At bedtime and at waking (7)
9 verses Source: Mafatih al-Jinan
This translation was machine-assisted and is awaiting scholarly review. The Arabic above is the authoritative text.
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- `Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj has reported that Imam al-Sadiq (`a), whenever he woke up at the last hours of night, would raise his voice with this prayer so that the people of his house would hear him:
- DUA UPON WAKING UP. The Imaam said that anyone who wakes up from sleep and recites the following Duaa shall be considered a grateful servant of Almighty Allah (swt):
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`Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj has reported that Imam al-Sadiq (`a), whenever he woke up at the last hours of night, would raise his voice with this prayer so that the people of his house would hear him:
1اَللَّهُمَّ اعِنِّي عَلَىٰ هَوْلِ ٱلْمُطَّلَعِ
O Allah, help me stand the horror of the after-death scene,
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وَوَسِّعْ عَلَيَّ ضِيقَ ٱلْمَضْجَعِ
expand for me the narrow abode,
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وَٱرْزُقْنِي خَيْرَ مَا قَبْلَ ٱلْمَوْتِ
provide me with the welfare of what is before death,
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وَٱرْزُقْنِي خَيْرَ مَا بَعْدَ ٱلْمَوْتِ
and provide me with the welfare of what is after death.
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DUA UPON WAKING UP. The Imaam said that anyone who wakes up from sleep and recites the following Duaa shall be considered a grateful servant of Almighty Allah (swt):
5سُبْحَانَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلنَّبِيِّينَ
All glory be to Allah the Lord of the prophets,
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وَإِلٰهِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
the God of the messengers,
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وَرَبِّ ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ
and the Lord of the enfeebled ones.
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وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِي يُحْيِي ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ
All praise be to Allah Who gives life to the dead
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وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
and He has power over all things.