تیئسیویں شب کے اعمال مخصوصہ
The twenty-third night of Ramadan, the last of the Qadr Nights, is more meritorious than the two previous ones; namely, the nineteenth and the twenty-first. Many narrations confirm that it is the Qadr Night at which all wise affairs are decided. Apart from the general acts that are advisably practiced at the three Qadr Nights, there are other acts to be practiced at the twenty-third night of Ramadan:
First: It is recommended to recite Surahs al-’Ankabut (No. 29) and al-Rum (No. 30). Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) is reported to have said, “Whoever recites these two Surahs at this night, will be included with the people of Paradise.”
Second: It is recommended to recite Surah al-Dukhan (No. 44).
Third: It is recommended to repeat Surah al-Qadr one thousand times.
Fourth: It is highly advisable to repeat the following famous supplicatory prayer as many times as possible at this night:
اَللّٰهُمَّ كُنْ لِوَلِيِّكَ الْحُجَّةِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ
O Allah, (please) be for Your representative, al-Hujjah the son of al-Hasan,
اے اللہ تو اپنے ولی پر جو امام حسن عسکریؑ کے فرزند اور (تیری) حجّت ہیں
صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلٰى اٰبَآئِهِ
Your blessings be on him and on his forefathers,
ان پر اور ان کے آباؤ اجداد پر درود و سلام بھیج
فِي هٰذِهِ السَّاعَةِ وَفِيْ كُلِّ سَاعَةٍ
now and at all times,
اِس وقت اور ہر وقت سلام بھیج،
وَلِيًّا وَحَافِظًا
protector, guardian,
جو ولی ہیں، محافظ ہیں،
وَقَآئِدًا وَنَاصِرًا
leader, helper,
قائد ہیں اور مددگار ہیں۔
وَدَلِيْلًا وَعَيْنًا
guide, and watcher
اور رہنما ہیں اور نگہبان ہیں
حَتّٰى تُسْكِنَهُ اَرْضَكَ طَوْعًا
so that You shall allow him to prevail on Your lands willingly
یہاں تک کہ تو اِنہیں اپنی مرضی سے اپنی زمین پر سکونت اختیار کرنے دے
وَتُمَتِّعَهُ فِيْهَا طَوِيْلًا۔
and You shall make him enjoy it for a long time.
اور اس (زمین) پر طویل عرصے تک فائدہ حاصل کرنے کا موقع فراہم کرے۔
Fifth: It is recommended to say the following supplicatory prayer:
اَللّٰهُمَّ امْدُدْ لِي فِي عُمْرِيْ،
O Allah, (please do) prolong my lifetime,
خدایا مجھے طولِ عمر عطا فرما،
وَاَوْسِعْ لِي فِي رِزْقِي،
expand my sustenance,
میرے رزق میں وسعت دے،
وَاَصِحَّ لِي جِسْمِيْ،
make my body healthy,
میرے جسم کو صحت دے
وَبَلِّغْنِيْ اَمَلِيْ،
make me attain my hopes,
میری آرزؤں کو پورا فرما
وَاِنْ كُنْتُ مِنَ الْاَشْقِيَاۤءِ فَامْحُنِيْ مِنَ الْاَشْقِيَاۤءِ،
and if I am written with the unhappy ones, (please) erase my name from this list
اور اگر بدبختوں میں ہو تو میرا نام وہاں سے کاٹ کے
وَاكْتُبْنِيْ مِنَ السُّعَدَاۤءِ،
write it with the happy ones,
نیک بختوں میں لکھ دے
فَاِنَّكَ قُلْتَ فِيْ كِتَابِكَ الْمُنْزَلِ
for You have said in Your Book that You revealed
اس لیے کہ تو نے
عَلٰى نَبِيِّكَ الْمُرْسَلِ صَلَوٰتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهِ :
to Your missioned Prophet, Your peace be upon him and his Household:
اپنے نبی صلی اللہ علیہ و آلہ پر نازل کی ہوئی کتاب میں یہ فرمایا ہے
يَمْحُو اللهُ مَا يَشَاۤءُ وَيُثْبِتُ وَعِنْدَهُ اُمُّ الْكِتَابِ۔
“Allah makes to pass away and establishes what He pleases, and with Him is the basis of the Book.”
کہ خدا جس چیز کو چاہے مٹا بھی سکتا ہے اور اسی کے پاس اصلی کتابِ تکوین ہے۔
Sixth: It is recommended to say the following supplicatory prayer:
اَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِيْمَا تَقْضِيْ وَفِيْمَا تُقَدِّرُ
O Allah, among the matters that You decide and make
خدایا اپنے قضا و قدر میں یہ بھی قرار دے
مِنَ الْاَمْرِ الْمَحْتُوْمِ،
from among the inevitable affairs
کہ جن حتمی امور کا
وَفِيْمَا تَفْرُقُ مِنَ الْاَمْرِ الْحَكِيْمِ
and from among the wise matters that You make distinct
تو نے فیصلہ کیا ہے اپنے امرِ حکیم سے
فِيْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ،
at the Destiny Night
اور شبِ قدر میں تو جس چیز کا فیصلہ کرتا ہے
مِنَ الْقَضَاۤءِ الَّذِيْ لَا يُرَدُّ وَلَا يُبَدَّلُ
from among the act that is neither rejected nor altered,
اور جس قضا کو نہ کوئی ٹال سکتا ہے اور نہ بدل سکتا ہے
اَنْ تَكْتُبَنِيْ مِنْ حُجَّاجِ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ
(please) decide me to be with the pilgrims to Your Holy House
میرے نام کو حجّاجِ بیت اللہ میں قرار دے دے
فِيْ عَامِيْ هٰذَا
at this year;
امسال کے
الْمَبْرُوْرِ حَجُّهُمْ
those whose pilgrimage is admitted,
جن کا حج مقبول ہو،
الْمَشْكُوْرِ سَعْيُهُمُ،
whose efforts are praised,
جن کی سعی مشکور ہوں،
الْمَغْفُوْرِ ذُنُوْبُهُمُ،
whose sins are forgiven,
جن کے گناہ معاف ہوں
الْمُكَفَّرِ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتُهُمْ،
and whose offenses and pardoned.
اور جن کی برائیوں سے درگذر کیا جائے۔
وَاجْعَلْ فِيْمَا تَقْضِيْ وَتُقَدِّرُ
Among the matters that You decide and make,
اپنے قضا وقدر میں یہ بھی قرار دے
اَنْ تُطِيْلَ عُمْرِيْ
(please) prolong my lifetime
کہ مجھے طولِ عمر عنایت فرما
وَتُوَسِّعَ لِي فِيْ رِزْقِيْ۔
and expand my sustenance.
اور میرے رزق میں وسعت فرما۔
Seventh: It is recommended to say the following supplicatory prayer that is mentioned in the book of Iqbal al-A’mal:
يَا بَاطِنًا فِيْ ظُهُوْرِهِ،
O He Who is intrinsic though He is evident!
اے اپنے ظہور میں مخفی
وَيَا ظَاهِرًا فِيْ بُطُوْنِهِ
O He Who is evident though He is intrinsic!
اور اپنی پوشیدگی میں ظاہر،
وَيَا بَاطِنًا لَيْسَ يَخْفٰى،
O He Who is intrinsic that is not missed!
اے وہ پوشیدہ جو مخفی نہیں ہوتا
وَيَا ظَاهِرًا لَيْسَ يُرٰى،
O He Who is evident but He cannot be seen!
اور وہ ظاہر جو نظر نہیں آتا
يَا مَوْصُوْفًا لَا يَبْلُغُ بِكَيْنُوْنَتِہِ مَوْصُوْفٌ
O He Who is described, but neither any other described thing
اے وہ موصوف کہ جس کے وجود تک کوئی موصوف نہیں پہنچ سکتا
وَلَا حَدٌّ مَحْدُوْدٌ،
nor can any boundary attain His Being!
اور نہ اس کی کوئی معیّن حد ہے۔
وَيَا غَآئِبًا غَيْرَ مَفْقُوْدٍ،
O He Who is absent but not lost!
اے وہ غائب جو گم نہیں ہے
وَيَا شَاهِدًا غَيْرَ مَشْهُوْدٍ،
O He Who is present but not witnessed!
اور وہ حاضر جو نظر نہیں آتا
يُطْلَبُ فَيُصَابُ،
When He is sought, He shall be obtained,
وہ ڈھونڈھا جاتا ہے تو مل جاتا ہے۔
وَلَمْ يَخْلُ مِنْهُ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْاَرْضُ وَمَابَيْنَهُمَا طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ،
and neither the heavens, nor the earth, nor can anything that is between them be empty of Him.
آسمان و زمین اور اس کا درمیان ایک لمحہ کے لیے اس سے خالی نہیں ہے۔
لَا يُدْرِكُ بِكَيْفٍ
He cannot be realized by asking ‘How is He?’
وہ کیفیت سے حاصل نہیں ہوتا۔
وَلَا يُؤَيَّنُ بِاَيْنٍ وَلَا بِحَيْثِ،
His place cannot be identified by asking, ‘Where is He?’ or ‘What is His place?’
اس کی جگہ معیّن نہیں ہے اور نہ کوئی حیثیت معیّن ہے
اَنْتَ نُوْرُ النُّوْرِ
You are verily the light of all lights
تو نوروں کا نور ہے
وَرَبَّ الْاَرْبَابِ،
and the Lord of all lords.
اور مالکوں کا مالک ہے
اَحَطْتَ بِجَمِيْعِ الْاُمُوْرِ،
You have comprehended all things.
جمیعِ امور پر تیرا احاطہ ہے۔
سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ
Glory be to Him Whose like is nonexistent,
تو پاکیزہ ہے جس کا کوئی مثل نہیں ہے
وَهُوَ السَّمِيْعُ الْبَصِيْرُ
and He is the Allhearing, the All-seeing.
اور سمیع و بصیر بھی ہے۔
سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ هٰكَذَا وَلَا هٰكَذَا غَيْرُهُ۔
Glory be to Him Who is in this state and nothing else can be ever in his state.
وہ پاکیزہ جو خود ایسا ہے اور اس کا جیسا کوئی نہیں ہے۔
Then, one may pray for settling his needs.
Eighth: It is recommended to do a new bathing, other than the first one, at the last hours of night. In fact, to bathe oneself, to spend the whole night with acts of worship, to visit the holy tomb of Imam al-Husayn (a.s.), and to offer the one hundred unit prayer at this night - all these deeds have been confirmed by narrations to be done at the twenty-third night of Ramadan.
In Tahdhib al-Ahkam, Shaykh al-Tusi has narrated that Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq(a.s.) instructed Abu-Basir to offer at the night that is expected to be the Qadr Night a prayer of one hundred units reciting at each unit Surah al-Faatehah once and repeating Surah al-Tawheed ten times. “If I fail to do all the movements of this prayer, what will I do?” asked Abu-Basir. “You may then offer it while sitting,” said Imam al-Sadiq(a.s.). “What if I, too, fail to offer it while sitting?” asked Abu-Basir. “You may then offer it while lying on your bed,” said Imam al-Sadiq(a.s.).
In the book of Da’a’im al-Islam, it is mentioned that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) used to roll up his bed and tie his garment so as to dedicate all his time to acts of worship at the last ten nights of Ramadan. He also used to awaken his family members at the twenty-third night of Ramadan (so as to practice acts of worship) by splashing water on their faces. Lady Fatimah al-Zahra’(a.s.), too, used to prevent her family members from sleeping at the twenty-third night of Ramadan by reducing the amount of food that she usually gave to them and by making them sleep at day so as not to be overcome by sleepiness at night. She then used to say, “The actual deprived one is he who is deprived of the good of this night.”
It has been also narrated that Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq(a.s.), at the twenty-third night of Ramadan, ordered his servants to carry him to the mosque because he was ailed. He spent that night in the mosque up to the next morning.
‘Allamah al-Majlisi has confirmed that one should recite as much amount as possible from the Holy Qur’an at this night and should also pray Almighty Allah by saying the supplicatory prayers of al-Sahifah al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah in general and the supplicatory prayers known as Makarim al-Akhlaq and al-Tawbah in particular.
The sanctity of the Qadr Days should be considered by engaging oneself with acts of worship, recitation of the Holy Qur’an, and praying Almighty Allah. Through a considerable chain of authority, it has been narrated that the Qadr Days are as holy as the Qadr Nights.