What he said as evening came in
It asks about the night, and then about what comes after it.
اللَّهُمَّ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ وَشَرِّ مَا بَعْدَهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَسُوءِ الْكِبَرِ
Allāhumma asʾaluka khayra hādhihi-l-laylah, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharri hādhihi-l-laylati wa sharri mā baʿdahā. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-kasali wa sūʾi-l-kibar
“O Allah, I ask You for the good of this night, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of this night and the evil of what comes after it. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from laziness and from a bad old age.”
Where this comes from
Ibn Masʿud reports that in the evening he said: we have entered the evening and the kingdom has entered the evening belonging to Allah. Then this. Sūʾ al-kibar is not old age. It is old age gone wrong.
The full narration
Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported that when it was evening Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to supplicate:" We entered upon evening and the whole Kingdom of Allah also entered upon evening and praise is due to Allah. There is no god but Allah, the One Who has no partner with Him." Hasan said that Zubaid reported to him that he memorised it from Ibrahim in these very words." His is the Sovereignty and Praise is due to Him, and He is Potent over everything. O Allah, I beg of Thee the good of this night and I seek refuge in Thee from the evil of this night and the evil which follows it. O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from sloth, from the evil of vanity. O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from torment in the Hell-Fire and from torment in the grave
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 6907
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)