Duas for protection. From evil eye, harm, jinn, the night
The Quran and the Sunnah preserve a small set of supplications the Prophet ﷺ said for protection: Ayat al-Kursi at night, the three quls in the morning and evening, the bismillah-ladhi formula that prevents harm. These are the words to say when you feel exposed.
14 sourced Du'as Arabic, transliteration, meaning, and source
Rabbi a'udhu bika min hamazati-sh-shayatin, wa a'udhu bika Rabbi an yahdurun.
“My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the incitements of the devils, and I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present with me.”
Quran 23:97-98
A direct Quranic prayer for refuge from the prompting of devils and from their presence. It fits moments of temptation, agitation, recurring harmful thoughts, or spiritual unease.
Allahu la ilaha illa Huwa, al-Hayyu-l-Qayyum. La ta'khudhuhu sinatun wa la nawm. Lahu ma fi-s-samawati wa ma fi-l-ard. Man dha-lladhi yashfa'u 'indahu illa bi-idhnih. Ya'lamu ma bayna aydihim wa ma khalfahum, wa la yuhituna bi-shay'in min 'ilmihi illa bi-ma sha'. Wasi'a kursiyyuhu-s-samawati wa-l-ard, wa la ya'uduhu hifdhuhuma, wa Huwa-l-'Aliyyu-l-'Adheem.
“Allah, there is no god but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting. Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth. Who can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what lies before them and what is behind them, and they grasp nothing of His knowledge except what He wills. His Throne extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Most Great.”
Quran 2:255
Whoever recites this in the morning is protected from jinn until evening (Sunan an-Nasa'i al-Kubra 10735, hasan).
Qul a'udhu bi Rabbi-l-falaq. Min sharri ma khalaq. Wa min sharri ghasiqin idha waqab. Wa min sharri-n-naffathati fi-l-'uqad. Wa min sharri hasidin idha hasad.
“Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the daybreak. From the evil of what He has created. From the evil of the darkening night as it descends. From the evil of those who practise witchcraft when they blow in the knots. And from the evil of the envier when he envies.”
Qul a'udhu bi Rabbi-n-nas. Maliki-n-nas. Ilahi-n-nas. Min sharri-l-waswasi-l-khannas. Alladhi yuwaswisu fi suduri-n-nas. Mina-l-jinnati wa-n-nas.
“Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind. The King of mankind. The God of mankind. From the evil of the whispering one who withdraws. Who whispers in the breasts of mankind. From among the jinn and mankind.”
A'udhu bi kalimati-llahi-t-tammati min ghadabihi wa 'iqabih, wa sharri 'ibadih, wa min hamazati-sh-shayatini wa an yahdurun.
“I seek refuge in Allah's perfect words from His anger and punishment, from the evil of His servants, and from the whispers of the devils and from their presence.”
Jami at-Tirmidhi 3528 (hasan) · Sunan Abi Dawud 3893
The Prophet ﷺ said that when one of you is frightened in his sleep, let him say this, and it will not harm him. Al-Albani graded it hasan; Zubair Ali Za'i graded it weak (da'if).
Allahumma inni a'udhu bika mina-l-kufri wa-l-faqr. Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min 'adhabi-l-qabr. La ilaha illa Anta.
“O Allah, I seek refuge in You from disbelief and poverty. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave. There is no deity except You.”
Bismi-llahi arqik, min kulli shay'in yu'dhik, min sharri kulli nafsin aw 'ayni hasid. Allahu yashfik. Bismi-llahi arqik.
“In the name of Allah, I perform ruqyah for you from everything that harms you, from the evil of every soul or envious eye. May Allah cure you. In the name of Allah, I perform ruqyah for you.”
Sahih Muslim 2186
An authentic ruqyah taught in Sahih Muslim, seeking Allah's healing and protection from harm and the envious eye without charms or unsupported formulas.
A'udhu bi-kalimati-llahi-t-tammah, min kulli shaytanin wa hammah, wa min kulli 'aynin lammah.
“I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from every devil and every poisonous creature, and from every evil eye.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 3371
The Prophet ﷺ sought refuge for his grandsons al-Hasan and al-Husayn with these words, and said that Ibrahim (AS) sought refuge with them for Isma'il and Ishaq (AS).