Night Prayer from the Bible. I will lie down and fall asleep in peace because you alone, Lord, let me live in safety. — Psalm 4:8. Woman's Day/Getty Images. A Prayer for Peace.

Eventually, it was increased to 20 rakats to make it easy for people. Number of rakats and how it is performed According to a Hadith from Sahih Al Bukhari, taraweeh prayer is eight rakats.