allah has forgiven you.”

al-Ḥākim, al-Mustadrak 1994
Forgive me, and widen my provision

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي وَوَسِّعْ لِي فِي رِزْقِي وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا رَزَقْتَنِي

Allāhumma-ghfir lī dhanbī, wa wassiʿ lī fī rizqī, wa bārik lī fīmā razaqtanī.

O Allah, forgive me my sin, widen my provision for me, and bless me in what You have provided me.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3500
Increase us, do not diminish us

اللَّهُمَّ زِدْنَا وَلاَ تَنْقُصْنَا وَأَكْرِمْنَا وَلاَ تُهِنَّا وَأَعْطِنَا وَلاَ تَحْرِمْنَا وَآثِرْنَا وَلاَ تُؤْثِرْ عَلَيْنَا وَأَرْضِنَا وَارْضَ عَنَّا

Allāhumma zidnā wa lā tanquṣnā, wa akrimnā wa lā tuhinnā, wa aʿṭinā wa lā taḥrimnā, wa āthirnā wa lā tuʾthir ʿalaynā, wa arḍinā wa-rḍa ʿannā.

O Allah, increase us and do not diminish us; honour us and do not humiliate us; give to us and do not deprive us; favour us and do not favour others over us; make us content, and be pleased with us.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3173
Turner of hearts, make mine firm

يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ

Yā muqalliba-l-qulūb, thabbit qalbī ʿalā dīnik

O Turner of hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2140
Turn our hearts to Your obedience

اللَّهُمَّ مُصَرِّفَ الْقُلُوبِ صَرِّفْ قُلُوبَنَا عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ

Allāhumma muṣarrifa-l-qulūb, ṣarrif qulūbanā ʿalā ṭāʿatik.

O Allah, Turner of hearts, turn our hearts to Your obedience.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2655
For Your love

اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يَنْفَعُنِي حُبُّهُ عِنْدَكَ اللَّهُمَّ مَا رَزَقْتَنِي مِمَّا أُحِبُّ فَاجْعَلْهُ قُوَّةً لِي فِيمَا تُحِبُّ اللَّهُمَّ وَمَا زَوَيْتَ عَنِّي مِمَّا أُحِبُّ فَاجْعَلْهُ لِي فَرَاغًا فِيمَا تُحِبُّ

Allāhumma-rzuqnī ḥubbaka wa ḥubba man yanfaʿunī ḥubbuhu ʿindak. Allāhumma mā razaqtanī mimmā uḥibbu fa-jʿalhu quwwatan lī fīmā tuḥibb. Allāhumma wa mā zawayta ʿannī mimmā uḥibbu fa-jʿalhu lī farāghan fīmā tuḥibb.

O Allah, grant me Your love, and the love of whoever’s love will benefit me with You. O Allah, what You give me of what I love, make it a strength for me in what You love. O Allah, and what You keep from me of what I love, make it an open space for me for what You love.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3491
The supplication of Dāwūd

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَالْعَمَلَ الَّذِي يُبَلِّغُنِي حُبَّكَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي وَأَهْلِي وَمِنَ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ḥubbaka wa ḥubba man yuḥibbuk, wa-l-ʿamala-lladhī yuballighunī ḥubbak. Allāhumma-jʿal ḥubbaka aḥabba ilayya min nafsī wa ahlī wa mina-l-māʾi-l-bārid.

O Allah, I ask You for Your love, the love of those who love You, and the deeds that will bring me to Your love. O Allah, make Your love dearer to me than myself, my family and cool water.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3490
Make faith beloved to us

اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الإِيمَانَ وَزَيِّنْهُ فِي قُلُوبِنَا، وَكَرِّهْ إِلَيْنَا الْكُفْرَ وَالْفُسُوقَ وَالْعِصْيَانَ، وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنَ الرَّاشِدِينَ. اللَّهُمَّ تَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ، وَأَحْيِنَا مُسْلِمِينَ، وَأَلْحِقْنَا بِالصَّالِحِينَ، غَيْرَ خَزَايَا وَلاَ مَفْتُونِينَ

Allāhumma ḥabbib ilayna-l-īmāna wa zayyinhu fī qulūbinā, wa karrih ilayna-l-kufra wa-l-fusūqa wa-l-ʿiṣyān, wa-jʿalnā mina-r-rāshidīn. Allāhumma tawaffanā muslimīn, wa aḥyinā muslimīn, wa alḥiqnā bi-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn, ghayra khazāyā wa lā maftūnīn.

O Allah, make faith beloved to us and beautify it in our hearts; make disbelief, corruption and disobedience hateful to us; and make us among the rightly guided. O Allah, take us as Muslims, keep us alive as Muslims, and join us with the righteous, neither disgraced nor led astray.

al-Adab al-Mufrad 699
Inspire me to what is right

اللَّهُمَّ أَلْهِمْنِي رُشْدِي وَأَعِذْنِي مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي

Allāhumma alhimnī rushdī, wa aʿidhnī min sharri nafsī.

O Allah, inspire me with my right guidance, and protect me from the evil of my own self.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3483
Benefit me by what You taught me

اللَّهُمَّ انْفَعْنِي بِمَا عَلَّمْتَنِي وَعَلِّمْنِي مَا يَنْفَعُنِي وَزِدْنِي عِلْمًا

Allāhumma-nfaʿnī bi-mā ʿallamtanī, wa ʿallimnī mā yanfaʿunī, wa zidnī ʿilman.

O Allah, benefit me by what You have taught me, teach me what will benefit me, and increase me in knowledge.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3599
Great in thanks, much in remembrance

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي أُعَظِّمُ شُكْرَكَ وَأُكْثِرُ ذِكْرَكَ وَأَتَّبِعُ نَصِيحَتَكَ وَأَحْفَظُ وَصِيَّتَكَ

Allāhumma-jʿalnī uʿaẓẓimu shukrak, wa ukthiru dhikrak, wa attabiʿu naṣīḥatak, wa aḥfaẓu waṣiyyatak.

O Allah, make me one who holds thanks to You great, remembers You much, follows Your counsel and keeps Your command.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3604c
Help me, and do not help against me

رَبِّ أَعِنِّي وَلاَ تُعِنْ عَلَىَّ وَانْصُرْنِي وَلاَ تَنْصُرْ عَلَىَّ وَامْكُرْ لِي وَلاَ تَمْكُرْ عَلَىَّ وَاهْدِنِي وَيَسِّرْ هُدَاىَ إِلَىَّ وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى مَنْ بَغَى عَلَىَّ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي لَكَ شَاكِرًا لَكَ ذَاكِرًا لَكَ رَاهِبًا لَكَ مِطْوَاعًا إِلَيْكَ مُخْبِتًا أَوْ مُنِيبًا رَبِّ تَقَبَّلْ تَوْبَتِي وَاغْسِلْ حَوْبَتِي وَأَجِبْ دَعْوَتِي وَثَبِّتْ حُجَّتِي وَاهْدِ قَلْبِي وَسَدِّدْ لِسَانِي وَاسْلُلْ سَخِيمَةَ قَلْبِي

Rabbi aʿinnī wa lā tuʿin ʿalayy, wa-nṣurnī wa lā tanṣur ʿalayy, wa-mkur lī wa lā tamkur ʿalayy, wa-hdinī wa yassir hudāya ilayy, wa-nṣurnī ʿalā man baghā ʿalayy. Allāhumma-jʿalnī laka shākirā, laka dhākirā, laka rāhibā, laka miṭwāʿā, ilayka mukhbitan aw munībā. Rabbi taqabbal tawbatī, wa-ghsil ḥawbatī, wa ajib daʿwatī, wa thabbit ḥujjatī, wa-hdi qalbī, wa saddid lisānī, wa-slul sakhīmata qalbī.

My Lord, help me and do not help against me; give me victory and do not give victory over me; plan for me and do not plan against me; guide me, and make my guidance easy for me; and give me victory over whoever wrongs me. O Allah, make me grateful to You, mindful of You, in awe of You, obedient to You, humble before You or turning to You in repentance. My Lord, accept my repentance, wash away my sin, answer my prayer, make firm my proof, guide my heart, make my tongue true, and draw out the rancour from my heart.

The narrator was unsure whether he ﷺ said “humble before You” or “turning to You”.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1510 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3551
Ask Allah for well-being

Ask Allah for well-being, in this world and the next.

“Ask Allah for well-being,” he ﷺ told his uncle al-ʿAbbās, and when he came back asking again: “O ʿAbbās, uncle of the Messenger of Allah, ask Allah for well-being in this world and the next.”

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3514 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3512
Well-being in body and sight

اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي جَسَدِي وَعَافِنِي فِي بَصَرِي وَاجْعَلْهُ الْوَارِثَ مِنِّي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Allāhumma ʿāfinī fī jasadī, wa ʿāfinī fī baṣarī, wa-jʿalhu-l-wāritha minnī. Lā ilāha illa-llāhu-l-ḥalīmu-l-karīm, subḥāna-llāhi rabbi-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm, wa-l-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi-l-ʿālamīn.

O Allah, grant me well-being in my body, and grant me well-being in my sight, and let it remain with me to the end. There is no god but Allah, the Forbearing, the Generous; glory be to Allah, Lord of the mighty Throne; and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3480
Let me keep my hearing and my sight

اللَّهُمَّ مَتِّعْنِي بِسَمْعِي وَبَصَرِي وَاجْعَلْهُمَا الْوَارِثَ مِنِّي وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى مَنْ يَظْلِمُنِي وَخُذْ مِنْهُ بِثَأْرِي

Allāhumma mattiʿnī bi-samʿī wa baṣarī, wa-jʿalhuma-l-wāritha minnī, wa-nṣurnī ʿalā man yaẓlimunī, wa khudh minhu bi-thaʾrī.

O Allah, let me have the use of my hearing and my sight, and let them remain with me to the end; grant me victory over whoever wrongs me, and take from him what is due to me.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3604h
Content me with what You gave

اللَّهُمَّ قَنَّعْنِي بِمَا رَزَقْتَنِي، وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَاخْلُفْ عَلَيَّ كُلَّ غَائِبَةٍ بِخَيْرٍ

Allāhumma qanniʿnī bimā razaqtanī, wa bārik lī fīh, wa-khluf ʿalayya kulla ghāʾibatin bi-khayr.

O Allah, make me content with what You have provided me, bless me in it, and replace with good everything I am without.

al-Adab al-Mufrad 681
Splitter of the dawn

اللَّهُمَّ فَالِقَ الإِصْبَاحِ وَجَاعِلَ اللَّيْلِ سَكَنًا وَالشَّمْسِ وَالْقَمَرِ حُسْبَانًا اقْضِ عَنِّي الدَّيْنَ وَأَغْنِنِي مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَأَمْتِعْنِي بِسَمْعِي وَبَصَرِي وَقُوَّتِي فِي سَبِيلِكَ

Allāhumma fāliqa-l-iṣbāḥ, wa jāʿila-l-layli sakanā, wa-sh-shamsi wa-l-qamari ḥusbānā, iqḍi ʿanni-d-dayn, wa aghninī mina-l-faqr, wa amtiʿnī bi-samʿī wa baṣarī wa quwwatī fī sabīlik.

O Allah, Splitter of the dawn, who made the night for rest, and the sun and the moon for reckoning: settle my debt, free me from poverty, and let me enjoy my hearing, my sight and my strength in Your way.

al-Muwaṭṭaʾ Book 15, Hadith 499
From the passing of Your favour

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ زَوَالِ نِعْمَتِكَ وَتَحَوُّلِ عَافِيَتِكَ وَفُجَاءَةِ نِقْمَتِكَ وَجَمِيعِ سَخَطِكَ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min zawāli niʿmatik, wa taḥawwuli ʿāfiyatik, wa fujāʾati niqmatik, wa jamīʿi sakhaṭik.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from the passing of Your favour, from the turning away of the well-being You granted, from the suddenness of Your reckoning, and from everything that brings Your displeasure.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2739
From incapacity and laziness

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْهَرَمِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-ʿajzi wa-l-kasal, wa-l-jubni wa-l-haram, wa aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābi-l-qabr, wa aʿūdhu bika min fitnati-l-maḥyā wa-l-mamāt.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from incapacity and laziness, from cowardice and decrepit old age; I take refuge in You from the punishment of the grave; and I take refuge in You from the trial of life and death.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6367
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.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2716
From the trial of the Fire and the grave

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ النَّارِ وَعَذَابِ النَّارِ، وَفِتْنَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَشَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْغِنَى، وَشَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْفَقْرِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ، اللَّهُمَّ اغْسِلْ قَلْبِي بِمَاءِ الثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ، وَنَقِّ قَلْبِي مِنَ الْخَطَايَا، كَمَا نَقَّيْتَ الثَّوْبَ الأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ، وَبَاعِدْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ خَطَايَاىَ كَمَا بَاعَدْتَ بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَالْمَأْثَمِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min fitnati-n-nāri wa ʿadhābi-n-nār, wa fitnati-l-qabri wa ʿadhābi-l-qabr, wa sharri fitnati-l-ghinā, wa sharri fitnati-l-faqr. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min sharri fitnati-l-masīḥi-d-dajjāl. Allāhumma-ghsil qalbī bi-māʾi-th-thalji wa-l-barad, wa naqqi qalbī mina-l-khaṭāyā kamā naqqayta-th-thawba-l-abyaḍa mina-d-danas, wa bāʿid baynī wa bayna khaṭāyāya kamā bāʿadta bayna-l-mashriqi wa-l-maghrib. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-kasali wa-l-maʾthami wa-l-maghram.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from the trial of the Fire and the punishment of the Fire, from the trial of the grave and the punishment of the grave, from the evil of the trial of wealth and the evil of the trial of poverty. O Allah, I take refuge in You from the evil of the trial of the False Messiah. O Allah, wash my heart with snow and hail water, cleanse my heart of sins as You cleanse a white garment of dirt, and put as far between me and my sins as You have put between the East and the West. O Allah, I take refuge in You from laziness, from sin and from debt.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6377
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 Abī Dāwūd 1544
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 Abī Dāwūd 1551
From bad character, bad deeds and bad desires

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ مُنْكَرَاتِ الأَخْلاَقِ وَالأَعْمَالِ وَالأَهْوَاءِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min munkarāti-l-akhlāqi wa-l-aʿmāli wa-l-ahwāʾ.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from blameworthy character, blameworthy deeds and blameworthy desires.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3591
From collapse, falling, drowning and fire

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَدْمِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ التَّرَدِّي وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْغَرَقِ وَالْحَرَقِ وَالْهَرَمِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ يَتَخَبَّطَنِي الشَّيْطَانُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ فِي سَبِيلِكَ مُدْبِرًا وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ لَدِيغًا

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-hadm, wa aʿūdhu bika mina-t-taraddī, wa aʿūdhu bika mina-l-gharaqi wa-l-ḥaraqi wa-l-haram, wa aʿūdhu bika an yatakhabbaṭaniya-sh-shayṭānu ʿinda-l-mawt, wa aʿūdhu bika an amūta fī sabīlika mudbirā, wa aʿūdhu bika an amūta ladīghā.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from being crushed, and I take refuge in You from falling, and I take refuge in You from drowning, from burning and from decrepit old age. I take refuge in You from Satan confounding me at death, I take refuge in You from dying in Your way while turning my back, and I take refuge in You from dying of a sting.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1552
From hunger and from treachery

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُوعِ فَإِنَّهُ بِئْسَ الضَّجِيعُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخِيَانَةِ فَإِنَّهَا بِئْسَتِ الْبِطَانَةُ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-jūʿ, fa-innahu biʾsa-ḍ-ḍajīʿ; wa aʿūdhu bika mina-l-khiyānah, fa-innahā biʾsati-l-biṭānah.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from hunger, for it is the worst of bedfellows; and I take refuge in You from treachery, for it is the worst of inner companions.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1547
From the heat of the Fire

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ جِبْرَائِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ وَرَبَّ إِسْرَافِيلَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ حَرِّ النَّارِ وَمِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ

Allāhumma rabba Jibrāʾīla wa Mīkāʾīla wa rabba Isrāfīl, aʿūdhu bika min ḥarri-n-nāri wa min ʿadhābi-l-qabr.

O Allah, Lord of Jibrīl and Mīkāʾīl and Lord of Isrāfīl, I take refuge in You from the heat of the Fire and from the punishment of the grave.

Sunan an-Nasāʾī 5519
Cool my heart

اللَّهُمَّ بَرِّدْ قَلْبِي بِالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ وَالْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ اللَّهُمَّ نَقِّ قَلْبِي مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا نَقَّيْتَ الثَّوْبَ الأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ

Allāhumma barrid qalbī bi-th-thalji wa-l-baradi wa-l-māʾi-l-bārid. Allāhumma naqqi qalbī mina-l-khaṭāyā kamā naqqayta-th-thawba-l-abyaḍa mina-d-danas.

O Allah, cool my heart with snow, hail and cold water. O Allah, cleanse my heart of sins as You cleanse a white garment of dirt.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3547
From a bad neighbour

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ جَارِ السُّوءِ فِي دَارِ الْمُقَامِ، فَإِنَّ جَارَ الدُّنْيَا يَتَحَوَّلُ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min jāri-s-sūʾi fī dāri-l-muqām, fa-inna jāra-d-dunyā yataḥawwal.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from a bad neighbour in the lasting home — for a neighbour in this world moves on.

al-Adab al-Mufrad 117
From hidden shirk

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُشْرِكَ بِكَ وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ، وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا لا أَعْلَمُ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika an ushrika bika wa anā aʿlam, wa astaghfiruka limā lā aʿlam.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from associating anything with You knowingly, and I ask Your forgiveness for what I do not know.

al-Adab al-Mufrad 716
From discord, hypocrisy and bad character

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشِّقَاقِ وَالنِّفَاقِ وَسُوءِ الأَخْلاَقِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-sh-shiqāqi wa-n-nifāqi wa sūʾi-l-akhlāq.

O Allah, I take refuge in You from discord, from hypocrisy, and from bad character.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1546
By my witnessing that You are One

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka bi-annī ashhadu annaka anta-llāhu lā ilāha illā ant, al-Aḥadu-ṣ-Ṣamad, alladhī lam yalid wa lam yūlad, wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan aḥad.

O Allah, I ask You by my witnessing that You are Allah — there is no god but You, the One, the Eternal Refuge, who does not beget and was not begotten, and to whom none is equal.

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3475
By Your being the Bestower

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ بَدِيعُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ يَا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ يَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّومُ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka bi-anna laka-l-ḥamd, lā ilāha illā anta-l-Mannān, Badīʿu-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, yā Dha-l-Jalāli wa-l-Ikrām, yā Ḥayyu yā Qayyūm.

O Allah, I ask You by the fact that Yours is all praise — there is no god but You, the Bestower, Originator of the heavens and the earth, O Possessor of Majesty and Honour, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer of all.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1495
Among the righteous

اللَّهُمَّ تَوَفَّنِي مَعَ الأَبْرَارِ، وَلاَ تُخَلِّفْنِي فِي الأَشْرَارِ، وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالأخْيَارِ

Allāhumma tawaffanī maʿa-l-abrār, wa lā tukhallifnī fi-l-ashrār, wa alḥiqnī bi-l-akhyār.

O Allah, take me with the righteous, do not leave me behind among the wicked, and join me to the good.

al-Adab al-Mufrad 629
Martyrdom, and death in Madinah

اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي شَهَادَةً فِي سَبِيلِكَ، وَاجْعَلْ مَوْتِي فِي بَلَدِ رَسُولِكَ

Allāhumma-rzuqnī shahādatan fī sabīlik, wa-jʿal mawtī fī baladi rasūlik.

O Allah, grant me martyrdom in Your way, and let my death be in the city of Your Messenger ﷺ.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1890

The supplications Allah Himself put in the mouths of His prophets and His servants, and then preserved in His Book. Nothing on this page is more certain than these words, because these words are His.

Ādam عليه السلام, after the slip
Qur’an

‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers." Al-Aʿrāf 7:23

The words Allah taught him, by which he was forgiven.

Al-Aʿrāf 7:23
Nūḥ عليه السلام, for his parents and the believers
Qur’an

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer and the believing men and believing women. And do not increase the wrongdoers except in destruction. Nūḥ 71:28

Nūḥ 71:28
Ibrāhīm عليه السلام, for prayer in his descendants
Qur’an

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and [many] from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication. Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers the Day the account is established. Ibrāhīm 14:40–41

Ibrāhīm 14:40–41
Ibrāhīm عليه السلام, for wisdom and a tongue of truth
Qur’an

‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

[And he said], My Lord, grant me authority and join me with the righteous. And grant me a reputation of honor among later generations. And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Pleasure. Ash-Shuʿarāʾ 26:83–85

Ash-Shuʿarāʾ 26:83–85
Yūsuf عليه السلام, at the end of it all
Qur’an

‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

My Lord, You have given me [something] of sovereignty and taught me of the interpretation of dreams. Creator of the heavens and earth, You are my protector in this world and in the Hereafter. Cause me to die a Muslim and join me with the righteous. Yūsuf 12:101

Yūsuf 12:101
Mūsā عليه السلام, before he spoke to Pharaoh
Qur’an

‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏

[Moses] said, My Lord, expand for me my breast [with assurance] And ease for me my task And untie the knot from my tongue That they may understand my speech. Ṭā-Hā 20:25–28

Ṭā-Hā 20:25–28
Mūsā عليه السلام, when he had wronged himself
Qur’an

‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

He said, "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me," and He forgave him. Indeed, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful. Al-Qaṣaṣ 28:16

Al-Qaṣaṣ 28:16
Mūsā عليه السلام, with nothing left
Qur’an

‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

So he watered [their flocks] for them; then he went back to the shade and said, "My Lord, indeed I am, for whatever good You would send down to me, in need." Al-Qaṣaṣ 28:24

Al-Qaṣaṣ 28:24
Ayyūb عليه السلام, in his illness
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, adversity has touched me, and you are the Most Merciful of the merciful." Al-Anbiyāʾ 21:83

Al-Anbiyāʾ 21:83
Yūnus عليه السلام, in the dark
Qur’an

‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And [mention] the man of the fish, when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him. And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers." Al-Anbiyāʾ 21:87

No Muslim ever supplicates with it in anything but that Allah answers him.

Al-Anbiyāʾ 21:87
Zakariyyā عليه السلام, asking for a child
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

At that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication." Āl ʿImrān 3:38

Āl ʿImrān 3:38
Zakariyyā عليه السلام, again, and older
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while you are the best of inheritors." Al-Anbiyāʾ 21:89

Al-Anbiyāʾ 21:89
Sulaymān عليه السلام, when he was given much
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

So [Solomon] smiled, amused at her speech, and said, "My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to do righteousness of which You approve. And admit me by Your mercy into [the ranks of] Your righteous servants." An-Naml 27:19

An-Naml 27:19
For this world and the next
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

But among them is he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire." Al-Baqarah 2:201

Anas: this was the prayer the Prophet ﷺ made most often.

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For patience, and firm feet
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And when they went forth to [face] Goliath and his soldiers, they said, "Our Lord, pour upon us patience and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people." Al-Baqarah 2:250

Al-Baqarah 2:250
Do not take us to task
Qur’an

‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

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 2:286

Al-Baqarah 2:286
Do not let our hearts swerve
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

[Who say], Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us and grant us from Yourself mercy. Indeed, You are the Bestower. Āl ʿImrān 3:8

Āl ʿImrān 3:8
We have believed, so forgive us
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

Those who say, "Our Lord, indeed we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire," Āl ʿImrān 3:16

Āl ʿImrān 3:16
Forgive our sins and our excess
Qur’an

‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And their words were not but that they said, "Our Lord, forgive us our sins and the excess [committed] in our affairs and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people." Āl ʿImrān 3:147

Āl ʿImrān 3:147
Of those who reflect on the creation
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Who remember Allah while standing or sitting or [lying] on their sides and give thought to the creation of the heavens and the earth, [saying], "Our Lord, You did not create this aimlessly; exalted are You [above such a thing]; then protect us from the punishment of the Fire. Our Lord, indeed whoever You admit to the Fire - You have disgraced him, and for the wrongdoers there are no helpers. Our Lord, indeed we have heard a caller calling to faith, [saying], 'Believe in your Lord,' and we have believed. Our Lord, so forgive us our sins and remove from us our misdeeds and cause us to die with the righteous. Our Lord, and grant us what You promised us through Your messengers and do not disgrace us on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, You do not fail in [Your] promise." Āl ʿImrān 3:191–194

Āl ʿImrān 3:191–194
The young men of the cave
Qur’an

‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

[Mention] when the youths retreated to the cave and said, "Our Lord, grant us from Yourself mercy and prepare for us from our affair right guidance." Al-Kahf 18:10

Al-Kahf 18:10
You are the best of those who show mercy
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Indeed, there was a party of My servants who said, 'Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and You are the best of the merciful.' Al-Muʾminūn 23:109

Al-Muʾminūn 23:109
Turn the punishment away from us
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And those who say, "Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell. Indeed, its punishment is ever adhering; Indeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence." Al-Furqān 25:65–66

Al-Furqān 25:65–66
For a family that is a joy to the eye
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us an example for the righteous." Al-Furqān 25:74

Al-Furqān 25:74
What the angels ask for the believers
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Those [angels] who carry the Throne and those around it exalt [Allah] with praise of their Lord and believe in Him and ask forgiveness for those who have believed, [saying], "Our Lord, You have encompassed all things in mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who have repented and followed Your way and protect them from the punishment of Hellfire. Our Lord, and admit them to gardens of perpetual residence which You have promised them and whoever was righteous among their fathers, their spouses and their offspring. Indeed, it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise. And protect them from the evil consequences [of their deeds]. And he whom You protect from evil consequences that Day - You will have given him mercy. And that is the great attainment." Ghāfir 40:7–9

Ghāfir 40:7–9
For those who came before us in faith
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

And [there is a share for] those who came after them, saying, "Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put not in our hearts [any] resentment toward those who have believed. Our Lord, indeed You are Kind and Merciful." Al-Ḥashr 59:10

Al-Ḥashr 59:10
On You we rely
Qur’an

‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

There has already been for you an excellent pattern in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people, "Indeed, we are disassociated from you and from whatever you worship other than Allah. We have denied you, and there has appeared between us and you animosity and hatred forever until you believe in Allah alone" except for the saying of Abraham to his father, "I will surely ask forgiveness for you, but I have not [power to do] for you anything against Allah. Our Lord, upon You we have relied, and to You we have returned, and to You is the destination. Our Lord, make us not [objects of] torment for the disbelievers and forgive us, our Lord. Indeed, it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise." Al-Mumtaḥanah 60:4–5

Al-Mumtaḥanah 60:4–5
Complete our light for us
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

O you who have believed, repent to Allah with sincere repentance. Perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow [on] the Day when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed before them and on their right; they will say, "Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent." At-Taḥrīm 66:8

At-Taḥrīm 66:8
What Āsiyah asked for
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And Allah presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, "My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds and save me from the wrongdoing people." At-Taḥrīm 66:11

At-Taḥrīm 66:11
The prayer of the Fātiḥah
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Guide us to the straight path - The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray. Al-Fātiḥah 1:6–7

Al-Fātiḥah 1:6–7
My Lord, increase me in knowledge
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

So high [above all] is Allah, the Sovereign, the Truth. And, [O Muhammad], do not hasten with [recitation of] the Qur'an before its revelation is completed to you, and say, "My Lord, increase me in knowledge." Ṭā-Hā 20:114

Ṭā-Hā 20:114
For your parents
Qur’an

‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small." Al-Isrāʾ 17:24

Al-Isrāʾ 17:24
A true entering and a true leaving
Qur’an

‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And say, "My Lord, cause me to enter a sound entrance and to exit a sound exit and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority." Al-Isrāʾ 17:80

Al-Isrāʾ 17:80
From the promptings of the devils
Qur’an

‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And say, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the incitements of the devils, And I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present with me." Al-Muʾminūn 23:97–98

Al-Muʾminūn 23:97–98
Owner of all dominion
Qur’an

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

Say, "O Allah, Owner of Sovereignty, You give sovereignty to whom You will and You take sovereignty away from whom You will. You honor whom You will and You humble whom You will. In Your hand is [all] good. Indeed, You are over all things competent. You cause the night to enter the day, and You cause the day to enter the night; and You bring the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living. And You give provision to whom You will without account." Āl ʿImrān 3:26–27

Āl ʿImrān 3:26–27
Accept it from us
Qur’an

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And [mention] when Abraham was raising the foundations of the House and [with him] Ishmael, [saying], Our Lord, accept [this] from us. Indeed You are the Hearing, the Knowing. Al-Baqarah 2:127

Al-Baqarah 2:127

Sending blessings on the Prophet ﷺ: first the wording he taught, then the ṣalawāt the Ummah has said for centuries, each with the count it is traditionally said by.

The Ibrāhīmī ṣalāh

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ، اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ʿalā āli sayyidinā Muḥammad, kamā ṣallayta ʿalā āli sayyidinā Ibrāhīm, innaka ḥamīdun majīd. Allāhumma bārik ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ʿalā āli sayyidinā Muḥammad, kamā bārakta ʿalā āli sayyidinā Ibrāhīm, innaka ḥamīdun majīd.

O Allah, send blessings upon Sayyidinā Muhammad and upon the family of Sayyidinā Muhammad, as You sent blessings upon the family of Sayyidinā Ibrāhīm; You are Praiseworthy, Glorious. O Allah, bless Sayyidinā Muhammad and the family of Sayyidinā Muhammad, as You blessed the family of Sayyidinā Ibrāhīm; You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6357
Upon his wives and his offspring

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِ وَذُرِّيَّتِهِ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَبَارِكْ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِ وَذُرِّيَّتِهِ كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ʿalā azwājihi wa dhurriyyatih, kamā ṣallayta ʿalā āli sayyidinā Ibrāhīm, wa bārik ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ʿalā azwājihi wa dhurriyyatih, kamā bārakta ʿalā āli sayyidinā Ibrāhīm, innaka ḥamīdun majīd.

O Allah, send blessings upon Sayyidinā Muhammad, his wives and his offspring, as You sent blessings upon the family of Sayyidinā Ibrāhīm; and bless Sayyidinā Muhammad, his wives and his offspring, as You blessed the family of Sayyidinā Ibrāhīm. You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 407
The fullest measure

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَزْوَاجِهِ أُمَّهَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَذُرِّيَّتِهِ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadini-n-nabiyyi ﷺ, wa azwājihi ummahāti-l-muʾminīn, wa dhurriyyatihi wa ahli baytih, kamā ṣallayta ʿalā āli sayyidinā Ibrāhīm, innaka ḥamīdun majīd.

O Allah, send blessings upon Sayyidinā Muḥammad, the Prophet ﷺ, and upon his wives, the Mothers of the Believers, his offspring and his household, as You sent blessings upon the family of Sayyidinā Ibrāhīm; You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.

Whoever would be pleased to have his reward measured in the fullest measure when he sends blessings upon us, the people of the house, let him say this.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 982
Upon him, and upon all the believers

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ، وَصَلِّ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ، وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin ʿabdika wa rasūlik, wa ṣalli ʿala-l-muʾminīna wa-l-muʾmināt, wa-l-muslimīna wa-l-muslimāt.

O Allah, send blessings upon Sayyidinā Muhammad, Your servant and Your Messenger, and send blessings upon the believing men and women, and the Muslim men and women.

al-Adab al-Mufrad 640
The station near You

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْزِلْهُ الْمَقْعَدَ الْمُقَرَّبَ عِنْدَكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

Allāhumma anzilhu-l-maqʿada-l-muqarraba ʿindaka yawma-l-qiyāmah.

O Allah, give him the seat brought near to You on the Day of Resurrection.

My intercession is his by right.

Said after sending ṣalāh upon him ﷺ.

Musnad Aḥmad 16991
On hearing his name

ﷺ

Ṣalla-llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam.

May Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Whoever sends one ṣalāh upon me, Allah sends ten upon him.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 408
The everyday form

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.
Aṣ-Ṣalāt al-Munjiyah

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، صَلَاةً تُنْجِينَا بِهَا مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْأَهْوَالِ وَالْآفَاتِ، وَتَقْضِي لَنَا بِهَا جَمِيعَ الْحَاجَاتِ، وَتُطَهِّرُنَا بِهَا مِنْ جَمِيعِ السَّيِّئَاتِ، وَتَرْفَعُنَا بِهَا عِنْدَكَ أَعْلَى الدَّرَجَاتِ، وَتُبَلِّغُنَا بِهَا أَقْصَى الْغَايَاتِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْخَيْرَاتِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ وَبَعْدَ الْمَمَاتِ

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ʿalā āli sayyidinā Muḥammad, ṣalātan tunjīnā bihā min jamīʿi-l-ahwāli wa-l-āfāt, wa taqḍī lanā bihā jamīʿa-l-ḥājāt, wa tuṭahhirunā bihā min jamīʿi-s-sayyiʾāt, wa tarfaʿunā bihā ʿindaka aʿla-d-darajāt, wa tuballighunā bihā aqṣa-l-ghāyāti min jamīʿi-l-khayrāti fi-l-ḥayāti wa baʿda-l-mamāt.

O Allah, send blessings upon our master Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad — a blessing by which You deliver us from all terrors and afflictions, by which You fulfil for us every need, by which You purify us of all evil deeds, by which You raise us before You to the highest ranks, and by which You bring us to the utmost of all good, in life and after death.
Ṣalāt al-Fātiḥ

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَاتِحِ لِمَا أُغْلِقَ، وَالْخَاتِمِ لِمَا سَبَقَ، نَاصِرِ الْحَقِّ بِالْحَقِّ، وَالْهَادِي إِلَى صِرَاطِكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ، وَعَلَى آلِهِ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ وَمِقْدَارِهِ الْعَظِيمِ

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin, al-Fātiḥi limā ughliq, wa-l-Khātimi limā sabaq, nāṣiri-l-ḥaqqi bi-l-ḥaqq, wa-l-hādī ilā ṣirāṭika-l-mustaqīm, wa ʿalā ālihi ḥaqqa qadrihi wa miqdārihi-l-ʿaẓīm.

O Allah, send blessings upon our master Muhammad — who opened what was closed and sealed what came before, the helper of the truth by the truth, and the guide to Your straight path — and upon his family, as befits his measure and his immense rank.
Aṣ-Ṣalāt at-Tafrījiyyah

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ صَلَاةً كَامِلَةً وَسَلِّمْ سَلَامًا تَامًّا عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ الَّذِي تَنْحَلُّ بِهِ الْعُقَدُ، وَتَنْفَرِجُ بِهِ الْكُرَبُ، وَتُقْضَى بِهِ الْحَوَائِجُ، وَتُنَالُ بِهِ الرَّغَائِبُ وَحُسْنُ الْخَوَاتِمِ، وَيُسْتَسْقَى الْغَمَامُ بِوَجْهِهِ الْكَرِيمِ، وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ فِي كُلِّ لَمْحَةٍ وَنَفَسٍ بِعَدَدِ كُلِّ مَعْلُومٍ لَكَ

Allāhumma ṣalli ṣalātan kāmilatan wa sallim salāman tāmman ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin, alladhī tanḥallu bihi-l-ʿuqad, wa tanfariju bihi-l-kurab, wa tuqḍā bihi-l-ḥawāʾij, wa tunālu bihi-r-raghāʾibu wa ḥusnu-l-khawātim, wa yustasqa-l-ghamāmu bi-wajhihi-l-karīm, wa ʿalā ālihi wa ṣaḥbihi fī kulli lamḥatin wa nafasin bi-ʿadadi kulli maʿlūmin lak.

O Allah, send a perfect blessing and a complete peace upon our master Muhammad — by whom knots are untied, by whom distress is relieved, by whom needs are met, by whom what is desired and a good end are attained, and by whose noble face rain is sought — and upon his family and his companions, in every glance and every breath, as many times as there are things known to You.
Aṣ-Ṣalāt aṭ-Ṭibbiyyah

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ طِبِّ الْقُلُوبِ وَدَوَائِهَا، وَعَافِيَةِ الْأَبْدَانِ وَشِفَائِهَا، وَنُورِ الْأَبْصَارِ وَضِيَائِهَا، وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلِّمْ

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin, ṭibbi-l-qulūbi wa dawāʾihā, wa ʿāfiyati-l-abdāni wa shifāʾihā, wa nūri-l-abṣāri wa ḍiyāʾihā, wa ʿalā ālihi wa ṣaḥbihi wa sallim.

O Allah, send blessings upon our master Muhammad — the medicine of hearts and their cure, the well-being of bodies and their healing, the light of eyes and their brightness — and upon his family and his companions, and grant them peace.
As many as are in His knowledge

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ عَدَدَ مَا فِي عِلْمِ اللَّهِ، صَلَاةً دَائِمَةً بِدَوَامِ مُلْكِ اللَّهِ

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin ʿadada mā fī ʿilmi-llāh, ṣalātan dāʾimatan bi-dawāmi mulki-llāh.

O Allah, send blessings upon our master Muhammad as many times as there are things in the knowledge of Allah — a blessing lasting as long as the dominion of Allah lasts.

Who gave us life

Who returned my soul to me

Who returned my soul and did not take it

Who created sleep and waking

Who returned our souls to us

As the dawn breaks

Save me from the Fire

Knowledge that benefits

Āyat al-Kursī

Al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq and an-Nās

Glory be to Allah, evening and morning

The opening of Ghāfir, and Āyat al-Kursī

The last verses of al-Ḥashr

We have entered the morning

By You we enter the morning

Upon the natural way of Islam

Pardon and well-being

Well-being in body, hearing and sight

From disbelief and poverty

Make this day good

Good that comes suddenly

I call You to witness, my Lord

The chief of seeking forgiveness

I am content

I call You to witness

Whatever blessing I have

With His name nothing harms

Allah is enough for me

Originator of the heavens and the earth

Set right all my affairs

You created me, and You guide me

The good of this day

All praise belongs to Allah

The daily covenant

What Allah wills comes to be

My Lord is Allah

Kept from calamity

Over myself, my family and my wealth

It is as Allah wills

Sincere in my religion

Before whose greatness all things bow

The most worthy to be remembered

From every venomous thing

The perfect words of Allah

I give my honour in charity

There is no god but Allah alone

Glory be to Allah, and praise

As many as His creation

Blessings on the Prophet ﷺ

Sitting on until sunrise

Once the sun has risen

When the sun rises