Morning and Evening Supplications

Among all the acts of dhikr and supplication in the prophetic tradition, none are more consistently emphasised, more comprehensively authenticated, or more immediately transformative in their effect on the Muslim heart and daily life than the morning and evening supplications — the adhkar that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ prescribed to begin and end every single day. These are not optional extras for the especially devout. They are a prophetically prescribed daily programme of remembrance, protection, and gratitude that the Prophet ﷺ himself performed without fail and taught to his companions as one of the most important habits of a Muslim’s day. Our Morning and Evening Supplications section brings together the complete, authentic collection of morning and evening adhkar from the Quran and verified Sunnah presented with Arabic text, transliteration, English translation, and narrated virtues to help every Muslim establish this most powerful of daily Islamic habits.

What Are the Morning and Evening Supplications (Adhkar)?

The morning and evening adhkar are a collection of specific supplications, phrases of remembrance, and Quranic recitations that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ taught his companions to recite at two specific times of the day in the morning after Fajr prayer, and in the evening after Asr prayer as the day transitions toward night. They are drawn from both the Quran, particularly specific ayat whose recitation at these times carries narrated virtues and from the authenticated Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ, compiled and verified by the scholars of hadith and collected in dedicated books of adhkar such as Imam Al-Nawawi’s Al-Adhkar and Ibn Al-Qayyim’s Al-Wabil Al-Sayyib.

Together they form what the scholars have described as the Muslim’s daily “hisn” — fortress — a comprehensive spiritual shield that the Prophet ﷺ designed to protect the believer, strengthen their faith, maintain their gratitude, and keep their heart oriented toward Allah through every hour of the day and night that follows.

The Morning Adhkar — Starting the Day in Allah’s Protection

The morning adhkar are recited after the Fajr prayer — the most blessed time of the day, the time that Allah swears by in the Quran, the time that the Prophet ﷺ described as carrying barakah that extends through the entire day for those who fill it with worship and remembrance. The morning adhkar include Ayatul Kursi, the three Quls, specific phrases of tasbih and tahmid, the dua of protection from harm and evil, the affirmation of tawheed that the Prophet ﷺ described as having extraordinary virtue, and the morning supplication for health, safety, and Allah’s covering of one’s faults — among many others. Together they form a programme of morning remembrance that takes between ten and twenty minutes to complete and that the Prophet ﷺ described as providing protection until the evening.

The Evening Adhkar — Ending the Day in Gratitude and Protection

The evening adhkar are recited after the Asr prayer — as the day begins its descent toward night and the Muslim prepares to hand the coming hours over to Allah’s protection. They mirror the morning adhkar in structure and largely in content, with specific evening variations that acknowledge the transition from day to night, seek protection through the hours of darkness, and close the day with the same conscious, deliberate orientation toward Allah with which it was opened. Together with the morning adhkar they form a complete daily framework of remembrance that the Prophet ﷺ personally maintained and that every Muslim has the ability and the obligation to learn, memorise, and practice.

Why These Adhkar Change Everything

There is something that happens to the Muslim who establishes a consistent morning and evening adhkar practice that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss once experienced. The day feels different. Not because external circumstances have changed — but because the internal orientation has. Beginning the day with ten or twenty minutes of structured remembrance of Allah creates a baseline of tawakkul, gratitude, and conscious faith that colours every subsequent hour. Ending the day the same way brings a sense of completion, of having fulfilled the most important obligation before sleep, of placing the self and the coming night in the hands of the One who never sleeps.

Building the Habit That Changes Everything

The scholars of Islam consistently agree that the morning and evening adhkar are among the first Islamic habits a Muslim seeking to strengthen their faith should establish — because their effect is immediate, their value is narrated directly from the Prophet ﷺ, and their daily repetition creates a rhythm of remembrance that gradually but profoundly reshapes the texture of the entire day.