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

From rising to set out to coming in to your family — the farewell, the ride, the road, the night halt and the return.

  1. Rising to set out

    اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ انْتَشَرْتُ، وَإِلَيْكَ تَوَجَّهْتُ، وَبِكَ اعْتَصَمْتُ، اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ ثِقَتِي وَرَجَائِي، اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي مَا أَهَمَّنِي، وَمَا لَا أَهْتَمُّ بِهِ، وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي، وَزَوِّدْنِي التَّقْوَى، وَاغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي، وَوَجِّهْنِي لِلْخَيْرِ حَيْثُ مَا تَوَجَّهْتُ

    Allāhumma bika-ntashartu, wa ilayka tawajjahtu, wa bika-ʿtaṣamt. Allāhumma anta thiqatī wa rajāʾī. Allāhumma-kfinī mā ahammanī wa mā lā ahtammu bih, wa mā anta aʿlamu bihi minnī. Wa zawwidni-t-taqwā, wa-ghfir lī dhanbī, wa wajjihnī li-l-khayri ḥaythu mā tawajjaht.

    O Allah, by You I set out, to You I turn, and to You I hold fast. O Allah, You are my trust and my hope. O Allah, spare me what weighs on me, what I give no thought to, and what You know of better than I. Provision me with piety, forgive me my sin, and turn me towards good wherever I turn.

    Whenever he ﷺ meant to travel, he said this as he rose from where he sat.

    Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 495
  2. By You I travel

    اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصُولُ، وَبِكَ أَحُولُ، وَبِكَ أَسِيرُ

    Allāhumma bika aṣūlu, wa bika aḥūlu, wa bika asīr.

    O Allah, by You I press forward, by You I turn about, and by You I travel.

    What he ﷺ said when he meant to travel.

    Musnad Aḥmad 691
  3. At a farewell

    أَسْتَوْدِعُكَ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لاَ تَضِيعُ وَدَائِعُهُ

    Astawdiʿuka-llāha-lladhī lā taḍīʿu wadāʾiʿuh.

    I leave you in the keeping of Allah, whose trusts are never lost.

    What he ﷺ said to Abū Hurayrah as he took leave of him — and what Abū Hurayrah taught others to say at a parting.

    Sunan Ibn Mājah 2825 · Musnad Aḥmad 9230 · an-Nasāʾī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 508
  4. To someone setting out

    أَسْتَوْدِعُ اللَّهَ دِينَكَ وَأَمَانَتَكَ وَخَوَاتِيمَ عَمَلِكَ

    Astawdiʿu-llāha dīnaka wa amānataka wa khawātīma ʿamalik.

    I place in Allah’s keeping your religion, your trust, and the last of your deeds.

    Ibn ʿUmar رضي الله عنهما would take the traveller’s hand and say it, “as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ bade me farewell.” To a group setting out he ﷺ said it to them all: “dīnakum wa amānatakum wa khawātīma aʿmālikum.”

  5. What the traveller is given for the road

    زَوَّدَكَ اللَّهُ التَّقْوَى، وَغَفَرَ ذَنْبَكَ، وَيَسَّرَ لَكَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ

    Zawwadaka-llāhu-t-taqwā, wa ghafara dhanbak, wa yassara laka-l-khayra ḥaythumā kunt.

    May Allah provision you with piety, forgive you your sin, and make good easy for you wherever you are.

    A man about to travel asked him ﷺ for provision for the road. He gave him these words one at a time, each time the man asked for more.

  6. For someone who has just left

    اللَّهُمَّ اطْوِ لَهُ الأَرْضَ وَهَوِّنْ عَلَيْهِ السَّفَرَ

    Allāhumma-ṭwi lahu-l-arḍa wa hawwin ʿalayhi-s-safar.

    O Allah, fold up the earth for him, and make the journey easy for him.

    A man asked him ﷺ for advice before a journey. “Hold to the fear of Allah,” he said, “and say Allāhu akbar on every rise.” When the man turned to go, he ﷺ said this for him.

  7. Asking the traveller to pray for you

    أَىْ أُخَىَّ أَشْرِكْنَا فِي دُعَائِكَ وَلاَ تَنْسَنَا

    Ay ukhayy, ashriknā fī duʿāʾika wa lā tansanā.

    My dear brother, include us in your prayers, and do not forget us.

    What he ﷺ said to Sayyidunā ʿUmar when he asked leave to go for ʿUmrah.

  8. Setting out on a journey

    سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ فِي سَفَرِنَا هَذَا الْبِرَّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَمِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تَرْضَى اللَّهُمَّ هَوِّنْ عَلَيْنَا سَفَرَنَا هَذَا وَاطْوِ عَنَّا بُعْدَهُ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الأَهْلِ اللَّهُمَّ اصْحَبْنَا فِي سَفَرِنَا وَاخْلُفْنَا فِي أَهْلِنَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وَعْثَاءِ السَّفَرِ وَكَآبَةِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَسُوءِ الْمُنْقَلَبِ فِي الْمَالِ وَالأَهْلِ وَالْحَوْرِ بَعْدَ الْكَوْرِ وَدَعْوَةِ الْمَظْلُومِ

    Subḥāna-lladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahu muqrinīn, wa innā ilā rabbinā la-munqalibūn. Allāhumma innā nasʾaluka fī safarinā hādha-l-birra wa-t-taqwā, wa mina-l-ʿamali mā tarḍā. Allāhumma hawwin ʿalaynā safaranā hādhā wa-ṭwi ʿannā buʿdah. Allāhumma anta-ṣ-ṣāḥibu fi-s-safar, wa-l-khalīfatu fi-l-ahl. Allāhumma-ṣḥabnā fī safarinā wa-khlufnā fī ahlinā. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min waʿthāʾi-s-safar, wa kaʾābati-l-manẓar, wa sūʾi-l-munqalabi fi-l-māli wa-l-ahl, wa-l-ḥawri baʿda-l-kawr, wa daʿwati-l-maẓlūm.

    Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have otherwise subdued it. And indeed we, to our Lord, will surely return. O Allah, we ask You on this journey of ours for righteousness and piety, and for deeds that please You. O Allah, make this journey of ours easy for us, and fold its distance up for us. O Allah, You are the Companion on the journey and the One who takes our place with our family. O Allah, keep us company on our journey, and take our place with our family. O Allah, I take refuge in You from the hardship of travel, from a sight that grieves, and from an ill return to wealth and family, from falling back after going forward, and from the prayer of the wronged.

    He ﷺ said Allāhu akbar three times once he was settled on his camel, then this. Coming home he said it again, adding: “Āyibūna, tāʾibūna, ʿābidūna, li-rabbinā ḥāmidūn.”

  9. Mounting a ride

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

    Bismi-llāh. Al-ḥamdu lillāh. Subḥāna-lladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahu muqrinīn, wa innā ilā rabbinā la-munqalibūn. Al-ḥamdu lillāh, al-ḥamdu lillāh, al-ḥamdu lillāh. Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar. Subḥānaka innī ẓalamtu nafsī fa-ghfir lī, fa-innahu lā yaghfiru-dh-dhunūba illā ant.

    In the name of Allah. Praise be to Allah. Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have otherwise subdued it. And indeed we, to our Lord, will surely return. Praise be to Allah, praise be to Allah, praise be to Allah. Allah is greatest, Allah is greatest, Allah is greatest. Glory be to You — I have wronged myself, so forgive me, for none forgives sins but You.

    Your Lord delights in His servant when he says “forgive me my sins”, knowing that none forgives sins but He.

    Sayyidunā ʿAlī: “bismi-llāh” with his foot in the stirrup, “al-ḥamdu lillāh” once seated, then the rest. Then he laughed, and said he had seen the Prophet ﷺ do just this, and laugh.

  10. Going up, and coming down

    On every rise of the road say “Allāhu akbar”, and on every descent say “subḥāna-llāh”.

    Jābir رضي الله عنه: “When we climbed we said Allāhu akbar, and when we came down we said subḥāna-llāh.”

  11. On reaching high ground

    اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الشَّرَفُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَرَفٍ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ

    Allāhumma laka-sh-sharafu ʿalā kulli sharaf, wa laka-l-ḥamdu ʿalā kulli ḥāl.

    O Allah, Yours is the height above every height, and Yours is the praise in every state.

    Musnad Aḥmad 12281 · Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 522
  12. Before dawn on a journey

    سَمَّعَ سَامِعٌ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ وَحُسْنِ بَلاَئِهِ عَلَيْنَا رَبَّنَا صَاحِبْنَا وَأَفْضِلْ عَلَيْنَا عَائِذًا بِاللَّهِ مِنَ النَّارِ

    Sammaʿa sāmiʿun bi-ḥamdi-llāhi wa ḥusni balāʾihi ʿalaynā. Rabbanā ṣāḥibnā wa afḍil ʿalaynā, ʿāʾidhan billāhi mina-n-nār.

    Let one who hears pass on our praise of Allah and His goodness to us. Our Lord, be our Companion and be generous to us — seeking refuge in Allah from the Fire.

    What he ﷺ said on a journey in the last part of the night.

  13. Stopping somewhere

    أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

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

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

    Nothing will harm him until he moves on from that place.

  14. When night falls on a journey

    يَا أَرْضُ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكِ اللَّهُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّكِ وَشَرِّ مَا فِيكِ وَشَرِّ مَا خُلِقَ فِيكِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَدِبُّ عَلَيْكِ وَأَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ أَسَدٍ وَأَسْوَدَ وَمِنَ الْحَيَّةِ وَالْعَقْرَبِ وَمِنْ سَاكِنِ الْبَلَدِ وَمِنْ وَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

    Yā arḍu, rabbī wa rabbuki-llāh. Aʿūdhu billāhi min sharriki wa sharri mā fīki wa sharri mā khuliqa fīki wa min sharri mā yadibbu ʿalayk. Wa aʿūdhu billāhi min asadin wa aswad, wa mina-l-ḥayyati wa-l-ʿaqrab, wa min sākini-l-balad, wa min wālidin wa mā walad.

    O earth, my Lord and your Lord is Allah. I take refuge in Allah from your evil, from the evil of what is in you, the evil of what was created in you and the evil of what creeps upon you. I take refuge in Allah from lion and black serpent, from snake and scorpion, from those who dwell in the land, and from every sire and what it sires.

  15. On seeing a town you will enter

    اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَظْلَلْنَ، وَرَبَّ الْأَرْضِينَ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَقْلَلْنَ، وَرَبَّ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَمَا أَضْلَلْنَ، وَرَبَّ الرِّيَاحِ وَمَا ذَرَيْنَ، فَإِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ وَخَيْرَ أَهْلِهَا وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ أَهْلِهَا وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا

    Allāhumma rabba-s-samāwāti-s-sabʿi wa mā aẓlaln, wa rabba-l-araḍīna-s-sabʿi wa mā aqlaln, wa rabba-sh-shayāṭīni wa mā aḍlaln, wa rabba-r-riyāḥi wa mā dharayn, fa-innā nasʾaluka khayra hādhihi-l-qaryati wa khayra ahlihā, wa naʿūdhu bika min sharrihā wa sharri ahlihā wa sharri mā fīhā.

    O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and all they shade, Lord of the seven earths and all they carry, Lord of the devils and all they lead astray, Lord of the winds and all they scatter: we ask You for the good of this town and the good of its people, and we take refuge in You from its evil, the evil of its people and the evil of what is in it.

    He ﷺ never saw a town he meant to enter without saying this as it came into view.

    an-Nasāʾī, as-Sunan al-Kubrā 8776 · Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 2709
  16. And for the town’s blessing

    اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهَا، اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهَا، اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهَا، اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنَا جَنَاهَا، وَحَبِّبْنَا إِلَى أَهْلِهَا، وَحَبِّبْ صَالِحِي أَهْلِهَا إِلَيْنَا

    Allāhumma bārik lanā fīhā, Allāhumma bārik lanā fīhā, Allāhumma bārik lanā fīhā. Allāhumma-rzuqnā janāhā, wa ḥabbibnā ilā ahlihā, wa ḥabbib ṣāliḥī ahlihā ilaynā.

    O Allah, bless it for us. O Allah, bless it for us. O Allah, bless it for us. O Allah, give us of its fruit, make us beloved to its people, and make the righteous among its people beloved to us.

    aṭ-Ṭabarānī, al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ 4755 · aṭ-Ṭabarānī, ad-Duʿāʾ 836
  17. When your mount stumbles

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ

    Bismi-llāh.

    In the name of Allah.

    Do not say “may Satan perish” — at that he swells until he is the size of a house, and says “by my strength”. Say “bismi-llāh”, and he shrinks until he is like a fly.

  18. Stranded in open country

    يَا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ أَعِينُوا

    Yā ʿibāda-llāhi aʿīnū.

    O servants of Allah, help!

    Allah has angels on the earth besides the recording angels, writing down every leaf that falls. If one of you is stranded in open country, let him call out this.

    Musnad al-Bazzār 4922
  19. When your mount runs off

    يَا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ احْبِسُوا، يَا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ احْبِسُوا

    Yā ʿibāda-llāhi-ḥbisū, yā ʿibāda-llāhi-ḥbisū.

    O servants of Allah, hold it back! O servants of Allah, hold it back!

    For Allah has on the earth those present who will hold it back for him.

    Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 508
  20. On a difficult mount

    Qur’an

    ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

    So is it other than the religion of Allah they desire, while to Him have submitted [all] those within the heavens and earth, willingly or by compulsion, and to Him they will be returned? Āl ʿImrān 3:83

    Yūnus ibn ʿUbayd, of the Followers: no one on a difficult mount recites this into its ear but that it stands still, by Allah’s leave.

    Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 510
  21. When the jinn take shapes on the road

    Call the adhān.

    What he ﷺ told travellers to do when the ghouls take on shapes to lead them astray.

    Musnad Aḥmad 14277 · Ibn as-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 523
  22. The traveller’s prayer is answered

    Three prayers are answered, there is no doubt about them: the prayer of the one wronged, the prayer of the traveller, and the prayer of a father against his child.

    So make much of prayer on the road.

  23. Coming home from a journey

    لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، آيِبُونَ تَائِبُونَ عَابِدُونَ سَاجِدُونَ لِرَبِّنَا حَامِدُونَ، صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ وَنَصَرَ عَبْدَهُ وَهَزَمَ الأَحْزَابَ وَحْدَهُ

    Lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-ḥamd, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr. Āyibūna, tāʾibūna, ʿābidūna, sājidūna, li-rabbinā ḥāmidūn. Ṣadaqa-llāhu waʿdah, wa naṣara ʿabdah, wa hazama-l-aḥzāba waḥdah.

    There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner; His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things. We return, repenting, worshipping, bowing down, and praising our Lord. Allah has kept His promise, given His servant victory, and routed the confederates alone.

    On the way home he ﷺ said Allāhu akbar three times on every rise of the ground, then this. Nearing Madīnah he kept saying “āyibūna, tāʾibūna, ʿābidūna, li-rabbinā ḥāmidūn” until he entered it.

  24. Coming in to your family

    تَوْبًا تَوْبًا، لِرَبِّنَا أَوْبًا، لَا يُغَادِرُ عَلَيْنَا حَوْبًا

    Tawban tawban, li-rabbinā awbā, lā yughādiru ʿalaynā ḥawbā.

    Repentance, repentance; to our Lord we return — may He leave no sin upon us.

    What he ﷺ said when he came in to his family from a journey.

    Musnad Aḥmad 2311 · Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 2716
  25. Welcoming someone home

    الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي نَصَرَكَ وَأَعَزَّكَ وَأَكْرَمَكَ

    Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī naṣaraka wa aʿazzaka wa akramak.

    Praise be to Allah, who gave you victory, honoured you, and was generous to you.

    Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah’s words as she took his hand ﷺ on his return from a campaign.

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