night prayer

Allah Descends to the Nearest Heaven in the Last Third of the Night

Sahih
Sahih Bukhari · 1145·Narrated by Abu Hurayrah (RA)

يَنْزِلُ رَبُّنَا تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا حِينَ يَبْقَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الآخِرُ يَقُولُ مَنْ يَدْعُونِي فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ مَنْ يَسْأَلُنِي فَأُعْطِيَهُ مَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُنِي فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ

Transliteration

Yanzilu rabbunā tabāraka wa ta'ālā kulla laylatin ilaṣ-samā'id-dunyā ḥīna yabqā thulutu-l-layli-l-ākhiru yaqūlu: man yad'ūnī fa-astajība lah, man yas'alunī fa-u'ṭiyah, man yastaghfiruni fa-aghfira lah

Translation

Narrated Abu Huraira (RA): Allah's Messenger ﷺ said, 'Our Lord, the Blessed and Superior, comes every night down to the nearest heaven during the last third of the night saying: Is there anyone who invokes Me so that I may respond? Is there anyone who asks Me so that I may give him what he asks? Is there anyone who seeks My forgiveness so that I may forgive him?'

Practice This Today

Set an intention tonight to wake in the last third of the night — even for five minutes of sincere dua. Allah Himself is calling out, asking who will come.

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