Invocations against the Devil and his promptings
3 adhkar in their Arabic wording from Hisn al-Muslim, with their English meaning.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismillahir-rahmanir-raheem
Each dua: the Arabic, then a transliteration to help you say it aloud, then its meaning.
((الْاسْتِعَاذَةُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْهُ)).
Al-sti'adhatu billahi minh.
Seeking refuge from him.
once((الْأَذَانُ)).
Al-adhan.
The Adhaan [call to prayer].
once((الْأَذْكَارُ وَقِرَاءَةُ الْقُرْآنِ)).
Al-adhkaru waqira'atul-qur'an.
(Recitation of the Quran and the authentic texts of remembrance and supplications.)(e.g. ‘Do not make your homes like the graveyards, indeed the devils flee from the house in which soorat Al-Baqarah has been read’ related by Muslim 1/539, also supplication and remembrance for the morning & evening, before sleep, when getting up, entering and leaving the toilet, entering and leaving the mosque, the recitation of ayat Al-kursiyy and the last two verses of soorat Al-Baqarah before sleeping, the athan…etc.)
once
Source: Hisn al-Muslim by Saʿid ibn ʿAli ibn Wahf al-Qahtani. The Arabic is verbatim from the book; the English meaning is from the hisnmuslim.com English edition. The transliteration is generated by Waqtazan from the voweled Arabic as a reading aid — the Arabic and the recitation remain the reference. Virtues are quoted only from authentic hadith (al-Bukhari, Muslim, or graded sahih/hasan by al-Albani). Recitations: hisnmuslim.com.
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