The Amaal of Ramadan Nights (Ramaḍān)
The recommended rites that are dedicated to the nights of Ramadan are as follows:
Narrations have confirmed that it is advisable to recite Surah al-Qadr one thousand times a night.
When possible, it is recommended to recite Surah al-Dukhan (No. 44) one hundred times a night.
Sayyid ibn Tawus has mentioned that if one says the following supplicatory prayer each night in Ramadan, his sins of forty years will be forgiven:
اَللّٰھُمَّ رَبَّ شَھْرِ رَمْضانَ الَّذِی اَنْزَلْتَ فِیہِ الْقُرْآنَ وَافْتَرَضْتَ عَلَی عِبادِکَ فِیہِ الصِّیامَ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَارْزُقْنِی حَجَّ بَیْتِکَ الْحَرامِ فِی عَامِی ھذَا وَفِی کُلِّ عامٍ وَّاغْفِر لِی تِلْکَ الذُّنُوبَ الْعِظَامَ، فَاِ نَّہُ لاَ یَغْفِرُہا غَیْرُکَ یَا رَحْمنُ یَا عَلاَّمُ ۔
Translation:
O Allah, the Lord of the month of Ramadan in which You have revealed the Qur'an and made obligatory fasting in this month upon Your servants! Please, send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and provide me with the opportunity to go to Your ‘Sacred House’ for pilgrimage in this year and in all years. Forgive my overbearing sins, for verily no one other than You can forgive them. O All-beneficent! O All-knowing!
It is recommended to say the previously mentioned supplicatory prayer known as Dua al-Hajj after the Maghrib Prayer Which is Following:
اللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّي بِكَ وَ مِنْكَ اَطْلُبُ حَاجَتِي وَ مَنْ طَلَبَ حَاجَةً اِلَي النَّاسِ فَاِنِّي لا اَطْلُبُ حَاجَتِي اِلا مِنْكَ وَحْدَكَ لا شَرِيكَ لَكَ وَ اَسْاَلُكَ بِفَضْلِكَ وَ رِضْوَانِكَ اَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَي مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَ اَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِي فِي عَامِي هٰذَا اِلَي بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ سَبِيلا حِجَّةً مَبْرُورَةً مُتَقَبَّلَةً زَاكِيَةً خَالِصَةً لَكَ تَقَرُّ بِهَا عَيْنِي وَ تَرْفَعُ بِهَا دَرَجَتِي وَ تَرْزُقَنِي اَنْ اَغُضَّ بَصَرِي وَ اَنْ اَحْفَظَ فَرْجِي وَ اَنْ اَكُفَّ بِهَا عَنْ جَمِيعِ مَحَارِمِكَ حَتَّي لا يَكُونَ شَيْءٌ آثَرَ عِنْدِي مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ وَ خَشْيَتِكَ وَ الْعَمَلِ بِمَا اَحْبَبْتَ وَ التَّرْكِ لِمَا كَرِهْتَ وَ نَهَيْتَ عَنْهُ وَ اجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ فِي يُسْرٍ وَ يَسَارٍ وَ عَافِيَةٍ وَ مَا اَنْعَمْتَ بِهِ عَلَيَّ وَ اَسْاَلُكَ اَنْ تَجْعَلَ وَفَاتِي قَتْلا فِي سَبِيلِكَ تَحْتَ رَايَةِ نَبِيِّكَ مَعَ اَوْلِيَائِكَ وَ اَسْاَلُكَ اَنْ تَقْتُلَ بِي اَعْدَاءَكَ وَ اَعْدَاءَ رَسُولِكَ وَ اَسْاَلُكَ اَنْ تُكْرِمَنِي بِهَوَانِ مَنْ شِئْتَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ لا تُهِنِّي بِكَرَامَةِ اَحَدٍ مِنْ اَوْلِيَائِكَ اللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِي مَعَ الرَّسُولِ سَبِيلا حَسْبِيَ اللّٰهُ مَا شَاءَ اللّٰهُ
Translation:
O Allah, from You and by You, I beseech for settling my need. If others beg people for settling their needs, I ask none except You for settling my need; from You alone, since You have no partner with You. I thus implore You in the name of Your favor and Your pleasure, to send blessings to Muhammad and his Household and to choose for me a way to Your Holy House this year: a pilgrimage that is admitted, accepted, pure, and sincerely intended for You by which You delight me and raise my rank with You. Confer upon me with the grace of making me cast my sight down (against what is illegal for me to look at), making me act chastely, and making me stop committing any deed that You have deemed unlawful so that nothing will be more preferred in my sight than obedience to You, fear of You, doing all that which You love, and avoiding all that which You have detested and warned against. (Please) make all that take place with easiness, lenience, and good health as well as the grace that You have bestowed upon me. I beseech You to cause me to die as martyr for Your sake, under the pennon of Your Prophet and in the line of Your intimate servants. I ask You to make me a means of killing Your enemies and the enemies of Your Messenger. I ask You to honor me through humiliating any one of Your created beings that You choose, and not to humiliate me through honoring any of Your intimate servants. O Allah, find me a way with the Messenger. Allah is Sufficient unto me! Only that which Allah wants shall take place.
It is recommended to say the following supplicatory prayer known as Dua al-Iftifah every night in Ramadan:
بِسمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحمنِ الرَّحيمِ
اَللّٰھُمَّ إِنِّي أَ فْتَتِحُ الثَّناءَ بِحَمْدِكَ وَأَ نْتَ مُسَدِّدٌ لِلصَّوابِ بِمَنِّكَ وَأَيْقَنْتُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ فِي مَوْضِعِ الْعَفْوِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ وَأَشَدُّ الْمُعاقِبِينَ فِي مَوْضِعِ النَّكالِ وَالنَّقِمَةِ، وَأَعْظَمُ الْمُتَجَبِّرِينَ فِي مَوْضِعِ الْكِبْرِياءِ وَالْعَظَمَةِ۔اَللّٰھُمَّ أَذِنْتَ لِي فِي دُعائِكَ وَمَسْأَلَتِكَ فَاسْمَعْ يَا سَمِيعُ مِدْحَتِي وَأَجِبْ يَا رَحِيمُ دَعْوَتِي وَأَقِلْ يَا غَفُورُ عَثْرَتِي، فَكَمْ يَا إِلھِي مِنْ كُرْبَةٍ قَدْ فَرَّجْتَها، وَھُمُومٍ قَدْ كَشَفْتَها، وَعَثْرَةٍ قَدْ أَ قَلْتَها وَرَحْمَةٍ قَدْ نَشَرْتَها وَحَلْقَةِ بَلاءٍ قَدْ فَكَكْتَها؟ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ صاحِبَةً وَلاَ وَلَداً وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَ لِيٌّ مِنَ الذُّلِّ وَكَبِّرْھُ تَكْبِيراً الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ بِجَمِيعِ مَحامِدِھِ كُلِّها عَلَي جَمِيعِ نِعَمِهِ كُلِّها الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي لاَ مُضادَّ لَهُ فِي مُلْكِهِ، وَلاَ مُنازِعَ لَهُ فِي أَمْرِھِ ۔ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ فِي خَلْقِهِ، وَلاَ شَبِيهَ لَهُ فِي عَظَمَتِهِ ۔ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الْفاشِي فِي الْخَلْقِ أَمْرُھُ وَحَمْدُھُ، الظَّاھِرِ بِالْكَرَمِ مَجْدُھُ، الْباسِطِ بِالْجُودِ يَدَھُ، الَّذِي لاَ تَنْقُصُ خَزائِنُهُ، وَلاَ تَزِيدُھُ كَثْرَةُ الْعَطاءِ إِلاَّ جُوداً وَكَرَماً إِنَّهُ ھُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْوَهَّابُ ۔ اَللّٰھُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ قَلِيلاً مِنْ كَثِيرٍ، مَعَ حاجَةٍ بِي إِلَيْهِ عَظِيمَةٍ وَغِناكَ عَنْهُ قَدِيمٌ وَھُوَ عِنْدِي كَثِيرٌ، وَھُوَ عَلَيْكَ سَھْلٌ يَسِيرٌ ۔ اَللّٰھُمَّ إِنَّ عَفْوَكَ عَنْ ذَ نْبِي، وَتَجاوُزَكَ عَنْ خَطِيئَتِي، وَصَفْحَكَ عَنْ ظُلْمِي وَسَِتْرَكَ عَلَي قَبِيحِ عَمَلِي، وَحِلْمَكَ عَنْ كَثِيرِجُرْمِي عِنْدَ مَا كانَ مِنْ خَطَإي وَعَمْدِي أَطْمَعَنِي فِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ مَا لاَ أَسْتَوْجِبُهُ مِنْكَ الَّذِي رَزَقْتَنِي مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَرَيْتَنِي مِنْ قُدْرَتِكَ وَعَرَّفْتَنِي مِنْ إِجابَتِكَ فَصِرْتُ أَدْعُوكَ آمِناً وَأَسْأَلُكَ مُسْتَأْنِساً لاَ خائِفاً وَلاَ وَجِلاً، مُدِلاًّ عَلَيْكَ فِيما قَصَدْتُ فِيهِ إِلَيْكَ، فَإِنْ أَبْطَأَ عَنِّي عَتَبْتُ بِجَھْلِي عَلَيْكَ وَلَعَلَّ الَّذِي أَبْطَأَ عَنِّي ھُوَ خَيْرٌ لِي لِعِلْمِكَ بِعاقِبَةِ الاَُْمُورِ، فَلَمْ أَرَ مَوْليً كَرِيماً أَصْبَرَ عَلَي عَبْدٍ لَئِيمٍ مِنْكَ عَلَيَّ، يَا رَبِّ ، إِنَّكَ تَدْعُونِي فَأُوَلِّي عَنْكَ وَتَتَحَبَّبُ إِلَيَّ فأَتَبَغَّضُ إِلَيْكَ، وَتَتَوَدَّدُ إِلَيَّ فَلاَ أَقْبَلُ مِنْكَ كَأَنَّ لِيَ التَّطَوُّلَ عَلَيْكَ فَلَمْ يَمْنَعْكَ ذلِكَ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ لِي وَالْاِحْسانِ إِلَيَّ وَالتَّفَضُّلِ عَلَيَّ بِجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ فَارْحَمْ عَبْدَكَ الْجاھِلَ وَجُدْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَضْلِ إِحْسانِكَ إِنَّكَ جَوادٌ كَرِيمٌ ۔ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ مالِكِ الْمُلْكِ، مُجْرِي الْفُلْكِ، مُسَخِّرِ الرِّياحِ، فالِقِ الْاِصْباحِ، دَيَّانِ الدِّينِ، رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ۔ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ عَلي حِلْمِهِ بَعْدَ عِلْمِهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ عَلَي عَفْوِھِ بَعْدَ قُدْرَتِهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ عَلَي طُولِ أَناتِهِ فِي غَضَبِهِ وَھُوَ قادِرٌ عَلَي مَا يُرِيدُ ۔ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ خالِقِ الْخَلْقِ، باسِطِ الرِّزْقِ، فالِقِ الْاِصْباحِ، ذِي الْجَلالِ وَالْاِكْرامِ وَالْفَضْلِ وَالْاِنْعامِ الَّذِي بَعُدَ فَلا يُريٰ، وَقَرُبَ فَشَھِدَ النَّجْويٰ، تَبارَكَ وَتَعالي الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ لَهُ مُنازِعٌ يُعادِلُهُ، وَلاَ شَبِيهٌ يُشاكِلُهُ، وَلاَ ظَھِيرٌ يُعاضِدُهُ، قَھَرَ بِعِزَّتِهِ الْاَعِزَّاءَ وَتَواضَعَ لِعَظَمَتِهِ الْعُظَماءُ، فَبَلَغَ بِقُدْرَتِهِ مَا يَشاءُ ۔ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي يُجِيبُنِي حِينَ أُنادِيهِ، وَيَسْتُرُ عَلَيَّ كُلَّ عَوْرَةٍ وَأَ نَا أَعْصِيهِ، وَيُعَظِّمُ النِّعْمَةَ عَلَيَّ فَلاَ أُجازِيهِ فَكَمْ مِنْ مَوْھِبَةٍ ھَنِيئةٍ قَدْ أَعْطانِي، وَعَظِيمَةٍ مَخُوفَةٍ قَدْ كَفانِي، وَبَھْجَةٍ مُو نِقَةٍ قَدْ أَرانِي فَأُ ثْنِي عَلَيْهِ حامِداً، وَأَذْكُرُھُ مُسَبِّحاً۔الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي لاَ يُھْتَكُ حِجابُهُ وَلاَ يُغْلَقُ بابُهُ،وَلاَ يُرَدُّ سائِلُهُ،وَلاَ يُخَيَّبُ آمِلُهُ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ الْخائِفِينَ وَيُنَجِّي الصَّالِحِينَ، وَيَرْفَعُ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ، وَيَضَعُ الْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ،وَيُھْلِكُ مُلُوكاً وَيَسْتَخْلِفُ آخَرِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ قاصِمِ الْجَبَّارِينَ مُبِيرِ الظَّالِمِينَ،مُدْرِكِ الْهارِبِينَ نَكالِ الظَّالِمِينَ صَرِيخِ الْمُسْتَصْرِخِينَ مَوْضِعِ حاجاتِ الطَّالِبِينَ مُعْتَمَدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي مِنْ خَشْيَتِهِ تَرْعُدُ السَّماءُ وَسُكَّانُها، وَتَرْجُفُ الْاَرْضُ وَعُمَّارُها وَتَمُوجُ الْبِحارُ وَمَنْ يَسْبَحُ فِي غَمَراتِها الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي ھَدانا لِهذا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَھْتَدِيَ لَوْلاَ أَنْ ھَدَانا اللّٰهُ ۔ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي يَخْلُقُ وَلَمْ يُخْلَقْ، وَيَرْزُقُ وَلاَ يُرْزَقُ وَيُطْعِمُ وَلاَ يُطْعَمُ وَيُمِيتُ الْاَحْياءَ وَيُحْيِي الْمَوْتي وَھُوَ حَيٌّ لاَ يَمُوتُ بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ وَھُوَ عَلَي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ اَللّٰھُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَي مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ وَأَمِينِكَ وَصَفِيِّكَ وَحَبِيبِكَ وَخِيَرَتِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَحافِظِ سِرِّكَ، وَمُبَلِّغِ رِسالاتِكَ أَ فْضَلَ وَأَحْسَنَ وَأَجْمَلَ وَأَكْمَلَ وَأَزْكي وَأَ نْمي وَأَطْيَبَ وَأَطْھَرَ وَأَسْني وَأَكْثَرَ مَا صَلَّيْتَ وَبارَكْتَ وَتَرَحَّمْتَ وَتَحَنَّنْتَ وَسَلَّمْتَ عَلَي أَحَدٍ مِنْ عِبادِكَ وَأَ نْبِيائِكَ وَرُسُلِكَ وَصِفْوَتِكَ وَأَھْلِ الْكَرامَةِ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ ۔ اَللّٰھُمَّ وَصَلِّ عَلَي عَلِيٍّ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَوَصِيِّ رَسُولِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ عَبْدِكَ وَوَ لِيِّكَ وَأَخِي رَسُولِكَ وَحُجَّتِكَ عَلَي خَلْقِكَ وَآيَتِكَ الْكُبْري، وَالنَّبَاََ الْعَظِيمِ، وَصَلِّ عَلَي الصِّدِّيقَةِ الطَّاھِرَةِ فاطِمَةَ سَيِّدَةِ نِساءِ الْعالَمِينَ وَصَلِّ عَلَي سِبْطَيِ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ إِمامَيِ الْھُدي الْحَسَنِ وَالْحُسَيْنِ سَيِّدَيْ شَبابِ أَھْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَصَلِّ عَلَي أَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينِّ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَجَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مُوسَي بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ وَعَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسي وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَعَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَالْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ وَالْخَلَفِ الْهادِي الْمَھْدِيِّ حُجَجِكَ عَلَي عِبادِكَ وَأُمَنائِكَ فِي بِلادِكَ صَلاةً كَثِيرَةً دائِمَةً۔اَللّٰھُمَّ وَصَلِّ عَلَي وَ ليِّ أَمْرِكَ الْقائِمِ الْمُؤَمَّلِ وَالْعَدْلِ الْمُنْتَظَرِ وَحُفَّهُ بِمَلائِكَتِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَأَيِّدْهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ يَا رَبَّ الْعالَمِينَ اَللّٰھُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ الدَّاعِيَ إِلي كِتابِكَ وَالْقائِمَ بِدِينِكَ اسْتَخْلِفْهُ فِي الْاَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفْتَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ، مَكِّنْ لَهُ دِينَهُ الَّذِي ارْتَضَيْتَهُ لَهُ،أَبْدِلْهُ مِنْ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِ أَمْناً يَعْبُدُكَ لاَ يُشْرِكُ بِكَ شَيْئاً ۔ اَللّٰھُمَّ أَعِزَّھُ وَأَعْزِزْ بِهِ، وَانْصُرْھُ وَ وَانْتَصِرْ بِهِ، وَانْصُرْھُ نَصْراً عَزِيزاً، وَافْتَحْ لَهُ فَتْحاً يَسِيراً، وَاجْعَلْ لَهُ مِنْ لَدُنْكَ سُلْطاناً نَصِيراً اَللّٰھُمَّ أَظْھِرْ بِهِ دِينَكَ وَسُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكَ حَتَّي لاَ يَسْتَخْفِيَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الْحَقِّ مَخافَةَ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ اَللّٰھُمَّ إِنَّا نَرْغَبُ إِلَيْكَ فِي دَوْلَةٍ كَرِيمَةٍ تُعِزُّ بِھَا الْاِسْلامَ وَأَھْلَهُ وَتُذِلُّ بِھَا النِّفاقَ وَأَھْلَهُ، وَ تَجْعَلُنا فِيها مِنَ الدُّعاةِ إِلَي طاعَتِكَ، وَالْقادَةِ إِلي سَبِيلِكَ، وَتَرْزُقُنا بِها كَرامَةَ الدُّنْيا وَالْاَخِرَةِ اَللّٰھُمَّ مَا عَرَّفْتَنا مِنَ الْحَقِّ فَحَمِّلْناھُ، وَمَا قَصُرْنا عَنْهُ فَبَلِّغْناھُ اَللّٰھُمَّ الْمُمْ بِه شَعَثَنا، وَاشْعَبْ بِهِ صَدْعَنا، وَارْتُقْ بِهِ فَتْقَنا، وَكَثِّرْ بِهِ قِلَّتَنا، وَأَعْزِزْ بِهِ ذِلَّتَنا، وَأَغْنِ بِهِ عائِلَنا وَاقْضِ بِهِ عَنْ مُغْرَمِنا، وَاجْبُرْ بِهِ فَقْرَنا، وَسُدَّ بِهِ خَلَّتَنا، وَيَسِّرْ بِهِ عُسْرَنا، وَبَيِّضْ بِهِ وُجُوھَنا، وَفُكَّ بِهِ أَسْرَنا، وَأَ نْجِحْ بِهِ طَلِبَتَنا، وَأَ نْجِزْ بِهِ مَواعِيدَنا، وَاسْتَجِبْ بِهِ دَعْوَتَنا، وَأَعْطِنا بِهِ سُؤْلَنا، وَبَلِّغْنا بِهِ مِنَ الدُّنْيا وَالاَْخِرَةِ آمالَنا، وَأَعْطِنا بِهِ فَوْقَ رَغْبَتِنا، يَا خَيْرَ الْمَسْؤُولِينَ، وَأَوْسَعَ الْمُعْطِينَ، اشْفِ بِهِ صُدُورَنا، وَأَذْھِبْ بِهِ غَيْظَ قُلُوبِنا، وَاھْدِنا بِهِ لِمَا اخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِكَ، إِنَّكَ تَھْدِي مَنْ تَشاءُ إِلي صِراطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ، وَانْصُرْنا بِهِ عَلَي عَدُوِّكَ وَعَدُوِّنا إِلهَ الْحَقِّ آمِينَ اَللّٰھُمَّ إِنَّا نَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ فَقْدَ نَبِيِّنا صَلَواتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ، وَغَيْبَةَ وَلِيِّنا، وَكَثْرَةَ عَدُوِّنا، وَقِلَّةَ عَدَدِنا، وَشِدَّةَ الْفِتَنِ بِنا، وَتَظاھُرَ الزَّمانِ عَلَيْنا، فَصَلِّ عَلَي مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ، وَأَعِنَّا عَلي ذلِكَ بِفَتْحٍ مِنْكَ تُعَجِّلُهُ، وَبِضُرٍّ تَكْشِفُهُ، وَنَصْرٍ تُعِزُّھُ، وَسُلْطانِ حَقٍّ تُظْھِرُھُ، وَرَحْمَةٍ مِنْكَ تُجَلِّلُناها، وَعافِيَةٍ مِنْكَ تُلْبِسُناها، بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ۔
Translation:
In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful
O Allah, I begin glorifying You with Your Praise You direct towards what is right through Your Grace I am convinced that You are the most Merciful in matters of forgiveness and mercy but most severe in matters of warning and retribution and the most mighty in matters of power and magnificence. O Allah You have allowed me to supplicate to You and ask from You Then hear my praise O One who hears all and answer my call O Merciful and decrease my mistakes O most Forgiving How often, O my God, You have relieved me of troubles how many griefs You have dispelled how many mistakes You have prevented how many blessings You have spread and how many series of afflictions You have separated All Praise is for Allah who has not taken a wife nor a son who has no partner in His Kingdom who has no friend to protect Him from humiliation so magnify Him with a great Magnificence All Praise is for Allah for all His praiseworthy acts for all His favors and blessings All Praise is for Allah who has no opposition in His Kingdom nor any challenge to His command All Praise is for Allah who has no partner in creation nor anyone like Him in His Greatness All Praise is for Allah, His commands operate over His creation His Praise is evident through His Generosity whose bestowal stretches out liberally His treasures never decrease (rather) the frequency of His Giving increases His Generosity and Kindness, Surely He is the Mighty, the Bestower. O Allah I ask You a little from much although I am in great need of it while You are eternally needless of it though it is a lot for me while it is easy and simple for You. O Allah, indeed Your forgiveness of my sins and Your overlooking my faults Your pardoning my oppression Your hiding my ugly deeds and Your forbearing my many wrongs done intentionally or unintentionally tempted me to ask from You what I did not deserve from You which You (still) gave me out of Your Mercy provided me by Your Power and made known to me from Your answers. So I became habituated to call You trustingly and ask You familiarly neither fearing nor scared but with confidence in You for what I intended Then if there was a delay (in Your answer) I would blame You, due to my ignorance and perhaps the delay was best for me for You know the outcome of all affairs. I have not seen a more generous master patient with a wretched slave than You are with me My Lord, You call me and I turn away from You You show affection to me and I show hatred towards You You display Your love for me and I do not respond as though I am above You But this does not prevent You from having mercy on me being good to me and favoring me, through Your Generosity and Nobility so please (continue to) have mercy on your ignorant slave and be kind to him through the excellence of Your Grace Surely You are the Bountiful, the Generous. All Praise is for Allah The Owner of the Kingdom who makes the ships sail, controls the wind, causes the dawn to break, is the authority on the Day of Judgement, the Lord of the worlds. All Praise is for Allah for His patience despite His knowledge. And all praise is for Allah for His forgiveness despite His power. All Praise is for Allah for the lengthy respite He gives despite His anger, though He has the power to do as He wills. All Praise is for Allah the creator of all creation, the provider of plentiful sustenance, the cleaver of the dawn, possessor of Glory and Honor, and Excellence and Blessings, who is far and thus cannot be seen, but is close and thus witnesses secret conversations, Blessed and Exalted be His name. All Praise is for Allah who has no equal who argues with Him nor anyone similar to Him nor any Helper to support Him He overpowers the mighty by His strength the great humble themselves before His tremendousness, He accomplishes what He wishes through His power All Praise is for Allah who answers me when I call Him covers all my faults yet I disobey Him increases His bounties on me but I do not acknowledge them. How many pleasant gifts He has given me how many great fears He has removed how many delightful joys He has shown me Thus I glorify Him, thanking Him and I remember Him with praise. All praise is for Allah whose curtains cannot be opened whose doors cannot be locked who does reject the one who asks Him and who does not disappoint the one who places hope in Him. All Praise is for Allah who provides safety for the frightened rescues the virtuous raises the oppressed humiliates the proud destroys kings and replaces them with others. All Praise is for Allah, who crushes the tyrants annihilates the oppressors watches over the runaways punishes the oppressors assists those who cry for help grants the requests of the beseechers and is the confidence of the believers. All praise is for Allah in whose awe the skies and its inhabitants shake the earth and its inhabitants tremble the sea and all that swims in it, billows All praise is for Allah who guided us to this and we would not have been guided had He not guided us to this. All Praise is for Allah who creates but is not created gives sustenance but is not given sustenance feeds but is not fed causes the living to die and gives life to the dead He is Ever-living and does not die in His control is all good and He has power over all things. O Allah send Your Blessings on Muhammad Your servant, Your Messenger Your trustee, Your chosen One, Your beloved the best of Your creation the preserver of Your secrets and the preacher of Your messages. the exquisite,the most handsome, the most perfect, the upright the more prospering, the more pleasant, the thoroughly purified, the sublime who has more and better blessings, advantages, mercies, affections and salutations than anyone from Your servants Your Prophets, Your Messengers Your chosen ones and the honorable ones from Your creation. O Allah, and send Your blessings on ‘Ali the commander of the faithful and the successor of the Messenger of the Lord of the worlds. Your servant, Your friend the brother of Your Messenger Your proof over creation Your great sign and the mighty awaited news. And send blessings on the truthful, pure (lady) Fatima az¬-Zahra the leader of the women of the worlds. And send Your blessings on the two grandsons of mercy (to the world, i.e. the Prophet), the leaders of guidance Al-Hasan and Al-Husayn the leaders of the youths of Paradise. And send blessings on the leaders of Muslims ‘Ali son of Husayn Muhammad son of ‘Ali Ja’far son of Muhammad Musa son of Ja’far ‘Ali son of Musa Muhammad son of ‘Ali ‘Ali son of Muhammad Hasan son of ‘Ali and the successor, the guide and the rightly guided (these are) Your proofs over Your servants Your trustees on Your land (bless them with) numerous and continuos blessings O Allah and send blessings on the guardian of Your orders the one who will rise the one hoped for, the awaited justice. Surround him with Your favorite angels and assist him with the holy spirit O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, appoint him to invite towards Your book to establish Your religion make him the successor on the earth as You caused others to succeed before him establish for him his religion which You have approved for him give him security after fear (as) he worships You and does not associate any with You. O Allah, give him power and through him strengthen (others) help him and help (others) through him help him with a mighty help give him an easy victory and grant him an assisting authority from You. O Allah, make manifest through him Your religion and the way of Your Prophet until nothing from the truth remains hidden from any human being. O Allah, we earnestly desire from You an honored state through which You strengthen Islam and its people and degrade hypocrisy and its followers. And make us in it amongst the inviters towards Your obedience and the leaders to Your path give us through it honor of the world and the Hereafter. O Allah, what You have made known to us of the truth help us bear it and what we fall short make us reach it. O Allah, through him put order in our affairs gather and unite our flocks join together our separations increase our minority lift us from degradation relieve our miseries pull us out of our debts remove our poverty fill the gaps in our confusion ease our difficulties brighten our faces free our prisoners grant our requests fulfil our promises answer our calls grant us our requests cause us to obtain what we hope for from this world and the hereafter and give us more than our expectations. O the best of all who are asked and the most generous of bestowers through him, cleanse our chests remove the stains of anger and hatred from our hearts and guide us to the truth on disputed matters By Your permission Surely You guide whom You wish to the right path through him help us to overcome Your enemy and our enemy O God of truth, Ameen. O Allah, we complain to You of the absence of our Prophet Your blessings be on him and his family, the concealment of our leader the abundance of our enemies the scarcity of our numbers the severity of our trials and the victory of the era against us. So bless Muhammad and his family and help us overcome that by, granting us an immediate victory dispersing miseries giving us a help that strengthens providing an authority of truth which You manifest a mercy from You which is clear to us and a well¬being from You which clothes us by Your mercy O most merciful.
It is recommended to say the following supplicatory prayer every night in Ramadan:
اللّٰهُمَّ بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِي الصَّالِحِينَ فَاَدْخِلْنَا وَ فِي عِلِّيِّينَ فَارْفَعْنَا وَ بِكَأْسٍ مِنْ مَعِينٍ مِنْ عَيْنٍ سَلْسَبِيلٍ فَاسْقِنَا وَ مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ فَزَوِّجْنَا وَ مِنَ الْوِلْدَانِ الْمُخَلَّدِينَ كَاَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَكْنُونٌ فَاَخْدِمْنَا وَ مِنْ ثِمَارِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ لُحُومِ الطَّيْرِ فَاَطْعِمْنَا وَ مِنْ ثِيَابِ السُّنْدُسِ وَ الْحَرِيرِ وَ الْاِسْتَبْرَقِ فَاَلْبِسْنَا وَ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ وَ حَجَّ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ وَ قَتْلا فِي سَبِيلِكَ فَوَفِّقْ لَنَا وَ صَالِحَ الدُّعَاءِ وَ الْمَسْاَلَةِ فَاسْتَجِبْ لَنَا وَ اِذَا جَمَعْتَ الْاَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَارْحَمْنَا وَ بَرَاءَةً مِنَ النَّارِ فَاكْتُبْ لَنَا وَ فِي جَهَنَّمَ فَلا تَغُلَّنَا وَ فِي عَذَابِكَ وَ هَوَانِكَ فَلا تَبْتَلِنَا وَ مِنَ الزَّقُّومِ وَ الضَّرِيعِ فَلا تُطْعِمْنَا وَ مَعَ الشَّيَاطِينِ فَلا تَجْعَلْنَا وَ فِي النَّارِ عَلَى وُجُوهِنَا فَلا تَكْبُبْنَا وَ مِنْ ثِيَابِ النَّارِ وَ سَرَابِيلِ الْقَطِرَانِ فَلا تُلْبِسْنَا وَ مِنْ كُلِّ سُوءٍ يَا لا اِلَهَ اِلا اَنْتَ بِحَقِّ لا اِلَهَ اِلا اَنْتَ فَنَجِّنَا.
Translation:
O Allah, (please do) include us with the righteous ones, out of Your mercy, uplift us to the rank of `illiyyin (most elevated rank), serve us with water running out of spring of Salsabil, out of Your mercy, give us as wives the Paradisiacal women, make the Paradisiacal youths who never alter in age and who are like hidden pearls serve us, give us food from the fruits of Paradise and from the meat of birds there, dress us from the clothes of fine and thick silk and rich brocade, give us success to catch the Grand Night, lead us to pilgrimage to Your Holy House and martyrdom in Your way, and respond to our goodly prayer and supplication. When You shall gather the past and the coming generations on the Resurrection Day, (please) have mercy upon us. (Please) release us from Hellfire. Do not fetter us in Hell, do not try us through Your chastisement and humiliations, do not feed us from zaqqum and thorns, do not add us to the devils, do not throw us down on our faces in Hellfire, do not dress us from the clothes of fire and the shirts of tar, and save us from all evils; O He save Whom there is no god! I beseech You in the name of there is no god save You.
Imam al-Sadiq(a.s.) is reported to have instructed to say the following supplicatory prayer every night in Ramadan:
اللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّي اَسْاَلُكَ اَنْ تَجْعَلَ فِيمَا تَقْضِي وَ تُقَدِّرُ مِنَ الْاَمْرِ الْمَحْتُومِ فِي الْاَمْرِ الْحَكِيمِ مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ الَّذِي لا يُرَدُّ وَ لا يُبَدَّلُ اَنْ تَكْتُبَنِي مِنْ حُجَّاجِ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ الْمَبْرُورِ حَجُّهُمْ الْمَشْكُورِ سَعْيُهُمْ الْمَغْفُورِ ذُنُوبُهُمْ الْمُكَفَّرِ عَنْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَ اَنْ تَجْعَلَ فِيمَا تَقْضِي وَ تُقَدِّرُ اَنْ تُطِيلَ عُمُرِي فِي خَيْرٍ وَ عَافِيَةٍ وَ تُوَسِّعَ فِي رِزْقِي وَ تَجْعَلَنِي مِمَّنْ تَنْتَصِرُ بِهِ لِدِينِكَ وَ لا تَسْتَبْدِلْ بِي غَيْرِي .
Translation:
O Allah :I beseech You that You, while taking decisions and rendering possible things and events decisively (decisions which can not be changed or bypassed), write my name in the list of those pilgrims of Your Holy House whose pilgrimage receives Your approval, whose efforts are appreciated, whose sins are forgiven, whose wrongdoings are overlooked; that You, while making decisions and rendering possible things and events; make possible for me long life, goodness, welfare, and enough means of livelihood, and let me be like him whom You helps with Your Religion; not substituting any other in my place.
According to the book of Anis al-Salihin, it is recommended to say the following supplicatory prayer every night in Ramadan:
ٲَعُوذُ بِجَلالِ وَجْھِکَ الْکَرِیمِ ٲَنْ یَنْقَضِیَ عَنِّی شَھْرُ رَمَضانَ ٲَوْ یَطْلُعَ الْفَجْرُ مِنْ لَیْلَتِی ہذِھِ وَلَکَ قِبَلِی تَبِعَۃٌ ٲَوْ ذَ نْبٌ تُعَذِّبُنِی عَلَیْہِ ۔
Translation:
I seek refuge with the majesty of Your Honorable Face, Against that the month of Ramadan elapses Or dawn breaks this night, And there is still a sin or an offense in my record for which You may chastise me.
In the margin of al-Balad al-Amin, al-Kaf’ami has reported on the authority of Sayyid Ibn Baqi that it is recommended to offer a two unit prayer every night in Ramadan, reciting in the first unit Surah al-Faatehah once and repeating Surah al-Tawheed three times. After accomplishment, it is recommended to say the following litany:
سُبْحانَ مَنْ ھُوَ حَفِیظٌ لاَ یَغْفُلُ سُبْحانَ مَنْ ھُوَ رَحِیمٌ لاَ یَعْجَلُ سُبْحانَ مَنْ ھُوَ قائِمٌ لاَ یَسْھُو سُبْحانَ مَنْ ھُوَ دائِمٌ لاَ یَلْھُو
After that, it is recommended to say the al-Tasbihat al-Arba’ah (the Four Statements of Glorification)
سُبْحَانَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ ٱللَّهُ وَٱللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Then, it is recommended to say the following imploration for forgiveness:
سُبْحَانَكَ سُبْحَانَكَ سُبْحَانَكَ يَا عَظِيمُ اغْفِرْ لِيَ الذَّنْبَ الْعَظِيمَ
Then, it is recommended to invoke blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household ten times
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَىٰ آلِهِ
Translation:
Glory be to Him Who watches over, never leaves anything undone, or is neglectful. Glory be to Him Who is Merciful, never does a thing in haste. Glory be to Him Who is vigilant, never forgets one thing over another. Glory be to Him Who is alert and steady, never is engrossed with a thing so as to overlook another.
After that, it is recommended to say the al-Tasbihat al-Arba’ah (the Four Statements of Glorification)
All glory be to Allah, all praise be to Allah, there is no god save Allah, and Allah is the Greatest.
Then, it is recommended to say the following imploration for forgiveness:
Glory be to You! Glory be to You! Glory be to You! O All-great, forgive my grave sins.
Then, it is recommended to invoke blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household ten times
O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad and upon his Household.
Explanation / Details::
of those who offer this prayer in the previous form Almighty Allah will forgive seventy thousand sins
According to a Hadith, if one recites Surah al-Fath (No. 48) in a considerable prayer, he will be saved all over that year.
One of the recommended acts in the month of Ramadan is to offer the one thousand unit prayer. Master scholars have referred to this prayer in their books of jurisprudence and acts of worship. However, the way of offering this prayer has been mentioned by narrations in many forms. According to the report of Ibn Abi-Qurrah from Imam Muhammad al-Jawad(a.s.) that is also adopted by Shaykh al-Mufid in his book of al-Ghariyyah wa’l-Ashraf, this prayer, in its most familiar form, is offered as follows:
As for the first twenty nights of Ramadan, twenty units of this prayer should be offered at each night with an interval between each two units. To explain, eight units should be offered after the obligatory Maghrib Prayer and the others are performed after the obligatory Isha’ Prayer. The total is thus seven hundred units and the remainder is three hundred. These three hundred units should be offered at the Qadr Nights, which are the nineteenth, the twenty-first, and the twenty-third nights of the month. One hundred units should be offered at each of these three Qadr Nights. Thus, one thousand units are completed.