Seeking Refuge, Then Affirming Allah as Ever-Living
أَعُوْذُ بِاللّٰهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيْمِ. اَللّٰهُ لَآ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَىُّ الْقَيُّوْمُ ، لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌ وَّلَا نَوْمٌ ، لَهُۥ مَا فِى السَّمٰـوٰتِ وَمَا فِى الْأَرْضِ ، مَنْ ذَا الَّذِىْ يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُۥ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ، يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيْهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ، وَلَا يُحِيْطُوْنَ بِشَىْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ ، وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمٰـوٰتِ وَالْأَرْضَ، وَلَا يَئُوْدُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَا ، وَهُوَ الْعَلِىُّ الْعَظِيْمُ.
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. Allah: there is no god but Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is there that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He wills. His Kursī extends over the heavens and the earth, and guarding them does not weigh on Him. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.
Aʿūdhu bi-llāhi mina-sh-shayṭāni-r-rajīm. Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwa-l-ḥayyu-l-qayyūm, lā taʾkhudhuhū sinatun wa-lā nawm, lahū mā fi-s-samāwāti wa-mā fi-l-arḍ, man dhā-lladhī yashfaʿu ʿindahū illā bi-idhnih, yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wa-mā khalfahum, wa-lā yuḥīṭūna bi-shayʾin min ʿilmihī illā bi-mā shāʾ, wasiʿa kursiyyuhu-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, wa-lā yaʾūduhū ḥifẓuhumā, wa-huwa-l-ʿaliyyu-l-ʿaẓīm.

