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NAMAZ E GHUFAYLAH

You may then offer the Ghufaylah Prayer in the period between the Sunset (maghrib) and the Evening (Isha’) Prayers. This prayer consists of two units in the first of which you should recite, after Surah al-Faatehah, the following verses (Surah al-Anbiya’ 21:87-88):

وَ ذَا النُّوْنِ اِذْ ذَهَبَ مُغَاضِبًا

And (mention) Dhu'n- Nun (Jonah), when he went off in anger

فَظَنَّ اَنْ لَنْ نَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ

and deemed that We would not suppress his sustenance.

فَنَادٰى فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ

But he cried out in the darkness,

اَنْ لَّاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ

“There is no god save You. Be You Glorified!

اِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِيْنَ

Lo! I have been a wrongdoer.”

فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ وَ نَجَّيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْغَمِّ

Then we heard his prayer and saved him from the anguish.

وَ كَذٰلِكَ نُنْجِي الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ ۔

Thus do we save the believers.

In the second unit, you should recite, after Surah al-Faatehah, the following verse (6:59):

وَعِنْدَهٗ مَفَاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ

And with Him are the keys of the Invisible.

لَا يَعْلَمُهَاۤ اِلَّا هُوَ‌ؕ

None but He knows them.

وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ‌ؕ

And He knows what is in the land and the sea.

وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِنْ وَّرَقَةٍ اِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا

Not a leaf falls but He knows it,

وَلَا حَبَّةٍ فِىْ ظُلُمٰتِ الْاَرْضِ

not a grain amid the darkness of the earth,

وَلَا رَطْبٍ وَّلَا يَابِسٍ

naught of wet or dry

اِلَّا فِىْ كِتٰبٍ مُّبِيْنٍ‏(59)

but (it is noted) in a clear record.

After that, you should raise your both hands for Qunut, saying:

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّي اَسْاَلُكَ بِمَفَاتِحِ الْغَيْبِ

O Allah, I beseech You in the name of the Keys of the Invisible (world)

الَّتِيْ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا اِلَّا اَنْتَ

that none knows save You;

اَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِهِ وَ اَنْ .. تَفْعَلَ بِيْ كَذَا وَ كَذَا۔

(please) send blessings to Muhammad and his Household and...

You may then mention your needs.

Then, say the following:

اَللّٰهُمَّ اَنْتَ وَلِيُّ نِعْمَتِيْ

O Allah, You are the source of the graces that I have,

وَ الْقَادِرُ عَلٰى طَلِبَتِيْ

You have the power to respond to my request,

تَعْلَمُ حَاجَتِيْ

and You know my needs;

فَاَسْاَلُكَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِهِ

I therefore beseech You in the name of Muhammad and his Household,

عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ

peace be upon him and them,

لَمَّا قَضَيْتَهَا لِيْ۔

to grant me my needs.

You may then pray to Him for your personal needs, for it has been narrated that anyone who offers this prayer and supplicates Almighty Allah will have his requests granted.