Before Sleep
Ayat al-Kursi
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أَعُوْذُ بِاللّٰهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيْمِ.
اَللّٰهُ لَآ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَىُّ الْقَيُّوْمُ، لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَّلَا نَوْمٌ، لَهُ مَا فِى السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِى الْأَرْضِ، مَنْ ذَا الَّذِيْ يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ، يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيْهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ، وَلَا يُحِيْطُوْنَ بِشَىْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ، وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ، وَلَا يَؤُوْدُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا، وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيْمُ.
A'udhu billahi minash-shaytanir-rajim. Allahu la ilaha illa Huwal-Hayyul-Qayyum, la ta'khudhuhu sinatuw-wa la nawm, lahu ma fis-samawati wa ma fil-ard, man dhalladhi yashfa'u 'indahu illa bi-idhnih, ya'lamu ma bayna aydihim wa ma khalfahum, wa la yuhituna bishay'im-min 'ilmihi illa bima sha', wasi'a kursiyyuhus-samawati wal-ard, wa la ya'uduhu hifzuhuma wa Huwal-'Aliyyul-'Azim.
I take refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed. Allah — there is no god but Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all existence. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. Everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to Him. Who could possibly intercede with Him without His permission? He knows what lies before His creation and what lies behind them, while they grasp nothing of His knowledge except what He allows. His authority extends over the heavens and the earth, and guarding them does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Supreme. (Qur'an 2:255)
Virtue: Known as Ayat al-Kursi, the greatest verse in the Qur'an. The Prophet ﷺ taught that whoever recites it in the morning remains under Allah's protection until evening.
One verse lays out the full scope of Allah's power and knowledge. Reciting it first thing anchors everything that follows before the day gets a chance to compete for your attention.