Eighth hour of the day
15 verses Source: Mafatih al-Jinan
This translation was machine-assisted and is awaiting scholarly review. The Arabic above is the authoritative text.
-
The eighth hour, which is the space of time between the amount of four units of prayer after the Noon Prayer and the Afternoon Prayer, is dedicated to Imam `Ali ibn Musa al-Rida (`a). The supplication at this hour is the following:
1يَا خَيْرَ مَدْعُوٍّ
O Best of all besought ones!
- 2
يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ
O Best of all givers!
- 3
يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ سُئِلَ
O Best of all asked ones!
- 4
يَا مَنْ أَضَاءَ بِاسْمِهِ ضَوْءُ ٱلنَّهَارِ
O He by Whose Name the light of days beams,
- 5
وَأَظْلَمَ بِهِ ظُلْمَةُ ٱللَّيْلِ
the darkness of nights dims,
- 6
وَسَأَلَ بِٱسْمِهِ وَابِلُ ٱلسَّيْلِ
the heavy rain of floods flows,
- 7
وَرَزَقَ أَوْلِيَاءَهُ كُلَّ خَيْرٍ
and has provided His intimate servants with all prosperity!
- 8
يَا مَنْ عَلاَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ نُورُهُ
O He Whose light has gone up the heavens,
- 9
وَٱلأَرْضَ ضَوْؤُهُ
Whose beam has gone up the earth,
- 10
وَٱلشَّرْقَ وَٱلْغَرْبَ رَحْمَتُهُ
and Whose mercy has gone up the east and the west!
- 11
يَا وَاسِعَ ٱلْجُودِ
O Ample in magnanimity,
- 12
اسْالُكَ بِحَقِّ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَىٰ ٱلرِّضَا
I beseech You in the name of `Ali, the son of Musa, the well-contented,
- 13
عَلَيْهِمَا ٱلسلاَمُ
peace be upon both of them,
- 14
وَاقَدِّمُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ حَوَائِجِي
and I present him as my mediation for the settling of my needs,
- 15
أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ…
(please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and...