17 supplications
Evening Adhkar
The evening adhkar are said from Asr until the night, most often after Maghrib. They mirror the morning remembrances, with the words “this night” instead of “this day”, and add a few protections specific to the night.
Ayat al-Kursi
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
Allahu la ilaha illa huwal-hayyul-qayyum, la ta’khudhuhu 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’im-min ‘ilmihi illa bima sha’, wasi‘a kursiyyuhus-samawati wal-ard, wa la ya’uduhu hifdhuhuma, wa huwal-‘aliyyul-‘adhim.
Allah — there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth… His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and preserving them does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Most Great. Whoever recites it in the morning is protected until the evening, and whoever recites it in the evening is protected until the morning.
Source: Qur’an 2:255; al-Mustadrak of al-Hakim
The three Quls×3
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ — قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ … — قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ …
Qul huwallahu ahad … Qul a‘udhu bi-rabbil-falaq … Qul a‘udhu bi-rabbin-nas …
Surat al-Ikhlas, al-Falaq and al-Nas, three times each. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Recite them in the evening and the morning three times; they will suffice you against everything.”
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud; Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi
We have reached the evening
أَمْسَيْنَا وَأَمْسَى الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، رَبِّ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ مَا فِي هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ وَخَيْرَ مَا بَعْدَهَا، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا فِي هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ وَشَرِّ مَا بَعْدَهَا، رَبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَسُوءِ الْكِبَرِ، رَبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ فِي النَّارِ وَعَذَابٍ فِي الْقَبْرِ
Amsayna wa amsal-mulku lillah, wal-hamdu lillah, la ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadir. Rabbi as’aluka khayra ma fi hadhihil-laylati wa khayra ma ba‘daha, wa a‘udhu bika min sharri ma fi hadhihil-laylati wa sharri ma ba‘daha. Rabbi a‘udhu bika minal-kasali wa su’il-kibar. Rabbi a‘udhu bika min ‘adhabin fin-nari wa ‘adhabin fil-qabr.
We have reached the evening and the dominion belongs to Allah, and all praise is for Allah… 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 what follows it. My Lord, I seek refuge in You from laziness and the misery of old age, from punishment in the Fire and punishment in the grave.
Source: Sahih Muslim
By You we enter the evening
اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا، وَبِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا، وَبِكَ نَحْيَا، وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ، وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ
Allahumma bika amsayna, wa bika asbahna, wa bika nahya, wa bika namutu, wa ilaykal-masir.
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 final return.
Source: Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi; Sunan Abi Dawud
Sayyid al-Istighfar, the master of seeking forgiveness
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ، وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ
Allahumma anta rabbi la ilaha illa ant, khalaqtani wa ana ‘abduk, wa ana ‘ala ‘ahdika wa wa‘dika mastata‘t, a‘udhu bika min sharri ma sana‘t, abu’u laka bi-ni‘matika ‘alayy, wa abu’u bi-dhanbi, faghfir li fa-innahu la yaghfirudh-dhunuba illa ant.
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 but You. Whoever says it with conviction in the day and dies before the evening, or at night and dies before the morning, is among the people of Paradise.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari
Ask for well-being×3
اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَدَنِي، اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي سَمْعِي، اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَصَرِي، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ. اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالْفَقْرِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ
Allahumma ‘afini fi badani, Allahumma ‘afini fi sam‘i, Allahumma ‘afini fi basari, la ilaha illa ant. Allahumma inni a‘udhu bika minal-kufri wal-faqr, wa a‘udhu bika min ‘adhabil-qabr, la ilaha illa 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. 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.
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud
Allah is sufficient for me×7
حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ، عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ، وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ
Hasbiyallahu la ilaha illa huwa, ‘alayhi tawakkaltu, wa huwa rabbul-‘arshil-‘adhim.
Allah is sufficient for me; there is no god but Him. In Him I put my trust, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne. The last verse of Surat al-Tawbah, said seven times in the morning and evening.
Source: Qur’an 9:129; Sunan Abi Dawud
Pardon and well-being
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
Allahumma inni as’alukal-‘afwa wal-‘afiyata fid-dunya wal-akhirah. Allahumma inni as’alukal-‘afwa wal-‘afiyata fi dini wa dunyaya wa ahli wa mali. Allahummastur ‘awrati, wa amin raw‘ati. Allahummahfadhni min bayni yadayya, wa min khalfi, wa ‘an yamini, wa ‘an shimali, wa min fawqi, wa a‘udhu bi-‘adhamatika an ughtala min tahti.
O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in this world and the Hereafter. O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in my religion, my worldly affairs, 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, from my right and my left, and from above me; and I seek refuge in Your greatness from being taken unawares from beneath me. The Prophet ﷺ never left these words in the morning and evening.
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud; Sunan Ibn Majah
Knower of the unseen
اللَّهُمَّ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ، رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي، وَمِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ، وَأَنْ أَقْتَرِفَ عَلَى نَفْسِي سُوءًا أَوْ أَجُرَّهُ إِلَى مُسْلِمٍ
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 ajurrahu ila muslim.
O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Lord and Owner 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 Shaytan and his call to associate partners with You, and from bringing evil upon myself or upon any Muslim. Taught to Abu Bakr for the morning, the evening and bedtime.
Source: Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi; Sunan Abi Dawud
In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing can harm×3
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
Bismillahil-ladhi la yadurru ma‘asmihi shay’un fil-ardi wa la fis-sama’, wa huwas-sami‘ul-‘alim.
In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing on earth or in the heavens can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. Whoever says it three times in the morning and evening, nothing will harm him.
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud; Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi
I am pleased with Allah as my Lord×3
رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا، وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا، وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَبِيًّا
Raditu billahi rabba, wa bil-islami dina, wa bi-Muhammadin sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallama nabiyya.
I am pleased with Allah as my Lord, with Islam as my religion, and with Muhammad ﷺ as my Prophet.
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud; Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi
O Ever-Living, O Sustainer
يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ، أَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ، وَلَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ
Ya hayyu ya qayyumu bi-rahmatika astaghith, aslih li sha’ni kullah, wa la takilni ila nafsi tarfata ‘ayn.
O Ever-Living, O Sustainer, 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. The Prophet ﷺ taught it to his daughter Fatimah.
Source: al-Mustadrak of al-Hakim; Sunan al-Nasa’i
Upon the natural religion of Islam (evening)
أَمْسَيْنَا عَلَى فِطْرَةِ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَعَلَى كَلِمَةِ الْإِخْلَاصِ، وَعَلَى دِينِ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَعَلَى مِلَّةِ أَبِينَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا مُسْلِمًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
Amsayna ‘ala fitratil-islam, wa ‘ala kalimatil-ikhlas, wa ‘ala dini nabiyyina Muhammadin sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, wa ‘ala millati abina Ibrahima hanifan musliman wa ma kana minal-mushrikin.
We have reached the evening upon the fitrah of Islam, upon the word of sincerity, upon the religion of our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and upon the way of our father Ibrahim, who was upright, a Muslim, and not one of the polytheists.
Source: Musnad Ahmad
Refuge in the perfect words of Allah×3
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ
A‘udhu bi-kalimatillahit-tammati min sharri ma khalaq.
I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created. Whoever says it when stopping at a place, nothing will harm him until he leaves it.
Source: Sahih Muslim
The last two verses of Surat al-Baqarah
آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۚ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ … رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ ۖ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا ۚ أَنْتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ
Amanar-rasulu bima unzila ilayhi min rabbihi wal-mu’minun … rabbana wa la tuhammilna ma la taqata lana bih, wa‘fu ‘anna waghfir lana warhamna, anta mawlana fansurna ‘alal-qawmil-kafirin.
The Messenger believes in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and so do the believers… Our Lord, do not burden us with what we cannot bear; pardon us, forgive us and have mercy on us. You are our Protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people. Whoever recites them at night, they will suffice him.
Source: Qur’an 2:285-286; Sahih al-Bukhari; Sahih Muslim
Glory and praise be to Allah×100
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ
Subhanallahi wa bi-hamdih.
Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him. Whoever says it a hundred times a day has his sins wiped away, even if they are like the foam of the sea; and no one brings anything better on the Day of Resurrection, except someone who said the same or more.
Source: Sahih Muslim
None has the right to be worshipped but Allah×100
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu, wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadir.
None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, without partner; His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things. Said a hundred times a day, it equals freeing ten slaves, a hundred good deeds are written, a hundred bad deeds erased, and it protects from Shaytan until the evening. Saying it ten times is also reported.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari; Sahih Muslim
The evening adhkar and the night that follows
The evening remembrances are said from after Asr until sunset, and many scholars allow them after Maghrib as well. Several of them protect the night ahead: whoever says “A‘udhu bi kalimatillahit-tammati min sharri ma khalaq” in the evening, nothing will harm him that night (Muslim), and the last two verses of al-Baqarah suffice whoever recites them at night (al-Bukhari, Muslim).
Evening Adhkar: questions and answers
What if I forgot the evening adhkar until after Maghrib?
Say them when you remember. Many scholars hold that their time extends into the night, and remembrance of Allah is never wasted.
Are the morning and evening adhkar the same?
Most are the same, with the words changed from “morning” to “evening”, but a few are specific to one time, such as the protection of the perfect words in the evening.