Remembrance 5 from Chapter 60

Qul Huwa-llāhu Aḥad. . .
Qul a‘ūdhu bi-Rabbi-l-falaq. . .
Qul a‘ūdhu bi-Rabbi-n-nās. . .

And we relate from the two Ṣaḥīḥs, from ‘Ā’ishah , who also reported that every night when the Messenger of Allah went to bed, he put his palms together, blew onto them, and recited over them “Say: He is Allah, One”, “Say: I seek protection in the Lord of the dawn” ^[6].and “Say: I seek protection in the Lord of men”. Then he passed them over whatever parts of his body he was able to, beginning with his head, his face, and the front part of his body. He did this thrice. ^[7].The linguists say that the meaning of an-nafth is ‘a light puff of breath without spittle’ (nafkh laṭīf bi-lā rīq).

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