Prayers of Rama¤¡n Nights
The First Night Prayer:
Four units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah once and S£rah al-Taw¦¢d fifteen
times.
The Second Night Prayer:
Four units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah once and S£rah al-Qadr twenty
times.
The Third Night Prayer:
Ten units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah once and S£rah al-Taw¦¢d fifty
times.
The Fourth Night Prayer:
Eight units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah once and S£rah al-Qadr twenty
times.
The Fifth Night Prayer:
Two units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah and S£rah al-Taw¦¢d fifty times.
After accomplishment, the following invocation of blessings is repeated one
hundred times:
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O Allah,
(please do) bless Mu¦ammad and the Household of Mu¦ammad.
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all¡humma ¥alli `al¡
mu¦ammadin wa ¡li mu¦ammadin
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اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
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The Sixth Night Prayer:
Four units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah and S£rah al-Mulk (No. 67).
The Seventh Night Prayer:
Four units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah once and S£rah al-Qadr thirteen
times.
The Eighth Night Prayer:
Two units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah and S£rah al-Taw¦¢d ten times.
After accomplishment, the following doxology is repeated one thousand times:
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سُبْحَانَ ٱللَّهِ
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sub¦¡na all¡hi
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All glory be to Allah.
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The Ninth Night Prayer:
Six units offered between the Maghrib and `Ish¡' obligatory Prayers with S£rah
al-F¡ti¦ah and ªyah al-Kurs¢ seven times. After accomplishment,
the following invocation of blessings is repeated fifty times:
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O Allah,
(please do) bless Mu¦ammad and the Household of Mu¦ammad.
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all¡humma ¥alli `al¡
mu¦ammadin wa ¡li mu¦ammadin
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اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
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The Tenth Night Prayer:
Twenty units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah once and S£rah al-Taw¦¢d thirty
times.
The Eleventh Night
Prayer: Two units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah once and S£rah al-Kawthar
(No. 108) twenty times.
The Twelfth Night Prayer:
Eight units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah once and S£rah al-Qadr thirty
times.
The Thirteenth Night
Prayer: Four units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah once and S£rah al-Taw¦¢d
twenty-five times.
The Fourteenth Night
Prayer: Six units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah once and S£rah al-Zalzalah
(No. 99) thirty times.
The Fifteenth Night
Prayer: Four units; in the first two units, S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah is
recited once and S£rah al-Taw¦¢d repeated one hundred times. In the last
two units, S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah is recited once and S£rah al-Taw¦¢d
repeated fifty times.
The Sixteenth Night
Prayer: Twelve units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah once and S£rah al-Tak¡thur
(No. 102) twelve times.
The Seventeenth Night
Prayer: Two units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah once and any selected S£rah
in the first unit and S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah once and S£rah al-Taw¦¢d
one hundred times. After accomplishment, the following statement is repeated one
hundred times:
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There is
no god save Allah.
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l¡ il¡ha ill¡
all¡h
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لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ ٱللَّهُ
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The Eighteenth Night
Prayer: Four units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah once and S£rah al-Kawthar
twenty-five times.
The Nineteenth Night
Prayer: Fifty units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah and S£rah al-Zalzalah
(No. 99).
The Twentieth to
Twenty-Fourth Nights Prayer: At these nights, it is recommended to offer an
eight unit prayer with any selected S£rahs.
The Twenty-Fifth Night
Prayer: Eight units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah once and S£rah al-Taw¦¢d
ten times.
The Twenty-Sixth Night
Prayer: Eight units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah once and S£rah al-Taw¦¢d
one hundred times.
The Twenty-Seventh Night
Prayer: Four units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah once and S£rah al-Mulk.
If this is impossible, replace S£rah al-Mulk with repeating S£rah
al-Taw¦¢d twenty-five times.
The Twenty-Eighth Night
Prayer: Six units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah once and ªyah al-Kurs¢
one hundred times, S£rah al-Taw¦¢d one hundred times, and S£rah al-Kawthar
one hundred times. After accomplishment, repeat the following invocation of
blessings one hundred times:
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O Allah,
(please do) bless Mu¦ammad and the Household of Mu¦ammad.
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all¡humma ¥alli `al¡
mu¦ammadin wa ¡li mu¦ammadin
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اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
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According to my own
readings in the books of narrations, I found that the prayer of the
twenty-eighth night of Rama¤¡n consists of six units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah
once, ªyah al-Kurs¢ ten times, S£rah al-Kawthar ten times, and
S£rah al-Taw¦¢d ten times. After accomplishment the same aforementioned
invocation is repeated one hundred times.
The Twenty-Ninth Night
Prayer: Two units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah and S£rah al-Taw¦¢d
twenty times.
The Thirtieth Night
Prayer: Twelve units with S£rah al-F¡ti¦ah and S£rah al-Taw¦¢d
twenty times. After accomplishment, the following invocation is repeated one
hundred times:
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O Allah,
(please do) bless Mu¦ammad and the Household of Mu¦ammad.
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all¡humma ¥alli `al¡
mu¦ammadin wa ¡li mu¦ammadin
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اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
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Note that each two units of
all of the aforementioned prayers should be separated by uttering the Tasl¢m
statement.
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