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NAFILAH ZOHR
The supererogatory (mustahab / nafilah) Noon Prayer consists of eight units as follows: In the first two units, you may intend offering them, utter the Takbir statement seven times as has been previously explained, say the supplications dedicated to these statements, and pray Almighty Allah to protect you against Satan the accursed:
اَعُوْذُ بِاللّٰهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيْمِ۔
I pray for Allah’s protection from Satan, the accursed.
You may now recite Surah al-Faatehah and Surah al-Tawheed in the first unit and Surah al-Faatehah and Surah al-Kafirun (No. 109) in the second. Upon accomplishment, you may repeat the Takbir statements three times, as has been previously explained in the beginning of the general post-prayer utterances, utter Tasbih al-Zahra’, and then say the following supplicatory prayer:
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنّى ضَعِيْفٌ
O Allah, I am weak;
فَقَوِّ فِىْ رِضَاكَ ضَعْفِىْ
so, (please) strengthen my weakness in the course of Your pleasure,
وَ خُذْ اِلَى الْخَيْرِ بِنَاصِيَتِىْ
lead my forelock to goodness,
وَاجْعَلِ الْاِيْمَانَ مُنْتَهٰى رِضَاۤئِیْ
cause faith to be the utmost of my pleasure,
وَبَارِكْ لِىْ فِيْمَا قَسَمْتَ لِىْ
bless for me that which You have decided for me,
وَ بَلِّغْنِىْ بِرَحْمَتِكَ كُلَّ الَّذِىْ اَرْجُوْ مِنْكَ
make me attain, by means of Your mercy, all that which I wish from You,
وَاجْعَلْ لِىْ وُدًّا
and appoint love for me,
وَسُرُوْرًا لِلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
delight for the believers,
وَعَهْدًا عِنْدَكَ۔
and a covenant with You.