Adhkar Before Sleep: 10 Authentic Duas for Protection & Peace

1. Reciting Surah Al-Ikhlas, Surah Al-Falaq, and Surah An-Nas (3 times each)

• Arabic:
  قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ﴿١﴾ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ ﴿٢﴾ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ﴿٣﴾ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ ﴿٤﴾
  قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ ﴿١﴾ مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ ﴿٢﴾ وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ ﴿٣﴾ وَمِن شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ ﴿٤﴾ وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ ﴿٥﴾
  قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ ﴿١﴾ مَلِكِ النَّاسِ ﴿٢﴾ إِلَٰهِ النَّاسِ ﴿٣﴾ مِن شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ ﴿٤﴾ الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ ﴿٥﴾ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ ﴿٦﴾
• Sound (Transliteration):
  Qul huwa Allaahu ahad. Allaahus-samad. Lam yalid wa lam yoolad. Wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad.
  Qul a’oodhu birabbil-falaq. Min sharri maa khalaq. Wa min sharri ghaasiqin idhaa waqab. Wa min sharrin-naffaathaati fil-‘uqad. Wa min sharri haasidin idhaa hasad.
  Qul a’oodhu birabbin-naas. Malikin-naas. Ilaahin-naas. Min sharril-waswaasil-khannaas. Alladhee yuwaswisu fee sudoorin-naas. Minal-jinnati wan-naas.
• Meaning:
  Say, “He is Allah, [who is] One, Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, nor is there to Him any equivalent.”
  Say, “I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak from the evil of that which He created, and from the evil of darkness when it settles, and from the evil of the blowers in knots, and from the evil of an envier when he envies.”
  Say, “I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, the Sovereign of mankind, the God of mankind, from the evil of the retreating whisperer who whispers into the breasts of mankind, from among the jinn and mankind.

2. Ayat Al-Kursi (Surah Al-Baqarah: 255)

• Arabic:
  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
• Sound (Transliteration):
  Allaahu laa ilaaha illaa Huwal-Hayyul-Qayyoom. Laa ta’khuthuhu sinatun wa laa nawm. Lahu maa fis-samaawaati wa maa fil-‘ardh. Man thal-lathee yashfa’u ‘indahuu illaa bi-‘ithnih. Ya’lamu maa bayna aydeehim wa maa khalfahum. Wa laa yuheetoona bishay’im-min ‘ilmihii illaa bimaa shaa’. Wasi’a Kursiyyuhus-samaawaati wal-‘ardh. Wa laa ya’ooduhu hifdhuhumaa. Wa Huwal-‘Aliyyul-‘Adheem.
• Meaning:
  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 whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.

3. Last Two Verses of Surah Al-Baqarah (285–286)

• Arabic:
  آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۚ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّن رُّسُلِهِ ۚ وَقَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۖ غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ ﴿٢٨٥﴾ لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا ۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ ۗ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِن نَّسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ ۖ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا ۚ أَنتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ ﴿٢٨٦﴾
• Sound (Transliteration):
  ‘Aamanar-Rasoolu bimaa ‘unzila ‘ilayhi mir-Rabbihi wal-mu’minoon. Kullun ‘aamana billaahi wa malaa’ikatihi wa Kutubhi wa Rusulih. Laa nufarriqu bayna ‘ahadim-mir-Rusulih. Wa qaaloo sami’naa wa ‘ata’naa ghufraanaka Rabbanaa wa ‘ilaykal-maseer.
  Laa yukallifullaahu nafsan ‘illaa wus’ahaa. Lahaa maa kasabat wa ‘alayhaa maktasabat. Rabbanaa laa tu’aakhithnaa ‘in naseenaa ‘aw ‘akhta’naa. Rabbanaa wa laa tahmil ‘alaynaa ‘isran kamaa hamaltahu ‘alal-ladheena min qablinaa. Rabbanaa wa laa tuhammilnaa maa laa taaqata lanaa bih. Wa’fu ‘annaa, waghfir lanaa, warhamnaa. ‘Anta Mawlaanaa fansurnaa ‘alal-qawmil-kaafireen.
• Meaning:
  The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allah and His angels and His books and His messengers, [saying], “We make no distinction between any of His messengers.” And they say, “We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the final destination.”
  Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. “Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or errored. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people.”

4. Dua When Lying Down on the Bed

• Arabic:
  بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّي وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ، فَإِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا، وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ
• Sound (Transliteration):
  Bismika Rabbee wada’tu janbee wa bika arfa’uh, fa-in amsakta nafsee farhamhaa, wa-in arsaltahaa fahfadhhaa bimaa tahfadhu bihii ‘ibaadakas-saaliheen.
• Meaning:
  In Your name, my Lord, I lie down, and in Your name, I rise. If You take my soul, have mercy upon it, and if You return my soul, protect it in the manner You protect Your righteous servants.

5. Main Short Bedtime Dua

• Arabic:
  بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا
• Sound (Transliteration):
  Bismika Allahumma amootu wa ahyaa.
• Meaning:
  In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.

6. Tasbih of Fatimah (33x SubhanAllah, 33x Alhamdulillah, 34x Allahu Akbar)

• Arabic:
  سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ (33x) ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ (33x) ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ (34x)
• Sound (Transliteration):
  SubhaanAllah (33 times), Alhamdulillah (33 times), Allahu Akbar (34 times).
• Meaning:
  Glory be to Allah (33 times); All praise is due to Allah (33 times); Allah is the Greatest (34 times).

7. Dua for Protection from Punishment

• Arabic:
  اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ
• Sound (Transliteration):
  Allahumma qinee ‘adhaabaka yawma tab’athu ‘ibaadak.
• Meaning:
  O Allah, protect me from Your punishment on the day You resurrect Your servants.

8. Dua of Praise Before Sleeping

• Arabic:
  الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنَا وَسَقَانَا وَكَفَانَا وَآوَانَا فَكَمْ مِمَّنْ لاَ كَافِيَ لَهُ وَلاَ مُئْوِيَ
• Sound (Transliteration):
  Alhamdu lillaahil-ladhee at’amanaa wa saqaanaa, wa kafaaaa wa aawaanaa, fakam mimman laa kaafiya lahu wa laa mu’wiya.
• Meaning:
  All praise is for Allah, Who fed us and gave us drink, and Who is sufficient for us and has sheltered us, for how many have none to suffice them or shelter them.

9. Comprehensive Bedtime Dua of Entrustment

• Arabic:
  اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي إِلَيْكَ وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ وَوَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ لاَ مَلْجَأَ وَلاَ مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلاَّ إِلَيْكَ آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ وَبِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ
• Sound (Transliteration):
  Allahumma aslamtu nafsee ilayk, wa fawwadtu amree ilayk, wa wajjahtu wajhee ilayk, wa alja’tu dhahree ilayk, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilayk, laa malja’a wa laa manjaa minka illaa ilayk, aamantu bikitaabikal-ladhee anzalt, wa binabiyyikal-ladhee arsalt.
• Meaning:
  O Allah, I submit my soul unto You, and I entrust my affair unto You, and I turn my face towards You, and I totally rely on You, in hope and fear of You. Verily there is no refuge nor safe haven from You except with You. I believe in Your Book which You have revealed and in Your Prophet whom You have sent.

10. Reciting Surah As-Sajdah and Surah Al-Mulk