Sunnah Duas Upon Awakening for Tahajjud

Upon awakening for Tahajjud, recite the last ten verses of Surah Aal-e-Imraan.^[1] Also recite the following before commencing the Tahajjud Salaah:

(1) Allahu Akbar ten times

(2) Alhamdulillah ten times

(3) Subhaanallahi wabihamdihi ten times

(4) Subhaanal Malikil Quddoos ten times

Before sleeping, we are taught to recite the masnoon duas and remember Allah Ta‘ala. Among the masnoon duas before sleeping, is the following dua:

O Allah Ta‘ala, with Your name do I die and live.

In this dua, sleep has been resembled to death, due to the fact that when a person sleeps, he loses his senses and consciousness.

The incident of the people of the elephants occurred approximately fifty five days prior to the birth of Rasulullah (Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam). An entire Surah of the Qur’aan Shareef has been dedicated to this incident, the details of which have been recorded in the books of Tafseer, Hadith and Seerat. …