اَنْ تُصَلِّىَ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اَنْ تَفْعَلَ بِىْ كَذَا وَ كَذَا۔۔
(please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and...
The third hour, which is from disappearance of the ray of the sun to the rising of the daylight, is dedicated to Imam al-Husayn ibn Ali(a.s.). The following is the supplication at this hour:
يَا مَنْ تَجَبَّرَ فَلَا عَيْنٌ تَرَاهُ
O He Who is too Omnipotent to be seen by any eye!
يَا مَنْ تَعَظَّمَ فَلَا تَخْطُرُ الْقُلُوْبُ بِكُنْهِهِ
O He Who is so Great that hearts cannot even imagine His quiddity!
يَا حَسَنَ الْمَنِّ
O most Excellent in favoring!
يَا حَسَنَ التَّجَاوُزِ
O most Excellent in condonation!
يَا حَسَنَ الْعَفْوِ
O most Excellent in pardoning!
يَا جَوَادُ يَا كَرِيْمُ
O All-magnanimous! O All-generous!
يَا مَنْ لَا يُشْبِهُهُ شَىْءٌ مِّنْ خَلْقِهِ
O He none of Whose creatures is like Him!
يَا مَنْ مَنَّ عَلٰى خَلْقِهِ بِاَوْلِيَاۤئِهِ
O He Who has conferred a benefit upon His creatures through His Vicegerents
اِذِارْتَضَيْهُمْ لِدِيْنِهِ
whom He has accepted for His religion,
وَ اَدَّبَ بِهِمْ عِبَادَهُ
through whom He has disciplined His servants,
وَ جَعَلَهُمْ حُجَجًا مَّنًّا مِّنْهُ عَلٰى خَلْقِهِ
and whom He has made arguments against His creatures, out of His favor!
اَسْئَلُكَ بِحَقِّ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ
beseech You in the name of al-Husayn the son of 'Ali,
عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ
peace be upon both of them,
السِّبْطِ التَّابِعِ لِمَرْضَاتِكَ
the grandson who is subservient to Your pleasure,
وَ النَّاصِحِ فِىْ دِيْنِكَ
sincere in Your religion,
وَالدَّلِيْلِ عَلٰى ذَاتِكَ
and the signpost on Your Essence;
You may now mention your needs.
اَسْئَلُكَ بِحَقِّهِ
I thus beseech You in the name of him
وَ اُقَدِّمُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ حَوَاۤئِجِىْ
and I present him as my mediation for the settling of my needs,
