Twelfth hour of the day
18 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 twelfth hour of the day begins with the sun coloring yellowish and ends with sunset. This hour is dedicated to Imam al-Mahdi the Patron of the Age (`a), and the following is the supplication at this hour:
1يَا مَنْ تَوَحَّدَ بِنَفْسِهِ عَنْ خَلْقِهِ
O He Who has excluded Himself lonely from His creatures!
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يَا مَنْ غَنِيَ عَنْ خَلْقِهِ بِصُنْعِهِ
O He Who has sufficed Himself from His creatures by His making!
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يَا مَنْ عَرَّفَ نَفْسَهُ خَلْقَهُ بِلُطْفِهِ
O He Who has introduced Himself to His creatures out of His gentleness!
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يَا مَنْ سَلَكَ بِأَهْلِ طَاعَتِهِ مَرْضَاتَهُ
O He Who has led the people of obedience to Him to His pleasure!
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يَا مَنْ أَعَانَ اهْلَ مَحَبَّتِهِ عَلَىٰ شُكْرِهِمْ
O He Who has helped the people of love for Him to thank Him!
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يَا مَنْ مَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ بِدِينِهِ
O He Who has conferred upon them with the favor of His religion
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وَلَطُفَ لَهُمْ بِنَائِلِهِ
and has been kind to them through His rewards!
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أَسْالُكَ بِحَقِّ ٱلْخَلَفِ ٱلصَّالِحِ عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ
I beseech You in the name of the regard of the Righteous Successor, peace be upon him, with You,
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وَأَتَضَرَّعُ إِلَيْكَ بِهِ
implore to You in his name,
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وَأُقَدِّمُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ حَوَائِجِي
and 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...
- 12
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,
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أُولِي ٱلأَمْرِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَمَرْتَ بِطَاعَتِهِمْ
the men of authority whom You have ordered us to obey,
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وَ أُولِي ٱلأََرْحَامِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَمَرْتَ بِصِلَتِهِمْ
the kindred by blood whom You have ordered us to connect,
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وَذَوِي ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ ٱلَّذِينَ أَمَرْتَ بِمَوَدَّتِهِمْ
the relatives whom You have ordered us to love,
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وَٱلْمَوَالِي ٱلَّذِينَ أَمَرْتَ بِعِرْفَانِ حَقِّهِمْ
the masters whom You have ordered us to recognize their right,
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وَأَهْلِ ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَذْهَبْتَ عَنْهُمُ ٱلرِّجْسَ وَطَهَّرْتَهُمْ تَطْهِيراً
and the People of the House from whom You have removed away filth and whom You have purified with thorough purifying,
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أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ…
(please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and...