Evening Adhkar

Aʿoothu bikalimatil-lahit-tammati min sharri ma khalaq

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Say it 3 times

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

Aʿoothu bikalimatil-lahit-tammati min sharri ma khalaq.

I take refuge in Allah's perfect words from the evil He has created.

Three times in the evening.

Its virtue

The Prophet ﷺ said to a man who had been stung by a scorpion: "Had you said in the evening: I take refuge in Allah's perfect words from the evil of what He created, it would not have harmed you" (Sahih Muslim 2709).

Source: Sahih Muslim 2709; Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3604Sahih

Sahih Muslim mentions it in the evening; saying it three times is from at-Tirmidhi, who graded that narration hasan.