Azkar: remembrance of the day and night

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَىَّ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

Allāhumma anta rabbī, lā ilāha illā anta, khalaqtanī wa ana 'abduk, wa ana 'alā 'ahdika wa wa'dika mastaṭa't, a'ūdhu bika min sharri mā ṣana't, abū'u laka bi-ni'matika 'alayya wa abū'u laka bi-dhanbī, faghfir lī, fa-innahu lā yaghfiru adh-dhunūba illā ant.

O Allah, You are my Lord; there is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant, and I hold to Your covenant and promise as much as 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 but You.

Virtue: Whoever says it during the day with certainty and dies that day before evening, or says it at night with certainty and dies before morning, is among the people of Paradise.

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ

SubḥānAllāhi wa bi-ḥamdih.

Glory be to Allah, and praise be to Him.

Virtue: No one will come on the Day of Resurrection with anything better, except someone who said the same or more.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَىْءٌ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

Bismillāhi alladhī lā yaḍurru ma'a ismihi shay'un fil-arḍi wa lā fis-samā', wa huwa as-samī'u al-'alīm.

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.

Virtue: Whoever says it three times will not be struck by a sudden affliction until morning, and whoever says it in the morning three times, until evening.

اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ

Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā, wa bika amsaynā, wa bika naḥyā, wa bika namūtu, wa ilayka al-maṣīr.

O Allah, by You we enter the morning and by You we enter the evening, by You we live and by You we die, and to You is the final return.

اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَدَنِي اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي سَمْعِي اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَصَرِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ 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. O Allah, grant me well-being in my hearing. O Allah, grant me well-being in my sight. There is no god but You.

Note: The graders differ on this narration; every grade is shown with its grader.

Recite Surah al-Ikhlas, Surah al-Falaq and Surah an-Nas three times.

Virtue: They will suffice you against everything.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَاىَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِي وَآمِنْ رَوْعَاتِي اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَىَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي وَمِنْ فَوْقِي وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي

Allāhumma innī as'aluka al-'āfiyata fid-dunyā wal-ākhirah. Allāhumma innī as'aluka al-'afwa wal-'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.

O Allah, I ask You for well-being in this world and the Hereafter. O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in my religion, my worldly life, my family and my wealth. O Allah, cover my faults and calm my fears. O Allah, protect me from in front of me and behind me, on my right and my left, and from above me; and I seek refuge in Your greatness from being swallowed up from beneath me.

اللَّهُمَّ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ

Allāhumma ʿālimal-ghaybi wash-shahādah, fāṭiras-samāwāti wal-arḍ, rabba kulli shayʾin wa malīkah, ash-hadu an lā ilāha illā ant, aʿūdhu bika min sharri nafsī wa min sharrish-shayṭāni wa shirkih.

O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Lord and Sovereign of all things: I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek refuge in You from the evil of my own self and from the evil of Satan and his call to associate partners with You.

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ‏

Lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-ḥamdu wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

There is no god but Allah alone, without partner; His is the dominion and His the praise, and He has power over all things.

Virtue: It equals freeing ten slaves; a hundred good deeds are written for him and a hundred bad deeds erased; it guards him from Satan that day until evening; and no one brings anything better except one who did more.

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ

SubḥānAllāhi wa bi-ḥamdih, ʿadada khalqih, wa riḍā nafsih, wa zinata ʿarshih, wa midāda kalimātih.

Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him, by the number of His creation, by His own pleasure, by the weight of His Throne and by the ink of His words.

Virtue: Said three times, these words outweigh what one says from dawn until mid-morning.

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَىَّ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

Allāhumma anta rabbī, lā ilāha illā anta, khalaqtanī wa ana 'abduk, wa ana 'alā 'ahdika wa wa'dika mastaṭa't, a'ūdhu bika min sharri mā ṣana't, abū'u laka bi-ni'matika 'alayya wa abū'u laka bi-dhanbī, faghfir lī, fa-innahu lā yaghfiru adh-dhunūba illā ant.

O Allah, You are my Lord; there is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant, and I hold to Your covenant and promise as much as 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 but You.

Virtue: Whoever says it during the day with certainty and dies that day before evening, or says it at night with certainty and dies before morning, is among the people of Paradise.

أَمْسَيْنَا وَأَمْسَى الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ اللَّهُمَّ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ وَشَرِّ مَا بَعْدَهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَسُوءِ الْكِبَرِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ فِي النَّارِ وَعَذَابٍ فِي الْقَبْرِ

Amsaynā wa amsā al-mulku lillāh, wal-ḥamdu lillāh, lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu al-mulku wa lahu al-ḥamdu wa huwa 'alā kulli shay'in qadīr. Allāhumma as'aluka khayra hādhihi al-laylah, wa a'ūdhu bika min sharri hādhihi al-laylah wa sharri mā ba'dahā. Allāhumma innī a'ūdhu bika min al-kasali wa sū'i al-kibar. Allāhumma innī a'ūdhu bika min 'adhābin fin-nāri wa 'adhābin fil-qabr.

We have reached the evening and the dominion belongs to Allah, and praise is for Allah. There is no god but Allah alone, without partner; His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things. O Allah, I ask You for the good of this night, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of this night and the evil of what comes after it. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from laziness and the evils of old age. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from a punishment in the Fire and a punishment in the grave.

Note: In the morning the same words are said with "asbaḥnā" (we have reached the morning) and "this day".

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ

SubḥānAllāhi wa bi-ḥamdih.

Glory be to Allah, and praise be to Him.

Virtue: No one will come on the Day of Resurrection with anything better, except someone who said the same or more.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَىْءٌ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

Bismillāhi alladhī lā yaḍurru ma'a ismihi shay'un fil-arḍi wa lā fis-samā', wa huwa as-samī'u al-'alīm.

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.

Virtue: Whoever says it three times will not be struck by a sudden affliction until morning, and whoever says it in the morning three times, until evening.

اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ

Allāhumma bika amsaynā, wa bika aṣbaḥnā, wa bika naḥyā, wa bika namūtu, wa ilayka an-nushūr.

O Allah, by You we enter the evening and by You we enter the morning, by You we live and by You we die, and to You is the resurrection.

اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَدَنِي اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي سَمْعِي اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَصَرِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ 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. O Allah, grant me well-being in my hearing. O Allah, grant me well-being in my sight. There is no god but You.

Note: The graders differ on this narration; every grade is shown with its grader.

Recite Surah al-Ikhlas, Surah al-Falaq and Surah an-Nas three times.

Virtue: They will suffice you against everything.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَاىَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِي وَآمِنْ رَوْعَاتِي اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَىَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي وَمِنْ فَوْقِي وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي

Allāhumma innī as'aluka al-'āfiyata fid-dunyā wal-ākhirah. Allāhumma innī as'aluka al-'afwa wal-'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.

O Allah, I ask You for well-being in this world and the Hereafter. O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in my religion, my worldly life, my family and my wealth. O Allah, cover my faults and calm my fears. O Allah, protect me from in front of me and behind me, on my right and my left, and from above me; and I seek refuge in Your greatness from being swallowed up from beneath me.

اللَّهُمَّ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ

Allāhumma ʿālimal-ghaybi wash-shahādah, fāṭiras-samāwāti wal-arḍ, rabba kulli shayʾin wa malīkah, ash-hadu an lā ilāha illā ant, aʿūdhu bika min sharri nafsī wa min sharrish-shayṭāni wa shirkih.

O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Lord and Sovereign of all things: I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek refuge in You from the evil of my own self and from the evil of Satan and his call to associate partners with You.

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلاَمُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلاَمُ تَبَارَكْتَ ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ

Allāhumma anta as-salām wa minka as-salām, tabārakta yā dhal-jalāli wal-ikrām.

O Allah, You are Peace and from You comes peace. Blessed are You, Owner of majesty and honour.

Note: Before it the Prophet ﷺ sought forgiveness three times; al-Awzāʿī explained this as saying astaghfirullāh, astaghfirullāh.

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهْوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، اللَّهُمَّ لاَ مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ، وَلاَ مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ، وَلاَ يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ

Lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-ḥamdu wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr. Allāhumma lā māniʿa limā aʿṭayt, wa lā muʿṭiya limā manaʿt, wa lā yanfaʿu dhal-jaddi minkal-jadd.

There is no god but Allah alone, without partner; His is the dominion and His the praise, and He has power over all things. O Allah, none can withhold what You give, none can give what You withhold, and no one's fortune avails him against You.

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Say subḥānAllāh (glory be to Allah) thirty-three times, al-ḥamdu lillāh (praise be to Allah) thirty-three times and Allāhu akbar (Allah is the greatest) thirty-three times, and complete the hundred with: There is no god but Allah alone, without partner; His is the dominion and His the praise, and He has power over all things.

Virtue: His sins are forgiven, even if they are like the foam of the sea.

بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

Bismika Allāhumma amūtu wa aḥyā.

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

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

Allāhumma aslamtu nafsī ilayk, wa fawwaḍtu amrī ilayk, wa wajjahtu wajhī ilayk, wa aljaʾtu ẓahrī ilayk, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilayk, lā maljaʾa wa lā manjā minka illā ilayk, āmantu bi-kitābikal-ladhī anzalt, wa bi-nabiyyikal-ladhī arsalt.

O Allah, I have submitted myself to You, entrusted my affairs to You, turned my face to You and leaned my back on You, in hope and in awe of You. There is no refuge and no escape from You except to You. I believe in Your Book that You sent down and in Your Prophet whom You sent.

Virtue: If you die that night, you die upon the natural faith.

اللَّهُمَّ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ

Allāhumma ʿālimal-ghaybi wash-shahādah, fāṭiras-samāwāti wal-arḍ, rabba kulli shayʾin wa malīkah, ash-hadu an lā ilāha illā ant, aʿūdhu bika min sharri nafsī wa min sharrish-shayṭāni wa shirkih.

O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Lord and Sovereign of all things: I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek refuge in You from the evil of my own self and from the evil of Satan and his call to associate partners with You.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا، وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī aḥyānā baʿda mā amātanā wa ilayhin-nushūr.

Praise be to Allah who gave us life after He had caused us to die, and to Him is the rising.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ

Bismillāh, tawakkaltu ʿalallāh, lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh.

In the name of Allah; I rely on Allah; there is no power and no strength except through Allah.

Virtue: It is said to him: you are guided, sufficed and protected, and the devils turn away from him.

اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ

Allāhumma-ftaḥ lī abwāba raḥmatik.

O Allah, open for me the gates of Your mercy.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka min faḍlik.

O Allah, I ask You of Your bounty.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika minal-khubuthi wal-khabāʾith.

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the male and female devils.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ فِي سَفَرِنَا هَذَا الْبِرَّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَمِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تَرْضَى اللَّهُمَّ هَوِّنْ عَلَيْنَا سَفَرَنَا هَذَا وَاطْوِ عَنَّا بُعْدَهُ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الأَهْلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وَعْثَاءِ السَّفَرِ وَكَآبَةِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَسُوءِ الْمُنْقَلَبِ فِي الْمَالِ وَالأَهْلِ

Say Allāhu akbar three times and recite 43:13-14, then: O Allah, we ask You on this journey of ours for righteousness and piety, and for deeds that please You. O Allah, make this journey easy for us and fold up its distance. O Allah, You are the Companion on the journey and the One who looks after the family. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the hardship of travel, from a distressing sight, and from an evil return to wealth and family.

آيِبُونَ تَائِبُونَ عَابِدُونَ لِرَبِّنَا حَامِدُونَ

Āyibūna, tāʾibūna, ʿābidūna, li-rabbinā ḥāmidūn.

Returning, repenting, worshipping, and praising our Lord.

Note: On returning, the Prophet ﷺ said the words of the journey's du'a again and added these.

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

Aʿūdhu bi-kalimātillāhit-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq.

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

Virtue: Nothing will harm him until he moves on from that place.

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ، رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ

Lā ilāha illallāhul-ʿaẓīmul-ḥalīm, lā ilāha illallāhu rabbus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, rabbul-ʿarshil-ʿaẓīm.

There is no god but Allah, the Mighty, the Forbearing. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the mighty Throne.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ، وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ، وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika minal-hammi wal-ḥazan, wal-ʿajzi wal-kasal, wal-bukhli wal-jubn, wa ḍalaʿid-dayni wa ghalabatir-rijāl.

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from worry and grief, from helplessness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, and from the burden of debt and being overpowered by men.

Note: Anas, who served the Prophet ﷺ, heard him say it often.

لاَ بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

Lā baʾs, ṭahūrun in shāʾ Allāh.

No harm: a purification, if Allah wills.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ، فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلاَ أَقْدِرُ وَتَعْلَمُ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتَ عَلاَّمُ الْغُيُوبِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي ـ أَوْ قَالَ عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ ـ فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي ـ أَوْ قَالَ فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ ـ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ، وَاقْدُرْ لِي الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِي بِهِ

O Allah, I ask You to choose for me by Your knowledge, and I ask You for ability by Your power, and I ask You of Your great bounty; for You are able and I am not, You know and I do not, and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, if You know that this matter is good for me in my religion, my livelihood and the outcome of my affairs, then decree it for me, make it easy for me, and bless me in it. And if You know that this matter is bad for me in my religion, my livelihood and the outcome of my affairs, then turn it away from me and turn me away from it, and decree for me the good wherever it may be, then make me content with it.

Note: It is said after praying two rak'ahs that are not obligatory, naming one's need in place of 'this matter'. The narration gives a second wording, 'my affairs now and later', in place of 'the outcome of my affairs'.

فَلْيَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ‏.‏ وَلْيَقُلْ لَهُ أَخُوهُ أَوْ صَاحِبُهُ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ‏.‏ فَإِذَا قَالَ لَهُ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ‏.‏ فَلْيَقُلْ يَهْدِيكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ

Whoever sneezes says al-ḥamdu lillāh (praise be to Allah). His brother or companion answers yarḥamukAllāh (may Allah have mercy on you), and he replies yahdīkumullāhu wa yuṣliḥu bālakum (may Allah guide you and set your affairs right).

صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا

Ṣayyiban nāfiʿā.

A beneficial rain.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا وَخَيْرَ مَا فِيهَا وَخَيْرَ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا وَشَرِّ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka khayrahā wa khayra mā fīhā wa khayra mā ursilat bih, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharrihā wa sharri mā fīhā wa sharri mā ursilat bih.

O Allah, I ask You for its good, the good within it and the good it was sent with, and I seek refuge in You from its evil, the evil within it and the evil it was sent with.

رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِالإِسْلاَمِ دِينًا وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولاً

Raḍītu billāhi rabbā, wa bil-islāmi dīnā, wa bi-Muḥammadin rasūlā.

I am pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion and with Muhammad as Messenger.

Virtue: Paradise becomes his due.