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Dua 2 of 13Hisn al-Muslim 100Sleep and waking

﴿اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ لاَ تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلاَ نَوْمٌ لَّهُ مَا فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الأَرْضِ مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلاَ يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلاَّ بِمَا شَاء وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ وَلاَ يَؤُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ﴾

Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwa l-ḥayyu l-qayyūmu lā taʾkhudhuhu sinatun walā nawmun llahu mā fī as-samawāti wamā fī l-ʾarḍi man dhā alladhī yashfaʿu ʿindahu illā bi-idhnihi yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum walā yuḥīṭūna bi-shayʾin mmin ʿilmihi illā bimā shāʾ wasiʿa kursiyyuhu as-samawāti wa-l-ʾarḍa walā yaʾūduhu ḥifẓuhumā wahuwa l-ʿaliyyu l-ʿaẓīm

Allah—there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. Everything in the heavens and on the earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what lies before people and what lies beyond them, while they grasp nothing of His knowledge except what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and preserving them does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Magnificent.

Recited by Muhammad Jumah
1:11

Duas are drawn from Hisn al-Muslim by Sa'id ibn Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani, through the OpenDua library built by Ihsan Labs at the Human Development Fund. OpenDua English, transliteration and dataset structure are licensed CC BY 4.0. Recitation by Muhammad Jumah for OpenDua. OpenDua makes no ownership claim over the underlying religious texts.

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