Evening Adhkar

Evening supplications and remembrances with their cited sources, recited after Asr or Maghrib for tranquility, protection, and forgiveness.

Ayat al-Kursi (The Verse of the Throne)

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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

Allahu la ilaha illa Huwa, Al-Hayyul-Qayyum. La ta'khudhuhu sinatun wa la nawm. Lahu ma fis-samawati wa ma fil-ard. Man dhal-ladhi yashfa'u 'indahu illa bi-idhnihi. Ya'lamu ma bayna aydihim wa ma khalfahum, wa la yuhituna bishay'im-min 'ilmihi illa bima sha'a. Wasi'a kursiyyuhus-samawati wal-arda, wa la ya'uduhu hifdhuhuma, wa Huwal-'Aliyyul-'Azheem.

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.

Meaning & virtue

Whoever recites this when he enters the evening will be safeguarded from evil spirits until the morning.

Al-Hakim 1/562, Sahih at-Targhib 655 (Sahih)

Dua 1 of 7: Ayat al-Kursi (The Verse of the Throne)

About the evening remembrances

Evening adhkar are the remembrances reported for the period after Asr or Maghrib. This reader presents seven entries, including Ayat al-Kursi, the evening declarationAmsayna wa amsa al-mulku lillah, refuge in Allah’s perfect words, and the last two verses of Surah Al-Baqarah. Each entry carries its Arabic text, transliteration, translation, repetition count, and the collection it is reported in.

Step through the collection with the arrows or keyboard. One remembrance is shown at a time so the Arabic and its translation can be read without crowding. Repetitions follow the cited report, and the reader does not add counts or promised benefits beyond what that report states. The translations are meaning-based aids, not a replacement for reciting the Arabic.

The morning counterpart covers the remembrances from Fajr to sunrise. For other occasions, see Daily Duas, and use the tasbih counterwhen a dhikr is repeated a set number of times.

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