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Seventeenth: It is recommended to offer a sixty-unit prayer in Rajab. Each night, it is recommended to offer two units of this prayer in the first unit of which Surah al-Faatehah is recited once, Surah al-Kafirun (No. 109) repeated three times, and Surah al-Tawheed recited one time. After the accomplishment of the two prayer units, it is recommended to raise the hands towards the sky and say the following:

لَا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ

There is no god save Allah,

وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ

the One and Only Who has no partner.

لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ

To Him is the kingdom and to Him is all praise.

يُحْيِيْ وَ يُمِيْتُ

He restores to live and cause to die

وَ هُوَ حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوْتُ

and He is Ever-living and He never dies.

بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ

In His Hands is all goodness,

وَ هُوَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيْرٌ

He has power over all things,

وَ اِلَيْهِ الْمَصِيْرُ

and to Him is the return of all things.

وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيْمِ

There is neither might nor strength save with Allah, the Most High, the All-great.

اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ وَ اٰلِهِ۔

O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad, the Ummi Prophet, and his Household.

It is also recommended to pass one’s hand over the face while uttering the last statement. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) is reported to have said that if one offers this prayer and says this supplicatory prayer, Almighty Allah will respond to his needs and award him the reward of sixth times of Hajj and ‘Umrah (ritual pilgrimage).