Evening duʿāʾ (adhkār al-masāʾ)
As the day closes, the Sunnah closes it with remembrance: the evening litany, Āyat al-Kursī, the three Quls, and the words said on lying down to sleep — the supplications the adhkār collections place at the end of the day.
أَمْسَيْنَا وَأَمْسَى الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، لاَ إِلَٰهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
"We have entered the evening, and the whole kingdom belongs to Allah. Praise is for Allah. There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the kingdom, to Him is the praise, and He is over all things capable."
اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَٰهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ، لاَ تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلاَ نَوْمٌ، لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الأَرْضِ، مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ
"Allah — there is no god but He, the Living, the Sustainer. No drowsiness overtakes Him, nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who could intercede with Him except by His permission?"
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ‧ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ ‧ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ
"Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, and an-Nās — the last three surahs of the Qurʾan. Recited three times each, morning and evening, as the Prophet ﷺ taught."
بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا
"In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live."
More supplications by need
- Duʿāʾ for anxiety and distress
- Duʿāʾ for forgiveness
- Duʿāʾ for hardship and difficulty
- Duʿāʾ for knowledge and studying
- Duʿāʾ for protection
- Duʿāʾ for travel
- Duʿāʾ before sleep
- Duʿāʾ for grief and loss
- Morning duʿāʾ (adhkār al-ṣabāḥ)
- Duʿāʾ before and after eating
- Duʿāʾ for leaving and entering the home
- Duʿāʾ inside the prayer (ṣalāh)
- Duʿāʾ for exams, study, and ease in a hard task
- How to make duʿāʾ — the etiquette