Dua for the Second Hour

Text and Translation

The second hour, which is the space of time between sunrise and the disappearance of the redness of the sun, is dedicated to Imam al-Hasan ibn Ali (a). The following is the supplication at this hour:

اَللّٰهُمَّ لَبِسْتَ بَهَاۤئَكَ فِيْ اَعْظَمِ قُدْرَتِكَ وَ صَفَا نُوْرُكَ فِيْ اَنْوَرِ ضَوْئِكَ وَ فَاضَ عِلْمُكَ حِجَابَكَ وَ خَلَّصْتَ فِيْهِ اَهْلَ الثِّقَةِ بِكَ عِنْدَ جُوْدِكَ فَتَعَالَيْتَ فِيْ كِبْرِيَاۤئِكَ عُلُوًّا عَظُمَتْ فِيْهِ مِنَّتُكَ عَلٰى اَهْلِ طَاعَتِكَ فَبَاهَيْتَ بِهِمْ اَهْلَ سَمَاوَاتِكَ بِمِنَّتِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ اَللّٰهُمَّ فَبِحَقِّ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْكَ اَسْئَلُكَ وَ بِهِ اَسْتَغِيْثُ اِلَيْكَ وَاُقَدِّمُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ حَوَاۤئِجِيْ اَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اَنْ تَفْعَلَ بِيْ كَذَا وَ كَذَا۔

ALLAAHUMMA LABISTA BAHAAA-AKA FEEE A'ZAMI QUDRATIK, WA SAFAA NOORUKA FEEE ANWARI DAW-IK, WA FAADA I'LMUKA HIJAABAK, WA KHALLASTA FEEHI AHLATH THIQATI BIKA I'NDA JOODIK, FA-TA-A'ALAYTA FEE KIBRIYAAA-IKA U'LUWWAN A'ZUMAT FEEHI MINNATUKA A'LAA AHLI TAA-A'TIK, FA-BAAHAYTA BIHIM AHLA SAMAAWAATIKA BI-MINNATIKA A'LAYHIM, ALLAAHUMMA FA-BI-HAQQIL HASANI BNI A'LIYYIN A'LAYKA AS-ALUKA WA BIHI ASTAGHEESU ILAYK, 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, You have donned Your splendor in the greatest of Your power, Your light has become pure in the most luminous of Your radiance, Your knowledge has overflowed Your veil, and through it You have delivered those who trust in You when Your generosity comes; so You are exalted in Your majesty with a loftiness through which Your favor upon those obedient to You has become great, and through Your favor upon them You have made the inhabitants of Your heavens take pride in them. O Allah, so by the right of al-Hasan ibn Ali, upon him be peace, I beseech You, and through him I seek Your succor, 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.

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