Nmaaz-e-Ghufayla

The Messenger of Allah (saw) said:
Recite the recommended prayer in the time of carelessness (Ghaflat) even if it be two Rakats because this two rakat namaaz enables one to enter the Paradise. It was asked: O messenger of Allah! What is the time of carelessness? He replied: The time between Magrib and Isha prayer."

Namaaz-e-Ghufayla is two rakats which is recited between the Magrib and Isha prayer. It has tremendous effect and great merits in the fulfilment of desires in this world and in the hereafter.

METHOD OF NAMAAZ-E-GHUFAYLA

Rule 783. Ghufayla prayers is one of the Mustahab prayers which is offered between Maghrib and Isha prayers having great rewards

In its first Rak'at after Surah al-Hamd, instead of any other Surah, the following verses should be recited:

21.87: And Yunus, when he went away in wrath, so he thought that We would not straiten him, so he called out among afflictions: There is no god but Thou, glory be to Thee; surely I am of those who make themselves to suffer loss. 21.88: So We responded to him and delivered him from the grief and thus do We deliver the believers (Surah Anbiyah (21), Verse 87-88)

Transliteration

Wa zannuni iz zahaba mughaziban fazanna an lan naqdira 'alayhi fanada fiz zulumati an la ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minazzalimin fastajabna lahu wa najjaynahu minal ghammi wa kazalika nunjil mu'minin.

In the second Rak'at after Surah al-Hamd, instead of other Surah, the following verse should be recited:

And with Him are the keys of the unseen treasures — none knows them but He; and He knows what is in the land and the sea, and there falls not a leaf but He knows it, nor a grain in the darkness of the earth, nor anything green nor dry but (it is all) in a clear book. (Surah Ana'am (6), Verse 59)

Transliteration

Wa 'indahu mafatihul ghaybi la ya'lamuha illa huwa wa ya'lamu ma fil barri wal bahri wa ma tasqutu min waraqatin illa ya'lamuha wa la habbatin fi zulumatil arz wa la ratbin wa la yabisin illa fi kitabim mubin.

And in Qunut this Dua be recited:

Transliteration

Alla humma inni as aluka bi mafatihli ghaybil lati la ya 'lamuha illa anta an tusalliya 'ala Muhammadin wa Ali Muhammad wa an taf'al bi........... (here one should mention his wishes).

Thereafter, the following Dua should be recited:

Transliteration

Alla humma anta waliyyu ni'mati wal qadiru 'ala talabati ta'lamu hajati fa as aluka bihaqqi Muhammadin wa Ali Muhammadin 'alayhi wa 'alay himussalamu lamma qazaaytaha li.