In Your name, my Lord, I lay down my side
Sleep Adhkar
In Your name, my Lord, I lay down my side
بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّي وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي، وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ، إِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا، وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ
Bismika Rabbi wada'tu janbi, wa bika arfa'uh, in amsakta nafsi farhamha, wa in arsaltaha fahfazha bima tahfazu bihi 'ibadaka-s-salihin.
In Your name, my Lord, I lay down my side, and by You I raise it. If You take my soul, then have mercy on it, and if You release it, then protect it as You protect Your righteous servants.
Plain text (no diacritics)
باسمك ربي وضعت جنبي، وبك أرفعه، إن أمسكت نفسي فارحمها، وإن أرسلتها فاحفظها بما تحفظ به عبادك الصالحين
When is it said?
The adhkar of sleep are said on taking to your bed, after you have lain down and before sleep overtakes you. Someone who says them and then wakes in the night does not repeat them.
Where it comes in the litany
Dhikr number 4 of 10 in Sleep Adhkar — read in the order they are said.
