There is neither Mighty nor Strength except with Allah -azwj ’.
There is neither Mighty nor Strength except with Allah -azwj ’. So the Satans -la who come across him would move away and the Angels would strike their -la faces and they would be saying: ‘There is no way for you all upon him, and he has Named Allah -azwj and believed in Him -azwj , and relied upon Him -azwj , and said ‘Whatever Allah -azwj so Desires, there is neither Might nor Strength except with Allah -azwj ’’.
[20] APPENDIX I: Recite before going to sleep: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِذَا أَوَى أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَلْيَقُلِ.
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, (It has been narrated) raising it to Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Whenever one of you retires to his bed, so let him say: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي احْتَبَسْتُ نَفْسِي عِنْدَكَ فَاحْتَبِسْهَا فِي مَحَلِّ رِضْوَانِكَ وَ مَغْفِرَتِكَ وَ إِنْ رَدَدْتَهَا إِلَى بَدَنِي فَارْدُدْهَا مُؤْمِنَةً عَارِفَةً بِحَقِّ أَوْلِيَائِكَ حَتَّى تَتَوَفَّاهَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ ‘O Allah -azwj !
I have retained my soul with You -azwj , therefore Withhold it in a place of Your -azwj Pleasure and Your -azwj Forgiveness, and if you return it to my body, so return it as a Momin , a recogniser of the rights of Your -azwj Guardians -asws until You Cause him to die upon that’.
[21] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( صلوات الله عليه ) يَقُولُ A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Maymoun, from; Abu Abdullah -asws having said from ‘Amir Al- Momineen -asws to recite: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الِاحْتِلَامِ وَ مِنْ سُوءِ الْأَحْلَامِ وَ أَنْ يَلْعَبَ بِيَ الشَّيْطَانُ فِي الْيَقَظَةِ وَ الْمَنَامِ .
‘O Allah -azwj ! I seek Refuge with You -azwj from the wet dreams and the evil dreams, and that the Satan -la would play with me -asws during the wakefulness and the sleep’. [22] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ نَجِيحٍ قَالَ كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ إِذَا أَوَيْتَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ فَقُلْ.
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