This narration establishes the authenticity of the text and its usage in the Prophet’s prayer.
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O Allah, I begin Your praise. You guide us to Your praise, though we would not know how to praise You without Your guidance. This narration establishes the authenticity of the text
Unlike juridical or creedal texts, supplications (ad‘iyah) in Shī‘ī tradition encode dense layers of theology. Du‘ā’ al-Iftitāḥ —attributed to Imām Mahdī (the twelfth Imām, also known as Imām al-‘Aṣr)—is recited after the night prayer (ʿIshā’) from the first night of Ramaḍān until the Night of Destiny (Laylat al-Qadr). Its name, “Iftitāḥ,” signifies opening: it opens the heart, the month, and the believer’s dialogue with God. This paper investigates how the supplication accomplishes this through three concentric axes: praise (ḥamd), intercession (shafā‘ah), and historical consciousness. O Allah, I begin Your praise