Before Sleep.

قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ۝ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ ۝ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ

Qul huwa Allāhu aḥad · Qul aʿūdhu bi-Rabbi al-falaq · Qul aʿūdhu bi-Rabbi an-nās

Recite Sūrah al-Ikhlāṣ, Sūrah al-Falaq, and Sūrah an-Nās — three times each in full.

Recite each surah in full. The Prophet ﷺ did not miss this before sleep.

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، لَا مَلْجَأَ وَلَا مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلَّا 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 malja'a wa lā manjā minka illā ilayk. Āmantu bi-kitābika alladhī anzalt, wa bi-nabiyyika alladhī arsalt.

O Allah, I submit myself to You, entrust my affairs to You, turn my face to You, and rely on You — in hope and fear of You. There is no refuge from You and no escape except to You. I believe in Your Book which You have revealed and in Your Prophet whom You have sent.

Say this immediately before sleeping. These should be your final words.

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

Bismika rabbī waḍaʿtu janbī, wa bika arfaʿuh. Fa-in amsakta nafsī farḥamhā, wa in arsaltahā faḥfaẓhā bimā taḥfaẓu bihi ʿibādakas-ṣāliḥīn.

In Your name, my Lord, I lay my side, and in Your name I raise it. If You take my soul, have mercy on it; and if You release it, guard it as You guard Your righteous servants.

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ — اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ — اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

Subḥāna Allāh (×33) · Al-ḥamdu lillāh (×33) · Allāhu Akbar (×34)

Glory be to Allah (×33) · All praise is for Allah (×33) · Allah is the Greatest (×34)

Total: 100 phrases. Fatimah ؓ was taught this when she asked for a servant.

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

Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwa, al-Ḥayyu al-Qayyūm. Lā taʾkhudhuhū sinatun wa lā nawm. Lahū mā fī as-samāwāti wa mā fī al-arḍ. Man dhā alladhī yashfaʿu ʿindahū illā bi-idhnih. Yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum, wa lā yuḥīṭūna bi-shayʾin min ʿilmihī illā bi-mā shāʾ. Wasiʿa kursīyyuhu as-samāwāti wa al-arḍ, wa lā yaʾūduhū ḥifẓuhumā, wa huwa al-ʿAlīyu al-ʿAẓīm.

Allah — there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. 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 what is after them, and they encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He wills. His Kursī extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. He is the Most High, the Most Great.

آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۚ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّن رُّسُلِهِ ۚ وَقَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۖ غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ

Āmanar-rasūlu bimā unzila ilayhi mir-rabbihī wal-muʾminūn. Kullun āmana billāhi wa malāʾikatihī wa kutubihī wa rusulih. Lā nufarriqu bayna aḥadin mir-rusulih. Wa qālū samiʿnā wa aṭaʿnā, ghufrānaka Rabbanā wa ilaykal-maṣīr.

The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and so have the believers. All of them have believed in Allah, His angels, His books, and His messengers, saying: 'We make no distinction between any of His messengers.' And they say: 'We hear and we obey. Grant us Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the final return.'

Recite both verses 285 and 286 of al-Baqarah in full.

اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ

Allāhumma qinī ʿadhābaka yawma tabʿathu ʿibādak.

O Allah, protect me from Your punishment on the Day You resurrect Your servants.

قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ ۝ لَا أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ ۝ وَلَا أَنتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ ۝ وَلَا أَنَا عَابِدٌ مَّا عَبَدتُّمْ ۝ وَلَا أَنتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ ۝ لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ

Qul yā ayyuhal-kāfirūn. Lā aʿbudu mā taʿbudūn. Wa lā antum ʿābidūna mā aʿbud. Wa lā ana ʿābidun mā ʿabadtum. Wa lā antum ʿābidūna mā aʿbud. Lakum dīnukum wa liya dīn.

Say: O disbelievers, I do not worship what you worship, nor are you worshippers of what I worship, nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship, nor will you be worshippers of what I worship. For you is your religion, and for me is my religion.

اللَّهُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ أَحْيَا وَأَمُوتُ

Allāhumma bismika aḥyā wa amūt.

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

Lie on the right side and place the right hand under the right cheek, then recite this.

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ

Subḥānaka Allāhumma wa biḥamdika, ashhadu an lā ilāha illā anta, astaghfiruka wa atūbu ilayk.

Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance.

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَرَبَّ الْأَرْضِ وَرَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، رَبَّنَا وَرَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، فَالِقَ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى، وَمُنْزِلَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ وَالْقُرْآنِ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ

Allāhumma Rabbas-samāwāti wa Rabbal-arḍi wa Rabbal-ʿarshil-ʿaẓīm, Rabbanā wa Rabba kulli shayʾ, fāliqal-ḥabbi wan-nawā, wa munzilat-Tawrāti wal-Injīli wal-Qurʾān, aʿūdhu bika min sharri kulli shayʾin anta ākhidhun bināṣiyatih.

O Allah, Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the Magnificent Throne, our Lord and Lord of all things, Splitter of the seed and the date-stone, Revealer of the Torah, the Injil, and the Qur'an — I seek refuge in You from the evil of every thing whose forelock is in Your hand.

بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّي

Bismika rabbī.

In Your name, my Lord.

Hold the garment or cover with both hands and shake it three times, saying this, before spreading it on the bed. The Prophet ﷺ said you do not know what came onto it after you left.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi alladhī aḥyānā baʿda mā amātanā wa ilayhi an-nushūr.

All praise is for Allah who gave us life after He caused us to die, and to Him is the resurrection.

Recite this immediately upon waking, before anything else.