Morning Adhkar

Allah, there is no god but He, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. Neither slumber 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 nothing of His knowledge except what He wills. His Throne extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Magnificent.

Benefit: Whoever recites Ayat al-Kursi in the morning is protected from the jinn until evening.

Source: Quran 2:255; sahih reported in al-Hakim and others

Surah al-Ikhlas: Say, He is Allah, the One. Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, nor is there to Him any equivalent. Surah al-Falaq: Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak from the evil of what He has 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. Surah an-Nas: 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 in the breasts of mankind, from among the jinn and mankind.

Benefit: Whoever recites these three surahs three times morning and evening, they will suffice him from everything.

Source: Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi (sahih)

We have entered the morning and the kingdom belongs to Allah. Praise be to Allah. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, alone, without partner; His is the kingdom and His is the praise, and He is over all things able. My Lord, I ask You for the good of this day and the good of what follows it, and I take refuge in You from the evil of this day and the evil of what follows it. My Lord, I take refuge in You from laziness and the misery of old age. My Lord, I take refuge in You from punishment in the Fire and punishment in the grave.

Source: Sahih Muslim

We have entered the morning upon the natural disposition of Islam, upon the word of pure sincerity, upon the religion of our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and upon the way of our father Ibrahim, who was upright, a Muslim, and not among the polytheists.

Source: Ahmad and Nasa'i (sahih)

O Allah, by You we have entered the morning, by You we have entered the evening, by You we live, by You we die, and to You is the resurrection.

Source: Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud (sahih)

O Allah, You are my Lord, there is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant. I am faithful to my covenant and promise to You as much as I am able. I take refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge before You Your blessings upon me, and I acknowledge my sin. So forgive me, for none forgives sins but You.

Benefit: Whoever says it in the morning with conviction and dies that day is among the people of Paradise.

Source: Sahih al-Bukhari (sayyid al-istighfar, the master of seeking forgiveness)

O Allah, grant my body wellbeing. O Allah, grant my hearing wellbeing. O Allah, grant my sight wellbeing. There is no god but You. O Allah, I take refuge in You from disbelief and poverty, and I take refuge in You from the punishment of the grave. There is no god but You.

Source: Abu Dawud and Ahmad (hasan)

O Allah, I ask You for pardon and wellbeing in this world and the Hereafter. O Allah, I ask You for pardon and wellbeing in my religion, my worldly affairs, my family, and my wealth. O Allah, conceal my faults and calm my fears. O Allah, guard me from before me and behind me, on my right and on my left, and from above me. And I seek refuge in Your majesty from being struck down from beneath me.

Source: Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah (sahih)

O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Lord of everything and its Owner, I bear witness that there is no god but You. I take refuge in You from the evil of my own self, from the evil of Shaytan and his calling to associate partners with You, and from committing wrong against my soul or bringing harm upon any Muslim.

Source: Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud (sahih)

Bismillāhi lladhī lā yaḍurru maʿa smihi shayʾun fī l-arḍi wa lā fī s-samāʾi, wa huwa s-samīʿu l-ʿalīm

In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing in the earth or the sky can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

Benefit: No sudden affliction will harm one who recites it three times morning and evening.

Source: Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi (sahih)

Raḍītu billāhi rabban, wa bil-Islāmi dīnan, wa bi-Muḥammadin (ṣallā llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) nabiyyan

I am pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) as Prophet.

Benefit: Allah has promised that whoever says this three times morning and evening will be pleased on the Day of Resurrection.

Source: Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Ahmad (hasan)

Yā ḥayyu yā qayyūmu bi-raḥmatika astaghīth, aṣliḥ lī shaʾnī kullahu, wa lā takilnī ilā nafsī ṭarfata ʿayn

O Ever-Living, O Self-Sustaining, by Your mercy I seek help. Rectify all my affairs and do not leave me to myself for the blink of an eye.

Source: Nasa'i in 'Amal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah and al-Hakim (sahih)

We have entered the morning and the kingdom belongs to Allah, Lord of all worlds. O Allah, I ask You for the good of this day, its opening, its victory, its light, its blessing, and its guidance. And I take refuge in You from the evil of what is in it and the evil of what follows it.

Source: Abu Dawud (sahih)

Subḥāna llāhi wa bi-ḥamdih

Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him.

Benefit: Whoever says this 100 times in a day has his sins forgiven even if they were like the foam of the sea.

Source: Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim

Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him, by the number of His creation, by His own pleasure, by the weight of His Throne, and by the ink of His words.

Benefit: Said by the Prophet to Juwayriya: these few words outweigh in reward what she had been reciting since dawn.

Source: Sahih Muslim

Lā ilāha illā llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lahu, lahu l-mulku wa lahu l-ḥamdu, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr

None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, alone, without partner. To Him belongs the kingdom and to Him is all praise, and He is over all things able.

Benefit: Equivalent to freeing ten slaves; ten good deeds recorded; ten sins erased; raised by ten ranks; protection from Shaytan that day.

Source: Sahih: Nasa'i and Ibn Majah

Ḥasbiya llāhu lā ilāha illā huwa, ʿalayhi tawakkaltu, wa huwa rabbu l-ʿarshi l-ʿaẓīm

Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god but He. Upon Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne.

Benefit: Whoever says this seven times morning and evening, Allah suffices him in whatever concerns him of this world and the next.

Source: Abu Dawud (hasan)

Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti llāhi t-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq

I take refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.

Benefit: Whoever says this three times in the morning will not be harmed by anything that day, and three times in the evening will not be harmed that night.

Source: Sahih Muslim

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ʿilman nāfiʿan, wa rizqan ṭayyiban, wa ʿamalan mutaqabbalā

O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, wholesome provision, and accepted deeds.

Benefit: Recited by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) after the Fajr prayer.

Source: Ibn Majah (sahih)

Astaghfiru llāha wa atūbu ilayh

I seek the forgiveness of Allah and I turn to Him in repentance.

Benefit: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said he sought forgiveness 100 times each day.

Source: Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim

Allāhumma ṣalli wa sallim wa bārik ʿalā nabiyyinā Muḥammad

O Allah, send Your blessings, peace, and barakah upon our Prophet Muhammad.

Benefit: Whoever sends salutations upon the Prophet ten times morning and evening will attain his intercession on the Day of Resurrection.

Source: Tabarani (hasan)

Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bi-llāh

There is no power and no might except with Allah.

Benefit: A treasure from the treasures of Paradise.

Source: Sahih al-Bukhari