Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm.
Qul huwallāhu aḥad.
Allāhuṣ-ṣamad.
Lam yalid wa lam yūlad.
Wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan aḥad.
Reference: Al-Ikhlas 112:1-4.
Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm.
Qul a`ūdhu birabbil-falaq.
Min sharri mā khalaq.
Wa min sharri ghāsiqin idhā waqab.
Wa min sharrin-naffāthāti fil-`uqad.
Wa min sharri ḥāsidin idhā ḥasad.
Reference: Al-Falaq 113:1-5.
Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm.
Qul a`ūdhu birabbin-nās.
Malikin-nās.
'Ilāhin-nās.
Min sharri ‘l-waswāsil-khannās.
Alladhī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūrin-nās.
Minal-jinnati wannās.
Reference: An-Nas 114:1-6
Hold the palms together, blow (with a little spittle) into them, and recite:
"With the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Say: He is Allah (the) One.
The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need,
He begets not nor was He begotten,
and there is none equal to Him.
With the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak,
from the evil of what He has created,
and from the evil of the darkening (night) as it comes with its darkness,
and from the evil of those who practice witchcraft when they blow in the knots,
and from the evil of the envier when he envies.
With the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind,
the King of mankind,
the God of mankind,
from the evil of the whisperer who withdraws,
who whispers in the breasts of mankind,
of jinns and men."
(Then pass your hands over as much of your body as you can reach, beginning with the head and the face, then the entire front of your body. Do this three times.)
Reference:
Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 9/62, and Muslim 4/ 1723.
Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwa ‘l-Ḥayyul-Qayyūm,
lā ta'khudhuhu sinatun wa lā nawm,
lahu mā fis-samāwāti wa māfil-ardh,
man dhal-ladhī yashfa`u `indahu illā bi'idhnih,
ya`lamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum,
wa lā yuḥītūna bishay'im-min `ilmihi illā bimā shā',
wasi`a kursiyyuhus-samāwāti wal-ardh,
wa lā ya'ūduhu hifẓuhumā,
wa huwal-`Aliyyu‘l-`Aẓīm.
Allah! There is none worthy of worship but He, the Ever-Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists.
Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him.
To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth.
Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His Permission?
He knows what happens to them in this world, and what will happen to them in the Hereafter.
And they will never encompass anything of His Knowledge except that which He wills.
His Throne extends over the heavens and the earth,
and He feels no fatigue in guarding and preserving them.
And He is the Most High, the Most Great.
Reference:
Al-Baqarah 2:255. Whoever reads this when he lies down to sleep will have a
guardian from Allah remain with him and Satan will not be able to come near
him until he rises in the morning. See Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani,
Fathul-Bari 4/487.
Āmanar-Rasūlu bimā unzila ilaihi mir-Rabbihi wa ‘l-mu'minūn,
kullun āmana billāhi wa malā'ikatihi wa kutubihi wa rusulih,
lā nufarriqu bayna aḥadim-mir-rusulih,
wa qālū sami`nā wa aṭa`nā,
ghufrānaka Rabbanā wa ilayka ‘l-maṣīr.
Lā yukallifu ‘llāhu nafsan illā wus`ahā,
lahā mā kasabat wa `alayhā mak-tasabat,
Rabbanā lā tu'ākhidhnā in nasīnā aw akhta'nā,
Rabbanā wa lā taḥmil `alaynā iṣran kamā ḥamaltahu `alal-ladhīna min qablinā,
Rabbanā wa lā tuḥammilnā mā lā ṭāqata lanā bih,
wa`fu `annā, waghfir lanā, warḥamnā,
Anta mawlānā fanṣurnā `ala ‘l-qawmi ‘l-kāfirīn.
The Messenger believes in what has been sent down to him from his Lord, and so do the believers.
Each one believes in Allah, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers.
They say: "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 return."
Allah burdens not a person beyond what he can bear.
He gets rewarded for that (good) which he has earned, and he is punished for that (evil) which he has earned.
Our Lord! Punish us not if we forget or fall into error.
Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden like that which You did lay on those before us.
Our Lord! Put not on us a burden greater than we have the strength to bear.
Pardon us and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us.
You are our Protector, and help us against the disbelieving people.
Reference:
Al-Baqarah 2:285-6. These two Verses will be sufficient for anyone who
recites them at night before sleeping. Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani,
Fathul-Bari.9/94, Muslim 1/554.
Bismika Rabbī waḍa`tu janbī,
wa bika arfa`uh,
fa in amsakta nafsī farḥamhā,
wa in arsaltahā faḥfaẓhā
bimā taḥfaẓu bihi `ibādakaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.
With Your Name1 my Lord, I lay myself down;
and with Your Name I rise.
And if You take my soul, have mercy on it,
and if You send it back then
protect it as You protect Your righteous slaves.2
Reference:
1 "If any of you rises from his bed and later returns to it, let him dust
off his bed with his waist garment three times and mention the Name of
Allah, for he does not know what may have entered the bed after him, and
when he lies down he should say. . . ".
2 Al-Bukhari 1 1/ 126 and Muslim 4/2084.
Allāhumma innaka khalaqta nafsī
wa anta tawaffāhā,
laka mamātuhā wa maḥyāhā,
in aḥyaytahā faḥfaẓhā,
wa in amattahā faghfir lahā.
Allāhumma innī as'aluka ‘l-`āfiyah.
O Allah, You have created my soul
and You take it back.
Unto You is its death and its life.
If You give it life then protect it,
and if You cause it to die then forgive it.
O Allah, I ask You for strength.
Reference:
Muslim 4/2083 and Ahmad 2/79.
Allāhumma qinī `adhābaka yawma tab`athu `ibādak.
O Allah,1 save me from Your punishment on the Day that You resurrect Your slaves.2
Reference:
1 "When the Prophet (ﷺ) wanted to lie down to sleep, he used to place his
right hand under his cheek and say..."
2 Abu Dawud 4/311. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 3/143.
Bismika Allāhumma amūtu wa aḥyā.
In Your Name, O Allah, I die and I live.
Reference:
Here, dying and living are metaphors for sleep and wakefulness. This
explains why the normal order of these words has been reversed in this
Hadith. In other contexts the living is mentioned before dying. See Qur'an
Al-Baqarah 2:258, Aal-'Imrdn 3:156, Al-A'raf 7:158 among many other
examples, (trans.). See also Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 11/113, Muslim 4/
2083.
Subḥānallāh,
Wa ‘l-ḥamdu lillāh,
Wallāhu Akbar.
Glory is to Allah (thirty-three times in Arabic),
Praise is to Allah (thirty-three times),
Allah is the Most Great (thirty-four times)
Reference:
Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 7/71, Muslim 4/2091.
Allāhumma Rabbas-samāwātis-sab`i
wa Rabba ‘l-`Arshi ‘l-`Aẓīm,
Rabbanā wa Rabba kulli shay',
fāliqa ‘l-ḥabbi wan-nawā,
wa munzilat-Tawrāti wal-'Injīli, wal-Furqān,
a`ūdhu bika min sharri kulli shay'in
anta ākhidhun bināṣiyatih.
Allāhumma anta ‘l-awwalu falaysa qablaka shay',
wa antal-ākhiru falaysa ba`daka shay',
wa antaẓ-ẓāhiru falaysa fawqaka shay',
wa antal-bāṭinu falaysa dūnaka shay',
iqḍi `annad-dayn,
wa aghninā mina ‘l-faqr.
O Allah! Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Magnificent Throne.
Our Lord and the Lord of everything. Splitter of the grain and the date-stone,
Revealer of the Torah and the Injeel1 and the Furqan (the Qur'an),
I seek refuge in You from the evil of everything that You shall seize by the forelock.2
O Allah You are the First and nothing has come before you,
and You are the Last, and nothing may come after You.
You are the Most High, nothing is above You
and You are the Most Near, and nothing is nearer than You.
Remove our debts from us
and enrich us against poverty. 3
Reference:
1 The Scripture that was revealed to 'Isa (Jesus).
2 See Qur'an Al-'Alaq 96:15, where seizure by the forelock preceeds being
cast into Hell. (Translator)
3 Muslim 4/2084.
Alḥamdu lillāhil-lathī 'aṭ`amanā wa saqānā,
wa kafānā, wa 'āwānā,
fakam mimman lā kāfiya lahu wa lā mu'wī.
Praise is to Allah Who has provided us with food and with drink, sufficed us and gave us an abode,
for how many are there with no provision and no home.
Reference:
Muslim 4/2085.
Allāhumma `ālima ‘l-ghaybi wash-shahādah,
fātiras-samāwāti wa ‘l-ardh,
Rabba kulli shay'in wa malīkah,
ash-hadu an lā ilāha illā ant,
a`ūdhu bika min sharri nafsī,
wa min sharrish-shayṭāni wa shirkih,
wa an aqtarifa `alā nafsī sū'an,
aw ajurrahu ilā Muslim.
O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the evident,
Maker of the heavens and the earth,
Lord of everything and its Master,
I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but You.
I seek refuge in You from the evil of my
soul,
and from the evil of Satan and his helpers.
(I seek refuge in You) from bringing evil upon my soul
and from harming any Muslim.
Reference:
Abu Dawud 4/317. See also Al-Albani, SahihAt-Tirmidhi 3/142.
--
Recite Surah 32 (As-Sajdah) and Surah 67 (Al-Mulk) in Arabic.
Reference:
At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa'i. See also Al-Albani, Sahihul-Jami ' As-Saghir 4/255
Allāhumma aslamtu nafsī ilayk,
wa fawwaḍtu amrī ilayk,
wa wajjahtu wajhī ilayk,
wa alja'tu ẓahrī ilayk,
raghbatan wa rahbatan ilayk,
lā malja'a wa la manjā minka illā ilayk,
āmantu bikitābika ‘l-ladhī anzalt,
wa bi-nabiyyika ‘l-ladhī arsalt.
O Allah,1 I submit myself to You,
entrust my affairs to You,
turn my face to You,
and lay myself down depending upon You,
hoping in You and fearing You.
There is no refuge, and no escape, except to You.
I believe in Your Book (the Qur'an) that You revealed,
and the Prophet (ﷺ) whom You sent.
Reference:
1 "Before you go to bed perform ablutions as you would for prayer, then lie
down on your right side and say. . . "
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Whoever says this and dies in his sleep, has died
in a state of the natural monotheism (Fitrah)." Al-Bukhari, cf.
Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 11/113, Muslim 4/2081.
