Evening Azkar · 13 of 23
Get Freed from the Hell-fire
Four Times for Complete Freedom
Arabic
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَمْسَيْتُ أُشْهِدُكَ وَأُشْهِدُ حَمَلَةَ عَرْشِكَ وَمَلَائِكَتَكَ وَجَمِيعَ خَلْقِكَ، أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ
Transliteration
Allahumma innee amsaytu ush-hiduka, wa ush-hidu hamlata 'arshika, wa malaa'ikatika wa jamee'a khalqik, annaka Antal-laahu laa ilaaha illa Anta wahdak, laa shareeka lak, wa anna Muhammadan 'abduka wa rasooluk.
Meaning in English
O Allah, I have entered the evening, and I call upon You, the bearers of Your Throne, Your angels and all creation, to bear witness that surely You are Allah. There is no god worthy of worship except You Alone. You have no partners, and that Muhammad ﷺ is Your slave and Your Messenger.
Virtue and source
Anas b. Maalik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whosoever reads [the above] in the morning or evening once, Allah frees a quarter of him from the Hell-fire. If he reads it twice, Allah frees half of him from the Hell-fire. If he reads it thrice, Allah frees three-quarters of him from the Hell-fire. And if he reads it four times, Allah (completely) frees him from the Hell-fire." (Abu Dawud 5069)
How to read this dhikr
Get Freed from the Hell-fire is part of the evening azkar, the adhkar the Prophet ﷺ taught for the evening. The best time is after Asr, before the sun sets; if you miss that window it can still be read after Maghrib, before you sleep.
It is read 4 times. In the Sadeeq app a single tap counts each repetition and moves you on automatically when you reach 4, so you can keep your attention on the words rather than on a counter.
The same dhikr is also part of the morning azkar.