In Your name, my Lord, I lie down

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Arabic

بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّ وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ إِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ

Transliteration

Bismika Rabbī waḍa`tu janbī, wa bika arfa`uh, in amsakta nafsī farḥamhā, wa in arsaltahā faḥfaẓhā bimā taḥfaẓu bihi `ibādakaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

Meaning

With Your Name my Lord, I lay myself down; and with Your Name I rise. if You take my soul, have mercy on it, and if You send it back then protect it as You protect Your righteous slaves.

Virtue of This Dhikr & Related Hadith

Editorial summary (not a verbatim hadith translation): Abu Hurayrah reports that a person should dust the bedding before lying down and say this prayer for mercy and protection.