سورة الروم

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): It is narrated from Imam Hasan (peace be upon him): A group of Jews came to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) and the most learned among them asked him some questions. Among their questions was this: "Inform me why Allah made these five prayers obligatory upon your ummah at five times during the day and night?" The Noble Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) said: "... As for the Maghrib prayer, it is the hour in which Allah accepted the repentance of Adam (peace be upon him). The interval between his eating the fruit of the tree and the time when Allah accepted his repentance was three hundred years by the days of this world — and one day of the Hereafter is equal to a thousand years — and that is the interval between the Asr prayer and the Isha prayer. So Adam (peace be upon him) prayed three rak'ahs: one rak'ah for his own mistake, one rak'ah for the mistake of Hawwa (peace be upon her), and one rak'ah for his repentance. So Allah the Mighty and Majestic made these three rak'ahs obligatory upon my ummah. And this hour is an hour in which supplication is answered, and my Lord has promised me that whoever asks Him a need in this hour, He will answer his prayer. And this is the prayer that Allah the Mighty and Majestic commanded me with in His saying: فَسُبْحانَ اللهِ حِینَ تُمْسُونَ وَ حِینَ تُصْبِحُون [So glory be to Allah when you enter upon the evening and when you enter upon the morning]."

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): It is narrated that a man asked Abu Bakr about "hin" (a period of time), because he had made a vow not to speak with his wife for a "hin". Abu Bakr said: "Until the Day of Resurrection, for Allah the Exalted has said: وَ مَتاعٌ إِلی حِینٍ [and your abode and provision on earth shall be until the Day of Resurrection] (Baqarah/36)." Then he asked Umar, who said: "Forty years, for Allah has said: هَلْ أَتی عَلَی الْإِنْسانِ حِینٌ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ [Has there not come upon man a period of time when he was nothing worthy of mention?] (Insan/1)." Then he asked Uthman, who said: "One year, for Allah has said: تُؤْتِی أُکُلَها کُلَّ حِینٍ [it yields its fruit at every time by the command of Allah] (Ibrahim/25)." Then he asked Ali (peace be upon him), who said: "If you made the vow in the morning, speak with her in the evening; and if you made the vow in the evening, speak with her in the morning; for Allah says: فَسُبْحانَ اللهِ حِینَ تُمْسُونَ وَ حِینَ تُصْبِحُونَ [So glory be to Allah when you enter upon the evening and when you enter upon the morning]." The man rejoiced and said: "Allah knows best where to place His message (An'am/124)."

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): فَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ حِینَ تُمْسُونَ وَ حِینَ تُصْبِحُونَ؛ وَ لَهُ الحَمْدُ فِی السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ عَشِیًّا وَ حِینَ تُظْهِرُونَ [So glory be to Allah when you enter upon the evening and when you enter upon the morning; and to Him belongs praise in the heavens and the earth, and in the late afternoon and when you enter upon noon] — meaning: glorify Him morning and evening and midday (Zuhr).

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): Sahl narrates: The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) said: "Shall I inform you why Allah named Ibrahim (peace be upon him) His faithful friend [who fulfilled his friendship to perfection]? Because he continually used to say every morning and evening: فَسُبْحانَ اللهِ حِینَ تُمْسُونَ وَ حِینَ تُصْبِحُونَ [So glory be to Allah when you enter upon the evening and when you enter upon the morning]." And he recited to the end of the verse.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): Whoever wishes that something be measured out for him with a full and overflowing measure [and given to him], let him recite this verse: فَسُبْحانَ اللهِ حینَ تُمْسُونَ ... کَذالِکَ تُخْرَجُونَ [So glory be to Allah when you enter upon the evening ... thus shall you be brought forth].

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Whoever recites three times in the evening فَسُبْحانَ اللهِ حِینَ تُمْسُونَ وَ حِینَ تُصْبِحُونَ وَ لَهُ الحَمْدُ فِی السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ عَشِیًّا وَ حِینَ تُظْهِرُونَ [So glory be to Allah when you enter upon the time of the evening and when you enter upon the time of the morning, and to Him belongs praise in the heavens and the earth, and at nightfall and when you are at midday], no good that is in that night will be withheld from him, and all the evils of that night will be turned away from him; and whoever recites the same verses during the day, all the good of that day will reach him and he will be kept away from all its evils.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Whoever recites in the morning فَسُبْحانَ اللهِ حِینَ تُمْسُونَ وَ حِینَ تُصْبِحُونَ وَ لَهُ الحَمْدُ فِی السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ عَشِیّاً وَ حِینَ تُظْهِرُونَ یُخْرِجُ الحَیَّ مِنَ الْمیِّتِ وَ یُخْرِجُ المَیِّتَ مِنَ الحَیِّ وَ یُحْیِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِها وَ کَذالِکَ تُخْرَجُونَ [So glory be to Allah when you enter upon the time of the evening and when you enter upon the time of the morning, and to Him belongs praise in the heavens and the earth, and at nightfall and when you are at midday. He brings forth the living from the dead and brings forth the dead from the living, and gives life to the earth after its death, and thus shall you be brought forth], whatever he has lost on that day he will attain; and if he recites these three verses in the evening, whatever he has lost that night he will attain.