❖ A Comprehensive Supplication for Protection from the Schemes of Shayṭān
Compiled by: Dr. Raza Abdullah Pasha ḥafiẓahullāh
❖ Question:
Is there any comprehensive supplication (duʿāʾ) for protection from the schemes of Shayṭān?
❖ Answer:
Yes, indeed!
It is narrated by Sayyidunā Jābir (RA) that the Noble Prophet ﷺ said:
"أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ الَّتِي لَا يُجَاوِزُهُنَّ بَرٌّ وَلَا فَاجِرٌ، مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ وَذَرَأَ وَبَرَأَ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا ذَرَأَ فِي الْأَرْضِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا، وَمِنْ شَرِّ فِتَنِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ، وَشَرِّ كُلِّ طَارِقٍ إِلَّا طَارِقًا يَطْرُقُ بِخَيْرٍ، يَا رَحْمَٰنُ"
“I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah, which neither the righteous nor the wicked can surpass, from the evil of what He created, scattered, and originated; from the evil that descends from the sky and the evil that ascends therein; from the evil spread across the earth and the evil that emerges from it; from the trials of the night and day; and from the evil of every night visitor, except one who comes with good — O Most Merciful!”
[Musnad Aḥmad 3/419, Sunan al-Bayhaqī Dalāʾil al-Nubuwwah 7/95, Ibn al-Sunnī Ḥadīth 637, Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid 10/127]
❖ Occasion of Revelation: Protection from Shayṭīn
In one narration, it is mentioned that this supplication was taught to the Prophet ﷺ by Jibrīl (AS) at a time when the devils (shayāṭīn) from the mountains and valleys launched an assault on the Prophet ﷺ. With them was Iblīs, carrying a flame of fire intending to harm the noble face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Upon reciting this supplication, Allah protected His Messenger ﷺ from their evil.
