الكافي- ط الاسلامية, volume 2, page 528

18. Ali has narrated from his father from Hammad from Hariz from Zurara from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following: “One in the morning should say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the morning, all praise belongs to Allah, who opens the morning, [ three times]. O Lord, open for me the door of the matter in which there is felicitation and good health, O Lord, prepare its way for me and show me the way out of it. O Lord, if You have decided that any of Your creatures should over power me in an evil way, seize him from all directions, front, back, right, left, above and below and suffice me by whatever means You like, whenever and however You want.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

19. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Muhammad ibn Isma’Il from abu Isma’Il al-Sarraj from al-Husayn ibn al- Mukhtar from a man from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following: “Anyone who says in the morning, ‘O Lord, this morning I am under Your protection and bailsmanship, O Lord, I leave my religion, myself, my world, my hereafter, my family, and my belongings in Your trust and I seek protection with You, O Great, against the evil of all of Your creatures. I seek protection with You against the evil of the confusion of Satan and his army,’ nothing will harm him that day. If in the evening he says this nothing can harm him that night by the will of Allah, the Most Blessed, the Most High.”’

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

20. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Husayn ibn Sa’Id from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Ali ibn abu Hamza from abu Basir from abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) who has said the following: “When you perform the Maghrib (prayer at sunset) and morning prayers say, ‘(I begin) in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful, there are no means and no power without the help of Allah, the Most High, the Most Great,’ seven times. Whoever says this will not suffer from leprosy, insanity as well as seventy other kinds of misfortunes. The Imam said, ‘If you say in the morning and in the evening, “All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the morning and all praise belongs to Allah, Who opens up the morning’, [two times]. ‘All praise belongs to Allah, who removes the night by His power and brings the morning through His favor and we enjoy good health,’ then recite verses 255 of Chapter Two of the Holy Quran, the last verse of Chapter 59 and ten verses of Chapter 37: ‘Your Lord, the Lord of Honor, is by far more exalted and above being considered as they describe Him. [37:180] Peace be with the Messengers (of Allah) [37:181] . It is only Allah, the Lord of the worlds, Who deserves all praise.’ [37:182] and, ‘Glory belongs to Allah, when they (creatures) are in the morning and in the evening, [30:17] all praise belongs to Allah, in the heavens and on earth, at later evening and at noon time, [30:18] He brings out the living from the dead and the dead from the living, gives life to earth after it dies away and in a similar way you will come to life again.’ [30:19] and, ‘He is Glorious and Most Holy, Lord of the angels and the Spirit. (O Lord,) Your mercy comes before Your anger, no one deserves to be worshipped except You, glory belongs to You. I have committed evil deeds and wronged myself grant me forgiveness, grant me mercy and accept my repentance; You grant acceptance to repentance; You are most Merciful.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.