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Adhkar in Arabic with English translationSeeking Refuge

الاستعاذة والحماية

Seeking Refuge in the FirdawsWay app: 11 adhkar, in the order the app reads them. Each is here in Arabic, with its English translation, how many times to say it and its source. They are in 7 chapters, listed below. Each is said once.

For one afflicted with doubt in his faith

دُعَاءُ مَنْ أَصَابَهُ وَسْوَسَةٌ فِي الإِيمَانِ

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    يَسْتَعِيذُ بِاللَّهِ، يَنْتَهِي عَمَّا وَسْوَسَ فِيهِ

    He should seek refuge in Allah and desist from what has been whispered to him.

    Al-Bukhari, Muslim 1/120.

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    يَقُولُ: آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ

    I believe in Allah and His Messengers.

    Muslim, 1/119-20.

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    يَقْرَأُ قَوْلَهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ﴾

    He is the First and the Last, the Most High and the Most Near. And He is the Knower of all things.

    Al-Hadid 57:3, Abu Dawud 4/329.

For expelling the devil and his whisperings

دُعَاءُ طَرْدِ الشَّيطَانِ وَوَسَاوِسِهِ

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    الِاسْتِعَاذَةُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْهُ

    Seeking refuge in Allah from him (the Devil).

    Abu Dawud 1/206, At-Tirmizi; see also Al-Mu'minun 23:97-98.

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    الْأَذَانُ

    The azan (Call to prayer)

    Muslim 1/291, Al-Bukhari 1/151.

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    الْأَذْكَارُ وَقِرَاءَةُ الْقُرْآنِ

    Recitation of the authentic zikr (remembrance of Allah) and the Qur'an. The Devil flees from the house in which Surat Al-Baqarah is recited. He is also driven out by the invocations for morning and evening, zikr before sleeping and upon waking up, zikr for entering and leaving the house and for entering and leaving the mosque, and by many other authentic invocations taught to us by the Prophet (ﷺ), such as reading Ayatul-Kursi (Al-Baqarah 2:255) at bedtime and the last two verses of Surat Al-Baqarah, and saying 100 times: "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, Who has no partner; His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is Able to do all things" — it will be a protection for him from the Devil throughout the day. The call to prayer (azan) also drives him away.

    Muslim 1/539.

Protection from the Dajjal

مَا يَعْصِمُ اللَّهُ بِهِ مِنَ الدَّجَّالِ

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    مَنْ حَفِظَ عَشْرَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ سُورَةِ الْكَهْفِ عُصِمَ مِنَ الدَّجَّالِ، وَالِاسْتِعَاذَةُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ فِتْنَتِهِ عَقِبَ التَّشَهُّدِ الْأَخِيرِ مِنْ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ

    Whoever memorizes ten 'ayat (verses) from the beginning of Surat Al-Kahf will be protected from the False Messiah (Dajjal). Also, seeking refuge in Allah from his trial after the final Tashahhud of every prayer.

    Muslim 1/555; in another narration "from the end of Surat Al-Kahf", Muslim 1/556.

For fear of shirk

دُعَاءُ الْخَوْفِ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ

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    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُشْرِكَ بِكَ وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ، وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا لَا أَعْلَمُ

    O Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I associate anything with You knowingly, and I seek Your forgiveness for what I know not.

    Ahmad 4/403.

Forbiddance of ascribing things to omens

دُعَاءُ كَرَاهِيَةِ الطِّيَرَةِ

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    اللَّهُمَّ لَا طَيْرَ إِلَّا طَيْرُكَ، وَلَا خَيْرَ إِلَّا خَيْرُكَ، وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ

    O Allah, there is no portent other than Your portent, no goodness other than Your goodness, and none worthy of worship other than You.

    Ahmad 2/220, Ibn As-Sunni (Hadith no. 292).

When in fear of afflicting something or someone with one’s eye

دُعَاءُ مَنْ خَشِيَ أَنْ يُصِيبَ شَيْئاً بِعَيْنِهِ

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    إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ أَخِيهِ، أَوْ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ، أَوْ مِنْ مَالِهِ مَا يُعْجِبُهُ [فَلْيَدْعُ لَهُ بِالْبَرَكَةِ] فَإِنَّ الْعَيْنَ حَقٌّ

    If one of you sees something of his brother, or of himself, or of his wealth that pleases him, (let him invoke blessings for it,) for the evil eye is real.

    Ahmad 4/447, Ibn Majah, Malik.

To ward off the deception of the obstinate devils

مَا يَقُولُ لِرَدِّ كَيْدِ مَرَدَةِ الشَّيَاطِينِ

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    أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ الَّتِي لَا يُجَاوِزُهُنَّ بَرٌّ وَلَا فَاجِرٌ: مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ، وَبَرَأَ وَذَرَأَ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا ذَرَأَ فِي الْأَرْضِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا، وَمِنْ شَرِّ فِتَنِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ طَارِقٍ إِلَّا طَارِقاً يَطْرُقُ بِخَيْرٍ يَا رَحْمَنُ

    I seek refuge in the Perfect Words of Allah - which neither the upright nor the corrupt may overcome - from the evil of what He created, of what He made, and of what He scattered, from the evil of what descends from the heavens, and of what rises up to them, from the evil of what He scattered in the earth and of what emerges from it, from the evil trials of night and day, and from the evil of every night visitor, except the night visitor who comes with good. O Merciful One.

    Ahmad 3/419, Ibn As-Sunni (Hadith no. 637).

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  1. 1Morning Adhkar
  2. 2Evening Adhkar
  3. 3Sleep Adhkar
  4. 4Upon Waking
  5. 5Wudu & Mosque
  6. 6Dua al-Istiftah
  7. 7Dhikr in Ruku
  8. 8Dhikr in Sujood
  9. 9The Tashahhud
  10. 10Post-Salah Adhkar
  11. 11Home & Clothing
  12. 12Food & Drink
  13. 13Seeking Refuge
  14. 14Anxiety & Distress
  15. 15Daily Situations
  16. 16Dhikr & Tasbih
  17. 17Istighfar & Salawat
  18. 18Social Manners
  19. 19Family & Occasions
  20. 20Travel Adhkar
  21. 21Nature & Weather
  22. 22Sickness & Death
  23. 23Hajj & Umrah
  24. 24Khatm Al-Quran
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