قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ
Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad. Allahus-Samad. Lam yalid wa lam yulad. Wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan Ahad. Qul A'udhu bi Rabbil-Falaq. Qul A'udhu bi Rabbin-Nas.
Say: He is Allah, the One. Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born. Nor is there any equivalent to Him. Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak. Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind. (Recite each surah in full — once after every prayer, three times after Fajr and Maghrib.)
The three Quls after every salah — Surah Al-Ikhlas (pure monotheism), Al-Falaq (refuge from external harm), and An-Nas (refuge from internal whisperings). Recited once after Dhuhr, Asr, and Isha, but three times after Fajr and Maghrib — the transition prayers between day and night, when protection is most needed. Uqbah ibn Amir (RA) said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to recite the Mu'awwidhat after every prayer." Al-Ikhlas equals one-third of the Quran in meaning, while the two Mu'awwidhat provide a shield from every type of evil — seen and unseen, external and internal.
Related Du'as
أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ
I seek Allah's forgiveness (three times).
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ وَعَافِنِي فِيمَنْ عَافَيْتَ وَتَوَلَّنِي فِيمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَقِنِي شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْضِي وَلَا يُقْضَىٰ عَلَيْكَ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يَذِلُّ مَنْ وَالَيْتَ وَلَا يَعِزُّ مَنْ عَادَيْتَ تَبَارَكْتَ رَبَّنَا وَتَعَالَيْتَ
O Allah, guide me among those whom You have guided, grant me well-being among those whom You have granted well-being, take me into Your care among those whom You have taken into Your care, bless me in what You have given me, and protect me from the evil of what You have decreed. For You decree and none can decree over You. None whom You have befriended shall be humiliated, and none whom You have opposed shall be honored. Blessed are You, our Lord, and Exalted.
Sahihأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُ تَبَارَكْتَ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ
I seek Allah's forgiveness (three times). O Allah, You are Peace and from You is peace. Blessed are You, O Owner of Majesty and Honor.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُ تَبَارَكْتَ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ
O Allah, You are Peace and from You is peace. Blessed are You, O Owner of Majesty and Honor.
Sahih