Mafatih al-Jenan
Imam Ali's Supplication for the Morning
Allama al-Majlisi has mentioned this supplication with commentary in the book of supplications and in the book of ritual prayer of Bihar al-anwar. He says: "This is a famous supplication , but I have not found it in the authoritative works , except in the Misbah of Sayyid ibn Baqi. " He also says: "It is well-known that this supplication should be recited after the mandatory ritual prayer of the morning. But Sayyid ibn Baqi relates that it is recited after the Nafila of the morning. Either of these instructions may be followed. " In the Name of Allah , the All-merciful , the All-compassionate O Allah , O He who extended the morning's tongue in the speech of its dawning dispatched the fragments of the dark night into the gloom of its stammering made firm the structure of the turning spheres in the measure of its display and beamed forth the brightness of the sun through the light of its blazing!
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