Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abu Al-Tiyah narrates that a man asked Hazrat Abdullah bin Khabsh, “When the devils tried to plot against the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), what did he do?” Abdullah replied, “Devils came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) descending from different valleys and mountains, and among them was a devil who had a large burning ember of fire. He wanted to burn the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with it. But then that devil became overawed by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).” Ja’far, the narrator, says, “I think he began to retreat.” Hazrat Jibreel (peace be upon him) arrived and said, ‘O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! Say.’ The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, ‘What should I say?’ Jibreel said, ‘Say: I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah, which no wicked or righteous creature among creation can surpass, and no one born or emerging can surpass. And I seek refuge from the evil of whatever descends from the sky and whatever ascends to it, and from the evil of whatever enters the earth and whatever comes out of it, and from the evil of the trials of night and day, and from the evil of anything that comes at night except that which comes with goodness, O Most Merciful.’ The narrator says, ‘Then the fire of the devils was extinguished and Allah Almighty made them unsuccessful.’