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Author: Mohammad Hashim Qasmi Bastawi

Dhikr (remembrance of Allah) is a very valuable thing. It contains great sweetness and delight, and the greatest aspect is that it brings one closer to Allah. When a person remembers Allah, the Lord of Majesty, Allah Almighty becomes pleased with him and remembers him in return. As Allah the Exalted says: ‘So remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me.’ [Surah Al-Baqarah: 152]

In this noble verse, Allah the Exalted has commanded His servants to remember Him abundantly. From this, we understand that the remembrance of Allah is a great, easy, and light act of worship. It does not require intense mental effort nor physical exertion; it merely involves moving the tongue, provided the heart and mind of the one reciting are present. Its reward is very great, and its benefits are also countless, attained by the servant in both this world and the Hereafter.

There is no specific fixed time for the remembrance of Allah; a servant can remember their Lord whenever they wish, in every situation. However, some specific remembrances (Adhkar) and prayers.

Virtues of Adhkar and Supplications

• A person’s faith (Iman) increases.
• A connection with Allah the Exalted is maintained.
• The pleasure of Allah, the Lord of Majesty, is attained.
• The heart feels tranquility and the chest feels relief (a sense of openness).
• Sustenance is expanded, and debts are paid off.
• There is protection from the evil of Satan.
• There is protection from envy and the evil eye.
• The body gains strength and energy.
• Good deeds and rewards are increased.
• Sins and faults are forgiven.
• One is freed from all grief, worries, and anxieties of this world and the Hereafter.
• There is protection from the evil of humans, jinn, and all other creatures.
• By the grace and favor of Allah, entry into Paradise is granted.
• Allah the Exalted mentions the remembering servant in the highest assembly (Al-Mala’ al-A’la – the gathering of angels).
• The blessings of Allah the Exalted and the barakah (blessing) in them remain forever.

All these virtues are proven from the blessed Hadiths. Reciting them is from the Sunnah of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم), and one should always act upon them.

Morning Adhkar from the Quranic verses

Below, we will mention some of the supplications to be read in the morning. First, we will mention the Quranic verses, then those remembrances (Adhkar) and supplications (Du’a) that are authenticated by Sahih Hadiths:

(1) Frist 10 verses of Surah Al Baqarah

Transliteration: Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem

1. Alif-Laaam-Meeem
2. Zaalikal Kitaabu laa raiba feeh; hudal lilmuttaqeen
3. Allazeena yu’minoona bilghaibi wa yuqeemoonas salaata wa mimmaa razaqnaahum yunfiqoon
4. Wallazeena yu’minoona bimaa unzila ilaika wa maaa unzila min qablika wa bil Aakhirati hum yooqinoon
5. Ulaaa’ika ‘alaa hudam mir rabbihim wa ulaaa’ika humul muflihoon
6. Innal lazeena kafaroo sawaaa’un ‘alaihim ‘a-anzar tahum am lam tunzirhum laa yu’minoon
7. Khatamal laahu ‘alaa quloobihim wa ‘alaa sam’i-him wa ‘alaaa absaarihim ghishaa watunw wa lahum ‘azaabun ‘azeem(section 1)
8. Wa minan naasi mainy yaqoolu aamannaa billaahi wa bil yawmil aakhiri wa maa hum bimu’mineen
9. Yukhaadi’oonal laaha wallazeena aamanoo wa maa yakhda’oona illaaa anfusahum wa maa yash’uroon
10. Fee quloobihim mara dun fazaadahumul laahu maradah; wa lahum ‘azaabun aleemum bimaa kaanoo yakziboon

(Recite one time in the morning)

Translation:

1. Mim .
2. This Book has no doubt in it – a guidance for the God-fearing,
3. who believe in the Unseen, and are steadfast in Salah (prayer) , and spend out of what We have provided them;
4. and who believe in what has been revealed to you and what has been revealed before you; and they have faith in the Hereafter.
5. It is these who are guided by their Lord; and it is just these who are successful.
6. Surely for those who have disbelieved, it is all the same whether you warn them or you warn them not: they do not believe.
7. Allah hath sealed their hearing and their hearts, and on their eyes there is a covering. Theirs will be an awful doom.
8. And of mankind are some who say: We believe in Allah and the Last Day, when they believe not.
9. They think to beguile Allah and those who believe, and they beguile none save themselves; but they perceive not.
10. In their hearts is a disease, and Allah increaseth their disease. A painful doom is theirs because they lie.

About these verses: Regarding the virtue of these verses, in Shu’ab al-Iman (Vol. 2, p. 476, Hadith number [2188]) by Imam Al-Bayhaqi, it is narrated from ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud (رضی اللہ عنہ) that he said: “If a person recites ten verses from Surah Al-Baqarah at the beginning of the day, Satan will not come near him until the evening.”

(2)  Aytul Kursi:

 Transliteration: Bismillahir rahmanir raheem,  Allahu laaa ilaaha illaa Huwal Haiyul Qaiyoom; laa taakhuzuhoo sinatunw wa laa nawm; lahoo maa fissamaawaati wa maa fil ard; man zal lazee yashfa’u indahooo illaa bi-iznih; ya’lamu maa baina aydeehim wa maa khalfahum wa laa yuheetoona bishai’im min ‘ilmihee illaa bimaa shaaa’; wasi’a Kursiyyuhus samaawaati wal arda wa laa Ya’ooduhoo hifzuhumaa; wa Huwal Aliyyul ‘Azeem. [Surah Al Baqarah: 255]

(Recite one time in the morning)

Translation: Allah! There is no deity save Him, the Alive, the Eternal. Neither slumber nor sleep overtaketh Him. Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Who is he that intercedeth with Him save by His leave? He knoweth that which is in front of them and that which is behind them, while they encompass nothing of His knowledge save what He will. His throne includeth the heavens and the earth, and He is never weary of preserving them. He is the Sublime, the Tremendous.

About Aytul Kursi: There are many virtues about Ayatul Kursi, but especially about reciting it in the morning, as narrated in al-Tabarani’s Mu’jam al-Kabir under hadith number [17012]  On the authority of Muhammad bin Ubayy bin Ka’b, from his father: Ubayy bin Ka’b, His father sayes: He had a container of dates that kept decreasing. So one night, he stood guard over it, and suddenly there was a creature resembling a young man who had reached puberty. He (Ubai) greeted it, and it returned the greeting.

He (Ubai) asked, “What are you? A jinn or a human?”

It replied, “No, rather a jinn.”

He said, “Give me your hand.” So it gave him its hand, and it was the hand of a dog and its hair was the hair of a dog.

He (Ubai) said, “Is this how the jinn are created?”

It said, “The jinn know that there is no man among them stronger than me.”

He (Ubai) asked, “Why you came here?”

It replied, “We heard that you love to give charity, so we came to get some of your food.”

He (Ubai) asked, “What will save us from you?”

It said, “This verse in Surah Al-Baqarah: ‘Allahu la ilaha illa Huwa, Al-Hayyul-Qayyum. Whoever says it in the evening will be protected from us until the morning, and whoever says it in the morning will be protected from us until the evening.”

When morning came, he went to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and mentioned that to him. He (the Prophet) said, “The wicked one has told the truth.”

Note: Imam al-Haythami mentioned this narration in Majma’ al-Zawa’id (10/118) on the authority of al-Tabarani in al-Kabir and then said: “All the narrators of this hadith are thiqah (trustworthy, reliable).” He is indicating that this narration is sahih (authentic). Furthermore, al-Diya’ al-Maqdisi mentioned it in his book al-Mukhtarah, hadith number [1260], and said: “The sanad (chain of narration) of this hadith is sahih (authentic).

(3) Surah Ikhlas

 Transliteration: Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem

Qul huwal laahu ahad, Allah hus-samad, Lam yalid wa lam yoolad, Wa lam yakul-lahoo kufuwan ahad.

(Recite three times in the morning)

Translation: Say, :The truth is that Allah is One.

Allah is besought of all, needing none.

He neither begot anyone, nor was he begotten.

And there hath never been co-equal with Him anyone.)

(4) Surah Falaq:

Transliteration: Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem

Qul a’oozu bi rabbil-falaq

Min sharri maa khalaq

Wa min sharri ghaasiqin izaa waqab

Wa min sharrin-naffaa-saati fil ‘uqad

Wa min sharri haasidin izaa hasad

(Recite three times in the morning)

Translation: 

(Say, :I seek refuge with the Lord of the daybreak

From the evil of what He has created;

And from the evil of the darkening (night) as it comes with its darkness; (or the moon as it sets or goes away) .

And from the evil of the witchcrafts when they blow in the knots,

And from the evil of the envier when he envies.)

(5) Surah Naas

Transliteration: Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem

Qul a’oozu birabbin naas

Malikin naas

Ilaahin naas

Min sharril waswaasil khannaas

Allazee yuwaswisu fee sudoorin naas

Minal jinnati wannaas

(Recite three times in the morning)

Translation: (Say thou: I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind, the King of mankind, The God of mankind,

From the evil of the whisperer (devil who whispers evil in the hearts of men) who withdraws (from his whispering in one’s heart after one remembersAllah) , the one who whispers in the hearts of people, whether from among the Jinn or Mankind.)

Regarding the virtue of Surah Al-Ikhlas and Al-Mu’awwidhatayn: In Sunan al-Tirmidhi [3575] and Sunan Abi Dawud [5082], it is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Khaubaib (رضي الله عنه) that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said to me:

“Recite Surah Al-Ikhlas (Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad) and Al-Mu’awwidhatayn (Surah Al-Falaq and Surah An-Nas) three times in the morning and the evening. They will suffice you as a protection against every evil and ailment.”

Morning Adhkar from the prophetic hadiths

(1) Transliteration:Astaghfirullāha wa atūbu ilayh. [Amalul yaumi wallailah, by Imam Nasayi: 454]

(Recite one hundred times in Arabic during the day.)

Translation: I seek the forgiveness of Allah and repent to Him.

Regarding this dhikr:  Recite this supplication at least 100 times daily. Regarding this supplication, it is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) in Imam An-Nasa’i’s ‘Amal al-Yawm wa al-Laylah’ (Deeds of the Day and Night), Hadith Number [454], in one narration, that: The Prophet ﷺ used to recite this supplication frequently.

There is another hadith about its virtue in ‘Amal al-Yawm wa al-Laylah’ (Hadith Number 455). It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Busr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Glad tidings are for the one in whose record of deeds abundant seeking of forgiveness (Istighfar) is found.”

(2) Transliteration: Aṣbaḥnā wa-aṣbaḥal-mulku lillāhi, wal-ḥamdu lillāhi, as’aluka min khayri hādhāl-yawmi, wa min khayri mā fīhi, wa khayri mā badahu. Wa aūdhu bika minal-kasali, wal-harami, wa sū’il-umuri, wa fitnatid-dajjāli, wa adhābil-qabri. [Sahih ibne Hibban: 963]

(Recite one time in the morning.)

Translation: “We have entered the morning, and the dominion belongs to Allah. All praise is to Allah. I ask You for the good of this day, the good within it, and the good that follows it. And I seek refuge in You from laziness, incapacity of old age, evil life, the trial of the False Messiah (Dajjal), and the punishment of the grave.”

About this Dhikr: Regarding the virtue of this supplication, in Sahih Ibn Hibban, Hadith Number [963], it is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ used to recite this supplication in the morning.

(3) Transliteration: Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā, wa bika amsaynā, wa bika naḥyā, wa bika namūtu. [Sunan Ibn Majah: 3868]

(Recite one time in the morning)

Translation: O Allah, by Your power we enter the morning and by Your power we enter the evening, by Your power  we live and by Your power we die.

Regarding the virtue of this supplication:  It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) in Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith Number [3868], that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

When you enter the morning, recite this supplication, and when you enter the evening, also recite this same supplication.

(4) Transliteration: Lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu ‘l-mulku walahu ‘l-ḥamd, wa huwa `alā kulli shay’in qadīr. [Sahih Bukhari: 3393, Sahih Muslim: 2691]

(Recite 100 times in Arabic upon rising in the morning).

Regarding this supplication: in Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith Number [3293] and in Sahih Muslim, Hadith Number [2691], it is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

‘Whoever recites this supplication one hundred times during the day, for him will be a reward equal to that of freeing ten slaves, one hundred good deeds will be recorded for him, one hundred of his sins will be erased, and he will be protected from Satan until the evening of that day.’

(5) Transliteration: Allāhumma `ālima ‘l-ghaybi wash-shahādah fātir as-samāwāti wa ‘l’arḍ, Rabba kulli shay’in wa malīkah, ash-hadu an lā ilāha illā ant, a`ūdhu bika min sharri nafsī, wa min sharrish-shayṭāni wa shirkih.  [Musnad Ahmad: 7961]

(Recite one time in the morning.)

Translation: O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the evident, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Lord and Sovereign of everything, I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except You. I seek refuge in You from the evil of my own self and from the evil of Satan and his polytheism.

About this dhikr: Regarding the virtue of this supplication, in Musnad Ahmad, Hadith Number [7961], it is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

Hazrat Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Prophet ﷺ, “Teach me a supplication that I may recite in the morning and the evening.” The Prophet ﷺ said: “Recite this supplication in the morning.”

(6) Transliteration: Allāhumma `āfinī fī badanī, Allāhumma `āfinī fī sam`ī, Allāhumma `āfinī fī baṣarī, lā ilāha illā ant. Allāhumma innī a`ūdhu bika mina ‘l-kufri, wa ‘l-faqr, wa a`ūdhu bika min `adhābi ‘l-qabr, lā ilāha illā ant. [Sunan Abi daud: 5090]

(Recite three times in the morning.)

Translation: ‘O Allah, make me healthy in my body. O Allah, make me healthy in my hearing. O Allah, make me healthy in my sight. There is no god but You.’ You repeat it three times in the evening and three times in the morning. And you say, ‘O Allah, I seek refuge with You from disbelief and poverty. O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the punishment of the grave. There is no god but You.’

Related this supplication:  there is a hadith in Sunan Abi Dawud, Hadith Number [5090], it is narrated from Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:

“I used to hear my father reciting this supplication three times every morning and evening. Once I asked him, ‘Why do you recite this? and you repeat it three times in the evening and three times in the morning? He replied: “Yes, my son. I heard the Messenger of Allah, صلى الله عليه وسلم, say them and I like to follow his sunnah.”

(7) Transliteration: Allāhumma innī a`ūdhu bika mina ‘l-ḥammi wa ‘l-ḥazan, wa ‘l-`ajzi wa ‘l-kasal, wa ‘l-bukhli wa ‘l-jubn, wa ḍala`id-dayni wa ghalabatir-rijāl. [Sahih Bukhari: 6363]

Translation: O Allah! I seek refuge with You from worry and grief, from incapacity and laziness, from cowardice and miserliness, from being heavily in debt and from being overpowered by (other) men.

ِAbout this dua: According this dua Hazrat Anas Bin Malik says: “The Prophet, صلى الله عليه وسلم used to often say this Dua and Dhikr. [Sahih Bukhari: 6363]

(8) Transliteration: Bismillāhi ‘l-ladhī lā yaḍurru ma`a-smihi shay’un fil-‘arḍi wa lā fis-samā’ wa huwas-Samī `ul-`Alīm.

(Recite three times in the morning.)

Translation: In the Name of Allah, Who with His Name nothing can cause harm in the earth nor in the heavens, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

About this dua: The virtue of this supplication is that whoever recites it three times each in the morning and the evening will, Allah willing, remain protected from any kind of impending harm, illness, accident, or calamity. This prayer is like a shield that protects from every evil.

Accordingly, it is narrated from Hazrat Uthman bin Affan (رضي الله عنه) in Sunan al-Tirmidhi,: [3388], and in Sunan Abi Dawud, [5088], that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: “There is no worshiper who says, in the morning of every day, and the evening of every night this Dhikr  three times, (except that) nothing shall harm him.”

(9) Transliteration: Subhanallahi w bihamdihi `adada khalqih, wa riḍā nafsih, wa zinata `arshih, wa midāda kalimātih.

(Recite three times in the morning.)

Translation: Allah is free from imperfection and I begin with His praise, as many times as the number of His creatures, in accordance with His Good Pleasure, equal to the weight of His Throne and equal to the ink that may be used in recording the words (for His Praise.

Regarding this supplication: there is a hadith in Sahih Muslim [2726], it is narrated from Hazrat Juwayriyah (رضي الله عنها) that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ left her presence after performing the Fajr (morning) prayer while she was still sitting in her prayer place (musalla).

Then, when the Prophet ﷺ returned around midday (Dhuhr), he found her still sitting in the same place. He asked with surprise, “Have you been sitting here in the same state since I left you?” She replied, “Yes.” Thereupon, the Prophet ﷺ said:

“After I left you, I recited these four phrases three times. If they were to be weighed against all that you have recited (of dhikr and praise) since this morning, they would outweigh it or be equal to it.”

Besides these, there are many other Duas andAdhkar. However, this collection specifically includes those supplications that are also recommended to be recited in the morning.

Their benefits are proven from authentic Hadiths. The only necessary conditions are the reader’s correct belief and sincere intention. Insha’Allah, there will certainly be benefit.