The closing three verses of al-Baqarah
2:284–286. The authentic night-time narration specifically names the last two verses, 2:285–286; verse 284 is included here as part of this starter sequence.
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Healing and protection
Ruqyah
Ruqyah is reciting Qur'an and authentic du'ās while asking Allah for healing and protection. Allah describes the Qur'an as “a healing and mercy for the believers” (Qur'an 17:82). The words are a means; healing belongs to Allah alone.
You can recite over yourself or someone else. The Prophet ﷺ recited the protecting sūrahs into his hands, blew lightly into them and wiped his body. He also recited over people who were ill. Read with trust in Allah, without treating a particular result or timetable as guaranteed.
Ruqyah can sit alongside medicine and professional care. If someone is seriously ill, in pain, unsafe, or struggling with their mental health, seek qualified help as well.
Listen to the whole set
The six starter readings play one after another, in order, so you can recite along or listen with your eyes closed.
6 readings, in order
Read these in order, at a calm pace. No fixed repetition count is prescribed for this combined set.
Bismillāhi arqīk, min kulli shayʾin yuʾdhīk, min sharri kulli nafsin aw ʿaynin ḥāsid, Allāhu yashfīk, bismillāhi arqīk
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ أَرْقِيكَ، مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ يُؤْذِيكَ، مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ نَفْسٍ أَوْ عَيْنٍ حَاسِدٍ، اللّٰهُ يَشْفِيكَ، بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ أَرْقِيكَ
Translation
With the name of Allah I recite over you, from everything that troubles you, from the harm of every soul or envious eye. May Allah cure you. With the name of Allah I recite over you.
Sūrat al-Fātiḥah
The Companions recited al-Fātiḥah as ruqyah, and the Prophet ﷺ confirmed that it was ruqyah.
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Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ
One of the three protecting sūrahs the Prophet ﷺ recited into his hands before wiping his body.
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Sūrat al-Falaq
A direct prayer for Allah's protection from created harm, darkness, harmful practices and envy.
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Sūrat an-Nās
A direct prayer for Allah's protection from the whisperer who reaches people's hearts.
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These are other authentic wordings for illness, protection and seeking shelter in Allah. Follow the time or situation named with each one.
Allāhumma Rabba al-nās, adhhib al-baʾs, ishfi anta al-Shāfī, lā shifāʾa illā shifāʾuk, shifāʾan lā yughādiru saqamā
اللّٰهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ، أَذْهِبِ الْبَأْسَ، اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا
Translation
O Allah, Lord of all people, take away the harm. Cure — You are the One who cures. There is no cure but Yours: a cure that leaves no illness behind.
Uʿīdhukumā bi-kalimātillāhi al-tāmmah, min kulli shayṭānin wa hāmmah, wa min kulli ʿaynin lāmmah
أُعِيذُكُمَا بِكَلِمَاتِ اللّٰهِ التَّامَّةِ، مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ
Translation
I seek protection for you both in the perfect words of Allah, from every devil and poisonous creature, and from every evil eye.
Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti Allāhi al-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللّٰهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ
Translation
I take shelter in the perfect words of Allah from the harm of everything He has made.
Bismillāhi alladhī lā yaḍurru maʿa ismihi shayʾun fī al-arḍi wa lā fī al-samāʾ, wa huwa al-Samīʿu al-ʿAlīm
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
Translation
In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing on earth or in the sky can cause harm. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
The Qur'an is healing and mercy for believers.
;The Prophet ﷺ approved al-Fātiḥah as ruqyah after a Companion recited it over a man who had been stung.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5736; Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2201Before sleep, the Prophet ﷺ recited al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq and an-Nās into his hands, blew lightly and wiped over his body. During his final illness, ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her) did this for him.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5017; Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2192Whoever recites the last two verses of al-Baqarah at night, they are enough for him. This report names 2:285–286, not a fixed last-three-verse practice.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5009; Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 807Jibrīl عليه السلام recited “Bismillāhi arqīk” over the Prophet ﷺ when he was ill.
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2186Ruqyah is permitted when it contains nothing that associates partners with Allah.
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2200