Abu Salih used to instruct us that whenever one of us wanted to sleep, he should lie down on his right side and then say, "O Allah, Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth, and Lord of the mighty Throne, our Lord and Lord of all things, Splitter of the seed and the date stone, Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Criterion, I seek refuge in You from the evil of every creature whose forelock You hold. O Allah, You are the First, so there is nothing before You. You are the Last, so there is nothing after You. You are the Manifest, so there is nothing above You. You are the Hidden, so there is nothing beyond You. Settle our debt for us and free us from poverty."He used to narrate this from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ.
كان أبو صالح يأمرنا إذا أراد أحدنا أن ينام أن يضطجع على شقه الأيمن ثم يقول: اللهم رب السماوات ورب الأرض ورب العرش العظيم، ربنا ورب كل شيء، فالق الحب والنوى، ومنزل التوراة والإنجيل والفرقان، أعوذ بك من شر كل شيء أنت آخذ بناصيته، اللهم أنت الأول فليس قبلك شيء، وأنت الآخر فليس بعدك شيء، وأنت الظاهر فليس فوقك شيء، وأنت الباطن فليس دونك شيء، اقض عنا الدين وأغننا من الفقر. وكان يروي ذلك عن أبي هريرة عن النبي ﷺ.
Muslim narrated it in the Book of Remembrance and Supplication (2713:61) from Zuhayr bin Harb, who said, Jareer narrated to us, from Suhayl, who said, and then he related it.His saying, "You are the Manifest, above whom there is nothing," Allah's being above His creation and His exaltedness over them encompasses exaltedness in essence, in rank, and in dominance.