Salaatul Ghufayla

Ghufaylah Prayer is recited in the period between the Sunset (maghrib) and the Evening (`isha’) Prayers.

This prayer consists of two units

In the first raka’ah you should recite, after Surah al-Fatihah, the following verses (Surah al-Anbiya’ 21:87-88):

وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذْ ذَهَبَ مُغَاضِباً

And (mention) Dhu’n-Nun (Jonah), when he went off in anger

فَظَنَّ انْ لَنْ نَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ

and deemed that We would not suppress his sustenance.

فَنَادَىٰ فِي ٱلظُّلُمَاتِ

But he cried out in the darkness,

انْ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ انْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ

“There is no god save You. Be You Glorified!

إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّالِمِينَ

Lo! I have been a wrongdoer.”

فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ وَنَجَّيْنَاهُ مِنَ ٱلغَمِّ

Then we heard his prayer and saved him from the anguish.

وَكَذٰلِكَ نُنْجِي ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Thus do we save the believers.

In the second unit, you should recite, after Surah al-Fatihah, the following verse (6:59):

وَعِنْدَهُ مَفَاتِحُ ٱلْغَيْبِ

And with Him are the keys of the Invisible.

لاَ يَعْلَمُهَا إِلاَّ هُوَ

None but He knows them.

وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ

And He knows what is in the land and the sea.

وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِنْ وَرَقَةٍ إِلاَّ يَعْلَمُهَا

Not a leaf falls but He knows it,

وَلاَ حَبَّةٍ فِي ظُلُمَاتِ ٱلارْضِ

not a grain amid the darkness of the earth,

وَلاَ رَطْبٍ وَلاَ يَابِسٍ

naught of wet or dry

إِلاَّ فِي كِتَابٍ مُبِينٍ

but (it is noted) in a clear record.

After that, you should raise your both hands for Qunut, saying:

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي اَسْالُكَ بِمَفَاتِحِ ٱلْغَْيِبِ

O Allah, I beseech You in the name of the Keys of the Invisible (world)

ٱلَّتِي لاَ يَعْلَمُهَا إِلاَّ انْتَ

that none knows save You;

اَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَ انْ…

(please) send blessings to Muhammad and his Household and…

You may then mention your needs.

Then, say the following:

اَللَّهُمَّ انْتَ وَلِيُّ نِعْمَتِي

O Allah, You are the source of the graces that I have,

وَٱلْقَادِرُ عَلَىٰ طَلِبَتِي

You have the power to respond to my request,

تَعْلَمُ حَاجَتِي

and You know my needs;

فَاسْالُكَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ

I therefore beseech You in the name of Muhammad and his Household,

عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّلاَمُ

peace be upon him and them,

لَمَّا قَضَيْتَهَا لِي

to grant me my needs.

You may then pray to Him for your personal needs.

After Qunut, complete your Salaah in the regular manner.

 It has been narrated that any one who offers this prayer and supplicates Almighty Allah will have his requests granted.