Yahya related to me from Malik from Summayy, the mawla of AbuBakr from al-Qa'qa ibn Hakim that Kab al-Ahbar said, "Had it not beenfor some words which I said, the jews would have made me into adonkey." Someone asked him what they were. He said, "I seek refugewith the immense Face of Allah - there is nothing greater than it -and with the complete words of Allah which neither the good person northe corrupt can exceed and with all the most beautiful names of Allah,what I know of them and what I do not know, from the evil of what Hehas created and originated and multiplied."Audhu biwajhi'llahi l-adheem aladhee laysa shay'un adham minh, wa bikalimati'llahi't-tammati, alatee la yujawizu hunna barra wa la fajir,wa bi asma'illahi'l-husna kulliha ma alamtu minha wa ma lam alam, minsharri ma khalaqa wa bara'a wa dhara'a.
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 51, Hadith 12
Arabic reference: Book 51, Hadith 1744