Protection & Safety

Invocation for Environmental and Physical Protection

Hadith: Sunan at-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawood

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

Transliteration

Bismillahil-ladhi la yadurru ma'as-mihi shai'un fil-ardi wa la fis-sama'i, wa Hu-was-Sami'ul-'Alim.

English Meaning

In the Name of Allah with Whose Name there is protection against every kind of harm in the earth or in the heaven, and He is the All-Hearing and All-Knowing.

বাংলা অর্থ

সেই আল্লাহর নামে যাঁর নামের সাথে আসমান ও যমীনের কোনো কিছুই কোনো ক্ষতি করতে পারে না; আর তিনি সর্বশ্রোতা, সর্বজ্ঞানী।

protectionmorningeveningsafetyharm

Significance & Context

This supplication establishes a paradigm where the verbal recitation itself modifies susceptibility to random environmental trauma. It grounds safety absolutely in the omniscience and omnipresence of the Creator.

Related Duas

رَبَّنَا آَتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآَخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Rabbana atina fid-dunya hasanatan wa fil-akhirati hasanatan waqina adhaban nar.

Our Lord! Grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the torment of the Fire.

Quran: Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:201

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رَبَّنَا اصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا. إِنَّهَا سَاءَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَمُقَامًا

Rabbanasrif anna adhaba jahannama inna adhabaha kana gharama. Innaha sa'at mustaqarran wa muqama.

Our Lord! Keep the punishment of Hell away from us. Its punishment is indeed a constant torment — it is truly the worst place to settle and reside.

Quran: Surah Al-Furqan, 25:65-66

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رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا أَنْتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ

Rabbana wa la tuhammilna ma la taqata lana bihi; wa'fu anna waghfir lana warhamna, anta mawlana fansurna alal qawmil kafirin.

Our Lord! Do not burden us with what we cannot bear. Pardon us, forgive us, and have mercy on us. You are our Master, so grant us victory over the disbelieving people.

Quran: Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:286

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