Invocations for the beginning of the prayer

اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبِيراً

Allāhu akbaru ka-bi-yrā

Allah is Most Great.

وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيراً

Wa-l-ḥamdu li-llāhi ka-thīrā

Much praise is for Allah.

وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلاً

Wa subḥāna llāhi bukratan wa aṣīlā

I declare the perfection of Allah in the early morning and in the late afternoon.

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ: مِنْ نَفْخِهِ، وَنَفْثِهِ، وَهَمْزِهِ

Aʿūdhu bi-llāhi mina ash-shayṭāni: min nafkhihi, wa nafthihi, wa hamzih

I take refuge with Allah from the devil, from his pride, his poetry and his madness.