Remembrance of Allah — Page 66
66 of freshness. And when someone goes to sleep in that state of freshness after having performed the ablution, he will also get up in the same state of freshness. This is a common observa- tion that a person who goes to sleep crying wakes up scream- ing, and if he goes to sleep smiling then he will also get up with a cheerful countenance. Similarly, a person who goes to sleep fresh having done ablution will also wake up fresh. And in this way he will be helped in waking up. 4. THE FOURTH METHOD is to recite some dhikr before going to sleep; the result of this will be that you will wake up again for dhikr during the night. This is indeed the reason why the Holy Prophet s as also used to perform the following dhikr before going to sleep: First he would recite A yatul-Kurs i. 17 Then he would recite the last three chapters of the Holy Quran18 and, having done this, he would gently blow upon his hands and lightly pass them over his entire body. He would do this three times. Then he would turn his face to his right and say: َ اَللّٰهُم َّ أَسْلَمْت ُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْك َ وَفَوَّضْت ُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْك َ وَأَلْجَأْت ُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْك َ رَغْبَة ً وَرَهْبَة ً إِلَيْك ك َ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ. ِّ ِتَابِك َ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْت َ وَبِنَبِي ک ِ ل َ مَلْجَأ َ وَل َ مَنْجَا مِنْك َ إِل َّ إِلَيْك َ آمَنْت ُ ب [ Allahumma aslamto waj hi ilaika wa fawwadtu amri ilaik raghbatan wa rahbatan ilaik. La malja’a wa la man- ja’a minka illa ilaik. Allahumma a manto bikitabikalladhi anzalta wa nabiyyikalladhi arsalta—‘ O our Allah, I put myself in Your protection, and turn my face towards You and assign all my affairs to You, with complete inclination and fear of You. There is no refuge or protection from You except towards Yourself. I believe in Your Book which You