Second hour of the day
11 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 second hour, which is the space of time between sunrise and disappearance of the redness of the sun, is dedicated to Imam al-Hasan ibn `Ali (`a). The following is the supplication at this hour:
1اللَّهُمَّ لَبِسْتَ بَهَاءَكَ فِي اعْظَمِ قُدْرَتِكَ
O Allah, You have dressed Yourself with Your brilliance in the greatest level of Your power.
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وَصَفَا نُورُكَ فِي انْوَرِ ضَوْئِكَ
Your Light has been clear in the most glowing level of Your brightness.
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وَفَاضَ عِلْمُكَ حِجَابَكَ
Your knowledge has surpassed Your Screen.
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وَخَلَّصْتَ فِيهِ اهْلَ ٱلثِّقَةِ بِكَ عِنْدَ جُودِكَ
Through it (i.e. knowledge), You have accurately selected those having full trust in You, out of Your magnanimity.
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فَتَعَالَيْتَ فِي كِبْرِيَائِكَ
So, exalted by You in Your grandeur
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عُلُوّاً عَظُمَتْ فِيهِ مِنَّتُكَ عَلَىٰ أَهْلِ طَاعَتِكَ
with such exaltation due to which Your conferrals upon the people of obedience to You have been immense.
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فَبَاهَيْتَ بِهِمْ أَهْلَ سَمَاوَاتِكَ بِمِنَّتِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ
You therefore boasted the inhabitants of Your heavens about Your favoring upon them (i.e. the obedient to You).
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اللَّهُمَّ فَبِحَقِّ ٱلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْكَ أَسْالُكَ
O Allah, in the name the regard of al-Hasan, the son of `Ali, with You I beseech You,
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وَبِهِ اسْتَغِيثُ إِلَيْكَ
and in his name too, I seek Your succor
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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...