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Aug 26, 2025
In today’s stressful world, millions of people struggle with anxiety, depression, and spiritual emptiness. Islam offers a powerful solution through the practice of morning and evening azkar, sacred prayers and remembrances taught by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Known as “Hisn al-Muslim” or “Fortress of the Muslim,” these daily supplications provide comprehensive spiritual protection and mental peace.
The study explores how regular recitation of azkar creates a protective shield around believers, guarding them from Satan’s negative influence and life’s daily challenges. Morning azkar, performed after Fajr prayer, strengthen the heart and mind for the day ahead, while evening azkar, recited after Maghrib, cleanse the soul and provide peaceful sleep.
Scientific research shows that dhikr (remembrance of Allah) reduces stress hormones, lowers blood pressure, and improves mental health. Beyond physical benefits, these prophetic prayers offer spiritual advantages including protection from evil eye, increased faith (iman), forgiveness of sins, and divine blessings.
Key benefits of consistent azkar (Plural of ziker/dhiker) practice include:
This comprehensive guide demonstrates how incorporating morning and evening azkar into daily routine transforms both spiritual and psychological well-being. Based on authentic Quranic verses and hadith, these time-tested practices offer modern Muslims practical tools for achieving lasting peace, protection, and success in this life and the hereafter.
The more a person gets away from Allah, the more he gets trapped in troubles, difficulties and calamities. If a person wants to get rid of all these above things, then he should have to be very close to Allah.
And the best, most effective and Sunnah way of being very close to Allah is the remembrance of Allah, because when a person remembers Allah, Allah also remembers him. Therefore, Allah Almighty said:
O people, remember me and I will also remember you. (Surat al-Baqarah: 152)
People in the world have made many different rules for their friendship. When someone from their friends does not fulfill them, they become enemies and do not miss any opportunity to cause them harm.
The best method of protecting oneself from their enemies and avoiding their harm is the remembrance of Allah, as Allah Tabarak and Exalted has said in the Holy Qur’an:
O believers! When you meet enemies, remember Allah often while remaining steadfast so that you will be successful. (Surah Al-Anfal: 45)
Nowadays, people in the world are suffering from restlessness of hearts therefore many very dangerous diseases like heart attack, blood pressure and diabetes are spreading in people.
In order to prevent all these diseases, a person must have deep peace and rest and that only could be found by worriless of heart.
Allah the almighty has mentioned the remembrance of Allah as one of the main and big reasons for giving peace to the hearts and comfort to the soul. The Almighty Allah says in the Holy Quran:
Remember, the hearts find satisfaction only in the remembrance of Allah. (Surat al-Ra’d: 28)
Due to the sins of man, problems difficulties, troubles and errors come in his life. Similarly, many spiritual diseases are related to man’s excesses in sins. As if it is very important to leave the all big and small sins to get protected from spiritual diseases, troubles and satanic attacks.
Allah Almighty has called the remembrance of Allah as the great reason for the forgiveness of sins only by them someone can get protected from all above mentioned the diseases. The Almighty saying in the holy Quran:
Allah has promised a wide forgiveness and a great reward for men and women who remember Allah frequently. (Surah Al-Ahzab: 35)
Satan weakens or destroys man’s relationship with Allah and makes him his slave by various methods, due to which man sinks into sins.
While Allah almighty has said that if you want to get out of the slavery of Satan and strengthen your relationship with Allah, then make a relationship with the remembrance of Allah.
Economy means all the facilities used for living human life. Allah Ta’ala has said in the Holy Qur’an that whoever turns away from the remembrance of Me, I will restrict his economy
As if a person wants his life to be easy and spacious, then he should have a special relationship with the remembrance of Allah
Sometimes a person’s sins become trials and tribulations for him. Allah Ta’ala has ordered to turn to His remembrance to remove wordily trials and troubles.
Therefore, in Surah Al-Anbiya, Allah Ta’ala has narrated the incident of Hazrat Ayyub (peace be upon him) that when a trial came upon him, he got out himself from the trial by remembering of Allah.
Hypocrisy means that there is duplicity in a person, neither he remains a full Muslim nor he becomes a full kafir, while the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said that one of the best way to get rid of hypocrisy is to mention Allah frequently.
The Prophet ﷺ said: He who mentions Allah often is freed from hypocrisy. (Jami Tirmidhi: 3376)
Circumstances keep changing on a person, sometimes the life of a person becomes easy and sometimes he is surrounded by problems , and sometimes the bad time of a person is averted because of someone’s prayer. Surely the person will be safe from troubles and difficulties for which the angels of Allah pray.
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: A person who mentions Allah frequently in prosperity, angels intercede for him (in the presence of Allah to remove him from problems) at the time of pain and difficulties. (Musanaf Ibn Abi Shaiba: 31454)
Jealousy and evil eye are dangerous spiritual diseases that work very quickly to harm a person. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said that sometimes a person dies because of an evil eye, because a person does not know whether he is suffering from a spiritual disease or suffering from physical illness.
One of the major spiritual benefits of azkar is that as long as one is connected with them and performs them regularly, one is completely protected from envy and evil eye. The Holy Qur’an is a great mention of Allah
In the last surah of the Holy Qur’an, a prayer is sought for Allah’s protection from jealousy and it is ordered to read this surah three times daily in the morning and evening.
Satan attacks people in different ways. Sometimes the attack of Satan causes great temptations and often leads to death. The Messenger of Allah, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, “Whoever recites the first four verses of Surah Al-Baqarah, the two verses after Ayat al-Kursi, and the last three verses of Surah Al-Baqarah, he and his family will be protected from the attacks of Satan on that day.
Likewise, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “A person who remembers Allah locks himself in the strong fortress of Allah’s protection, and rebellious jinn and devils cannot harm him.” (Sahih Ibn Hibban: 6233)
Every human being is a candidate for Allah’s mercy. If a person is deprived of Allah’s mercy, he will be in severe trouble.
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, has said “that when people gather for the remembrance of Allah, the angels of Allah surround them, the mercy of Allah overshadows them, and peace begins to descend upon them from Allah.” (Sahih Muslim: 6855)
It seems that the more a person remembers Allah, the more he deserves mercy and the rewards of Allah will continue to be upon him.
Hardness of heart and lack of softness in tone is a very painful thing for a person in worldly life.
A person becomes estranged from his friends and relatives and even his very closes people shy away from approaching to him just because of his bad attitude and hard tone. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has explained the reason for the remembrance of Allah to make the hearts soft and the voices smooth, so the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, has said:
Talking too much besides the remembrance of Allah is a cause of hardness of hearts and distance from Allah (Sunan Tirmidhi: 2411).
Man is in need of Allah Almighty at all times, except for him, there is no one capable of relieving man’s difficulties or fulfilling his needs. Man also tries to ask Allah Almighty and fulfill his needs. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has given an easy recipe for the acceptance of every supplication, so the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) has said:
The supplication of one who mentions Allah often is not rejected. (Silsila Sahiha: 1211)
The whole existence of man is loaded with the favors and rewards of Allah Ta’ala. In return for all these favors, man only is ordered to thank Allah Ta’ala, while the easiest way of thanking Allah Ta’ala has been mentioned by the Prophet of Allah, peace be upon him. The Prophet ﷺ said:
If a person recites the following dua in the morning, he will give thanks to Allah in the morning, and if he recites it in the evening, he will give thanks to Allah in the evening. (Sahih Ibn Hibban: 861)
اللّهُـمَّ ما أَصْبَـَحَ بي مِـنْ نِعْـمَةٍ أَو بِأَحَـدٍ مِـنْ خَلْـقِك ، فَمِـنْكَ وَحْـدَكَ لا شريكَ لَـك ، فَلَـكَ الْحَمْـدُ وَلَـكَ الشُّكْـر
O Allah, whatever blessing has been received by me or anyone of Your creation is from You alone, You have no partner. All praise is for you and thanks is to You.
A person faces numerous problems in twenty-four hours. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, described the best solution to get rid of problems, the remembrance of Allah. If he reads it, then Allah will suffice him from all the troubles of this world and the hereafter. (Sunan Abi Dawud: 5081)
Man is always in need of duas because he does not know who will supplicate for him and may Allah grant His mercy. The Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has also called the remembrance of Allah as the reason for receiving the supplications of the angels.
A person who recites Tawz three times in the morning and recites Surah al-Hashr once, seventy thousand angels pray for him, and whoever does this in the evening, seventy thousand angels pray for him in the morning. (Sunan Tirmidhi: 2923)
Among the creations of Allah, there are many poisonous ones, the bite of which sometimes causes the death of a person, and sometimes the person becomes very sick. The Prophet (peace be upon him) has said that whoever recites the following words three times in the morning and in the evening, nothing harmful will harm him. (Sunan Tirmidhi: 3388)
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ، فِي الْأَرْضِ، وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ. (ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ)
In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing can harm on earth or in the heavens, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
A person has to make many transactions with others in their daily life. Sometimes a person goes so far in the transaction that he gets overindebted.
Although the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, sought refuge with Allah from debt, because after being in debt, a person lies and breaks his promise.
Although debt is not a good thing, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has made the simple solution of getting rid of debt also count as the remembrance of God. So a person in debt came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he advised him to recite the following words: A few days later, when he came again, his entire debt had been cleared. (Al-Bukhari 7/158)
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ، وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ
O Allah! I seek refuge with You from worry and grief, from incapacity and laziness, from cowardice and miserliness, from being heavily in debt, and from being overpowered by (other) men.
These 19 spiritual benefits reveal that morning and evening azkar are far more than simple prayers; they form a complete protection system for every aspect of human life. From anxiety relief and debt solutions to divine protection and angelic intercession, these prophetic supplications address our deepest needs with remarkable precision.
In a world where people spend fortunes seeking peace and protection, Islam offers the ultimate solution through free, accessible practices that require only sincere recitation. The beauty lies in their simplicity: no special equipment, locations, or lengthy procedures, just authentic words that transform lives.
Start small, stay consistent, and watch as these blessed remembrances become your spiritual fortress. Your morning azkar will shield you through the day, while evening dhikr will grant you peaceful nights under Allah’s mercy.
Make azkar your daily companion; your soul depends on it.
