The night handed over — sunna remembrances before sleep, through bad dreams, and into waking.
Sleep is the nightly handover: you put down the day and trust the night to Someone awake. The Prophet ﷺ went to bed with words — a short dua of dying and living, tasbih counted on fingertips, the opening of Ayat al-Kursi, a surah of protection. This page collects them in the order of a night: what to say before you sleep, what to do if a dream shakes you, and the first words on waking. The Arabic is copied byte-for-byte from Niyat's reviewed dua library; each card links to the full page with its source in Bukhari, Muslim, or the Quran, plus transliteration and audio where available. Nothing here needs to be memorised in one night — start with one dua and let the rest settle in over time.
بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا
Transliteration. Bismika Allahumma amootu wa ahyaa
Meaning. In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.
Said as you settle into bed — the night handed to Allah in the same words by which He gives life and death (Sahih al-Bukhari 6324).
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 6324 — read the full dua page
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ (ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ)، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ (ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ)، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ (أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ)
Transliteration. Subhanallah (33x), Alhamdu lillah (33x), Allahu Akbar (34x)
Meaning. Glory be to Allah (33 times), all praise is due to Allah (33 times), Allah is the Greatest (34 times).
SubhanAllah 33, Alhamdulillah 33, Allahu Akbar 34 — the counsel the Prophet ﷺ gave his daughter Fatimah: better than a servant, and easier than a sleepless night.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 5361 — read the full dua page
اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ
Transliteration. Allahu la ilaha illa huwal hayyul qayyumu la ta'khudhuhu sinatun wa la nawm
Meaning. Allah - there is no god but He, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. (Excerpt from Ayat al-Kursi)
The opening of Ayat al-Kursi; in the narration, whoever recites it before sleep is guarded and no shaytan comes near until morning.
Source: Surah al-Baqarah, 2:255 (excerpt) — read the full dua page
تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Transliteration. Tabarakal-ladhi biyadihil mulku wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadeer
Meaning. Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion, and He is over all things competent.
The first verse of the surah of sovereignty. Reciting Surah Al-Mulk before sleep is a reported sunna of protection through the night.
Source: Surah al-Mulk, 67:1 — read the full dua page
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ كَرِيمٌ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي
Transliteration. Allahumma innaka 'afuwwun karimun tuhibbul 'afwa fa'fu 'anni
Meaning. O Allah, You are the Pardoner, the Generous, You love to pardon, so pardon me.
A short pardon-dua said before sleeping and on any night — a treasure of the nights of Ramadan in particular.
Source: Tirmidhi 3513 — read the full dua page
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
Transliteration. A'udhu billahi minash-shaytanir-rajeem
Meaning. I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. (Practice: spit lightly to the left side 3 times, recite this refuge 3 times, then turn over to the other side from the side one was sleeping on.)
Not a recitation for bed but a response: spit lightly to the left, seek refuge in Allah, do not retell the dream, and turn to the other side.
Source: Sahih Muslim 2262 — read the full dua page
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ
Transliteration. Alhamdu lillahil-ladhi ahyana ba'da ma amatana wa ilayhin-nushur
Meaning. All praise is due to Allah who gave us life after causing us to die, and to Him is the resurrection.
The first sentence of the new day — thanks for life restored, and the recognition that resurrection belongs to the same One.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 6324 — read the full dua page
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ
Transliteration. A'udhu bi kalimatillahit-tammati min sharri ma khalaq
Meaning. I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.
Said whenever you halt somewhere for the night — a guest room, a campsite, a car park — asking refuge in Allah's perfect words from every harm He created.
Source: Sahih Muslim 2708 — read the full dua page
Each collection gathers duas for one theme; the full dua library holds all 84 duas with Arabic, transliteration, meaning, and audio.
The sunna combines the short dua Bismika Allahumma amutu wa ahya (Sahih al-Bukhari 6324), the 33/33/34 tasbih, the opening of Ayat al-Kursi, and Surah Al-Mulk. Each one is linked in the cards above.
Ayat al-Kursi. In Sahih al-Bukhari, the Prophet ﷺ said whoever recites it at night is guarded by Allah, and no shaytan approaches him until morning.
Spit lightly to the left three times, seek refuge in Allah from shaytan and from the evil of what was seen, do not narrate the dream to anyone, and change your sleeping side (Sahih Muslim 2262).
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