When the whispering finally stops
Said on waking, after the night has been got through.
اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي رَدَّ كَيْدَهُ إِلَى الْوَسْوَسَةِ
Allāhu akbar (×3). Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī radda kaydahu ila-l-waswasah.
“Allah is greatest, three times. All praise is for Allah, who turned his plotting back into mere whispering.”
The plotting is reduced to whispering. It is not that the whisper stops; it is that it is all that is left of the attack.
The full narration
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah! one of us has thoughts of such nature that he would rather be reduced to charcoal than speak about them. He said: Allah is Most Great, Allah is Most Great, Allah is Most Great. Praise be to Allah Who has reduced the guile of the devil to evil prompting. Ibn Qudamah said "reduced his matter" instead of "reduced his guile". Ibn Qudamah said "reduced his matter" instead of "reduced his guile
Source
Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 5112
- Al-Albani: Sahih
- Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid: Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad Sahih