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Dua before sleeping — Ayat Al-Kursī
The Prophet ﷺ also said: ‘When you are about to sleep, recite ayat-al-kursi (The verse of the foot-stool, chapter 2:255) till the end of the verse for there will remain over you a protection from Allaah and no devil will draw near to you until morning.'
Qur’anic verse
ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌۭ وَلَا نَوْمٌۭ ۚ لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَىْءٍۢ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwa l-ḥayyu l-qayyūm. Lā ta’khudhuhu sinatun wa lā nawm. Lahu mā fi s-samāwāti wa mā fi l-arḍ. Man dha lladhī yašfa‘u ‘indahu illā bi’idhnih. Ya‘lamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum, wa lā yuḥīṭūna bi-šay’in min ‘ilmihi illā bimā šā’. Wasi‘a kursiyyuhu s-samāwāti wa l-arḍ, wa lā ya’ūduhu ḥifẓuhumā. Wa huwa l-‘aliyyu l-‘aẓīm.
Al-Baqarah 2:255
Translation
Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursī extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.
Al-Baqarah 2:255
When to recite
When retiring to your bed every night
Source / Reference
Hisnul Muslim 96