Sixteen authentic dhikr with the Arabic, transliteration, meaning, how many times to say them and the reward. Tap a line to count it. Your counts stay for today and start again at midnight.
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ
Subḥānallāhi wa biḥamdih
Glory be to Allah, and praise be to Him.
How many: 100 times a day. Reward: His sins are wiped away, even if they are like the foam of the sea. Said 100 times in the morning and evening, no one brings anything better on the Day of Judgement, except someone who said as much or more.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6405; Sahih Muslim 2691, 2692. Sahih.
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdahū lā sharīka lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-ḥamdu wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr
There is no god but Allah, alone, without partner. His is the kingdom and His is the praise, and He has power over all things.
How many: 100 times a day. Reward: Equal to freeing ten slaves. A hundred good deeds are written for him and a hundred bad deeds wiped away, and it is a protection from Satan that day until evening.
Sahih al-Bukhari 3293; Sahih Muslim 2691. Sahih.
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ
Subḥānallāh
Glory be to Allah.
How many: 100 times a day. Reward: "Is one of you unable to earn a thousand good deeds each day?" A hundred tasbih: a thousand good deeds are written for him, or a thousand sins wiped away.
Sahih Muslim 2698, from Sad ibn Abi Waqqas. Sahih.
أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ
Astaghfirullāha wa atūbu ilayh
I seek Allah's forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance.
How many: 100 times a day. Reward: The Prophet ﷺ said he sought forgiveness and repented more than seventy times a day, and told people: "Repent to Allah, for I repent to Him a hundred times a day."
Sahih al-Bukhari 6307; Sahih Muslim 2702. Sahih.
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ · الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ · اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Subḥānallāh (33) · Alḥamdulillāh (33) · Allāhu akbar (34)
Glory be to Allah. All praise is for Allah. Allah is the Greatest.
How many: 33, 33 and 34 after each of the five prayers. Reward: "Words after every obligatory prayer whose sayer is never disappointed." Another narration: 33 of each and the tahlil to make a hundred, and sins are forgiven even if like the foam of the sea. Said at bedtime, the Prophet ﷺ told Ali and Fatimah it is better for them than a servant.
Sahih Muslim 596, 597; Sahih al-Bukhari 3705; Sahih Muslim 2727. Sahih.
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ، وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ، وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ، وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ
Subḥānallāhi wa biḥamdihī, ʿadada khalqihī, wa riḍā nafsihī, wa zinata ʿarshihī, wa midāda kalimātih
Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him, as many times as the number of His creation, as much as pleases Him, as heavy as His Throne and as much as the ink of His words.
How many: 3 times. Reward: The Prophet ﷺ told Juwayriyah, who had sat in dhikr since Fajr, that these four words said three times would outweigh all she had said that morning.
Sahih Muslim 2726, from Juwayriyah bint al-Harith. Sahih.
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ
Subḥānallāhi wa biḥamdihī, subḥānallāhil-ʿaẓīm
Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him. Glory be to Allah, the Magnificent.
How many: No fixed number. Reward: "Two words that are light on the tongue, heavy on the scale and beloved to the Most Merciful." These are the last words of Sahih al-Bukhari.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6406, 7563; Sahih Muslim 2694. Sahih.
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Subḥānallāh, wal-ḥamdu lillāh, wa lā ilāha illallāh, wallāhu akbar
Glory be to Allah, all praise is for Allah, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest.
How many: No fixed number. Reward: "The most beloved words to Allah are four," and it does not matter which you begin with. The Prophet ﷺ said saying them is more beloved to him than everything the sun rises over.
Sahih Muslim 2137, 2695. Sahih.
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ
Subḥānallāhil-ʿaẓīmi wa biḥamdih
Glory be to Allah, the Magnificent, and praise be to Him.
How many: No fixed number. Reward: Whoever says it has a date palm planted for him in Paradise.
Jami at-Tirmidhi 3464, from Jabir. Graded sahih by al-Albani and Ahmad Shakir; some graded its chain weak.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ
Alḥamdulillāh
All praise is for Allah.
How many: No fixed number. Reward: "Alhamdulillah fills the scale." And it is called the best dua.
Sahih Muslim 223, from Abu Malik al-Ashari. Sahih. Jami at-Tirmidhi 3383, hasan.
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ
Lā ilāha illallāh
There is no god but Allah.
How many: No fixed number. Reward: "The best dhikr is la ilaha illallah."
Jami at-Tirmidhi 3383, from Jabir ibn Abdullah. Graded hasan.
لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ
Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh
There is no power and no strength except with Allah.
How many: No fixed number. Reward: "A treasure from the treasures of Paradise."
Sahih al-Bukhari 4205; Sahih Muslim 2704, from Abu Musa al-Ashari. Sahih.
رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ
Rabbighfir lī wa tub ʿalayya, innaka antat-tawwābur-raḥīm
My Lord, forgive me and accept my repentance. You are the One who accepts repentance, the Most Merciful.
How many: 100 times in one sitting. Reward: Ibn Umar said the Companions would count the Prophet ﷺ saying it a hundred times in a single sitting.
Sunan Abi Dawud 1516; Jami at-Tirmidhi 3434 (ending at-tawwabul-ghafur). Graded sahih.
إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
ilaaha illaaa Anta Subhaanaka innee kuntu minaz zaalimeen
There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.
How many: No fixed number. Reward: The dua of Yunus in the belly of the whale: "No Muslim calls with it for anything but Allah answers him."
Quran 21:87, translation by Sahih International; Jami at-Tirmidhi 3505, from Sad ibn Abi Waqqas. Graded sahih.
حَسْبُنَا ٱللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ ٱلْوَكِيلُ
hasbunal laahu wa ni'malwakeel
Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs.
How many: No fixed number. Reward: Ibrahim said it when he was thrown into the fire, and the Prophet ﷺ and the Companions said it when told that an army had gathered against them. "So they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them." (3:174)
Quran 3:173 to 174, translation by Sahih International; Sahih al-Bukhari 4563, from Ibn Abbas. Sahih.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ
Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad
O Allah, send Your blessings on Muhammad.
How many: No fixed number, more on Fridays. Reward: "Whoever sends one salawat on me, Allah sends ten on him." Durood Ibrahim is the fullest form.
Sahih Muslim 408, from Abu Hurayrah. Sahih.
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Guide
Dhikr means remembering Allah: saying His praise with the tongue while the heart is present. It is the easiest worship there is. You can do it standing, sitting or lying down, at home, at work or in the car, with no wudu needed. Allah says: "O you who have believed, remember Allah with much remembrance."1 And: "Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allah hearts are assured."2 Dhikr is also spelled zikr, thikr and dikhr; they are the same word.
Start small. The Prophet ﷺ said the deeds most loved by Allah are those done regularly, even if they are few.3 Three lines every day is better than all sixteen once.
Dhikr is praising and remembering Allah. Dua is asking Him for something. Many phrases are both, such as the dua of Yunus (line 14). The hadith calls alhamdulillah the best dua and la ilaha illallah the best dhikr.4 For duas for each need, see the dua library.
The Prophet ﷺ told the women of the Companions to count tasbih on their fingers, "for they will be questioned and made to speak".5 Counting on the fingers of the right hand is the sunnah. A counter like the one above, or beads, is a permitted aid when the numbers are large.
Dhikr, salawat, istighfar and dua are allowed in any state: without wudu, in janabah, and during menstruation or postnatal bleeding. Wudu is better, not required. A person in janabah or on her period does not recite the Quran as Quran, but may say Quranic phrases such as Hasbunallah or the dua of Yunus with the intention of dhikr or dua.
Some popular dhikr cards carry rewards that have no sound source, such as fixed numbers of palaces or a certain dhikr for each day of the week. We have kept to dhikr from the Quran and from hadith graded sahih or hasan, and the grading is shown under each line. Where a chain is disputed, as with line 09, we say so.
The rulings on this page are pending review by the scholars on our team.
Questions
The Prophet ﷺ said the best dhikr is la ilaha illallah (Tirmidhi 3383). He also said the four words Subhanallah, walhamdulillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wallahu akbar are the most beloved words to Allah (Muslim 2137).
There is no single number. Some dhikr have a set count, such as Subhanallahi wa bihamdihi 100 times a day, or 33, 33 and 34 after each prayer. Others have no limit. Choose a few you can keep every day.
Subhanallah 33 times, Alhamdulillah 33 times and Allahu akbar 34 times, or 33 times followed by La ilaha illallahu wahdahu to make a hundred (Muslim 596, 597). The full set is on the adhkar after salah page.
Yes. Dhikr, salawat and dua are allowed without wudu and during a period. Wudu is better but not required.
Yes, on this device. Each line keeps today's count, and all counts start again at midnight on your device. The last seven days' totals are shown in the side panel.
Yes. Dhikr (ذكر) is written in English as dhikr, zikr, thikr or dikhr. All mean the remembrance of Allah.