Istiʿādha (seeking refuge)

أَعُوذُ بِاللّٰهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

aʿūdhu bi-llāhi mina sh-shayṭāni r-rajīm

I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed devil

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Source · Prayer (Quran 16:98)

Said silently before al-Fātiḥa in the first rakʿa. مِنَ takes a fatha before the article so that two sukūns do not meet; اَلشَّيْطَانِ shows a sun letter: the ل is written but not pronounced and ش carries the shadda.