Evening

Ayat al-Kursi

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

Allah — there is no god but Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is there that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He wills. His Throne extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation does not weary Him. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.

Morning and evening.

Qur'an 2:255; al-Ḥākim; al-Nasāʾi, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa’l-Laylah

Said once.

Surat al-Ikhlas

قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ﴿١﴾ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ ﴿٢﴾ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ﴿٣﴾ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ ﴿٤﴾

Say: He is Allah, the One. Allah, the Self-Sufficient Master, whom all need. He neither begets nor is born, and there is none comparable to Him.

Morning and evening.

Qur'an 112:1-4; Sunan Abi Dawud; Jamiʿ al-Tirmidhi

Said 3 times.

Surat al-Falaq

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ ﴿١﴾ مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ ﴿٢﴾ وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ ﴿٣﴾ وَمِن شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ ﴿٤﴾ وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ ﴿٥﴾

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

Morning and evening.

Qur'an 113:1-5; Sunan Abi Dawud; Jamiʿ al-Tirmidhi

Said 3 times.

Surat al-Nas

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ ﴿١﴾ مَلِكِ النَّاسِ ﴿٢﴾ إِلَٰهِ النَّاسِ ﴿٣﴾ مِن شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ ﴿٤﴾ الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ ﴿٥﴾ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ ﴿٦﴾

Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, the King of mankind, the God of mankind, from the evil of the whispering withdrawer, who whispers in the hearts of mankind, from among jinn and mankind.

Morning and evening.

Qur'an 114:1-6; Sunan Abi Dawud; Jamiʿ al-Tirmidhi

Said 3 times.

أَمْسَيْنَا وَأَمْسَى الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ. رَبِّ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ مَا فِي هَٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ وَخَيْرَ مَا بَعْدَهَا، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا فِي هَٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ وَشَرِّ مَا بَعْدَهَا، رَبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَسُوءِ الْكِبَرِ، رَبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ فِي النَّارِ وَعَذَابٍ فِي الْقَبْرِ

We have reached the evening and the dominion belongs to Allah, and all praise is for Allah. There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things. My Lord, I ask You for the good of this night and the good of what follows it, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of this night and the evil of what follows it. My Lord, I seek refuge in You from laziness and the misery of old age. My Lord, I seek refuge in You from punishment in the Fire and punishment in the grave.

Evening.

Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Dhikr wa'l-Duʿāʾ · Sahih Muslim; narrated by ʿAbdullah ibn Masʿūd

Said once.

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

O Allah, by You we have reached the evening and by You we reach the morning; by You we live and by You we die, and to You is the final return.

Evening.

Sunan Abi Dawud and Jamiʿ al-Tirmidhi · Narrated by Abu Hurayrah; no grading is recorded here

Said once.

Sayyid al-Istighfar

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 بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

O Allah, You are my Lord; there is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant, and I keep Your covenant and promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favour upon me and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for none forgives sins except You.

Morning and evening.

Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab al-Daʿawāt · Sahih al-Bukhari; narrated by Shaddad ibn Aws

Said once.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَمْسَيْتُ أُشْهِدُكَ، وَأُشْهِدُ حَمَلَةَ عَرْشِكَ، وَمَلَائِكَتَكَ، وَجَمِيعَ خَلْقِكَ، أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ

O Allah, I have reached the evening calling You to witness, and calling to witness the bearers of Your Throne, Your angels and all Your creation, that You are Allah, there is no god but You alone, with no partner, and that Muhammad is Your servant and Messenger.

Evening.

Sunan Abi Dawud; al-Bukhari, al-Adab al-Mufrad; al-Nasāʾi, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa’l-Laylah

Said 4 times.

اللَّهُمَّ مَا أَمْسَىٰ بِي مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ أَوْ بِأَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ فَمِنْكَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ، فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَلَكَ الشُّكْرُ

O Allah, whatever blessing has come to me this evening, or to any of Your creation, is from You alone, with no partner. All praise and thanks are Yours.

Evening.

Sunan Abi Dawud; al-Nasāʾi, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa’l-Laylah; Ibn al-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa’l-Laylah

Said once.

اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَدَنِي، اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي سَمْعِي، اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَصَرِي، لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ. اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالْفَقْرِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

O Allah, grant me health in my body. O Allah, grant me health in my hearing. O Allah, grant me health in my sight. There is no god but You. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from disbelief and poverty, and I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave. There is no god but You.

Morning and evening.

Sunan Abi Dawud; Musnad Ahmad

Said 3 times.

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

Allah is enough for me. There is no god but Him. In Him I place my trust, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne.

Morning and evening.

Sunan Abi Dawud; Ibn al-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa’l-Laylah

Said 7 times.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي، اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِي وَآمِنْ رَوْعَاتِي، اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي وَمِنْ فَوْقِي، وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي

O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in this world and the next. O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in my religion, my worldly affairs, my family and my wealth. O Allah, conceal my faults and calm my fears. O Allah, protect me from in front of me and from behind me, from my right and from my left and from above me, and I seek refuge in Your greatness from being struck from beneath me.

Morning and evening.

Sunan Abi Dawud; Sunan Ibn Mājah

Said once.

اللَّهُمَّ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ، رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ، وَأَنْ أَقْتَرِفَ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي سُوءًا أَوْ أَجُرَّهُ إِلَىٰ مُسْلِمٍ

O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Lord and Sovereign of everything, I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek refuge in You from the evil of my own self, from the evil of Satan and his polytheism, and from doing wrong to myself or bringing it upon another Muslim.

Morning and evening.

Jamiʿ al-Tirmidhi; Sunan Abi Dawud

Said once.

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

In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing on earth or in heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

Morning and evening.

Sunan Abi Dawud; Jamiʿ al-Tirmidhi; Sunan Ibn Mājah

Said 3 times.

رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا، وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا، وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَبِيًّا

I am pleased with Allah as my Lord, with Islam as my religion, and with Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, as my Prophet.

Morning and evening.

Sunan Abi Dawud; Jamiʿ al-Tirmidhi; Sunan Ibn Mājah; Musnad Ahmad

Said 3 times.

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

O Ever-Living, O Self-Sustaining, in Your mercy I seek relief. Set right all my affairs, and do not leave me to myself even for the blink of an eye.

Morning and evening.

al-Ḥākim; al-Nasāʾi, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa’l-Laylah

Said once.

أَمْسَيْنَا وَأَمْسَى الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ: فَتْحَهَا، وَنَصْرَهَا، وَنُورَهَا، وَبَرَكَتَهَا، وَهُدَاهَا، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا فِيهَا وَشَرِّ مَا بَعْدَهَا

We have reached the evening and the dominion belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, I ask You for the good of this night: its opening, its victory, its light, its blessing and its guidance; and I seek refuge in You from the evil in it and the evil that follows it.

Evening.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Said once.

أَمْسَيْنَا عَلَىٰ فِطْرَةِ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَعَلَىٰ كَلِمَةِ الْإِخْلَاصِ، وَعَلَىٰ دِينِ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَعَلَىٰ مِلَّةِ أَبِينَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا مُسْلِمًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

We have reached the evening upon the natural way of Islam, the word of sincerity, the religion of our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, and the creed of our father Ibrahim, upright and submitting, and he was not among the polytheists.

Evening.

Musnad Ahmad; Ibn al-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa’l-Laylah

Said once.

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ

Glory be to Allah, and praise be to Him.

Morning and evening.

Sahih Muslim · Sahih Muslim; narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Said 100 times.

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

There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things.

Evening; once if one feels lazy.

al-Nasāʾi, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa’l-Laylah; Sunan Ibn Mājah

Said 10 times.

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

There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things.

Evening.

Sahih al-Bukhari; Sahih Muslim

Said 100 times.

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.

Evening.

Musnad Ahmad; al-Nasāʾi, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa’l-Laylah; Jamiʿ al-Tirmidhi · Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Said 3 times.

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

I ask Allah for forgiveness and I turn to Him in repentance.

Each day.

Sahih al-Bukhari; Sahih Muslim

Said 100 times.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَىٰ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ

O Allah, send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.

Morning and evening.

al-Ṭabarānī

Said 10 times.