Dhikr No.19
A man came to Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: ‘O Abu Darda, your house is on fire’. He said: ‘It is not on fire’, Allah (may He be glorified and exalted), would not do that, because of some words that I heard from the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) – whoever says them at the beginning of the day, no calamity will befall him until evening comes, and whoever says them at the end of the day, no calamity will befall him until morning comes: These words are:
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ، وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ ، مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ كَانَ وَمَا لَمْ يَشَأْ لَمْ يَكُنْ، لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمِ ، أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًا، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا إِنَّ رَبِّي عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ
Allahumma anta Rabbi, laa ilaaha illa anta, alayka tawakkaltu, wa anta Rabbul-arshil-azeem; Ma sha Allahu kaana wa ma lam yasha lam yakun; laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa Billah il-Aliyil-Adheem. A‘lamu anna Allaha ala kulli shayin qadeer, wa anna Allaha qad ahata bi kulli shayin ilman. Allahumma inni aoodhu bika min sharri nafsi wa min sharri kulli daabbatin anta aakhidhun bi naasiyatiha; inna Rabbi ala siraatin mustaqeem
O Allah, You are my Lord, there is no god but You, in You I put my trust, and You are Lord of the mighty Throne. Whatever Allah wills happens, and whatever Allah does not will does not happen. There is no power and no strength except with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great. I know that Allah has power to do all things and that Allah has encompassed all things by His knowledge. O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the evil of my own self, and the evil of every creature that You hold by its forelock. Verily my Lord is on a straight path.
(Dua at Tibrani, Al Baihaqi An Nabuwwah)