Dua At Bedtime and at the Time of Waking Up

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مروي عن الأئمة المعصومين عليهم السلام في كتب الأدعية والزيارات المعتبرة.
Virtues, description, and recitation method of DUA AT BEDTIME AND AT THE TIME OF WAKING UP as recorded in Shia traditions.
اَلْحَمْدُ للهِ الْذِى عَلَا فَقَهَرَ
All praise be to Allah Who has exalted, thus dominated.
وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي بَطَنَ فَخَبَرَ
All praise be to Allah Who has been immanent, thus known all things.
وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ الْذِي مَلَكَ فَقَدَرَ
All praise be to Allah Who has owned all things, thus had power over them all.
وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي يُخِيِن الْمَوْتىَ
All praise be to Allah Who gives life to the dead,
وَ يُمِيْتُ الْاخيَاءَ
causes the living to die,
وَ هُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَءِ قَدِيْرٌ.
and He has power over all things.
بِسْمِ اللّهِ
In the Name of Allah.
أَمَنْتُ بِاللهِ
I believe in Allah
وَ كَفَرْتُ بِالطَّاغُوْتِ
and disavow the false deity.
اَللَّهُمَّ اخْفَظُنِى فِى مَنَامِن وَفِى يَقَظَتِىْ.
O Allah, (please) safeguard me in my sleep and in my waking.
اَعُوْذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللهِ
I pray the protection of Allah's almightiness,
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِقُدْرَةِ اللّهِ
I pray the protection of Allah's omnipotence,
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِجَلَالِ اللهِ
I pray the protection of Allah's majesty,
وَ اَعْوْذُ بِسُلْطَانِ اللهِ
I pray the protection of Allah's authority,
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِجَمَالِ اللهِ
I pray the protection of Allah's beauty,
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِدَفْعِ اللهِ
I pray the protection of Allah's defense,
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِمَنْعِ اللهِ
I pray the protection of Allah's guard,
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِجَمْعِ اللهِ
I pray the protection of Allah's wholeness,
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِمُلْكِ اللهِ
I pray the protection of Allah's control,
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِوَجْهِ اللهِ
I pray the protection of Allah's face,
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِرَسُوْلِ اللهِ
and I pray the protection of Allah's Messenger,
صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ أَلِهِ
may Allah bless him and his Household,
مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ وَ بَرَءَ وَ ذَرَءَ.
against the evil of whatever He has created, originated, and made.
اَللَّهُمَّ لَاتُؤْمِنِّى مَكْرَكَ
O Allah, (please) do not make me feel secure against Your plans,
وَلَا تُنْسِنْن ذِكْرَكَ
do not make me forget remembrance of You,
وَلَا تَجْعَلْنِن مِنَ الْغَافِلِيْنَ
and do not include me with the inattentive ones.
اَقَوْمُ سَاعَةً كَذَا وَ كَذَا.
I may wake up at...
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ رَبِّ النَّبِيْيِّنَ
All glory be to Allah the Lord of the prophets,
وَ اِلْهِ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ
the God of the messengers,
وَ رَبِّ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِيْنَ
and the Lord of the enfeebled ones.
وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي يُخِيِى الْمَوْثَى
All praise be to Allah Who gives life to the dead
وَ هُوَ عَلَى كُلَّشَءِ قَدِيْرٌ
and He has power over all things.
اَللَّهُمَّ آَعِنَّى عَلَى هَوْلِ الْمُطَّلَعِ
O Allah, help me stand the horror of the after-death scene,
وَ وَسِّغ عَلَىَّ ضِيْقَ الْمَضْجَعِ
expand for me the narrow abode,
وَازْزُقْنِىْ خَيْرَ مَا قَبْلَ الْمَوْتِ
provide me with the welfare of what is before death,
وَاززُقْنِىْ خَيْرَ مَا بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ.
and provide me with the welfare of what is after death.