Last Hours of Thursday

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Shaykh al-Tusi has recorded that it is recommended to say the following prayer of forgiveness at the last hour of Thursdays:

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ِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

bismillahir rahmanir raheem.

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

 

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اللّهُمّ صَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ

allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

O Allah: (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad

 

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أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللَّهَ الَّذِي لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ

astaghfiru allaha alladhi la ilaha illa huwa

I pray the forgiveness of Allah; there is no god but He,

 

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ٱلْحَيُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ

alhayyu alqayyumu

the Ever-living, the Self-Subsisting,

 

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وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

wa atubu ilayhi

and I repent to Him

 

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تَوْبَةَ عَبْدٍ خَاضِعٍ

tawbata `abdin khadi`in

as a slave who is submissive,

 

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مِسْكِينٍ مُسْتَكِينٍ

miskinin mustakinin

acquiescent, and poor,

 

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لاَ يَسْتَطيعُ لِنَفْسِهِ صَرْفاً وَلاَ عَدْلاً

la yastati`u linafsihi sarfan wa la `adlan

not controlling for himself any harm or profit,

 

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وَلاَ نَفْعاً وَلاَ ضَرّاً

wa la naf`an wa la darran

or benefit or damage

 

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وَلاَ حَيَاةً وَلاَ مَوْتاً وَلاَ نُشُوراً

wa la hayatan wa la mawtan wa la nushuran

and not controlling death nor life, nor raising (the dead) to life.

 

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وَصَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ

wa salla allahu `ala muhammadin

May Allah send peace upon Muhammad

 

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وَعِتْرَتِهِ ٱلطَّيِّبينَ ٱلطَّاهِرينَ

wa `itratihi alttayyibina alttahirina

and his Household; the pure, the immaculate,

 

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ٱلْأَخْيَارِ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ

al-akhyari al-abrari

the choicest, and the pious;

 

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وَسَلَّمَ تَسْليماً

wa sallama tasliman

and may He spread thorough blessings over them.

 

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اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِوَجْهِكَ ٱلْكَريمِ

allahumma inni as'aluka biwajhika alkarimi

O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your Noble Face

 

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وَٱسْمِكَ ٱلْعَظيمِ

wasmika al`azimi

and in the name of Your Sublime Name

 

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أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ

an tusalliya `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

to send blessings to Muhammad and his Household

 

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وَأَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي ذَنْبِيَ ٱلْعَظيمَ

wa an taghfira li dhanbiya al`azima

and to forgive me my grave sin.

 

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It is recommended to recite Surah al-Jumu`ah (No. 62) in the first unit of the Maghrib (Sunset) and `Isha' (Evening) obligatory Prayers, and to recite Surah al-Tawhid (No. 112) in the second unit of the Maghrib Prayer and Surah al-A`la (No. 87) in the second unit of the `Isha' Prayer.