“Allaahu laa ilaaha illaa huwal-hayyul qayyoom, laa ta’khudhuhoo sina tuw-walaa nawm, lahoo maa fis-samaawaati wa maa fil-ard, man dhal-ladhee yashfa’u ‘indahoo illaa bi-idhnih, ya’lamu maa bayna aydeehim wa maa khalfahum, wa laa yuheetoona bishay’im min ‘ilmihee illaa bimaa shaa’, wasi’a kursiyyuhus-samaawaati wal-ard, wa laa ya’oodu-hoohifdhuhumaa, wa huwal-’aliyyul-’adheem.” (Al Baqarah:255)

“Allah, None has the right to be worshipped but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting, the Eternal. No slumber nor sleep can seize him. His are all things in the heavens and the earth. Who is there that can intercede in His presence except as He permits? He knows what (appears to His creatures as) before or after or behind them. Nor shall they encompass anything of His knowledge except as He wills. His throne’s footstool extends over the heavens and the earth and He feels no fatigue in guarding and preserving them, for He is the Most High, the Supreme.” (Surah Al Baqarah: verse No. 255)

Once before sleeping

“Lillaahi maa fis-samaawaati wa maa fil-ard, wa in tubdoo maa fee an-fusikum aw tukhfoohu yuhaasibkum bihil-laah, fayaghfiru limay-yashaa’uwa yu’adh dhibu may-yashaa’uwAllaahu ‘alaa kulli shay-in qadeer. Aamanar-rasoolu bimaaunzila ilayhi mir-rabbihi wal mu’minoon, kullun aamana billaahi wa malaa-ikatihi wa kutubihi wa rusulih, laanufarriqu bayna ahadin mir-rusulih, wa qaaloo sami’naa wa ata’anaa ghufraanakarabbanaa wa ilaykal-maseer.Laa yukalliful-laahu nafsan illa wus’ahaa, lahaa maa kasabat wa ‘alay-haa maktasabat, rabbanaa laa tu’aakhidhnaa innaseenaa aw akhta’a-naa; rabbanaa wa laa tahmil ‘alaynaa isran kamaahamaltahu ‘alal-ladheena min qablinaa,rabbanaa wa laa tuhammilnaa maa laa taaqata lanaa bih, wa’afu ‘annaa waghfir lanaa warhamnaa, anta mawlaanaa fansurnaa ‘alalqawmil kaafireen.(Surah Al Baqarah: V284-286).”

“To Allaah belong all that is in the heavens and on the earth. Whether you show what is in your minds or conceal it, Allaah calls you to account for it. He forgives whom He pleases, and punishes whom He pleases, for Allaah hath power over all things.The Messenger believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord (Allah), as do the men of faith. Each one (of them) believes in Allaah, His angels, His books, and HisMessengers. “We make no distinction (they say) between one and another of His Messengers.” And they say: “We hear, and we obey: (we seek) Thy forgiveness, our Lord, and to Thee is the end of all journeys.On no soul does Allaah place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers everyill that it earns. (Pray:) “Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not onus a burdenlike that which you did lay on those before us; Our Lord!Lay not on us a burden greater than we have the strength to bear. Blot out our sins and grant us forgiveness. Havemercy on us. You are our Protector, help us against those who stand against faith.” (Q2: 284-286).”

Once before sleeping

Once before sleeping

Before sleeping

“Bismika Rabbee wada’tu jambee wabika arfa’uh, fa-in amsakata naf-see farhamhaa, wa’in arsaltahaa, fahfadhhaa bimaa tahfadhu bihee ‘ibaadakas-saaliheen.”

“In your name, O Allaah, I lay my side and in Your name I raise it. If You keep my soul, give it (your loving) Mercy, and if You release it, care for it as You care for Your righteous servants.”

Once before sleeping

“Allaahumma aslamtu nafsee ilayk, wa wajjahtu wajhee ilayk, wa faw-wadhtu amree ilayk, wa-alja’tudhahree ilayk, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilayk, laa malja’a walaa manjaaminka illaa ilayk, aamantu bikitaabikal ladhee anzalt, wabinabiyyakal ladhee arsalt.”

“O Allaah, I have surrendered myself to You, and I have oriented my face (heart) to You, and I have submitted (all matter of my life for decision) to You, and I have turned my back for refuge, in desire and in fear, towards You. There is no refuge and no escape from You except to You. I have believed in Your book which You have revealed, and in Your Nabi whom You have sent.”

Once before sleeping

(This is to be the very last dhikr that one recites before sleeping, while lying on one’s right side.)

Upon waking up