أذكار
Adhkār
Those who have believed and whose hearts are assured by the remembrance of Allah. Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allah hearts are assured."
Ar-Raʿd 13:28
240 adhkār in 12 sets
Begin with the Qur’an
Three passages, and between them most of what the rest of these words ask for.
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Āyat al-Kursī
Qur'an
Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great. Al-Baqarah 2:255
Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwa-l-ḥayyu-l-qayyūm. Lā taʾkhudhuhu sinatun wa lā nawm. Lahu mā fi-s-samāwāti wa mā fi-l-arḍ. Man dha-lladhī yashfaʿu ʿindahu illā bi-idhnih. Yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum, wa lā yuḥīṭūna bi-shayʾin min ʿilmihi illā bi-mā shāʾ. Wasiʿa kursiyyuhu-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, wa lā yaʾūduhu ḥifẓuhumā, wa huwa-l-ʿaliyyu-l-ʿaẓīm.
Whoever says it when he enters upon the morning is protected until evening, and whoever says it when he enters upon the evening is protected until morning.
An-Nasāʾī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Layla — graded ṣaḥīḥ -
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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.
The words that name the morning
Everything that opens with aṣbaḥnā — "we have entered the morning" — kept together, in the order they are usually said.
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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 اللَّهُمَّ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ وَشَرِّ مَا بَعْدَهُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَسُوءِ الْكِبَرِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي 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. Allāhumma asʾaluka khayra hādha-l-yawmi wa aʿūdhu bika min sharri hādha-l-yawmi wa sharri mā baʿdah. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-kasali wa sūʾi-l-kibar. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābin fi-n-nāri wa ʿadhābin fi-l-qabr.
We have entered the morning and the dominion belongs to Allah, and praise belongs to Allah. There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner; His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things. O Allah, I ask You for the good of this day, and I take refuge in You from the evil of this day and the evil of what follows it. O Allah, I take refuge in You from idleness and the misery of old age. O Allah, I take refuge in You from a punishment in the Fire and a punishment in the grave.
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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 resurrection.
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Whatever blessing I have
اللَّهُمَّ مَا أَصْبَحَ بِي مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ فَمِنْكَ وَحْدَكَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَكَ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَلَكَ الشُّكْرُ
Allāhumma mā aṣbaḥa bī min niʿmatin fa-minka waḥdaka lā sharīka lak, fa-laka-l-ḥamdu wa laka-sh-shukr.
O Allah, whatever blessing has come to me this morning is from You alone, with no partner; so Yours is the praise and Yours is the thanks.
Whoever says it in the morning has fulfilled the thanks due for his day; whoever says it in the evening has fulfilled the thanks due for his night.
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I call You to witness
×4اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَصْبَحْتُ أُشْهِدُكَ وَأُشْهِدُ حَمَلَةَ عَرْشِكَ وَمَلاَئِكَتَكَ وَجَمِيعَ خَلْقِكَ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَأَنَّ سَيِّدَنَا مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ
Allāhumma innī aṣbaḥtu ush-hiduka wa ush-hidu ḥamalata ʿarshika wa malāʾikataka wa jamīʿa khalqik, annaka anta-llāhu lā ilāha illā ant, wa anna sayyidanā Muḥammadan ʿabduka wa rasūluk.
O Allah, I have entered the morning calling You to witness, and calling to witness the bearers of Your Throne, Your angels and all Your creation, that You are Allah — there is no god but You — and that Sayyidinā Muhammad is Your servant and Your Messenger.
Said once, Allah frees a quarter of him from the Fire; twice, a half; three times, three quarters; and if he says it four times, Allah frees him from the Fire.
Seeking forgiveness, and being content
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The chief of seeking forgiveness
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَىَّ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ
Allāhumma anta rabbī, lā ilāha illā ant, khalaqtanī wa anā ʿabduk, wa anā ʿalā ʿahdika wa waʿdika ma-staṭaʿt. Aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā ṣanaʿt, abūʾu laka bi-niʿmatika ʿalayya wa abūʾu laka bi-dhanbī, fa-ghfir lī, fa-innahu lā yaghfiru-dh-dhunūba illā ant.
O Allah, You are my Lord; there is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant, and I hold to Your covenant and Your promise as far as I am able. I take refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge to You Your favour upon me and I acknowledge to You my sin, so forgive me — for none forgives sins but You.
Whoever says it during 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.
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I am content
رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِالإِسْلاَمِ دِينًا وَبِسَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيًّا
Raḍītu bi-llāhi rabban, wa bi-l-islāmi dīnan, wa bi-sayyidinā Muḥammadin nabiyyan.
I am content with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Sayyidinā Muhammad as Prophet.
Whoever says it in the morning and the evening, it becomes a promise from Allah to please him on the Day of Rising.
Asking for well-being and refuge
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Well-being in body, hearing and sight
×3اللَّهُمَّ 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.
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From disbelief and poverty
×3اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالْفَقْرِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-kufri wa-l-faqr, Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābi-l-qabr, lā ilāha illā ant.
O Allah, I take refuge in You from disbelief and poverty. O Allah, I take refuge in You from the punishment of the grave. There is no god but You.
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Pardon and well-being
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ. اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ، وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي. اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِي، وَآمِنْ رَوْعَاتِي. اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي، وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي، وَمِنْ فَوْقِي، وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ مِنْ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي
Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿāfiyata fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyata fī dīnī wa dunyāya wa ahlī wa mālī. Allāhumma-stur ʿawrātī wa āmin rawʿātī. Allāhumma-ḥfaẓnī min bayni yadayya wa min khalfī, wa ʿan yamīnī wa ʿan shimālī, wa min fawqī, wa aʿūdhu bi-ʿaẓamatika an ughtāla min taḥtī.
O Allah, I ask You for well-being in this world and the next. O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in my religion, my worldly affairs, my family and my wealth. O Allah, conceal my faults and calm my fears. O Allah, guard me from in front of me and behind me, from my right and my left, and from above me; and I take refuge in Your greatness from being taken unawares from beneath me.
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Allah is enough for me
×7حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ
Ḥasbiya-llāhu lā ilāha illā huwa, ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa huwa rabbu-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm
Allah is enough for me; there is no god but He. In Him I place my trust, and He is the Lord of the mighty Throne.
Whoever says it seven times when he enters the morning and the evening, Allah suffices him in whatever concerns him.
These are the words of Abū ad-Dardāʾ رضي الله عنه, kept by the tradition among the adhkār of the morning.
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With His name nothing harms
×3بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَىْءٌ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
Bismi-llāhi-lladhī lā yaḍurru maʿa-smihi shay'un fi-l-arḍi wa lā fi-s-samā'i wa huwa-s-samīʿu-l-ʿalīm
In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing on earth or in heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
Whoever says it three times in the morning and three times in the evening, nothing will harm him.
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By the perfect words of Allah
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ
Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti-llāhi-t-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq
I take refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.
A man complained of a scorpion that had stung him in the night. He said: had you said this when you entered the evening, it would not have harmed you.
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Save me from the Fire
×7اللَّهُمَّ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ النَّارِ
Allāhumma ajirnī mina-n-nār.
O Allah, save me from the Fire.
Whoever says it after Maghrib seven times and dies that night is written as saved from the Fire; and the same after Fajr for the day.
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Knower of the unseen
اللَّهُمَّ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ، رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي، وَمِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ
Allāhumma ʿālima-l-ghaybi wa-sh-shahādah, fāṭira-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, rabba kulli shayʾin wa malīkah, ash-hadu an lā ilāha illā ant. Aʿūdhu bika min sharri nafsī, wa min sharri-sh-shayṭāni wa shirkih, wa an aqtarifa ʿalā nafsī sūʾan aw ajurrahu ilā muslim.
O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Lord of everything and its Sovereign — I bear witness that there is no god but You. I take refuge in You from the evil of my own self, and from the evil of Satan and his incitement to associate others with You, and from bringing evil upon myself or drawing it upon a Muslim.
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From the evil of what I have done
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَمِلْتُ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا لَمْ أَعْمَلْ
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā ʿamiltu wa min sharri mā lam aʿmal.
O Allah, I take refuge in You from the evil of what I have done, and from the evil of what I have not done.
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From poverty and from being brought low
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَالْقِلَّةِ وَالذِّلَّةِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أُظْلَمَ
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-faqri wa-l-qillati wa-dh-dhillah, wa aʿūdhu bika min an aẓlima aw uẓlam.
O Allah, I take refuge in You from poverty, from want and from humiliation; and I take refuge in You from wronging or being wronged.
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From the evil of my own hearing and sight
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ سَمْعِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ بَصَرِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ لِسَانِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ قَلْبِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَنِيِّي
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min sharri samʿī, wa min sharri baṣarī, wa min sharri lisānī, wa min sharri qalbī, wa min sharri maniyyī.
O Allah, I take refuge in You from the evil of my hearing, from the evil of my sight, from the evil of my tongue, from the evil of my heart, and from the evil of my desire.
Asking for the day itself
Said in the morning only — a request for what the hours ahead are to be filled with.
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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 the dominion of the morning 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.
Asks for the day itself rather than for protection from it — the five things a day is asked to be filled with.
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Knowledge that benefits
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا، وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا، وَعَمَلاً مُتَقَبَّلاً
Allāhumma innī as'aluka ʿilman nāfiʿan, wa rizqan ṭayyiban, wa ʿamalan mutaqabbalan
O Allah, I ask You for knowledge that benefits, provision that is wholesome, and a deed that is accepted.
Said after the Fajr prayer.
The tasbīḥ of the morning
Short, repeated, and the part of the morning most easily kept.
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Glory be to Allah, and praise
×100سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ
Subḥāna-llāhi wa bi-ḥamdih
Glory be to Allah, and His is the praise.
Whoever says it a hundred times in a day has his sins forgiven, though they were like the foam of the sea.
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As many as His creation
×3سُبْحَانَ 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.
These words outweigh all the dhikr said since the morning.
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There is no god but Allah alone
×100لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهْوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Lā ilāha illā-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamdu wa huwa ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr
There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things.
Whoever says it a hundred times in a day has the reward of freeing ten slaves, a hundred good deeds written for him and a hundred bad deeds erased, and it is a shelter from Satan for that day.
Both counts are transmitted for these words. A hundred is the reward above; ten times carries the reward of freeing four souls from the children of Ismāʿīl. Choose either.
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I ask Allah for forgiveness
×100أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ
Astaghfiru-llāha wa atūbu ilayh
I seek the forgiveness of Allah and turn to Him in repentance.
The Prophet ﷺ said: I ask Allah for forgiveness and turn to Him a hundred times a day.
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As befits the majesty of Your face
يَا رَبِّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ كَمَا يَنْبَغِي لِجَلَالِ وَجْهِكَ وَلِعَظِيمِ سُلْطَانِكَ
Yā rabbi laka-l-ḥamdu kamā yanbaghī li-jalāli wajhika wa li-ʿaẓīmi sulṭānik
My Lord, Yours is the praise as befits the majesty of Your face and the greatness of Your sovereignty.
A servant said it, and the two angels did not know how to write it down; so they carried it up, and it was written as the servant said it.
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Blessings on the Prophet ﷺ
×10اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَبَارِكْ وَسَلِّمْ
Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ʿalā ālihi wa ṣaḥbihi wa bārik wa sallim.
O Allah, send blessings upon our master Muhammad and upon his family and his companions, and bless them and grant them peace.
Whoever sends blessings on me ten times when he enters the morning and ten when he enters the evening will be reached by my intercession on the Day of Rising.
Aṭ-Ṭabarānī — ḥasan by the reckoning of al-Suyūṭī and others
تَقَبَّلَ اللَّهُ مِنْكَ
The whole set, said. May Allah accept it from you.
It resets on its own tomorrow.
Nothing in this set matches what you typed.
Begin with the Qur’an
The evening adds the last two ayat of al-Baqarah, which belong to the night.
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Āyat al-Kursī
Qur'an
Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great. Al-Baqarah 2:255
Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwa-l-ḥayyu-l-qayyūm. Lā taʾkhudhuhu sinatun wa lā nawm. Lahu mā fi-s-samāwāti wa mā fi-l-arḍ. Man dha-lladhī yashfaʿu ʿindahu illā bi-idhnih. Yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum, wa lā yuḥīṭūna bi-shayʾin min ʿilmihi illā bi-mā shāʾ. Wasiʿa kursiyyuhu-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, wa lā yaʾūduhu ḥifẓuhumā, wa huwa-l-ʿaliyyu-l-ʿaẓīm.
Whoever says it when he enters upon the evening is protected until morning.
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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.
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The last two ayat of al-Baqarah
Qur'an
The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allah and His angels and His books and His messengers, [saying], "We make no distinction between any of His messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination." Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people." Al-Baqarah 2:285–286
Āmana-r-rasūlu bi-mā unzila ilayhi min rabbihi wa-l-muʾminūn. Kullun āmana bi-llāhi wa malāʾikatihi wa kutubihi wa rusulih, lā nufarriqu bayna aḥadin min rusulih. Wa qālū samiʿnā wa aṭaʿnā, ghufrānaka rabbanā wa ilayka-l-maṣīr. Lā yukallifu-llāhu nafsan illā wusʿahā, lahā mā kasabat wa ʿalayhā ma-ktasabat. Rabbanā lā tuʾākhidhnā in nasīnā aw akhṭaʾnā. Rabbanā wa lā taḥmil ʿalaynā iṣran ka-mā ḥamaltahu ʿala-lladhīna min qablinā. Rabbanā wa lā tuḥammilnā mā lā ṭāqata lanā bih. Wa-ʿfu ʿannā wa-ghfir lanā wa-rḥamnā, anta mawlānā fa-nṣurnā ʿala-l-qawmi-l-kāfirīn.
Whoever recites the last two ayat of al-Baqarah in a night, they are enough for him.
These belong to the night. They are said in the evening or before sleep — not in the morning.
The words that name the evening
Everything that opens with amsaynā — "we have entered the evening".
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We have entered the evening
أَمْسَيْنَا وَأَمْسَى الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ اللَّهُمَّ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ وَشَرِّ مَا بَعْدَهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَسُوءِ الْكِبَرِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ فِي النَّارِ وَعَذَابٍ فِي الْقَبْرِ
Amsaynā wa amsa-l-mulku lillāh, wa-l-ḥamdu lillāh, lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamdu wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr. Allāhumma asʾaluka khayra hādhihi-l-laylati wa aʿūdhu bika min sharri hādhihi-l-laylati wa sharri mā baʿdahā. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-kasali wa sūʾi-l-kibar. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābin fi-n-nāri wa ʿadhābin fi-l-qabr.
We have entered the evening and the dominion belongs to Allah, and praise belongs to Allah. There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner; His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things. O Allah, I ask You for the good of this night, and I take refuge in You from the evil of this night and the evil of what follows it. O Allah, I take refuge in You from idleness and the misery of old age. O Allah, I take refuge in You from a punishment in the Fire and a punishment in the grave.
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By You we enter the evening
اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ
Allāhumma bika amsaynā, wa bika naḥyā, wa bika namūtu, wa ilayka-n-nushūr.
O Allah, by You we enter the evening, by You we live and by You we die, and to You is the resurrection.
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Whatever blessing I have
اللَّهُمَّ مَا أَمْسَى بِي مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ فَمِنْكَ وَحْدَكَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَكَ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَلَكَ الشُّكْرُ
Allāhumma mā amsā bī min niʿmatin fa-minka waḥdaka lā sharīka lak, fa-laka-l-ḥamdu wa laka-sh-shukr.
O Allah, whatever blessing has come to me this evening is from You alone, with no partner; so Yours is the praise and Yours is the thanks.
Whoever says it in the evening has fulfilled the thanks due for his night.
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I call You to witness
×4اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَمْسَيْتُ أُشْهِدُكَ وَأُشْهِدُ حَمَلَةَ عَرْشِكَ وَمَلاَئِكَتَكَ وَجَمِيعَ خَلْقِكَ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَأَنَّ سَيِّدَنَا مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ
Allāhumma innī amsaytu ush-hiduka wa ush-hidu ḥamalata ʿarshika wa malāʾikataka wa jamīʿa khalqik, annaka anta-llāhu lā ilāha illā ant, wa anna sayyidanā Muḥammadan ʿabduka wa rasūluk.
O Allah, I have entered the evening calling You to witness, and calling to witness the bearers of Your Throne, Your angels and all Your creation, that You are Allah — there is no god but You — and that Sayyidinā Muhammad is Your servant and Your Messenger.
Said four times, Allah frees him from the Fire.
Seeking forgiveness, and being content
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The chief of seeking forgiveness
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَىَّ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ
Allāhumma anta rabbī, lā ilāha illā ant, khalaqtanī wa anā ʿabduk, wa anā ʿalā ʿahdika wa waʿdika ma-staṭaʿt. Aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā ṣanaʿt, abūʾu laka bi-niʿmatika ʿalayya wa abūʾu laka bi-dhanbī, fa-ghfir lī, fa-innahu lā yaghfiru-dh-dhunūba illā ant.
O Allah, You are my Lord; there is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant, and I hold to Your covenant and Your promise as far as I am able. I take refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge to You Your favour upon me and I acknowledge to You my sin, so forgive me — for none forgives sins but You.
Whoever says it at night with certainty in it and dies before morning is among the people of the Garden.
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I am content
رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِالإِسْلاَمِ دِينًا وَبِسَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيًّا
Raḍītu bi-llāhi rabban, wa bi-l-islāmi dīnan, wa bi-sayyidinā Muḥammadin nabiyyan.
I am content with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Sayyidinā Muhammad as Prophet.
It becomes a promise from Allah to please him on the Day of Rising.
Asking for well-being and refuge
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Well-being in body, hearing and sight
×3اللَّهُمَّ 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.
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From disbelief and poverty
×3اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالْفَقْرِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-kufri wa-l-faqr, Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābi-l-qabr, lā ilāha illā ant.
O Allah, I take refuge in You from disbelief and poverty. O Allah, I take refuge in You from the punishment of the grave. There is no god but You.
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Pardon and well-being
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ. اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ، وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي. اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِي، وَآمِنْ رَوْعَاتِي. اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي، وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي، وَمِنْ فَوْقِي، وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ مِنْ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي
Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿāfiyata fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyata fī dīnī wa dunyāya wa ahlī wa mālī. Allāhumma-stur ʿawrātī wa āmin rawʿātī. Allāhumma-ḥfaẓnī min bayni yadayya wa min khalfī, wa ʿan yamīnī wa ʿan shimālī, wa min fawqī, wa aʿūdhu bi-ʿaẓamatika an ughtāla min taḥtī.
O Allah, I ask You for well-being in this world and the next. O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in my religion, my worldly affairs, my family and my wealth. O Allah, conceal my faults and calm my fears. O Allah, guard me from in front of me and behind me, from my right and my left, and from above me; and I take refuge in Your greatness from being taken unawares from beneath me.
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Allah is enough for me
×7حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ
Ḥasbiya-llāhu lā ilāha illā huwa, ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa huwa rabbu-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm
Allah is enough for me; there is no god but He. In Him I place my trust, and He is the Lord of the mighty Throne.
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With His name nothing harms
×3بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَىْءٌ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
Bismi-llāhi-lladhī lā yaḍurru maʿa-smihi shay'un fi-l-arḍi wa lā fi-s-samā'i wa huwa-s-samīʿu-l-ʿalīm
In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing on earth or in heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
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By the perfect words of Allah
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ
Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti-llāhi-t-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq
I take refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.
Had you said this when you entered the evening, it would not have harmed you.
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Save me from the Fire
×7اللَّهُمَّ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ النَّارِ
Allāhumma ajirnī mina-n-nār.
O Allah, save me from the Fire.
Said after the Maghrib prayer.
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Knower of the unseen
اللَّهُمَّ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ، رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي، وَمِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ
Allāhumma ʿālima-l-ghaybi wa-sh-shahādah, fāṭira-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, rabba kulli shayʾin wa malīkah, ash-hadu an lā ilāha illā ant. Aʿūdhu bika min sharri nafsī, wa min sharri-sh-shayṭāni wa shirkih.
O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Lord of everything and its Sovereign — I bear witness that there is no god but You. I take refuge in You from the evil of my own self, and from the evil of Satan and his incitement to associate others with You.
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From the evil of what I have done
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَمِلْتُ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا لَمْ أَعْمَلْ
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā ʿamiltu wa min sharri mā lam aʿmal.
O Allah, I take refuge in You from the evil of what I have done, and from the evil of what I have not done.
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From poverty and from being brought low
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَالْقِلَّةِ وَالذِّلَّةِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أُظْلَمَ
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-faqri wa-l-qillati wa-dh-dhillah, wa aʿūdhu bika min an aẓlima aw uẓlam.
O Allah, I take refuge in You from poverty, from want and from humiliation; and I take refuge in You from wronging or being wronged.
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From the evil of my own hearing and sight
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ سَمْعِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ بَصَرِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ لِسَانِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ قَلْبِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَنِيِّي
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min sharri samʿī, wa min sharri baṣarī, wa min sharri lisānī, wa min sharri qalbī, wa min sharri maniyyī.
O Allah, I take refuge in You from the evil of my hearing, from the evil of my sight, from the evil of my tongue, from the evil of my heart, and from the evil of my desire.
The tasbīḥ of the evening
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The good of this night
أَمْسَيْنَا وَأَمْسَى الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ: فَتْحَهَا، وَنَصْرَهَا، وَنُورَهَا، وَبَرَكَتَهَا، وَهُدَاهَا، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا فِيهَا وَشَرِّ مَا بَعْدَهَا
Amsaynā wa amsa-l-mulku lillāhi rabbi-l-ʿālamīn. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka khayra hādhihi-l-layla: fatḥahā wa naṣrahā wa nūrahā wa barakatahā wa hudāhā, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā fīhā wa sharri mā baʿdahā.
We have entered the evening, and the dominion of the evening belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, I ask You for the good of this night — its opening, its help, its light, its blessing and its guidance — and I take refuge in You from the evil in it and the evil of what comes after it.
The hadith gives the wording for the morning and then says: “and when evening comes, let him say the like of that.” This is that, put into the evening.
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Glory be to Allah, and praise
×100سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ
Subḥāna-llāhi wa bi-ḥamdih
Glory be to Allah, and His is the praise.
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As many as His creation
×3سُبْحَانَ 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.
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There is no god but Allah alone
×100لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهْوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Lā ilāha illā-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamdu wa huwa ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr
There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things.
Both counts are transmitted for these words. A hundred is the reward above; ten times carries the reward of freeing four souls from the children of Ismāʿīl. Choose either.
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I ask Allah for forgiveness
×100أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ
Astaghfiru-llāha wa atūbu ilayh
I seek the forgiveness of Allah and turn to Him in repentance.
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As befits the majesty of Your face
يَا رَبِّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ كَمَا يَنْبَغِي لِجَلَالِ وَجْهِكَ وَلِعَظِيمِ سُلْطَانِكَ
Yā rabbi laka-l-ḥamdu kamā yanbaghī li-jalāli wajhika wa li-ʿaẓīmi sulṭānik
My Lord, Yours is the praise as befits the majesty of Your face and the greatness of Your sovereignty.
A servant said it, and the two angels did not know how to write it down; so they carried it up, and it was written as the servant said it.
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Blessings on the Prophet ﷺ
×10اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَبَارِكْ وَسَلِّمْ
Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ʿalā ālihi wa ṣaḥbihi wa bārik wa sallim.
O Allah, send blessings upon our master Muhammad and upon his family and his companions, and bless them and grant them peace.
Whoever sends blessings on me ten times when he enters the morning and ten when he enters the evening will be reached by my intercession on the Day of Rising.
Aṭ-Ṭabarānī — ḥasan by the reckoning of al-Suyūṭī and others
تَقَبَّلَ اللَّهُ مِنْكَ
The whole set, said. May Allah accept it from you.
It resets on its own tomorrow.
Nothing in this set matches what you typed.
Straight after the taslīm
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I ask Allah for forgiveness
×3أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ
Astaghfiru-llāh
I seek the forgiveness of Allah.
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You are Peace
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلاَمُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلاَمُ تَبَارَكْتَ ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ
Allāhumma anta-s-salāmu wa minka-s-salām, tabārakta dha-l-jalāli wa-l-ikrām.
O Allah, You are Peace and from You is peace. Blessed are You, Possessor of Majesty and Honour.
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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 illā-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 and none can give what You withhold, and no fortune avails its owner against You.
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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.
The Prophet ﷺ told Muʿādh: do not leave this at the end of every prayer.
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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.
The Qur’an after the prayer
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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 entering the Garden except that he dies.
An-Nasāʾī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Layla 100 — graded ṣaḥīḥ -
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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.
Three times after Fajr and Maghrib, once after the rest.
The tasbīḥ of the prayer
Thirty-three each, and the hundredth completes the hundred.
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Glory be to Allah
×33سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ
Subḥāna-llāh
Glory be to Allah.
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Praise belongs to Allah
×33الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ
Al-ḥamdu lillāh
All praise belongs to Allah.
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Allah is greatest
×33اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Allāhu akbar
Allah is greater.
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And the hundredth
لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Lā ilāha illā-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamdu wa huwa ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr
There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things.
Whoever says this after every prayer has his sins forgiven, though they were like the foam of the sea.
After Fajr and Maghrib only
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Save me from the Fire
×7اللَّهُمَّ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ النَّارِ
Allāhumma ajirnī mina-n-nār.
O Allah, save me from the Fire.
And what is said inside the prayer
Not part of what follows the taslīm — these are the words the Prophet ﷺ taught for the postures of the ṣalāh itself, kept here because this is where a reader looks for them.
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The opening supplication
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 distance between me and my sins as You have put distance 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.
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In rukūʿ
×3سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ
Subḥāna rabbiya-l-ʿaẓīm.
Glory be to my Lord, the Magnificent.
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In sujūd
×3سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى
Subḥāna rabbiya-l-aʿlā.
Glory be to my Lord, the Most High.
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Rising from rukūʿ
سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ، رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ
Samiʿa-llāhu li-man ḥamidah. Rabbanā wa laka-l-ḥamd.
Allah hears whoever praises Him. Our Lord, and to You belongs the praise.
The imām says samiʿa-llāhu li-man ḥamidah; those behind him say rabbanā wa laka-l-ḥamd.
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The tashahhud
التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلَّهِ وَالصَّلَوَاتُ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ، السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ، السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللهِ الصَّالِحِينَ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ
At-taḥiyyātu li-llāhi 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. Ash-hadu an lā ilāha illa-llāh, wa ash-hadu 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.
Said sitting, in every sitting of the prayer. The Companions learned it as they learned a sūrah of the Qurʾan.
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Between the two prostrations
رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي، رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي
Rabbi-ghfir lī, rabbi-ghfir lī.
My Lord, forgive me. My Lord, forgive me.
Said in the sitting between the two prostrations, which he ﷺ made about as long as the prostration itself.
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Before the taslīm
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.
He would seek refuge from these four before giving the salām.
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In the prostration of recitation
سَجَدَ وَجْهِي لِلَّذِي خَلَقَهُ وَشَقَّ سَمْعَهُ وَبَصَرَهُ بِحَوْلِهِ وَقُوَّتِهِ
Sajada wajhī li-lladhī khalaqahu wa shaqqa samʿahu wa baṣarahu bi-ḥawlihi wa quwwatih.
My face has prostrated to the One who created it and gave it its hearing and its sight, by His power and His strength.
Said in the prostration made on reaching an ayah of prostration, whether in the prayer or outside it.
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The qunūt of the witr
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
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.
O Allah, guide me among those You have guided, grant me well-being among those You have granted well-being, 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; and none is abased whom You befriend, and none is honoured whom You oppose. Blessed are You, our Lord, and exalted.
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After the witr
×3سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ
Subḥāna-l-maliki-l-quddūs.
Glory be to the King, the Most Holy.
Said three times when the witr is finished, drawing out the third.
تَقَبَّلَ اللَّهُ مِنْكَ
The whole set, said. May Allah accept it from you.
It resets on its own tomorrow.
Nothing in this set matches what you typed.
What is recited on the bed
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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, and no devil comes near him until morning.
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The three quls, blown into the hands
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.
He would cup his hands, recite them into them, and wipe what he could of his body, beginning with his head and face — three times.
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The last two ayat of al-Baqarah
Qur'an
The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allah and His angels and His books and His messengers, [saying], "We make no distinction between any of His messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination." Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people." Al-Baqarah 2:285–286
Āmana-r-rasūlu bi-mā unzila ilayhi min rabbihi wa-l-muʾminūn. Kullun āmana bi-llāhi wa malāʾikatihi wa kutubihi wa rusulih, lā nufarriqu bayna aḥadin min rusulih. Wa qālū samiʿnā wa aṭaʿnā, ghufrānaka rabbanā wa ilayka-l-maṣīr. Lā yukallifu-llāhu nafsan illā wusʿahā, lahā mā kasabat wa ʿalayhā ma-ktasabat. Rabbanā lā tuʾākhidhnā in nasīnā aw akhṭaʾnā. Rabbanā wa lā taḥmil ʿalaynā iṣran ka-mā ḥamaltahu ʿala-lladhīna min qablinā. Rabbanā wa lā tuḥammilnā mā lā ṭāqata lanā bih. Wa-ʿfu ʿannā wa-ghfir lanā wa-rḥamnā, anta mawlānā fa-nṣurnā ʿala-l-qawmi-l-kāfirīn.
Whoever recites the last two ayat of al-Baqarah in a night, they are enough for him.
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Sūrat al-Mulk
Qur'an
Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion, and He is over all things competent - [He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving - [And] who created seven heavens in layers. You do not see in the creation of the Most Merciful any inconsistency. So return [your] vision [to the sky]; do you see any breaks? Then return [your] vision twice again. [Your] vision will return to you humbled while it is fatigued. And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with stars and have made [from] them what is thrown at the devils and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze. And for those who disbelieved in their Lord is the punishment of Hell, and wretched is the destination. When they are thrown into it, they hear from it a [dreadful] inhaling while it boils up. It almost bursts with rage. Every time a company is thrown into it, its keepers ask them, "Did there not come to you a warner?" They will say," Yes, a warner had come to us, but we denied and said, 'Allah has not sent down anything. You are not but in great error.'" And they will say, "If only we had been listening or reasoning, we would not be among the companions of the Blaze." And they will admit their sin, so [it is] alienation for the companions of the Blaze. Indeed, those who fear their Lord unseen will have forgiveness and great reward. And conceal your speech or publicize it; indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts. Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Acquainted? It is He who made the earth tame for you - so walk among its slopes and eat of His provision - and to Him is the resurrection. Do you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heaven would not cause the earth to swallow you and suddenly it would sway? Or do you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heaven would not send against you a storm of stones? Then you would know how [severe] was My warning. And already had those before them denied, and how [terrible] was My reproach. Do they not see the birds above them with wings outspread and [sometimes] folded in? None holds them [aloft] except the Most Merciful. Indeed He is, of all things, Seeing. Or who is it that could be an army for you to aid you other than the Most Merciful? The disbelievers are not but in delusion. Or who is it that could provide for you if He withheld His provision? But they have persisted in insolence and aversion. Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks erect on a straight path? Say, "It is He who has produced you and made for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful." Say, "It is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered." And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?" Say, "The knowledge is only with Allah, and I am only a clear warner." But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call." Say, [O Muhammad], "Have you considered: whether Allah should cause my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?" Say, "He is the Most Merciful; we have believed in Him, and upon Him we have relied. And you will [come to] know who it is that is in clear error." Say, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?" Al-Mulk 67:1–30
It is the defender; it is the deliverer — it delivers its reader from the punishment of the grave.
He ﷺ would not sleep until he had read it.
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Sūrat 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 ʿabadtum. Wa lā antum ʿābidūna mā aʿbud. Lakum dīnukum wa liya dīn.
He told Nawfal: recite "Say: O you who disbelieve", then sleep on its ending — for it is a renunciation of idolatry.
The words of lying down
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In Your name I die and live
بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا
Bismika-llāhumma amūtu wa aḥyā
In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.
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I surrender myself to You
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; and make them the last words you say.
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By Your name, my Lord, I lay down my side
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبِّي بِكَ وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ إِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لَهَا وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ
Subḥānaka-llāhumma rabbī, bika waḍaʿtu janbī wa bika arfaʿuh. In amsakta nafsī fa-ghfir lahā, wa in arsaltahā fa-ḥfaẓhā bi-mā taḥfaẓu bihi ʿibādaka-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn.
Glory be to You, O Allah, my Lord. By You I lay my side down and by You I raise it. If You take my soul, forgive it; and if You send it back, protect it with that by which You protect Your righteous servants.
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Guard me from Your punishment
×3اللَّهُمَّ 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.
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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.
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Who fed us and gave us drink
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنَا وَسَقَانَا وَكَفَانَا وَآوَانَا فَكَمْ مِمَّنْ لاَ كَافِيَ لَهُ
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.
The tasbīḥ of Sayyidatunā Fāṭimah رضي الله عنها
She came to her father ﷺ asking for a servant, her hands sore from grinding grain. He gave her this instead, and told her it was better for her than what she had asked for. Said last thing at night, lying down.
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Glory be to Allah
×33سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ
Subḥāna-llāh
Glory be to Allah.
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Praise belongs to Allah
×33الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ
Al-ḥamdu lillāh
All praise belongs to Allah.
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Allah is greatest
×34اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Allāhu akbar
Allah is greater.
It is better for the two of you than a servant.
تَقَبَّلَ اللَّهُ مِنْكَ
The whole set, said. May Allah accept it from you.
It resets on its own tomorrow.
Nothing in this set matches what you typed.
The first words of the day
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Who gave us life after death
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.
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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.
Waking in the night
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Whoever wakes and says this
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 bi-llāh.
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.
Whoever wakes in the night and says this, then says "O Allah, forgive me" or makes a supplication, it is answered; and if he performs wuḍūʾ and prays, his prayer is accepted.
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The last ten ayat 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 bi-llāhi 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 would wake, look to the sky, and recite them.
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Opening the night prayer
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ سَيِّدِنَا جِبْرَائِيلَ وَسَيِّدِنَا مِيكَائِيلَ وَسَيِّدِنَا إِسْرَافِيلَ 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 Mīkā'īl 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.
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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 صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَقٌّ، وَالسَّاعَةُ حَقٌّ
Allāhumma laka-l-ḥamdu anta qayyimu-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍi wa man fīhinna wa laka-l-ḥamd. Laka mulku-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍi wa man fīhinn. Wa laka-l-ḥamdu anta nūru-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ. Wa laka-l-ḥamdu 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.
O Allah, Yours is the praise: You are the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all who are in them, and 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, and Your promise is true, and the meeting with You is true, and Your word is true, and the Garden is true, and the Fire is true, and the prophets are true, and Sayyidinā Muhammad ﷺ is true, and the Hour is true.
تَقَبَّلَ اللَّهُ مِنْكَ
The whole set, said. May Allah accept it from you.
It resets on its own tomorrow.
Nothing in this set matches what you typed.
The short words that belong to particular moments — leaving the house, the mosque, the table, the road.
Leaving and coming home
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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 bi-llāh.
In the name of Allah; I place my trust in Allah; there is no might and no power except by Allah.
It is said to him: you are guided, sufficed and protected — and the devil turns away from him.
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And asking not to be led 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 ʿalayya.
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 behaving ignorantly or being treated ignorantly.
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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 entrances and the best of exits. In the name of Allah we enter, and in the name of Allah we leave, and upon Allah our Lord we place our trust.
Wuḍūʾ, the adhān and the mosque
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After wuḍūʾ
أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ سَيِّدَنَا مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ
Ash-hadu an lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, wa ash-hadu anna sayyidanā Muḥammadan ʿabduhu wa rasūluh.
I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Sayyidinā Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger.
The eight gates of the Garden are opened for him; he may enter by whichever he wishes.
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After the adhān
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ وَالصَّلاَةِ الْقَائِمَةِ آتِ سَيِّدَنَا مُحَمَّدًا الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالْفَضِيلَةَ وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا الَّذِي وَعَدْتَهُ
Allāhumma rabba hādhihi-d-daʿwati-t-tāmmah, wa-ṣ-ṣalāti-l-qāʾimah, āti sayyidanā Muḥammadan-il-wasīlata wa-l-faḍīlah, wa-bʿath-hu maqāman maḥmūdan-illadhī waʿadtah.
O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and the prayer about to be established, grant Sayyidinā Muhammad the means and the excellence, and raise him to the praised station that You have promised him.
Whoever says it when he hears the call, my intercession is due to him on the Day of Rising.
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Entering the mosque
اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ
Allāhumma-ftaḥ lī abwāba raḥmatik.
O Allah, open for me the gates of Your mercy.
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Leaving the mosque
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ
Allāhumma innī asʾaluka min faḍlik.
O Allah, I ask You of Your bounty.
Food and drink
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After eating
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
All praise belongs to Allah, who fed me this and provided it for me with no power or strength of my own.
His past sins are forgiven.
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On breaking the fast
ذَهَبَ الظَّمَأُ وَابْتَلَّتِ الْعُرُوقُ وَثَبَتَ الأَجْرُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
Dhahaba-ẓ-ẓama', wa-btallati-l-ʿurūq, wa thabata-l-ajru in shā'a-llāh
The thirst has gone, the veins are moistened, and the reward is confirmed, if Allah wills.
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Before eating
سَمِّ اللَّهَ، وَكُلْ بِيَمِينِكَ وَكُلْ مِمَّا يَلِيكَ
Bismi-llāh
In the name of Allah. — And if you forget at the start: bismi-llāhi awwalahu wa ākhirah, "in the name of Allah, at its beginning and its end."
Said by the Prophet ﷺ to a boy eating beside him: name Allah, eat with your right hand, and eat from what is next to you.
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If you forget 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.
Travel, weather, and what you see
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Setting out
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ
Subḥāna-lladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahu muqrinīn, wa innā ilā rabbinā la-munqalibūn.
Glory be to Him who has subjected this to us, though we were not capable of it; and truly, to our Lord we are returning.
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When it rains
صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا
Ṣayyiban nāfiʿan.
A wholesome, beneficial downpour.
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After the rain
مُطِرْنَا بِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَرَحْمَتِهِ
Muṭirnā bi-faḍli-llāhi wa raḥmatih.
We have been given rain by the bounty of Allah and His mercy.
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When the wind is strong
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.
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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 is able to do all things.
Allah writes a million good deeds for him, erases a million bad deeds from him, and builds him a house in the Garden.
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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 favoured me greatly over much of what He has created.
Said quietly, so the person is not hurt by it.
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On hearing thunder
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي يُسَبِّحُ الرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَالْمَلاَئِكَةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِ
Subḥāna-lladhī yusabbiḥu-r-raʿdu bi-ḥamdihi wa-l-malā'ikatu min khīfatih
Glory be to Him whom the thunder glorifies with His praise, and the angels too, out of awe of Him.
What Ibn ʿUmar رضي الله عنهما used to say when he heard thunder.
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Asking for rain
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 abundant, of benefit and not of harm — soon, and not delayed.
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When the rain is heavy
اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبًا هَنِيئًا
Allāhumma ṣayyiban hanīʾan.
O Allah, a wholesome downpour.
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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 our fruit for us, and bless our city for us, and bless our ṣāʿ for us, and bless our mudd for us.
The small moments
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Entering the lavatory
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-khubuthi wa-l-khabāʾith.
O Allah, I take refuge in You from the male and female devils.
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Leaving it
غُفْرَانَكَ
Ghufrānak
I ask Your forgiveness.
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Putting on new clothes
اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ كَسَوْتَنِيهِ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِهِ وَخَيْرِ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ وَشَرِّ 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 with it. I ask You for its good and the good it was made for, and take refuge in You from its evil and the evil it was made for.
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Putting on something new
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَسَانِي مَا أُوَارِي بِهِ عَوْرَتِي وَأَتَجَمَّلُ بِهِ فِي حَيَاتِي
Al-ḥamdu li-llāhi-lladhī kasānī mā uwārī bihi ʿawratī wa atajammalu bihi fī ḥayātī.
Praise belongs to Allah, who has clothed me with what covers me and with what I am adorned by in my life.
Whoever puts on a new garment and says this, then gives the old one away, is under the care and the keeping of Allah, living and dead.
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For the house that fed you
اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِيمَا 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, and forgive them, and have mercy on them.
Said for the host when you have eaten at somebody's house.
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When anger rises
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
Aʿūdhu billāhi mina-sh-shayṭāni-r-rajīm
I take refuge in Allah from Satan, the rejected.
If he says it, what he finds will leave him.
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On sneezing, and the reply
يَهْدِيكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ
Yahdīkumu-llāhu wa yuṣliḥu bālakum.
May Allah guide you and set your affairs right.
The one who sneezes says al-ḥamdu lillāh; the one who hears says yarḥamuka-llāh; the sneezer replies with these words.
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At the end of a gathering
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ
Subḥānaka-llāhumma wa bi-ḥamdik, ash-hadu 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 seek Your forgiveness and turn to You.
Whatever happened in that gathering is forgiven him.
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Visiting the sick
لاَ بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
Lā ba'sa ṭahūrun in shā'a-llāh
No harm — a cleansing, if Allah wills.
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Pain in the body
×7أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ
Aʿūdhu bi-llāhi wa qudratihi min sharri mā ajidu wa uḥādhir
I take refuge in Allah and in His power from the evil of what I find and what I fear. — Place your hand where it hurts, say bismillāh three times, then this seven times.
Put your hand where it hurts, say bismillāh three times, then this seven times.
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After a bad dream
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَعِقَابِهِ وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ
Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti-llāhi-t-tāmmati min ghaḍabihi wa ʿiqābih, wa sharri ʿibādih, wa min hamazāti-sh-shayāṭīni wa an yaḥḍurūn.
I take refuge in the perfect words of Allah from His anger and His punishment, from the evil of His servants, from the promptings of the devils and from their presence.
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Thanking someone
جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا
Jazāka-llāhu khayran
May Allah reward you with good.
Whoever has good done to him and says to the doer "jazāka-llāhu khayran" has given him the fullest praise.
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When someone says "I love you for Allah"
أَحَبَّكَ الَّذِي أَحْبَبْتَنِي لَهُ
Aḥabbaka-lladhī aḥbabtanī lah.
May He for whose sake you love me love you.
The reply to "I love you for the sake of Allah".
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Against the whispering of Satan
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-sh-shayṭāni-r-rajīm.
O Allah, I take refuge in You from the accursed Satan.
Nothing in this set matches what you typed.
What the Prophet ﷺ said when something weighed on him.
When something weighs on you
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The supplication of distress
لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ، رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ
Lā ilāha illa-llāhu-l-ʿaẓīmu-l-ḥalīm, lā ilāha illa-llāhu rabbu-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, rabbu-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm.
There is no god but Allah, the Mighty, the Forbearing. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the mighty Throne.
He would say it at times of distress.
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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 seek relief.
Whenever a matter distressed him, he would say it.
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The supplication of Yūnus
لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
Lā ilāha illā anta subḥānaka innī kuntu mina-ẓ-ẓālimīn
There is no god but You; glory be to You. I have indeed been among the wrongdoers.
No Muslim supplicates with it in anything but that Allah answers him.
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Your mercy is what I hope for
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 sha'nī 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. Put right for me all of my affairs. There is no god but You.
The supplications of the distressed.
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Allah is enough for us
Qur'an
Those to whom hypocrites said, "Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them." But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, "Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs." Āl ʿImrān 3:173
Ḥasbunā-llāhu wa niʿma-l-wakīl
Ibrāhīm said it when he was thrown into the fire, and Muhammad ﷺ said it when they said: the people have gathered against you.
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When something is lost or taken
إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا
Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn. Allāhumma ʾjurnī fī muṣībatī wa akhlif lī khayran minhā.
Truly we belong to Allah, and truly to Him we return. O Allah, reward me in my affliction and give me something better than it in its place.
Allah will recompense him in his affliction and give him something better in its place.
Anxiety, grief and debt
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From anxiety 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-dayni wa ghalabati-r-rijāl
O Allah, I take refuge in You from anxiety and sorrow, from incapacity and idleness, from miserliness and cowardice, from the burden of debt and from being overpowered by others.
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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 so that I need nothing unlawful, and enrich me by Your bounty so that I need no one besides You.
Allah will settle it for you, even if it were the size of a mountain.
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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 place You before them, and we take refuge in You from their evil.
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From leprosy, insanity and evil disease
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, from madness, from disfiguring disease, and from grievous illnesses.
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In Your pleasure from Your anger
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَبِمُعَافَاتِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْكَ لاَ أُحْصِي ثَنَاءً عَلَيْكَ أَنْتَ كَمَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ
Allāhumma innī 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.
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From the strain of trial
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ جَهْدِ الْبَلاَءِ، وَدَرَكِ الشَّقَاءِ، وَسُوءِ الْقَضَاءِ، وَشَمَاتَةِ الأَعْدَاءِ
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min jahdi-l-balāʾ, wa daraki-sh-shaqāʾ, wa sūʾi-l-qaḍāʾ, wa shamātati-l-aʿdāʾ.
O Allah, I take refuge in You from the strain of trial, from being overtaken by wretchedness, from an evil outcome, and from the gloating of enemies.
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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.
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Help me and do not help against me
اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي وَلاَ تُعِنْ عَلَيَّ، وَانْصُرْنِي وَلاَ تَنْصُرْ عَلَيَّ، وَيَسِّرِ الْهُدَى لِي
Allāhumma aʿinnī wa lā tuʿin ʿalayy, wa-nṣurnī wa lā tanṣur ʿalayy, wa yassiri-l-hudā lī.
O Allah, help me and do not help others against me; grant me victory and do not grant victory over me; and make guidance easy for me.
Nothing in this set matches what you typed.
Light on the tongue, heavy on the scale
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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.
Two words light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful.
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A treasure of the Garden
لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ
Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bi-llāh
There is no power and no strength except with Allah.
It is a treasure from the treasures of the Garden.
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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.
They are dearer to me than everything the sun has risen upon.
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Turning back, a hundred times a day
×100رَبِّ 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.
They would count a hundred of these in one sitting of the Prophet ﷺ.
What he asked for most
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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.
He ﷺ taught this one to Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها — it asks for everything a person could not think to name.
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Forgiveness, even for the one who fled
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.
Whoever says it is forgiven, even if he had fled from the battle line.
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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.
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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.
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Give my soul its piety
اللَّهُمَّ آتِ نَفْسِي تَقْوَاهَا وَزَكِّهَا أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا أَنْتَ وَلِيُّهَا وَمَوْلاَهَا
Allāhumma āti nafsī taqwāhā, wa zakkihā anta khayru man zakkāhā, anta waliyyuhā wa mawlāhā.
O Allah, give my soul its piety and purify it — You are the best of those who purify it; You are its Guardian and its Master.
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From knowledge that does not benefit
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 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 knowledge that does not benefit, from a heart that is not humbled, from a soul that is never satisfied, and from a supplication that is not answered.
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Guide me and make me steady
اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي وَسَدِّدْنِي
Allāhumma-hdinī wa saddidnī.
O Allah, guide me and make me steady.
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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.
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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.
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Forgive me all of my sin
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي كُلَّهُ دِقَّهُ وَجِلَّهُ وَأَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ وَعَلاَنِيَتَهُ
Allāhumma-ghfir lī dhanbī kullah, diqqahu wa jillah, wa awwalahu wa ākhirah, wa ʿalāniyatah.
O Allah, forgive me all of my sin — the small of it and the great, the first of it and the last, and what of it was open.
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From the trial of the Fire and the grave
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ النَّارِ وَعَذَابِ النَّارِ، وَفِتْنَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min fitnati-n-nāri wa ʿadhābi-n-nār, wa fitnati-l-qabri wa ʿadhābi-l-qabr.
O Allah, I take refuge in You from the trial of the Fire and the punishment of the Fire, and from the trial of the grave and the punishment of the grave.
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The best of what he asked
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
Rabbanā ātinā fi-d-dunyā ḥasanatan wa fi-l-ākhirati ḥasanatan wa qinā ʿadhāba-n-nār
This was the supplication he said most.
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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.
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Life and death, whichever is better
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 living is better for me, and take me when death is better for me.
The Prophet ﷺ forbade wishing for death, and gave these words to say instead.
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Light in my heart
اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِي قَلْبِي نُورًا، وَفِي بَصَرِي نُورًا، وَفِي سَمْعِي نُورًا، وَعَنْ يَمِينِي نُورًا، وَعَنْ يَسَارِي نُورًا، وَفَوْقِي نُورًا، وَتَحْتِي نُورًا، وَأَمَامِي نُورًا، وَخَلْفِي نُورًا، وَاجْعَلْ لِي نُورًا
Allāhumma-jʿal fī qalbī nūran, wa fī baṣarī nūran, wa fī samʿī nūran, wa ʿan yamīnī nūran, wa ʿan yasārī nūran, wa fawqī nūran, wa taḥtī nūran, wa amāmī nūran, wa khalfī nūran, wa-jʿal lī nūrā.
O Allah, place light in my heart, light in my sight, light in my hearing, light on my right, light on my left, light above me, light beneath me, light before me and light behind me — and make me light.
The supplication he made on the way to the Fajr prayer.
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I ask You for the Garden
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ
Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-jannata wa aʿūdhu bika mina-n-nār.
O Allah, I ask You for the Garden, and I take refuge in You from the Fire.
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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.
For the heart
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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.
He would say it often. He said: the hearts are between two of the fingers of the Most Merciful.
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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.
For others
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Ṣalāt al-Istikhārah
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 ـ أَوْ قَالَ عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ ـ فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي ـ أَوْ قَالَ فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ ـ 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-qdur-hu lī wa yassir-hu lī thumma bārik lī fīh. Wa in kunta taʿlamu anna hādha-l-amra sharrun lī fī dīnī wa maʿāshī wa ʿāqibati amrī, fa-ṣrif-hu ʿannī wa-ṣrifnī ʿanh, wa-qdur liya-l-khayra ḥaythu kān, thumma arḍinī bih.
O Allah, I seek Your guidance by Your knowledge, and Your strength by Your power, and I ask You of Your great bounty — for You have power and I have none, You know and I do not know, and You are the Knower of all that is hidden. O Allah, if You know this matter to be good for me in my religion, my living and the outcome of my affair, then decree it for me, make it easy for me, and bless me in it. And if You know this matter to be bad for me in my religion, my living and the outcome of my affair, then turn it away from me and turn me away from it, and decree for me the good wherever it is, then make me content with it.
Pray two rakʿahs that are not the obligatory prayer, then say this and name your need.
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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
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.
O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, grant him well-being and pardon him, honour his resting place and widen his entry. Wash him with water, snow and hail, and cleanse him of his sins as a white garment is cleansed of dirt.
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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
Rabbi-rḥamhumā kamā rabbayānī ṣaghīrā
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Congratulating the married
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 blessings upon you, and join the two of you in good.
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For all the Muslims, living and dead
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا
Allāhumma-ghfir li-ḥayyinā wa mayyitinā, wa shāhidinā wa ghāʾibinā, wa ṣaghīrinā wa kabīrinā, wa dhakarinā wa unthānā.
O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, those of us present and those absent, our young and our old, our men and our women.
The Greatest Name
Two supplications the Prophet ﷺ heard being made, and said each had called on Allah by His Greatest Name.
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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 ash-hadu 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.
He said: he has asked Allah by His Greatest Name, by which He gives when asked and answers when called upon.
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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.
He said: he has supplicated to Allah by His Greatest Name, by which He answers when called upon and gives when asked.
تَقَبَّلَ اللَّهُ مِنْكَ
The whole set, said. May Allah accept it from you.
It resets on its own tomorrow.
Nothing in this set matches what you typed.
What he ﷺ said on a journey — leaving, riding, climbing, stopping for the night, and coming back. A traveller’s supplication is answered; these are the words the sunnah puts in that mouth.
Setting out
Said as you mount, or as the car starts.
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On setting out
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 الْأَهْلِ
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 waṭwi ʿannā buʿdah. Allāhumma anta-ṣ-ṣāḥibu fi-s-safar, wa-l-khalīfatu fi-l-ahl.
Glory to Him who subjected this to us, and we could never have done it ourselves; and to our Lord we are returning. 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, and fold up its distance for us. O Allah, You are the Companion on the journey and the Guardian of the family left behind.
Say Allāhu akbar three times before it.
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You are the Companion on the road
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ، وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الْأَهْلِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وَعْثَاءِ السَّفَرِ، وَكَآبَةِ الْمُنْقَلَبِ، وَسُوءِ الْمَنْظَرِ فِي الْأَهْلِ وَالْمَالِ
Allāhumma anta-ṣ-ṣāḥibu fi-s-safar, wa-l-khalīfatu fi-l-ahl. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min waʿthāʾi-s-safar, wa kaʾābati-l-munqalab, wa sūʾi-l-manẓari fi-l-ahli wa-l-māl.
O Allah, You are the Companion on the journey and the Guardian of the family left behind. O Allah, I take refuge in You from the hardship of travel, from a sorrowful return, and from finding some evil in my family or my property when I come back.
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Saying goodbye to a traveller
أَسْتَوْدِعُ اللَّهَ دِينَكَ، وَأَمَانَتَكَ، وَخَوَاتِيمَ عَمَلِكَ
Astawdiʿu-llāha dīnaka, wa amānataka, wa khawātīma ʿamalik.
I place in Allah’s keeping your religion, what has been entrusted to you, and the last of your deeds.
What Ibn ʿUmar رضي الله عنهما would say to anyone leaving, because it is what the Prophet ﷺ said to him.
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And what the traveller is wished
زَوَّدَكَ اللَّهُ التَّقْوَى، وَغَفَرَ ذَنْبَكَ، وَيَسَّرَ لَكَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ
Zawwadaka-llāhu-t-taqwā, wa ghafara dhanbaka, wa yassara laka-l-khayra ḥaythumā kunt.
May Allah provision you with piety, forgive your sin, and make good easy for you wherever you are.
On the road
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Going up, and going down
اللَّهُ أَكْبَر — عِنْدَ الصُّعُودِ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ — عِنْدَ الْهُبُوط
Allāhu akbar — going up. Subḥāna-llāh — going down.
Allah is greatest, when climbing. Glory be to Allah, when descending.
Jābir رضي الله عنه: this is what the Companions did on every rise and every fall of the road.
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When dawn breaks on a journey
سَمَّعَ سَامِعٌ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ وَحُسْنِ بَلَائِهِ عَلَيْنَا، رَبَّنَا صَاحِبْنَا وَأَفْضِلْ عَلَيْنَا، عَائِذًا بِاللَّهِ مِنَ النَّارِ
Sammaʿa sāmiʿun bi-ḥamdi-llāhi wa ḥusni balāʾihi ʿalaynā. Rabbanā ṣāḥibnā wa afḍil ʿalaynā, ʿāʾidhan bi-llāhi mina-n-nār.
Let a witness bear witness to our praise of Allah and to His goodly trial of us. Our Lord, keep our company and be generous to us — seeking refuge in Allah from the Fire.
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When you stop somewhere for the night
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.
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On coming to a town
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَظْلَلْنَ، وَرَبَّ الْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَقْلَلْنَ، وَرَبَّ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَمَا أَضْلَلْنَ، وَرَبَّ الرِّيَاحِ وَمَا ذَرَيْنَ، أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ وَخَيْرَ أَهْلِهَا، وَخَيْرَ مَا فِيهَا، وَأَعُوذُ 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. Asʾaluka khayra hādhihi-l-qaryati wa khayra ahlihā, wa khayra mā fīhā, wa aʿūdhu 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: I ask You for the good of this town and the good of its people and the good of what is in it, and I take refuge in You from its evil, the evil of its people and the evil of what is in it.
An-Nasāʾī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Layla — al-Ḥākim graded it ṣaḥīḥ -
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If you fear a people on the road
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَجْعَلُكَ فِي نُحُورِهِمْ، وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شُرُورِهِمْ
Allāhumma innā najʿaluka fī nuḥūrihim, wa naʿūdhu bika min shurūrihim.
O Allah, we place You before them, and we take refuge in You from their evil.
Coming home
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On the way back
آيِبُونَ تَائِبُونَ عَابِدُونَ لِرَبِّنَا حَامِدُونَ
Āyibūna tāʾibūna ʿābidūna li-rabbinā ḥāmidūn.
Returning, repenting, worshipping, praising our Lord.
He ﷺ said it on the way back from every journey, adding it to the words of setting out.
Nothing in this set matches what you typed.
What to say over your own pain, at a sick person’s bedside, and when someone dies. Nothing here is a formula for a hard day; each of these is a thing he ﷺ said or taught at exactly that moment.
Over your own pain
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A hand where it hurts
×7بِسْمِ اللَّهِ — ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ: أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ
Bismillāh — three times. Then: Aʿūdhu bi-ʿizzati-llāhi wa qudratihi min sharri mā ajidu wa uḥādhir.
In the name of Allah — three times. Then: I take refuge in the might of Allah and His power from the evil of what I find and what I fear.
Put your right hand on the place that hurts, say bismillāh three times, then these words seven.
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When it will not lift
يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ
Yā Ḥayyu yā Qayyūmu bi-raḥmatika astaghīth.
O Ever-Living, O Sustainer of all — by Your mercy I seek relief.
At a sick person’s side
Said to them, or over them, sitting by their head.
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No harm — a cleansing, if Allah wills
لَا بَأْسَ، طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
Lā baʾsa, ṭahūrun in shāʾa-llāh.
No harm — a cleansing, if Allah wills.
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Take away the hurt
أَذْهِبِ الْبَأْسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ، اشْفِ وَأَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا
Adh-hibi-l-baʾasa rabba-n-nās, ishfi wa anta-sh-Shāfī, lā shifāʾa illā shifāʾuk, shifāʾan lā yughādiru saqamā.
Take away the hurt, Lord of mankind. Heal — and You are the Healer. There is no healing but Yours: a healing that leaves no illness behind.
He ﷺ would pass his right hand over the place and say it.
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Seven times, at the bedside
×7أَسْأَلُ 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 heal you.
Whoever visits a sick person whose time has not come and says it seven times, Allah heals him of that illness.
When someone dies
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The last words
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّه
Lā ilāha illa-llāh.
There is no god but Allah.
Whoever’s last words are “there is no god but Allah” enters the Garden.
Said gently beside them, so that they say it — not pressed on them.
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When the eyes are closed
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِفُلَانٍ — بِاسْمِهِ — 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-fulān, warfaʿ darajatahu fi-l-mahdiyyīn, wakhlufhu fī ʿaqibihi fi-l-ghābirīn, waghfir lanā wa lahu yā rabba-l-ʿālamīn, wafsaḥ lahu fī qabrihi wa nawwir lahu fīh.
O Allah, forgive so-and-so, raise his rank among the rightly guided, be a successor to those he leaves behind, forgive us and forgive him, Lord of the worlds, make his grave spacious for him and fill it with light.
He ﷺ said it over Abū Salamah رضي الله عنه when he closed his eyes.
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When the news reaches you
إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ، اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي، وَاخْلُفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا
Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn. Allāhumma ʾjurnī fī muṣībatī, wakhluf lī khayran minhā.
To Allah we belong and to Him we return. O Allah, reward me in my affliction and give me something better than it in its place.
Allah rewards him in his affliction and gives him something better in its place.
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In the funeral prayer
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ، وَعَافِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ، وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهُ، وَوَسِّعْ مُدْخَلَهُ، وَاغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ، وَنَقِّهِ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا نَقَّيْتَ الثَّوْبَ الْأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ، وَأَبْدِلْهُ دَارًا خَيْرًا مِنْ دَارِهِ، وَأَهْلًا خَيْرًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ، وَزَوْجًا خَيْرًا مِنْ زَوْجِهِ، وَأَدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ، وَأَعِذْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَمِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ
Allāhumma-ghfir lahu warḥamh, wa ʿāfihi waʿfu ʿanh, wa akrim nuzulah, wa wassiʿ mudkhalah, waghsilhu 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 wa min ʿadhābi-n-nār.
O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, keep him safe and pardon him, honour his arrival and make his entry spacious, wash him with water and snow and hail, cleanse him of his errors as a white cloth is cleansed of dirt, exchange his home for a better home, his family for a better family and his spouse for a better spouse, admit him to the Garden, and protect him from the punishment of the grave and from the punishment of the Fire.
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At the graves
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدِّيَارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لَاحِقُونَ، نَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ لَنَا وَلَكُمُ الْعَافِيَةَ
As-salāmu ʿalaykum ahla-d-diyāri mina-l-muʾminīna wa-l-muslimīn, wa innā in shāʾa-llāhu bikum lāḥiqūn. Nasʾalu-llāha lanā wa lakumu-l-ʿāfiyah.
Peace be upon you, people of these dwellings, believers and Muslims. We will, Allah willing, follow you. We ask Allah for well-being for us and for you.
He ﷺ taught them to say it whenever they went out to the graves.
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For all of them
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا، وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا، وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا، وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا، اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَأَحْيِهِ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، وَمَنْ تَوَفَّيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَتَوَفَّهُ عَلَى الْإِيمَانِ
Allāhumma-ghfir li-ḥayyinā wa mayyitinā, wa shāhidinā wa ghāʾibinā, wa ṣaghīrinā wa kabīrinā, wa dhakarinā wa unthānā. Allāhumma man aḥyaytahu minnā fa-aḥyihi ʿala-l-Islām, wa man tawaffaytahu minnā fa-tawaffahu ʿala-l-īmān.
O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, those of us present and those absent, our young and our old, our men and our women. O Allah, whoever of us You keep alive, keep him alive upon Islam; and whoever of us You take, take him upon faith.
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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.
What the prophets said
Each of them at the moment it was said — and every one of them was answered.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
What the believers say
The duʿāʾ Allah quotes from His servants — “rabbanā”, over and over.
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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
The supplication he ﷺ made more than any other.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Short, and worth keeping on the tongue
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Sending blessings on the Prophet ﷺ. The first group is the wording he was asked for and gave; the rest are the ṣalawāt the Ummah has said for centuries, each with the count it has traditionally been said by.
As he taught it
They asked him how blessings should be sent on him, and this is what he answered.
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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.
Whoever sends blessings on me once, Allah sends blessings on him ten times for it.
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The everyday form
×10اللَّهُمَّ 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.
The wording in common use, built on the Ibrāhīmī ṣalāh above — at least ten a day -
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On hearing his name
صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
Ṣalla-llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam.
May Allah bless him and grant him peace.
Said whenever his ﷺ name is mentioned
The well-known ṣalawāt
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Aṣ-Ṣalāt al-Munjiyah
×1000اللَّهُمَّ 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.
The thousand comes from the account it is transmitted with: a ship in danger, and the instruction to say it a thousand times. It is also read forty-one times, or three times after a prayer, when a thousand is not the occasion.
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Ṣalāt al-Fātiḥ
×100اللَّهُمَّ 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.
Said daily — the traditional count is 100 -
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Aṣ-Ṣalāt at-Tafrījiyyah
×4444اللَّهُمَّ 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.
Also called an-Nāriyyah. The four thousand four hundred and forty-four is the count it has always been read by for a pressing need, and it is meant to be shared out — a household or a gathering taking a share each. Eleven or forty-one times is the everyday reading.
For a pressing need — the traditional count is 4,444 -
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Aṣ-Ṣalāt aṭ-Ṭibbiyyah
×7اللَّهُمَّ 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.
Read over water and drunk, or said for someone who is ill. Seven is the usual count; forty-one is read for something more serious.
Read for healing — the usual count is 7 -
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As many as are in His knowledge
×100اللَّهُمَّ 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.
One saying of it intends a number no one can count. It is read a hundred times, or as many as the reader keeps to.
Said daily — the usual count is 100
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