Prayer for Dawn

Prayer narrated from Imam Ali (a) for the time of dawn.

The narrated text:

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ الْبَهَاءِ وَالْعَظَمَةِ وَالْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَالسُّلْطَانِ أَظْهَرْتَ الْقُدْرَةَ كَيْفَ شِئْتَ وَمَنَنْتَ عَلَى عِبَادِكَ بِمَعْرِفَتِكَ وَتَسَلَّطْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِجَبَرُوتِكَ وَعَلَّمْتَهُمْ شُكْرَ نِعْمَتِكَ. اللَّهُمَّ فَبِحَقِّ وَلِيِّكَ عَلِيٍّ أَمِيرِ الْمُوْمِنِينَ الْمُرْتَضَى لِلدِّينِ وَالْعَالِمِ بِالْحُكْمِ وَمَجَارِي التُّقَى إِمَامِ الْمُتَّقِينَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي الْاَوَّلِينَ وَالاْخِرِينَ وَأُقَدِّمُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ حَوَائِجِي أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تَفْعَلَ بِي كَذَا وَكَذَا.

Transliteration:

ALLĀHUMMA RABB AL-BAHĀʾI WA AL-ʿAẒAMA WA AL-KIBRIĀʾI WA-SSULṬĀNI AẒHARTA AL-QUDRATA KAYFA SHIʾTA WA MANANTA ʿALĀ ʿIBĀDIK BIMAʿRIFATIKA WA TASALLAṬTA ʿALAYHIM BIJABARUTIKA WA ʿALLAMTAHUM SHUKRA NIʿMATIK. ALLĀHUMMA FABIḤAQQI WALIYIKA ʿALI AMĪRILMUʾMINĪN ALMURTAḌA LIDDĪN WA ALʿĀLIMI BILḤUKMI WA ALMAJĀRI ALTTUQA IMAM ALMUTTAQĪN ṢALLI ʿALĀ MUḤAMMAD WA ĀLI MUḤAMMAD FI ALʿAWWALĪN WA ALĀKHIRĪN WA ʾOQADDIMUHU BAYNA YADAY ḤAWĀʾIJĪ ʾAN TUṢALLIA ʿALĀ MUḤAMMAD WA ĀLI MUḤAMMAD WA ʾAN TAFʿALA BĪ KADHA WA KADHA.

Translation:

O' Allah, lord of magnificence and glory and greatness and sovereignty, You manifested the power how You wanted and You benefited Your servants by  the knowledge of You, and You dominated upon them by Your majesty, and You taught them gratitude for to Your blessings. O’ Allah by the right of Ali leader of believers the chosen one for the religion and the knower of judgement and places of righteousness, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad from the earliest and the latest, and I present this for my needs that You send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad and do for me such and such.

Reference:

مصباح المتهجد و سلاح المتعبد، ج‏2، ص: 512

Misbah al-Mutihajjid and silah al-Muti’abbid, Vol. 2, P. 512 .