Once, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) submitted in the court of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Messenger of Allah! Teach me a supplication which I may recite in the morning, evening, and when I lie down on my bed." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught this supplication: «اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ، عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، أَوْ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ، رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي، وَشَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ» "O Allah! O Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Sustainer and Owner of everything! I bear witness that there is no deity except You. I seek refuge in You from the evil of my own self, from the evil of Satan and from his associating (others with You)."