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Twentieth: In Zad al-Ma’ad, ‘Allamah al-Majlisi has mentioned that Imam Ali Ameer al-Momineen (a.s.) reported the following from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.): If one repeats the following Quranic chapters, litanies, and supplicatory prayers three times each day and each night in the months of Rajab, Sha’ban, and Ramadan, he will have all his sins forgiven even if they are as many as and as much as raindrops, tree leaves, sea foam... etc:

(1) Surah al-Faatehah, (2) Ayah al-Kursi, (3) Surah al-Kafirun, (4) Surah al-Tawheed, (5) Surah al-Falaq, (6) Surah al-Nas, (7) the following litany:

سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ

All glory be to Allah,

وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ

all praise be to Allah,

وَ لَا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ

there is no god save Allah,

وَ اللّٰهُ اَكْبَرُ

Allah is the Greatest,

وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيْمِ۔

and there is neither might nor power save with Allah, the All-high the All-great.

(8) the following invocation of blessings:

اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ۔

O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.

(9) the following supplicatory prayer:

اَللّٰهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ۔

O Allah, (please do) forgive the believing men and women.

(10) the following imploration for forgiveness, yet four hundred times:

اَسْتَغْفِرُ اللّٰهَ وَ اَتُوْبُ اِلَيْهِ۔

I implore for Allah’s forgiveness and I repent before Him.

‘Allamah al-Majlisi has also mentioned that it is traditional to repeat the following litany one thousand times each night in Rajab:

لَا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللهُ۔

There is no god save Allah.