Dahw al-arzThis night is called laylat dahw al-arz (the night at which the earth was spread on the water where the Holy Ka`bah is now situated). At this night the mercy of Almighty Allah is poured on people. A great reward is obtained by those who practice acts of worship at this night. On this day, it is recommended to offer, in the morning, a prayer consisting of two units, reciting in the each unit Surah al-Fatihah once and repeating Surah al-Shams five times.
After accomplishment, the following is said:
لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَليِّ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
There is no power and no strength except with Allah, the Most High, the All-great.
Then, one may pray Almighty Allah for granting his needs and then say the following prayer
يَا مُقِيلَ ٱلْعَثَرَاتِ اقِلْنِي عَثْرَتِي
O He Who overlooks slips, (please) overlook my slip.
يَا مُجِيبَ ٱلدَّعَوَاتِ اجِبْ دَعْوَتِي
O He Who responds to prayers, (please) respond to my prayer.
يَا سَامِعَ ٱلاصْوَاتِ ٱسْمَعْ صَوْتِي
O He Who hears all sounds, (please) listen to mine,
وَٱرْحَمْنِي وَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْ سَيِّئَاتِي وَمَا عِنْدِي
have mercy on me, and excuse my wrongdoings and whatever I have committed.
يَا ذَا ٱلْجَلاَلِ وَٱلإِكْرَامِ
O Lord of majesty and honor!
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In Misbah al-Mutahajjid, Shaykh al Tusi has mentioned that it is recommended to say the following prayer as well.
اَللَّهُمَّ دَاحِيَ ٱلْكَعْبَةِ
O Allah Who spread the Ka`bah,
وَفَالِقَ ٱلْحَبَّةِ
split the kernel,
وَصَارِفَ ٱللَّزْبَةِ
removes troubles,
وَكَاشِفَ كُلِّ كُرْبَة
and relieves from all distresses!
اسْالُكَ فِي هٰذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ مِنْ ايَّامِكَ
I beseech You on this day, which is one of Your days
ٱلَّتِي اعْظَمْتَ حَقَّهَا
whose standing You have deemed great,
وَاقْدَمْتَ سَبْقَهَا
whom You have given preference,
وَجَعَلْتَهَا عِنْدَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَدِيعَةً
and whom You have put as trust with the believers
وَإِلَيْكَ ذَرِيعَةً
and as means to approaching to You;
وَبِرَحْمَتِكَ ٱلْوَسيعَةِ
and [I beseech You] in the name of Your ample mercy
انْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ
to send blessings to Muhammad,
عَبْدِكَ ٱلْمُنْتَجَبِ فِي ٱلْمِيثَاقِ ٱلْقَرِيبِ
Your servant that You have selected in the Nigh Covenant
يَوْمَ ٱلتَّلاَقِ
on the Meeting Day,
فَاتِقِ كُلِّ رَتْقٍ
the splitter of all joined things
وَدَاعٍ إِلَىٰ كُلِّ حَقٍّ
and the caller to all truths,
وَعَلَىٰ اهْلِ بَيْتِهِ ٱلاطْهَارِ
and to his Household, the pure,
ٱلْهُدَاةِ ٱلْمَنَارِ
the guides, the lanterns,
دَعَائِمِ ٱلْجَبَّارِ
the pillars of the Omnipotent (Lord),
وَوُلاَةِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ وَٱلنَّارِ
and the supervisors on Paradise and Hell,
وَاعْطِنَا فِي يَوْمِنَا هٰذَا مِنْ عَطَائِكَ ٱلْمَخْزوُنِ
to give us on this day from Your stored gifts,
غَيْرَ مَقْطوُعٍ وَلاَ مَمْنوُعٍ
gifts that are neither interrupted nor prohibited
تَجْمَعُ لَنَا بِهِ ٱلتَّوْبَةَ وَحُسْنَ ٱلاوْبَةِ
by which You join for us both repentance and acceptable return [to You].
يَا خَيْرَ مَدْعُوٍّ
O He Who is the best of all supplicated ones
وَاكْرَمُ مَرْجُوٍّ
and the most generous of all hoped ones!
يَا كَفِيُّ يَا وَفِيُّ
O All-sufficer! O All-true!
يَا مَنْ لُطْفُهُ خَفِيٌّ
O He Whose grace is gentle!
الْطُفْ لِي بِلُطْفِكَ
(Please) treat me gracefully with Your graciousness,
وَاسْعِدْنِي بِعَفْوِكَ
make me feel happy with Your pardon,
وَايِّدْنِي بِنَصْرِكَ
aid me with Your support,
وَلاَ تُنْسِنِي كَريمَ ذِكْرِكَ بِوُلاَةِ امْرِكَ
never make me inattentive of Your noble mention through Your Representatives
وَحَفَظَةِ سِرِّكَ
and the keepers of Your secret,
وَٱحْفَظْنِي مِنْ شَوَائِبِ ٱلدَّهْرِ
protect me against the vicissitudes of time
إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْحَشْرِ وَٱلنَّشْرِ
up to the day of resurrection and raising (the dead to life),
وَاشْهِدْنِي اوْلِيَاءَكَ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِ نَفْسِي
and make Your Representatives attend at the hour of the departure of my souls,
وَحُلُولِ رَمْسِي
the time of my entry to my grave,
وَٱنْقِطَاعِ عَمَلِي
when my deed will be interrupted
وَٱنْقِضَاءِ اجَلِي
and my lifetime will come to its end.
اَللَّهُمَّ وَٱذْكُرْنِي عَلَىٰ طُولِ ٱلْبِلَىٰ
O Allah, (please) remember me all over the stages of trial
إِذَا حَلَلْتُ بَيْنَ اطْبَاقِ ٱلثَّرَىٰ
when I will reside between the layers of the earth
وَنَسِيَنِي ٱلنَّاسُونَ مِنَ ٱلْوَرَىٰ
and the forgetful people will forget me.
وَٱحْلِلْنِي دَارَ ٱلْمُقَامَةِ
Allow me to dwell in the abode of eternity,
وَبَوِّئْنِي مَنْزِلَ ٱلْكَرَامَةِ
settle me in the residence of honor,
وَٱجْعَلْنِي مِنْ مُرَافِقِي اوْلِيَائِكَ
make me of the companions of Your intimate servants
وَاهْلِ ٱجْتِبَائِكَ وَٱصْطَفَائِكَ
and the people of Your choice and selection,
وَبَارِكْ لِي فِي لِقَائِكَ
bless me by meeting You,
وَٱرْزُقْنِي حُسْنَ ٱلْعَمَلِ قَبْلَ حُلُولِ ٱلاجَلِ
and grant me good-doing before the end of my lifetime,
بَرِيئاً مِنَ ٱلزَّلَلِ وَسوُءِ ٱلْخَطَلِ
making me free from slips and foolish doing.
اَللَّهُمَّ وَاوْرِدْنِي حَوْضَ نَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ
O Allah, allow me to enter the Pool of Your Prophet, Muhammad,
صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ
Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Household,
وَٱسْقِنِي مِنْهُ مَشْرَباً رَوِيّاً
allow me to drink from it a quenching drink
سَائِغاً هَنِيئاً
that is palatable and salubrious
لاَ اظْمَا بَعْدَهُ وَلاَ احَلَّؤُ وِرْدَهُ
after which I will never be thirsty, I will never be prevented from reaching it,
وَلاَ عَنْهُ اذَادُ
and I will never be disallowed to approach it.
وَٱجْعَلْهُ لِي خَيْرَ زَادٍ
Make for me the best nourishment
وَاوْفَىٰ مِيعَادٍ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلاشْهَادُ
and the most fulfilling promise on the day when the Witnesses will rise.
اَللَّهُمَّ وَٱلْعَنْ جَبَابِرَةَ ٱلاوَّلِينَ وَٱلآخِرِينَ
O Allah, curse the tyrants from the past and the last generations
وَبِحُقُوقِ اوْلِيَائِكَ ٱلْمُسْتَاثِرِينَ
who usurped the dues of Your Representatives.
اَللَّهُمَّ وَٱقْصِمْ دَعَائِمَهُمْ
O Allah, demolish their posts,
وَاَهْلِكْ اشْيَاعَهُمْ وَعَامِلَهُمْ
annihilate their allies and their assistants,
وَعَجِّلْ مَهَالِكَهُمْ
and hasten their perdition,
وَٱسْلُبْهُمْ مَمَالِكَهُمْ
seize their estates,
وَضَيِّقْ عَلَيْهِمْ مَسَالِكَهُمْ
make narrow their ways,
وَٱلْعَنْ مُسَاهِمَهُمْ وَمُشَارِكَهُمْ
and curse their helpers and aides.
اَللَّهُمَّ وَعَجِّلْ فَرَجَ اوْلِيَائِكَ
Allah, (please) hasten the relief of Your Representatives,
وَٱرْدُدْ عَلَيْهِمْ مَظَالِمَهُمْ
restore to them their usurped rights,
وَاظْهِرْ بِٱلْحَقِّ قَائِمَهُمْ
cause their Riser to prevail with the truth,
وَٱجْعَلْهُ لِدينِكَ مُنْتَصِراً
and make him support Your religion
وَبِامْرِكَ فِي اعْدَائِكَ مُؤْتَمِراً
and carry out Your commandments about Your enemies.
اَللَّهُمَّ ٱحْفُفْهُ بِمَلاَئِكَةِ ٱلنَّصْرِ
O Allah, make the angels of victory surround him
وَبِمَا الْقَيْتَ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلامْرِ
and so are the commandments that You addressed to him
فِي لَيْلَةِ ٱلْقَدْرِ
at the Destiny Night
مُنْتَقِماً لَكَ حَتَّىٰ تَرْضَىٰ
so that he will punish Your enemies on behalf of You until You are pleased,
وَيَعوُدَ دينُكَ بِهِ وَعَلىٰ يَدَيْهِ جَدِيداً غَضّاً
Your religion will recover its freshness and bloom at his hands,
وَيَمْحَضَ ٱلْحَقَّ مَحْضاً
he will clean the truth with thorough cleaning,
وَيَرْفُضَ ٱلْبَاطِلَ رَفْضاً
and he will reject the wrong with absolute rejection.
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلىٰ جَمِيعِ آبَائِهِ
O Allah, send blessings to him and to all of his forefathers,
وَٱجْعَلْنَا مِنْ صَحْبِهِ وَاسْرَتِهِ
include us with his companions and group,
وَٱبْعَثْنَا فِي كَرَّتِهِ
and resurrect us during his return
حَتَّىٰ نَكُونَ فِي زَمَانِهِ مِنْ اعْوَانِهِ
so that we will live in his age and become of his helpers.
اَللَّهُمَّ ادْرِكْ بِنَا قِيَامَهُ
O Allah, make us catch up his advent,
وَاشْهِدْنَا ايَّامَهُ
make us witness his days,
وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ وَٱرْدُدْ إِلَيْنَا سَلاَمَهُ
bless him, and convey to us his greetings.
وَٱلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْهِ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
Peace and Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon him.
