MERITS OF SURAH QADR AND RECITING IT 76 TIMES IN THE DAY

Fourth: Al-Kaf’ami and others have reported Imam al-Baqir (a.s.) to have said, “He who recites Surah al-Qadr ten times after the dawn (fajr) Prayers, ten times at midday (zohr)s, and ten times after afternoons will tire out two thousand writers (of rewards) for thirty years.

Imam al-Baqir (a.s.) is also reported to have said, “Whenever a servant (of Allah) recites Surah al-Qadr seven times after dawn (fajr)ing, a line of angels will invoke blessings and mercy upon him, each seventy times.”

Imam Muhammad al-Taqi(a.s.) is reported to have mentioned abundant rewards for one who recites Surah al-Qadr seventy-six times a day; seven times before the dawn (fajr) Prayer and ten times after it, ten times before the supererogatory (mustahab / nafilah) prayer of midday (zohr) and twenty-one times after it, ten times after the Afternoon (Asr) Prayer, seven times after the Evening (Isha’) Prayer, and eleven times when going to bed. One of these rewards is that Almighty Allah will create one thousand angels to record the rewards of this act for thirty-six thousand years.

Fifth: Ibn Baabwayh and other scholars, may Allah be pleased with them, have reported through valid chains of authority that Imam al-Baqir (a.s.) quoted the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) to have said: After you perform the dawn (fajr) Prayer, you may say the following doxology (zikr) ten times, for if you do so, Almighty Allah will heal you from blindness, lunacy, leprosy, poverty, demolition, and senility:

All glory be to Allah, the All-great, and in praise of Him.

There is neither might nor power except with Allah.

Sixth: In the book of al-Balad al-Amin, it is reported that Imam AliAmeer al-Momineen(a.s.) reported the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) to have said: He who wishes that Almighty Allah will grant him a longer lifetime and victory over his enemies and safeguard him against terrible death, must keep on saying this doxology (zikr) every morning and evening. He may say the following three times:

Glory be to Allah as much as the fullness of the Scale,

the ultimate of knowledge,

the utmost of pleasure

the weight of the Throne,

and the expansion of the Divine Seat.

He may say the following three times:

Praise be to Allah as much as the fullness of the Scale,

the ultimate of knowledge,

the utmost of pleasure,

the weight of the Throne,

and the expansion of the Divine Seat.

He may say the following three times:

There is no god save Allah as much as the fullness of the Scale,

the ultimate of knowledge,

the utmost of pleasure,

the weight of the Throne,

and the expansion of the Divine Seat.

He may say the following three times:

Allah is the Greatest as much as the fullness of the Scale,

the ultimate of knowledge,

the utmost of pleasure,

the weight of the Throne,

and the expansion of the Divine Seat.