🌙 Islamic Duas for Sleep & Night — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
Below are 9 supplications for Sleep & Night, presented with vowelized Arabic script, easy-to-read Latin transliteration, English translation, and explicit source & grading references.
Reported Context & Reflection: Hudhayfa ibn al-Yamān reported: when the Prophet ﷺ lay down to sleep he said this, and on waking he said, “Praise be to Allah who gave us life after He caused us to die” — sleep as a small death, waking as a small resurrection.
📚 Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb ad-Daʿawāt · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Was man beim Schlafengehen sagt
Allahumma lakal-hamd, anta nurus-samawati wal-ardi wa man fihinn
O Allah, to You belongs all praise. You are the light of the heavens and the earth and all who are in them.
Reported Context & Reflection: As a boy, Ibn ʿAbbās spent the night at his aunt Maymūna’s to see how the Prophet ﷺ prayed at night. He reported: he rose, looked to the sky, recited the closing verses of Sūrat Āl ʿImrān, performed ablution, and began with this long praise.
📚 Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb at-Tahajjud (von Ibn ʿAbbās) · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Das Nachtgebet
To Die Upon the Fiṭra — the Supplication of al-Barāʾ
Allahumma aslamtu nafsi ilayk, wa fawwadtu amri ilayk, wa wajjahtu wajhi ilayk, wa alja’tu zahri ilayk, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilayk, la malja’a wa la manja minka illa ilayk, amantu bi-kitabikal-ladhi anzalt, wa bi-Nabiyyikal-ladhi arsalt
O Allah, I have submitted myself to You, entrusted my affair to You, turned my face to You and rested my back upon You — out of longing for You and fear of You. There is no refuge and no escape from You except to You. I believe in Your Book which You sent down and in Your Prophet whom You sent.
Reported Context & Reflection: Al-Barāʾ ibn ʿĀzib repeated the words back to the Prophet ﷺ to check them. Coming to the end he said: “… and in Your Messenger whom You sent.” The Prophet ﷺ stopped him: “No — and in Your Prophet whom You sent.” A single word. In transmitting a supplication nothing is rephrased, not even into something apparently better.
Reported Virtue: The Prophet ﷺ said: if you say this as your last words and die that night, you die upon the natural way (fiṭra).
📚 Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (von al-Barāʾ ibn ʿĀzib) · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Was man beim Schlafengehen sagt
Amanar-rasulu bima unzila ilayhi min Rabbihi wal-mu’minun … Rabbana la tu’akhidhna in nasina aw akhta’na … wa’fu anna waghfir lana warhamna, anta Mawlana fansurna alal-qawmil-kafirin
… Our Lord, do not take us to task if we forget or err … Pardon us, forgive us and have mercy on us. You are our Protector, so help us against the disbelieving people.
Reported Context & Reflection: Ibn ʿAbbās reported: while Jibrīl was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ he heard a sound from above. Jibrīl said: that is a gate of heaven opened today which was never opened before. An angel descended and said: rejoice at two lights given to you and to no prophet before you — the Opening of the Book and the closing verses of Sūrat al-Baqara.
Reported Virtue: The Prophet ﷺ said: whoever recites the last two verses of Sūrat al-Baqara at night, they will suffice him.
📚 Koran, Sūrat al-Baqara 2:285–286 · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (von Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī) · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Was man vor dem Schlafen liest
Subhanallah (33x) — Alhamdulillah (33x) — Allahu akbar (34x)
Glory be to Allah (33), all praise is due to Allah (33), Allah is greater (34) — before going to sleep.
Reported Context & Reflection: Fāṭima, the Prophet’s ﷺ daughter, was worn out by grinding at the handmill. When captives were being distributed she went to ask for a servant, did not find him, and left word with ʿĀʾisha. At night he came to them after they had gone to bed; they made to rise and he said, “Stay where you are.” He sat between them and said: “Shall I not teach you something better than what you asked for? When you go to bed, say Subḥānallāh thirty-three times, Alḥamdulillāh thirty-three times and Allāhu akbar thirty-four times. That is better for you than a servant.” ʿAlī later said: I have never left it since.
📚 Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (von ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib) · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Was man beim Schlafengehen sagt
La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamd, wa huwa ala kulli shay’in qadir. Alhamdulillah, wa subhanallah, wa la ilaha illallah, wallahu akbar, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah
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. All praise is due to Allah, glory be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, Allah is greater, and there is no might and no power except with Allah.
Reported Virtue: The Prophet ﷺ said: whoever wakes in the night and says this, then says “O Allah, forgive me” or makes another supplication, will be answered. And if he performs the ablution and prays, his prayer is accepted.
📚 Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb at-Tahajjud (von ʿUbāda ibn aṣ-Ṣāmit) · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Was man sagt, wenn man in der Nacht erwacht
A’udhu billahi minash-shaytanir-rajim wa min sharri ma ra’ayt
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan and from the evil of what I have seen.
Reported Context & Reflection: The Prophet ﷺ instructed: whoever dreams something disturbing should spit dryly three times to his left, seek refuge in Allah from Satan, turn over onto his other side — and tell no one the dream. Then it will not harm him.
📚 Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb ar-Ruʾyā (von Abū Qatāda / Jābir) · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Was man nach einem beunruhigenden Traum tut
La ilaha illallahul-Wahidul-Qahhar, Rabbus-samawati wal-ardi wa ma baynahumal-Azizul-Ghaffar
There is no god but Allah, the One, the Subduer, Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them, the Almighty, the Ever-Forgiving.
Reported Context & Reflection: ʿĀʾisha reported that the Prophet ﷺ said this when he turned over in bed at night. A sentence for the half-waking moment in which one usually says nothing at all.
📚 Sunan an-Nasāʾī (ʿAmal al-Yawm wa l-Layla) & al-Ḥākim (von ʿĀʾisha) · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Das Gedenken in der Nacht
Alhamdulillahil-ladhi at’amana wa saqana wa kafana wa awana, fa-kam mimman la kafiya lahu wa la mu’wi
All praise is due to Allah, who fed us and gave us drink, who sufficed us and gave us shelter — how many there are who have none to suffice them and none to shelter them.
Reported Context & Reflection: The final clause is what makes the supplication. The thanks do not stop at one’s own bed but end with those who have none — said at the very moment one climbs into it.
📚 Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb adh-Dhikr (von Anas ibn Mālik) · an-Nawawī, al-Adhkār — Kapitel: Was man beim Schlafengehen sagt
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How many duas for Sleep & Night are included on this page?
This collection includes 9 curated supplications for Sleep & Night, each with Arabic text, transliteration, English meaning, and classical reference.
Can I recite these duas in English while learning the Arabic?
Memorizing and reciting prophetic and Quranic duas in their original Arabic carries special blessing, while pouring your heart out to Allah in your own language outside obligatory prayer postures is always welcome.
How are sources and authenticity grades displayed?
Every dua card transparently displays its classification (Quranic Verse, Sahih, Hasan, or Traditional Supplication) alongside exact citations such as Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, or Imam an-Nawawī’s al-Adhkār.
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