Jawshan Sagheer ( ar, ٱلْجَوْشَن ٱلصَّغِير) is an Islamic supplication which has been quoted in prominent books in a wider description than Dua
Jawshan Kabir
Jawshan Kabeer ( ar, جَوْشَن ٱلْكَبِير, "''the Great Cuirass''") is a long Islamic prayer that contains 1001 names and attributes of God, and is widely used in many Sunni Muslim traditions, especially in Turkey. ''Jawshan'' means ...
; and is named as a high dignity
Dua
In Islam, ( ar, دعاء , plural: ' ) is a prayer of invocation, supplication or request, even asking help or assistance from God.
Role in Islam
Muslims regard this as a profound act of worship. Muhammad is reported to have said ...
which is profitable against the calamity and oppressors. It is also mentioned that reciting this supplication is effective to repel the enemy.
Jawshan Sagheer has been mentioned as a high/worthful Dua, and it is reported that: "when Hadi Abbasi intended to kill
Musa ibn Jafar, Musa recited it, as a result he dreamed of the Islamic prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...
that told him: Allah will annihilate your enemy."
In regards to the references of the Dua, it was narrated by Musa ibn Jafar (as the
seventh Imam of Shia Islam), and Sayyed Ibn Tawus has quoted it in Muhaj al-Da'awat; it has also been quoted by Kaf'ami in al-Balad al-Amin, Majlisi in Bahar al-Anwar; and by
Sheikh Abbas Qomi in
Mafatih al-Janan
''Mafatih al-Jinan'' (''Keys to Heavens'') ''(Arabic :مفاتیح الجنان)'' by Sheikh Abbas Qumi is a Twelver Shi'a compilation of Qur'anic Chapters, Dua's, Taaqeebat&e-Namaz (acts of worship after Namaz), acts during Islamic months and d ...
.
[Qomi, Mafatih al-Janan, P. 184-196]
Text
The first part of Jawshan Sagheer is as follows:
See also
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Dua Ahd
Dua Al-Ahd ( ar, دُعَاء ٱلْعَهْد) is an Arabic language allegiance supplication prayer for Hujjat-Allah al-Mahdi, twelfth Imam of Shia Islam.
Ja'far al-Sadiq narrates in a hadith regarding the importance of reciting the supplication ...
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Mujeer Du'a
The Mujeer supplication ( ar, دعاء المجير, Mujeer Du'a) is an Islamic prayer or ''Dua'' said on the 13th, 14th, and 15th days of the month of Ramadan. Jibra'il (Gabriel) is said to have taught the prayer to Muhammad when he was prayi ...
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Du'a Nudba
Du'a Nudba ( ar, دُعَاء ٱلنُّدْبَة) is one of the major Shia supplications about Imam Al-Mahdi and his occultation. Nudba means to cry and Shias read the supplication to ask for help during the occultation. The supplication is r ...
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Du'a al-Faraj
Du'a al-Faraj ( ar, دُعَاء ٱلْفَرَج) is a dua which is attributed to Imam Mahdi. It begins with the phrase of "ʾIlāhī ʿaẓuma l-balāʾ", meaning "O God, the calamity has become immense". The initial part of the dua was quoted f ...
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The supplication of opening
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Supplication of Abu Hamza al-Thumali
The supplication of Abu Hamza al-Thumali (Arabic: دعاء أبي حمزة الثمالي) is a Du'a, attributed to Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, Ali ibn al-Husayn, the great-grandson of the Islam, Islamic Prophets and messengers in Islam, proph ...
References
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Shia prayers
Islamic terminology
External links
Dua Joshan (Jawshan) SagheerA part of Dua Jawshan SagheerDua Jawshan Al-Sagheer