Whoever reads this supplication with a pure intention in the beginning of the month of Ramadhan, Allah SWT will grant him
sustenance on the Night of Power and will create for this person 70,000 Angels who will all be busy in the praising and glorification of
Allah (Glory and Greatness be to Him) and will give this reward to the person who has read this supplication.
With this said, we see the greatness of the recitation of this supplication. In addition, it is mentioned that whoever reads this
supplication three times during the month of Ramadhan, Allah SWT make the hell-fire forbidden on him and would make it obligatory
for that person to go into Paradise.
For such a person, Allah SWT will also appoint two Angels to protect that person from all evils (in this world) and he would be in the
protection of Allah swt for as long as he is alive.
In the final Hadîth of this supplication, it has been narrated from Imam Hussain ibn `Ali (prayers be upon him) that, “My father Amir
al-Mo’minin `Ali ibn Abi Talib (prayers be upon him) had bequeathed to me that I should memorize and protect this supplication and
write it on the Kafan (burial shroud) and that I should teach it to my family members, and he highly encouraged me to read this
supplication as it contains 1,000 names of Allah, and within these names is the Greatest Name of Allah (Ism-e-A`dham).”
The late Shaykh ` Abbas al-Qummi (Compiler of the book Mafatih al-Jinan) states that, “From this Hadîth, we can derive the
following points that first off, it is recommended to write this supplication on one’s kafan just as the late scholar `Allamah Bahrul
`Ulum (may Allah grant him peace) has hinted to in a poem:
ﺷﻬﺎﺩﺓ ﺍﻹﺳﻼﻡ ﻭﺍﻹﳝﺎﻥ
ﻭ ﺳُﻦﱠ ﺃﻥ ﻳﻜﺘﺐ ﺑﺎﻷﻛﻔﺎﻥ
And it is recommended to write on the Kafan of the Deceased,
The Testimony of Islam and ´Iman.
ِﻭﺍﳉَﻮْﺷَﻦِ ﺍﳌَﻨﻌُﻮﺕِ ﺑﺎﻷﻣﺎﻥ
ﻭ ﻫﻜﺪﺍ ﻛِﺘﺎﺑﺔ ﺍﻟﻘﺮﺁﻥ
And also, the writing of the Quran,
And the (supplication) of Jawshan as it is a protection from the fire of hell.
The second point we can deduce from the Hadîth is that it is recommended to recite this supplication in the beginning of the month of
Ramadhan and there are no Hadîth that tell us to recite this supplication on the specific Nights of Power (Lailatul Qadr). However,
`Allamah Majlisi (may Allah raise his rank), in his book, Zadul Ma`ad, under the various acts that should be performed on the Night of
Power (Lailatul Qadr) has stated that in some ahadîth, it has been mentioned to read this supplication on one of the three nights of
Power. Thus, his words are sufficient for us (may Allah grant him a resting place in the Abode of Peace).
This supplication has 100 sections and each section contains 10 names of Allah (Glory and Greatness be to Him) and at the end of
each section this line should be repeated:
ﺳﺒﺤﺎﻧﻚ ﻳﺎ ﺇﻻ ﺇﻟﻪ ﺇﻻ ﺍﻧﺖ ﺍﻟﻐﻮﺙَ ﺍﻟﻐﻮﺙَ, ﺧﻠﺼﻨﺎ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻟﻨﱠﺎﺭ ﻳﺎ ﺭﺏﱢ
In the book, Balad al-Amin, it has been mentioned that one should recite the following before each section:
ﺑﺴﻢ ﺍﷲ ﺍﻟﺮﺣﻤﺎﻥ ﺍﻟﺮﺣﻴﻢ
While at the end of each section, the following should be recited:
ﺳﺒﺤﺎﻧﻚ ﻳﺎ ﻻ ﺇﻟﻪ ﺇﻻ ﺃﻧﺖ ﺍﻟﻐﻮﺙَ ﺍﻟﻐﻮﺙَ, ﺻﻞﱢ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺤﻤﺪٍ ﻭ ﺁﻟﻪ
َﺧﻠﱢﺼﻨﺎ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻟﻨﱠﺎﺭ ﻳﺎ ﺭﺏﱢ ﻳﺎ ﺩﺍ ﺍﳉﻼﻝ ﻭ ﺍﻹﻛﺮﺍﻡِ ﻳﺎ ﺃﺭﺣﻢ ﺍﻟﺮﱠﺍﺣﻤﲔ
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