Remembrance

أذكار

Adhkār

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

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

Ar-Raʿd 13:28

480 adhkār in 23 sets

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

  1. Āyat al-Kursī

    Qur’an

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

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

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

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

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2311

  2. The three Quls, into the palms

    Qur’an ×3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5017 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2192

  3. The last two verses of al-Baqarah

    Qur’an

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

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

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

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

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5009 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 807

  4. Al-Kāfirūn

    Qur’an

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

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

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

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

    Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5055 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3403

  5. As-Sajdah and al-Mulk

    Qur’an

    He ﷺ would not sleep until he had recited Alif Lām Mīm Tanzīl (as-Sajdah) and Tabārak (al-Mulk).

    Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2892

  6. Al-Isrāʾ and az-Zumar

    Qur’an

    He ﷺ would not sleep until he had recited az-Zumar and Banī Isrāʾīl (al-Isrāʾ).

    Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3405

  7. The Musabbiḥāt

    Qur’an

    “Among them is a verse better than a thousand verses.”

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

    Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5057 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2921

  8. Any sūrah of the Book of Allah

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

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

    Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3407 · Musnad Aḥmad 17132

  9. Al-Fātiḥah and al-Ikhlāṣ

    Qur’an

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

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

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

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

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

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

    al-Bazzār, al-Musnad 7393

  10. In Your name I die and I live

    بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

    Bismika-llāhumma amūtu wa aḥyā

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

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6324 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2711

  11. In Your name I lay down my side

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

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

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

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

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6320 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2714

  12. You created my soul

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

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

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

    Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2712

  13. Lord of the heavens and the earth

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

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

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

    Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2713

  14. Who fed us and gave us shelter

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

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

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

    Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2715

  15. Glory be to Allah

    ×33

    سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ

    Subḥāna-llāh

    Glory be to Allah.

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6318 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2727

  16. Praise belongs to Allah

    ×33

    الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ

    Al-ḥamdu lillāh

    All praise belongs to Allah.

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6318 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2727

  17. Allah is greatest

    ×34

    اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

    Allāhu akbar

    Allah is greater.

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

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6318 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2727

  18. Shield me from Your punishment

    ×3

    اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ

    Allāhumma qinī ʿadhābaka yawma tabʿathu ʿibādak

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

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

    Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5045 · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3398

  19. By Your noble Face

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

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

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

    Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5052

  20. Drive my devil away

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

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

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

    Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5054

  21. Who sufficed me and sheltered me

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

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

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

    Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5058

  22. Originator of the heavens and the earth

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

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

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

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

    Musnad Aḥmad 6597 · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5067

  23. Forgive me my sin

    بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّي وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي

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

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

    What he ﷺ said when he lay down to sleep.

    Musnad Aḥmad 6620

  24. Forgiveness, three times

    ×3

    أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ الَّذِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَىَّ الْقَيُّومَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

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

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

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

    Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3397

  25. In Your pardon from Your punishment

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

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

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

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

    aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ 1992

  26. Sufficiency for my family

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

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

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

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

    aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 4849

  27. The bedtime words of Qaylah

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

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

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

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

    aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 25/3

  28. From evil that clings

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ وَلُوعًا، وَمِنَ الْجُوعِ ضَجِيعًا

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

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

    aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ 7196

  29. Who is exalted and all-subduing

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

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

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

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

    aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ 7891

  30. From what knocks in the night

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

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

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

    aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 3454

  31. Let me enjoy my hearing and sight

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

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

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

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

  32. Excuse me my failings

    اللَّهُمَّ تَجَاوَزْ عَنْ سَيِّئَاتِي وَاعْذُرْنِي بِعِلَّاتِي

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

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

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

    aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr 1009

  33. A true and good dream

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

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

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

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

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

  34. The last words before sleep

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

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

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

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

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

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6313 · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 247 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2710

  35. Sūrat al-Wāqiʿah, every night

    Qur’an

    Whoever recites it every night will never be struck by poverty. Ibn Masʿūd had his daughters recite it every night.

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