Dua of The Week

Authu bikalimaatil lahi tammati min sharri maa khalaq

And in Tirmithi it is narrated that whoever says three times in the morning: “Authu bikalimaatil lahi tammati min sharri maa khalaq (I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created)” no sting will harm him that night.”

And here, the word sting means the sting of any animal that possesses poison; like that of the scorpion or anything similar to that.

Within this hadith is proof for this virtuous supplication.  Whoever says it when the evening approaches, then he is protected by the permission of Allah from being harmed or stung by a snake, a scorpion or the like.

He stated in the hadith “Authu (I seek refuge),” which means: I seek refuge (in Allah), I hold onto (Allah).  The reality of it is to flee from that thing which one fears, to the One who can defend you from its evil.  This returning or going back to Allah is to flee from that which can harm or destroy you and to seek that refuge with your Lord, your King by fleeing or turning to Him.  By this you hold onto Him, seeking His protection and seeking His refuge.

The meaning of “bikalimaatil lahi (with the words of Allah)” is said to be the Noble Qur’an.  The meaning of “tammati (the perfect words)” this means the words which are not connected to any type of deficiency or short comings, like those words that may be connected to the speech of human beings.

His (saws) saying, “min sharri maa khalaq (from the evil of what He has created)” means: from every evil, from every created thing that can cause harm whether it be from animals or other than them, from humans or jinn, from vermin’s or pests and from strong winds or thunderbolts.  This also means any kind of tribulation that one can be afflicted by in this life or in the next.