Third hour of the day
19 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 third hour, which is from disappearance of the ray of the sun to the rising of the daylight, is dedicated to Imam al-Husayn ibn `Ali (`a). The following is the supplication at this hour:
1يَا مَنْ تَجَبَّرَ فَلاَ عَيْنٌ تَرَاهُ
O He Who is too Omnipotent to be seen by any eye!
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يَا مَنْ تَعَظَّمَ فَلاَ تَخْطُرُ ٱلْقُلُوبُ بِكُنْهِهِ
O He Who is so Great that hearts cannot even imagine His quiddity!
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يَا حَسَنَ ٱلْمَنِّ
O most Excellent in favoring!
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يَا حَسَنَ ٱلتَّجَاوُزِ
O most Excellent in condonation!
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يَا حَسَنَ ٱلْعَفْوِ
O most Excellent in pardoning!
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يَا جَوَادُ يَا كَرِيمُ
O All-magnanimous! O All-generous!
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يَا مَنْ لاَ يُشْبِهُهُ شَيْءٌ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ
O He none of Whose creatures is like Him!
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يَا مَنْ مَنَّ عَلَىٰ خَلْقِهِ بِاوْلِيَائِهِ
O He Who has conferred a benefit upon His creatures through His Vicegerents
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إِذِ ٱرْتَضَاهُمْ لِدِينِهِ
whom He has accepted for His religion,
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وَ أَدَّبَ بِهِمْ عِبَادَهُ
through whom He has disciplined His servants,
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وَجَعَلَهُمْ حُجَجاً مَنّاً مِنْهُ عَلَىٰ خَلْقِهِ
and whom He has made arguments against His creatures, out of His favor!
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أَسْالُكَ بِحَقِّ ٱلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ
I beseech You in the name of al-Husayn the son of `Ali,
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عَلَيْهِمَا ٱلسَّلاَمُ
peace be upon both of them,
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ٱلسِّبْطِ ٱلتَّابِعِ لِمَرْضَاتِكَ
the grandson who is subservient to Your pleasure,
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وَٱلنَّاصِحِ فِي دِينِكَ
sincere in Your religion,
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وَٱلدَّلِيلِ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِكَ
and the signpost on Your Essence;
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أَسْالُكَ بِحَقِّهِ
I thus beseech You in the name of him
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وَ أُقَدِّمُهُ 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...