EVENING DUAS
Second: Imam al-Sadiq (`a) is reported to have said: Whoever repeats the following three times in the evening, will be surrounded by one of the wings of Archangel Gabriel up to the next morning:
أَسْتَوْدِعُ ﭐللَّهَ ﭐلْعَلِيَّ ﭐلأَعْلَىٰ
astawdi`u allaha al`aliyya al-a`la
I entrust with Allah the Most High, the All-high,
ﭐلْجَلِيلَ ﭐلْعَظِيمَ
aljalila al`azima
the All-majestic, and the All-great
نَفْسِي وَمَنْ يَعْنِينِي أَمْرُهُ nafsi wa man ya`nini amruhu my self and whatever concerns me.
أَسْتَوْدِعُ ﭐللَّهَ نَفْسِي astawdi`u allaha nafsi I entrust my self with Allah
ﭐلْمَرْهُوبَ ﭐلْمَخُوفَ almarhuba almakhufa the feared, the dreaded,
ﭐلْمُتَضَعْضِعَ لِعَظَمَتِهِ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ almutada`di`a li`azamatihi kullu shay’in and to Whose greatness all things submit.
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِنْدَ إِقْبَالِ لَيْلِكَ allahumma inni as’aluka `inda iqbali laylika O Allah, I beseech You at the coming of Your night,
وَإِدْبَارِ نَهَارِكَ wa idbari naharika the departure of Your daytime,
وَحُضُورِ صَلَوَاتِكَ wa huduri salawatika the presence of the prayers to You,
وَأَصْوَاتِ دُعَائِكَ wa aswati du`a’ika and the voices of supplications to You
أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ… an tusalliya `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin… to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad
You may now submit your requests.…
اَللَّهُمَّ ٱجْعَلْنِي فِي دِرْعِكَ ٱلْحَصِينَةِ allahumma ij`alni fi dir`ika alhasinati O Allah, (please) include me with Your invulnerable shield
ٱلَّتِي تَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَنْ تُرِيدُ allati taj`alu fiha man turidu with which You include whomever You want.
The Imam (`a) added: My father (`a) has said, “This is one of the divinely ordered supplicatory prayers.”
From Usul Kafi
Ibrāhīm al-Ja‘farī said: “I heard Aba ‘l-Ḥasan (‘a.s.) saying: ‘When night is about to fall and you see the sun in the west, about to set, then say this: This is a security from seven [afflictions], and from the accursed Satan and his offspring.’أَبَ الَْسَنِ يَقُولُ: إِذَا أَمْسَيْتَ فَنَظَرْتَ إِلَ الشَّمْسِ فِ غُرُوبٍ وَ إِدْبَرٍ فَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَِّ الرَّحَْنِ الرَّحِيمِ الَْمْدُ لَِِّ الَّذِي لَْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَداً وَ لَْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِ الْمُلْكِ الَْمْدُ لَِِّ الَّذِي يَصِفُ وَ لَ يُوصَفُ وَ يَعْلَمُ وَ لَ يُعْلَمُ يَعْلَمُ خَائِنَةَ الَْعْيُِ وَ مَا تُْفِي الصُّدُورُ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِ اللَِّ الْكَرِيمِ وَ بِسْمِ اللَِّ الْعَظِيمِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا ذَرَأَ وَ مَا بَرَأَ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا تَْتَ الثَّرَى وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا ظَهَرَ وَ مَا بَطَنَ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا كَانَ فِ اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ أَبِ مُرَّةَ وَ مَا وَلَدَ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ الرَّسِيسِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا وَصَفْتُ وَ مَا لَْ أَصِفْ فَالَْمْدُ لَِِّ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ “In the name of Allāh, the Beneficent, the Merciful. All praise belongs to Allāh, Who never took a son and has no partner in His kingdom. All praise be to Allāh, Who describes and cannot be described, Who knows but cannot be known. He knows the treacherous gazes and what is hidden in the hearts, [Qur., 40:19]. I seek refuge with Allāh’s bountiful countenance and with Allāh’s great name, from the evil in what is created and released, from the evil that is under the earth, from the manifest and hidden evil, from the evil of the night and day, from the evil of Abū Murrah (Satan) and his offspring, from the evil of the beguiling corruptor, and from the evil of what I have described and what I have nor described; for all praise belongs to Allāh, Lord of the worlds.”
Third: Imam al-Sadiq (`a) advised to enter your evening with the following prayer:
You may now submit your requests.…
Tenth: Imam al-Sadiq (`a) is reported to have said to Dawud al-Raqqi: Do not miss repeating the following supplicatory prayer three times in mornings and three times in evenings:
The Imam (`a) added: My father (`a) has said, “This is one of the divinely ordered supplicatory prayers.”
From Usul Kafi
Ibrāhīm al-Ja‘farī said: “I heard Aba ‘l-Ḥasan (‘a.s.) saying: ‘When night is about to fall and you see the sun in the west, about to set, then say this: This is a security from seven [afflictions], and from the accursed Satan and his offspring.’
