Fourth hour of the day
16 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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The fourth hour is the space of time between the rise of daylight up to midday. It is dedicated to Imam `Ali ibn al-Husayn (`a). The following is the supplication at this hour:
1اللَّهُمَّ صَفَا نُورُكَ فِي اتَمِّ عَظَمَتِكَ
O Allah, very clear is Your Light in Your most perfect greatness.
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وَعَلاَ ضِيَاؤُكَ فِي أَبْهَىٰ ضَوْئِكَ
Very exalted is Your brightness in Your most brilliant glow.
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أَسْالُكَ بِنُورِكَ ٱلَّذِي نَوَّرْتَ بِهِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلأَرَضِينَ
I beseech You in the name of Your Light by which You have lit up the heavens and the layers of the earth,
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وَقَصَمْتَ بِهِ ٱلْجَبَابِرَةَ
annihilated the tyrants,
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وَ أَحْيَيْتَ بِهِ ٱلأَمْوَاتَ
restored the dead to life,
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وَ أَمَتَّ بِهِ ٱلأَحْيَاءَ
caused the alive to die,
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وَجَمَعْتَ بِهِ ٱلْمُتَفَرِّقَ
brought together the scattered,
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وَفَرَّقْتَ بِهِ ٱلْمُجْتَمِعَ
split the brought together,
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وَ أَتْمَمْتَ بِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ
perfected the Words,
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وَأَقَمْتَ بِهِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ
and established the heavens.
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أَسْالُكَ بِحَقِّ وَلِيِّكَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ ٱلْحُسَيْنِ
I beseech You in the name of Your vicegerent, `Ali the son of al-Husayn,
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عَلَيْهِمَا ٱلسَّلاَمُ
peace be upon both of them,
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ٱلذَّابِّ عَنْ دِينِكَ
who defended Your religion
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وَٱلْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِكَ
and strove painstakingly for Your sake;
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وَأُقَدِّمُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ حَوَائِجِي
and I present him as my mediation for the settling of my needs,
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أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ…
(please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and...