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The following is an easy-to-do method of offering the Night Prayer that everyone can do:
When you wake up at night, it is recommended to prostrate yourself before Almighty Allah. It is recommended that you say the following doxology (zikr) during or after the prostration:
اَلْحَمْدُلِلّٰهِ الَّذِىْ اَحْيَانِىْ بَعْدَ مَا اَمَاتَنِىْ وَ اِلَيْهِ النُّشُوْرُ
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِىْ رَدَّ عَلَىَّ رُوْحِىْ لِاَحْمَدَهُ وَاَعْبُدَهُ۔
When you get up and stand up, say the following supplication:
اَللّٰهُمَّ اَعِنِّىْ عَلٰى هَوْلِ الْمُطَّلَعِ
All Praise be to Allah Who returned me to life after He had caused me to die, and to Him will be the Resurrection. All praise be to Allah Who gave me back my soul so that I will praise and worship Him.
وَ وَسِّعْ عَلَىَّ الْمَضْجَعَ
وَارْزُقْنِىْ خَيْرَمَا بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ۔
When you hear the sounds of roosters, say the following:
رَبُّ الْمَلَاۤئِكَةِ وَالرُّوْحِ
سَبَقَتْ رَحْمَتُكَ غَضَبَكَ
عَمِلْتُ سُوْءًا وَظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِىْ فَاغْفِرْلِىْ
اِنَّهُ لَايَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوْبَ اِلَّا اَنْتَ
فَتُبْ عَلَىَّ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيْمُ۔
When you raise your sight towards the sky, say the following supplication:
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنَّهُ لَايُوَارِىْ مِنْكَ لَيْلٌ سَاجٍ
O Allah, help me pass the terror of the Resurrection Day, expand my burial place, and grant me all the good of the post-death stage.
وَلَاسَمَاۤءٌ ذَاتُ اَبْرَاجٍ
وَلَا اَرْضٌ ذَاتُ مِهَادٍ
وَلَاظُلُمَاتٌ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ
وَ لَابَحْرٌ لُجِّىٌّ تُدْلِجُ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ الْمُدْلِجِ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ
تُدْلِجُ الرَّحْمَةَ عَلٰى مَنْ تَشَاۤءُ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ
تَعْلَمُ خَاۤئِنَةَ الْاَعْيُنِ وَ مَا
وَ اَنْتَ الْحَىُّ الْقَيُّوْمُ
لَا تَاْخُذُكَ سِنَةٌ وَّلَانَوْمٌ
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ
وَ اِلٰهِ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ
وَالْحَمْدُلِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ۔
After that, you may recite the following five Quranic verses from SurahAl-’Imran (No. 3):
اِنَّ فِىْ خَلْقِ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ
Lo! In the creation of the heavens and the earth
وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ
and in the difference of night and day
لَاٰ يَاتٍ لِاُ وْلىِ الْاَلْبَابِ
are tokens for men of understanding.
الَّذِيْنَ يَذْكُرُوْنَ اللهَ قِيَامًا وَ قُعُوْدًا وَ عَلٰى جُنُوْبِهِمْ
Such as remember Allah, standing, sitting, and reclining,
وَ يَتَفَكَّرُوْنَ فِىْ خَلْقِ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ
and consider the creation of the heavens and the earth:
رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هٰذَا بَاطِلًا
Our Lord! You created not this in vain.
سُبْحَانَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
Glory be to You! Preserve us from the doom of Fire.
رَبَّنَا اِنَّكَ مَنْ تُدْخِلِ النَّارَ فَقَدْ اَخْزَيْتَهَ
Our Lord! Whom You cause to enter the Fire: him indeed You have confounded.
وَ مَا لِلظَّالِمِيْنَ مِنْ اَنْصَارٍ
For evildoers, there will be no helpers.
رَبَّنَا اِنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِيًا يُنَادِىْ لِلْاِيْمَانِ
Our Lord! Lo! We have heard a crier calling unto Faith:
اَنْ اٰمِنُوْا بِرَبِّكُمْ فَاٰمَنَّا
Believe in your Lord! So we believed.
رَبَّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُ نُوْبَنَا
Our Lord! Therefore forgive us our sins,
وَ كَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئَاۤتِنَا
and remit from us our evil deeds,
وَ تَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الْاَبْرَارِ
and make us die the death of the righteous.
رَبَّنَا وَ اٰتِنَا مَا وَعَدْتَنَا عَلٰى رُسُلِكَ
Our Lord! And give us that which You have promised to us by Your messengers.
وَلَاتُخْزِنَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
Confound us not upon the Day of Resurrection.
اِنَّكَ لَاتُخْلِفُ الْمِيْعَادَ۔
Lo! You break not the tryst.
When you intend to take initiative to the night worship but you need to go to toilet, you may start with it. When you go out of toilet, cleanse your teeth with the traditional stick of Miswak. Afterward, you may perform the ritual ablution as completely as possible and then perfume and ready yourself for the Night Prayer.
The time of the Night Prayer begins after midnight; yet, it is recommended to perform it as near as possible to dawn (fajr). However, when dawn (fajr) comes while one has still four units of the prayer to perform, one may recite only Surah al-Faatehah in the rest of the prayer.
The Night Prayer consists of eight units of prayer; each two alone. Taslim should be said at the end of each two units with the intention of offering the Night Prayer. It is advisable to repeat Surah al-Tawheed thirty times in each unit of the first couple after reciting Surah al-Faatehah.
By doing such, one’s all sins will be forgiven as soon as he finishes the prayer. It is also recommended to recite (after Surah al-Faatehah) Surah al-Tawheed in the first unit and Surah al-Kafirun in the second.
In the other units of the prayer, one may recite any Surah he chooses. However, it is sufficiently acceptable to recite Surah al-Faatehah and Surah al-Tawheed in each unit of the Night Prayer. It is also permissible to recite Surah al-Faatehah alone.
Like obligatory prayers, it is highly recommended to practice Qunut in the second unit of each couple of the units of supererogatory (mustahab / nafilah) prayers. At least, it is sufficient to repeat the following statement three times in Qunut:
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ۔
All glory be to Allah;
It is also sufficient to say this supplicatory prayer:
اَللّٰهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا
O Allah, (please) forgive us, have mercy on us,
وَ عَافِنَا وَاعْفُ عَنَّا
grant us good health, and pardon us
فِى الدُّنْيَا وَ الْاٰخِرَةِ
in this world as well as the world to come.
اِنَّكَ عَلٰى كُلِّشَىْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ۔
You verily have power over all things.
or this supplicatory prayer:
رَبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ
O my Lord, forgive (me), have mercy (on me),
وَتَجَاوَزْ عَمَّا تَعْلَمُ
and overlook that which You know
اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْاَعَزُّ الْاَجَلُّ الْاَكْرَمُ۔
for You are the All-glorious, the All-magnificent, and the All-generous.
It is narrated that Imam Musa ibn Ja’far al-Kazim (a.s.) used to say the following supplicatory prayer in his night worship:
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
وَ رَبَّيْتَنِىْ مَكْفِيًّا
وَ رَزَقْتَنِيْ مَكْفِيًّا
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّىْ وَ جَدْتُ فِيْمَآ
اَنْزَلْتَ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ
وَ يَشَّرْتَ بِهٖ عِبَادَكَ
يَاعِبَادِىَ الَّذِيْنَ اَسْرَفُوْا عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوْا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللهِ
اِنَّ اللهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوْبَ جَمِيْعًا
وَ قَدْ تَقَدَّمَ مِنِّىْ مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتَ وَمَآ اَنْتَ اَعْلَمُ بِهٖ مِنِّىْ
فَيَا سَوْ اَتَامِمَّا اَحْصَاهُ عَلَىَّ كِتَابُكَ
فَلَوْلَا الْمَوَاقِفُ الَّتِىْ اُؤَمِّلُ مِنْ عَفْوِكَ الَّذِىْ شَمِلَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ لَاَلْقَيْتُ بِيَدِىْ
وَ لَوْ اَنَّ اَحَدًا اسْتَطَاعَ الْهَرَبَ مِنْ رَّبِّهٖ لَكُنْتُ اَنَا اَحَقَّ بِالْهَرَبِ مِنْكَ
وَ اَنْتَ لَا تَخْفٰى عَلَيْكَ خَافِيَةٌ فِىْ الْاَرْضِ وَ لَا فِى السَّمَاۤءِ اِلَّا اَتَيْتَ بِهَا
طَالِبِىْ اِنْ اَنَا هَرَبْتُ
وَ مُدْرِكِىْ اِنْ اَنَافَرَرْتُ
فَهَا اَنَاذَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ
اِنْ تُعَذِّبْنِىْ فَاِنِّىْ لِذٰلِكَ اَهْلٌ وَ هُوَ يَا رَبِّ مِنْكَ عَدْلٌ
وَ اِنْ تَعْفُ عَنِّىْ فَقَدِيْمًا شَمَلَنِىْ عَفْوُكَ وَ اَلْبَسْتَنِىْ عَافِيَتَكَ
بِالْمَخْزُوْنِ مِنْ اَسْمَاۤئِكَ
وَ بِمَا وَارَتْهُ الْحُجُبُ مِنْ بَهَاۤئِكَ
اِلَّا رَحِمْتَ هٰذِهِ النَّفْسَ الْجَزُوْعَةَ وَ هٰذِهٖ الرِّمَّةَ الْهُلُوْعَةَ
الَّتِىْ لَا تَسْتَطِيْعُ حَرَّ شَمْسِكَ
فَكَيْفَ تَسْتَطِيْعُ حَرَّنَارِكَ
وَالَّتِىْ لَا تَسْتَطِيْعُ صَوْتَ رَعْدِكَ
فَكَيْفَ تَسْتَطِيْعُ صَوْتَ غَضَبِكَ
فَارْحَمْنِىْ اَللّٰهُمَّ
فَاِنِّىْ امْرُؤٌ حَقِيْرٌ
وَ لَيْسَ عَذَابِىْ مِمَّا يَزِيْدُ فِىْ مُلْكِكَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ
وَّ لَوْ اَنَّ عَذَابِي مِمَّا يَزِيْدُ فِي مُلْكِكَ
لَسَاَلْتُكَ الصَّبْرَ عَلَيْهِ
وَ اَحْبَبْتُ اَنْ يَكُوْنَ ذٰلِكَ لَكَ
وَلٰكِنْ سُلْطَانُكَ اَللّٰهُمَّ اَعْظَمُ
وَ مُلْكُكَ اَدْوَمُ مِنْ اَنْ
تَزِيْدَ فِيْهِ طَاعَةُ الْمُطِيْعِيْنَ
اَوْ تَنْقُصَ مِنْهُ مَعْصِيَةُ الْمُذْنِبِيْنَ
يَآ اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ
يَا ذَالْجَلَالِ وَالْاِكْرَامِ
اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيْمُ.
THE SHAF’ AND THE WITR PRAYER
When you accomplish the eight-unit Night Prayer, you may then offer the two-unit Shaf’ Prayer and the one-unit Witr Prayer. In these three units, you are advised to recite, after Surah al-Faatehah, Surah al-Tawheed once so that you may be considered as having recited the entire Qur’an. Narrations have confirmed that Surah al-Tawheed is equivalent to one-third of the Holy Qur’an.
You may also recite in the first unit of the Shaf’ Prayer Surah al-Nas (No. 114) and in the second Surah al-Falaq (No. 113).
When you accomplish the Shaf’ Prayer, you may say this supplicatory prayer:
اِلٰهِيْ تَعَرَّضَ لَكَ فِي هٰذَا اللَّيْلِ الْمُتَعَرِّضُوْنَ
O Allah! Tonight, the seekers of favors, restless and eager, present themselves to You,
وَ قَصَدَكَ الْقَاصِدُوْنَ
the determined aspirers have You in mind,
وَ اَمَّلَ فَضْلَكَ وَ مَعْرُوْفَكَ الطَّالِبُوْنَ
and those who make requests look long and attentively at Your obligingness and kindness.
وَ لَكَ فِيْ هٰذَا اللَّيْلِ نَفَحَاتٌ وَ جَوَاۤئِزُ
You, at this night, give gifts, bounties beyond measure,
وَ عَطَايَا وَ مَوَاهِبُ
free donations, and favors
تَمُنُّ بِهَا عَلٰى مَنْ تَشَاۤءُ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ
to those whom You will from among Your servants when they make a request,
وَ تَمْنَعُهَا مَنْ لَمْ تَسْبِقْ لَهُ الْعِنَايَةُ مِنْكَ
and You say no to those who do not try to get in advance (i.e. remain behind) for obtaining the bounties from You.
وَ هَاۤ اَنَا ذَا عُبَيْدُكَ الْفَقِيْرُ اِلَيْكَ
I, a modest needy bondman,
الْمُؤَمِّلُ فَضْلَكَ وَ مَعْرُوْفَكَ
am hopeful of Your obligingness and kindness.
فَاِنْ كُنْتَ يَا مَوْلَايَ
Indeed, if You, O My Master,
تَفَضَّلْتَ فِيْ هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ
bestows a favor on any one, at this night,
عَلٰىۤ اَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ
from among Your
وَ عُدْتَ عَلَيْهِ بِعَاۤئِدَةٍ مِنْ عَطْفِكَ
created beings, and multiply profits and gains for him out of Your love and affection,
فَصَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
please send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad:
۟اِلطَّيِّبِيْنَ الطَّاهِرِيْنَ
the pure, the immaculate,
الْخَيِّرِيْنَ الْفَاضِلِيْنَ
the virtuous, and the righteous,
وَ جُدْ عَلَيَّ بِطَوْلِكَ وَ مَعْرُوْفِكَ
and then give me abundantly on account of Your liberality and obligingness,
يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ
O Lord of the worlds!
وَ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّيْنَ
May Allah send blessings to Muhammad, the seal of the Prophets,
وَ اٰلِهِ الطَّاهِرِيْنَ
and upon his Household, the immaculate,
وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيْمًا
and may He exalt them very much.
اِنَّ اللّٰهَ حَمِيْدٌ مَجِيْدٌ
Verily, Allah is worthy of all praise, full of all glory.
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْۤ اَدْعُوْكَ كَمَاۤ اَمَرْتَ
O Allah, I am praying You as You ordered me to do;
فَاسْتَجِبْ لِيْ كَمَا وَعَدْتَ
so, (please) respond to me as You promised.
اِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيْعَادَ۔
Verily, You never break Your promise.
This supplicatory prayer has been mentioned in the book of Mafatih al-Jinan within the recommended acts on the fifteenth night of Sha’ban.
Upon accomplishment of the Shaf’ Prayer, you may stand up for offering the Witr Prayer. After Surah al-Faatehah, you may recite Surah al-Tawheed once or three times alone or with Surah al-Falaq and Surah al-Nas.
You may then raise your hands for Qunut and implore Almighty Allah for anything you desire.
In the words of Shaykh al-Tusi, the supplications for Qunut are too numerous to be counted. Generally, there are not definite supplications to be said in Qunut, for it is permissible to say anything.
It is also recommended, during Qunut, to weep, or even try to weep, out of fear of Almighty Allah and fear of His chastisement. It is also desirable to pray Almighty Allah for the good of one’s brethren-in-faith, for narrations have confirmed that one who prays for the good of forty of his friends shall have all his prayers responded.
Shaykh al-Saduq, in his book of Man-La-Yahduruhul-Faqih, has recorded that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) used to say the following supplicatory prayer in the Witr Prayer:
اَللّٰهُمَّ اهْدِنِىْ فِيْمَنْ هَدَيْتَ
O Allah, (please) include me with those whom You have guided (to the right),
وَ عَافِنِىْ فِيْمَنْ عَافَيْتَ
include me with those whom You have granted good health,
وَ تَوَلَّنِىْ فِيْمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ
include me with those for whom You have cared,
وَ بَارِكْ لِىْ فِيْمَا اَعْطَيْتَ
bless things that You have conferred upon me,
وَقِنِىْ شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ
and save me from the evil of what You have decided,
فَاِنَّكَ تَقْضِىْ وَلَايُقْضٰى عَلَيْكَ
for You decree and no one decrees against Your decree.
سُبْحَانَكَ رَبَّ الْبَيْتِ
All glory be to You, O Lord of the House.
اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَ اَتُوْبُ اِلَيْكَ
I implore for Your forgiveness, I repent before You,
وَ اُوْمِنُ بِكَ وَاَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ
I have full faith in You, and I rely upon You totally.
وَلَاحَوْلَ وَلَاقُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِكَ يَا رَحِيْمُ۔
There in neither power nor might save with You, O All-merciful.
It is also highly advisable to repeat the following imploration seventy times and, meanwhile, raise the left hand for supplicating and count with the right hand:
اَسْتَغْفِرُاللهَ رَبِّىْ وَ اَتُوْبُ اِلَيْهِ۔
I implore Allah, my Lord, for forgiveness and I repent to Him.
It is also narrated that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) used to implore for Almighty Allah’s forgiveness seventy times during the Witr Prayer and then say the following statement:
هٰذَا مَقامُ الْعَاۤئِذِ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ۔
This is the situation of one who prays Your protection against Hellfire.
It is also narrated that Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-’Abidin (a.s.) used to repeat the following word three hundred times during the Witr Prayer:
اَلْعَفْوَ اَلْعَفْوَ۔
Pardon, Pardon.
After that, the Imam (a.s.) would say the following supplicatory prayer:
رَبِّ اغْفِرْلِىْ وَارْحَمْنِىْ وَ تُبْ عَلىَّ
O my Lord, (please) forgive me, have mercy upon me, and accept my repentance,
اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الْغَفُوْرُ الرَّحِيْمُ۔
for You are surely the Oft-Returning, the All-forgiving, and the All-merciful.
It is highly advisable to extend your Qunut as long as possible. Thereafter, you go to the ritual genuflection (ruku') of the prayer and when you raise your head, you should say the following supplicatory prayer that Shaykh al-Tusi, in his book of Tahdhib al-Ahkam, reports from Imam Musa ibn Ja’far al-Kazim (a.s.):
هٰذَا مَقَامُ مَنْ حَسَنَاتُهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنْكَ وَ شُكْرُهُ ضَعِيْفٌ وَ ذَنْبُهُ عَظِيْمٌ وَ لَيْسَ لِذٰلِكَ اِلَّا رِفْقُكَ وَ رَحْمَتُكَ فَاِنَّكَ قُلْتَ فِىْ كِتَابِكَ الْمُنْزَلِ عَلٰى نَبِيِّكَ الْمُرْسَلِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ اٰلِهٖ كَانُوْا قَلِيْلًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُوْنَ وَبِالْاَسْحَارِهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوْنَ طَالَ هُجُوْعِىْ وَ قَلَّ قِيَامِىْ وَ هٰذَا السَّحَرُ وَ اَ نَا اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِذُنُوْبِىْ اِسْتِغْفَارَ مَنْ لَايَجِدُ لِنَفْسِهِ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا وَلا مَوْتًا وَلَاحَيَاةً وَلَا نُشُوْرًا۔
This is the situation of one whose good deeds are Your graces,
whose thanksgiving is little,
and nothing can settle all that except Your lenience and mercy
for You have said in Your Book that is revealed
peace be upon him and his Household:
“They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night;
and in the hour of early dawn, they were found praying for forgiveness.”
Nevertheless, too much has been my sleep by night
and too little has been my praying.
This is the last hour of night
and here I am imploring You to forgive my sins
the imploration of one who cannot make for himself harm, benefit,
death, life, or resurrection.
You may then prostrate yourself and accomplish the prayer. After the accomplishment, you may say Tasbih al-Zahra’. After that, you may say the following doxology (zikr):
اَلْحَمْدُ لِرَبِّ الصَّبَاحِ
All praise be to the Lord of morning.
الْحَمْدُ لِفَالِقِ الْاِصْبَاحِ۔
All praise be to the Cleaver of daybreak.
You may then repeat the following doxology (zikr) three times:
سُبْحَانَ رَبِّىَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوْسِ الْعَزِيْزِ الْحَكِيْمِ۔
All glory be to my Lord, the King, the All-holy, the All-mighty, the All-wise.
You may then say the following supplicatory prayer:
يَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّوْم
O Ever-living! O Self-Subsistent!
،يَا بَرُّ يَا رَحِيْمُ
O Benign! O All-merciful!
يَا غَنِىُّ يَا كَرِيْمُ
O Self-Sufficient! O All-generous!
اُرْزُقْنِىْ مِنَ التِّجَارَةِ اَعْظَمَهَا فَضْلًا
(Please) provide me commerce that is greatest in profit,
وَ اَوْ سَعَهَا رِزْقًا
most expansive in sustenance,
وَ خَيْرَهَا لِىْ عَاقِبَةً
and most profitable in end result,
فَاِنَّهُ لَا خَيْرَ فِيْمَا لَا عَاقِبَةَ لَهُ۔
because any thing that lacks good end is worthless.
It is also highly advisable to say the following supplicatory prayer, which is called Dua al-Hazin (The Supplication of the Sad):
اُنَاجِیْكَ یَا مَوْجُوْدً فِی كُلِّ مَكَانٍ لَعَلَّكَ تَسْمَعُ نِدَاۤئِی فَقَدْ عَظُمَ جُرْمِیْ وَ قَلَّ حَیَاۤئِی یَا مَوْلَایَ اَیَّ الْاَهْوَالِ اَتَذَكَّرُ وَ اَیَّهَا اَنْسٰی وَ لَوْ لَمْ یَكُنْ اِلَّا الْمَوْتُ لَكَفٰی كَیْفَ وَ مَا بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ اَعْظَمُ وَ اَدْهٰی مَوْلَایَ یَا مَوْلَایَ حَتّٰی مَتٰی وَ اِلٰی مَتٰی اَقُوْلُ لَكَ الْعُتْبٰی مَرَّةً بَعْدَ اُخْرٰی ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ عِنْدِیْ صِدْقًا وَ لَا وَفَاۤءً فَیَا غَوْثَاهُ ثُمَّ وَا غَوْثَاهُ بِكَ یَاۤ اَللهُ مِنْ هَوًی قَدْ غَلَبَنِیْ وَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ قَدِ اسْتَكْلَبَ عَلَیَّ وَ مِنْ دُنْیَا قَدْ تَزَیَّنَتْ لِیْ وَ مِنْ نَفْسِ اَمَّارَةٍ بِالسُّوْۤءِ اِلَّا مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّیْ مَوْلَایَ یَا مَوْلَایَ اِنْ كُنْتَ رَحِمْتَ مِثْلِیْ فَارْحَمْنِیْ وَ اِنْ كُنْتَ قَبِلْتَ مِثْلِیْ فَاقْبَلْنِیْ یَا قَابِلَ السَّحَرَةِ اقْبَلْنِیْ یَا مَنْ لَمْ اَزَلْ اَتَعَرَّفُ مِنْهُ الْحُسْنٰی یَا مَنْ یُغَذِّیْنِیْ بِالنِّعَمِ صَبَاحًا وَ مَسَاۤءً اِرْحَمْنِیْ یَوْمَ اٰتِیْكَ فَرْدًا شَاخِصًا اِلَیْكَ بَصَرِیْ مُقَلَّدًا عَمَلِیْ قَدْ تَبَرَّاَ جَمِیْعُ الْخَلْقِ مِنِّیْ نَعَمْ وَ اَبِیْ وَ اُمِّیْ وَ مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ كَدِّیْ وَ سَعْیِیْ فَاِنْ لَمْ تَرْحَمْنِیْ فَمَنْ یَرْحَمُنِیْ وَ مَنْ یُؤْنِسُ فِی الْقَبْرِ وَحْشَتِیْ وَ مَنْ یُنْطِقُ لِسَانِیْ اِذَا خَلَوْتُ بِعَمَلِیْ وَ سَاَلْتَنِیْ عَمَّاۤ اَنْتَ اَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّیْ فَاِنْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَاَیْنَ الْمَهْرَبُ مِنْ عَدْلِكَ وَ اِنْ قُلْتُ لَمْ اَفْعَلْ قُلْتَ اَ لَمْ اَكُنِ الشَّاهِدَ عَلَیْكَ فَعَفْوُكَ عَفْوُكَ یَا مَوْلَایَ قَبْلَ سَرَابِیْلِ الْقَطِرَانِ عَفْوُكَ عَفْوُكَ یَا مَوْلَایَ قَبْلَ جَهَنَّمَ وَ النِّیْرَانِ عَفْوُكَ عَفْوُكَ یَا مَوْلَایَ قَبْلَ اَنْ تُغَلَّ الْاَیْدِیْ اِلَی الْاَعْنَاقِ یَاۤ اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِیْنَ وَ خَیْرَ الْغَافِرِیْنَ۔
I am calling at You, O He Who is Existent everywhere...
This supplicatory prayer will be mentioned in the appendixes of Mafatih al-Jinan.
You may then prostrate yourself and repeat the following doxology (zikr) five times:
سُبُّوْحٌ قُدُّوْسٌ،رَبُّ الْمَلَاۤئِكَةِ وَ الرُّوْحِ۔
Glorified and Sacred be You;
You may then sit and recite Ayah al-Kursi after which you may return to the prostration position and repeat the aforesaid doxology (zikr) five times again.