NAQSHBANDI

DEVOTIONS

AND

PRACTICES

Striving for Servanthood

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Transliterations
Abbreviations

The Principles of the Naqshbandi Way

The conduct of the murid with his Shaykh
The conduct of the murid with his brothers
The Daily Salahs :

1. Salatul-Maghrib

2. Salatul-Isha’

3. Fajr.

i. Pre-Fajr Programme

ii. Salatun Ncijah (The Prayer of Salvation).

iii. Salatut Tcihcijjud

iv. Salatut Tasblh

v. Salatush Shukr

vi. Salatul-Fajr

vii. Salatut Ishraq

viii. Salatud Duha

4. Salatuz-Zuhr

5. Salatul c Asr

6. Wazifah Naqshbandiyyah

i. Spiritual Practices (Adab) (Part 1)

ii. Wird for Novices (Part 2)

iii. Wird for the Prepared (Part 2)

iv. Wird for the People of Determination (Part 2)

v. Optional extra daily dhikrs

vi. Extra practices for the last days

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7. Khatmul-Khwajagan - weekly dhikr

8. The silsilah of the most distinguished Naqshbandi Order

9. Imam Mahdi (a.s.) and his deputies

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10. 10 lh Muharram 184

11. 12 th Rabi id Awwal 186

12. 15 th Shu ’ban 188

13. Tarawih 192

14. Lailatu 1-Qadr 194

15. Rajab

i. Rajab Night Programme 196

ii. Invocation (dida ’) for the month of Rajab 206

iii. Other practices during Rajab 208

iv. Practices on the Blessed Night of Desires 212

v. Practices on the Night of Ascension, LailatuI Isra’ 214

vi. Additional Awrad for Rajab 218

Appendices:

a. Hizbul Wiqdyali by lbn Arabi 220

b. Grand Transmitted Invocation of Grand Shaykh 225

c. Surah Alam nashrah 231

d. Adab of Laylatul-Qadr 234

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Foreword

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Verily, we have sent thee with the Truth, as a bearer of glad tidings
and a Warner: for there never was any community, but a Warner had
lived amongst them (xxxv: 24).

Throughout the long history of humanity, from the time of Nabi Adam
(a.s.), all peoples throughout the world had received Divine teachings
of one form or another. The essence of these teachings was always the
existence of one Supreme Being. There is, for example, considerable
documentary evidence of the belief in a Supreme Being amongst the
original inhabitants of North America; and this continent is far removed
from the major areas where the great monotheistic religions arose.
With the passage of time, most of the religions of the ancient world
deviated into paganism, became extinct, or were replaced by
Christianity, which accompanied imperialistic control of the major
parts of the world.
It was not only the religions of the ancient world that had undergone
such major changes. The great modern monotheistic religions prior to
Islam, which developed out of the teachings of such Messengers as
Nabi Musa and Nabi Isa (a.s.) were in fact far removed from the
original teachings brought by these Messengers. Numerous verses in
the Qur’an deal with this phenomena.

Thus, just prior to the “birth of Islam”, more than fourteen centuries
ago, there was very little left of the streams of Divine teachings that
had regularly reached humanity through the hearts of Messengers or
Prophets. In retrospect, if at that stage of history a special Divine
Messenger had not been sent to all of humanity it is doubtful whether
any people would have been able to extricate themselves from the
quagmire of religious darkness into which people generally had sunk.
Humanity had in fact reached a point of unprecedented religious
desperation. There was either going to be “direct Divine intervention”
in the religious affairs of humanity or the belief in one Supreme Being

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would have disappeared totally from the surface of the earth. Allah,
Glory to Him, would once more have become “a hidden treasure”.
Divine intervention did in fact come. Sometime in the years 570-571
AD, the last bearer of Divine revelation, the Prophet Muhammad
(s.a.w.s.), was born in the city of Mecca, in the semi-arid region of
Arabia. As an adult. Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) used to go to the
cave of Mount Hira’, especially in the month of Ramadan, to spend
time in the private worship of Allah. One day, in his fortieth year, while
in the cave near the end of Ramadan an Angel suddenly appeared to
him. The Angel showed him a piece of cloth on which were
embroidered Arabic words in gold, and told him to read.

The Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) replied, “I do not know how to

read.” Describing the incident. Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) said,
“The Angel caught me (forcefully) and pressed me so hard that I could
not bear it any more. He then released me and again asked me to read
and I replied, ‘I do not know how to read.’ Thereupon he caught me
again and pressed me a second time until 1 could not bear it any more.
He then released me and again asked me to read but again I replied, ‘I
do not know to read (or what shall I read)?’ Thereupon he caught me
for the third time and pressed me, and then released me and said,

Read in the name of your Lord, who has created! He has created
man from a clot. Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous (xcvi:

1 - 3 ).

He then read the words. The first words of the Qur’anic revelation had
been recorded on his heart. It appears as if these words were used to
unlock his heart for the reception of the rest of the revelation. Once his
heart had gone through the experience of receiving these words, it was
ready to receive the flood of revelation that was to come later. What
happened in the semi-darkness of the cave is the greatest spiritual event
of modern times. It was much more than just the reception of
revelation. It was the beginning of the greatest modern revolution in
religious thought; the commencement of the re-establishment of what is
sacred in the lives of people. The event in the cave recaptured the
fundamental teaching of all revelation, and that is the Unity of God.
What had also been set in motion in the cave was the awakening within
him of all those dormant qualities, which would raise him, amongst
other things, to the status of the most perfect human being and the final
and greatest of all the Messengers. Part of this was the next revelation:

O thou wrapped up! Arise and deliver thy warning (lxxiv: i-ii).

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Being wrapped up or covered also suggests that his status as a

Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) had up to that stage been hidden. For
about forty years nobody knew who he in fact was. To all who knew
him, he was Muhammad, the son of c Abdullah. Although he was
considered to be of exceptional character, and was highly respected
because of this, there was nothing in his behaviour that suggested the
historical role he was to play and the degree of spirituality he would
attain. When this verse was revealed all this was at an end. “. Arise /”
Allah says to him. It is as if it was being told to him, “Make yourself
known as the Messenger of Allah. Declare your new status publicly as
a Messenger, ‘... deliver thy warning’ i.e. declare the Oneness of Allah
and the consequence of not being obedient to Him.’’

This verse represents, in no uncertain terms, the transition of Prophet

Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) from Muhammad ibn c Abdullah, the inhabitant of
Mecca, to Muhammad, the bearer of the Divine Message to all of
humanity. This phenomenal transition appears to have even taken him
by suprise.

The beginning of the revelation did not only herald the transition to
his new status but was also the commencement of what can only be
considered as his remarkable transformation from an unlettered
originally sheep-tending inhabitant of Mecca to the most outstanding
figure in the history of humanity. Under Divine Guidance and also the
impact of the Qur’an all dimensions of his personality and his
spirituality were so transformed as to allow his being, and the Message
he carried, to become a mercy for all categories of existence in the
universe. Allah, Glory to Him, refers to Himself as “...Lord of the
Worlds ” (1: ii), and to his beloved Prophet as “... a mercy for all the
Worlds ” (xxi: 1-2).

Those whom he eventually converted to Islam from amongst the

members of his family and others of his contemporaries underwent
lesser transformations as a consequence of the impact of the “new
religion’’ and his personality on them. These people, the Members of
his Household and His Companions (r.a.), as they readily absorbed the
teachings of Islam, underwent personality and spiritual changes of such
magnitude that they became the best ever generation of Muslims.
Allah, Glory to Him, says of them in the Qur’an:

And the first to lead the way, of the Muhajirin and the Ansar, and
those who followed them in goodness - Allah is well pleased with

them and they are well pleased with Him, and He has prepared for
them Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide.

That is the supreme bliss (ix: 100).

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Imran ibn Husayn reported that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said:
“The best of my people is the generation in which I had been sent ...”
The practice of Islam of this generation became the launching pad for
the successful spread of Islam into different parts of Africa and Eurasia;
a spread which contributed in no uncertain terms to the reaffirmation of
the Oneness of Allah in different parts of the world. This expansion
was accompanied by a major explosion of knowledge in both the
natural and social sciences, and by the development of an unrivalled
spirituality; the impact of which is still being felt in large parts of the
world today.

The first generation of Muslims and many generations and individuals

afterwards had used the religious energy inherent in Islam to transform
their lives and personalities, and to take many of them to unique
intellectual and spiritual heights. And in some cases the combination
of the intellectual and the spiritual produced luminaries such as the
imams of the major madh-habs and the founders of the tariqah orders.

The Islam, which they used in this way, is essentially the same
religion, which we have in our hands today. There are no differences in
the teachings and basic texts which they had and which we have. We
have exactly the same Qur’an and Ahadith. In fact we are far more
favoured than many of them because of the easy access we have to
these texts and to many others. During the last few decades especially,
with the explosion in writings on Islam in a variety of languages and
with the growth of technology, it is possible to gain access to teachings
of Islam unheard of before. The question that must be asked is: “Why
is it that it appears that we are incapable of drawing from Islam the
same energy that others have drawn and successfully utilized for their
transformation?”

For all intents and purposes, it appears that we have either “lost” our
religious direction, or we have “lost” part of our religion by imposing a
silence on certain of its most essential and valuable teachings. Perhaps
both processes have happened; we have lost religious direction because
of the imposition of silence on aspects of Islam. And it is those aspects
that we have silenced that are in fact the primary sources of the
religious energy that we need for transformation. Without those
sources, Islam has, to a large degree, collapsed into an assortment of
seemingly unrelated rules and regulations, and impositions and denials.
In the process, its original holistic nature, the dynamic interrelation of
all its teachings and practices, has been lost. What we have today,
especially in this country, is an Islam that is largely “foreign”, in many
of its aspects, to the original revealed religion.

One cannot blame distance in time from the “advent” of Islam for this.
In South Africa we have had a number of individuals during the last
few centuries that have successfully drawn on this energy. And during
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their own transformation, they have contributed immensely to changes

in the personality and spirituality of others. These individuals include,
amongst others, Shaykh Yusuf of Macasser, Tuan c Abd al-Rahman
Matebe and Tuan Mahmud of Constantia, Imam c Abdullah ibn Qadi
c Abd al-Salam (Tuan Guru) of Cape Town, Shah Ghulam Muhammad
(Sufi Sahib) and Badsha Peer of Natal, Maulana c Abd al-Latlf Kagee of
Athlone, Shaykh c Abd al-Rahlm Iraqi of Cape Town, and Shaykh
Muhammad Salih Solomon (Abadi) of Wynberg.

The “hearts” of these individuals, here and in the rest of the world, are
the major, if not the sole, “custodians” of the resources of the
remembrance of Allah; and they safeguard such remembrance for
distribution to the “hearts” of others. In this way Allah is remembered.
And they strive in their approach to Him with acts of remembrance
until He loves them, is satisfied with them, and remembers them. And
it is through His remembrance of them, that they are remembered by
others. In a Holy Tradition, the following words were spoken about
such people by Allah to His Messenger (s.a.w.s):

Truly My awliya’ of my obedient servants, and those whom I love of

My creation; they are remembered by My remembrance and 1 am
remembered by their remembrance.

Each one of us has within ourselves the potential to draw from our
religion those teachings and practices needed to transform our
personalities, and to develop our spirituality to a level at which we fall
into one of the categories mentioned in the tradition. Islam has within it
a massive reservoir of religious energy in the form of a vast array of
practices from which we can draw for our own transformation. We
have to find the means of accessing those practices, and use them as
our means of approach to Allah, Glory to Him. In the final analysis, it
would depend on each one of us whether we want to do this or not.

The present work is a compilation of the major Naqshbandi devotions

and practices, most of which had originated from Sayyiduna Abu Bakr
(r.a.), and which are thoroughly grounded in the Divine Law. These
practices have been used during the ages as one of the means for
spiritual purification and attainment. They came to us through a series
of tariqah shaykhs, starting with Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (r.a.). The
present Grand Shaykh of the Order is Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-
Haqqani of Cyprus, perhaps the greatest living exponent of Islamic
spirituality, a Sultdnul Awliya’, a very special “Friend of Allah
Almighty”. He stands out today as a major inspiration to all those who
want to recapture the original teachings of Islam, and who want to walk

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a path of spiritual transformation. We call on our Creator to place us

firmly on the path of this transformation, and to give us the strength
and consistency to walk this path successfully.

And Allah knows best. There is no strength or power except with

Allah.
Yusuf da Costa
April 2006

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Abbreviations

a.s.: c alayhis salam (Upon him be peace).

k.w.: karamalldhu wajhah (May Allah honour him).

r.a.: radiyallahu c anhu , Q anhd or Q anhum (May Allah be satisfied with

him, her or them).

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on him, her or them).

s. a.w.s: sallaldhu c alayhi wa sallam (May the peace and blessings of

Allah be upon him) (|g)

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The Principles of the Naqshbandi Way

c Abdul Khaliq al-Ghujdawani (r.a.) coined the following phrases,
which are now considered the principles of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order:

1. Conscious Breathing

This means that the wise seeker must safeguard his breath from
heedlessness, coming in and going out, thereby keeping his heart
always in the Divine Presence.

2. Watch Your Step

It means that the seeker while walking must keep his eyes on his feet.

3. Journey Homeward

It means that the seeker travels from the world of creation to the world
of the Creator.

4. Solitude in the Crowd

It means seclusion. It means to be outwardly with people while

remaining inwardly with God.

5. Essential Remembrance

The seeker must make dhikr by negation and affirmation on his tongue
until he reaches the state of the contemplation of his heart
(muraqabah). That state will be achieved by reciting every day the
negation {LA ILAHA) and affirmation ( ILLALLAH ) on the tongue,
between 5,000 and 10,000 times, removing from his heart the elements
that tarnish and rust it. This dhikr polishes the heart and takes the
seeker into the state of manifestation. He must keep that daily dhikr,
either by heart or by tongue, repeating ALLAH, the name of God's
Essence which encompasses all other names and Attributes, or by
negation and affirmation through the saying of LA ILAHA ILLALLAH.

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This daily dhikr will bring the seeker into the perfect presence of the
One Who is glorified.

The dhikr by negation and affirmation, in the manner of the

Naqshbandi Sufi Masters, demands that the seeker closes his eyes,
closes his mouth, clenches his teeth, glues his tongue to the roof of his
mouth, and holds his breath. He must recite the dhikr through the heart,
by negation and affirmation, beginning with the word LA (No). He lifts
this “No” from under his navel up to his brain. Upon reaching his brain
the word “No” brings out the word ILAHA (god), moves from the brain
to the left shoulder, and hits the heart with ILLALLAH (except Allah).
When that word hits the heart its energy and heat spreads to all the
parts of the body. The seeker who has denied all that exists in this
world with the words LA ILAHA , affirms with the words ILLALLAH
that all that exists has been annihilated in the Divine Presence.

The seeker repeats this with every breath, inhaling and exhaling,
always making it come to the heart, according to the number of times
prescribed to him by his shaykh.

6. Returning

This is a state in which the seeker, who makes dhikr by negation and
affirmation, comes to understand the Holy Prophet's (s.a.w.s.) phrase,
ilahi anta maqsudi wa ridaka matlubi (O my God, Thou art my goal
and Thy Good Pleasure is my aim.).

7. Attentiveness

It means that the seeker must watch his heart and safeguard it by
preventing bad thoughts from entering.

8 Recollection

It means that the reciter of dhikr safeguards his heart with negation and
affirmation in every breath without leaving the Presence of Allah
Almighty and Exalted.

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The Conduct of the Murid with His

Shaykh

There are two categories of conduct of the murid with his shaykh:

internal conduct and external conduct.

Internal Conduct of the Murid

1. The seeker must submit to the will of the shaykh and to obey
him in all his orders and advice.

2. The seeker must not object to the way the shaykh instructs and
controls the murids.

3. The seeker must know that the shaykh might make some
mistakes, but that these will not prevent him from lifting the
murid up to the Divine Presence.

4. The seeker must respect and honor the shaykh in his presence
and his absence.

5. The murid must be sincere and loyal to the company of his

shaykh.

6. He must love his shaykh with an extraordinary love.

7. He must not look to any other than his shaykh, though he must
keep respect for all other shaykhs.

External Conduct of the Murid

1. He must agree with the opinion of his shaykh completely, as

the patient agrees with the physician.

2. He must behave well in the association of the shaykh.

3. He must serve his shaykh and make himself as useful as

possible.

4. He must not mention from the speeches of his shaykh what

listeners cannot understand.

5. He must attend the association of the shaykh.

The Conduct of the Murid with his

Brothers

1. He must keep respect for them in their presence and in their

absence, not backbiting anyone.

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2. He should advise them when they need it with the intention of

strengthening them.

3. He must think only good about his brothers and not search out
their bad manners.

4. He must accept their apology if they apologize.

5. He must make peace between them.

6. He must support them when they are attacked.

7. He must not ask to lead them, but to be brothers with them.

8. He must show humbleness with them as much as possible.

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Note of caution

These practices and devotions of the Most Distiguished

Naqshbandi Order are an enormous amount, and can
become a tiresome burden if not approached sensibly and
rationally. One is advised to commence with a little at a
time, and only to do what one is capable of doing. Later, as
one progresses spiritually, one may adjust one’s daily
routines to include more of the practices.

O Allah! Fill our hearts with love for Thee, and fill our
hearts with love for the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s) and
fill our hearts with love for those who love Thee and who
love the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s).

O Allah! Do not fill our hearts with love for those who do
not love Thee, and do not fill our hearts with love for those
who do not love the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s) and do
not fill our hearts with love for those who do not love those
who love Thee and who do not love the Prophet
Muhammad (s.a.w.s).

O Allah! Let us be loved by those who love Thee, and by

those who love the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s).

Mawlana Shaykh Nazim

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Salatul-Maghrib

Adhan

Add the following to the Adhan

Assalatu was saldmu c alayka, yd man arsalahul-lahu ta c dld rahmatan lil

c dlamin. Assalatu was saldmu c alayka wa c ala alika wa ashabika ajmaln.
Assalatu was saldmu c alaykum, Yd anbiyd-alldh.

Blessings and peace upon you whom Allah sent as a mercy to the creation.
Blessings and peace upon you and upon all of your family and your
Companions. Blessings and peace upon you, O Prophets of Allah.

Front Sunnah (2 rakcfat).

Ash hadu alia ilaha illallah wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan c abduhu wa
rasuluh, sallallahu alayhi wa salam (3x)

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His servant and
Messenger (s.a.w.s.).

AstaghfiruHah (lOOx)

I ask Allah’s forgiveness.

Ihlas (3x). Say Allahu akbar after each I [lias.

Surah of Sincerity

A c udhu billdhi minash shayta nirrajlm. Bismilldhir rahmd nirrahlm. Subhdna

rabbika rabbil c izzati c amma yassifun wa salamun c alal mursalin wal hamdu
lilldhi rabbil alamln.
I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the
Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent. Glory be to Thy Lord, the Lord of Power,
above what people ascribe to Him. And peace be upon the Messengers. Praise
belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

Difd’

lid sharafin nabiyyi, sallalahu alayhi wa sallam, wa alibi wa ashdbihil kiram,

wa ild ma-shd-yikhind fit-tariqatin Naqshbandiyatil c Alivyah, khasatan ila ruhi
imamit tariqati wa ghawthil khaliqatish Shah Bahauddin Naqshbandi
Muhammadinil Uwaysil Bukhari, wa ild Mawlana Sultanil Awliyd’ Shaykh
c Abdullah al-Fa’izzid Daghastani, wa Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-
Haqqdni wa sd’iri sadatina was siddiqinal Fatihah.

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Honour be to the Prophet (s.a.w.s.), and his family, and his distinguished
Companions. And to our Shaykhs in the exalted Naqshbandi Tariqah,
particularly the spirit of the Imam of the Tariqah, the Succour of creation, Shah
Bahauddln Naqshbandi Muhammadinil Uwaysil Bukhari, and to Mawlana
Sultanil Awliya’ Shaykh 'Abdullah al-Fa’izzil Daghastani, and Mawlana
Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani, and to all our masters, and [those who are]
righteous, Al-Fatihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

Iaamah

Fard

Let ildha illallah (3x) Muhammadur rasulullah, sallald.hu alayhi wa sallam.

Astaghfirullah (3x). Allahumma antas salam, wa minkas saldm, tabarakta
rabband wata alayta, Yd dhal jaldli wal ikrdm, sami c nd wa ata’na ghufrdnaka
rabband wa ilaykal masir.

There is no god other than Allah. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah

(s.a.w.s.). I seek forgiveness from Allah. O Allah! Thou art Peace and from
Thee comes Peace. Blessed and Lofty art Thou, O Lord of Majesty and Bounty.
There is no god but Allah. He is One, no partner has He. His is the Kingdom
and to Him is all praise, and He has power over all things. We hear and obey.
(We seek) Thy forgiveness, O our Lord! To Thee is the return.

Back Sunnah (2 ralafat).

c AIa Rasulind salawat. Astaghfirullah (3x), subhanalldh, wal hamdu lillah, wa

Id ildha illallah, walldhu akbar, wa Id hawla wa Id quwwata ilia billdhil c aliyyil
c adhim.

Blessings upon our Prophet. I ask Allah’s forgiveness. Glory be to Allah! Praise
be to Allah! There is no god but Allah and Allah is Greatest. There is no power
and no strength save in Allah, All-High and Almighty.

AHidhu billahi minash shayta nirrajtm. Bismillahir rahma nirrahim. Wa

ilahukum ilahun wahidun, Id ildha ilia huwar- rahma nurrahlm.

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the
Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent. Your god is One God; there is no god but
He, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate.

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Alldhu Id ildha ilia huwal-hayyul-qayyum, la ta’ khudhuhu sinatun wa la nawm,

lahu md fis-samdwati wa md fil-ard, man dhal-ladhi yashfa c u c indahu ilia bi
idhnih, ycflamu md bayna aydihim wa md khalfahum wa layuhituna bi shay’im
min c ilmihi ilia bi md sha ’, Wasi c a kursiy yuhus samdwati wal ard, wa la
ycfuduhu hifzuhumd, wa huwal c aliyyul c azim. Sadaqallahul c azlm.

Allah, there is no god but He, the Living, the Everlasting. Slumber seizes Him
not, neither sleep. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Who
is there that shall intercede with Him save by His leave? He knows what lies
before them and what is behind them, and they comprehend not anything of His
Knowledge save such as He wills. His Throne comprises the heavens and the
earth. The preserving of them oppresses Him not. He is the All-High, the
Almighty. Allah spoke the truth.

(At the end of this surah , Maulana Shaykh Nazim blows around himself for
protection. Indicated by a slight movement of his head from left to right and
back.)

Subhanaka, Yd c adhlm, subhdnalldh.

Subhdnalldh (33x)

c A!a ni c matil Islam wa sharafil imdn ddiman, al hamdu lillah.

Al hamdu lillah (33x)

Ta c ala sha’nuhu wa la ildha ghayruhu, Alldhu akbar.

Alldhu akbar (33x)

Glory be to Thee, O Almighty! Glory be to Allah.

Glory be to Allah.

For the gift of Islam, the nobility of Iman [faith], always, all praise be to
Allah.
All praise be to Allah.

Exalted is His Affair, and there is no god but He, Allah is Greatest.

Allah is Greatest.

La ilaha illallah wahdahu la shankalah, lahul mulk, wa lahu! hamd, yuhyi wa

yumit, wa huwa c ala kulli shayin qadlr.

There is no god but Allah. He is One. No partner has He. His is the Kingdom
and all praise. He brings to life and makes to die, and He has power over all
things.

Subhana rabbiyil C aliyyil c alal wahhab.

Glory be to my Lord, All-High, Most Supreme, Most Munificent.

Make dua' (any one)

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A c iidhu billdhi minash shaytd nirrajlm. Bismillahir rahma nirrahlm. Huwal

lahulladhi la ildha ilia hu, c alimul ghaybi wash shahadah, huwar rahmanur
rahim, huwal lahulladhi la ildha ilia, huwal malikul quddus sus saldmul
mu’minul muhayminul c azlzul jabbdrul mutakabbir, subhdnalldhi c ammd
yushrikun. Huwal lahul khdliqul bdri-ul musawwiru lahul asma-ul husnd,
yusabbihu lahu mdfis samawati wal ard, wa huwal c azizul hakim.

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the
Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent. He is Allah. There is no god but He. He is
the Knower of the Unseen and the Visible. He is the All-Merciful, the All-
Compassionate. He is Allah. There is no god but He. He is the King, the All-
Holy, the All-Peacable, the All-Faithful, the All-Preserver, the All-Mighty, the
All-Compeller, the All-Sublime. Glory be to Allah, above what they associate!
He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Shaper. To Him belongs the Names
Most Beautiful. All that is in the heavens and the earth magnify Him. He is the
All-Mighty, the All-Wise.

Huwal awwalu wal akhiru wadh dhahiru wal batinu wa huwa bikulli shayin
c alim (Sadaqallahul azim.)

He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward. He has knowledge of
everything (Allah the Most High speaks the truth).

Dug

Rabband taqabbal minnd, w c afii anna, waghfir land, war hanind, wa tub
c alaynd. Wahdina, was qind, waslih sha’nana wa sha’nal muslimin, wan sumd
c alal qawmil kafirin, bi hurmati man anzalta c alayhi Suratul Fdtihah.

O our Lord! Accept (this) from us and absolve us. Forgive us and have mercy
on us. Accept our repentance and guide us. Quench (our thirst), and improve
our condition and the condition of the Muslims. Give us victory over the
corrupters, by the sanctity of the one to whom You revealed the Suratul-
Fdtihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

Before Salatul Janazah for the absent recite

F c atabiru yd ulil absar. Inna lilldhi wa innd ilayhi rdjiiin. Salatul janazah c
anil
ghd’ibinal ladhi intaqalu ila rahmatil lain min ummati Muhammad, sallalahu
c alayhi wa sallam.

Therefore, take heed, you who can see. Surely we belong to Allah and to Him
we return. This is the funeral prayer for the deceased who have parted to the
mercy of Allah of the nation of Muhammad (s.a.w.s.).

Salatul Janazah for the absent

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Dug ’ after the prayer

Allahum maghfir li ahyaina warham mawtana washfi mardana bi hurmatil

Fdtihah.

O Allah! Forgive the living, have mercy on our dead, and cure our sick, by the
sanctity of the Fdtihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah)

Salatul Awwabm (2, 2, 2 raka c at). Recite one Fatihah and three Ihlas in each
raid ah.

Ash hadu alia ilaha illallah wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan c abduhu wa
rasuluh, sallallahu alayhi wa salam (3x)

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His servant and
Messenger (s.a.w.s.).

Astaghfirullah (lOOx)

I ask Allah’s forgiveness.

Astaghfirullah min kulli dhanbin, wa nfasiyatin, wa min kulli ma yukhalifu

dlnal Islam. Yd arhamar rdhimln.

I ask Allah’s forgiveness for every sin and disobedience and from all that
opposes the religion of Islam. O Most Merciful of the merciful.

Recite Suratul-Sajidah the following way:

The Isti c adhah. The Basmalah. Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to
the Fatihah). Then recite Suratul-Sajidah

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Ihlas (3x). Falaq. Nas

Surah of Sincerity. Surah of Daybreak. Surah of Men

La ilalia illallah (lOx), ending the last one with Muhammadur

Rasulullah, sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam.

There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.).

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Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammad wa ‘ala ah Muhammad wa sallim (lOx).

O Allah. Place blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of
Muhammad.

Dud’

Salli, Yd Rabbi, wa sallim ‘ala jamfil anbiydi wal mursalin wa dlil kulli ajma c in
wal hamdu lilldhi rabbil c dlamin. ‘Ala ashrafil c alamina Sayyidind
Muhammadinis salawdt, sallalahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. ‘Ala afdalil ‘alamlna
Sayyidind Muhammadinis salawdt, sallalahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. ‘Aid akmalil
c alamina Sayyidind Muhammadinis salawdt, sallalahu c alavhi wa sallam.
Salawdtul lahi ta‘ala wa malaikatihi wa anbiyaihi wa rusulihi wa jaml‘l
khalqihi ‘aid Muhammad wa ‘ala ali Muhammad, c alayhi wa ‘alayhimus saldm
wa rahmatulldhi ta‘ala wa barakdtuhu, wa radiyalldhu tabdrakta wa ta‘dld ‘an
saddtina ashdibi rasulillahi ajma‘ln, wa annit tabiina bihim bi ihsdn, wa ‘anil a-
immatil mujtahidinal madln wa ‘anil‘ulamail muttaqin wa ‘anil awliydis salihin
wa ‘an mashdyihina fl tariqatin Naqshbandiyyatil ‘Aliyyah, qaddasallahu ta‘ala
arwaha humuz zakiyyah, wa nawwaral lahu ta‘dld adrihatahumul mubdrakah,
wa a‘ddal lahu ta‘dld ‘alayna min barakatihim wa fuyudatihim ddiman wal
hamdu lilldhi rabbil ‘alamin, Al-Fdtihah.

Blessings, O my Lord, and peace be upon all the Prophets and Messengers, and
on the family of every one of them. Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the
worlds. Upon the most noble of creatures, our Master Muhammad, be blessings
(s.a.w.s.). Upon the most preferred of creatures, our Master Muhammad, be
blessings (s.a.w.s.). Upon the most perfect of creatures, our Master Muhammad,
be blessings (s.a.w.s.).Blessings of Allah (Exalted is He!), of His angels, of His
Prophets, of His Messengers, and of all creation be upon Muhammad and the
family of Muhammad; may the peace and mercy of Allah (Exalted is He!) and
His blessings be upon him and upon them. May Allah the Blessed and Most
High be pleased with every one of our Masters, the Companions of the
Messenger of Allah, and with those who followed them in exellence. (May He
be pleased) with the early masters of ijtihad, and with the pious scholars, and
the righteous saints (awliya’). And with our Shaykhs in the exalted Naqshbandi
Tariqah; may Allah (Exalted is He!) sanctify their pure souls, and illuminate
their blessed graves. May Allah (Exalted is He!) return to us of their blessings
and overflowing bounty, always. Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the
worlds, Al-Fdtihah
Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

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lhda' (Dedication):

Allahumma balligh thawaba md qara’ndhu wa nura md talawnahu hadiyyatari

wasilatan minna ild ruhi nabiyyina Muhammad , sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam,
wa ild arwahil anbiyai wal awliyai khasatan ild ruhi Shah Naqshbandi, wa
shaykhina Shaykh c Abdullah ad-Daghastani wa Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad
Nazim al-Haqqani was siddiqinal Fdtihah.

O Allah! Grant that the merit of what we have read, and the light of what we
have recited, are [considered] an offering and gift from us to the spirit (ruh) of
our Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.), and to the spirits of the Prophets, and the
Saints; especially the spirit of Shah Naqshband, and our Shaykh 'Abdullah ad-
Daghastani and Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani, and to [those who are] the
righteous, Al-Fatihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

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Salatul-Isha’

Adhan

Add the following to the Adhan

Assalatu was salamu c alayka yd man arsalahul-ldhu ta c dld rahmatan lil

c dlamm. Assalatu was salamu c alayka wa c ala alika wa ashabika ajmaln.
Assalatu was salamu c alaykum, Yd anbiya-alldh.

Blessings and peace upon you whom Allah sent as a mercy to the creation.
Blessings and peace upon you and upon all of your family and your
Companions. Blessings and peace upon you, O Prophets of Allah.

Front Sunnah (4 raka^at).

Ash hadu alia ilaha illallah wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan c abduhu wa
rasuluh, sallallahu alayhi wa salam (3x)

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His servant and
Messenger (s.a.w.s.).

Astaghfirullah (lOOx)

I ask Allah’s forgiveness.

Ihlas (3x). Say Allahu akbar after each Ihlas.

Surah of Sincerity

A c udhu billahi minash shayta nirrajlm. Bismillahir rahmd nirrahlm. Subhdna

rabbika rabbil dzzati c amma jassifun wa salamun c alal mursalln wal hamdu
lilldhi rabbil alamin.

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the
Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent. Glory be to Thy Lord, the Lord of Power,
above what people ascribe to Him. And peace be upon the Messengers. Praise
belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

Du c d'

lid sharafin nabiyyi, sallalahu alayhi wa sallam, wa alibi wa ashdbihil kiram,

wa ild ma-sha-yikhind fit-tariqatin Naqshbandiyatil c Aliyyah, khasatan ila riihi
imamit tarlqati wa ghawthil khallqatish Shah Bahauddin Naqshbandi
Muhammadinil Uwaysil Bukhari, wa ild Mawlana Sultanil Awliyd’ Shaykh
c Abdullah al-Fd’izzid Daghastani, wa Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-
Haqqdni wa sd’iri sadatina was siddiqinal Fdtihah.

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Honour be to the Prophet (s.a.w.s.), and his family, and his distinguished
Companions. And to our Shaykhs in the exalted Naqshbandi Tariqah,
particularly the spirit of the Imam of the Tariqah, the Succour of creation, Shah
Bahauddln Naqshbandi Muhammadinil Uwaysil Bukhari, and to Mawlana
Sultanil Awliya’ Shaykh 'Abdullah al-Fa’izzil Daghastani, and Mawlana
Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani, and to all our masters, and [those who are]
righteous, Al-Fatihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

Iaamah

Fard

Let ilaha illallah (3x) Muhammadur rasululldh, sallald.hu alayhi wa sallam.

Astaghfirullah (3x). Allahumma antas salam, wa minkas saldm, tabarakta
rabband wata alayta, Yd dhal jaldli wa1 ikrdm, sami c nd wa ata’na ghufrdnaka
rabband wa ilaykal maslr.

There is no god other than Allah. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah

(s.a.w.s.). I seek forgiveness from Allah. 0 Allah! Thou art Peace and from
Thee comes Peace. Blessed and lofty art Thou, O Lord of Majesty and Bounty.
There is no god but Allah. He is One, no partner has He. His is the Kingdom
and to Him is all praise, and He has power over all things. We hear and obey.
(We seek) Thy forgiveness, O our Lord! To Thee is the return.

Back Sunnah (2, 2 raked at).

Witr (2, 1 raka^at).

c AIa Rasulind salawat. Astaghfirullah (3x), subhanalldh, wal hamdu lillah, wa

la ildha illallah, walldhu akbar, wa Id hawla wa la quwwata ilia billahil c aliyyil
c adhim.

Blessings upon our Prophet. I ask Allah’s forgiveness. Glory be to Allah! Praise
be to Allah! There is no god but Allah and Allah is Greatest. There is no power
and no strength save in Allah, All-High and Almighty.

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A c udhu billahi minash shayta nirrajim. Bismillahir rahma nirrahim. Wa

ilahukum ilahun wahidun, Id ildha ilia huwar- rahma nurrahim.
I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the
Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent. Your god is One God; there is no god but
He, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate.

Alldhu Id ildha ilia huwal-hayyul-qayyum. Id taikhudhuhu sinatun wa la nawm,

lahn md fis-samdwati wa md fil-ard, man dhal-Iadhi yashfa c u dndahu ilia hi
idhnih, ya c lamu md hayna aydlhim wa md khalfahum wa Id yuhituna hi
shayyiim min Hlmihi Hid hi md shai, wasi c a kursiyyuhus samdwati wal ard, wa
layaFuduhu hifzuhuma, wa huwal c aliyyul c azim. Sadaqalldhul c azlm.

Allah, there is no god but He, the Living, the Everlasting. Slumber seizes Him
not, neither sleep. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Who
is there that shall intercede with Him save by His leave? He knows what lies
before them and what is behind them, and they comprehend not anything of His
Knowledge save such as He wills. His Throne comprises the heavens and the
earth. The preserving of them oppresses Him not. He is the All-High, the
Almighty. Allah spoke the truth.

(At the end of this surah, Maulana Shaykh Nazim blows around himself for
protection.
Indicated by slight movement of his head from left to right and back.)

Subhanaka, Yd c adhlm, subhdnalldh.

Subhanallah (33x)

c AIa ni’matil Islam wa sharafd imdn ddiman, al hamdu lilldh.

Al hamdu lilldh (33x)

Ta c ala sha’nuhu wa la ildha ghayruhu, Alldhu akbar.

Alldhu akbar (33x)

Glory be to Thee, O Almighty! Glory be to Allah.

Glory be to Allah.

For the gift of Islam, the nobility of Iman [faith], always, all praise be to
Allah.
All praise be to Allah.

Exalted is His Affair, and there is no god but He, Allah is Greatest.

Allah is Greatest.

La ilaha illallah wahdahu la shankalah, lahul mulk, wa lahul hamd, yuhyi wa

yumit, wa huwa c ala kulli shayin qadir.

There is no god but Allah. He is One. No partner has He. His is the Kingdom
and all praise. He brings to life and makes to die, and He has power over all
things.

Subhana rabbiyil c aliyyil c alal wahhab.

Glory be to my Lord, All-High, Most Supreme, Most Munificent.

Salatul-Isha’ - 41

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Make dug’ (any one)

A c udhu billahi minash shaytd nirrajlm. Bismillahir rahmd nirrahlm. Huwal

lahulladhi la ildha ilia hu, c alimul ghaybi wash shahadah, huwar rahmanur
rahim, huwal lahulladhi la ildha ilia, huwal malikul quddus sus saldmul
mu’minul muhayminul c azizul jabbdrul mutakabbir, subhdnalldhi c ammd
yushrikun. Huwal lahul khdliqul bdri-ul musawwiru lahul asma-ul husnd,
yusabbihu lahu mdfis samawati wal ard, wa huwal c azizul hakim.

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the
Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent. He is Allah. There is no god but He. He is
the Knower of the Unseen and the Visible. He is the All-Merciful, the All-
Compassionate. He is Allah. There is no god but He. He is the King, the All-
Holy, the All-Peacable, the All-Faithful, the All-Preserver, the All-Mighty, the
All-Compeller, the All-Sublime. Glory be to Allah, above what they associate!
He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Shaper. To Him belongs the Names
Most Beautiful. All that is in the heavens and the earth magnify Him. He is the
All-Mighty, the All-Wise.

Huwal awwalu wal akhiru wadh dhahiru wal batinu wa liuwa bikulli shayin
c alim (Sadaqallahul azim.)

He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward. He has knowledge of
everything (Allah, the Most High, speaks the truth).

Dug

Rabband taqabbal minnd, w c afii anna, waghfir land, war luimnd, wa tub
c alavnd. Wahdina, was qind, waslih sha’nana wa sha'nal muslimin, wan sumd
c alal qawmil kafirin, bi hurmati man anzalta c alayhi Suratul Fdtihah.

O our Lord! Accept (this) from us and absolve us. Forgive us and have mercy
on us. Accept our repentance and guide us. Quench (our thirst), and improve
our condition and the condition of the Muslims. Give us victory over the
corrupters, by the sanctity of the one to whom You revealed the Suratul-
Fdtihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

Ash hadu alia ilaha illallah wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan c abduhu wa
rasuluh, sallalldhu alayhi wa salam (3x)

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His servant and
Messenger (s.a.w.s.).

Astaghfirullah (lOOx)

I ask Allah’s forgiveness.

Salatul-Isha’ - 43

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dined Islam. Yd arhamar rahimin.

I ask Allah’s forgiveness for every sin and disobedience and from all that
opposes the religion of Islam. O Most Merciful of the Merciful.

Recite Surah Mulk the following way:

The IstFadhah. The Basmalah. Al-Fdtihah (Always recite the Salawdt prior to
the Fatihah). Then recite Surah Mulk or Amanar rasul (see p. 104)

Salatul-Isha’ - 45

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Surah of Sincerity. Surah of Daybreak. Surah of Men

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La ilaha illallah (lOx), ending the last one with Muhammadur Rasulullah,
sallaldhu ‘alayhi wa sallam.

There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s).

Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammad wa ‘ala ah Muhammad wa sallim (lOx).

O Allah. Place blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of
Muhammad.

Dud’

Salli, Yd Rabbi, wa sallim ‘ala jamfil anbiydi wal mursalin wa alii kulli ajma c in
wal hamdu lillahi rabbil ‘alamin. ‘Ala ashrafil ‘alamina Sayyidina
Muhammadinis salawdt, sallaldhu ‘alayhi wa sallam. ‘Ala afdalil ‘alamina
Sayyidina Muhammadinis salawdt, sallaldhu ‘alayhi wa sallam. c Ald akmalil
‘alumina Sayyidina Muhammadinis salawdt, sallaldhu ‘alayhi wa sallam.
Salawdtul lain ta‘ala wa malaikatihi wa anbiyaihi wa rusulihi wa jami‘I
khalqihi‘aid Muhammad wa ‘ala ali Muhammad, ‘alayhi wa ‘alayhimus saldm
wa rahmatulldhi ta‘ala wa barakdtuhu, wa radiyalldhu tabdrakta wa ta‘dld ‘an
sadatina ashdibi rasulillahi ajma‘in, wa annit tabiina bihim bi ihsdn, wa ‘anil a-
immatil mujtahidinal madin wa ‘anil ‘ulamail muttaqin wa ‘anil awliydis salihin
wa ‘an mashayihina ft tariqatin Naqshbandiyyatil ‘Aliyyah, qaddasallahu ta‘ala
arwalut humuz zakiyyah, wa nawwaral lahu ta‘dld adrihatahumul mubdrakah,
wa a‘adal lahu ta‘dld ‘alayna min barakatihim wa fuyudatihim ddiman wal
hamdu lillahi rabbil ‘dlamin, Al-Fdtihah.

Blessings, O my Lord, and peace be upon all the Prophets and Messengers, and
on the family of every one of them. Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the
worlds. Upon the most noble of creatures, our Master Muhammad, be blessings
(s.a.w.s.). Upon the most preferred of creatures, our Master Muhammad, be
blessings (s.a.w.s.). Upon the most perfect of creatures, our Master Muhammad,
be blessings (s.a.w.s.). Blessings of Allah (Exalted is He!), of His angels, of His
Prophets, of His Messengers, and of all creation be upon Muhammad and the
family of Muhammad; may the peace and mercy of Allah (Exalted is He!) and
His blessings be upon him and upon them. May Allah the Blessed and Most
High be pleased with every one of our Masters, the Companions of the
Messenger of Allah, and with those who followed them in exellence. (May He
be pleased) with the early masters of ijtihad, and with the pious scholars, and
the righteous saints (awliya’). And with our Shaykhs in the exalted Naqshbandi
Tariqah; may Allah (Exalted is He!) sanctify their pure souls, and illuminate
their blessed graves. May Allah (Exalted is He!) return to us of their blessings
and overflowing bounty, always. Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the
worlds, Al-Fdtihah

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Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

Ihda' (Dedication):

Allahumma balligh thawaba ma qara’ndhu wa nura ma talawnahu hadiyyatari

wasilatan minna ild ruhi nabiyyina Muhammad , sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam,
wa ild arwdhil anbiyai wal awliyai khasatan ild ruhi Shah Naqshbandi, wa
shaykhina Shaykh c AbdulIah ad-Daghastani wa Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad
Nazim al-Haqqani was siddiqinal Fatihah.

O Allah! Grant that the merit of what we have read, and the light of what we
have recited, are [considered] an offering and gift from us to the spirit (ruh) of
our Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.), and to the spirits of the Prophets, and the
Saints; especially the spirit of Shah Naqshband, and our Shaykh 'Abdullah ad-
Daghastani and Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani, and to [those who are] the
righteous, Al-Fatihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

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Pre-Fajr Programme

Get up about an hour before Fajr. After the wudu, pray 2 rakadat Salatul-Wudu’

Stand facing the qiblah, and supplicate :

Allahumma tahhirni min ghadabin nafs
0 Allah! Purify me from the anger of the ego.

Ya Halim (lOOx)
O All-forbearing

Dua :

Allahumma adudhu bika min sharri nafsi wa min sharrin nasi wa a c udhu bika
min fitnatid dunya wa c adhabil akhirah.

O Allah! I take refuge in Thee from the evil of my ego and from the evil of the
people. I take refuge in Thee from the trials of this life and the punishment of
the Hereafter.

Ya Hafiz (lOOx)
O Preserver

Salatun Naiah (The Prayer of Salvation) (2 rakcfat) (see pp. 54-56)

Salatut Tahaiiud (2, 2, 2, 2 raka c at) (see pp.58)

Salatul-Hifz (Prayer of Protection) (2 rakadat 1 . reciting the Fatihah and two

Ihlas in the first raid ah and the Fatihah and one Ihlas in the second raid ah.

Salatut Tasbih (2. 2 or 4 rakadat). (see pp. 62-64)

Salatush Shukr (2 rakadat ) (see p. 66)

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Salatun Najah

Pray Salatun Najah (2 raka c at) (The Prayer of Salvation). In the first rak c ah
recite the Fatihah and the following verses of the Qur’an or fifteen Ihlas and in
the second raid ah recite the Fatihah and eleven Ihlas.

A c udhu billahi minash shaytd nirrajim. Bismillahir rahma nirrahim. Wa

ilahukum ilahun wahidun, Id ilciha ilia huwar- rahma nurrahim.

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the
Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent. Your god is One God; there is no god but
He, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate.

Alldhu la ilaha ilia huwal-hayyul-qayyum, 1a ta’khudhuhu sinatun wa Id nawm,

lahu md fis-samawati wa md fil-ard, man dhal-Iadhi yashfa c u c indahu ilia bi
idhnih, ya c lamu md bayna aydihim wa md khalfahum wa 1a yuhituna bi
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Id ya c uduhu hifzuhuma, wa huwal c aliyyul c azim. Sadaqallahul c azlm.
Allah, there is no god but He, the Living, the Everlasting. Slumber seizes Him
not, neither sleep. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Who
is there that shall intercede with Him save by His leave? He knows what lies
before them and what is behind them, and they comprehend not anything of His
Knowledge save such as He wills. His Throne comprises the heavens and the
earth. The preserving of them oppresses Him not. He is the Ail-High, the
Almighty. Allah spoke the truth.

Shahidal lahu annahu la ilaha ilia huwa, wal malaikatu wa ulul c ilmi qaiman
bil qisti, Id ilaha ilia huwal c azizul hakim, innad dlna c indal lahil isldm.

Allah bears witness that there is no god but He - and the angels, and men of
knowledge upholding justice. There is no god but He, the All-Mighty, the All-
Wise. The religion with God is Islam.

Qullil Id humma mdlikal mulki, tu’til mulka man tashdu wa tanzi-ul mulka mim
man tashdu, wa tu c izzu man tashdu wa tudhillu man tashdu, biyadikal khayr,
innaka c ala kulli shayin qadlr, tulijul laylafin nahdri wa tulijun nahdrafil layl,
wa tukhrijul hayya initial mayyiti wa tukhrijul mayyita minal hayyi, wa tarzuqu
man tashdu bi ghayri hisdb.

Say: O Allah, Master of the Kingdom, Thou givest the Kingdom to whom Thou
wilt, and seizest the Kingdom from whom Thou wilt. Thou exaltest whom Thou
wilt, and Thou abasest whom Thou wilt. In Thy hand is the good. Over all
things is Thy decree. Thou makest the night to enter into the day and Thou
makest the day to enter into the night. Thou bringest forth the living from the
dead and Thou bringest forth the dead from the living. And Thou providest
whomsover Thou wilt without reckoning.

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After the greeting, go into sajidah (prostration) and make the following
supplication:

Yd Rabbi, kama ta’kulun narul hataba hakadhal hasadul muta’asil fiyya

ya’kulu jamYa c amdli. Khalisni, Yd Rabbi minhu wa khalisni aydan minal
ghadabil nafsani wa min nafsit tiflil madhmumah, wa minal akhlaqidh
dhamimah. Wa Yd Rabbi, baddil kulla akhldqi ila akhldqin hamidatin wa
afalin hasanah.

0 my Lord! Just as fire consumes wood, in the same way my envy, which is
rooted in me, consumes all my actions. Purify me, O my Lord, from it and
purify me too from the anger of my nafs. Rid me as well, O my Lord, of the
blameworthy nafs of the child and of reprehensible manners. And, O my Lord,
change all my manners to laudable ones and my deeds into good actions.

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Salatut Tahajjud

Allahu akbar( lOx)

Allah is the Greatest.

Alhamdu lilldh (lOx)

All praise is due to Allah.

Subhdnalldhi wa bihamdih (lOx)

Free of all imperfection is Allah, and to Him is all praise.

Subhanal quddiis (lOx)

Free of all imperfection is the Most Holy.

Astaghfirullah (lOx)

I seek forgiveness from Allah.

Ld ildha illallah (lOx)

There is no god other than Allah.

Alldhumma innl a c udhu bika min diqid dunya wa diqi yaumil qiyamati (lOx)

O Allah! I seek Thy protection from the constraint of this world and the
constraint of the Hereafter.

Pray Salatut Tahaiiud (2, 2. 2, 2 raka c dt)

After the Salatut Tahajjud, make the following du’a

Bismilldhir rahma nirrahim. Alldhumma lakal-hamdu, anta qayyyumus-

samawdti wal ardi wa man ft hinna. Wa lakal-hamdu anta malikus-samawati
wal ardi wa man ft hinna. Wa lakal-hamdu anta nurus-samawati wal ardi wa
man fi hinna. Wa lakal hamdu antal-haq, wa wa c duka haq, wa li-qa-uka haq,
wa qauluka haq, wal-jannatu haq, wan-ndru haq, wan-nabiyyuna haq, wa
Muhammad, sallalldhu c alayhi wa sallama haq, was-scfatu haq. Alldhumma
laka aslamtu, wa bika amantu, wa c alayka tawakkaltu, wa ilayka anabtu, wa
bika khasamtu, wa ilayka hakamtu. Faghfirli ma qaddamtu wa md akh-khartu,
wa md asrartu, wa md c a’lantu, wa md anta c a’lamu bihi minni. Antal-mu-
qaddimu wa antal-mu-akh-khir. Ld-ildha-illd anta, wa la hawla wa la quwwata
ilia billdh.

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In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent. O Allah! All
praise belongs to Thee. Thou art the Sustainer of the heavens and of the earth
and whatever is therein. All praise belongs to Thee. Thou art the Ruler of the
heavens and of the earth and whatever is therein. All praise belongs to Thee.
Thou art the Light of the heavens and of the earth and whatever is therein. All
praise belongs to Thee. Thou art the Truth. Thy promise is the truth, the
meeting with Thee is the truth, Thy words are the truth, the Jannah is the truth,
the Fire is the truth, the prophets are the truth. Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is the
truth,
the Hour is the truth. O Allah! To Thee do I submit, in Thee do I believe, on
Thee do I depend, to Thee is my return, with Thee do I defeat my opponent in
argument; to Thee do I turn for judgement. Forgive me for what I have done in
the past and what I will commit in the future, what I conceal and what I reveal;
and all this Thou knowest better than me. Thou art the One Who causes
advancement and the One Who causes delay. There is no god other than Thee.
And there is no power and strength other than with Allah.

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Salatut Tasbih
Before Salatut Tasbih recite

Allahumma md dhakamaka haqqa dhikrika, Yd Madhkur.

0 Allah, we have not remembered Thee as Thou hast to be remembered, O

Remembered One.

Pray Salatut Tasbih . There are 4 raka’dt prayed with a taslim at the end of the
second and fourth rakadat or only at the end of the fourth raid ah. The tasbih
which is recited during this prayer is:

Subhanalldh wal hamdu lillah wa 1a illdha illalldh walld.hu akbar.

Glory be to Allah! Praise be to Allah! There is no god but Allah and Allah is
Greatest.

At the end of every set of 10 or 15 tasblhs add :

Wa Id hawla wa Id quwwata ilia billahil c aliyyil c azlm.

There is no power and no strength save in Allah, All-High and Almighty.

The tasblhs are recited before Suratul Fdtihah (15), and 10 each after the Surah
(usually two Ihlas in the first raldah and one in the second raldah), in the
rukuh ,
in the stand after the rukuh, in the first sujucl, in the sitting position after
the first
sujud, and in the second sujud. Come up and repeat the procedure. Sit for the
tashahhud but do not recite the tasbih with the tashahhud. This completes two
raka'at. You may either greet or start the third raid ah (as you would do in a
fard saldh). Do exactly the same procedure for the following two raked at, and
then greet after the tashahhud.

NB: No tasbih is recited in the final sitting position, and the tasbih may be
added to the usual dhikrs in the different positions in the saldh.

Recite the following after the Salatut Tasbih.

Subhana man ta'azzaza bil qudrati wal baqdi wa qaharal c ibddl bil mawti wal
fana’. Subhana rabbika rabbil c izzati c amma yasifun wa saldmun c alal mursalln
wal hamdu lilldhi rabbil C dlamln. Allahumma innl a c udhu bi ridaka min
sakhatika wa bimidafatika min c uqubatika wa bika minka. Allahumma Id nuhsl
thand-an c alayka anta kamd athnayta c ald nafsik.

Glory to the One who manifests His Inviolateness through His Power and by
His Subsistence and who subjugated His servants to death and annihilation.
Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of Might, (who transcends) all which people
ascribe to Him, and peace be upon the Messengers, and praise be to Allah, the
Lord of all creation.

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O Allah! I take refuge in Your Pleasure from Your Displeasure, and in Your
Grace from Your Punishment. And (I take refuge) in You from You. There is
no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.). O Allah our
praise of Thee cannot be enumerated as being as much as Thou praiseth
Thyself.

La ilaha illallah (lOx), ending the last one with Muhammadur rasulullah,
sallaldhu alayhi wa sallam.

There is no god other than Allah. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah

(s.a.w.s.).

Allahumma salli c ald Muhammad wa c ala ali Muhammad wa sallim (lOx).

O Allah. Place blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of
Muhammad.

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lid sharafin nabiyyi, sallaldhu alayhi wa sallam, wa alihi wa ashdbiliil kiram,

wa ild ma-sha-yikhind fit-tariqatin Naqshbandiyatil c Aliyyah, khasatan ild riihi
imamit tarlqati wa ghawthil khallqatish Shah Bahauddln Naqslibandi
Muhammadinil Uwaysil Bukhari, wa ild Mawlana Sultanil Awliyd’ Shaykh
c Abdullah al-Fa’izzid Daghastani, wa Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-
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Honour be to the Prophet (s.a.w.s.), and his family, and his distinguished
Companions. And to our Shaykhs in the exalted Naqshbandi Tariqah,
particularly the spirit of the Imam of the Tariqah, the Succour of creation, Shah
Bahauddln Naqshbandi Muhammadinil Uwaysil Bukhari, and to Mawlana
Sultanil Awliya’ Shaykh 'Abdullah al-Fa’izzil Daghastani, and Mawlana
Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani, and to all our masters, and [those who are]
righteous, Al-Fatihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

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Salatush Shukr

Before Salatush Shukr

Rabbana ma shakamaka haqqa shukrika, Yd Mashkur!

0 our Lord! We have not thanked You as You deserve to be thanked, O

Grateful One!

Pray Salatush Shukr (2 rah?at).

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68 - Naqslibandi Devotions and Practices

Salatul-Fajr

Adhan

Add the following to the Adhan

Assalatu was salamu c alayka yd man arsalahul-lahu ta c ala rahmatan lil c alamln.
Assalatu
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alaykum, Yd
anbiya-allah.

Blessings and peace upon you whom Allah sent as a mercy to the creation. Blessings
and
peace upon you and upon all of your family and your Companions. Blessings and peace
upon you, O Prophets of Allah.

Front Sunnah (2 raka c at)

Ash hadu alia ilaha illallah wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan c abduhu wa rasuluh,
sallallahu alayhi wa salam (3x)

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His servant and
Messenger (s.a.w.s.).

Iqamus salah wa Itauz zakah wa sawmu Ramadan wa hajjul bayti, haq. Amantu billahi
wa malaikatihi wa kutubihi wa rusulihi wal jawmil akhiri wa bil qadri khayrihi wa
sharrihi minal lahi ta c ala, haq, qabul, Yd Rabbi.

The performance of salah, the payment of zakah, the fast of Ramadan, the pilgrimage
to
the House are true. I declare my belief in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His
Messengers,
and the Day of Judgement, and in Destiny, both its good and its evil being from
Allah,
Exalted is He. May the truth of what I say be accepted, O my Lord.

Ash hadu alia ilaha illallah wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan c abduhu wa rasuluh,
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Awd c ana hataynil kalimataynish shahadatayni c
indaka, Yd
Rasulallahi, wa hiya land wadYatun yawmal qiyamah, yd man arsalahul lahu ta c ala
rahmatan lil alamin.

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His servant and
Messenger (s.a.w.s.). We have commended these two testimonies to your safekeeping,
O
Messenger of Allah. They are for us a trust on the Day of Judgement, O you who were
sent by Allah, Exalted is He, as a mercy to the world.

Subhanallah wa bihamdih, subhanallahil adhim, astaghfirullah (lOOx).

Glory be to Allah and to Him be all praise. Glory be to Allah Almighty. I seek
forgiveness from Allah.

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70 - Naqslibandi Devotions and Practices

Min kulli dhanbin wa nfasiyatin, wa min kulli ma yukhalifu dinal islam, wa min
kulli ma
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azimah, Yd
arhamar rahimin.

I ask Allah for forgiveness from every sin and disobedience, and from all that
opposes the
religion of Islam, from all that opposes the Law, from all that opposes the Path,
from all
that opposes Realization, from all that opposes the Truth, from all that opposes
Firm
Intention, O Most Merciful of the merciful.

Astaghfirullah hal c adhim wa atubu ilayh (lOOx)

I seek the forgiveness of Allah, the Most High, and I turn to him in repentance.

Tawbata c abdin dhalimin li nafsihi, la yamliku li nafsihi mawtan wa la hayatan wa

la
nushura. Allahumma anta rabbi, la ilaha ilia anta, khalaqtani, wa anna c abduka, wa
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abu ’u laka bi
n c imatika c alayya, wa abu’u bi dhanbi, faghfirli, fa innahu la yaghfirudh
dhunuba ilia
anta, Yd Allah.

The repentance of a servant who has oppressed himself, who neither has power over
his
death, his life, nor his resurrection. O Allah! Thou art my Lord. There is no god
but Thee.
Thou hast created me, I am Thy servant and I hold fast to Thy covenant and Thy
promise
(as much as I am able to). I take refuge in Thee from the evil I have done, and
testify that
Thy Grace is upon me, and I profess my sin. Forgive me my sins, for there is none
who
forgives other than Thee, O Allah!

A c udhu billahi minash shayta nirrajim. Rabbana la tuzigh qulubana b c ada idh
hadaytana
wa hablana min ladunka rahmatan, innaka antal wahhab.

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. Our Lord, make not our hearts to
go
astray after Thou hast guided us, and give us Thy Mercy. Thou art the Bestower.

Du c a’

Yd wahhab, Yd wahhab, Yd wahhab, Yd musabbibal asbab, Yd mufattihal abwab, Yd

muqallibal qulub wal absar, Yd dalilal mutakhayyirin, Yd ghiyathal mustaghithin, Yd
hayyu, Yd qayyum, Yd dhal jalali wal ikram, wa ufawwidu amri Vial lab, innallaha
basirun bil c ibad.

O Bestower! O Bestower! O Bestower! O Originator of causes! O Opener of doors! O

Turner of hearts and eyes! O Guide of the perplexed! O Succour of those who seek
Thy
aid! O Living! O Self-Subsisting! O Possessor of Majesty and Bounty! I entrust my
affair
unto Allah. Truly Allah is aware of His servants.

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Du c a’\

Yd man la malja’a minhu ilia ilayh, fala tukhayyib raja’and, Yd qadlmal ihsan. La
taqnatu min rahmatil lahi, innallaha yaghfirudh dhunuba jami c an, innahu huwal
ghafurur
rahim. Allahumma inna nas ’alukal afwa wal afiyata fid dini wad dunya wal akhirah.
Allahummas tuma bisitrikal jamil. Allahummas tur awrati wa amin raw’atl waqdi li
dayni Allahumma inna naudhu bika min jahdil balai, wa darakish shaqai, wa siiil
qadai,
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O from whom there is no refuge except in Him, do not disappoint our hopes, O
Eternally
Beneficent. Do not despair of the Mercy of Allah, for Allah forgives every sin.
Truly, He
is the All-Forgiving, All-Merciful. O Allah! We ask Your pardon, and ask for
strength in
religion, in this life and the Hereafter. O Allah! Veil us with Your Beautiful
Veil. O
Allah! Veil my imperfections, set me at rest when I fear, and settle my debts. O
Allah!
We take refuge in Thee from the pangs of tribulations, from being overtaken by
misfortune, from an evil destiny, and from the gloating of mine enemies; by the
sanctity
of the one whom you sent as a mercy to the worlds [Sayyiduna Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)].

Du c a’\ Salatut Turning

Allahumma salli c ala Muhammad salatan tunjlna biha min jaml c il ahwal wal afat,
wa
taqdl land biha jami c al hajat, wa tutahhiruna biha min jam?is sayyiat, wa tarfa c
una biha
c indaka c alad darajat, wa tuballighuna biha aqsal ghayat min jaml c il ghayrat fd
hayat wa
b c adal mamat.

O Allah! Blessings upon Muhammad. May they be blessings that deliver us from every
fear, appoint for us the fulfillment of every need, and cleanse us by them from
every sin.
May we be raised to the highest stations by them, and make us attain by them the
furthest
degrees in all that is good in this life and the life after death

Du c a’

Allahumma aslih ummata Muhammad, sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam. Allahummar ham

ummata Muhammad, sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam. Allahummas tur ummata Muhammad,
sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam. Allahummagh fir li ummati Muhammad, sallalahu c
alayhi wa
sallam. Allahummah fadh ummata Muhammad, sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam. Allahumman
sur ummata Muhammad, sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam. Yd arhamar rahimln irhamna. Yd
arhamar rahimln fafu anna. Yd arhamar rahimln, Yd ghaffaradh dhunub, ya sattaral
uyub, yafattahal qulub. Allahummas qinal ghaytha suqyan rahmatan, wa la tajalna
minal
qanitln, Amin. Wa salamun c alal mursalln wal hamdu lillahi rabbil c alamln.

Salatul Fajr - 73

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O Allah! Reconcile the nation of Muhammad (s.a.w.s.). O Allah! Have mercy on the
nation of Muhammad (s.a.w.s.). O Allah! Veil the imperfection of the nation of
Muhammad (s.a.w.s.). O Allah! Forgive the nation of Muhammad (s.a.w.s.). O Allah!
Preserve the nation of Muhammad (s.a.w.s.). O Allah! Succour the nation of Muhammad
(s.a.w.s.). O Most Merciful of the Merciful! Have mercy on us. O Most Merciful of
the
Merciful! Forgive us. O Most Merciful of the Merciful! O Pardoner of sins! O Veiler
of
our shortcomings! O Opener of hearts! O Allah! Make us drink from the rain of Your
Mercy and let us not be of the despondent, Amin. Peace be upon the Messengers and
praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds

Ihlas (3x). Say Allahu akbar after each Ihlas.

Surah of Sincerity

Subhana rabbika rabbil c izzati amnia yassifun wa salamun c alal mursalln wal hamdu
lillahi rabbil alamin. La ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharikalah, lahul mulk wa lahul
hamd,
yuhyi wa yumit, wa huwa hayyun daimun la yamutu bi yadihil khayr, wa huwa c ala
kulli
shayin qadlr

Glory be to Thy Lord, the Lord of Power, who transcends what people ascribe to Him!
And peace be upon the Messengers. Praise belong to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.
There
is no god but Allah. He is One, no partner has He. His is the Kingdom and to Him
belongs
all praise. He brings to life and causes to die. He is everliving, never dying. In
His Hands
is (all) good and He has power over all things.

Du c a’

Ila sharafin nabiyyi, sallalahu alayhi wa sallam, wa alihi wa ashabihil kiram, wa

ila ma-
sha-yikhina fit-tariqatin Naqshbandiyatil c Aliyyah, khasatan ila ruhi imamit
tariqati wa
ghawthil khaliqatish Shah Bahauddln Naqshbandi Muhammadinil Uwaysil Bukhari, wa
ila Mawlana Sultanil Awliya ’ Shaykh c Abdullah al-Fa’izzid Daghastani, wa Mawlana
Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani wa sa’iri sadatina was siddlqinal Fatihah.

Honour be to the Prophet (s.a.w.s.), and his family, and his distinguished
Companions.
And to our Shaykhs in the exalted Naqshbandi Tariqah, particularly the spirit of
the Imam
of the Tariqah, the Succour of creation, Shah Bahauddln Naqshbandi Muhammadinil
Uwaysil Bukhari, and to Mawlana Sultanil Awliya’ Shaykh c Abdullah al-Fa’izzil
Daghastani, and Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani, and to all our masters, and [those
who are] righteous, Al-Fatihah.
Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

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Lie on your right side with your right hand under your head and say :

A c udhu billahi minash shayta nirrajlm. Minha khalaq nakum wafiha nu c idukum wa
minha
nukhrijukum taratan ukhra, wa inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajiun, fal hukmu
lillahil
c aliyyil kablr.

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. Thereof (earth) We created you,
and we
shall return you unto it, and bring you forth from it a secong time. And truly we
belong to
Allah and to Him we shall return. And the decree belongs to Allah, Most High, Most
Great.

(Sit and say) Allahumma thabbitna c alal iman.

O Allah! Keep us steadfast in faith.

Iqamah

Fard

La ilaha illallah (3x) Muhammadur rasulullah, sallalahu alayhi wa sallam.

Astaghfirullah (3x). Allahumma antas salam, wa minkas salam, tabarakta rabbana wata
alayta ya dhal jalali wal ikram, sami c na wa ata ’nd ghufranaka rabbana wa ilaykal
maslr.

There is no god other than Allah. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.). I
seek
forgiveness from Allah. O Allah! Thou art Peace, from Thee comes Peace. Blessed and
lofty art Thou, O Lord of Majesty and Bounty. There is no god but Allah. He is One,
no
partner has He. His is the Kingdom and to Him is all praise, and He has power over
all
things. We hear and obey. (We seek) Thy forgiveness, O our Lord! To Thee is the
return.

La ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharikalah, lahul mulk wa lahul hamd, yuhyi wa yumlt,
wa
huwa c ala kulli shayin qadlr (lOx). Sami c na wa ata’na ghufranaka rabbana wa
ilaykal
maslr

There is no god but Allah. He is One, no partner has He. His is the Kingdom and to
Him
is all praise, and He has power over all things. We have heard and obeyed, O our
Lord!
To Thee is the return.

c Ala Rasulina salawat. Astaghfirullah (3x). Subhanallah, wal hamdu lillah, wa la

ilaha
illallah, wallahu akbar, wa la hawla wa la quwwata ilia billahil c aliyyil c adhim

Blessings upon our Messenger (s.a.w.s.). I ask Allah’s forgiveness. Glory be to

Allah!
Praise be to Allah! There is no god but Allah and Allah is Greatest. There is no
power and
no strength save in Allah, All-High and Almighty.

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A c udhu billahi minash shayta nirrajim. Bismillahir rahma nirrahim. Wa ilahukum

ilahun
wahidun, la ilaha ilia huwar- rahma nurrahim.

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the Most
Merciful, the Most Beneficent. Your god is One God; there is no god but He, the
All-
Merciful, the All-Compassionate.

Allahu la ilaha ilia huwal-hayyul-qayyiim, la ta ’khudhuhu sinatun wa la nawm, lahu

ma
fis-samawati wa ma fd-ard, man dhal-ladhi yashfa c u c indahu ilia bi idhnih, ya c
lamu ma
bayna aydlhim wa ma khalfahum wa la yuhltiina bi shayy’im min c ilmihi ilia bi ma
sha\
wasi c a kursiy yuhus samawati wal ard, wa la ya c uduhu hifzuhuma, wa huwal c
aliyyul
c azlm. Sadaqallahul c azlm.

Allah, there is no god but He, the Living, the Everlasting. Slumber seizes Him not,
neither
sleep. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Who is there that
shall
intercede with Him save by His leave? He knows what lies before them and what is
behind them, and they comprehend not anything of His Knowledge save such as He
wills.
His Throne comprises the heavens and the earth. The preserving of them oppresses
Him
not. He is the All-High, the Almighty. Allah spoke the truth.

(At the end of this surah , Maulana Shaykh Nazim blows around himself for
protection.
Indicated by slight movement of his head from left to right and back.)

Shahidal lahu annahu la ilaha ilia huwa, wal malaikatu wa ulul c ilmi qaiman bil
qisti, la
ilaha ilia huwal c azlzul hakim, innad dlna c indal lahil islam.

Allah bears witness that there is no god but He - and the angels, and men of
knowledge
upholding justice. There is no god but He, the All-Mighty, the All-Wise. The
religion
with God is Islam.
Qullil la humma malikal mulki, tu’til mulka man tashau wa tanzi-ul mulka mim man
tashau, wa tu c izzu man tashau wa tudhillu man tashau, biyadikal khayr, innaka c
ala kulli
shayin qadlr, tulijul layla fin nahari wa tulijun nahara fd layl, wa tukhrijul
hayya minal
mayyiti wa tukhrijul mayyita minal hayyi, wa tarzuqu man tashau bi ghayri hisab.

Say: O Allah, Master of the Kingdom, Thou givest the Kingdom to whom Thou wilt, and
seizest the Kingdom from whom Thou wilt. Thou exaltest whom Thou wilt, and Thou
abasest whom Thou wilt. In Thy hand is the good. Over all things is Thy decree.
Thou
makest the night to enter into the day and Thou makest the day to enter into the
night.
Thou bringest forth the living from the dead and Thou bringest forth the dead from
the
living. And Thou providest whomsover Thou wilt without reckoning.

Salatul Fajr - 79

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Allahumma la mani c a lima c a ’tayta wa la m c utiya lima man c ata wa la radda

lima qadayta
wa la yanfa-u dhal jaddi minkal jad, rabbi la hawla wa la quwwata ilia billahil c
aliyyil
c adhim. Al- Fatihah.

O Allah! No one can disallow the one to whom Thou are giving, and there is no
giver, to
the one whom Thou have denied. And there is no refusing Thy decree. Riches and good
fortune will not profit the possessor thereof with Thee (for nothing will profit
him but
acting in obedience to You). My Lord, there is no power and no strength save in
Allah,
All-High and Almight Al-Fatihah

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

Ihlas. Falaq. Nas.

Surah of Sincerity. Surah of Daybreak. Surah of Men

Yd rabbi dhal jalali wal kamdli subhanaka, Yd c adhlm

Subhanallah (33x)

c Ala ni ’matil Islam wa sharafd Imdn daiman, al hamdu lilldh.

Al hamdu lilldh (33x)

Ta c ala sha’nuhu wa la ilaha ghayruhu, Allahu akbar.

Allahu akbar (33x)

O my Lord, Possessor of Majesty and Perfection. Glory be to Thee, O Almighty.

Glory be to Allah.

For the gift of Islam, the nobility of Iman [faith], always, all praise be to
Allah.
All praise be to Allah.

Exalted is His Affair, and there is no god but He, Allah is Greatest.

Allah is Greatest.

La ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharikalah, lahul mulk wa lahul hamd, yuhyi wa yumit,
wa
huwa hayyun daimun la yamut, biyadihil khayr, wa huwa c ala kulli shayin qadlr.

There is no god but Allah. He is One, no partner has He. His is the Kingdom and to
Him
belongs all praise. He brings to life and causes to die. He is everliving, never
dying. In
His Hands is (all) good and He has power over all things.

A c udhu billahi minash shayta nirrajim. Innal laha wa malaikatahu yusalluna c alan
nabiy,
yd ayyuhal ladhlna amanu sallu c alayhi wa sallimu tasllma.

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. Allah and His angels send
blessings on
the Prophet: O you who believe! Send blessings on him and greet him with all
respect.

Salatul Fajr - 81

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Allahumma salli c ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa c ala ali Sayyidina Muhammad bi adadi
kulli dain wa dawain wa bank, wa sallim c alayhi wa c alayhim kathlra (3x, and
after the
third time say kathlra twice)

O Allah! Send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, according to the
number of every illness and cure. Bless and grant peace to him and them, many times
(and after the 3 rd time)... endlessly.

Fa c lam annahu la ilaha illallah.

La ilaha illal lah (lOOx), ending the last one with Muhammadur Rasulullah,
sallalahu
c alayhi wa sallam.

Know that: There is no god but Allah.

There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.).

Allahumma salli c ala Muhammad wa c ala ali Muhammad wa sallim (lOx).

O Allah. Place blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

Dua’

Salli, Yd Rabbi, wa sallim c ala jamFil anbiyai wal mursalln wa alii kulli ajma c
ln wal
hamdu lilldhi rabbil c alamln. c Ala ashrafil c alamlna Sayyidina Muhammadinis
salawat,
sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam. c Ala afdalil c alamina Sayyidina Muhammadinis
salawat,
sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam. c Ala akmalil c alamlna Sayyidina Muhammadinis
salawat,
sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam. Salawatul lahi ta c ala wa malaikatihi wa anbiyaihi
wa
rusulihi wa jamFl khalqihi c ala Muhammad wa c ala ali Muhammad, c alayhi wa
c alayhimus salam wa rahmatullahi ta c ala wa barakatuhu, wa radiyallahu tabarakta
wa
ta c ala c an sadatina ashabi rasulillahi ajma c ln, wa annit tabilna bihim bi
ihsan, wa c anil a-
immatil mujtahidlnal madin wa c anil c ulamail muttaqln wa c anil awliyais salihln
wa c an
mashayihina fi tarlqatin Naqshbandiyyatil c Aliyyah, qaddasallahu ta c ala arwaha
humuz
zakiyyah, wa nawwaral lahu ta c ala adrihatahumul mubarakah, wa a c adal lahu ta c
ala
c alayna min barakatihim wa fuyudatihim daiman wal hamdu lilldhi rabbil c alamin,
Al-
Fatihah.

Blessings, O my Lord, and peace be upon all the Prophets and Messengers, and on the
family of every one of them. Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Upon
the
most noble of creatures, our Master Muhammad, be blessings (s.a.w.s.). Upon the
most
preferred of creatures, our Master Muhammad, be blessings (s.a.w.s.). Upon the most
perfect of creatures, our Master Muhammad, be blessings (s.a.w.s.). Blessings of
Allah
(Exalted is He!), of His angels, of His Prophets, of His Messengers, and of all
creation be
upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad; may the peace and mercy of Allah
(Exalted is He!) and His blessings be upon him and upon them

Salatul Fajr - 83

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May Allah the Blessed and Most High be pleased with every one of our Masters, the
Companions of the Messenger of Allah, and with those who followed them in
exellence.
(May He be pleased) with the early masters of ijtihad, and with the pious scholars,
and the
righteous saints (awliya’). And with our Shaykhs in the exalted Naqshbandi Tariqah;
may
Allah (Exalted is He!) sanctify their pure souls, and illuminate their blessed
graves. May
Allah (Exalted is He!) return to us of their blessings and overflowing bounty,
always.
Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, Al-Fatihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah ).

Subhana rabbiyil c aliyyil c alal wahhab.

Glory be to my Lord, All-High, Most Supreme, Most Munificent

Make dua’ (any one)

A c udhu billahi minash shayta nirrajlm. Bismillahir rahma nirrahlm. Huwal

lahulladhi la
ilaha ilia hu, c alimul ghaybi wash shahadah, huwar rahmanur rahlm, huwal
lahulladhi la
ilaha ilia, huwal malikul quddus sus salamul mu’minul muhayminul c azlzul jabbarul
mutakabbir, subhanallahi c ammd yushrikun. Huwal lahul khaliqul bari-ul musawwiru
lahul asma-ul husna, yusabbihu lahu ma fis samawati wal ard, wa huwal c azlzul
hakim.

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the Most
Merciful, the Most Beneficent. He is Allah. There is no god but He. He is the
Knower of
the Unseen and the Visible. He is the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate. He is
Allah.
There is no god but He. He is the King, the All-Holy, the All-Peacable, the All-
Faithful,
the All-Preserver, the All-Mighty, the All-Compeller, the All-Sublime. Glory be to
Allah,
above what they associate! He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Shaper. To Him
belongs the Names Most Beautiful. All that is in the heavens and the earth magnify
Him.
He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.

Huwal awwalu wal akhiru wadh dhahiru wal batinu wa huwa bikulli shayin c alim.
Sadaqallahul azlm.

He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward. He has knowledge of
everything. Allah the Most High speaks the truth.

Salatul Fajr - 85

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Dua ’

Rabbana taqabbal minna, w c afu anna, waghfir land, war hamna, wa tub c alayna.
Wahdina, was qina, waslih sha’nana wa sha’nal muslimln, wan surna c alal qawmil
kafirln, bi hurmati man anzalta c alayhi Suratul Fatihah.

O our Lord! Accept (this) from us and absolve us. Forgive us and have mercy on us.
Accept our repentance and guide us. Quench (our thirst), and improve our condition
and
the condition of the Muslims. Give us victory over the corrupters, by the sanctity
of the
one to whom You revealed the Suratul-Fatihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

Ash hadu alia ilaha illallah wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan c abduhu wa rasuluh,
sallallahu alayhi wa salam (3x)

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His servant and
Messenger (s.a.w.s.).

Astaghfirullah (lOOx)

I ask Allah’s forgiveness.

Astaghfirullah min kulli dhanbin, wa m c asiyatin, wa min kulli ma yukhalifu dinal

Islam.
Ya arhamar rahimln.

I ask Allah’s forgiveness for every sin and disobedience and from all that opposes
the
religion of Islam. O Most Merciful of the merciful.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah ).

Recite Surah-Yasin the following way :

The Isthadhah. The Basmalah. Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the
Fatihah ) Then recite Surah-Yasin but say sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam after the
word
Yasln.

Salatul Fajr - 87

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Salatul Fajr - 93

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Kullu shay in halikun ilia wajhahu lahul hukmu wa ilayhi turja c un.

All things perish except His Face. His is the Judgement, and unto Him you shall
return.

Salatul Fajr - 95

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Asma-ul Husna

A c udhu billahi minash shayta nirrajlm. Bismillahir rahma nirrahlm. Huwalla

hulladhl la
ilaha ilia huwar rahmanur rahlm, al-malikul quddus sus saldm mul mu ’minul
muhayminul c azizul jabbarul mutakabbir (jalla jalaluh), al khaliqul bari-ul
musawwirul
ghajfarul qahharul wahhabur razzaqul fattahul c allm (jalla jalaluh), al qabidul
basitul
ghafidur rdfi c ul mu c izzul mudhillus samlul baslr (jalla jalaluh ), al hakamul c
adlul latlful
khablrul hallmul c adhimul ghafurush shakurul c aliyyul kablr (jalla jalaluh ), al
hafidhul
muqltul haslbul jalilul karlmur raqlbul mujlbul wasi c ul haklmul wadudul majld
(jalla
jalaluh), al baithus shahidul haqqul wakllul qawiyyul matlnul waliyyul hamldul
muhsil
mubdi’ul mu c idul muhyil mumltul hayyul qayyum (jalla jalaluh), al wajidul majidul
wahidul ahadus samadul qadirul muqtadirul muqaddimul mu-akh-khirul awwalul
akhirudh dhahirul batinu (jalla jalaluh) al walil muta c alil barrut tawwabul
muntaqimul
ajfuxvwur ra-ufu malikul mulk dhul jalali wal ikram (jalla jalaluh), al muqsitul
jami c ul
ghaniyyul mughnil m c util mani c ud darrun nafi c un nurul hadil badlul baqil
warithur
rashldus sabur (jalla jalaluh). Jalla jalaluhu, jallat c adhamatuhu wa la ilaha
ghayruhul
ladhi lam yalid wa lam yulad wa lam yakullahu kufuwan ahad.

He is Allah; there is no god but He. He is the Knower of the Unseen and Visible; He
is
the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate, (May He be Glorified and Exalted!), the
King,
the All-Holy, the All-Peacable, the All-Faithful, the All-Preserver, the All-
Mighty, the
All-Compeller, the All-Sublime, (May He be Glorified and Exalted!), the Creator,
the
Maker, the Shaper, the All-Forgiver, the Dominator, the All-Bounteous, the All-
Provider,
the Opener, the Omniscient, (May He be Glorified and Exalted!), the Contractor, the
Expander, the Abaser, the Exalter, the Raiser (to Honour), the Humiliater, the All-
Hearing, the All-Seeing, (May He be Glorified and Exalted!), the Supreme Arbiter,
the
Just, the Subtle, the All-Cognizant, the All-Forbearing, the Greatest, the Most
Forgiving,
the Rewarder, the Most High, the Grand, (May He be Glorified and Exalted!), the
Preserver, the Nourisher, the Sole Reliance, the Sublime, the Generous, the Ever-
Watchful, the Responder, the Limitless, the All-Wise, the Loving, the Glorious,
(May He
be Glorified and Exalted!) the Resurrector, the Witness, the Ultimate Truth, the
Trustee,
the Strong, the Firm, the Patron, the Praiseworthy, the Reckoner, the Originator,
the
Restorer, the Granter of Life, the Bringer of Death, the Ever-Living, the Self-
Subsisting,
(May He be Glorified and Exalted!), the Founder Who has no needs, the Glorified,
the
Unique, the One, the Eternally Besought, the All-Powerful, the Bestower of Power,
(May
He be Glorified and Exalted!), the Advancer, the Retarder, the First, the Last, the
Manifest, the Hidden, the One Who has Charge of all things, the Highly Exalted, the
Beneficent, the Acceptor of Repentance, (May He be Glorified and Exalted!), the
Avenger, the Eraser of Sin, the Most Compassionate, Lord of All Dominion, Possessor
of
Majesty and Bounty, (May He be Glorified and Exalted!), the Upholder of Equity, the
Gatherer, the All-Wealthy, the Enricher, the Giver, the Denier, the Creator of
Harm, the
Creator of Good, the Light, the Guider, the Originator, the Everlasting, the
Inheritor, the
Guide, the Patient, (May He be Glorified and Exalted!). His Greatness has become
manifest, and there is no god but He, Who has not begotten and has not been
begotten,
and none is equal to Him.

Salatul Fajr - 97

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98 - Naqshbandi Devotions and Practices

Ya Ahad, Ya Samad, salli c ala Muhammad (3x).

O One! O Eternally Besought! Bless Muhammad.

Ihlas (1 lx). Falaq. Nas

Surah of Sincerity. Surah of Daybreak. Surah of Men

La ilaha illallah Muhammadur rasulullah, sallalahu ta c ala c alayhi wa c ala alihi

wa
sahbihi wa sallam (lOx).

There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.). Blessings
and
peace of Allah (Exalted is He!) be upon him, his family, and his Companions.

Allahumma salli c ala Muhammad wa c ala ali Muhammad wa sallim (lOx).

O Allah. Place blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

Dua’

Salli, Yd Rabbi, wa sallim c ala jamFil anbiyai wal mursalln wa alii kulli ajma c
ln wal
hamdu lillahi rabbil c alamln. c Ala ashrafil c alamlna Sayyidina Muhammadinis
salawat,
sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam. c Ala afdalil c alamina Sayyidina Muhammadinis
salawat,
sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam. c Ala akmalil c alamlna Sayyidina Muhammadinis
salawat,
sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam. Salawatul lahi ta c ala wa malaikatihi wa anbiyaihi
wa
rusulihi wa jamFl khalqihi c ala Muhammad wa c ala ali Muhammad, c alayhi wa
c alayhimus salam wa rahmatullahi ta c ala wa barakatuhu, wa radiyallahu tabarakta
wa
ta c ala c an sadatina ashabi rasulillahi ajma c ln, wa annit tabilna bihim bi
ihsan, wa c anil a-
immatil mujtahidlnal madin wa c anil c ulamail muttaqln wa c anil awliyais salihln
wa c an
mashayihina fi tarlqatin Naqshbandiyyatil c Aliyyah, qaddasallahu ta c ala arwaha
humuz
zakiyyah, wa nawwaral lahu ta c ala adrihatahumul mubarakah, wa a c adal lahu ta c
ala
c alayna min barakatihim wa fuyudatihim daiman wal hamdu lillahi rabbil c alamln,
Al-
Fatihah.

Blessings, O my Lord, and peace be upon all the Prophets and Messengers, and on the
family of every one of them. Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Upon
the
most noble of creatures, our Master Muhammad, be blessings (s.a.w.s.). Upon the
most
preferred of creatures, our Master Muhammad, be blessings (s.a.w.s.). Upon the most
perfect of creatures, our Master Muhammad, be blessings (s.a.w.s.). Blessings of
Allah
(Exalted is He!), of His angels, of His Prophets, of His Messengers, and of all
creation be
upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad; may the peace and mercy of Allah
(Exalted is He!) and His blessings be upon him and upon them. May Allah the Blessed
and Most High be pleased with every one of our Masters, the Companions of the
Messenger of Allah, and with those who followed them in exellence. (May He be
pleased)
with the early masters of ijtihad, and with the pious scholars, and the righteous
saints
(awliya’). And with our Shaykhs in the exalted Naqshbandi Tariqah; may Allah
(Exalted
is He!) sanctify their pure souls, and illuminate their blessed graves. May Allah
(Exalted
is He!) return to us of their blessings and overflowing bounty, always. Praise
belongs to
Allah, the Lord of the worlds, Al-Fatihah.

Salatul Fajr - 99

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100 - Naqshbandi Devotions and Practices

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah ).

Ihda’ (Dedication):

Allahumma balligh thawaba ma qara ’nahu wa nura ma talawnahu hadiyyatan wasilatan

minnd ila ruhi nabiyyina Muhammad, sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam, wa ila arwahil
anbiyai
wal awliyai khasatan ila ruhi Shah Naqshbandi, wa shaykhina Shaykh c Abdullah ad-
Daghastani wa Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani was siddiqinal Fatihah.

O Allah! Grant that the merit of what we have read, and the light of what we have
recited,
are [considered] an offering and gift from us to the spirit (ruh) of our Prophet
Muhammad
(s.a.w.s.), and to the spirits of the Prophets, and the Saints; especially the
spirit of Shah
Naqshband, and our Shaykh c Abdullah ad-Daghastani and Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-
Haqqani, and to [those who are] the righteous, Al-Fatihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah ).

Salatul Fajr -101

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102 - Naqshbandi Devotions and Practices

Morning Nafl Salahs - Salatul Ishraq

Salatul Ishraq (2 or 4 rakaFat)

Is performed immediately after sunrise, until Duha. Recite Ayah al-Qursi in the
first
rakfah and Amanar rasul in the second rakfah (of each set of two raka c at).

A c udhu billahi minash shayta nirrajim. Bismillahir rahma nirrahim. Wa ilahukum

ilahun
wahidun, la ilaha ilia huwar- rahma nurrahim.

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the Most
Merciful, the Most Beneficent. Your god is One God; there is no god but He, the
All-
Merciful, the All-Compassionate.

Allahu la ilaha ilia huwal-hayyul-qayyum, la ta’ khudhuhu sinatun wa la nawm, lahu

ma
fis-samawati wa ma fil-ard, man dhal-ladhi yashfa c u c indahu ilia hi idhnih, ya c
lamu ma
hayna aydlhim wa ma khalfahum wa la yuhituna hi shay’im min c ilmihi ilia hi ma
sha’,
Wasi c a kursiy yuhus samawati wal ard, wa la ya c uduhu hifzuhuma, wa huwal c
aliyyul
c azim. Sadaqallahul c az.im.

Allah, there is no god but He, the Living, the Everlasting. Slumber seizes Him not,
neither
sleep. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Who is there that
shall
intercede with Him save by His leave? He knows what lies before them and what is
behind them, and they comprehend not anything of His Knowledge save such as He
wills.
His Throne comprises the heavens and the earth. The preserving of them oppresses
Him
not. He is the All-High, the Almighty. Allah spoke the truth.

(At the end of this surah , Maulana Shaykh Nazim blows around himself for
protection.
Indicated by slight movement of his head from left to right and back.)

The Apostle believeth in what hath been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the
men of
faith. Each one (of them believeth in God, His angels, His books, and His apostles.
“We
make no distinction they say) between one and another of His apostles.” And they
say:
“We hear, and we obey: (we seek Thy forgiveness, our Lord, and to Thee is the end
of all
journeys.”

On no soul doth God place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good
that it
earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray “Our Lord! Condemn us not if
we forget
or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden like that which Thou didst lay
on those
before us; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear.
Blot
out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector;
help us
against those who stand against Faith”.

Salatul Ishraq - 103

Morning Nafl Salahs - Salatul Ishraq

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Morning Nafl Salahs - Salatud Duha

Salatud Duha (2 to 8 raka c at)

Is performed after about 1/4 of the day has passed till noon. Recite the Fatihah
and
Kafirun in the first rak c ah, and the Fatihah and Ihlas in the second rak : ah.

Say: O ye that reject Faith! I worship not that which ye worship, nor will ye
worship that
which I worship. And I will not worship that which ye have been wont to worship,
nor
will ye worship that which I worship. To you be your Way and to me mine.
Make the following du'a after Salatul Duha

Bismillahir rahma nirrahlm. Allahumma innad-daha-a daha-uka, wal baha-a baha-uka,

wal jamdla jamaluka, wal quwwata quwwatuka, wal qudrata qudratuka, wal ismata
ismatuka. Allahumma in kana rizql fis-sama-i fa-anzilhu, wa in kana fil-ardi fa-
akhrijhu,
wa in kana mu c siran fa-yassirhu, wa in kana haraman fa-tah-hirhu, wa in kana ba c
idan
fa-qarribhu bi-haqqi daha-ika wa baha-ika wa jamalika wa quwwatika wa qudratika.
Atini ma ataita ibadikas salihin. Allahumma bika usawila wa bika uhawila wa bika
uqatil.
Rabbighfirli war-hamnl wa tub c alayya, innaka antat tauwabur-rahlm.

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent. O Allah! Truly the
brightness of the forenoon is Thy Brightness, the splendour Thy Splendour, the
beauty
Thy Beauty, the power Thy Power, the strength Thy Strength, and the protection Thy
Protection. O Allah! If my sustenance is in the heavens, let it come down to me; if
it is in
the earth, extract it for me; if it is difficult to obtain, facilitate it for me;
if it is unlawful,
make it lawful for me; if it is far away, bring it near to me; through Thy Light,
Splendour,
Power and Strength. Grant me what Thou hast granted Thy pious servants. O Allah! It
is
with Thy Power that I attack the enemy, dodge them and fight them. O my Lord!
Forgive
me, place Thy Mercy on me, and let me turn to Thee in repentance. Thou art the One
Who grants repentance, the Merciful.

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Salatuz-Zuhr

Adhan

Add the following to the Adhan

Assalatu was salamu c alayka yd man arsalahul-lahu ta c ala rahmatan lil c alamln.
Assalatu
was salamu c alayka wa c ala alika wa ashabika ajmaln. Assalatu was salamu c
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anbiya-allah.

Blessings and peace upon you whom Allah sent as a mercy to the creation. Blessings
and
peace upon you and upon all of your family and your Companions. Blessings and peace
upon you, O Prophets of Allah.

Front Sunnah (4 raka c at ).

Ash hadu alia ilaha illallah wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan c abduhu wa rasuluh,
sallallahu alayhi wa salam (3x)

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His servant and
Messenger (s.a.w.s.).

Astaghfirullah (lOOx)

I ask Allah’s forgiveness.

Ihlas (3x). Say Allahu akbar after each Ihlas.

Surah of Sincerity

A c udhu billahi minash shayta nirrajim. Bismillahir rahma nirrahim. Subhana

rabbika
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alamln.

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the Most
Merciful, the Most Beneficent. Glory be to Thy Lord, the Lord of Power, above what
people ascribe to Him. And peace be upon the Messengers. Praise belongs to Allah,
the
Lord of the worlds.

Du c a’

Ila sharafin nabiyyi, sallalahu alayhi wa sallam, wa alihi wa ashabihil kiram, wa

ila ma-
sha-yikhina fit-tariqatin Naqshbandiyatil c Aliyyah, khasatan ila ruhi imamit
tarlqati wa
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ila Mawlana Sultanil Awliya ’ Shaykh c Abdullah al-Fa’izzid Daghastani, wa Mawlana
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Honour be to the Prophet (s.a.w.s.), and his family, and his distinguished
Companions.
And to our Shaykhs in the exalted Naqshbandi Tariqah, particularly the spirit of
the Imam
of the Tariqah, the Succour of creation, Shah Bahauddln Naqshbandi Muhammadinil
Uwaysil Bukhari, and to Mawlana Sultanil Awliya’ Shaykh c Abdullah al-Fa’izzil
Daghastani, and Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani, and to all our masters, and [those
who are] righteous, Al-Fatihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

Iqamah

Fard

La ilaha illallah (3x) Muhammadur rasulullah, sallalahu alayhi wa sallam.

Astaghfirullah (3x). Allahumma antas salam, wa minkas salam, tabarakta rabbana wata
alayta, Yd dhal jalali wal ikram, sami c na wa ata’na ghufranaka rabbana wa ilaykal
maslr.

There is no god other than Allah. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.). I
seek
forgiveness from Allah. O Allah! Thou art Peace and from Thee comes Peace. Blessed
and lofty art Thou, O Lord of Majesty and Bounty. There is no god but Allah. He is
One,
no partner has He. His is the Kingdom and to Him is all praise, and He has power
over all
things. We hear and obey. (We seek) Thy forgiveness, O our Lord! To Thee is the
return.

Back Sunnah (4 raka c ai).

c Ala Rasulina salawat. Astaghfirullah (3x), subhanallah, wal hamdu lillah, wa la
ilaha
illallah, wallahu akbar, wa la hawla wa la quwwata ilia billahil c aliyyil c adhim.

Blessings upon our Prophet. I ask Allah’s forgiveness. Glory be to Allah! Praise be
to
Allah! There is no god but Allah and Allah is Greatest. There is no power and no
strength
save in Allah, All-High and Almighty.

A c udhu billahi minash shayta nirrajim. Bismillahir rahma nirrahim. Wa ilahukum

ilahun
wahidun, la ilaha ilia huwar- rahma nurrahim.

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the Most
Merciful, the Most Beneficent. Your god is One God; there is no god but He, the
All-
Merciful, the All-Compassionate.

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Allahu la ilaha ilia huwal-hayyul-qayyum, la taikhudhuhu sinatun wa la nawm, lahu

ma
fis-samawati wa ma fil-ard, man dhal-ladhi yashfa c u c indahu ilia hi idhnih, ya c
lamu ma
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shai,
wasi c a kursiyyuhus samawati wal ard, wa la ya c uduhu hifzuhuma, wa huwal c
aliyyul
c azim. Sadaqallahul c azlm.

Allah, there is no god but He, the Living, the Everlasting. Slumber seizes Him not,
neither
sleep. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Who is there that
shall
intercede with Him save by His leave? He knows what lies before them and what is
behind them, and they comprehend not anything of His Knowledge save such as He
wills.
His Throne comprises the heavens and the earth. The preserving of them oppresses
Him
not. He is the All-High, the Almighty. Allah spoke the truth.

(At the end of this surah , Maulana Shaykh Nazim blows around himself for
protection.
Indicated by slight movement of his head from left to right and back.)

Subhanaka, Yd c adhim, subhanallah.

Subhanallah (33x)

c Ala ni ’matil Islam wa sharafd iman daiman, al hamdu lillah.

Al hamdu lillah (33x)

Ta c ala sha’nuhu wa la ilaha ghayruhu, Allahu akbar.

Allahu akbar (33x)

Glory be to Thee, O Almighty! Glory be to Allah.

Glory be to Allah.
For the gift of Islam, the nobility of Iman [faith], always, all praise be to
Allah.
All praise be to Allah.

Exalted is His Affair, and there is no god but He, Allah is Greatest.

Allah is Greatest.

La ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharikalah, lahul mulk, wa lahul hamd, yuhyi wa yumit,
wa
huwa c ala kulli shayin qadlr.

There is no god but Allah. He is One. No partner has He. His is the Kingdom and all
praise. He brings to life and makes to die, and He has power over all things.

Subhana rabbiyil c aliyyil c alal wahhab.

Glory be to my Lord, All-High, Most Supreme, Most Munificent.

Make dua’ (any one)

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A c udhu billahi minash shayta nirrajlm. Bismillahir rahma nirrahlm. Huwal

lahulladhi la
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lahul asma-ul husna, yusabbihu lahu ma fis samawati wal ard, wa huwal c azlzul
hakim.

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the Most
Merciful, the Most Beneficent. He is Allah. There is no god but He. He is the
Knower of
the Unseen and the Visible. He is the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate. He is
Allah.
There is no god but He. He is the King, the All-Holy, the All-Peacable, the All-
Faithful,
the All-Preserver, the All-Mighty, the All-Compeller, the All-Sublime. Glory be to
Allah,
above what they associate! He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Shaper. To Him
belongs the Names Most Beautiful. All that is in the heavens and the earth magnify
Him.
He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise

Huwal awwalu wal akhiru wadh dhahiru wal batinu wa huwa bikulli shayin c alim
(Sadaqallahul azlm.)

He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward. He has knowledge of
everything
(Allah, the Most High, speaks the truth).

Dua

Rabbana taqabbal minna, w c afu anna, waghfir land, war hamna, wa tub c alayna.
Wahdina, was qina, waslih sha’nana wa sha’nal muslimln, wan surna c alal qawmil
kafirln, bi hurmati man anzalta c alayhi Suratul Fatihah.

O our Lord! Accept (this) from us and absolve us. Forgive us and have mercy on us.
Accept our repentance and guide us. Quench (our thirst), and improve our condition
and
the condition of the Muslims. Give us victory over the corrupters, by the sanctity
of the
one to whom You revealed the Suratul-Fatihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

Ash hadu alia ilaha illallah wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan c abduhu wa rasuluh,
sallallahu alayhi wa salam (3x)

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His servant and
Messenger (s.a.w.s.).

Astaghfirullah (lOOx)

I ask Allah’s forgiveness.

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I ask Allah’s forgiveness for every sin and disobedience and from all that opposes
the
religion of Islam. O Most Merciful of the Merciful.

Recite Suratul-Mulk the following way:

The IstFadhah. The Basmalah. Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the
Fatihah). Then recite Suratul Mulk.

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Complete this Surah with:

Allahu taala rabbuna wa rabbul c dlamin

Allah, the Exalted, is our Lord and the Lord of the worlds

Ihlas (3x). Falaq. Nas

•Surah of Sincerity. Surah of Daybreak. Surah of Men

La ilaha illallah (lOx), ending the last one with Muhammadur Rasulullah , sallalahu
c alayhi wa sallam.

There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.).

Allahumma salli c ala Muhammad wa c ala ali Muhammad wa sallim (lOx).

O Allah. Place blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

Dua’

Salli, Yd Rabbi, wa sallim c ala jaml c il anbiyai wal mursalln wa alii kulli ajma
c ln wal
hamdu lillahi rabbil c alamin. c Ala ashrafil c alamlna Sayyidina Muhammadinis
salawat,
sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam. c Ala afdalil c alamina Sayyidina Muhammadinis
salawat,
sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam. c Ala akmalil c alamlna Sayyidina Muhammadinis
salawat,
sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam. Salawatul lahi ta c ala wa malaikatihi wa anbiyaihi
wa
rusulihi wa jaml c I khalqihi c ala Muhammad wa c ala ali Muhammad, c alayhi wa
c alayhimus salam wa rahmatullahi ta c ala wa barakatuhu, wa radiyallahu tabarakta
wa
ta c ala c an sadatina ashabi rasulillahi ajma c in, wa annit tabilna bihim bi
ihsan, wa c anil a-
immatil mujtahidinal madln wa c anil c ulamdil muttaqln wa c anil awliyais salihin
wa c an
mashayihina fi tarlqatin Naqshbandiyyatil c Aliyyah, qaddasallahu ta c ala arwaha
humuz
zakiyyah, wa nawwaral lahu ta c ala adrihatahumul mubarakah, wa a c adal lahu ta c
ala
c alayna min barakatihim wa fuyudatihim daiman wal hamdu lillahi rabbil c alamin,
Al-
Fatihah.

Blessings, O my Lord, and peace be upon all the Prophets and Messengers, and on the
family of every one of them. Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Upon
the
most noble of creatures, our Master Muhammad, be blessings (s.a.w.s.). Upon the
most
preferred of creatures, our Master Muhammad, be blessings (s.a.w.s.). Upon the most
perfect of creatures, our Master Muhammad, be blessings (s.a.w.s.). Blessings of
Allah
(Exalted is He!), of His angels, of His Prophets, of His Messengers, and of all
creation be
upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad; may the peace and mercy of Allah
(Exalted is He!) and His blessings be upon him and upon them.
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May Allah the Blessed and Most High be pleased with every one of our Masters, the
Companions of the Messenger of Allah, and with those who followed them in
exellence.
(May He be pleased) with the early masters of ijtihad, and with the pious scholars,
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righteous saints (awliya’). And with our Shaykhs in the exalted Naqshbandi Tariqah;
may
Allah (Exalted is He!) sanctify their pure souls, and illuminate their blessed
graves. May
Allah (Exalted is He!) return to us of their blessings and overflowing bounty,
always.
Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, Al-Fatihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

Ihda’ (Dedication):

Allahumma balligh thawaba ma qara ’nahu wa nura ma talawnahu hadiyyatan wasilatan

minnd ila ruhi nabiyyina Muhammad, sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam, wa ila arwahil
anbiyai
wal awliyai khasatan ila ruhi Shah Naqshbandi, wa shaykhina Shaykh c Abdullah ad-
Daghastani wa Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani was siddiqinal Fatihah.

O Allah! Grant that the merit of what we have read, and the light of what we have
recited,
are [considered] an offering and gift from us to the spirit (ruh) of our Prophet
Muhammad
(s.a.w.s.), and to the spirits of the Prophets, and the Saints; especially the
spirit of Shah
Naqshband, and our Shaykh c Abdullah ad-Daghastani and Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-
Haqqani, and to [those who are] the righteous, Al-Fatihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

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Salatul- c Asr

Adhan

Add the following to the Adhan

Assalatu was salamu c alayka yd man arsalahul-lahu ta c ala rahmatan lil c alamln.
Assalatu
was salamu c alayka wa c ala alika wa ashabika ajmaln. Assalatu was salamu c
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anbiya-allah.

Blessings and peace upon you whom Allah sent as a mercy to the creation. Blessings
and
peace upon you and upon all of your family and your Companions. Blessings and peace
upon you, O Prophets of Allah.
Front Sunnah (4 raka c at ).

Ash hadu alia ilaha illallah wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan c abduhu wa rasuluh,
sallallahu alayhi wa salam (3x)

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His servant and
Messenger (s.a.w.s.).

Astaghfirullah (lOOx)

I ask Allah’s forgiveness.

Ihlas (3x). Say Allahu akbar after each Ihlas.

Surah of Sincerity

A c udhu billahi minash shayta nirrajim. Bismillahir rahma nirrahim. Subhana

rabbika
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alamln.

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the Most
Merciful, the Most Beneficent. Glory be to Thy Lord, the Lord of Power, above what
people ascribe to Him. And peace be upon the Messengers. Praise belongs to Allah,
the
Lord of the worlds.

Du c a’

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ila ma-
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tarlqati wa
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ila Mawlana Sultanil Awliya ’ Shaykh c Abdullah al-Fa’izzid Daghastani, wa Mawlana
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Salatul- c Asr -123

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Honour be to the Prophet (s.a.w.s.), and his family, and his distinguished
Companions.
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the Imam
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Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah ).

Igarnah
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La ilaha illallah (3x) Muhammadur rasulullah , sallald.hu alayhi wa sallarn.

Astaghfirullah (3x). Allahumma antas salam, wa minkas salam, tabarakta rabbana wata
alayta, Yd dhal jalali wal ikram, sami c nd wa ata’na ghufranaka rabbana wa ilaykal
masir.

There is no god other than Allah. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.). I
seek
forgiveness from Allah. O Allah! Thou art Peace and from Thee comes Peace. Blessed
and lofty art Thou, O Lord of Majesty and Bounty. There is no god but Allah. He is
One,
no partner has He. His is the Kingdom and to Him is all praise, and He has power
over all
things. We hear and obey. (We seek) Thy forgiveness, O our Lord! To Thee is the
return.

c Ala Rasulina salawat. Astaghfirullah (3x), subhanallah, wal hamdu lillah, wa la

ilaha
illallah, wallahu akbar, wa la hawla wa la quwwata ilia billahil c aliyyil c adhim.

Blessings upon our Prophet. I ask Allah’s forgiveness. Glory be to Allah! Praise be
to
Allah! There is no god but Allah and Allah is Greatest. There is no power and no
strength
save in Allah, All-High and Almighty.

A c udhu billahi minash shayta nirrajim. Bismillahir rahma nirrahim. Wa ilahukum

ilahun
wahidun, la ilaha ilia huwar- rahma nurrahlm.

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the Most
Merciful, the Most Beneficent. Your god is One God; there is no god but He, the
All-
Merciful, the All-Compassionate.

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Allahu la ilaha ilia huwal-hayyul-qayyum, la taikhudhuhu sinatun wa la nawm, lahu

ma
fis-samawati wa ma fil-ard, man dhal-ladhi yashfa c u c indahu ilia hi idhnih, ya c
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shai,
wasi c a kursiyyuhus samawati wal ard, wa la ya c uduhu hifzuhuma, wa huwal c
aliyyul
c azim. Sadaqallahul c azlm.

Allah, there is no god but He, the Living, the Everlasting. Slumber seizes Him not,
neither
sleep. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Who is there that
shall
intercede with Him save by His leave? He knows what lies before them and what is
behind them, and they comprehend not anything of His Knowledge save such as He
wills.
His Throne comprises the heavens and the earth. The preserving of them oppresses
Him
not. He is the All-High, the Almighty. Allah spoke the truth.

(At the end of this surah , Maulana Shaykh Nazim blows around himself for
protection.
Indicated by slight movement of his head from left to right and back.)
Subhanaka, Yd c adhim, subhanallah.

Subhanallah (33x)

c Ala ni ’matil Islam wa sharafd Iman daiman, al hamdu lillah.

Al hamdu lillah (33x)

Ta c ala sha’nuhu wa la ilaha ghayruhu, Allahu akbar.

Allahu akbar (33x)

Glory be to Thee, O Almighty! Glory be to Allah.

Glory be to Allah.

For the gift of Islam, the nobility of Iman [faith], always, all praise be to
Allah.
All praise be to Allah.

Exalted is His Affair, and there is no god but He, Allah is Greatest.

Allah is Greatest.

La ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharikalah, lahul mulk, wa lahul hamd, yuhyi wa yumit,
wa
huwa c ala kulli shayin qadir.

There is no god but Allah. He is One. No partner has He. His is the Kingdom and all
praise. He brings to life and makes to die, and He has power over all things.

Subhana rabbiyil c aliyyil c alal wahhab.

Glory be to my Lord, All-High, Most Supreme, Most Munificent.

Make dua’ (any one)

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A c udhu billahi minash shayta nirrajlm. Bismillahir rahma nirrahlm. Huwal

lahulladhi la
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lahul asma-ul husna, yusabbihu lahu ma fis samawati wal ard, wa huwal c azlzul
hakim.

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the Most
Merciful, the Most Beneficent. He is Allah. There is no god but He. He is the
Knower of
the Unseen and the Visible. He is the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate. He is
Allah.
There is no god but He. He is the King, the All-Holy, the All-Peacable, the All-
Faithful,
the All-Preserver, the All-Mighty, the All-Compeller, the All-Sublime. Glory be to
Allah,
above what they associate! He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Shaper. To Him
belongs the Names Most Beautiful. All that is in the heavens and the earth magnify
Him.
He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise

Huwal awwalu wal akhiru wadh dhahiru wal batinu wa huwa bikulli shayin c alim
(Sadaqallahul azlm.)

He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward. He has knowledge of
everything
(Allah, the Most High, speaks the truth).

Dua

Rabbana taqabbal minna, w c afu anna, waghfir land, war hamna, wa tub c alayna.
Wahdina, was qina, waslih sha’nana wa sha’nal muslimln, wan surna c alal qawmil
kafirln, bi hurmati man anzalta c alayhi Suratul Fatihah.

O our Lord! Accept (this) from us and absolve us. Forgive us and have mercy on us.
Accept our repentance and guide us. Quench (our thirst), and improve our condition
and
the condition of the Muslims. Give us victory over the corrupters, by the sanctity
of the
one to whom You revealed the Suratul-Fatihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

Ash hadu alia ilaha illallah wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan c abduhu wa rasuluh,
sallallahu alayhi wa salam (3x)

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His servant and
Messenger (s.a.w.s.).

Astaghfirullah (lOOx)

I ask Allah’s forgiveness.

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I ask Allah’s forgiveness for every sin and disobedience and from all that opposes
the
religion of Islam. O Most Merciful of the Merciful.

Recite Suratun-Naba ’ the following way:

The Isti c adhah. The Basmalah. Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the
Fatihah ). Then recite Suratun Naba ’.

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Complete this Surah with:

He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (Good Deeds) For (this) my (future)
Life!
For, that Day, his Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict, And His
bonds will
be such as none (other) can bind. (To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou)
soul, in
(complete) rest and satisfaction! "Come back thou to thy Lord— well pleased
(thyself),
and well-pleasing Unto Him! "Enter thou, then among my Devotees! "Yea, enter thou
my
Heavens!" 1

Complete the recital with :

Razaqnalla.hu Yd Allah

Allah, the Sublime has stated the truth

Ihlas (3x). Falaq. Nas

•Surah of Sincerity. Surah of Daybreak. Surah of Men

La ilaha illallah (lOx), ending the last one with Muhammadur Rasulullah , sallalahu
c alayhi wa sallam.

There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.).

Allahumma salli c ala Muhammad wa c ala ali Muhammad wa sallim (lOx).

O Allah. Place blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

Salatul- c Asr -133

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Dua’

Salli, Yd Rabbi, wa sallim c ala jaml c il anbiyai wal mursalin wa alii kulli ajma
c ln wal
hamdu lillahi rabbil c dlamin. c Ala ashrafil c alamlna Sayyidina Muhammadinis
salawat,
sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam. c Ala afdalil c alamina Sayyidina Muhammadinis
salawat,
sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam. c Ala akmalil c alamlna Sayyidina Muhammadinis
salawat,
sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam. Salawatul lahi ta c ala wa malaikatihi wa anbiyaihi
wa
rusulihi wa jaml c I khalqihi c ala Muhammad wa c ala ali Muhammad, c alayhi wa
c alayhimus salam wa rahmatullahi ta c ala wa barakatuhu, wa radiyallahu tabarakta
wa
ta c ala c an sadatina ashabi rasulillahi ajma c ln, wa annit tabilna bihim bi
ihsan, wa c anil a-
immatil mujtahidinal madln wa c anil c ulamail muttaqln wa c anil awliyais salihln
wa c an
mashayihina fi tarlqatin Naqshbandiyyatil c Aliyyah, qaddasallahu ta c ala arwaha
humuz
zakiyyah, wa nawwaral lahu ta c ala adrihatahumul mubarakah, wa a c adal lahu ta c
ala
c alayna min barakatihim wa fuyudatihim daiman wal hamdu lillahi rabbil c alamin,
Al-
Fatihah.

Blessings, O my Lord, and peace be upon all the Prophets and Messengers, and on the
family of every one of them. Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Upon
the
most noble of creatures, our Master Muhammad, be blessings (s.a.w.s.). Upon the
most
preferred of creatures, our Master Muhammad, be blessings (s.a.w.s.). Upon the most
perfect of creatures, our Master Muhammad, be blessings (s.a.w.s.). Blessings of
Allah
(Exalted is He!), of His angels, of His Prophets, of His Messengers, and of all
creation be
upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad; may the peace and mercy of Allah
(Exalted is He!) and His blessings be upon him and upon them. May Allah the Blessed
and Most High be pleased with every one of our Masters, the Companions of the
Messenger of Allah, and with those who followed them in exellence. (May He be
pleased)
with the early masters of ijtihad, and with the pious scholars, and the righteous
saints
(awliya’). And with our Shaykhs in the exalted Naqshbandi Tariqah; may Allah
(Exalted
is He!) sanctify their pure souls, and illuminate their blessed graves. May Allah
(Exalted
is He!) return to us of their blessings and overflowing bounty, always. Praise
belongs to
Allah, the Lord of the worlds, Al-Fatihah.

Salatul- c Asr -135

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Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

Ihda’ (Dedication):

Allahumma balligh thawaba ma qara ’nahu wa nura ma talawnahu hadiyyatan wasilatan

minnd ila ruhi nabiyyina Muhammad, sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam, wa ila arwahil
anbiyai
wal awliyai khasatan ila ruhi Shah Naqshbandi, wa shaykhina Shaykh c Abdullah ad-
Daghastani wa Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani was siddiqinal Fatihah.

O Allah! Grant that the merit of what we have read, and the light of what we have
recited,
are [considered] an offering and gift from us to the spirit (ruh) of our Prophet
Muhammad
(s.a.w.s.), and to the spirits of the Prophets, and the Saints; especially the
spirit of Shah
Naqshband, and our Shaykh c Abdullah ad-Daghastani and Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-
Haqqani, and to [those who are] the righteous, Al-Fatihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

Salatul- c Asr -137

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138 - Naqshbandi Devotions and Practices

Wazifah Naqshbandiyyah
Spiritual Practices / Adab

(Part 1) ( Once every 24 hours, preferably after Fajr)

Ash hadu alia ilaha illallah wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan c abduhu wa
rasuluh, sallallahu alayhi wa salam (3x).

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His servant and
Messenger (s.a.w.s.).

Astaghfirullah (70.v).

I ask Allah’s forgiveness.

Al-Fdtihah, with the intention of sharing in the Divine
(manifestations) that were sent down when it as revealed
time. (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

Graces and tajalli

in Mecca the first

Amanar-rasul.

Recite Amanar-rasul. (p. 102)

Alam nashrah laka sadrak. Wa wada c nd c anka wizrak. Alladhi anqada dhahrak.
Wa rafaland laka dhikrak. Fa inna ma c al ‘usri yusrd. Inna ma c al ‘usri yusra. Fa
idha faraghta fansab. Wa ila rabbika farghab. Allahu akbar. (7x)

Have We not widened your breast, and taken the burden off your back? And
raised high the esteem (in which) you (art held)? So truly, with very hardship
come ease, with every hardship does come ease - so when you are free from
your immediate task turn to your Lord and worship Him.

Ihlas (1 lx). Falaq. Nas.

Surah of Sincerity. Surah of Daybreak. Surah of Men.

La ilaha illallah (lOx), ending the last time with Muhammadur Rasululldh ,
sallaldhu c alayhi wa sallam.

There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.).

Allahumma salli c ald Muhammadin wa c ala ali Muhammadin wa sallim (lOx).

Blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

Spiritual Practices / A dab (Part 1) -139

Wazifah Naqshbandiyyah
Spiritual Practices I Adah

(Part 1) (Once every 24 hours, preferably after Fajr)

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140 - Naqslibandi Devotions and Practices

Ihda’ (Dedication):

Allahumma balligh thawaba ma qara’nahu wa nura ma talawnahu hadiyyatan

wdsilatan minna ild ruhi nabiyyina Muhammad, sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam,
wa ila arwahil anbiyai wal awliyai khasatan ila ruhi Shah Naqshbandi, wa
shaykhind Shaykh c Abdullah ad-Daghastani wa Mawland Shaykh Muhammad
Nazim al-Haqqani was siddiqlnal Fdtihah.

O Allah! Grant that the merit of what we have read, and the light of what we
have recited, are [considered] an offering and gift from us to the spirit (ruh) of
our Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.), and to the spirits of the Prophets, and the
Saints; especially the spirit of Shah Naqshband, and our Shaykh ‘Abdullah ad-
Daghastani and Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani, and to [those who are] the
righteous, Al-Fatihah.

Al-Fdtihah, with the intention of sharing in the Divine Graces and tajalli
(manifestaions) that were sent down when it was revealed in Madinah the
second time. (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fdtihah).

Alldhu Allahu Alldhu Haq (3x).

Allah, Allah, Allah is the Eternal Truth.

Allahumma salli c ala Muhammadin wa c ala ali Muhammadin wa sallim. (lOx)

Blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

Make dua’ (any one).

Spiritual Practices / A dab (Part 1) -141

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142 - Naqshbandi Devotions and Practices

Wird for the Novice (Part 2)

(any time during the day)

Dhikr of the Glorious Name, Allah (1500x) (with the tongue).

Allah.

Dhikr of the Glorious Name, Allah (1500x) (in the heart).

Allah.
Allahumma salli c ala Muhammadin wa c ala dli Muhammadin wa sallim (lOOx)
(300x Monday, Thursday & Friday).

Blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

Ihlas (lOOx).

Surah of Sincerity.

Or one-thirtieth (juz') of the Qur'an.

Allahumma salli c ald Muhammadin wa c ala dli Muhammadin wa sallim (lOOx).

Blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

Or a chapter of Dald’ilul Khayrdt.

Wirdfor the Novice (Part 2) -143

Wird for the Novice (Part 2)

(Any time during the day)

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Wird for the Prepared

As above except that Part 2 is as follows:

Dhikr of the Glorious Name, Allah (2500x) (with the tongue).

Allah.

Dhikr of the Glorious Name, Allah (2500x) (in the heart).

Allah.

Allahumma salli c ala Muhammadin wa c ala dli Muhammadin wa sallim (300x)

(500x Monday, Thursday & Friday).

Blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

Ihlas (lOOx).

Surah of Sincerity.

Or one-thirtieth (juz') of the Qur'an.

Allahumma salli c ald Muhammadin wa c ala dli Muhammadin wa sallim (lOOx).

Blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

Or a chapter of Dald’ilul Khayrdt.

Wirdfor the Prepared (Part 2) -145

Wird for the Prepared

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Wird for the People of Determination

As above except that Part 2 is as follows:

Dhikr of the Glorious Name, Allah (5000x) (with the tongue).

Allah.

Dhikr of the Glorious Name, Allah (5000x) (in the heart).

Allah.

Allahumma salli c ala Muhammadin wa c ald ali Muhammadin wa sallim (lOOOx)

(2000x Monday, Thursday & Friday).

Blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

Ihlas (lOOx).

Surah of Sincerity.

Or one-thirtieth (juz'l of the Qur'an.

Allahumma salli c ald Muhammadin wa c ala ali Muhammadin wa sallim (lOOx).

Blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

Or a chapter of Dald’ilul Khayrdt.

Wirdfor the People of Determination (Part 2) -147

Wird for the People of Determination

As above except that Part 2 is as follows:

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148 - Naqslibandi Devotions and Practices

Optional extra daily dhikrs

La ilaha illallah (lOOx).

There is no god but Allah.

Astaglifirulld hal azlm wa atubu ilayh (lOOx).

I seek the forgiveness of Allah, the Most High, and I turn to him in repentance.

YdLatlf (lOOx).

O Most Kind.

Bismilla hirrahma nirrahim. (lOOx).

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.

Hasbiyal lahu wa ni c mal wahl. (lOOx).

Allah suffices for me and He is the Best Disposer of Affairs.

AHiclhu billahi minash shayta nirrajim. (40x)

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan.

Du c a': Salatut Tunima

Allahumma salli c ala Muhammad salatan tunjina biha min jamiHl ahwal wa1 afdt, wa
taqdi
land bihd jamfal hdjdt, wa tutahhiruna biha min jamfis sayyiat, wa tarfcfuna bihd
Hndaka
c alad darajat, wa tuballighuna bihd aqsal ghayat min jambil ghayrdt fil hayat wa b
c adal
mamdt. (40x)

O Allah! Blessings upon Muhammad. May they be blessings that deliver us from every
fear, appoint for us the fulfillment of every need, and cleanse us by them from
every sin.
May we be raised to the highest stations by them, and make us attain by them the
furthest
degrees in all that is good in this life and the life after death

Optional extra daily dhikrs -149

Optional extra daily dhikrs

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150 - Naqshbandi Devotions and Practices

Extra practices for the last days.

(To be done daily)

Recite the first ten verses of Suratul-Kahf (or the last ten).

Astaghfimllah hal c azim wa atubu ilayk (lOO-lOOOx).

I seek the forgiveness of Allah, the Most High and I turn to Thee in repentance.

Ld hawla wa Id quwwata ilia billdhil c aliyvil c azim (lOO-lOOOx).

There is no power or strength except with Allah, the Most High.

Hasbunallah wa tfimal wakil (lOOx-lOOOx ).

Allah suffices for us and the Best Disposer of Affairs.

Bismilla hi rahma nirrahim (lOOx-lOOOx).

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.

Yd Wadud (lOOx-lOOOx).

O Loving One.

Extra practices for the last days -151

Extra practices for the last days.

(To be done daily)

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Allah (5000x) (with the tongue).

Allah (5000x) (in the heart).

Allahumma salli c ala Muhammad wa c ala ali Muhammad wa sallim (2000x).

0 Allah. Place blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of
Muhammad.

Ihlas (lOOx)

Surah of Sincerity.

Extra practices for the last days -153

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Khatmul Khwajagan

NawaytuI arba c in, nawaytul Ftikdf, nawaytul khalwah, nawaytul c uzlah,

nawaytur riyadah, nawaytus suluk, nawaytus siyam, lilldhi ta c dld, fi hadhal
jami c .

I intend the forty (days of seclusion). I intend seclusion in the mosque. I intend
seclusion. I intend isolation. I intend discipline (of the ego). I intend to travel
in
Allah’s Path. I intend to fast. All for the sake of Allah, in this gathering.

Niyyatu adail khatmi ibtigha’a ridwanil lahi ta c ala.

I intend to perform the Khaim seeking the pleasure of Allah, the Most High.

Ash hadu alia ilaha illallah wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan c abduhu wa
rasuluh, sallallahu alayhi wa salam (3x).

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His servant and
Messenger (s.a.w.s.).

Astaghfirullah (25x).

I ask Allah’s forgiveness.

Astaghfirulld halladhi Id ilaha ilia huwal hayyul qayyum wa atubu Hay, innahut
tawwabur rahlm, Min kulli dhanbin wa mFasiyatin, wa kulli ma yukhdlifu dinal
islam, min kulli ma yukhalifush sharFah, min kulli ma yukhalifut tarlqah, min
kulli ma yukhaliful nFarifah, min kulli ma yukhaliful haqlqah, min kulli ma
yukhdliful c azlmah. Yd arhamar rdhimln. Alldhumma, Yd musabbibal asbdb, Yd
mufattihal abwdb, Yd muqallibal qulub wal absar, Yd dalilal mutahayyirln, Yd
ghiydthal mustaghilin. Yd hayyu, Ya qayyum, Yd dhal jaldli wal ikram, wa
ufawwidu amrl ilalldh, innallaha baslrum bil c ibad. Yd man la malja ’a minhu
ilia ilayhi fala tukhayyib raja and, Yd qadimal ihsdn. Alldhumma ahsin ilayna
bi ihsanikal qadlm. Yd Allah.

I ask forgiveness from Allah of whom there is no god other than the Ever-
living, the Ever-Subsisting, and I turn in repentance to Him. Verily He is the
Acceptor of repentance, the Most Compassionate from every sin and
disobedience, and from all that opposes Islam, from all that opposes the Law,
from all that opposes the Path, from all that opposes Realization, from all that
opposes the Truth, from all that opposes Firm Intention, O most Merciful of the
Merciful. 0 Allah! 0 Originator of causes, O Opener of doors, O Turner of
hearts and eyes, O Guide of the perplexed, O Succour of those who seek Thy
aid, O Ever-Living, O Ever-Subsisting, O Possessor of Majesty and Bounty. I
entrust my affair unto Allah. Truly Allah is aware of His servants. O from
whom there is no refuge except in Him, do not disappoint our hopes, O
Eternally Beneficent. O Allah, perfect us from Thy Eternal Excellence. O Allah

Khatmul Khwajagan -155

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Rabitatun shanfah.

I direct my heart to the heart of Grand Shaykh.

Al-Fatihatush shanfah.

Recite Suratul Fatihah (7x).

Assalawatush shanfah.

Recite the Salawat (lOx).

Alam nashrah lakash shanfah. (see p.231)

Recite Surah Alam nashrah (lx) (say Allahu akbar after each surah).
Al-Ikhlasush shanfah

Recite Suratul Ikhlds (llx) (say Allahu akbar after each surah).

Al-Fatihatush shanfah.

Recite Suratul Fatihah (lx).

Assalawatush shanfah.

Recite the Salawat (lOx).

Du ’a (Imam)

Salli, Yd Rabbi, wa sallim c ald jamfil anbiydi wal mursalln wa alii kulli
ajmalln wal hamdu lilldhi rabbil c dlamin.

Blessings, O my Lord, and peace be upon all the Prophets and Messengers, and
on the family of every one of them. Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the
worlds.

(Imam)

A c udhu billdhi minash shayta nirrajim. Bismillahir rahma nirrahlm. Rabbi qad
dtaytani initial mulki wa c allamtanl min ta’wilil ahadlth. Fdtiras samawdti wal
ard. Anta waliyyi fid dunya wal dkhirah. Tawaffanl musliman wa alhiqni bis
salihln.
(Or recite any other verses or a surah from the Qur’an).

I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the
Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent. O my Lord! Thou hast given me
something of the dominion and Thou has taught me the interpretation of events

Khatmul Khwajagan -157

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Creator of the heavens and the earth. Thou art my Protector in this world and in
the next. Make me die submissive unto Thee and join me with the righteous.
Amanna billahi, sadaqal lahul azim.

We believe in Allah, the Sublime, Who has stated the Truth.

Subhana rabbika rabbit c izzati amma yassifun wa salamun c alal mursalin wal
hamdu lillahi rabbit c dlamin.

Glory be to Thy Lord, the Lord of Power, above what they describe. And peace
be upon the Messengers. Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

Du’a (Imam)

ltd hadratin nabiyyi, sattalldhu c alayhi wa sallam, wa alibi wa sahbihil kiram

wa ild arwdhi ikhwanihil anbiydi wal mursalin wa khudamai sharaidhim wa ild
arwahil a’immatil arba c ati wa ild arwdhi mashdyikhind fit tarlqatin
naqshbandiyyatil c aliyyah khasatan ild sayyidina c abdil khaliqil khujdawdni wa
ahlil khatmil Khawdjakhan, al-Fdtihah.

Honour be to the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) and his family, to his distinguished

Companions, to the souls of the Prophets and the Messengers, to those who
served their Laws, to the souls of the four Imams, and to the souls of our
Shaykhs in the exalted Naqshbandi Order especially to our Master, Abdul
Khaliqil Khujdawani and the family of the Masters, Al-Fdtihah.

Fa c lam annahu la ilaha illallah.

Ld ilaha illallah (lOOx) ending the last one with Muhammadur rasulullah,
sallalldhu c alayhi wa sallam.

Know that: There is no god but Allah.

There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.).

Ld ilaha illallah Muhammadur rasulullah c alayhi salawatullah (3x)

There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. May Allah’s
Blessings be upon him.

La ilaha illallah Muhammadun habibullah c alayhi salawatullah (3x)

There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the beloved of Allah. May Allah’s
Blessings be upon him.

La ilaha illallah Muhammadun nabiyyullah c alayhi salawatullah (3x).

There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah. May Allah’s
Blessings be upon him.

Khatmul Khwajagan -159

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La ilaha illallah Muhammadun khahlullah c alayhi salawatullah (3x)

There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Friend of Allah. May Allah’s
Blessings be upon him.
La ilaha illallah Muhammadun safiyyullah c alayhi salawatullah (3x).

There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Bosom Friend of Allah. May
Allah's Blessings be upon him.

La ilaha illallah Muhammadun najiyyullah c alayhi salawatullah (3x).

There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Intimate Friend of Allah. May
Allah's Blessings be upon him.

La ilaha illallah Muhammadun shafFullah c alayhi salawatullah (3x).

There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Intercessor of Allah. May Allah’s
Blessings be upon him.

c Alayhi salatu was salam.

May His Blessings and Peace be upon him.

Du'a (Imam)

Ilci hadratin nabiyyi, sallalldhu c alayhi wa sallam, wa alihi wa sahbihil kiram

wa ila arwdhi sairi saddtina was siddlqlnal fatihah.

Honour be to the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) and his family, to his distinguished

Companions, to the souls of our masters and the righteous, Al-Fatihah.

Ala bi dhikrilldhi tatma ’innul qulub, bald Yd Allah.

Allah (about lOOx).

Verily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find contentment. Verily, O

Allah.

Allah.

( Imam 1

Hasbunalldhu wa ni c mal wakil, ni c mal mawld wa ni c man naslr, wa Id hawla wa

la quwwata ilia billahil c aliyyil c azlm.

Allah is sufficient for us and He is the Best of Guardians, the Best of Protectors,
the Best of Helpers. There is no power and strength except with Allah, the Most
High, the Most Great.

Khatmul Khwajagan -161

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Hu (about 33x).
He (is Allah).

(Imam)

Hasbunalla.hu wa ni c mal wakll, ni c mal mawla wa ni c man naslr, wa Id hawla wa

la quwwata ilia billahil c aliyyil c azlm.

Allah is sufficient for us and He is the Best of Guardians, the Best of Protectors,
the Best of Helpers. There is no power and strength except with Allah, the Most
High, the Most Great.

Haq (about 33x).

(Allah is) the Ultimate Truth.

(Imam)
Hasbunalld.hu wa ni c mal wakll, ni c mal mawla wa ni c man naslr, wa Id hawla wa
1a quwwata ilia billahil c aliyyil c azlm.

Allah is sufficient for us and He is the Best of Guardians, the Best of Protectors,
the Best of Helpers. There is no power and strength except with Allah, the Most
High, the Most Great.

Hay (about 33x).

(Allah is) Ever-Living.

(Imam)

Hasbunallahu wa ni c mal wakll, ni c mal mawla wa ni c man naslr, wa Id hawla wa

1a quwwata ilia billahil c aliyyil c azim.

Allah is sufficient for us and He is the Best of Guardians, the Best of Protectors,
the Best of Helpers. There is no power and strength except with Allah, the Most
High, the Most Great.

Allahu Allah Haq (3x).

Allah Allah, the Ultimate Truth.

Khatmul Khwajagan -163

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Allahu Allah Hay (3x).

Allah Allah, the Ever-Living.

Allah Hay, Yd Qayyum (7x).

Allah, the Everliving, the Selfsubsisting.

( Imam)

Hasbunalld.hu wa ni c mal wakfl, ni c mal mawld wa ni c man nasir, wa Id hawla wa

1a quwwata ilia billahil c aliyyil c azim.

Allah is sufficient for us and He is the Best of Guardians, the Best of Protectors,
the Best of Helpers. There is no power and strength except with Allah, the Most
High, the Most Great.

( Imam 1

Yd Hu, Yd Hu, Yd Ddim.

0 He. 0 He, 0 Permanent One.

Ya Hu, Ya Hu, Ya Daim (3x).

O He. O He, O Permanent One.

Allah, Yd Hu, Yd Ddim (3x).

Allah, O He. O Permanent One.

Yd Ddim, Yd Ddim, Yd Ddim, Yd Allah (2x).

O Permanent One, O Allah.

Yd Halim, Yd Halim, Yd Halim, Yd Allah (2x).

O All-Forbearing, O Allah.

Yd Hafiz, Yd Hafiz, Yd Hafiz, Yd Allah (2x).

O Preserver, O Allah.

Yd Latif, Yd Latif Yd Latif, Yd Allah (2x).

O Subtle One, O Allah.

YdMujib, YdMujib, YdMujib, Yd Allah (2x).
O Responder, O Allah.

Khatmul Khwajagan -165

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Ya Midiz, Ya Mu c iz, Ya Mu c iz, Ya Allah (2x)

O Bestower of Honours, O Allah.

Yd MiYln, YaMidin, YaMidin, Ya Allah (2x).

O Supporter, O Allah.

Yd Mughlth, Yd Mughlth, Yd Mughlth, Yd Allah (2x).

O Rescuer, O Allah.

Yd Ghaffdr, Yd Ghajfar, Yd Ghajfar, Yd Allah (2x).

O All-Forgiver, O Allah.
Yd Sattdr, Yd Sattar, Yd Sattar, Yd Allah (2x).

O Veiler, O Allah.

Yd Jabbar, Yd Jabbar, Yd Jabbar, Yd Allah (2x).

O Almighty One, O Allah.

Yd Qahhdr, Yd Qahhdr, Yd Qahhdr, Yd Allah (2x).

O Subduer, O Allah.

Yd Karim, Yd Karim, Yd Karim, Yd Allah (2x).

O Benevolent, O Allah.

Yd Rahim, Yd Rahim, Yd Rahim, Yd Allah (2x).

O Most Merciful, O Allah.

Yd Sami c , Yd SamY, Yd Sami c , Yd Allah (2x).

O All-Hearing, O Allah.

Yd Wahhdb, Yd Wahhab, Yd Wahhab, Yd Allah (2x).

O Giver, O Allah.

Yd Razzaq, Yd Razzdq, Yd Razzaq, Yd Allah (2x).

O Sustainer, O Allah.

Yd Wadud, Yd Wadud, Yd Wadud, Yd Allah (2x).

O Loving One, O Allah.

Yd Rahman, Yd Rahman, Yd Rahman, Yd Allah (2x).

O Most Beneficent, O Allah.

Khatmul Khwajagan -167

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Ya Hannan, Ya Hannan, Ya Hannan, Ya Allah (2x).

O Tender One, O Allah.

Yd Manndn, Yd Manndn, Yd Manndn, Yd Allah (2x).

O Benefactor, O Allah.

Yd Dayydn, Yd Dayydn, Yd Dayydn, Yd Allah (2x).

O Judge, O Allah.

Yd Subhan, Yd Subhan, Yd Subhan, Yd Allah (2x).

O Most Glorified, O Allah.

Yd Sultan, Yd Sultan, Yd Sultan, Yd Allah (2x).

O Sovereign, O Allah.

Yd Salam, Yd Saldm, Yd Salam, Yd Allah (2x).

O Most Peaceful, O Allah.

Yd Fattah, Yd Fattah, Yd Fattah, Yd Allah (2x).

O Opener, O Allah.

Yd Amman, Yd Amman, Yd Amman, Yd Allah (2x).

O Bestower of Safety, O Allah.

Yd Allah, Yd Allah, Yd Allah, Yd Allah (2x).

O Allah, O Allah, O Allah, O Allah.

Yd Allah, Yd Allah, Yd Allah, Yd Allah (5x)

O Allah, O Allah, O Allah, O Allah.

Huwalldh, Huwalldh, Huwalldh, Yd Allah (2x).

He is Allah, O Allah.

Antalldh, Antalldh, Antalldh, Yd Allah (2x).

Thou art Allah, O Allah.

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(Imam)

Hasbunalla.hu wa ni c mal wakil, ni c mal mawla wa ni c man naslr, wa Id hawla wa

la quwwata ilia billahil c aliyyil c azim.
Allah is sufficient for us and He is the Best of Guardians, the Best of Protectors,
the Best of Helpers. There is no power and strength except with Allah, the Most
High, the Most Great.

Bismilla hirrahma nirrahim (25x).

In the Name Of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent.

Allah Ya Jalil (25x).

Allah, O Most Exalted.

Allah Dhul Jalal (25x).

Allah, the Possessor of Glory.

Hasbunallah rabbu nallah (25x).

Allah is sufficient for us. Our Lord is Allah.

(Imam)

Hasbunallahu wa ni c mal wakil, ni c mal mawla wa ni c man naslr, wa Id hawla wa

la quwwata ilia billahil c aliyyil c azlm.

Allah is sufficient for us and He is the Best of Guardians, the Best of Protectors,
the Best of Helpers. There is no power and strength except with Allah, the Most
High, the Most Great.

(Imam)

Innal laha wa malaikatahu yusalluna c alan nabiy, yd ayyu halladhlna dmanu

sallu c alayhi wa sallimu tasllma.

Verily Allah and His Angels send blessings upon the Prophet. O you who
believe send peace and blessings upon him.

Allahumma salli c ala Muhammad wa c ala ali Muhammad wa sallim (lOx).

O Allah. Place blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of
Muhammad.

Khatmul Khwajagan -171

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Salli, Yd Rabbi, wa sallim ‘ala jamfil anbiydi wal mursalin wa alii kulli ajma c in
wal hamdu lillahi rabbil c dlamin. ‘Ala ashrafil ‘alamina Sayyidind
Muhammadinis salawdt, sallalahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. ‘Ala afdalil ‘alumina
Sayyidind Muhammadinis salawdt, sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam. ‘Ala akmalil
c alamina Sayyidind Muhammadinis salawdt, sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam.
Salawdtul lain ta‘dla wa malaikatihi wa anbiyaihi wa rusulihi wa jami‘I
khalqihi ‘ala Muhammad wa ‘ala ali Muhammad, ‘alayhi wa ‘alayhimus saldm
wa rahmatulldhi ta‘ala wa barakdtuhu, wa radiyallahu tabdrakta wa ta‘dld ‘an
saddtina ashdtbi rasulilldhi ajma‘in, wa annit tabiina bihim bi ihsdn, wa ‘anil a-
immatil mujtahidinal madin wa ‘anil‘ulamail muttaqin wa ‘anil awliydis salihin
wa ‘an mashayihina fi tariqatin Naqshbandiyyatil ‘Aliyyah, qaddasallahu ta‘dla
arwaha humuz zakiyyah, wa nawwaral lahu ta‘dld adrihatahumul mubdrakah,
wa a‘adal lahu ta‘dld ‘alayna min barakatihim wa fuyudatihim ddiman wal
hamdu lillahi rabbil ‘alamin, Al-Fatihah.

Blessings, O my Lord, and peace be upon all the Prophets and Messengers, and
on the family of every one of them. Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the
worlds. Upon the most noble of creatures, our Master Muhammad, be blessings
(s.a.w.s.). Upon the most preferred of creatures, our Master Muhammad, be
blessings (s.a.w.s.). Upon the most perfect of creatures, our Master Muhammad,
be blessings (s.a.w.s.). Blessings of Allah (Exalted is He!), of His angels, of His
Prophets, of His Messengers, and of all creation be upon Muhammad and the
family of Muhammad; may the Peace and Mercy of Allah (Exalted is He!) and
His Blessings be upon him and upon them. May Allah the Blessed and Most
High be pleased with every one of our Masters, the Companions of the
Messenger of Allah, and with those who followed them in exellence.(May He
be pleased) with the early masters of ijtihad, and with the pious scholars, and
the righteous saints (awliya’). And with our Shaykhs in the exalted Naqshbandi
Tariqah; may Allah (Exalted is He!) sanctify their pure souls, and illuminate
their blessed graves. May Allah (Exalted is He!) return to us of their blessings
and overflowing bounty, always. Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the
worlds, Al-Fatihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

Khatmul Khwajagan -173

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Ihda’ (Imam )

Bismilla hirrahma nirrahlm. Allahumma inna nalidi thawaba md qara’nahu wa

sirri md talawnahu ba c da qabiilin minna ild hadratin nabiyyi wa alibi wa
ashdbihil kirdm, wa ild arwahi ikhwanihi initial anbiyai wal mursalin wa
khudamdi sharaiHhim, wa ild arwahil a’immatil arba c a, wa ild arwdhi
mashayikhind fit tariqatin naqshbandiyyatil c aliyyah, khdsatan ild ruhi imamit
tariqati wa ghawthil khaliqati khawajahu Shah Bahaiddin an-Naqshsbandi
Muhammadinil Uwaysil Bukhari, wa ustadhind Sayyidina Sultanil Awliyd’
Sayyidish Shaykh c Abdil Idhil Faizid Daghastani, wa Sayyidina wa Mawldna
Sayyidinash Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al- Haqqani mu’ayyi'didin, wa
Sayyidina c Abdil Khdliliqil Khujdawdni, wa ahlil khatmil Khawajakhan wa sairi
sadatina was siddiqinal fatihah.

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent. O Allah! Grant
that the merits of what we have read, and the light of what we had recited, are
an offering and a gift from us to the soul of the Prophet Muhammad, may the
peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and to his family and distinguished
Companions, and the souls of his brothers from the Prophets and Messengers,
and those who served the Law, and the souls of the four Imams, and the souls of
our Shaykhs in the exalted Naqshbandi Order, especially the soul of the Imam
of the Order, the succour of creation, Shah Baha'uddin Naqshband Muhammad
al-Uwaysi ai-Bukhari, and our Master, Sultan of the Saints, Master Shaykh
Abdullah al-Fa’iz ad-Daghastani, and our Master Shaykh Muhammad Nazim
al-Haqqani, the supporter of the religion, and our Master Abdul-Khaliq
Khujdawani, and the family of the Masters and the Righteous, Al-Fatihah.

Al-Fdtihah (Always recite the Salawdt prior to the Fatihah).

Subhana rabbiyil c aliyyil c alal wahhab.

Glory be to my Lord, All-High, Most Supreme, Most Munificent.

Du'a’ (Imam )

Bismilla hirrahma nirrahim. Alhamdu lillahi rabbil c alamin was salatu was
saldmu c ala ashrafil mursalin Sayyidina Muhammadin, sallalldhu c alayhi wa
salam, wa c ala dlihi wa sahbihi ajmain. Allahum mafial awwala majlisind
hddha salahan wa awsatahu falahan wa akhirahu najdhan.

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise be to
Allah, Lord of the worlds. Peace and blessings be on the most honoured of the
Messengers, our Master and Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) and on his family
and his Companions

Khatmul Khwajagan -175

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Allahum mafal awwalahu rahmatan wa awsatahu ni'matan wa akhirahu

takrlmatan wa maghfiratan. Alhamdu lillahil ladhl tawdda c a kullu shayin li
c azmatihi wa dhalla kullu shayin li c izzatihi wa khada c a kullu shayin li
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shayin li haybatihi, wa azhara kullu shayin bihikmatihi, wa tasaghara kullu
shayin li kibriyaih. Alldhumma ayqizna fi ahabbis sa c ati ilayka, Yd Wadiid.
Rabband taqabbal minnd waghfir land warhamnd innaka antal ghafurur rahlm.
Wahdina ilal haqqi wa ila tarlqin mustaqlm wansurnd c alal qawmil mufsidln,
wansur imamana imdmal muslimln, wansur awliyaallah, innaka c aid kulli
shayin qadlr, wa bil ijdbati jadlr. Subhdna rabbika rabbil Hzzati c amma yasifun
wa salamun c alal mursalin wal hamdu lilldhi rabbil c dlamlnal fatihah.

O Allah! Make the beginning of our gathering here goodness and the middle of
it success and the end of it salvation. 0 Allah! Make the beginning mercy and
the middle blessing and the end of it honour and forgiveness. All praise be to
Allah to whom everything has humbled itself to His Honour, and everything has
yielded to His Kingdom, and everything has surrendered to His Power, and all
praise be to Allah to whom everything has become tranquil to His Reverence,
and to whom everything has manifested itself by His Wisdom and everything
has belittled itself to His Greatness. O Allah! Awaken us during the hours most
beloved to Thee. O the Most Devoted One! O Cherished Accept from us and
forgive us and place Thy Mercy on us for Thou art the Most Forgiving and
Most Merciful, guide us to the truth and the Straight Path, grant us victory over
the corrupt ones, support our leaders and the leaders of the Muslims, and
support the Friends of Allah for Thou hast power over everything, and Thou art
the most capable of answering. Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of Power (who
transcends) all which people ascribe to Him and peace be upon the Messengers.
Praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds, Al-Fatihah

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

Alhamdu lillahi, alhamdu lillahi, wa shukrun lillahi (3x).

All praise be to Allah, all praise be to Allah and all thanks be to Allah.

Astaghflrullah (3x).

I ask Allah’s forgiveness.

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(Imam)

Astaghfirullahal c azim alladhl 1a ildlia ilia huwal hayyul qayyum wa atubu ilayh
min kulli dhanbin wa m c asiyatin min kulli mdyukhdlifu dinal isldm min kulli md
yukhdlifush shariah, Yd arhamar rahimln. Yd Allah, awda c na hdland wa
ahwalana wa awladana wa c ayalana wa jamPa man yata c allaqu bind, wa man
wassdna was tawsana hi didail khayr wa akhwana ammatan ajma c In, wa
ammatal hablbil mustafd c indaka, Yd Rabband, Yd Allah Rabband taqabbal
minna waghfir land warhamna, innaka antal ghafurur rahlm wahdina Hal
haqqi wa ild tarlqin mustaqim. Rabband atinafid dunya hasanah wafil dkhirah
hasanah wa qind adhdbannar wa adhilnal jannata ma c al abrdr bi rahmatika,
Yd c Aziz, Yd Ghaffar, Yd Karim, Yd Sattdr,Ya Rabbal c dlamln. Alldhumma
nawwir qulubana bi nuril Imdn.

I ask forgiveness from Allah Almighty of whom there is no god but the Living,
the Self-Subsisting, and turn in repentance to Him from every sin and
disobedience and from all that opposes the religion of Islam, from all that
opposes the Law, O Most Merciful of the Merciful! O Allah! We have placed
by Thee our condition, our situations, our children, our dependants, all those
who are related and entrusted to us, all those who have best intentions with
good prayers, all our brothers generally and the community of the beloved
Muhammad (s.a.w.s.). 0 Sustained O Allah! Accept from us and forgive us,
and have mercy on us for Thou art Most Forgiving and Merciful. Guide us to
the truth and the Straight Path. O Sustained Give us the best in this world and
in the Hereafter, protect us from the punishment of the Fire, and let us enter
Paradise with the righteous, by Your Mercy. O Most Mighty, O Most
Forgiving, O Most Benevolent, O Veiler, O Sustainer of the worlds!

Alldhumma nawwir qulubana bi nuril isldm. Alldhumma nawwir qulubana bi

nuril qur’an. Wa sallallahu c ala Sayyidina Muhammadin an-nabiyyil ummiy wa
c ala alibi wa sahbihi wa sallam.

O Allah! Illuminate our hearts with the light of faith. O Allah! Illuminate our
hearts with light of Islam. O Allah! Illuminate our hearts with the light of the
Qur’an. And Allah’s Praise and Blessings be upon our Master Muhammad
(s.a.w.s.) the unlettered Prophet, and upon his family and his Companions.

Subhana rabbika rabbil c izzati c amma yasifun wa salamun c alal mursalm wal
hamdu lilldhi rabbil c dlamlnal fatihah.

Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of Power (who transcends) all which people
ascribe to Him and peace be upon the Messengers. Praise belongs to Allah,
Lord of the Worlds, Al-Fdtihah.

AI-Fdtihah (Always recite the Salawdt prior to the Fatihah).

Khatmul Khwajagan -179

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The Silsilah of the Most Distinguished

Naqshbandi Order

Bismilld hirrahma nirrahim. Nabi Muhammad (s.a.w.s.),

As-Siddiq, Salman, Qasim, JaFfar, Tayjur, Abu Hassan, Abu
c Ali, Yusuf, Abii al- c Abbas, c Abdul al-Khaliq, c Arif
Mahmud, c Ali, Muhammad Baba as-Sammdsi, Sayyid Amir
Kulal, Khwajah Muhammad Balia ’uddin Shah Naqshbandi,
C Ala'uddin, Y c aqiib, c Ubaydullah, Muhammad az-Zahid,
Darwish Muhammad, Khwajah al-Amkanaki, Muhammad
al-Baqi, Ahmad Fariiqi, Muhammad M c asiim, Sayfuddin,
Nur Muhammad, Habibullah, c Abdullah, Khalid, IsmaFil,
Khas Muhammad, Muhammad Effendl al-Yaraghi, Sayyid
Jamaluddin al-Ghumuqi al-Husayni, Abu Ahmad as-
Sughuri, Abu Muhammad al-Madani, Sayyid Sharafuddin
ad-Daghistani, Mawlana c Abdullah al-Faiz ad-Daghistani,
Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani al-Qubrusi an-
Naqshband.

Ya sayyidas-sadat wa nural-mawjudat, Yd man huwal-malja’u liman massahu

daymun wa ghammun wa alam. Yd aqrabal-wasa’ili ilalldhi ta c dla wa Yd
aqwal-mustanad, attawassalu ild janabikal- c adham bi-ha ula-is-sadditi, wa
ahlillah, wa ahli baytikal-kirdm, li-dafi durrin la yudfalu ilia bi wasitatik, wa
rafi daymin la yurfa c u ilia bi-daldlatik, bi Savyidl wa Mawldvd, Yd Sayyid!. Yd
Rasulallah, Yd rahmatan lil-'dlamin, Al-Fdtihah.

O lord of the masters and light of creation! O refuge of the one who has been
stricken by affliction, and distress, and pain! O closest of means (to
approaching) Allah (Exalted is He!)! O most powerful of support! I entreat your
mighty presence by (means of) these masters, and the people of Allah and your
honoured family, for the removal of harm that cannot be removed expect by
your intercession, and the lifting of affliction that cannot be lifted except by
your guidance, O my master and my lord, O Messenger of Allah, O mercy to
the worlds. Al-Fdtihah.

Silsilah -181

The Silsilah of the Most Distinguished

Naqshbandi Order

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Imam Mahdi (a.s.) and his deputies

Sahibuz-Zaman Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi (alayhis

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Shahamatul-Fa rdam,

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Yd Sahibaz-Zaman, Yd Sahibal c Unsur, Yd Rijdlalldh. c AIaIldhu ta c dld

darajatihim dd’iman wa barakatihim wa anfdsahumul quddusiyyah, bi hurmati
man Id nabiy ba c dahu, bi hurmati Suratil-Fatihah.

O master of time, 0 possessor of high pedigree, 0 men of Allah. May Allah

(Exalted is He!) raise their stations always, and their blessings and holy spirits.
By the blessedness of the one after whom there is no other prophet, by the
sanctity of Al-Fatihah.

Al-Fdtihah (Always recite the Salawdt prior to the Fatihah).

Imam Mahdi (a.s.) and his deputies -183

Imam Mahdi (a.s.) and his deputies

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10 th Muharram

Pray 4 rakcfat, reciting the Fatihah once and Ihlas twelve times in each.

Mas (lOOOx).
Surah of Sincerity

La ilalta illallah (lOOOx).

There is no god but Allah.

Subhanallah wal hamdu lillah wa la illaha illallah wallahu akbar. Wa la hawla

wa la quwwata ilia billahil c aliyyil c azim (lOOOx).

Glory be to Allah! Praise be to Allah! There is no god but Allah and Allah is
Greatest. There is no power and no strength save in Allah, All-High and
Almighty.

Ash hadu alia ilaha illallah wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan c abduhu wa
rasuluh, sallallahu alayhi wa salam (lOOOx).

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His servant and
Messenger (s.a.w.s.).

Allahumma salli c ala Muhammad wa c ala ali Muhammad wa sallim (lOOOx).

O Allah. Place blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of

Muhammad. _

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12 th Rabi ul Awwal

Mawlid

Allahumma salli c ala Muhammad wa c ala ali Muhammad wa sallim (5000x -

24000x).

O Allah. Place blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of
Muhammad.

Suratul-An c am (as a gift to Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)) (see p. 208)

Between Thur and Asr, pray 12 raka c at, reciting the Fatihah once and Ihlas
twelve times in each.

Before Faj or before Noon, Salatush Shukr (2 rakacat) (see p. 66)j_(that Allah
made us of the nation of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)) and Salatut Tasblh (2,
2 or 4 raka c at). (see pp. 62-64)
Slaughter and celebrate by feeding people. No fasting.

12 th Rabi ulAwwal -187

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15th of Sha’ban

Read Surah Yasm three times; (see pp. 87)

• Firstly, with the intention of long life in Islam and faith (iman).

• Secondly, with the intention to ward off affliction from one’s self and from
the nation of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.).

• Thirdly, with the intention of receiving one’s sustenance without reliance

on others.

After each reading :

Bismilld hirrahma nirrahim. Allahumma yd dhal manni wa la yumannu alayh.

Yd dhal jalali wal ikrdm. Yd dhat tawli wal irfdm. Ld ilaha Hid anta zahral
lajln. Wa jaral mustajirlna wa amdnal khd ifln. Allahumma in kunta katabtanl
Hndaka fi ummil kitdb shaqiyyan aw mahruman aw matrudan aw muqattaran
c alayyafir rizqi famhul Idhumma bifadlika shaqawati wa hirmani wa tardi waq
titara rizqi wa athbitni c indakafi ummil kitdb saldam marzuqam muwaffaqal lil
khayrati fa innaka qulta wa qawlukal haqqu fi kitdbikal munzal c ala lisani
nabiyyikal mursal.

0 Allah, Tireless Owner of Bounty. O Owner of Sublimity, Honour, Power and

Blessings. There is no god except Thee, the Support of refugees and Neighbour
of those who seek nearness. Guardian of the fearful. O Allah, if Thou hast
written in Thy Book that I be abject, deprived, banished, and tight-fisted, then
erase O Allah, through Thy bounty, my misery, deprevation, banishment, and
stinginess and establish me with Thee as happy, provided with blessings in the
Mother of Books, for surely Thy Promise in Thy Revealed Book on the tongue
of Thy Messenger (s.a.w.s.) is true: Allah blots out or confirms what He
pleases, and with Him is the Mother of Books.

Yamhul Idhu ma vashdu wa yuthbitu wa c indahu ummul kitdb. Ilahi bit tajallil
c azma fi laylatin nisfi min shahri sh c abanil mukarram allatl yufraqu fiha kullu
amrin hakimin wa yubramu. Ikshif c anna minal baldi met tfalamu wa met Id
n c alamu. Wa ma anta bihi c alamu. Innaka antal a c azzul akram. Wa sallal Idhu
ta c ala c ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa c ald alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Wal
hamdu lilldhi rabbil c dlamin.

May Allah, by the Great Manifestation of the night of the middle of the noble
month of Sha’ban in which every affair of wisdom is made distinct and
authorized, remove from us calamities - those we know and those we do not
know, and Thou knowest best - for surely Thou art the Most Mighty, and Most
Generous. May Allah bless Muhammad (s.a.w.s.), his Family and Companions
And all praise to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

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The Grand Transmitted Invocation (see Appendix B. pp.225-230) after each

reading of this supplication, or once after the three readings.

Khatmul Khwaiaean (see pp. 154-178) with the dhikr .

Salatut Tasbih (2. 2 or 4 rakcdat ) (see pp. 62-64).

Complete 100 rakcfat. In the first midall recite the Fatihah and Ihlas twice, and
in the second one the Fatihah and Ihlas once.

Or recite 10 Ihlas in each raid ah.

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Salatut Tarawih

The same as Salatul-Isha’, except before Witr salah pray the 20 rakaats of
Salatut Tarawih

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Lailatu l-Qadr

Nawaytul arba c in, nawaytul dtikaf, nawaytul khalwah, nawaytul c uz.lah,

nawaytur riyadah, nawaytus suluk, nawaytus siyam, lillahi tcfdld, fi hadhal
bayt.

I intend the forty (days of seclusion). I intend seclusion in the mosque. I intend
seclusion. I intend isolation. I intend discipline (of the ego). I intend to travel
in
Allah's Path. I intend to fast for the sake of Allah in this house.

After the night prayer, Isha", and sunnah perform the Naqshbandi Adab (see
Part One on pp. 138). Express the intention to fast the next day.

Salatut Tarawih (2, 2 to 20 rakcfat)

Salatut Tasbih (2, 2 or 4 raka'ai) (see p. 62-64)

Salatush Shukr (2 rakcfat ) (see p.66)

Witrq, 1 rakadai).

Khatmul Khwajagan (see pp.154-178) with the dhikr.

Then stay awake all night reading Holy Qur’an and practicing the Daily Wird
(see Part Two, on pp.141 or 144 or 146) until sunrise.

It is praiseworthy to pray during the night vigil from 20 to 100 raked at reciting
the Fatihah once and Ihlas thrice.

During the day it is advisable, in fact necessary to make two sacrifices for the
countenance (face) of Allah, the Highest the All-Mighty, to thank Allah and to
amend (the shortcomings) of your fast. You should offer it for the community
of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s) and for the people of Tariqa, distributing the
meat to the poor and the needy.

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Get up two hours before Fajr. After the wudu, pray 2 rakcfat Salatul-Wudu’.

Ya Rabbal ‘izzati wal ‘azamati wal jabbarut.

O Lord of Honour and Greatness, and Imposer of Thy Will.

Move 3 steps forward, right leg first, facing the qiblah and niyyah:

Nawaytul arbcfm, nawaytul i c tikaf, nawaytul khalwah, nawaytul c uzlah,

nawaytur riyadah, nawaytus suluk, nawaytus siydrn, lillahi ta c dld.fi hadhal bayt.

I intend the forty (days of seclusion). I intend seclusion in the mosque. I intend
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Allah’s Path. I intend to fast. All for the sake of Allah, in this house.

Ya Halim (lOOx) with the intention of removing anger.

O Clement One.

Ya Hafiz (lOOx) with the intention of removing affliction.

O Preserver.

Imagine yourself in the blessed Garden, in front of the maaam of the Prophet
(s.a.w.s.) facing Rasulullah (s.a.w.s.) with the intention that Allah makes you
meet spiritually with Rasulullah (s.a.w.s.). Imam Mahdi (a.s.) and Mawlana
Shaykh Nazim.

Allahumma salli c ala Muhammadin wa c ald dli Muhammadin wa sallim. (lOOx)

Blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

Du c a’

Yd Rabbi, innani nawaytu an ataqaddama nahwa bahri wahdaniyyatika ild

maqamil fana’i fika. Fald taruddani, Yd Rabbi, Yd Allah, kha’iban hatta
tuwassilani ild dhakal maqdmi, al-maqdmi fardani. Yd Rabbi, Yd Allah, haythu
hadhash shahru huwa shahruka, j’ituka day-yifan wa nawiyyan an c a’mala
c amalan bidiini c iwadan aw an yakuna fihi talaban lil fadilah, qasidan iyyaka
ilahi anta maqsudi wa ridaka matlubi. Yd Rabbi, kullu umri qad amdaytuhu fd
ma^dsi wash shirkil khafi. Wa innani uqirru hi annani lam a’ti ild babika bi
c amalin maqbulin dndaka. Antal-ldhul ladhi la ya’ti ahadun ild babika bi
c amalilii bal bifadlika wa jiidika wa karamika wa ihsdnika. Antal-ldhul ladhi Id
taruddu c abdan jd’a ild babika fa Id taruddani, Yd Allah.

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O my Lord, I am moving and stepping forward for the Station of Annihilation. O

Allah (Glory to Thee, the Most High), I am asking Thee to cause me to vanish in
Thy Existence and, O my Lord, I am moving toward Thy Ocean of Unity, the
Ocean of Wahdaniyyah. O my Lord, don’t reject me until I reach the Unique
Station. O my Lord, since this month is your month, I come to Thee as a weak
guest intending to worship Thee without asking anything in return. My aim, my
goal is Thou and that is why I am coming. Please don’t reject me. O my Lord, I
say in all humility that it is as if I had spent all my life in disobedience,
hidden
polytheism and bad behaviour, and I am declaring wholeheartedly that I did not
do any deed that is accepted by Thee. Thou art Allah Who never threw away
anyone that came to Thy door. Thou art Allah, and no one came to Thy door by
his deeds but only by Thy grant and reward, O Allah.

Yd Rabbi, kullu umuri fawwadtuhu ilayka hayatl wa mamdtl wa ba c da mamatl

wa yawmul hashr. Kullu umuri hawwaltuha c indaka wa fawwadtu amri ilayka.
La amliku min amri nafsi shay-an, la nafan wa Id darran wa Id mawtan wa Id
hayatan wa Id nushura. Kullu umuri wa hisabi wa sudli wa jawdbi hawwaltuhu
dndaka, Yd Rabbi, Yd Allah. Ndsiyati bi yadika wa ana djizun c annil jawdbi wa
law mithqala dharratin.

O my Lord. I have given everything into Thy hands - my life, my death, after
my death, Judgment Day and all my things - I have transferred to Thee and
Thou are the One Who controls me. O my Lord, I do not possess anything with
my ego and my soul. I cannot give good to myself or bad to myself, or life to
myself or death to myself, but I have transferred all my accounts and all Thy
judgments on me and all Thy questions to me and all my answers I have
transferred to Thee. Whatever Thou want to do with me, Thou do. My neck is
in Thy Hand. I am too helpless to answer Thy questions. Even the smallest
answer I cannot give. With all this weakness and helplessness and hopelessness
I am coming to Thy door.

Law kdna laka, Yd Rabbi, bdbayni ahadahumd makhassasun lit tdibina min
dbddikal mu’minln, wal akhiru lit tdibina min dbadikal c asin, ji’tuka, Yd Allah,
nahwu bdbikal ladhi yahtdju an yadkhula minhu dbddikal c asin, wa innani
uqirru wa farifu annahu yajibu an ujaddi Islami wa imani min hadhal babi li
izharil c ajzi. Wa hadhal c amalu huwa awwalu c amalin li b c ada ma shahidtu bil
Island haqqan. Yd Rabbi, wa anta wakili, Ya Wakil, haythu naqiil: Allahu c ald
ma naqiil Wakil wa Shahid.

O my Lord, if Thou had two doors for Thy servants to enter through - one for
the believers and one for the disobedient ones from Your servants - then I am
coming to Thee from the door that the disobedient servants need to come
through, and I am declaring my belief that this is the only door for me to come
through. I am saying to Thee that I have to renew my faith and my testimony of
faith from this door to show my humility and helplessness.

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This deed and this testimony of faith are the first deeds for me after pronouncing
the Shahadah and entering Islam, and Thou art my Protector, O Protector, from
whence we say: Allah is the Protector and Witness over what we say.

Recite the Shahadah with raised finger (3 times), and Arkdnul Islam and /maw.

Yd Allah, Yd Rabbi, ham zahara minnl minadh dhunubi wal ma c asl zahiran wa
bdtinan wa sirran min ahdi Ijadi dharratl wa ruhl wa dukhiili ruhl ild jisml wa
zuhurl minal c adami ilal wujiidi wa zuhurl fi c alimid dunya ild yawmina hddha,
rafatu c anil jamPi ilayka bit tawbati wal istighfari. Wa innanl qad dakhaltu wa
salaktu fi rahamatl shahrika hadhal mubaraki fa Id taruddani. Yd Rabbi, c an
babika wa la tatruknl li ahwali nafsl wa law lahzatun wa ana astaghfiruka.

O my Lord, from the Day of Promises whatever there was of promise from me to
Thee, I accept and promise to do it all. O my Lord, O Allah, from the day Thou
had created my atom, my essence and from the day Thou brought up my soul,
and from the day my soul came from absolute abstract to existence, until our
day, how much of the disobedience has appeared from me and my essence, and
from my soul and my body, spiritually or physically, I am regretting them all and
regretting what I did and coming back to Thee asking forgiveness and
repentance. O my Lord, I entered and I moved into the ocean of blessings of Thy
praised month. O my Lord, do not reject me from your door and do not leave me
to my ego for the blink of an eye, and I am asking forgiveness of Thee.

Astaghfirulldh (lOOx).

I ask Allah's forgiveness.

Now sit down, cover yourself with light white cloth and light a candle. Recite
the following:

Al-Fatihah (with the intention of being dressed with the manifestations

( tajallis )
that came down with it in Mecca).

Amanar rasul. (see pp. 102 )

Recite Amanar rasul.

Alain Nashrah (7x). (see p. 231)

Recite Surah Alam nashrah.

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Ihlas (1 lx). Falaq. Nas.

Surah of Sincerity. Surah of Daybreak. Surah of Men.

La ilaha illallah (lOx), ending the last one with Muhammadur Rasulullah,
sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam.

There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.).

Allahumma salli c ala Muhammad wa c ala ali Muhammad wa sallim (lOx).

O Allah. Place blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of
Muhammad.

Du c a’

Ila sharafin nabiyyi, sallalahu alayhi wa sallam, wa dlihi wa ashdbihil kiram,

wa ild ma-shd-yikhina fit-tariqatin Naqshbandiyatil c .Aliyyah, khasatan lid riihi
imdmit tarlqati wa ghawthil khaliqatish Shah Bahauddln Naqshbandi
Muhammadinil Uwaysil Bukhari, wa ila Mawlana Sultdnil Awliya’ Shaykh
c Abdullah al-Fa’izzid Daghastdni, wa Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-
Haqqani wa sa’iri sddatind was siddiqinal Fdtihah.

Honour be to the Prophet (s.a.w.s.), and his family, and his distinguished
Companions. And to our Shaykhs in the exalted Naqshbandi Tariqah,
particularly the spirit of the Imam of the Tariqah, the Succour of creation, Shah
Bahauddln Naqshbandi Muhammadinil Uwaysil Bukhari, and to Mawlana
Sultanil Awliya’ Shaykh c Abdullah al-Fa’izzil Daghastani, and Mawlana Shaykh
Nazim al-Haqqani, and to all our masters, and [those who are] righteous, Al-
Fatihah.

Al-Fatihah (with the intention of being dressed with the manifestations

( tajallis )
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Allah (5000x) (in the heart).

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Salatun Naiah (2 raka c at) (see pp.54-56).

Salatush Shukr (2 raka c at) (see p.66)

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Salatut Tahaiiud (2, 2, 2. 2 raka c at ) (see p.58).

Allahumma salli c ala Muhammad wa c ala ali Muhammad wa sallim (lOOOx).

O Allah. Place blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of
Muhammad.

Ihlds (lOOx) (intention for one juz of the Qur'an).

Surah of Sincerity.

Allahumma salli c ala Muhammadin wa c ald dll Muhammadin wa sallim (lOOx).

O Allah. Place blessings and peace be upon Muhammad and the family of
Muhammad.

Or the section in the Dal a ’ilul Khayrat applicable for that day. _

Yd Samad (500x) (with the intention to eliminate the bad aspects of my ego).

O Eternally Besought!

Astaghfirullah (500x) (with the intention that from the day of creation of my
soul to the present day for Allah to forgive my sins).

I ask Allah's forgiveness.

Astaghfirullah (500x) (with the intention that from the present day to the last
day on earth Allah will protect me against sins).

I ask Allah's forgiveness.

Alhamdulillah (500x) (because Allah did not create me from the nation of other
Prophets, a.s.).

All praises be to Allah.

Alhamdulilldh (500x) (because Allah had created me from the nation of the
Messenger of Allah {s.a.w.s.}, and honoured me by Sayyiduna Abu Bakr as-
Siddlq r.a., Abdul Khaliq al-Ghujdawani, Shaykh Sayyid Sharafuddln ad-
Daghistani, and honoured me by Grand Shaykh Shaykh Abdullah al-Fa'iz ad-
Daghistani, and honoured me by making me a murid of Mawlana Shaykh
Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani).
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Invocation (du c a’) for the month of Rajab

Du c a’ of the Saint of Rajab to be read 3x daily

Bismilld hirrahma nirrahlm. Allahumma innl astaghfiruka min kulli ma tubtu

lahu ilayka thumma c udtu fihi , wa astaghfiruka min kulli ma aradtu bihi
wajhakafa khalatani fihi ma laysafihi rida’uk, wa astaghfiruka lin ni c a millati
taqawwaytu biha c ald m c asiyatika, wa astaghfiruka minadh dhunu billati la
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rahmatuka, wa id tunji minhd ilia maghfiratuka wa hilmuka, la ilaha Hid anta,
subhanaka inni kuntu minadh dhalimin.

In the Name of Allah, the All-Beneficent, the All-Merciful. O Allah, I ask

forgiveness of Thee for everything for which I repented to Thee then returned
to. And I ask forgiveness of Thee for everything I displeased Thee with and all
that concerns me with which Thou are displeased. And I ask forgiveness of
Thee for the favours which I used for increasing my disobedience towards
Thee. And I ask forgiveness of Thee for the sins which no one knows except
Thee, and no one sees except Thee, and nothing encompasses except Thy
Mercy, and nothing delivers from except Thy forgiveness and clemency. There
is no god except Thee alone. Thou art the Most High, and I was one of the [self]
oppressors!
Allahumma inni astaghfiruka min kulli dhulmin dhalamtu bihi dbadaka. Fa
ayyamd c abdin min dbadika aw amatin min amd'ika, dhalamtu fi badanihi aw
c irdihi aw mdlihi fa a’tihi min khaza’inikallati la tanqus. Wa as'aluka an
tukrimani hi rahmatikallati wasi’at kulla shayin, wa Id tuhinani min c adhabika
wa tu’tini ma as'aluka fa inni haqiqun bi rahmatik. Yd arhamar rahimin. Wa
sallalldhu c ald Sayiddina Muhammadin wa c ala dlihi wa sahbihi ajnudin. Wa Id
hawla wa Id quwatta ilia billdhil c aliyyil c adhim.

O Allah, I ask forgiveness of Thee for the injustice I committed against Thy
servants. Whatever of Your male or female servants whom I have hurt,
physically or in their dignity or in their property give them of Thy bounty,
which lacks nothing. And I ask Thee to honor me with Thy Mercy which
encompasses all things. Do not humble me with Thy punishment but grant to
me what I implore of Thee for I am in great need of Thy Mercy, O Most
Merciful of the merciful. May Allah send blessings upon Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)
and upon all his family and Companions. There is no power and no might
except in Allah the High, the Exalted.

Invocation (du c a’)for the month ofRajab - 207

Invocation (du c a’) for the month ofRajab

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Other practices during Rajab

NawaytuI arba c in, nawaytul i c tikdf, nawaytul khalwah, nawaytul c uz.lah,

nawaytur riyadah, nawaytus suluk, nawaytus siyam, lillahi tcfdld, fi hadhal
bayt.

I intend the forty (days of seclusion). I intend seclusion in the mosque. I intend
seclusion. I intend isolation. I intend discipline (of the ego). I intend to travel
in
Allah's Path. I intend to fast. All for the sake of Allah, in this house.

Perform the Naqshbandi Adab (see Part One, pp. 138-140 )

1. during the last third part of the night,

2. and/or between Salatul- c Asr and Salatul-Maghrib,

3. and/or between Salatul-Maghrib and Saldtul- c Isha’

Recite Suratul-An c am each day, if possible

Other practices during Rajab - 209

Other practices during Rajab

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210 - Naqslibandi Devotions and Practices

The Daily Wird (see Part Two, on pp.141 or 144 or 146) including one juz’ of
the Qur'an and a daily section of the Dald-ilul Khayrat

Increase fasting, particular on Mondays and Thursdays, as well the 7 th , middle

and 27 th of the month.
Other practices during Rajab - 211

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212 - Naqslibandi Devotions and Practices

Practices of the Blessed Night of Desires

To be done after Salatul- c Isha’ on the first Thursday of the month of Rajah

Nawaytul arbaHn, nawaytul i c tikdf nawaytul khalwah, nawaytul c uzlah,

nawaytur riyadah, nawaytus suliik, nawaytus siyam, lillahi ta c ala, fi hadhal
hayt.

I intend the forty (days of seclusion). I intend seclusion in the mosque. I intend
seclusion. I intend isolation. I intend discipline (of the ego). I intend to travel
in
Allah’s Path. I intend to fast for the sake of Allah in this house.
Perform the Naqshbandi Adab (see Part One, pp. 138-140 )

The Grand Transmitted Invocation (see Appendix B. pp.225-230)

Khatmul Klnvaiaean (see pp.154-178) with the dhikr .

Mawlid

Salatut Tasbih (2, 2 or 4 rakxfat) (see pp. 62-64)

Fasting this day (and it is also desired to present a sacrifice to Allah)

Practices of the Blessed Night of Desires - 213

214 - Naqslibandi Devotions and Practices

Practices on Night of Ascension

On the 27th night of Rajab , i.e. preceding the 27th day

Nawaytul arba c in, nawaytul i c tikdf nawaytul khalwah, nawaytul c uzlah,

nawaytur riyadah, nawaytus suluk, nawaytus siyam, lilldhi ta c dld, fi hadhal
bayt.

I intend the forty (days of seclusion). I intend seclusion in the mosque. I intend
seclusion. I intend isolation. I intend discipline (of the ego). I intend to travel
in
Allah’s Path. I intend to fast for the sake of Allah in this house.

Perform the Naqshbandi Adab (see Part One, pp. 138-140)

The Grand Transmitted Invocation (see Appendix B. pp.225-230)

Khatmul Khwaiaean (see pp.154-178) with the dhikr.

Mawlid

Salatut Tasbih (2, 2 or 4 raker at) (see pp. 62-64)

Salatush Shukr (2 rakefat ) (see p.66)

Ihda’ (Dedication):

Alldhumma balligh thawaba mb qara’nahu wa nura mb talawnahu hadiyyatan

wdsilatan minna ild ruhi nabiyyina Muhammad, sallalahu c alayhi wa sallam,
wa ila arwdhil anbiyai wal awliyai khasatan ila ruhi Shah Naqshbandi, wa
shaykhind Shaykh c Abdullah ad-Daghastani wa Mawland Shaykh Muhammad
Nazim al-Haqqani was siddiqinal Fdtihah.

O Allah! Grant that the merit of what we have read, and the light of what we
have recited, are [considered] an offering and gift from us to the spirit (ruh) of
our Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.), and to the spirits of the Prophets, and the
Saints; especially the spirit of Shah Naqshband, and our Shaykh ‘Abdullah ad-
Daghastani and Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani, and to [those who are] the
righteous, Al-Fatihah.

Practices on Night of Ascension - 215

Practices on Night of Ascension

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Du c a ’

lid sharafin nabiyyi, sallalahu alayhi wa sallam, wa alibi wa ashabihil kiram,

wa ild ma-shd-yikhind fit-tariqatin Naqshbandiyatil‘Alivyah, khasatan ild ruhi
imamit tariqati wa ghawthil khaliqatish Shah Bahauddin Naqshbandi
Muhammadinil Uwaysil Bukhari, wa ild Mawlana Sultanil Awliyd’ Shaykh
c Abdullah al-Fa’izzid Daghastani, wa Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-
Haqqdni wa sd’iri saddtina was siddiqinal Fatihah.

Honour be to the Prophet (s.a.w.s.), and his family, and his distinguished
Companions. And to our Shaykhs in the exalted Naqshbandi Tariqah,
particularly the spirit of the Imam of the Tariqah, the Succour of creation, Shah
Bahauddin Naqshbandi Muhammadinil Uwaysil Bukhari, and to Mawlana
Sultanil Awliya’ Shaykh 'Abdullah al-Fa’izzil Daghastani, and Mawlana
Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani, and to all our masters, and [those who are]
righteous, Al-Fdtihah.

Al-Fatihah (Always recite the Salawat prior to the Fatihah).

Practices on Night of Ascension - 217

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Additional Awradfor Rajab

In addition to the awrad that you are doing, Mawlana Shaykh Nazim has asked
the murids to add the following:

Astaghflrullah hal c adhlm wa atiibu ilayh (700x).

I seek the forgiveness of Allah, the Most High, and I turn to him in repentance .
Bismillahir rahman nirrahlm (lOOx-lOOOx).

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.

Yd Wadud (lOOx-lOOOx).

O Loving One.

Hasbunalld.hu wa ni c amal wakil (lOOx-lOOOx).

Allah is sufficient for me and the Best Disposer of Affairs.

Ld hawla wa la quwwata ilia billahil c aliyyil TtziM.llOOx-lOOOx).

There is no power and no strength save in Allah, All-High and Almighty

Ld ilaha illallah (lOOOx).

There is no god but Allah.

Mas (lOOx-lOOOx).

Surah of Sincerity.

In addition, the daily portions of the book of invocations Hizbul c Adham of

Sayyiduna c Ali (k.w.) should be read, and on Fridays the Hizbul Wiqdyah.

Additional Awradfor Rajab - 219

Additional Awrad for Rajab

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Appendix B: Grand Transmission - 225

Appendix B: Grand Transmission

Invocation of Grand Shaykh

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

O Allah, bless Muhammad, the Chosen Prophet, the number of those

who pray on him among the righteous and the number of those who do
not pray on him among the wicked, the number of the drops of rain, the
number of waves of the oceans, the number of grains of sand on the
wastelands, the number of leaves on the trees, the number of breaths of
those who seek your forgiveness in the morning, the number of the
rinds of fruit and the number of what was and what is until the Day of
Gathering and Verdict.

Bless him (O Allah), as the turning of nights and days. And bless him
as long as the colours alternate with the changing of time, and with the
return of things renewed and with the constancy of diversity.

Convey from us to his soul and the souls of his family, greetings and
salutations and on all the Prophets and Messengers. And all praise be to
Allah.

O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad the number

of atoms a thousand times over. O Allah, bless Muhammad and the
family of Muhammad and His Companions and grant them peace.
Glory and Holiness belong to our Lord, Lord of the angels and the Holy
Spirit. O our Lord, forgive and have mercy and pardon of what Thou
knowest, for Thou art surely the Most Mighty, the Most Honorable.

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

O Allah, 1 ask forgiveness of Thee for everything for which I

repented to Thee then returned to. And I ask forgiveness of Thee for
everything I displeased Thee with and all that concerns me with which
Thou are displeased. And I ask forgiveness of Thee for the favours
which I used for increasing my disobedience towards Thee. And I ask
forgiveness of Thee for the sins which no one knows except Thee, and

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no one sees except Thee, and nothing encompasses except Thy Mercy,
and nothing delivers from except Thy forgiveness and clemency. There
is no god except Thee alone. Thou art the Most High, and I was one of
the [self] oppressors!

O Allah, I ask forgiveness of Thee for the injustice I committed

against Thy servants, whatever of Thy male or female servants whom I
have hurt, physically or in their dignity or in their property. Give them
of Thy bounty, which lacks nothing. And I ask Thee to honour me with
Thy Mercy which encompasses all things. Do not humble me with Thy
punishment but grant to me what I implore of Thee for I am in great
need of Thy Mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful. May Allah send
blessings upon Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) and upon all his family and
Companions. There is no power and no might except with Allah, the
High, the Exalted.

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In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

In the Name of Allah, the Source of Light, Light upon Light. All
praise be to Allah who hath created the heavens and the earth. He
created the darkness and the light and hath revealed the Torah on
Mount Tur in a Composed Book. All praise be to Allah who created
the heavens and the earth and created darkness and light.
Yet those who reject Faith hold (others) as equal with their Guardian

Lord

(vi: 1)

Kaf, Ha, Ya, Ayn, Sad. Ha, Mun, Ayn, Sin, Qaf.

Thee alone do we worship and Thee alone do we ask for help (i: 4)
O Ever-Living One, O Self-subsisting One.

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Gracious is Allah to His servants: He gives sustenance to whom He

pleases: and He has power and can carry out His Will (xlii: 19)

O Giver of all, provide me and turn away from me everything that

harms me. Surely Thou art capable over all things. In Thy hands is all
good and Thou hast power over all things.

O Allah, the One who grants plenty, O One of the Abiding

Connection, O Doer of Good, O Provider of Thy servants in every
state.

O Allah, if doubt has entered my belief in Thee, and of which I was

unaware, I repent from it and say: There is no god except Allah,
Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is the Messenger of Allah.

O Allah, if doubt and disbelief entered my affirmation of Thy

Oneness, and of which I was unaware, I repent from it and say: There is
no god except Allah, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is the Messenger of Allah.

O Allah, if doubt enters my realization of Thee, and of which I was

unaware, I repent from it and say: There is no god except Allah,
Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is the Messenger of Allah.

O Allah, if vanity, affected piety, arrogance and infamy affected me

and of which 1 was unaware, I repent from it and say: There is no god
except Allah, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is the Messenger of Allah.

O Allah, if lies run upon my tongue, of which I was unaware, I repent

from it and say: There is no god except Allah, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is
the Messenger of Allah.

O Allah if hypocrisy entered my heart from the minor and major sins,
and of which 1 was unaware, I repent from it and say: There is no god
except Allah, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is the Messenger of Allah.

O Allah, from what Thou hast granted me of all that is good and for
which I had not thanked Thee, and I was unaware of it, I repent from it
and say: There is no god except Allah, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is the
Messenger of Allah.

O Allah, whatever Thou hast destined for me in matters which I did

not accept, and of which 1 was unaware, I repent from it and say: There
is no god except Allah, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is the Messenger of
Allah.

O Allah, from what Thou hast conferred upon me of bounty for

which I neglected to thank Thee, and of which I was unaware, I repent
from it and say: There is no god except Allah, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is
the Messenger of Allah.

O Allah, whatever Thou hast bestowed on me of goodness and I did

not praise Thee for it, and of which I was unaware, I repent from it and
say: There is no god except Allah, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is the
Messenger of Allah.

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O Allah, whatever 1 have wasted from my allotted lifetime, which

Thou were not pleased with, I repent from it and say: There is no god
except Allah, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is the Messenger of Allah.

O Allah, of what Thou hast imposed upon me in the observation of

creation of Thy design and of which I was heedless, and I was unaware
of it, I repent from it and say: There is no god except Allah,
Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is the Messenger of Allah.

O Allah, from whatever fell short of my hope in my turning to Thee,

and of which 1 was unaware, I repent from it and say: There is no god
except Allah, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is the Messenger of Allah.

O Allah, from placing dependence on other than Thee in the face of

calamities and of which and I was unaware, I repent from it and say:
There is no god except Allah, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is the Messenger
of Allah.

O Allah, in what I had sought assistance from other than Thee in

calamities and misfortune, and of which I was unaware, I repent from it
and say: There is no god except Allah, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is the
Messenger of Allah.

O Allah, if my tongue has slipped by asking other than Thee and I

was unaware of it, I repent from it and say: There is no god except
Allah, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is the Messenger of Allah.

O Allah, whatever was rectified in my affairs through Thy Grace and

I saw it coming from other than Thee, and I was unaware of it, I repent
from it and say: There is no god except Allah, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is
the Messenger of Allah.

O Allah, by the right of La ilaha illallah and its might;

And by the right of the Throne and its grandeur;

And by the right of the Chair and its vastness;

And by the right of the Pen and its motion;

And by the right of the Tablet and its preservation;

And by the right of the Scale and its accuracy;

And by the right of the Bridge and its narrowness;

And by the right of Jibrll and his trust;

And by the right of Rid wan and his paradise;

And by the right of Malik and his angels of punishment;

And by the right of Mlkall and his compassion;

And by the right of Israfil and his blowing (of the trumpet);

And by the right of Azrall and his seizing (of the soul in death);

And by the right of Adam and his purity;

And by the right of Shuayb and his prophethood;

And by the right of Nuh and his vessel;

And by the right of Ibrahim and his friendship (to Allah)

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And by the right of Ishaq and his belief;

And by the right of Ismail and his ransom;

And by the right of Yusuf and his estrangement;

And by the right of Musa and his signs;

And by the right of Harun and his sanctity;

And by the right of Hud and his verification;

And by the right of Salih and his she-camel;

And by the right of Lut and his guests;

And by the right of Yunus and his invocation;

And by the right of Danyal and his miracles;

And by the right of Zakariyah and his purity;

And by the right of Isa and his wandering;

And by the right of our Master Muhammad and his Intercession;

that Thou forgiveth us, our parents and our scholars. And to take me by
the hand, grant me my asking, deliver me to my goals and fend off all
those who harm me, by Thy Mercy, O the Most Merciful of those who
give mercy. And to protect me from every vice. There is no god except
Thee, Glory be to Thee! Surely 1 have been a wrong-doer.

O Living, O Eternal One, there is no god except Thee. O Allah, I seek

forgiveness from Thee and I turn to Thee:

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For us Allah sufficeth and Fie is the best Disposer of Affairs (iii:

173).

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Allah sufficeth me. There is no god but He. On Him is my trust. He is

the Lord of the Throne Supreme (ix: 129).

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And there is no strength nor power except by Allah, the High, the
Mighty.

May Allah bless our Master Muhammad, and all of his family and
Companions. Glory to Allah, the Lord of the Throne. (High is He)
above what they attribute to Him. And peace on the Messengers and
all praise be to the Lord of the worlds.

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In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

O Allah, surely I beseech Thee by the witnessing of the secrets of the

lovers and the reclusion which Thou hath specified with the Master of
Messengers when Thou raised Him on the Night of the 27th. And to
pity my depressed heart and to answer my plea, O Most Generous of
those who show generosity, O Most Merciful of those who show
mercy. May Allah bless our Master Muhammad, his family and all his
Companions, and greet them with peace.

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficient, the Most Merciful

There is no god except Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

O Merciful, O Beneficent One, O Musta c an, O Allah, O Muhammad
(s.a.w.s.), O Abu Bakr, O c Umar, O c Uthman, O c Ali, O Hasan, O
Husayn, O Yahya, O Forbearing One, O Allah. There is no power and
no strength save in Allah, the High, the Mighty. I seek forgiveness from
Allah, the Possessor of Majesty and Honour, from every sin and
transgression, Amin.

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Appendix C: Surah Alam nashrah

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A/am nashrah laka sadrak. Wa wada c na c anka wizrak. Alladhi anqada

dhahrak. Wa rafafana laka dhikrak. Fa inna ma c al ‘usri yusrd. Inna ma c al ‘usri
yusrd. Fa idha faraghta fansab. Wa ila rabbika farghah.

Have We not widened your breast, and taken the burden off your back? And
raised high the esteem (in which) you (art held)? So truly, with very hardship
come ease, with every hardship does come ease - so when you are free from
your immediate task turn to your Lord and worship Him.

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Appendix D: Adab of Laylatul Qadr

i. Nawaytul arba c in, nawaytul btikdf, nawaytul khalwah, nawaytul c uzlah,

nawaytur riyadah, nawaytus suluk, nawaytus siyam, nawaitul Laylat al-Qadr
lilldhi ta c dld,fi hadhal bayt

ii. After ‘Isha, read Naqshbandi Adab (see Part One, pp. 138-140 )

iii. Make intention for the next day’s fast.

iv. Salat at-Tarawih (20 rak’ah).

v. Saldtut Tasbih (2 2 or 4 rakcfdi) (see pp.62-64)

vi. Saldtush Shukr (2 rakcfat) (see p.66)

vii. Salat al-Witr.

viii. Khatmul Khwajagan (see pp.154-178) with the dliikr .

ix. Then spend the night with recitation of the Holy Qur'an with what is
left of the daily Awrad.

x. It is good practice to pray from 20 to 100 rak'ah Qiyam al-Layl and

recite in each rak’ah after al-Fatihah the first verse of each Surah of
the Holy Qur'an from Al-Baqarah till An-Nas.

xi. On the day following Laylat al-Qadr, it is highly encouraged, even

Wajib, to make two sacrifices for Allah Ta‘ala, as Kaffarah for one’s
fast and as a ransom for the People of Tariqah and Ummah of
Rasulullah s.a.w. and to distribute the meat to the poor and the needy.
This practice was never left out by Mawlana Sultan al-Awliya'
Shaykh ‘Abdullah ad-Daghistani.

from “Al-Futuhat al-Haqqaniyyah” of Shaykh Muhammad

‘Adrian al-Tahir al-Qabbani

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Appendix E: Adah of itikaf

The purpose of ‘itikaf is to enter into heavy training, excessive worship

day and night, because you want to always be in the Divine Presence, not
to be involved with the dunya. You decide to turn towards the Allah and
to be away from any other disturbances or any connection other than
Allah.

‘itikaf is a step before khalwah, so it trains one to be able to be in

khalwah for 40 days. This is not full-time seclusion, so if there is
something important that you have to attend to you may. Most
importantly is not to have relationship with your spouse.

‘itikaf in the time of the Prophet (s.a.w.s) was done in the last 10 days of
Ramadan in the mosque in the presence of Muhammad (s.a.w.s.), but
now days it can also be done at home or maqam in a separate room from
your spouse.

You have to know how to protect yourself from all negative whispering
of Shaytaan. The Shaykh will assign for you some award to do so that
you can achieve some kind of polishing (of the heart) so that in the
future if you keep itikaf it will enable you to reach a real understanding
of khalwah.

Firstly as much as possible do not talk to anyone. Although you can talk
about anything Islamic, listen to talks on Islam, ask questions. But it
must be dedicated to non-worldly subjects. The focus is Allah and His
Prophet (s.a.w.s).

Those who can only manage partial ‘itikaf will do it from 'Asr to
Magrieb, from Magrieb to Eshah and from early morning to Fajr. Those
who are doing full time ‘itikaf must do it for 24 hours, and can only sleep
5-6 hours.

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Method:

The day before the last 10 days of Ramadan at ‘Asr time make niyyat for
‘itikaf on behalf yourself, your ancestors, and your children asking
support from Prophet (saws), Grand Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani,
Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani, from Shaykh Hisham and from
Awliya. Offer the reward as a present to Prophet (saws), to Ahl al-Bayt,
to Alwliya, to Grand Shaykh, Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, and Shaykh
Hisham and then to anyone you wish to.

1. Take ablution

2. Nawaytul arba c In, nawaytul i c tikaf nawaytul khalwah, nawaytul

c uzlah, nawaytur riyadah, nawaytus suluk, nawaytus siyam,
lillahi ta c dld.fi hadhal jami c .

3. Perform the Adab before sunset

4. Pray Salatul Magrieb in Jama’ah

5. Continue with daily Awrad until after Salatul Eshah.

6. Wake up before the last third of the night.

7. After the wudu, pray 2 raka c at Saldtul-Wudu’.

8. Salatut Tahaiiud (2, 2, 2, 2 rcikcfat) (see p.58).

9. Recite the following in multiples of 100, 10 times (1000)

a) La ilaha illallah.

b) Siiratul Ikhlas

c) Subhanallah wa bihamdih, subhanallahil adhim,

astaghfirulldh.

d) Astaghfirulla hal azlm wa atubu ilayh.

e) Subuhun quddusun rabbima wa rabbu ‘l-malcbikati wa V-

Ruh.

f) Bismillahir rahman nirrahlm dhalika taqdlru ’l- c azizi 7-

aliin

g) Alhamdulillah.

h) Sukrun lillah

i) Subhanallah.

j) Allahu Akbar.

k) Hasbunallah wa n c imal wakll.

l) La hawla wa la quwwata ilia billahil c aliyyil c azim

10. Yd Samad (500x) (with the intention to eliminate the bad

aspects of my ego). O Eternally Besought!

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11. Astaghfirullah (500x) (with the intention that from the day of
creation of my soul to the present day for Allah to forgive my
sins). I ask Allah’s forgiveness.

12. Astaghfirullah (500x) (with the intention that from the present
day to the last day on earth Allah will protect me against sins). I
ask Allah’s forgiveness.

13. Alhamdulillah (500x) (because Allah did not create me from the
nation of other Prophets, a.s.). All praises be to Allah.

14. Alhamdulillah (500x) (because Allah had created me from the

nation of the Messenger of Allah {s.a.w.s.}, and honoured me
by Sayyiduna Abu Bakr as-Siddlq r.a., Abdul Khaliq al-
Ghujdawani, Shaykh Sayyid Sharafuddln ad-Daghistani, and
honoured me by Grand Shaykh Shaykh Abdullah al-Fa’iz ad-
Daghistani, and honoured me by making me a murid of
Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani).

15. Salatun Naiah (2 raka c dt) (see pp.54-56).

16. Salatush Shukr (2 raka c dt) (see p.66)

17. Salatut Tasbih (2 ,2 or 4 raka c at) (see pp.62-64)

18. Pray Fair & Fair devotions (see pp. 64-101)

19. Continue with Award in private until Ishraq

20. After Saltul Ishraq (p.102), rest until approximately 10am. then
do Salatul Duha

Then continue with main award

21. Allah. Allah (Loud 5000 -48000 or 740000x)

22. Allah. Allah (Soft 5000 - 48000 or 740000x)

23. Allahunmia salli c ala Muhammadin wa c ala ali Muluimminlin

wa sallim (2500 - 24000x)

24. Dald’ilul Khayrat. (100 Ihlas)

25. Up to 3 Jus (or 300 Allahumma salli c ala Muhammadin wa c ala

ali Muhammadin wa sallim)

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Acknowledgements

Special thanks to the following Cape Town Naqshbandi murids who

were involved in the preparation of this work:

F. Basardien

G. da Costa
Y. da Costa

R. Jacobs

S. Jattiem
A. Mohamed
R. Mohamed
G. Omar

Also to Shaykh M. Hendricks of Grassy Park for checking the Arabic

and Imam Abdullah of Goodwood for checking certain surahs.