Dua for the Fourth Hour

Text and Translation

The fourth hour is the space of time between the rise of daylight up to midday (zuhr). It is dedicated to Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn (a). The following is the supplication at this hour:

اَللّٰهُمَّ صَفَا نُوْرُكَ فِيْ اَتَمِّ عَظَمَتِكَ وَ عَلَا ضِيَاۤؤُكَ فِيْ اَبْهٰى ضَوْئِكَ اَسْئَلُكَ بِنُوْرِكَ الَّذِيْ نَوَّرْتَ بِهِ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَ الْاَرَضِيْنَ وَ قَصَمْتَ بِهِ الْجَبَابِرَةَ وَاَحْيَيْتَ بِهِ الْاَمْوَاتَ وَ اَمَتَّ بِهِ الْاَحْيَاۤءَ وَ جَمَعْتَ بِهِ الْمُتَفَرِّقَ وَ فَرَّقْتَ بِهِ الْمُجْتَمِعَ وَ اَتْمَمْتَ بِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ وَ اَقَمْتَ بِهِ السَّمٰوَاتِ اَسْئَلُكَ بِحَقِّ وَلِيِّكَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ الذَّآبِّ عَنْ دِيْنِكَ وَالْمُجَاهِدِ فِيْ سَبِيْلِكَ وَ اُقَدِّمُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ حَوَاۤئِجِيْ اَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اَنْ تَفْعَلَ بِيْ كَذَا وَ كَذَا۔

ALLAAHUMMA SAFAA NOORUKA FEEE ATAMMI A'ZAMATIK, WA A'LAA DIYAAA-UKA FEEE ABHAA DAW-IK, AS-ALUKA BI-NOORIKAL LAZEE NAWWARTA BIHIS SAMAAWAATI WAL ARADEEN, WA QASAMTA BIHIL JABAABIRAH, WA AHYAYTA BIHIL AMWAAT, WA AMATTA BIHIL AHYAAA-A, WA JAMA'TA BIHIL MUTAFARRIQ, WA FARRAQTA BIHIL MUJTAMI', WA ATMAMTA BIHIL KALIMAAT, WA AQAMTA BIHIS SAMAAWAAT, AS-ALUKA BI-HAQQI WALIYYIKA A'LIYYIBNIL HUSAYNI A'LAYHIS SALAAM, AZ ZAAA-BBI A'N DEENIK, WAL MUJAAHIDI FEE SABEELIK, WA UQADDIMUHU BAYNA YADAY HAWAAA-IJEE, AN TUSALLIYA A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALI MUHAMMADIN WA AN TAF-A'LA BEE KAZAA WA KAZAA.

O Allah, Your light has become pure in the fullness of Your greatness, and Your radiance has risen in the most brilliant of Your glow; I beseech You by Your light, through which You illuminated the heavens and the earths, shattered the tyrants, revived the dead, caused the living to die, gathered the scattered, scattered the gathered, perfected the words, and established the heavens; I beseech You by the right of Your intimate friend Ali ibn al-Husayn, upon him be peace, the defender of Your religion and the strider in Your path, and I present him before my needs, that You bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, and that You do for me such-and-such.

You may now mention your needs.