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.

In the night, when hijacked by anxious thoughts, reciting and reflecting on The Lord's Prayer has calmed my mind and enabled me to return to sleep. It is the prayer that I turn to when I am at the ...