Before Sleep

The bedtime adhkar are said when lying down to sleep, including the Mu’awwidhat, Ayat al-Kursi and the last verses of Al-Baqarah. Tap the counter each time you recite a remembrance.

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قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ، قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ، قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ — يَجْمَعُ كَفَّيْهِ وَيَنْفُثُ فِيهِمَا وَيَقْرَأُ، ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا مَا اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ، يَبْدَأُ بِهِمَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَوَجْهِهِ وَمَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ
Qul huwa Allāhu aḥad, Qul a'ūdhu bi-rabbil-falaq, Qul a'ūdhu bi-rabbin-nās — cupping the palms, blowing lightly into them, reciting, then wiping over the body starting with the head and face.
Recite Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq and An-Nas; cup your palms, blow lightly into them and recite, then wipe your body as far as you can reach, starting with your head and face. Repeat three times.
The Prophet ﷺ did this every night when he went to bed.
Al-Bukhari
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَّهُ 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
Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwa al-ḥayyu al-qayyūm, lā ta'khudhuhu sinatun wa lā nawm, lahu mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ, man dhā alladhī yashfa'u 'indahu illā bi-idhnih, ya'lamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum, wa lā yuḥīṭūna bi-shay'in min 'ilmihi illā bimā shā', wasi'a kursiyyuhus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa lā ya'ūduhu ḥifẓuhumā, wa huwal-'aliyyul-'aẓīm.
Allah — there is no god but He, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever 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 behind them, and they encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He wills. 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 when going to bed has a guardian from Allah over him, and no devil comes near him until morning.
Ayat al-Kursi — Al-Baqarah 2:255 · Al-Bukhari
ءَامَنَ ٱلرَّسُولُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡهِ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَۚ كُلٌّ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيۡنَ أَحَدٖ مِّن رُّسُلِهِۦۚ وَقَالُواْ سَمِعۡنَا وَأَطَعۡنَاۖ غُفۡرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ۝ لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفۡسًا إِلَّا وُسۡعَهَاۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتۡ وَعَلَيۡهَا مَا ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذۡنَآ إِن نَّسِينَآ أَوۡ أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحۡمِلۡ عَلَيۡنَآ إِصۡرٗا كَمَا حَمَلۡتَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِنَاۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلۡنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِۦۖ وَٱعۡفُ عَنَّا وَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚ أَنتَ مَوۡلَىٰنَا فَٱنصُرۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
Āmanar-rasūlu bimā unzila ilayhi min rabbihi wal-mu'minūn... (Al-Baqarah 285–286).
The last two verses of Surat Al-Baqarah (2:285–286).
Whoever recites the last two verses of Al-Baqarah at night, they will suffice him.
Al-Baqarah 2:285–286 · Al-Bukhari, Muslim
بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّي وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي، وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ، فَإِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا، وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ
Bismika rabbī waḍa'tu janbī, wa bika arfa'uh, fa-in amsakta nafsī farḥamhā, wa in arsaltahā faḥfaẓhā bimā taḥfaẓu bihi 'ibādakaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.
In Your name, my Lord, I lay down my side, and by You I raise it. If You take my soul, have mercy on it; and if You release it, protect it as You protect Your righteous servants.
A well-established remembrance of the Prophet ﷺ before sleep.
Al-Bukhari, Muslim
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ خَلَقْتَ نَفْسِي وَأَنْتَ تَوَفَّاهَا، لَكَ مَمَاتُهَا وَمَحْيَاهَا، إِنْ أَحْيَيْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا، وَإِنْ أَمَتَّهَا فَاغْفِرْ لَهَا، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ
Allāhumma innaka khalaqta nafsī wa anta tawaffāhā, laka mamātuhā wa maḥyāhā, in aḥyaytahā faḥfaẓhā, wa in amattahā faghfir lahā. Allāhumma innī as'alukal-'āfiyah.
O Allah, You created my soul and You will take it back; to You belong its death and its life. If You keep it alive, protect it; and if You cause it to die, forgive it. O Allah, I ask You for well-being.
From the Prophet’s ﷺ supplication at bedtime.
Muslim
اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ
Allāhumma qinī 'adhābaka yawma tab'athu 'ibādak.
O Allah, protect me from Your punishment on the Day You resurrect Your servants.
When the Prophet ﷺ went to sleep he placed his right hand under his cheek and said this three times.
Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi
بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا
Bismikallāhumma amūtu wa aḥyā.
In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.
The Prophet ﷺ used to say it when going to sleep.
Al-Bukhari
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنَا وَسَقَانَا، وَكَفَانَا وَآوَانَا، فَكَمْ مِمَّنْ لَا كَافِيَ لَهُ وَلَا مُؤْوِيَ
Al-ḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī aṭ'amanā wa saqānā, wa kafānā wa āwānā, fakam mimman lā kāfiya lahu wa lā mu'wī.
All praise is for Allah who fed us, gave us drink, sufficed us and sheltered us — for how many have no one to suffice them or shelter them.
The Prophet ﷺ said it when he went to his bed.
Muslim
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
Allāhumma 'ālimal-ghaybi wash-shahādah, fāṭiras-samāwāti wal-arḍ, rabba kulli shay'in wa malīkah, ashhadu an lā ilāha illā ant, a'ūdhu bika min sharri nafsī, wa min sharrish-shayṭāni wa shirkih, wa an aqtarifa 'alā nafsī sū'an aw ajurrahu ilā muslim.
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 soul, from the evil of Satan and his polytheism, and from doing wrong to myself or bringing it upon another Muslim.
The Prophet ﷺ told Abu Bakr to say it morning, evening and when going to bed.
Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi
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 alja'tu ẓahrī ilayk, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilayk, lā malja'a wa lā manjā minka illā ilayk, āmantu bi-kitābikal-ladhī anzalt, wa bi-nabiyyikal-ladhī arsalt.
O Allah, I submit myself to You, entrust my affairs to You, turn my face to You and rely upon You, out of hope and fear of You. There is no refuge or escape from You except to You. I believe in Your Book which You revealed and in Your Prophet whom You sent.
Whoever says it and dies that night dies upon the fitrah; let it be the last thing he says.
Al-Bukhari, Muslim
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ
Subḥānallāh.
Glory be to Allah. (33 times)
The Prophet ﷺ advised Fatimah and Ali to say it at bedtime, saying it is better for them than a servant.
Al-Bukhari, Muslim
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ
Al-ḥamdu lillāh.
All praise is for Allah. (33 times)
Part of the bedtime tasbih: 33 tasbih, 33 tahmid and 34 takbir.
Al-Bukhari, Muslim
اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Allāhu akbar.
Allah is the Greatest. (34 times)
Completes the hundred of the bedtime tasbih.
Al-Bukhari, Muslim
إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمُ الرُّؤْيَا يُحِبُّهَا فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ مِنَ اللَّهِ، فَلْيَحْمَدِ اللَّهَ عَلَيْهَا وَلْيُحَدِّثْ بِهَا، وَإِذَا رَأَى غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ مِمَّا يَكْرَهُ فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، فَلْيَسْتَعِذْ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَلَا يَذْكُرْهَا لِأَحَدٍ فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَضُرُّهُ
Idhā ra'ā aḥadukumur-ru'yā yuḥibbuhā fa-innamā hiya minallāh, falyaḥmadillāha 'alayhā walyuḥaddith bihā, wa idhā ra'ā ghayra dhālika mimmā yakrahu fa-innamā hiya minash-shayṭān, falyasta'idh min sharrihā wa lā yadhkurhā li-aḥad, fa-innahā lā taḍurruh.
If one of you sees a dream he likes, it is from Allah: let him praise Allah for it and tell it. If he sees something he dislikes, it is from Satan: let him seek refuge from its evil and not mention it to anyone, and it will not harm him.
Etiquette of dreams: in another narration he also spits lightly to his left three times and turns to his other side.
Al-Bukhari, Muslim

Texts and translations are under scholarly review.