The full text to recite, in Arabic with transliteration
Ruqyah from the Qur'an
Ruqyah is reciting the Qur'an and the Prophet's duas over yourself or someone else, asking Allah for protection and healing. These are the ayat most often recited, in Arabic with English letters.
- Al-Fatihah was recited as ruqyah over a man who had been stung, and he recovered; the Prophet ﷺ approved it. Sahih al-Bukhari 5736
- In his last illness the Prophet ﷺ recited the Mu'awwidhat (Al-Falaq and An-Nas), blew lightly into his hands and wiped over himself. Sahih al-Bukhari 5748
How to do ruqyah the Sunnah way
- Make wudu if you can, and turn to Allah with full trust that healing is from Him alone.
- Recite the passages below, or as many as you can. Al-Fatihah, Ayat al-Kursi and the three Quls are the most important.
- Blow lightly into your cupped hands after reciting, and wipe over your body, or over the sick person, as the Prophet ﷺ did.
- Add the Prophet's duas for healing and protection, and keep seeing a doctor; medicine is a means too.
Surah Al-Fatihah
The Opening. The Companions recited it over a man who had been stung, and he recovered; the Prophet ﷺ approved (Sahih al-Bukhari 5736).
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillāhir-raḥmānir-raḥīm
ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbil-ʿālamīn
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Ar-raḥmānir-raḥīm
مَٰلِكِ يَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Māliki yawmid-dīn
إِيَّاكَ نَعۡبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسۡتَعِينُ
Iyyāka naʿbudu wa iyyāka nastaʿīn
ٱهۡدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ
Ihdinaṣ-ṣirāṭal-mustaqīm
صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غَيۡرِ ٱلۡمَغۡضُوبِ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
Ṣirāṭalladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ghayril-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim walaḍ-ḍāllīn
The start of Surah Al-Baqarah (2:1-5)
Guidance for those mindful of Allah.
الٓمٓ
Alif Lām Mīm
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ لَا رَيۡبَۛ فِيهِۛ هُدٗى لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ
Dhālikal-kitābu lā rayba fīhi hudan lilmuttaqīn
ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡ يُنفِقُونَ
Alladhīna yuʾminūna bil-ghaybi wayuqīmūnaṣ-ṣalāta wamimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūn
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبۡلِكَ وَبِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ هُمۡ يُوقِنُونَ
Walladhīna yuʾminūna bimā unzila ilayka wamā unzila min qablika wabil-ākhirati hum yūqinūn
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ عَلَىٰ هُدٗى مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ
Ulāʾika ʿalā hudan min rabbihim wa ulāʾika humul-mufliḥūn
Al-Baqarah 2:102
Magic is from the devils and harms no one except by Allah's permission.
وَٱتَّبَعُواْ مَا تَتۡلُواْ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ عَلَىٰ مُلۡكِ سُلَيۡمَٰنَۖ وَمَا كَفَرَ سُلَيۡمَٰنُ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُعَلِّمُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ ٱلسِّحۡرَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَى ٱلۡمَلَكَيۡنِ بِبَابِلَ هَٰرُوتَ وَمَٰرُوتَۚ وَمَا يُعَلِّمَانِ مِنۡ أَحَدٍ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَآ إِنَّمَا نَحۡنُ فِتۡنَةٞ فَلَا تَكۡفُرۡۖ فَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مِنۡهُمَا مَا يُفَرِّقُونَ بِهِۦ بَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَرۡءِ وَزَوۡجِهِۦۚ وَمَا هُم بِضَآرِّينَ بِهِۦ مِنۡ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مَا يَضُرُّهُمۡ وَلَا يَنفَعُهُمۡۚ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمُواْ لَمَنِ ٱشۡتَرَىٰهُ مَا لَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ مِنۡ خَلَٰقٖۚ وَلَبِئۡسَ مَا شَرَوۡاْ بِهِۦٓ أَنفُسَهُمۡۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ
Wattabaʿū mā tatlush-shayāṭīnu ʿalā mulki sulaymāna wamā kafara sulaymānu walākinnash-shayāṭīna kafarū yuʿallimūnan-nāsas-siḥra wamā unzila ʿalal-malakayni bibābila hārūta wamārūta wamā yuʿallimāni min aḥadin ḥattā yaqūlā innamā naḥnu fitnatun falā takfur fayataʿallamūna minhumā mā yufarriqūna bihī baynal-marʾi wazawjihī wamā hum biḍārrīna bihī min aḥadin illā bi idhnillāhi wayataʿallamūna mā yaḍurruhum walā yanfaʿuhum walaqad ʿalimū lamanishtarāhu mā lahū fil-ākhirati min khalāqin walabiʾsa mā sharaw bihī anfusahum law kānū yaʿlamūn
Ayat al-Kursi (2:255)
The greatest ayah in the Qur'an (Sahih Muslim 810); a guardian through the night (Sahih al-Bukhari 2311).
ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡحَيُّ ٱلۡقَيُّومُۚ لَا تَأۡخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٞ وَلَا نَوۡمٞۚ لَّهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِي يَشۡفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِهِۦۚ يَعۡلَمُ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُمۡۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيۡءٖ مِّنۡ عِلۡمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَۚ وَسِعَ كُرۡسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۖ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفۡظُهُمَاۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَلِيُّ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ
Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwal-ḥayyul-qayyūmu lā taʾkhudhuhū sinatun walā nawmun lahū mā fis-samāwāti wamā fil-arḍi man dhalladhī yashfaʿu ʿindahū illā bi idhnihī yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum walā yuḥīṭūna bishayʾin min ʿilmihī illā bimā shāʾa wasiʿa kursiyyuhus-samāwāti wal-arḍa walā yaʾūduhū ḥifẓuhumā wahuwal-ʿaliyyul-ʿaẓīm
The end of Surah Al-Baqarah (2:285-286)
Enough for whoever recites them at night (Sahih al-Bukhari 5009).
ءَامَنَ ٱلرَّسُولُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡهِ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَۚ كُلٌّ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيۡنَ أَحَدٖ مِّن رُّسُلِهِۦۚ وَقَالُواْ سَمِعۡنَا وَأَطَعۡنَاۖ غُفۡرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ
Āmanar-rasūlu bimā unzila ilayhi min rabbihī wal-muʾminūna kullun āmana billāhi wamalāʾikatihī wakutubihī warusulihī lā nufarriqu bayna aḥadin min rusulihī waqālū samiʿnā wa aṭaʿnā ghufrānaka rabbanā wa ilaykal-maṣīr
لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفۡسًا إِلَّا وُسۡعَهَاۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتۡ وَعَلَيۡهَا مَا ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذۡنَآ إِن نَّسِينَآ أَوۡ أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحۡمِلۡ عَلَيۡنَآ إِصۡرٗا كَمَا حَمَلۡتَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِنَاۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلۡنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِۦۖ وَٱعۡفُ عَنَّا وَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚ أَنتَ مَوۡلَىٰنَا فَٱنصُرۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
Lā yukallifullāhu nafsan illā wusʿahā lahā mā kasabat waʿalayhā maktasabat rabbanā lā tuʾākhidhnā in nasīnā aw akhṭaʾnā rabbanā walā taḥmil ʿalaynā iṣran kamā ḥamaltahū ʿalalladhīna min qablinā rabbanā walā tuḥammilnā mā lā ṭāqata lanā bihī waʿfu ʿannā waghfir lanā warḥamnā anta mawlānā fanṣurnā ʿalal-qawmil-kāfirīn
Al Imran 3:18-19
Allah Himself bears witness that there is no god but Him.
شَهِدَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَأُوْلُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمِ قَآئِمَۢا بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۚ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ
Shahidallāhu annahū lā ilāha illā huwa wal-malāʾikatu wa ulul-ʿilmi qāʾiman bil-qisṭi lā ilāha illā huwal-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm
إِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡإِسۡلَٰمُۗ وَمَا ٱخۡتَلَفَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡعِلۡمُ بَغۡيَۢا بَيۡنَهُمۡۗ وَمَن يَكۡفُرۡ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ
Innad-dīna ʿindallāhil-islāmu wamakhtalafalladhīna ūtul-kitāba illā min baʿdi mā jāʾahumul-ʿilmu baghyan baynahum waman yakfur bi āyātillāhi fa innallāha sarīʿul-ḥisāb
Al-A'raf 7:117-122
Musa's staff swallows the magicians' false show.
۞ وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنۡ أَلۡقِ عَصَاكَۖ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلۡقَفُ مَا يَأۡفِكُونَ
Wa awḥaynā ilā mūsā an alqi ʿaṣāka fa idhā hiya talqafu mā yaʾfikūn
فَوَقَعَ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ
Fawaqaʿal-ḥaqqu wabaṭala mā kānū yaʿmalūn
فَغُلِبُواْ هُنَالِكَ وَٱنقَلَبُواْ صَٰغِرِينَ
Faghulibū hunālika wanqalabū ṣāghirīn
وَأُلۡقِيَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ
Wa ulqiyas-saḥaratu sājidīn
قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Qālū āmannā birabbil-ʿālamīn
رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ
Rabbi mūsā wahārūn
Yunus 10:81-82
Allah will undo magic and establish the truth.
فَلَمَّآ أَلۡقَوۡاْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ مَا جِئۡتُم بِهِ ٱلسِّحۡرُۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَيُبۡطِلُهُۥٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُصۡلِحُ عَمَلَ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ
Falammā alqaw qāla mūsā mā jiʾtum bihis-siḥru innallāha sayubṭiluhū innallāha lā yuṣliḥu ʿamalal-mufsidīn
وَيُحِقُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡحَقَّ بِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦ وَلَوۡ كَرِهَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ
Wayuḥiqqullāhul-ḥaqqa bikalimātihī walaw karihal-mujrimūn
Ta-Ha 20:69
The magician will not succeed, wherever he comes.
وَأَلۡقِ مَا فِي يَمِينِكَ تَلۡقَفۡ مَا صَنَعُوٓاْۖ إِنَّمَا صَنَعُواْ كَيۡدُ سَٰحِرٖۖ وَلَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلسَّاحِرُ حَيۡثُ أَتَىٰ
Wa alqi mā fī yamīnika talqaf mā ṣanaʿū innamā ṣanaʿū kaydu sāḥirin walā yufliḥus-sāḥiru ḥaythu atā
Al-Mu'minun 23:115-118
Allah, the True King; ask Him for forgiveness and mercy.
أَفَحَسِبۡتُمۡ أَنَّمَا خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ عَبَثٗا وَأَنَّكُمۡ إِلَيۡنَا لَا تُرۡجَعُونَ
Afaḥasibtum annamā khalaqnākum ʿabathan wa annakum ilaynā lā turjaʿūn
فَتَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمَلِكُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ
Fataʿālallāhul-malikul-ḥaqqu lā ilāha illā huwa rabbul-ʿarshil-karīm
وَمَن يَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ لَا بُرۡهَٰنَ لَهُۥ بِهِۦ فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ
Waman yadʿu maʿallāhi ilāhan ākhara lā burhāna lahū bihī fa innamā ḥisābuhū ʿinda rabbihī innahū lā yufliḥul-kāfirūn
وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱغۡفِرۡ وَٱرۡحَمۡ وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ
Waqul rabbighfir warḥam wa anta khayrur-rāḥimīn
As-Saffat 37:1-10
The heavens are guarded from every rebellious devil.
وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفّٗا
Waṣ-ṣāffāti ṣaffā
فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجۡرٗا
Faz-zājirāti zajrā
فَٱلتَّٰلِيَٰتِ ذِكۡرًا
Fat-tāliyāti dhikrā
إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمۡ لَوَٰحِدٞ
Inna ilāhakum lawāḥid
رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ
Rabbus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā warabbul-mashāriq
إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلۡكَوَاكِبِ
Innā zayyannas-samāʾad-dunyā bizīnatinil-kawākib
وَحِفۡظٗا مِّن كُلِّ شَيۡطَٰنٖ مَّارِدٖ
Waḥifẓan min kulli shayṭānin mārid
لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡمَلَإِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ وَيُقۡذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٖ
Lā yassammaʿūna ilal-malaʾil-aʿlā wayuqdhafūna min kulli jānib
دُحُورٗاۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ وَاصِبٌ
Duḥūran walahum ʿadhābun wāṣib
إِلَّا مَنۡ خَطِفَ ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٞ ثَاقِبٞ
Illā man khaṭifal-khaṭfata fa atbaʿahū shihābun thāqib
Ar-Rahman 55:33-36
Jinn and men cannot escape beyond the heavens and earth without Allah's authority.
يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ أَن تَنفُذُواْ مِنۡ أَقۡطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنفُذُواْۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ
Yāmaʿsharal-jinni wal-insi inistaṭaʿtum an tanfudhū min aqṭāris-samāwāti wal-arḍi fanfudhū lā tanfudhūna illā bisulṭān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
يُرۡسَلُ عَلَيۡكُمَا شُوَاظٞ مِّن نَّارٖ وَنُحَاسٞ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
Yursalu ʿalaykumā shuwāẓun min nārin wanuḥāsun falā tantaṣirān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Al-Hashr 59:21-24
The last ayat of Al-Hashr: the beautiful names of Allah.
لَوۡ أَنزَلۡنَا هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٖ لَّرَأَيۡتَهُۥ خَٰشِعٗا مُّتَصَدِّعٗا مِّنۡ خَشۡيَةِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَتِلۡكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلُ نَضۡرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
Law anzalnā hādhal-qurʾāna ʿalā jabalin laraʾaytahū khāshiʿan mutaṣaddiʿan min khashyatillāhi watilkal-amthālu naḍribuhā lilnnāsi laʿallāhum yatafakkarūn
هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ عَٰلِمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِۖ هُوَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Huwallāhulladhī lā ilāha illā huwa ʿālimul-ghaybi wash-shahādati huwar-raḥmānur-raḥīm
هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡمَلِكُ ٱلۡقُدُّوسُ ٱلسَّلَٰمُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُ ٱلۡمُهَيۡمِنُ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡجَبَّارُ ٱلۡمُتَكَبِّرُۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ
Huwallāhulladhī lā ilāha illā huwal-malikul-quddūsus-salāmul-muʾminul-muhayminul-ʿazīzul-jabbārul-mutakabbiru subḥānallāhi ʿammā yushrikūn
هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُ ٱلۡبَارِئُ ٱلۡمُصَوِّرُۖ لَهُ ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۚ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ
Huwallāhul-khāliqul-bāriʾul-muṣawwiru lahul-asmāʾul-ḥusnā yusabbiḥu lahū mā fis-samāwāti wal-arḍi wahuwal-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm
Al-Jinn 72:1-9
The jinn who heard the Qur'an and believed.
قُلۡ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ ٱسۡتَمَعَ نَفَرٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا سَمِعۡنَا قُرۡءَانًا عَجَبٗا
Qul ūḥiya ilayya annahustamaʿa nafarun minal-jinni faqālū innā samiʿnā qurʾānan ʿajabā
يَهۡدِيٓ إِلَى ٱلرُّشۡدِ فَـَٔامَنَّا بِهِۦۖ وَلَن نُّشۡرِكَ بِرَبِّنَآ أَحَدٗا
Yahdī ilar-rushdi fa āmannā bihī walan nushrika birabbinā aḥadā
وَأَنَّهُۥ تَعَٰلَىٰ جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا ٱتَّخَذَ صَٰحِبَةٗ وَلَا وَلَدٗا
Wa annahū taʿālā jaddu rabbinā mattakhadha ṣāḥibatan walā waladā
وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيهُنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ شَطَطٗا
Wa annahū kāna yaqūlu safīhunā ʿalallāhi shaṭaṭā
وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن تَقُولَ ٱلۡإِنسُ وَٱلۡجِنُّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبٗا
Wa annā ẓanannā an lan taqūlal-insu wal-jinnu ʿalallāhi kadhibā
وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ رِجَالٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمۡ رَهَقٗا
Wa annahū kāna rijālun minal-insi yaʿūdhūna birijālin minal-jinni fazādūhum rahaqā
وَأَنَّهُمۡ ظَنُّواْ كَمَا ظَنَنتُمۡ أَن لَّن يَبۡعَثَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٗا
Wa annahum ẓannū kamā ẓanantum an lan yabʿathallāhu aḥadā
وَأَنَّا لَمَسۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدۡنَٰهَا مُلِئَتۡ حَرَسٗا شَدِيدٗا وَشُهُبٗا
Wa annā lamasnas-samāʾa fawajadnāhā muliʾat ḥarasan shadīdan washuhubā
وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقۡعُدُ مِنۡهَا مَقَٰعِدَ لِلسَّمۡعِۖ فَمَن يَسۡتَمِعِ ٱلۡأٓنَ يَجِدۡ لَهُۥ شِهَابٗا رَّصَدٗا
Wa annā kunnā naqʿudu minhā maqāʿida lilssamʿi faman yastamiʿil-āna yajid lahū shihāban raṣadā
Surah Al-Ikhlas (three times)
Equal to a third of the Qur'an (Sahih al-Bukhari 5015).
قُلۡ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
Qul huwallāhu aḥad
ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ
Allāhuṣ-ṣamad
لَمۡ يَلِدۡ وَلَمۡ يُولَدۡ
Lam yalid walam yūlad
وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدُۢ
Walam yakun lahū kufuwan aḥad
Surah Al-Falaq (three times)
Refuge from envy, magic and the evil of the night.
قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡفَلَقِ
Qul aʿūdhu birabbil-falaq
مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ
Min sharri mā khalaq
وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ
Wamin sharri ghāsiqin idhā waqab
وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّٰثَٰتِ فِي ٱلۡعُقَدِ
Wamin sharrin-naffāthāti fil-ʿuqad
وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ
Wamin sharri ḥāsidin idhā ḥasad
Surah An-Nas (three times)
Refuge from the whisperer. The Prophet ﷺ recited the last three surahs, blew lightly into his hands and wiped over his body (Sahih al-Bukhari 5748).
قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ
Qul aʿūdhu birabbin-nās
مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ
Malikin-nās
إِلَٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ
Ilāhin-nās
مِن شَرِّ ٱلۡوَسۡوَاسِ ٱلۡخَنَّاسِ
Min sharril-waswāsil-khannās
ٱلَّذِي يُوَسۡوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ
Alladhī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūrin-nās
مِنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ
Minal-jinnati wan-nās
- ā ī ū long vowels: hold them for two beats
- ʿ the letter 'ayn, from deep in the throat
- ʾ a short stop (hamzah), as in "uh-oh"
- ḥ ṣ ḍ ṭ ẓ heavy letters, said fuller than h s d t z
- th dh kh gh sh one sound each; a hyphen (s-h) means two separate letters
- al- joined to the word before: say it as one flow
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