Entrusting oneself to Allah

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Arabic

اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ لَا مَلْجَأَ وَلَا مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ وَبِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ

Transliteration

Allahumma aslamtu wajhi ilaika, wa fawwaḍtu amrī ilayka, wa aljaʾtu ẓahrī ilayk. raghbatan wa rahbatan ilayk. lā maljāʾa wa lā manjā minka illā ilayk. āmantu bi-kitābika l-ladhī anzalta wa bi-nabiyyika l-ladhī arsalt

Meaning

O Allah, I have submitted my face (i.e., myself) to You, and I have entrusted my affairs to You. and I have relied upon You, in hope and fear of You. There is no refuge and no escape from You except with You. I believe in Your Book (the Quran) which You have revealed and the Prophet whom You sent (Muḥammad).

Virtue of This Dhikr & Related Hadith

Editorial summary (not a verbatim hadith translation): Al-Bara reports instructions to perform ablution, lie on the right side and finish one’s speech before sleep with this supplication. The wording specifies belief in the Prophet whom Allah sent.

Note

The wording follows Bukhari 6311. The report mentions ablution, lying on the right side and making this one’s last spoken words.