MUHAMMAD’S TEACHINGS TO MANKIND
“ Every night, when the Messenger of God, peace and blessings of God be upon him, went to bed, he would bring his palms together, blow into them, and recite [into them]: "Say, He is Allah, [who is] One (1), Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak (2), and Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind (3)." He would then wipe with his palms whatever he could reach out of his body, starting with his head, face, then his front side. He would do that three times. Footnotes: (1) i.e. the chapter of the Qurʼān which starts with this verse, namely al-Ikhlāṣ (Chapter 112). (2) i.e. the chapter of the Qurʼān which starts with this verse, namely al-Falaq (Chapter 113). (3) i.e. the chapter of the Qurʼān which starts with this verse, namely an-Nās (Chapter 114). ”
