Adhkar after the prayer

1. Asking forgiveness

Straight after the salam3 times

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ

astaghfiru llaah

I ask Allah’s forgiveness.

2. You are Peace

After asking forgiveness

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُ، تَبَارَكْتَ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ

allaahumma anta s-salaamu wa-minka s-salaam, tabaarakta yaa dha l-jalaali wal-ikraam

O Allah, You are Peace and from You comes peace. Blessed are You, O Owner of majesty and honour.

3. Help me to remember You

After every prayer

اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَىٰ ذِكْرِكَ وَشُكْرِكَ وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِكَ

allaahumma aʿinnii ʿalaa dhikrika wa-shukrika wa-ḥusni ʿibaadatik

O Allah, help me to remember You, to thank You and to worship You well.

The Prophet ﷺ told Muʿadh: I love you, so never leave saying this after every prayer.

4. Tasbih: SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu akbar

After the prayer33 × 3 times

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ · الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ · اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

subḥaana llaah · al-ḥamdu lillaah · allaahu akbar

Glory be to Allah (33 times) · All praise is for Allah (33 times) · Allah is the Greatest (33 times).

Complete the hundred with the next dhikr. Whoever does this, his sins are forgiven even if they are like the foam of the sea.

5. Completing the hundred

After the tasbih

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

laa ilaaha illa llaahu waḥdahu laa shariika lah, lahu l-mulku wa-lahu l-ḥamdu wa-huwa ʿalaa kulli shay’in qadiir

There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the kingdom and His is the praise, and He has power over everything.

6. Ayat al-Kursi

After every obligatory prayer

اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ لَّهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ ٢٥٥

al-lahu lā ilāha illā huwa l-ḥayu l-qayūmu lā takhudhuhu sinatun walā nawmun lahu mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi man dhā alladhī yashfaʿu ʿindahu illā bi-idh'nihi yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum walā yuḥīṭūna bishayin min ʿil'mihi illā bimā shāa wasiʿa kur'siyyuhu l-samāwāti wal-arḍa walā yaūduhu ḥif'ẓuhumā wahuwa l-ʿaliyu l-ʿaẓīmu

Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursī extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.

Whoever recites it after every obligatory prayer, nothing stands between him and Paradise except death.

7. The three Quls

After every prayer

قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ · قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ · قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ

qul huwa llaahu aḥad · qul aʿuudhu bi-rabbi l-falaq · qul aʿuudhu bi-rabbi n-naas

Recite Surah Al-Ikhlas, Surah Al-Falaq and Surah An-Nas in full, once each.