Adhkār

Morning & evening

Said after Fajr and after ʿAṣr.

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Āyat al-Kursī

Once

اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ

Allāhu lā ilāha illā Huwal-Ḥayyul-Qayyūm. Lā ta’khudhuhū sinatun wa lā nawm. Lahū mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ. Man dhal-ladhī yashfa‘u ‘indahū illā bi-idhnih. Ya‘lamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum, wa lā yuḥīṭūna bi-shay’im-min ‘ilmihī illā bimā shā’. Wasi‘a kursiyyuhus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa lā ya’ūduhū ḥifẓuhumā, wa Huwal-‘Aliyyul-‘Aẓīm.

Allah — none is worthy of worship but Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Who can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and behind them, and they encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He wills. His Kursī extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Most Great.

Shown whole, from Adhkār of the Prayers. In print this text is set shorter.

Q 2:255, to its end. Whoever says it in the morning is guarded until evening.

Qur’ān 2:255

Ḥākim · ṣaḥīḥ

The three suwar

Three times

Sūrah al-Ikhlāṣ

قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

Qul Huwallāhu Aḥad. Allāhuṣ-Ṣamad. Lam yalid wa lam yūlad. Wa lam yakun lahū kufuwan aḥad.

Say: He is Allah, the One; Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, and there is none comparable to Him.

Sūrah al-Falaq

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ وَمِنْ شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ وَمِنْ شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ

Qul a‘ūdhu bi-Rabbil-falaq. Min sharri mā khalaq. Wa min sharri ghāsiqin idhā waqab. Wa min sharrin-naffāthāti fil-‘uqad. Wa min sharri ḥāsidin idhā ḥasad.

Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak, from the evil of what He created; from darkness when it settles; from those who blow on knots; and from an envier when he envies.

Sūrah an-Nās

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ مَلِكِ النَّاسِ إِلَٰهِ النَّاسِ مِنْ شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ

Qul a‘ūdhu bi-Rabbin-nās. Malikin-nās. Ilāhin-nās. Min sharril-waswāsil-khannās. Alladhī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūrin-nās. Minal-jinnati wan-nās.

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 into the breasts of mankind — from among jinn and mankind.

Shown whole, from Adhkār of the Prayers. In print this text is set shorter.

Al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, an-Nās — three times each. They suffice you against everything.

Qur’ān · Sūrah 112 Qur’ān · Sūrah 113 Qur’ān · Sūrah 114

Said again before sleep, blowing into the palms and wiping what can be reached of the body.

Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī · ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ

Sayyid al-istighfār

Once

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

Allāhumma anta rabbī lā ilāha illā ant, khalaqtanī wa anā ‘abduk, wa anā ‘alā ‘ahdika wa wa‘dika ma-staṭa‘t, a‘ūdhu bika min sharri mā ṣana‘t, abū’u laka bini‘matika ‘alayya wa abū’u laka bidhanbī fa-ghfir lī fa-innahu lā yaghfirudh-dhunūba illā ant

Whoever says it in the day with certainty and dies before evening is of the people of Paradise.

The master of seeking forgiveness — once in the morning, once in the evening.

Bukhārī · ṣaḥīḥ

On entering the day

Once

اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا، وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ، وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ

Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā wa bika amsaynā, wa bika naḥyā wa bika namūt, wa ilaykan-nushūr

In the evening: wa ilayka-l-maṣīr in place of wa ilayka-n-nushūr.

Tirmidhī · ḥasan

Upon the fiṭrah

Once

أَصْبَحْنَا عَلَىٰ فِطْرَةِ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَعَلَىٰ كَلِمَةِ الْإِخْلَاصِ، وَعَلَىٰ دِينِ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، وَعَلَىٰ مِلَّةِ أَبِينَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا مُسْلِمًا

Aṣbaḥnā ‘alā fiṭratil-islām, wa ‘alā kalimatil-ikhlāṣ, wa ‘alā dīni nabiyyinā Muḥammadin ﷺ, wa ‘alā millati abīnā ibrāhīma ḥanīfan musliman

In the evening: amsaynā in place of aṣbaḥnā.

Aḥmad · ṣaḥīḥ

The kingdom is Allah’s

Once

أَصْبَحْنَا وَأَصْبَحَ الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ

Aṣbaḥnā wa aṣbaḥal-mulku lillāh, wal-ḥamdu lillāh, lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah

Continue: rabbi as’aluka khayra mā fī hādhā-l-yawm — I ask You for the good of this day.

Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ

Contentment

Three times

رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا، وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا، وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ نَبِيًّا

Raḍītu billāhi rabban, wa bil-islāmi dīnan, wa bimuḥammadin ﷺ nabiyyan

It is a right upon Allah to please whoever says it.

Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī · ḥasan

The morning

Its time is from Fajr until sunrise — and it is not lost if said until midday.

Against all harm

Three times

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

Bismillāhil-ladhī lā yaḍurru ma‘a-smihi shay’un fil-arḍi wa lā fis-samā’, wa huwas-samī‘ul-‘alīm

Nothing will harm whoever says it three times morning and evening.

Taught to ‘Uthmān ibn ‘Affān, who never left it.

Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī · ṣaḥīḥ

Sufficiency

Seven times

حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ، عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ، وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ

Ḥasbiyallāhu lā ilāha illā huwa, ‘alayhi tawakkalt, wa huwa rabbul-‘arshil-‘aẓīm

Allah suffices him in whatever concerns him of this world and the next.

Seven times in the morning and seven in the evening.

Abū Dāwūd · ḥasan

Well-being

Three times

اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَدَنِي، اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي سَمْعِي، اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَصَرِي، لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

Allāhumma ‘āfinī fī badanī, Allāhumma ‘āfinī fī sam‘ī, Allāhumma ‘āfinī fī baṣarī, lā ilāha illā ant

O Allah, grant me well-being in my body, my hearing, and my sight.

Abū Dāwūd · ḥasan

The word of tawḥīd

Ten times

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-ḥamd, wa huwa ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīr

Ten times, or a hundred — a hundred is the freeing of ten slaves.

Bukhārī, Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ

Seeking forgiveness

Hundred times

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

Astaghfirullāha wa atūbu ilayh

He ﷺ sought forgiveness a hundred times in a day, and no sin was upon him.

Bukhārī, Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ

Entrusting the affair

Once

يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ، أَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ، وَلَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَىٰ نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ

Yā ḥayyu yā qayyūmu biraḥmatika astaghīth, aṣliḥ lī sha’nī kullah, wa lā takilnī ilā nafsī ṭarfata ‘ayn

Do not leave me to myself for the blink of an eye.

Said once, at the start of the day and at its close.

Nasā’ī, Ḥākim · ḥasan

Refuge in the words

Three · evening

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

A‘ūdhu bikalimātillāhit-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq

Nothing will harm him that night.

Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ

Glorification

Hundred times

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ

Subḥānallāhi wa biḥamdih

His sins are put down from him though they were like the foam of the sea.

Said in any state — walking, sitting, or at work.

Bukhārī, Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ

The evening

Its time is from ‘Aṣr until sunset — and it is not lost if said into the early night.

If you say nothing else

Say بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ three times, and the three suwar three times. A small amount kept to daily outweighs a great amount abandoned.

Qur’ān · Sūrah 112 Qur’ān · Sūrah 113 Qur’ān · Sūrah 114

Bukhārī, Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ.

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