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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 ۝٢٥٥

Verse ends and pause marks are shown as the muṣḥaf has them, from Qur’ān 2:255. In print this passage is set without them.

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 ۝١ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ ۝٢ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ۝٣ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ ۝٤

Verse ends and pause marks are shown as the muṣḥaf has them, from Qur’ān 112:1–4. In print this passage is set without them.

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 ۝١ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ ۝٢ وَمِنْ شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ ۝٣ وَمِنْ شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ ۝٤ وَمِنْ شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ ۝٥

Verse ends and pause marks are shown as the muṣḥaf has them, from Qur’ān 113:1–5. In print this passage is set without them.

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 ۝١ مَلِكِ النَّاسِ ۝٢ إِلَٰهِ النَّاسِ ۝٣ مِنْ شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ ۝٤ الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ ۝٥ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ ۝٦

Verse ends and pause marks are shown as the muṣḥaf has them, from Qur’ān 114:1–6. In print this passage is set without them.

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 112Qur’ān · Sūrah 113Qur’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 ۝١٢٩
Ḥasbiyallāhu lā ilāha illā huwa ‘alayhi tawakkaltu wa huwa rabbul-‘arshil-‘aẓīm.

Verse ends and pause marks are shown as the muṣḥaf has them, from Qur’ān 9:129. In print this passage is set without them.

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 112Qur’ān · Sūrah 113Qur’ān · Sūrah 114
Bukhārī, Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ.

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