Du’a for the Morning and the Evening
We relate from the Sunans of Abū Dāwūd, at-Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah and others, with ṣaḥīḥ isnāds, from Abū Hurayrah who reported that when the Messenger of Allah woke up he used to say: “O Allah, by You we have woken up in the morning and by You we have met the evening, by You we live and by You we die, and to You is the Resurrection”; and in the evening he said, “O Allah, by You we have seen evening come, by You we live and by You we die; and to You is the Resurrection.” According to at-Tirmidhī, this is a ḥasan hadith.
اَلَّلهُمَّ بِكَ أَصبَحنَا، وَبِكَ أَمسَينَا، وَبِكَ نَحيَا، وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ، وَإِلَيكَ النُّشُورُ.
اَلَّلهُمَّ بِكَ أَمسَينَا، وَبِكَ نَحيَا، وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ، وَإِلَيكَ النُّشُورُ.
“Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā, wa bika amsaynā, wa bika naḥyā, wa bika namūt, wa ilayka-n-nushūr. Allāhumma bika amsaynā, wa bika naḥyā, wa bika namūt, wa ilayka-n-nushūr.”
We relate in the Ṣaḥīḥ of Muslim from Abū Hurayrah who reported that when the Messenger of Allah was on a journey he used to say in the last part of the night: “May a listener hear the praise of Allah and hear about His good favour towards us. O Lord, accompany us and confer Your bounty upon us. We seek the protection of Allah from Hell-Fire.”
سَمِعَ سَامِعٌ بِحَمدِ اللهِ وَحُسنِ بَلَائِهِ عَلَينَا، رَبَّنَا صَاحِبنَا،
وَأَفضِل عَلَينَا. عَائِذاً بِاللهِ مِن النَّار.
“Samma‘a sāmi‘un bi-ḥamdi-llāhi wa ḥusni balā’ihi ‘alaynā, Rabbanā ṣāḥibnā, wa afḍil ‘alaynā, ‘ā‘idhan bi-llāhi min an-Nār.”
And we relate from the Ṣaḥīḥ of Muslim from ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd who reported that when it became evening the Messenger of Allah used to say: “We have seen evening come and the Kingdom belongs to Allah this evening. Praise be to Allah. There is no god but Allah alone without partner.” The narrator said: I believe he said: “His is the kingdom and His is the praise, and He has power over all things. O my Lord, I ask You for the good that is in this night and the good that comes after it. O my Lord, I ask Your protection from the evil that is in this night and the evil that comes after it. I seek Your protection from laziness, senility and the harm of old age. [Lord] I seek Your protection from punishment in Hell-Fire and punishment in the grave.” When he got up in the morning he also said: “We have seen morning come, and the Kingdom belongs to Allah this morning.”
أَمسَينا وَأَمسَى المُلكُ لِلهِ وَالحَمدُ لِلهِ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ المُلكُ، وَلَهُ الحَمدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيءٍ قَدِيرٌ، رَبِّ أَسأَلُكَ خَيرَ مَا فِي هَذِهِ اللَّيلَةِ وَخَيرَ مَا بَعدَهَا، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِن شَرِّ مَا فِي هَذِهِ اللَّيلَةِ وَشَرِّ مَا بَعدَهَا، رَبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الكَسَلِ وَسُوءِ الكِبَرِ، رَبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِن عَذَابِ النَّارِ وَعَذَابِ القَبرِ.
“Amsaynā wa amsā-l-mulku li-llāhi wa-l-ḥamdu li-llāh, wa lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulk, wa lahu-l-ḥamd, wa Huwa ‘alā kulli shay’in Qadīr. As’aluka khayra mā fī hādhihi-l-laylati wa khayra mā ba‘dahā, wa a‘ūdhu bika min sharri mā fī hādhihi-l-laylati wa sharri mā ba‘dahā. Rabbi a‘ūdhu bika min al-kasali wa sū’i-l-kibar. Rabbi a‘ūdhu bika min ‘adhābi-n-Nāri wa ‘adhābi-l-qabr.”
We relate with a ṣaḥīḥ isnād in the Sunans of Abū Dāwūd and at-Tirmidhī that Abū Hurayrah reported that Abū Bakr aṣ-Ṣiddīq once said: “Messenger of Allah, instruct me with some words to say in the morning and in the evening.” He replied: “Say: O Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the Unseen and the Seen, Lord and Sovereign of all things, I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek refuge with You from the evil of my soul and the evil and polytheism of Shayṭān.” He continued: “Say this when you get up in the morning and in the evening and when you go to bed.” Al-Tirmidhī described this as a ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ hadith.”
اَللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرضِ، عَالِمِ الغَيبِ والشَّهَادَةِ، رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ، أَشهَدُ أَن لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِن شَرِّ نَفسِي وَمِن شَرِّ الشَّيطَانِ وَشِركِهِ.
“Allāhumma Fāṭira-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, ‘Ālima-l-ghaybi wa-sh-shahāda, Rabba kulli shay’in wa Malīkah, ashhadu an lā ilāha illā Ant, a‘ūdhu bika min sharri nafsī wa min sharri-sh-Shayṭāni wa shirkih.”
“And we relate from the Sunans of Abū Dāwūd and at-Tirmidhī from ‘Uthmān ibn ‘Affān who reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “If one says thrice every morning and every evening: In the name of Allah, against Whose name nothing on the earth or in the heavens can do harm; and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, nothing will harm him.” According to at-Tirmidhī, this hadith is ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ. The above hadith is in at-Tirmidhī’s wording. Abū Dāwūd’s narration reads ‘and he will not be afflicted by sudden tribulation’.”
“Bismi-llāhi-lladhī lā yaḍurru ma‘ ismihih shay’un fī-l-arḍi wa lā fī-s-samā’i, wa Huwa-s-Samī‘u-l-‘Alīm.”
We relate in the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd, with a good isnād which he did not consider weak, that Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “Whenever a person says in the morning or the evening: O Allah, I have arisen calling on You to witness and calling on the bearers of Your Throne and Your angels and all of Your Creation to witness that You are Allah, there is no god but You, and Muḥammad is Your slave and Messenger, Allah will liberate one quarter of him from Hell-Fire. If he says it twice, Allah will liberate half of him from Hell-Fire. If he says it thrice, Allah will free three quarters of him from Hell-Fire. If he says it four times Allah will liberate all of him from Hell-Fire.”
اَلَّلهُمَّ إِنِّي أَصبَحتُ أُشهِدُكَ وَأُشهِدُ حَمَلَةَ عَرشِكَ وَمَلائِكَتَكَ وَجَمِيعَ خَلقِكَ أَنَّكَ أَنتَ اللهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمّداً عَبدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ.
“Allāhumma innī aṣbaḥtu ushhiduka wa ushhidu ḥamalata ‘arshika wa malā’ikataka wa jamī‘a khalqika annaka Anta-llāhu lā ilāha illā Ant, wa anna Muḥammadan ‘abduka wa Rasūluk.”
We relate in the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd with a good isnād which he did not consider weak from ‘Abdallāh ibn Ghannām—with ghayn and a doubled nūn—al-Bayāḍī , a Companion, who reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “If one says in the morning: ‘O Allah, all the favours that I have received in the morning are from You Alone; You have no partner. To You belong all praise and all thanks,’ then he has fulfilled the thanks [that are due] for that day. If he says it in the evening, then he has fulfilled the thanks [that are due] that night.”
اَللَّهُمَّ مَا أَصبَحَ بِي مِن نِعمَةٍ فَمِنكَ وَحدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ، فَلَكَ الحَمدُ، وَلَكَ الشُّكرُ.
“Allāhumma mā aṣbaḥa bī min ni‘matin fa-minka waḥdaka lā sharīka lak, fa-laka-l-ḥamd, wa laka-sh-shukr.”
And we relate with ṣaḥīḥ isnāds from the Sunans of Abū Dāwūd, an-Nasā’ī and Ibn Mājah from Ibn ‘Umar , who said that the Prophet never failed to say these words when he got up in the morning or in the evening: “O Allah, I ask You for well-being in this world and in the Hereafter. O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in my religion, my worldly life, and my family and wealth. O Allah, hide my faults and grant me security from my fears. O Allah, protect me from what is in front of me and from what is behind me, and from what is to my right and my left and above me. I seek Your protection in Your Vastness from being misled from below me.” According to al-Wakī‘, this last phrase refers to ‘shame’ (al-khasf). According to al-Ḥākim Abū ‘Abdullāh, this is a hadith with a ṣaḥīḥ isnād.
اَلَّلهُمَّ إِنِّي أّسأَلُكَ العَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنيَا وَالآخِرَة، اَلَّلهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسأَلُكَ العَفوَ وَالعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنيَايَ وَأَهلِي وَمَالِي، اَلَّلهُمَّ استُر عَورَاتِي وَآمِن رَوعَاتِي، الَّلهُمَّ احفَظنِي مِن بَينَ يَدَيَّ وَمِن خَلفِي، وَعَن يَمِينِي وَعَن شِمَالِي، وَمِن فَوقِي، وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ أَن أُغتَالَ مِن تَحتِي.
“Allāhumma innī as’aluka-l-‘āfiyata fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah, Allāhumma innī as’aluka-l-‘afwa-l-‘āfiyata fī dīnī wa dunyāya wa ahlī wa mālī, Allāhumma-stur ‘awrātī wa āmin raw‘ātī, Allāhumma-ḥfaẓnī min bayni yadayya wa min khalfī, wa ‘an yamīnī wa ‘an shimālī, wa min fawqī, wa a‘ūdhu bi-‘aẓamatika an ughtāla min taḥtī.”
We relate in the Sunans of Abū Dāwūd, an-Nasā’ī and others, with a ṣaḥīḥ isnād from ‘Alī , that the Messenger of Allah said, when it was time to go to bed: “O Allah, I seek protection by Your Noble Countenance and by Your Perfect Words from the evil of all those whom You hold by the forelock. O Allah, You Alone remove debt and sin. O Allah, Your army is not defeated and Your promise is never broken. The power of the mighty does not avail him against You. Glory be to You, Allah, and to You belongs all praise.”
اَلَّلهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِوَجهِكَ الكَرِيمِ وَكَلِمَاتِكَ التَّامَّةِ مِن شَرِّ مَا أَنتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ، اَلَّلهُمَّ أَنتَ تَكشِفُ المَغرَمَ وَالمَأثَمَ، اَلَّلهُمَّ لَا يُهزَمُ جُندُكَ، وَلَا يُخلَفُ وَعدُكَ، وَلَا يَنفَعُ ذَا الجَدِّ مِنكَ الجَدُّ، سُبحَانَكَ وَبِحَمدِكَ.
“Allāhumma innī a‘ūdhu bi-wajhika-l-karīmi wa kalimātika-t-tāmmati min sharri mā Anta ākhidhun bi-nāṣiyatih, Allāhumma Anta takshifu-l-maghrama wa-l-ma’tham, Allāhumma lā yuhzamu junduk, wa lā yukhlafu wa‘duka, wa lā yanfa‘u dha-l-jaddi minka-l-jadd. Subḥānaka wa bi-ḥamdik.”
And we relate from the Sunans of Abū Dāwūd and Ibn Mājah with excellent isnāds from Abū ‘Ayyāsh—with a shīn—, who reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever says in the morning: There is no god but Allah. He is One and has no partner. To Him belongs sovereignty and to Him belongs all praise, and He has power over all things will receive a reward like that given for freeing a slave who is of the progeny of Ismā‘īl, ten good deeds will be written for him, ten of his sins will be expunged, ten stages will be raised for him and it will be a protection for him from Shayṭān until the evening. If he says it in the evening, he will have the same until the morning
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ المُلكُ، وَلَهُ الحَمدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيئٍ قَدِيرٌ.
“Lā ilāha illa-llāh, Waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu-l-mulk, wa lahu-l-ḥamd, wa Huwa ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīr.”
And we relate from the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd, with an isnād that he did not consider weak, from Abū Mālik al-Ash‘arī who reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “When any of you get up in the morning, let him say: We have risen in the morning and the Kingdom this morning belongs to Allah, Lord of the Worlds. O Allah, I ask You for the good of this day, its victory, its assistance, its light, its blessings and its guidance. And I seek Your protection from the evil that is in it and the evil that is after it.” Then in the evening he should say the same.
أَصبَحنَا وَأَصبَحَ المُلكُ لِلهِ رَبِّ العَالَمِينَ، إِنِّي أَسأَلُكَ خَيرَ هَذَا اليَومِ فَتحَهُ وَنَصرَهُ وَنُورَهُ وَبَرَكَتَهُ وَهُدَاهُ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِن شَرِّ مَا فِيهِ وَشَرِّ مَا بَعدَهُ.
“Aṣbaḥnā wa aṣbaḥa-l-mulku li-llāhi Rabbi-l-‘ālamīn, Allāhumma innī as’aluka khayra hādha-l-yawmi fatḥahu wa naṣrahu wa nūrahu wa “barakatahu wa hudāh, wa a‘ūdhu bika min sharri mā fīhi wa sharri mā ba‘dah”
And we relate from the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd from ‘Abd ar-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakrah , who said to his father: “Dear father, I hear you supplicating every morning: ‘O Allah, give me health in my body, O Allah, give me health in my hearing, Allah, give me health in my sight. O Allah, I seek protection in You from disbelief and poverty. O Allah, I seek protection in You from punishment in the grave. There is no god but You.’ You repeat it thrice in the morning and thrice in the evening.” He said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah making these supplications and I love to follow his Sunnah.”
اَلَّلهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَدَنِي، اَلَّلهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي سَمعِي، الَّلهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَصَرِي، الَّلهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِن الكُفرِ وَالفَقرِ، الَّلهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِن عَذَابِ القَبرِ، لَا إِلَهَ إلَّا أَنتَ.
“Allāhumma ‘āfinī fī badanī, Allāhumma ‘āfinī fī sam‘ī, Allāhumma ‘āfinī fī baṣarī, Allāhumma innī a‘ūdhu bika min al-kufri wa-l-faqr, Allāhumma innī a‘ūdhu bika min ‘adhābi-l-qabr, lā ilāha illā Ant.”
And we relate from the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd from Ibn ‘Abbās from the Messenger of Allah who said: “Whoever says in the morning: ‘So glory be to Allah when you reach evening and when you rise in the morning; and to Him be praise, in the heavens and on Earth, and at eventide and at noontide. He brings out the living from the dead, and brings out the dead from the living. And He gives life to the earth after it is dead; and thus shall you be brought back out [from the dead]’ will attain what he may have lost in that day. Whoever says it in the evening will attain all that he may have missed that night.”26 Abū Dāwūd did not consider the narration weak but al-Bukhārī did so in his Tārīkh as well as in his book Kitāb aḍ-ḍu‘afā’.
(فَسُبحَنَ اللهِ حِينَ تُمسُونَ وَحِينَ تُصبِحُونَ * وَلَهُ الحَمدُ فِي الَّسَمَوَتِ وَالأَرضِ وَعَشِيّاً وَحِينَ تُظهِرُونَ * يُخرِجُ الحَيَّ مِنَ المَيِّتِ وَيُخرِجُ المَيِّتَ مِنَ الحَيِّ وَيُحيِي الأَرضَ بَعدَ مَوتِهَا وَكَذَلِكَ تُخرَجُونَ)
“Fa-Subḥāna-llāhi ḥīna tumsūna wa ḥīna tuṣbiḥūn, wa lahu-l-ḥamdu fi-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍi wa ‘ashiyyan wa ḥīna tuẓhirūn, yukhriju-l-ḥayya min al-mayyiti wa yukhriju-l-mayyita mina-l-ḥayyi wa yuḥyi-l-arḍa ba‘da mawtihā, wa kadhālika tukhrajūn.”
We relate in the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd who reported that one of the daughters of the Messenger of Allah said that the Prophet taught them: “Say when you get up in the morning: Glory be to Allah and with His praise. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. What Allah wills shall be and what He does not will shall not be. I know that Allah has power over all things and that Allah encompasses everything in His knowledge. Whoever says this in the morning will be protected until the evening, and whoever says it in the evening will be protected until the morning”
سُبحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمدِهِ، لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ، مَا شَاءَ اللهُ كَانَ وَمَا لَم يَشَأ لَم يَكُن، أَعلَمُ أَنَّ اللهَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيئٍ قَدِيرٌ، وَأَنَّ اللهَ قَد أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيئٍ عِلماً.
“Subḥāna-llāhi wa bi-ḥamdihi, lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bi-llāhi, Mā shā’a-llahu kāna wa mā lam yashā’ lam yakun, a‘lamu anna-llāha ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīr, wa anna-llāha qad aḥāṭa bi-kulli shay’in ‘ilmā.”
We relate again from the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd, that Abū Sa‘īd al-Khudrī reported that the Messenger of Allah entered the mosque one day and found there Abū Umāmah, one of the Anṣār. He asked: “Abū Umāmah, why do I see you sitting in the mosque when it is not time for ṣalāh?” He replied: “Worries that cling to me and debts, Messenger of Allah.” He said: “Should I not teach a expression which, if you say it, will cause Allah to take away your worries and remove your debt?” He answered: “Yes, Messenger of Allah.” He said: “Say morning and evening: O Allah, I seek Your protection from worries and grief. I seek Your protection from feebleness and laziness; I seek Your protection from cowardice and avarice; and I seek Your protection from the oppression of debts and the tyranny of men.” Abū Umāmah said: “I did so, and Allah removed my worries and concerns and settled my debts.”
اَلَّلهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِن الهَمِّ وَالحَزَن، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِن العَجزِ وَالكَسَلِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِن الجُبنِ وَالبُخلِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِن غَلَبَةِ الدَّينِ وَقَهرِ الرِّجَالِ.
“Allāhumma innī a‘ūdhu bika min al-hammi wa-l-ḥazan, wa a‘ūdhu bika min al-‘ajzi wa-l-kasal, wa a‘ūdhu bika min al-jubni wa-l-bukhl, wa a‘ūdhu bika min ghalabati-d-dayni wa qahri-r-rijāl.”
And we relate from the book of Ibn as-Sunnī with a ṣaḥīḥ isnād from ‘Abdullāh ibn Abzī , who reported, that the Messenger of Allah said in the morning: “We have woken up in the natural disposition of Islam, and following words of sincerity, and in the religion of our Prophet Muḥammad and following the way of our father Ibrāhīm, a man by nature upright and a Muslim; and who was not one of the idolaters.”
أَصبَحنَا عَلَى فِطرَةِ الإِسلَامِ، وَعَلى كَلِمَةِ الإِخلَاصِ، وَعَلَى دِينِ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَعَلى مِلَّةِ أَبِينَا إبرَاهِيمَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَنِيفاً مُسلِماً وَمَا أَنَا مِن المُشرِكِينَ.
“Aṣbaḥnā ‘alā fiṭrati-l-Islām, wa ‘alā kalimati-l-ikhlāṣ, wa ‘alā dīnī Nabiyyinā Muḥammadin ṣalla-llāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam, wa ‘alā millati abīnā Ibrāhīma ṣalla-llāhu ‘alayhi wa sallama ḥanīfan, Musliman, wa mā kāna min al-mushrikīn.”
“And we relate from the book of Ibn as-Sunnī from ‘Abdullāh ibn Abī Awfā who narrated that the Messenger of Allah used to say in the morning: “We have woken up this morning and the Kingdom belongs to Allah this morning. Praise be to Allah. Grandeur and Majesty belong to Allah. The Creation and the Command, night and day and all that lives in them belong to Allah, Most High. O Allah, make the first part of this day righteousness, the middle of it success and the end of it prosperity, O Most Merciful of those who show mercy.”
أَصبَحنَا وَأَصبَحَ المُلكُ لِلهِ، وَالحَمدُ لِلهِ، وَالكِبرِيَاءُ وَالعَظَمَةُ لِلهِ، وَالخَلقُ وَالأمرُ وَاللَّيلُ وَالنَّهَارُ وَمَا سَكَنَ فِيهِمَا لِلهِ تَعَالَى، اَلَّلهُمَّ اجعَل أَوَّلَ هَذَا النَّهَارِ صَلَاحاً، وَأَوسَطَهُ نَجَاحاً، وَآخِرَهُ فَلَاحاً يَا أَرحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
“Aṣbaḥnā wa aṣbaḥa-l-mulku li-llāh, wa-l-ḥamdu li-llāh, wa-l-kibriyā’u wa-l-‘aẓamatu li-llāh, wa-l-khalqu wa-l-amru wa-l-laylu wa-n-nahāru wa mā sakana fīhimā li-llāhi ta‘ālā. Allāhumma-j‘al awwala hādhā-n-nahāri ṣalāḥā, wa awsaṭahu najāḥā, wa ākhirahu falāḥan yā Arḥama-r-rāḥimīn.”
We relate in the books of at-Tirmidhī and Ibn as-Sunnī with an isnād that has weakness in it, from Maqāl ibn Yasār who reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “If anyone says thrice when he wakes up: I seek protection in Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing from Shayṭān the rejected, and then recites three verses from Sūrat al-Ḥashr, Allah will appoint seventy thousand angels to pray for him until the evening. If he dies that day, he will die as a shahīd . Whoever says it in the evening will also have that status [should he die].”
أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ السَّمِيعِ العَلِيمِ مِن الشَّيطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ.
“A‘ūdhu bi-llāhi-s-Samī‘i-l-‘Alīmi mina-sh-Shayṭāni-r-rajīm.”
“And we relate from Anas that the Messenger of Allah would say these supplications in the morning and the evening: “O Allah, I ask You for unexpected good and I seek Your protection from unexpected evil.”
اَلَّلهُمَّ أَسأَلُكَ مِن فَجأَةِ الخَيرِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِن فَجأَةِ الشَّرِّ.
“Allāhumma as’aluka min fujā’ati-l-khayr, wa a‘ūdhu bika min fujā’ati-sh-sharr.”
“We also relate from (the book of Ibn as-Sunnī) from Anas that the Messenger of Allah asked Fāṭimah : “What prevents you from hearing what I advise you to do? Say in the morning and in the evening: ‘O Living and Everlasting, from You I seek help. Set right all my affairs and do not entrust me to myself for the blink of an eye.’”
يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِكَ أَستَغِيثُ فَأَصلِح لِي شَأنِي كُلَّهُ، وَلَا تَكِلنِي إِلَى نَفسِي طَرفَةَ عَينٍ.
“Yā Ḥayyu yā Qayyūmu bika astaghīthu fa-aṣliḥ lī sha’nī kullah, wa lā takilnī ilā nafsī ṭarfata ‘ayn.”
And we relate from the book of Ibn as-Sunnī that Ibn ‘Abbās reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “If one says thrice in the morning and evening: O Allah, I have awoken having from You abundance, good health and protection; so complete that abundance, good health and protection in this world and the Hereafter, it is obligatory for Allah to complete it for him.”
اَلَّلهُمَّ إِنِّي أَصبَحتُ مِنكَ فِي نِعمَةٍ وَعَافِيَةٍ وَسَترٍ، فَأَتِمَّ نِعمَتَكَ عَلَيَّ وَعَافِيَتَكَ وَسَترَكَ فِي الدُّنيَا وَالآخِرَةِ.
“Allāhumma innī aṣbaḥtu minka fī ni‘matin wa ‘āfiyatin wa sitr fa-atimma ni‘mataka ‘alayya wa ‘āfiyataka wa sitraka fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah.”
“And we relate from the book of Ibn as-Sunnī from Buraydah, who reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever says morning and evening: My Lord is Allah; I rely on Him. There is no god but Him; on Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne. There is no god but Allah, the Most High, the Mighty. What Allah wills shall be and whatever He does not will shall not. I know that Allah has power over all things and that Allah encompasses everything with His knowledge, and then passes away will enter Paradise.”
رَبِّيَ اللهُ، تَوَكَّلتُ عَلَيهِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ، عَلَيهِ تَوَكَّلتُ، وَهُوَ رَبُّ العَرشِ العَظِيمِ، لَا إلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ العَلِيُّ العَظِيمِ. مَا شَاءَ اللهُ كَانَ وَمَا لَم يَشَأ لَم يَكُن، أَعلَمُ أَنَّ اللهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيءٍ قَدِيرٌ، وَأَنَّ اللهَ قَد أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيئٍ عِلماً.
“Rabbiyya-llāhu, tawakkaltu ‘alayh, lā ilāha illā Hū, ‘alayhi tawakkalt, wa Huwa Rabbu-l-‘Arshi-l-‘aẓīm, lā ilāha illa-llāhu-l-‘Aliyyu-l-‘Aẓīm. Mā shā’a-llāhu kāna wa mā lam yasha’ lam yakun, a‘lamu anna-llāha ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīr, wa anna-llāha qad aḥāṭa bi-kulli shay’in ‘ilmā.”
And we relate from the books of at-Tirmidhī and of Ibn as-Sunnī with a weak isnād, from Abū Hurayrah who reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever recites [Sūrah] Ḥā Mīm al-Mu’min up to He is the final destination and the Verse of the Throne in the morning will be protected by them until the evening. Whoever recites them in the evening will be protected by them until morning.”
“Ḥā Mīm. The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Powerful, the All-Knowing, the Forgiver of Sin, Accepter of Repentance, Severe in Punishment, and All-Bountiful. There is no god but He; to Him is the final return.”
(حَم * تَنزِيلُ الكِتَابِ مِنَ اللهِ العَزِيزِ العَلِيمِ * غَافِرِ الذَّنبِ وَقَابِلِ التَّوبِ شَدِيدِ العِقِابِ ذِي الطَّولِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ إِلَيهِ المَصِيرُ)
“Ḥā Mīm. Tanzīlu-l-Kitābi mina-llāhi-l-‘Azīzi-l-‘Alīm, Ghāfiri-dh-dhanbi wa Qābili-t-tawb, Shadīdi-l-‘iqābi Dhi-ṭ-ṭawl, lā ilāha illā Hū, ilayhi-l-maṣīr.”
“Allah! There is no god but He, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting. No slumber can seize Him, nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on Earth. Who can intercede in His presence except as He permits? He knows what is before or behind them; nor shall they compass any of His knowledge except as He wills. His Throne extends over the heavens and the earth, and He feels no fatigue in guarding and preserving them, for He is the Most High, the Supreme.”
(اللهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الحَيُّ القَيُّومُ لَا تَأَخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَومٌ لَّهُ مَا فِي السَّمَوَتِ وَمَا فِي الأَرضِ مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشفَعُ عِندَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذنِهِ يَعلَمُ مَا بَينَ أَيدِيهِم وَمَا خَلفَهُم وَلَا يُحِيطِونَ بِشَيءٍ مِن عِلمِه إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ وَسِعَ كُرسِيُّهُ السَّمَوَتِ وَالأَرضَ وَلَا يَؤُودُهُ حِفظُهُمَا وَهُوَ العَليُّ العَظِيمُ)
“Allāhu lā ilāha illā Huwa-l-Ḥayyu-l-Qayyūm, lā ta’khudhuhu sinatun wa lā nawm, lahū mā fī-s-samāwāti wa mā fī-l-arḍ, man dhā’lladhī yashfa‘u ‘indahū illā bi-idhnih, ya‘lamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum, wa lā yuḥīṭūna bi-shay’im-min ‘ilmihī illā bi-mā shā’, wasi‘a kursiyyuhu-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, wa lā ya’ūduhu ḥifẓuhumā, wa Huwa-l-‘Aliyyu-l-‘Aẓīm.”
Many of these du’as are combined in the Hizbs, or litanies, of pious people such as Imam Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili. If you would like to memorize these du’as, have a look at our programs for memorizing Hizb al-Kabir and al-Wadhifa.
