Bedtime Duas

Duas Before Sleeping

Dua 1

Arabic

بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

Transliteration

Bismika Allahumma amutu wa ahya.

Meaning

“In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.”

Easy Meaning for Children

“O Allah, I sleep and wake up in Your name.”

Dua 2

Arabic

بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّي وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي، وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ، فَإِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا، وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ

Transliteration

Bismika Rabbi wada‘tu janbi, wa bika arfa‘uhu. Fa in amsakta nafsi farhamha, wa in arsaltaha fahfazha bima tahfazu bihi ‘ibadakas-salihin.

Meaning

“In Your name, my Lord, I lie down, and with Your help I rise. If You take my soul, have mercy on it. If You return it, protect it as You protect Your righteous servants.”

Easy Meaning for Children

“O Allah, I sleep in Your name. Please have mercy on me and keep me safe.”

⭐ What Do We Learn?

Allah protects us while we sleep.

Before sleeping, we remember Allah and ask Him to keep us safe.

Amina’s Bedtime

Amina puts on her pyjamas and brushes her teeth.

She lies down on her right side and says her bedtime duas.

Her mother smiles and says:

“MashaAllah! Amina remembers Allah before sleeping.”

Bedtime Sunnahs

✅ Brush your teeth.

✅ Make wudu if possible.

✅ Lie on your right side.

✅ Say your bedtime duas.

✅ Sleep with a clean and thankful heart.

❓Let’s Remember

When do we say these duas?

➡️ Before sleeping.

Who protects us while we sleep?

➡️ Allah.

Who taught us these duas?

➡️ Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.

⭐ My Promise

I will remember Allah and say my duas before sleeping.

May Allah protect us every night. Ameen.