Before Sleeping

Transliteration

Gather your palms together, blow in them, and recite Surah Al-Ikhlas (112), Surah Al-Falaq (113), and Surah An-Nas (114). Then wipe your hands over as much of your body as you can reach, starting with your head and face and the front of your body. Do this three times.

Translation

اللّهُ لَا إلَهَ إلاّ هُوَ الحَيُّ القَيُّومُ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ لَهُ مَا فيِ السَّمَوَاتِ وَمَا فيِ الأَرْضِ مَنْ ذَا الَّذيِ يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَاّ بِإِذْنِهِ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَاّ بِمَا شَاءَ وَسِعَ كُرْسٍيُّهُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالَأرْضَ وَلَا يَؤُدُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ [العَلِيُّ العَظِيمُ

Transliteration

Allahu la ilaha illa huwal-Hayyul-Qayyum, la ta'khudhuh sinatun wa la nawm, lahu ma fis-samawati wa ma fil-ard, man dhal-ladhi yashfa'u 'indahu illa bi-idhnih, ya'lamu ma bayna aydihim wa ma khalfahum, wa la yuhituna bi-shay'in min 'ilmihi illa bima sha', wasi'a kursiyyuhus-samawati wal-ard, wa la ya'uduhu hifdhuhuma wa huwal-'Aliyyul-'Adhim

Translation

Allah! There is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great. (Ayatul Kursi - Al-Baqarah 2:255. Whoever recites this when going to bed will be protected by Allah, and no devil will come near him until morning)

Transliteration

Recite the last two verses of Surah Al-Baqarah (2:285-286): 'The Messenger believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, and so do the believers...' to the end. Whoever recites these two verses at night, they will suffice him.

Translation

بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّي وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ ، إِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا ، وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ

Transliteration

Bismika Rabbi wada'tu janbi wa bika arfa'uh, in amsakta nafsi farhamha, wa in arsaltaha fahfadhha bima tahfadhu bihi 'ibadakas-salihin

Translation

In Your name my Lord, I lie down and in Your name I rise. So if You should take my soul, have mercy upon it, and if You should return my soul, protect it as You protect Your righteous servants.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ خَلَقْتَ نَفْسِي وَأَنْتَ تَوَفَّاهَا ، لَكَ مَمَاتُهَا وَمَحْيَاهَا ، إِنْ أَحْيَيْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا ، وَإِنْ أَمَتَّهَا فَاغْفِرْ لَهَا ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ

Transliteration

Allahumma innaka khalaqta nafsi wa anta tawaffaha, laka mamatuha wa mahyaha, in ahyaytaha fahfadhha, wa in amattaha faghfir laha. Allahumma inni as'alukal-'afiyah

Translation

O Allah, verily You have created my soul and You shall take it back. To You belongs its death and its life. If You should keep my soul alive then protect it, and if You should cause it to die then forgive it. O Allah, I ask You for well-being.

اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ

Transliteration

Allahumma qini 'adhabaka yawma tab'athu 'ibadak

Translation

O Allah, protect me from Your punishment on the Day You resurrect Your servants. (Recite 3 times. The Prophet (peace be upon him) would place his right hand under his cheek and say this when going to bed)

بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

Transliteration

Bismika Allahumma amutu wa ahya

Translation

In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.

Transliteration

SubhanAllah (33 times), Alhamdulillah (33 times), Allahu Akbar (34 times) - The Prophet (peace be upon him) taught Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) to say this when going to bed. It is better than a servant.

Translation

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَرَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ ، رَبَّنَا وَرَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ ، فَالِقَ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى ، وَمُنْزِلَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالإِنْجِيلِ وَالْفُرْقَانِ ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ. اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الأَوَّلُ فَلَيْسَ قَبْلَكَ شَيْءٌ ، وَأَنْتَ الآخِرُ فَلَيْسَ بَعْدَكَ شَيْءٌ ، وَأَنْتَ الظَّاهِرُ فَلَيْسَ فَوْقَكَ شَيْءٌ ، وَأَنْتَ الْبَاطِنُ فَلَيْسَ دُونَكَ شَيْءٌ ، اقْضِ عَنَّا الدَّيْنَ وَأَغْنِنَا مِنَ الْفَقْرِ

Transliteration

Allahumma rabbas-samawatis-sab'i wa rabbal-'arshil-'adhim, rabbana wa rabba kulli shay', faliqal-habbi wan-nawa, wa munzilat-Tawrati wal-Injili wal-Furqan, a'udhu bika min sharri kulli shay'in anta akhidhun bi-nasiyatih. Allahumma antal-awwalu fa-laysa qablaka shay', wa antal-akhiru fa-laysa ba'daka shay', wa antadh-dhahiru fa-laysa fawqaka shay', wa antal-batinu fa-laysa dunaka shay', iqdi 'annad-dayna wa aghinna minal-faqr

Translation

O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Magnificent Throne, our Lord and Lord of everything, Splitter of the seed and the date stone, Revealer of the Tawrah, the Injeel, and the Furqan (Quran), I seek refuge in You from the evil of everything that You shall seize by the forelock. O Allah, You are the First and there is nothing before You, You are the Last and there is nothing after You, You are the Most High and there is nothing above You, You are the Most Near and there is nothing nearer than You. Remove our debts from us and enrich us from poverty.

اللَّهُمَّ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ ، وَأَنْ أَقْتَرِفَ عَلَى نَفْسِي سُوءاً أَوْ أَجُرَّهُ إِلَى مُسْلِمٍ

Transliteration

Allahumma 'alimal-ghaybi wash-shahadah, fatiras-samawati wal-ard, rabba kulli shay'in wa malikah, ashhadu an la ilaha illa ant, a'udhu bika min sharri nafsi wa min sharrish-shaytani wa shirkih, wa an aqtarifa 'ala nafsi su'an aw ajurruhu ila muslim

Translation

O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Lord and Sovereign of all things. I bear witness that there is no deity except You. I seek refuge in You from the evil of my soul and from the evil of Satan and his associates, and from committing wrong against my soul or bringing such upon another Muslim.

اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي إِلَيْكَ ، وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ ، وَوَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ ، وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ ، رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ ، لاَ مَلْجَأَ وَلاَ مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلاَّ إِلَيْكَ ، آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ ، وَبِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ

Transliteration

Allahumma aslamtu nafsi ilayk, wa fawwadtu amri ilayk, wa wajjahtu wajhi ilayk, wa alja'tu dhahri ilayk, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilayk, la malja'a wa la manja minka illa ilayk, amantu bi-kitabikal-ladhi anzalt, wa bi-nabiyyikal-ladhi arsalt

Translation

O Allah, I submit my soul to You, and I entrust my affair to You, and I turn my face to You, and I rely completely upon You, in hope and fear of You. Verily there is no refuge and no escape from You except to You. I believe in Your Book which You have revealed and in Your Prophet whom You have sent. (Whoever says this and dies in his sleep has died upon the fitrah - natural state of Islam)

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