Ta'qeebaat of the Dawn (Fajr) Prayers

Text and Translation

Utterances of the Post-Dawn

The post-dawn (fajr) Prayer utterances are as follows:

First: Ibn Baabwayh has reported through a valid chain of authority that Imam al-Baqir (a.s.) said, “He who repeats the imploration for Almighty Allah’s forgiveness seventy times after the dawn (fajr) Prayer will be forgiven by Almighty Allah even if he would commit seventy (or seven hundred according to another narration) sins on that day.”

Second: Ibn Baabwayh has also reported through an authentic chain of authority and other valid chain of authority that Imam Ali Ameer al-Momineen (a.s.) said, “He who performs the dawn (fajr) Prayer and follows it with reciting Surah al-Tawheed eleven times will not be followed by any sin to commit even if Satan may be averse.”

In the book of al-Balad al-Amin, it is mentioned that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said, “He who recites Surah al-Tawheed ten times every day will not be followed by any sin to commit even if Satan exerts all efforts against so.”

Third: Al-Kulayni has reported though an authentic chain of authority that Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said: He who repeats the following doxology (zikr) one hundred times after the dawn (fajr) Prayer will not face any terrible thing on that day:

مَا شَآءَ اللهُ كَانَ وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللهِ الْعَلِىِّ الْعَظِيْمِ.

MAA SHAA ALLAAHO KAANA WA LAA HAWLA WA LAA QUWWATA ILLAA BILLAAHIL A’LEE-IL A’ZEEME.

That which Allah wills takes place. There is no stratagem and no power save with Allah, the Supreme Almighty.

The same narration is reported by al-Tusi and others in their books on supplications.

Merits of Surah Qadr

Fourth: Al-Kaf’ami and others have reported Imam al-Baqir (a.s.) to have said, “He who recites Surah al-Qadr ten times after the dawn (fajr) Prayers, ten times at middays, and ten times after afternoons will tire out two thousand writers (of rewards) for thirty years.

Imam al-Baqir (a.s.) is also reported to have said, “Whenever a servant (of Allah) recites Surah al-Qadr seven times after dawning, a line of angels will invoke blessings and mercy upon him, each seventy times.”

Imam Muhammad al-Taqi (a.s.) is reported to have mentioned abundant rewards for one who recites Surah al-Qadr seventy-six times a day; seven times before the dawn (fajr) Prayer and ten times after it, ten times before the supererogatory (mustahab / nafilah) prayer of midday (zohr) and twenty-one times after it, ten times after the Afternoon (Asr) Prayer, seven times after the Evening (Isha’) Prayer, and eleven times when going to bed. One of these rewards is that Almighty Allah will create one thousand angels to record the rewards of this act for thirty-six thousand years.

Various Doxologies

Fifth: Ibn Baabwayh and other scholars, may Allah be pleased with them, have reported through valid chains of authority that Imam al-Baqir (a.s.) quoted the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) to have said: After you perform the dawn (fajr) Prayer, you may say the following doxology (zikr) ten times, for if you do so, Almighty Allah will heal you from blindness, lunacy, leprosy, poverty, demolition, and senility:

سُبْحَانَ اللهِ الْعَظِيْمِ وَ بِحَمْدِهٖ وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللهِ الْعَلِىِّ الْعَظِيْمِ.

SUBHAANAL LAAHIL A’ZEEME WA BE-HAMDEHI WA LAA HAWLA WA LAA QUWWATA ILLAA BILLAAHIL A’LIYYIL A’ZEEME.

Glory be to Allah, the Magnificent, and praise be to Him; there is no power nor might except by Allah, the High, the Great.

Sixth: In the book of al-Balad al-Ameen, it is reported that Imam Ali Ameer al-Momineen (a.s.) reported the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) to have said: He who wishes that Almighty Allah will grant him a longer lifetime and victory over his enemies and safeguard him against terrible death, must keep on saying this doxology (zikr) every morning and evening. He may say the following three times:

سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ مِلْاَ الْمِيْزَانِ وَ مُنْتَهَى الْعِلْمِ وَ مَبْلَغَ الرِّضَا وَ زِنَةَ الْعَرْشِ وَ سَعَةَ الْكُرْسِىِّ.

SUBHAANAL LAAHE MIL-AL MEEZAANE WA MUNTAHAL I’LME WA MABLAGHAR REZAA WA ZENATAL A’RSHE WA SA-A’TAL KURSIYYE.

Glory be to Allah, to the fullness of the Scale, the limit of knowledge, the height of pleasure, the weight of the Throne, and the vastness of the Chair (Kursi).

He may say the following three times:

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ مِلْاَ الْمِيْزَانِ وَمُنْتَهَى الْعِلْمِ وَمَبْلَغَ الرِّضَا وَ زِنَةَ الْعَرْشِ وَ سَعَةَ الْكُرْسِىِّ.

ALHAMDOLIL LAAHE MIL-AL MEEZAANE WA MUNTAHAL I’LME WA MABLAGHAR REZAA WA ZENATAL A’RSHE WA SA-A’TAL KURSIYYE.

Praise be to Allah, to the fullness of the Scale, the limit of knowledge, the height of pleasure, the weight of the Throne, and the vastness of the Chair (Kursi).

He may say the following three times:

لَا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ مِلْاَ الْمِيْزَانِ وَ مُنْتَهَى الْعِلْمِ وَ مَبْلَغَ الرِّضَا وَ زِنَةَ الْعَرْشِ وَ سَعَةَ الْكُرْسِىِّ.

LAA ELAAHA ILLAL LAAHO MIL-AL MEEZAANE WA MUNTAHAL I’LME WA MABLAGHAR REZAA WA ZENATAL A’RSHE WA SA-A’TAL KURSIYYE.

There is no god but Allah, to the fullness of the Scale, the limit of knowledge, the height of pleasure, the weight of the Throne, and the vastness of the Chair (Kursi).

He may say the following three times:

اَللهُ اَكْبَرُ مِلْاَ الْمِيْزَانِ وَ مُنْتَهَى الْعِلْمِ وَ مَبْلَغَ الرِّضَا وَ زِنَةَ الْعَرْشِ وَ سَعَةَ الْكُرْسِىِّ.

ALLAAHO AKBARO MIL-AL MEEZAANE WA MUNTAHAL I’LME WA MABLAGHAR REZAA WA ZENATAL A’RSHE WA SA-A’TAL KURSIYYE.

Allah is the Greatest, to the fullness of the Scale, the limit of knowledge, the height of pleasure, the weight of the Throne, and the vastness of the Chair (Kursi).

Seventh: Through valid chains of authority, Sayyid Ibn Tawoos reported Imam al-Reza (a.s.) to have said: He who repeats the following doxology (zikr) one hundred times after the dawn (fajr) Prayers will be closer to the Greatest Name of Almighty Allah than the blackness of the eye to its whiteness:

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰهِ الْعَلِىِّ الْعَظِيْمِ.

BISMIL LAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM. LAA HAWLA WA LAA QUWWATA ILLAA BILLAAHIL A’LIYYIL A’ZEEME.

In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. There is no power nor might except by Allah, the High, the Great.

Through valid chains of authority too, Imam al-Sadiq and Imam al-Kazim (a.s.) are reported to have said, “He who says this doxology (zikr) seven times after the dawn (fajr) Prayers and the Sunset Prayers before he speaks or moves from his position, Almighty Allah will fend off from him seven kinds of misfortunes the easiest of which are leprosy, mycobacterium, trickeries of Satan, and evils of ruling authorities.

According to other validly reported traditions, this doxology (zikr) may be repeated three or ten times. However, it may be repeated three times as minimum and one hundred times as maximum; the more the best in rewarding.

Eighth: Ahmad ibn Fahad and others have reported that a man came to Imam Abul Hasan al-Kazim (a.s.) and complained about his profession and that whenever he went to do any of his affairs, it would not be settled. The Imam (a.s.) therefore said to him: You may repeat the following words ten times after the dawn (fajr) Prayer:

سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ الْعَظيْمِ وَبِحَمْدِهٖ اَسْتَغْفِرُ اللّٰهَ وَاَسْئَلُهٗ مِنْ فَضْلِهٖ.

SUBHAANAL LAAHIL A’ZEEME WA BE-HAMDEHI ASTAGHFERUL LAAHA WA AS-ALOHU MIN FAZLEHI.

Glory be to Allah, the Magnificent, and praise be to Him; I seek forgiveness from Allah and I ask Him for His favor.

The man then said, “A little time after I had committed myself to this instruction, people from the desert came to me to inform that one of my relatives had died and he had no inheritor except me. I therefore went there to receive the inheritance due to which I became rich.”

The following is quoted from the two books of al-Kafi and Makarim al-Akhlaq: A man, called Halqam, asked the Holy Imam (a.s.) to teach him a brief supplicatory utterance by which the wealth of this world and the goodness of the Hereafter are gathered to him. The Imam (a.s.) therefore instructed him to say the aforementioned supplicatory utterance to be repeated after the dawn (fajr) Prayer up to sunrise. When the man did, his conditions were changed excellently.

Dua for repayment of debts

Ninth: al-Ayyashi reported Abdullah ibn Sinan to have said: One day, I went to visit Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) who said to me, “May I teach you something that if you say, Almighty Allah will help you settle your debts and refresh your conditions?”

“I need such a thing so urgently,” I answered.

The Imam (a.s.) thus said: Say the following after the dawn (fajr) Prayer:

تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى الْحَىِّ الْقَيُّوْمِ الَّذِىْ لَا يَمُوْتُ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِىْ لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَّ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَّهٗ شَرِيْكٌ فِى الْمُلْكِ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَّهٗ وَلِىُّ مِّنَ الذُّلِّ وَ كَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيْرًا اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّىْ اَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبُؤْسِ وَ الْفَقْرِ وَ مِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ وَ السُّقْمِ وَ اَسْئَلُكَ اَنْ تُعِيْنَنِىْ عَلٰى اَدَاۤءِ حَقِّكَ اِلَيْكَ وَ اِلَى النَّاسِ.

TAWAKKALTO A’LAL HAYYIL QAYYOOMIL LAZEE LAA YAMOOTO WAL HAMDO LILLAAHIL LAZEE LAM YATTAKHIZ WALADANW WA LAM YAKULLAHU SHAREEKUN FIL MULKE WA LAM YAKULLAHU WALIYYUM MENAZ ZULLE WA KABBIRHO TAKBEERAN. ALLAAHUMMA INNEE AO’OZO BEKA MENAL BO-SE WAL FAQRE WA MIN GHALABATID DAYNE WAS SUQME WA AS-ALOKA AN TO-E’ENANEE A’LAA ADAA-E HAQQEKA ELAYKA WA ELAN NAASE.

I have relied upon the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, Who never dies. All praise is for Allah, Who has not taken a son, and Who has no partner in [His] kingdom, nor has He any helper out of weakness; and magnify Him with all magnificence. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from misery and poverty, and from the burden of debt and illness. I ask You to help me fulfill Your rights toward You and toward people.

According to the report of al-Tusi and others, the last statement of the supplication is as follows:

وَمِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ فَصَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِهٖ وَ اَعِنِّىْ عَلٰى اَدَاۤءِ حَقِّكَ اِلَيْكَ وَ اِلَى النَّاسِ.

WA MIN GHALABATID DAYNE FASALLE A’LAA MOHAMMADINW WA AALEHI WA A-I’NNEE A’LAA ADAAA-E HAQQEKA ELAYKA WA ELAN NAASE.

And from the burden of debt; so bless Muhammad and his family, and help me in fulfilling Your rights toward You and toward people.

More Doxologies

Tenth: Al-Kaf’ami has reported that a man complained to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) about poverty, misery, and ailment. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) thus instructed him to repeat this supplicatory utterance ten times every morning and evening. As the man persevered in carrying out the Prophet’s instruction for three days, he was saved from poverty and ailment.

Shaykh al-Tusi and others mentioned the same supplicatory utterance to be said after the dawn (fajr) Prayers:

لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى الْحَىِّ الَّذِىْ لَا يَمُوْتُ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِىْ لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَّ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَّهٗ شَرِيْكٌ فِى الْمُلْكِ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَّهٗ وَلِىٌّ مِّنَ الذُّلِّ وَ كَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيْرًا.

LAA HAWLA WA LAA QUWWATA ILLAA BILLAAHE TAWAKKALTO A’LAL HAYYIL LAZEE LAA YAMOOTO WAL HAMDO LILLAAHIL LAZEE LAM YATTAKHIZ WALADANW WA LAM YAKULLAHU SHAREEKUN FIL MULKE WA LAM YAKULLAHU WALIYYUM MENAZ ZULLE WA KABBIRHO TAKBEERAN.

There is no power nor might except by Allah. I have relied upon the Ever-Living Who never dies. All praise is for Allah, Who has not taken a son, and Who has no partner in [His] kingdom, nor has He any helper out of weakness; and magnify Him with all magnificence.

Eleventh: Al-Tusi, al-Kaf’ami, and other scholars have reported that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said to his companions, “Will you be too feeble to make a covenant with Almighty Allah every morning and evening?”

“How can we do that?” they asked.

The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) instructed, “You may say this supplicatory covenant. When you do so, the covenant will be sealed and put under the Divine Throne. On the Resurrection Day, a caller will call out at those who have made a covenant with the All-beneficent Lord. You will be then given that covenant and allowed to enter Paradise.”

Shaykh al-Tusi has mentioned this supplicatory covenant to be said after the dawn (fajr) Prayers:

اَللّٰهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَ الْاَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهَادَةِ الرَّحْمٰنَ الرَّحِيْمَ اَعْهَدُ اِلَيْكَ فِىْ هٰذِهِ الدُّنْيَا اَنَّكَ اَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَكَ وَ اَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ اٰلِهٖ عَبْدُكَ وَ رَسُوْلُكَ اَللّٰهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِهٖ وَ لَا تَكِلْنِىْ اِلٰى نَفْسِىْ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ اَبَدًا وَ لَاۤ اِلٰى اَحَدٍ مِّنْ خَلْقِكَ فَاِنَّكَ اِنْ وَكَلْتَنِىْ اِلَيْهَا تُبَاعِدْنِىْ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ وَ تُقَرِّبْنِىْ مِنَ الشَّرِّ اَىْ رَبِّ لَاۤ اَثِقُ اِلَّا بِرَحْمَتِكَ فَصَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِهِ الطَّيِّبِيْنَ وَ اجْعَلْ لِىْ عِنْدَكَ عَهْدًا تُؤَدِّيْهِ اِلَىَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ اِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيْعَادَ.

ALLAAHUMMA FAATEERAS SAMAAWAATE WAL ARZE A’ALEMAL GHAYBE WASH SHAHAADATIR RAHMAANAR RAHEEMA A’-HADO ELAYKA FEE HAAZEHID DUNYAA ANNAKA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ELAAHA ILLAA ANTA WAHDAKA LAA SHAREEKA LAKA WA ANNA MOHAMMADAN SALLAL LAAHO A’LAYHE WA AALEHI A’BDOKA WA RASOOLOKA ALLAAHUMMA FASALLE A’LAA MOHAMMADINW WA AALEHI WA LAA TAKILNEE ELAA NAFSEE TARFATA A’YNIN ABADANW WA LAA ELAA AHADIM MIN KHALQEKA FA-INNAKA IN WAKALTANEE ELAYHAA TOBAA-E’DONEE MENAL KHAYRE WA TOQARREBONEE MENASH SHARRE AY RABBE LAA ASEQO ILLAA BERAHMATEKA FASALLE A’LAA MOHAMMADINW WA AALEHIT TAYYEBEENA WAJ-A’L LEE I’NDAKA A’HDAN TO-ADDEEHE ELAYYA YAWMAL QEYAAMATE INNAKA LAA TUKHLEFUL MEE-A’ADA.

O Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. I covenant with You in this world that You are Allah, there is no god but You, alone, without any partner, and that Muhammad—may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family—is Your servant and Your Messenger. O Allah, bless Muhammad and his family, and do not leave me to myself for even the blink of an eye, ever, nor to anyone from Your creation. For if You leave me to it, it will distance me from good and bring me closer to evil. O my Lord, I do not trust except in Your mercy. So bless Muhammad and his pure family, and grant me a covenant with You to be fulfilled for me on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, You do not break Your promise.

Twelfth: In the book of ‘Uddat al-Daae’e, it is recorded that Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) has said: He who invokes Almighty Allah’s blessings upon the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and his Household (a.s.) using this form after the dawn (fajr) Prayers before speaking, Almighty Allah will save his face from being burnt with Hellfire:

رَبِّ صَلِّى عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِ مَحَمَّدٍ وَّ اَهْلِ بَيْتِ مُحَمَّدٍ.

RABBE SALLE A’LAA MOHAMMADINW WA AALE MOHAMMADINW WA AHLE BAYTE MOHAMMADIN.

My Lord, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad and the People of the House of Muhammad.

In his book of Sawab al-A’amaal, Ibn Baabwayh has reported the following through a valid chain of authority: In order that Almighty Allah will save your face from being burnt with Hellfire, you may repeat the following invocation of blessings one hundred times after the dawn (fajr) Prayers:

اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ.

ALLAAHUMMA SALLE A’LAA MOHAMMADINW WA AALE MOHAMMADIN.

O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

According to another tradition, you may repeat the following invocation of blessing and supplicatory prayer one hundred times before you say any other word (after the accomplishment of a ritual prayer):