Then he glorifies Allah by saying subḥān Allah thirty-three times after every obligatory prayer, praises Him by saying al-ḥamdu lillāh thirty-three times, and magnifies Him by saying Allāhu akbar thirty-three times. He completes the hundred with: “Lā ilāha illa Allāh, waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu al-mulk wa-lahu al-ḥamd, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr” (There is no god but Allah alone, without partner; His is the dominion and His is all praise, and He has power over all things). Muslim reports that the Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever, after every prescribed prayer, glorifies Allah thirty-three times, praises Allah thirty-three times, and magnifies Allah thirty-three times—that is ninety-nine—and then completes the hundred with: ‘Lā ilāha illa Allāh, waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu al-mulk, wa-lahu al-ḥamd, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr,’ his sins will be forgiven, even if they are as abundant as the foam of the sea.”

After that he recites Āyat al-Kursī, followed by “Qul huwa Allāhu aḥad” (Say: He is Allah, the One), “Qul aʿūdhu bi-rabbi al-falaq” (Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of daybreak), and “Qul aʿūdhu bi-rabbi al-nās” (Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind). Al-Nasāʾī and al-Ṭabarānī relate from Abū Umāmah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever recites Āyat al-Kursī after each prayer, nothing prevents him from entering Paradise except death,” meaning that only his passing from this world stands between him and Paradise. In another narration: “He remains under Allah’s protection until the next prayer.” In the Sunan collections it is reported from ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir (may Allah be pleased with him): “The Messenger of Allah instructed me to recite the two refuge surahs after every prayer.”