Sleeping Supplication

Arabic

بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّي وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي، وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ، فَإِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا، وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ

Urdu Translation

تیرے نام سے اے میرے رب! میں نے اپنا پہلو رکھا اور تیرے نام سے اسے اٹھاؤں گا، پس اگر تو نے میری جان روک لی تو اس پر رحم کر اور اگر اسے بھیج دیا تو اپنے نیک بندوں کی حفاظت جیسے اسے بھی حفاظت فرما

Transliteration

Bismika rabbi wada'tu janbi, wa bika arfa'uhu, fa in amsakta nafsi farhamha, wa in arsaltaha fahfazha bima tahfazhu bihi ibadakas saliheen

English Translation

In Your name, my Lord, I lay down my side, and by Your leave I raise it up. If You take my soul, then have mercy on it, and if You send it back, then protect it with that which You protect Your righteous servants.

📚 Source: Bukhari 11/113, Hisnul Muslim

About sleeping duas

Supplications for going to sleep and waking up, reported from the Prophet ﷺ. They frame sleep as a handing-over of the soul to Allah and waking as a return of it.

They are commonly said when lying down at night and on waking, as part of the daily bedtime routine.

About the source

It is reported in Sahih al-Bukhari and/or Sahih Muslim, the two hadith collections that scholars rank highest for authenticity. The reference also cites Hisnul Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim), the popular compilation of daily supplications.

Translations are provided for understanding. For the ruling or recommended timing of any dua, consult a qualified scholar. See our sources and methodology.

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