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
اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ التَّوَّابِينَ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ
O Allah, make me among those who repent and make me among those who purify themselves.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ لَا تَدَعْ لَنَا ذَنْبًا إِلَّا غَفَرْتَهُ وَلَا هَمًّا إِلَّا فَرَّجْتَهُ وَلَا دَيْنًا إِلَّا قَضَيْتَهُ وَلَا حَاجَةً مِنْ حَوَائِجِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا قَضَيْتَهَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
O Allah, leave no sin of ours except that You forgive it, no worry except that You relieve it, no debt except that You settle it, and no need of this world or the next except that You fulfill it, by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
Hasanسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ (33) وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ (33) وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ (33) لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Glory be to Allah (33x), Praise be to Allah (33x), Allah is the Greatest (33x), then: There is no deity except Allah, alone without partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is over all things capable.
Sahihلَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، اللَّهُمَّ لَا مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَلَا مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ وَلَا يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ
There is no deity except Allah, alone without partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is over all things capable. O Allah, none can withhold what You have given, and none can give what You have withheld, and no wealth or might can benefit anyone against You.
Sahih