Niyyat — Isha Prayer

نِيَّةُ صَلاَةِ الْعِشَاء

Before beginning the Isha (night) prayer

Arabic

أُصَلِّي فَرْضَ الْعِشَاءِ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةِ أَدَاءً لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى

Transliteration

Uṣallī farḍ al-ʿIshāʾi arbaʿa rakʿātin mustaqbilal-qibla adāʾan lillāhi taʿālā

English

I intend to pray the obligatory Isha prayer of four rakats, facing the Qibla, at its due time, for Allah the Most High.