Friday Before Salaat-ul Fajr

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ

allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa alihi

O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and his Household,

وَهَبْ لِيَ ٱلْغَدَاةَ رِضَاكَ

wa hab liya alghadata ridaka

grant me Your satisfaction this very early morning,

وَأَسْكِنْ قَلْبِي خَوْفَكَ

wa askin qalbi khawfaka

place fear of You in my heart,

وَٱقْطَعْهُ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ

waqta`hu `amman siwaka

and separate it from (leaning to) anyone other than You,

حَتَّىٰ لاَ أَرْجُوَ وَلاَ أَخَافَ إِلاَّ إِيَّاكَ

hatta la arjwa wa la akhafa illa iyyaka

so that I will hope for and fear none save You.

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ

allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa alihi

O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and his Household

وَهَبْ لِي ثَبَاتَ ٱلْيَقينِ

wa hab li thabata alyaqini

and grant me resolute faith,

وَمَحْضَ ٱلإِخْلاَصِ

wa mahda al-ikhlasi

pure sincerity (to You),

وَشَرَفَ ٱلتَّوْحيدِ

wa sharafa alttawhidi

honorable belief in (Your) oneness,

وَدَوَامَ ٱلاِسْتِقَامَةِ

wa dawama al-istiqamati

persistent straightness,

وَمَعْدِنَ ٱلصِّبْرِ

wa ma`dina alssabri

essential tolerance,

وَٱلرِّضَا بِٱلْقَضَاءِ وَٱلْقَدَرِ

walrrida bilqada'i walqadari

and satisfaction with (Your) predetermination and decrees.

يَا قَاضِيَ حَوَائِجِ ٱلسَّائِلينَ

ya qadiya hawa'iji alssa'ilina

O He Who settles the needs of His beseechers;

يَا مَنْ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي ضَمِيرِ ٱلصَّامِتِينَ

ya man ya`lamu ma fi damiri alssamitina

O He Who knows what is in the innermost of the silent;

صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ

salli `ala muhammadin wa alihi

send blessings to Muhammad and his Household,

وَٱسْتَجِبْ دُعَائِي

wastajib du`a'i

respond to my prayers,

وَٱغْفِرْ ذَنْبِي

waghfir dhanbi

forgive my sins,

وَأَوْسِعْ رِزْقِي

wa awsi` rizqi

expand my means of livelihood,

وَٱقْضِ حَوَائِجِي فِي نَفْسِي

waqdi hawa'iji fi nafsi

and settle the needs of myself

وَإِخْوَانِي فِي دِينِي وَأَهْلِي

wa ikhwani fi dini wa ahli

and my brethren-in-faith and my family members.

إِلٰهِي طُمُوحُ ٱلآمَالِ قَدْ خَابَتْ إِلاَّ لَدَيْكَ

ilahi tumuhu al-amali qad khabat illa ladayka

O Allah, all ambitions of expectations are disappointed except those addressed to You,

وَمَعَاكِفُ ٱلْهِمَمِ قَدْ تَعَطَّلَتْ إِلاَّ عَلَيْكَ

wa ma`akifu alhimami qad ta`attalat illa `alayka

all resolute determinations are paralyzed except those relied upon You,

وَمَذَاهِبُ ٱلْعُقُولِ قَدْ سَمَتْ إِلاَّ إِلَيْكَ

wa madhahibu al`uquli qad samat illa ilayka

and all reason-based tendencies are wasted except those directed to You.

فَأَنْتَ الَّرجَاءُ وَإِلَيْكَ الْمُلْتَجَأُ

fa-anta alrraja'u wa ilayka almultaja'u

So, You are the ultimate hope and to You is the resort.

يَا أَكْرَمَ مَقْصُودٍ وَأَجْوَدَ مَسْؤُولٍ

ya akrama maqsudin wa ajwada mas'ulin

O He Who is the noblest objective and the most magnanimous desired,

هَرَبْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَفْسِي

harabtu ilayka binafsi

I am fleeing to You from myself.

يَا مَلْجَأَ ٱلْهَارِبِينَ بِأَثْقَالِ ٱلذُّنُوبِ

ya malja'a alharibina bi-athqali aldhdhunubi

O shelter of those who flee overburdened with the heavy loads of sins,

أَحْمِلُهَا عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِي

ahmiluha `ala zahri

carrying my sins on my back,

لاَ أَجِدُ لِي إِلَيْكَ شَافِعاً

la ajidu li ilayka shafi`an

I cannot find any interceder for me

سِوَىٰ مَعْرِفَتِي بِأَنَّكَ أَقْرَبُ مَنْ رَجَاهُ ٱلطَّالِبُونَ

siwa ma`rifati bi'annaka aqrabu man rajahu alttalibuna

except that I know for sure that You are the nearest of all those who are hoped by beseechers

وَأَمَّلَ مَا لَدَيْهِ ٱلرَّاغِبُونَ

wa ammala ma ladayhi alrraghibuna

and of all those whose donations are expected by the desirous.

يَا مَنْ فَتَقَ ٱلْعُقُولَ بِمَعْرِفَتِهِ

ya man fataqa al`uqula bima`rifatihi

O He Who has split the intellects on the recognition of Him,

وَأَطْلَقَ ٱلأَلْسُنَ بِحَمْدِهِ

wa atlaqa al-alsuna bihamdihi

made tongues articulate with the praising of Him

وَجَعَلَ مَا ٱمْتَنَّ بِهِ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ فِي كِفَاءٍ لِتَاْدِيَةِ حَقِّهِ

wa ja`ala ma imtanna bihi `ala `ibadihi fi kifa'in lita'diyati haqqhi

and made that which He has conferred upon His servants enough means for the fulfillment of their duties towards Him;

صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ

salli `ala muhammadin wa alihi

(please) send blessings to Muhammad and his Household,

وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ عَلَىٰ عَقْلِي سَبيلاًَ

wa la taj`al lilshshaytani `ala `aqli sabilan

do not give Satan any way (of success) over my reason,

وَلاَ لِلْبَاطِلِ عَلَىٰ عَمَلِي دَلِيلاً

wa la lilbatili `ala `amali dalilan

and do not give wrongness a way to reach my deeds.

 

 

2.It has been narrated that one who says the following litany three times before the Dawn (Fajr) Prayer on Fridays will have all his sins forgiven even if they are as innumerable as swelling foams

أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِي لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ

astaghfiru allaha alladhi la ilaha illa huwa

I pray the forgiveness of Allah save Whom there is no god;

ٱلْحَيُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

alhayyu alqayyumu wa atubu ilayhi

the Ever-living and Ever-subsisting,and I turn in repentance to Him

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ

allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa alihi

O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and his Household,

وَهَبْ لِيَ ٱلْغَدَاةَ رِضَاكَ

wa hab liya alghadata ridaka

grant me Your satisfaction this very early morning,

وَأَسْكِنْ قَلْبِي خَوْفَكَ

wa askin qalbi khawfaka

place fear of You in my heart,

وَٱقْطَعْهُ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ

waqta`hu `amman siwaka

and separate it from (leaning to) anyone other than You,

حَتَّىٰ لاَ أَرْجُوَ وَلاَ أَخَافَ إِلاَّ إِيَّاكَ

hatta la arjwa wa la akhafa illa iyyaka

so that I will hope for and fear none save You.

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ

allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa alihi

O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and his Household

وَهَبْ لِي ثَبَاتَ ٱلْيَقينِ

wa hab li thabata alyaqini

and grant me resolute faith,

وَمَحْضَ ٱلإِخْلاَصِ

wa mahda al-ikhlasi

pure sincerity (to You),

وَشَرَفَ ٱلتَّوْحيدِ

wa sharafa alttawhidi

honorable belief in (Your) oneness,

وَدَوَامَ ٱلاِسْتِقَامَةِ

wa dawama al-istiqamati

persistent straightness,

وَمَعْدِنَ ٱلصِّبْرِ

wa ma`dina alssabri

essential tolerance,

وَٱلرِّضَا بِٱلْقَضَاءِ وَٱلْقَدَرِ

walrrida bilqada'i walqadari

and satisfaction with (Your) predetermination and decrees.

يَا قَاضِيَ حَوَائِجِ ٱلسَّائِلينَ

ya qadiya hawa'iji alssa'ilina

O He Who settles the needs of His beseechers;

يَا مَنْ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي ضَمِيرِ ٱلصَّامِتِينَ

ya man ya`lamu ma fi damiri alssamitina

O He Who knows what is in the innermost of the silent;

صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ

salli `ala muhammadin wa alihi

send blessings to Muhammad and his Household,

وَٱسْتَجِبْ دُعَائِي

wastajib du`a'i

respond to my prayers,

وَٱغْفِرْ ذَنْبِي

waghfir dhanbi

forgive my sins,

وَأَوْسِعْ رِزْقِي

wa awsi` rizqi

expand my means of livelihood,

وَٱقْضِ حَوَائِجِي فِي نَفْسِي

waqdi hawa'iji fi nafsi

and settle the needs of myself

وَإِخْوَانِي فِي دِينِي وَأَهْلِي

wa ikhwani fi dini wa ahli

and my brethren-in-faith and my family members.

إِلٰهِي طُمُوحُ ٱلآمَالِ قَدْ خَابَتْ إِلاَّ لَدَيْكَ

ilahi tumuhu al-amali qad khabat illa ladayka

O Allah, all ambitions of expectations are disappointed except those addressed to You,

وَمَعَاكِفُ ٱلْهِمَمِ قَدْ تَعَطَّلَتْ إِلاَّ عَلَيْكَ

wa ma`akifu alhimami qad ta`attalat illa `alayka

all resolute determinations are paralyzed except those relied upon You,

وَمَذَاهِبُ ٱلْعُقُولِ قَدْ سَمَتْ إِلاَّ إِلَيْكَ

wa madhahibu al`uquli qad samat illa ilayka

and all reason-based tendencies are wasted except those directed to You.

فَأَنْتَ الَّرجَاءُ وَإِلَيْكَ الْمُلْتَجَأُ

fa-anta alrraja'u wa ilayka almultaja'u

So, You are the ultimate hope and to You is the resort.

يَا أَكْرَمَ مَقْصُودٍ وَأَجْوَدَ مَسْؤُولٍ

ya akrama maqsudin wa ajwada mas'ulin

O He Who is the noblest objective and the most magnanimous desired,

هَرَبْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَفْسِي

harabtu ilayka binafsi

I am fleeing to You from myself.

يَا مَلْجَأَ ٱلْهَارِبِينَ بِأَثْقَالِ ٱلذُّنُوبِ

ya malja'a alharibina bi-athqali aldhdhunubi

O shelter of those who flee overburdened with the heavy loads of sins,

أَحْمِلُهَا عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِي

ahmiluha `ala zahri

carrying my sins on my back,

لاَ أَجِدُ لِي إِلَيْكَ شَافِعاً

la ajidu li ilayka shafi`an

I cannot find any interceder for me

سِوَىٰ مَعْرِفَتِي بِأَنَّكَ أَقْرَبُ مَنْ رَجَاهُ ٱلطَّالِبُونَ

siwa ma`rifati bi'annaka aqrabu man rajahu alttalibuna

except that I know for sure that You are the nearest of all those who are hoped by beseechers

وَأَمَّلَ مَا لَدَيْهِ ٱلرَّاغِبُونَ

wa ammala ma ladayhi alrraghibuna

and of all those whose donations are expected by the desirous.

يَا مَنْ فَتَقَ ٱلْعُقُولَ بِمَعْرِفَتِهِ

ya man fataqa al`uqula bima`rifatihi

O He Who has split the intellects on the recognition of Him,

وَأَطْلَقَ ٱلأَلْسُنَ بِحَمْدِهِ

wa atlaqa al-alsuna bihamdihi

made tongues articulate with the praising of Him

وَجَعَلَ مَا ٱمْتَنَّ بِهِ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ فِي كِفَاءٍ لِتَاْدِيَةِ حَقِّهِ

wa ja`ala ma imtanna bihi `ala `ibadihi fi kifa'in lita'diyati haqqhi

and made that which He has conferred upon His servants enough means for the fulfillment of their duties towards Him;

صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ

salli `ala muhammadin wa alihi

(please) send blessings to Muhammad and his Household,

وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ عَلَىٰ عَقْلِي سَبيلاًَ

wa la taj`al lilshshaytani `ala `aqli sabilan

do not give Satan any way (of success) over my reason,

وَلاَ لِلْبَاطِلِ عَلَىٰ عَمَلِي دَلِيلاً

wa la lilbatili `ala `amali dalilan

and do not give wrongness a way to reach my deeds.

 

 

2.It has been narrated that one who says the following litany three times before the Dawn (Fajr) Prayer on Fridays will have all his sins forgiven even if they are as innumerable as swelling foams

أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِي لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ

astaghfiru allaha alladhi la ilaha illa huwa

I pray the forgiveness of Allah save Whom there is no god;

ٱلْحَيُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

alhayyu alqayyumu wa atubu ilayhi

the Ever-living and Ever-subsisting,and I turn in repentance to Him

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ

allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa alihi

O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and his Household,

وَهَبْ لِيَ ٱلْغَدَاةَ رِضَاكَ

wa hab liya alghadata ridaka

grant me Your satisfaction this very early morning,

وَأَسْكِنْ قَلْبِي خَوْفَكَ

wa askin qalbi khawfaka

place fear of You in my heart,

وَٱقْطَعْهُ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ

waqta`hu `amman siwaka

and separate it from (leaning to) anyone other than You,

حَتَّىٰ لاَ أَرْجُوَ وَلاَ أَخَافَ إِلاَّ إِيَّاكَ

hatta la arjwa wa la akhafa illa iyyaka

so that I will hope for and fear none save You.

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ

allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa alihi

O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and his Household

وَهَبْ لِي ثَبَاتَ ٱلْيَقينِ

wa hab li thabata alyaqini

and grant me resolute faith,

وَمَحْضَ ٱلإِخْلاَصِ

wa mahda al-ikhlasi

pure sincerity (to You),

وَشَرَفَ ٱلتَّوْحيدِ

wa sharafa alttawhidi

honorable belief in (Your) oneness,

وَدَوَامَ ٱلاِسْتِقَامَةِ

wa dawama al-istiqamati

persistent straightness,

وَمَعْدِنَ ٱلصِّبْرِ

wa ma`dina alssabri

essential tolerance,

وَٱلرِّضَا بِٱلْقَضَاءِ وَٱلْقَدَرِ

walrrida bilqada'i walqadari

and satisfaction with (Your) predetermination and decrees.

يَا قَاضِيَ حَوَائِجِ ٱلسَّائِلينَ

ya qadiya hawa'iji alssa'ilina

O He Who settles the needs of His beseechers;

يَا مَنْ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي ضَمِيرِ ٱلصَّامِتِينَ

ya man ya`lamu ma fi damiri alssamitina

O He Who knows what is in the innermost of the silent;

صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ

salli `ala muhammadin wa alihi

send blessings to Muhammad and his Household,

وَٱسْتَجِبْ دُعَائِي

wastajib du`a'i

respond to my prayers,

وَٱغْفِرْ ذَنْبِي

waghfir dhanbi

forgive my sins,

وَأَوْسِعْ رِزْقِي

wa awsi` rizqi

expand my means of livelihood,

وَٱقْضِ حَوَائِجِي فِي نَفْسِي

waqdi hawa'iji fi nafsi

and settle the needs of myself

وَإِخْوَانِي فِي دِينِي وَأَهْلِي

wa ikhwani fi dini wa ahli

and my brethren-in-faith and my family members.

إِلٰهِي طُمُوحُ ٱلآمَالِ قَدْ خَابَتْ إِلاَّ لَدَيْكَ

ilahi tumuhu al-amali qad khabat illa ladayka

O Allah, all ambitions of expectations are disappointed except those addressed to You,

وَمَعَاكِفُ ٱلْهِمَمِ قَدْ تَعَطَّلَتْ إِلاَّ عَلَيْكَ

wa ma`akifu alhimami qad ta`attalat illa `alayka

all resolute determinations are paralyzed except those relied upon You,

وَمَذَاهِبُ ٱلْعُقُولِ قَدْ سَمَتْ إِلاَّ إِلَيْكَ

wa madhahibu al`uquli qad samat illa ilayka

and all reason-based tendencies are wasted except those directed to You.

فَأَنْتَ الَّرجَاءُ وَإِلَيْكَ الْمُلْتَجَأُ

fa-anta alrraja'u wa ilayka almultaja'u

So, You are the ultimate hope and to You is the resort.

يَا أَكْرَمَ مَقْصُودٍ وَأَجْوَدَ مَسْؤُولٍ

ya akrama maqsudin wa ajwada mas'ulin

O He Who is the noblest objective and the most magnanimous desired,

هَرَبْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَفْسِي

harabtu ilayka binafsi

I am fleeing to You from myself.

يَا مَلْجَأَ ٱلْهَارِبِينَ بِأَثْقَالِ ٱلذُّنُوبِ

ya malja'a alharibina bi-athqali aldhdhunubi

O shelter of those who flee overburdened with the heavy loads of sins,

أَحْمِلُهَا عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِي

ahmiluha `ala zahri

carrying my sins on my back,

لاَ أَجِدُ لِي إِلَيْكَ شَافِعاً

la ajidu li ilayka shafi`an

I cannot find any interceder for me

سِوَىٰ مَعْرِفَتِي بِأَنَّكَ أَقْرَبُ مَنْ رَجَاهُ ٱلطَّالِبُونَ

siwa ma`rifati bi'annaka aqrabu man rajahu alttalibuna

except that I know for sure that You are the nearest of all those who are hoped by beseechers

وَأَمَّلَ مَا لَدَيْهِ ٱلرَّاغِبُونَ

wa ammala ma ladayhi alrraghibuna

and of all those whose donations are expected by the desirous.

يَا مَنْ فَتَقَ ٱلْعُقُولَ بِمَعْرِفَتِهِ

ya man fataqa al`uqula bima`rifatihi

O He Who has split the intellects on the recognition of Him,

وَأَطْلَقَ ٱلأَلْسُنَ بِحَمْدِهِ

wa atlaqa al-alsuna bihamdihi

made tongues articulate with the praising of Him

وَجَعَلَ مَا ٱمْتَنَّ بِهِ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ فِي كِفَاءٍ لِتَاْدِيَةِ حَقِّهِ

wa ja`ala ma imtanna bihi `ala `ibadihi fi kifa'in lita'diyati haqqhi

and made that which He has conferred upon His servants enough means for the fulfillment of their duties towards Him;

صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ

salli `ala muhammadin wa alihi

(please) send blessings to Muhammad and his Household,

وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ عَلَىٰ عَقْلِي سَبيلاًَ

wa la taj`al lilshshaytani `ala `aqli sabilan

do not give Satan any way (of success) over my reason,

وَلاَ لِلْبَاطِلِ عَلَىٰ عَمَلِي دَلِيلاً

wa la lilbatili `ala `amali dalilan

and do not give wrongness a way to reach my deeds.

 

 

2.It has been narrated that one who says the following litany three times before the Dawn (Fajr) Prayer on Fridays will have all his sins forgiven even if they are as innumerable as swelling foams

أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِي لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ

astaghfiru allaha alladhi la ilaha illa huwa

I pray the forgiveness of Allah save Whom there is no god;

ٱلْحَيُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

alhayyu alqayyumu wa atubu ilayhi

the Ever-living and Ever-subsisting,and I turn in repentance to Him