Upon Waking — أذكار الاستيقاظ

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Dua 1

All praise to Allah who gave us life

The very first words upon waking

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi lladhī aḥyānā baʿda mā amātanā wa ilayhi n-nushūr.

All praise is for Allah who gave us life after causing us to die, and to Him is the resurrection.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6324.

Sleep is the minor death — and waking is a minor resurrection.

Dua 2

Thanks for body, soul, and the ability to remember Allah

Upon waking

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي عَافَانِي فِي جَسَدِي، وَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ رُوحِي، وَأَذِنَ لِي بِذِكْرِهِ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi lladhī ʿāfānī fī jasadī, wa radda ʿalayya rūḥī, wa adhina lī bi-dhikrih.

All praise is for Allah who granted me well-being in my body, returned my soul to me, and permitted me to remember Him.

Tirmidhī 3401.

Dua 3

When you wake during the night

If you wake up at any point during the night

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ. سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَلَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ

Lā ilāha illa llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu l-mulku wa lahu l-ḥamdu, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr. Subḥāna llāh, wa l-ḥamdu lillāh, wa lā ilāha illa llāh, wa llāhu Akbar, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāhi l-ʿAliyyi l-ʿAẓīm.

There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. To Him belongs all sovereignty and praise, and He is over all things capable. Glory is to Allah, all praise is for Allah, there is no god but Allah, Allah is the Greatest, and there is no power and no strength except with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1154.

Whoever wakes up at night and says this, then makes dua, he will be answered. If he makes wuḍūʾ and prays, his prayer will be accepted.

Dua 4

The last 10 verses of Āl ʿImrān

Upon waking — a Prophetic practice

إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ لَآيَاتٍ لِّأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ

Inna fī khalqi s-samāwāti wa l-arḍi wakhitlāfi l-layli wa n-nahāri la-āyātin li-uli l-albāb.

Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day are signs for those of understanding.

Read the full passage → Quran 3:190–200

Quran 3:190. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4569, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 763.

Ibn ʿAbbās spent a night with the Prophet ﷺ. When the Prophet ﷺ woke for tahajjud, he looked up at the sky and recited these final verses of Āl ʿImrān (3:190–200).

Dua 5

Wipe sleep from your face

The physical sunnah upon waking

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَمْسَحُ النَّوْمَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ بِيَدِهِ

Kāna n-Nabiyyu ﷺ idhā stayqaẓa mina l-layli yamsaḥu n-nawma ʿan wajhihī bi-yadih.

When the Prophet ﷺ woke up at night, he would rub the sleep from his face with his hands.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 183, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 763 — narrated by Ibn ʿAbbās.

A small physical sunnah that helps you transition from sleep to awareness — then recite the waking duas above.

Dua 6

If you had a bad dream

Upon waking from a nightmare or disturbing dream

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

Aʿūdhu billāhi mina sh-Shayṭāni r-rajīm.

I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shayṭān.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2262.

(1) Spit lightly to your left three times. (2) Seek refuge in Allah from Shayṭān. (3) Turn to your other side. (4) Do not tell anyone about it. A good dream is from Allah — share it. A bad dream is from Shayṭān — seek refuge and it will not harm you.