The Noon Obligatory Prayer

You may then stand up to offer other couple of units as exactly as the previous couple except that you may utter one statement of Takbir instead of seven. You may then offer another couple of units as same as you have offered the previous. Upon accomplishing these four units of prayer, you may say the same supplications and also say Tasbih al-Zahra’ as has been previously cited. The last two units (of the eight-unit supererogatory (mustahab / nafilah) Noon Prayer) may be offered between the adhan and Iqamah. Hence, you may say the following supplicatory prayer after the iqamah:

O Allah, Lord of this perfect supplication

پروردگار اے مکمل دعوت کے مالک،

and established prayer,

اے نماز قائم کے مالک !

(please) assign to Muhammad, may Allah bless him and his Household,

حضرت محمد صلی اللہ علیہ و آلہ کو

the rank, right of mediation,

بلند درجہ وسیلہ فضل و کرم

excellence, and advantage.

اور فضیلت عنایت فرما۔

With Allah do I commence,

میرا آغاز اللہ کے سہارے،

from Allah do I seek success,

میری کامیابی اللہ کے سہارے،

and in the name of Muhammad, may Allah bless him and his Household, do I turn my face (towards Allah).

میں پیغمبرؐ کے سہارے خدا کی بارگاہ میں متوجہ ہوں۔

O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

خدایا محمدؐ و آل محمدؐ پر رحمت نازل فرما۔

and, in their names, make me worthy of regard in this world and in the Hereafter, and of those drawn near to You.

مجھے دنیا و آخرت میں وجیہ اور اپنے مقرّب بندوں میں قرار دے دے۔

THE NOON OBLIGATORY PRAYER

The same etiquettes of performing the dawn (fajr) Prayer may be observed in performing the Noon Prayer. You may recite the Surahs with low voice except for the basmalah. It is preferred to recite Surah al-Faatehah and Surah al-Qadr at the first unit and Surah al-Faatehah and Surah al-Tawheed at the second. After the tashahhud statement in the second unit, you may add the following:

And (please) admit his intercession

تو پیغمبرؐ کی شفاعت قبول فرما

and raise his rank.

اور انہیں بلند درجے دے

You may then stand erect for uttering the Four Words of Glorification three times. It is better to add a statement of imploring Almighty Allah’s forgiveness (istighfar) to them in the intention of seeking nearness to Him. You may then genuflect and prostrate as has been previously instructed. You may then stand for performing the fourth unit as same as you have performed the third. In this unit, you should say the statements of tashahhud and Taslim. You may then begin with the post-prayer utterances, uttering the Takbir statement three times, saying the aforesaid doxologies (la ilaha illaAllahu...), glorifying Almighty Allah with Tasbih al-Zahra’, and then say any of the general post-prayer supplicatory utterances that you have said after the dawn (fajr) Prayer. You may then say the post-prayer utterances that are dedicated to the Noon Prayer. Some of these supplicatory utterances have been mentioned in my books of Mafatih al-Jinan and Hadiyyat al-Za’ir. However, there is no place for these supplicatory utterances in this brief book. You may finally do the thanksgiving prostration.