Start the Evening by Praising Allah
أَمْسَيْتُ أُثْنِيْ عَلَيْكَ حَمْدًا ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَّا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ.
Translation :
I have entered the evening praising You, and I bear witness that there is no god worthy of worship but Allah.
Transliteration :
Amsaytu uthnī ʿalayka ḥamdā, wa ash-hadu al-lā ilāha illāl-llāh.
Hadith:
Abū Hurayrah (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhu) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When one of you enters the morning, they should say [the above] three times. And when they enter the evening, they should say the same.” (Nasā’ī in Sunan al-Kubrā 10406)