Sunset Duas
It is highly advisable to engage yourself in  glorification of Almighty Allah and implorations for His forgiveness, because this hour is as important  as the pre-sunrise hour, as Almighty Allah has said in the Holy Quran:
وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ ٱلْغُرُوبِ.
And sing the praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before the setting.


Imam al-Sadiq (`a) is reported to have said, “When the color of the sun changes (i.e. the sun is about to set), you must remember Allah the Almighty and Majestic. If you are at that hour with one who preoccupies you from this, you must leave him and supplicate.

امْسَىٰ ظُلْمِي مُسْتَجِيراً بِعَفْوِكَ
amsa zulmi mustajiran bi`afwika
In this evening, my wrongdoing is taking shelter in Your pardon,

وَامْسَتْ ذُنُوبِي مُسْتَجِيرَةً بِمَغْفِرَتِكَ
wa amsat dhunubi mustajiratan bimaghfiratika
my sins are taking shelter in Your forgiveness,

وَامْسىٰ خَوْفِي مُسْتَجِيراً بِامَانِكَ
wa amsa khawfi mustajiran bi'amanika
my fear is taking shelter in Your security,

وَامْسَىٰ ذُلِّي مُسْتَجِيراً بِعِزِّكَ
wa amsa dhulli mustajiran bi`izzika
my humility is taking shelter in Your dignity,

وَامْسَىٰ فَقْرِي مُسْتَجِيراً بِغِنَاكَ
wa amsa faqri mustajiran bighinaka
my poverty is taking shelter in Your richness,

وَامْسَىٰ وَجْهِيَ ٱلْبَالِي مُسْتَجِيراً بِوَجْهِكَ ٱلدَّائِمِ ٱلْبَاقِي
wa amsa wajhiya albali mustajiran biwajhika aldda'imi albaqi
and my mortal face is taking shelter in Your Face, the Undying and Perpetual.

اللَّهُمَّ الْبِسْنِي عَافِيَتَكَ
allahumma albisni `afiyataka
O Allah, (please) dress me with Your wellbeing,

وَغَشِّنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ
wa ghashshini birahmatika
cover me with Your mercy,

وَجَلِّلْنِي كَرَامَتَكَ
wa jallilni karamataka
overshadow me with Your honoring,

وَقِنِي شَرَّ خَلْقِكَ مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلإِنْسِ
wa qini sharra khalqika min aljinni wal-insi
and protect me against the evils of Your creatures—jinn and men.

يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحْمٰنُ يَا رَحِيمُ
ya allahu ya rahmanu ya rahimu
O Allah! O All-beneficent! O All-merciful!

Continue the supplication to be said at sunset as under:
يَا مَنْ خَتَمَ ٱلنُّبُوَّةَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ
ya man khatama alnnubuwwata bimuhammadin
O He Who has sealed the Prophethood with Muhammad,

صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ
salla allahu `alayhi wa alihi
Allah may bless him and his Household,

إِخْتِمْ لِي فِي يَوْمِي هٰذَا بِخَيْرٍ
ikhtim li fi yawmi hadha bikhayrin
(please) seal with goodness this day of mine,

وَشَهْرِي بِخَيْرٍ
wa shahri bikhayrin
this month of mine,

وَسَنَتِي بِخَيْرٍ
wa sanati bikhayrin
this year of mine,

وَعُمْرِي بِخَيْرٍ
wa `umri bikhayrin
and my entire lifetime.

You may say the words of professing that there is no god save Allah and the words of seeking His protection, . You may then put your hand on the head and pass it over your face.
You may then hold your beard and say the following

احَطْتُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي وَاهْلِي
ahattu `ala nafsi wa ahli
I include myself, my family,

وَمَالِي وَوَلَدِي
wa mali wa waladi
my property, and my sons,

مِنْ غَائِبٍ وَشَاهِدٍ
min gha'ibin wa shahidin
both the absent and the present

بِٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِي لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاََّ هُوَ
billahi alladhi la ilaha illa huwa
with Allah save Whom there is no god,

عَالِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَادَةِ
`alimu alghaybi walshshahadati
the Knower of the unseen and the seen,

ٱلرَّحْمٰنُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
alrrahmanu alrrahimu
the All-beneficent, the All-merciful,

ٱلْحَيُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ
alhayyu alqayyumu
the Ever-living, the Self-subsisting.

لاَ تَاخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلاَ نَوْمٌ
la ta'khudhuhu sinatun wa la nawmun
Slumber does not overtake Him nor sleep.

لَهُ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلارْضِ
lahu ma fi alssamawati wa ma fi al-ardi
Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His.

مَنْ ذَا ٱلَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ
man dha alladhi yashfa`u `indahu illa bi'idhnihi
Who is he that can intercede with Him but by His permission?

يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ ايْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ
ya`lamu ma bayna aydihim wa ma khalfahum
He knows what is before them and what is behind them,

وَلا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلاَّ بِمَا شَاءَ
wa la yuhituna bishay'in min `ilmihi illa bima sha'a
and they cannot comprehend anything out of His knowledge except what He pleases.

وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلارْضَ
wasi`a kursiyyuhu alssamawati wa al-arda
His knowledge extends over the heavens and the earth,

وَلاَ يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا
wa la ya'uduhu hifzuhuma
and the preservation of them both tires Him not,

وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِيُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
wa huwa al`aliyyu al`azimu
and He is the Most High, the Great.







Imam Ali (as) Sunset Dua from Sahifa Alawiya and Usul Kafi 

بِسْمِ اﷲِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful.

اَللّٰہُمَّ اِنِّیْ اَتَقَرَّبُ اِلَیْکَ بِجُوْدِکَ وَ کَرَمِکَ وَ اَتَقَرَّبُ اِلَیْکَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِکَ وَ رَسُوْلِکَ وَ اَتَقَرُّبُ اِلَیْکَ بِمَلَآئِکَتِکَ الْمُقَرَّبِیْنَ وَ اَنْبِیَآئِکَ الْمُرْسَلِیْنَ وَ بِکَ
I wish to seek proximity to You by Your grace and generosity and by Your special servant Mohammed peace be on him and his progeny and through You and through the angels who are near to You.

اَللّٰہُمَّ لَکَ الْغِنٰی وَ بِیَ الْفَاقَۃُ اِلَیْکَ اَنْتَ الْغَنِیُّ وَ اَنَا الْفَقِیْرُ اِلَیْکَ اَقِلْنِیْ عَثْرَتِیْ وَاسْتُرْ عَلَیَّ ذُنُوْبِیْ وَاقْضِ الْیَوْمَ حَاجَتِیْ وَلاَ تُعَذِّبْنِیْ بِقَبِیْحِ مَا تَعْلَمُ مِنِّیْ بَلْ عَفْوُکَ یَسْعُنِیْ وَ جُوْدُکَ
O Allah Self Sufficiency belongs to You and for me is the dependency in Your Presence You are rich and I am indigent forgive my laxities, conceal my sins, and today fulfill my desires, and whatever sins You are aware of, don't chastise me, but put me in Your mercy and Generosity

(then go in Sajdah and recite)

یَا اَہْلَ التَّقْوٰی وَ یَا اَہْلَ الْمَغْفِرَۃِ یَا بَرُّ یَا رَحِیْمُ اَنْتَ اَبَرُّ بِیْ مِنْ اَبِیْ وَ اُمِّیْ وَ مِنْ جَمِیْعٍ الْخَلَآئِقِ اَقْبِسْنِیْ بِقَضَآءِ حَاجَتِیْ مُجَاباً دُعَآئِیْ مَرْحُوْمًا صَوْتِیْ قَدْ کَشَفْتَ اَنْوَاعَ الْبَلاَ یَا عَنِیْ
O the center of piety, O the possessor of forgiveness, O the most generous for the doers of good. You are more generous than my father, my mother and the entire universe. Pass my life in fulfilling my desires. Accept my prayers, have mercy on my voice, You have averted various types of difficulties from me.

From Usul Kafi sunset
Ibrāhīm al-Ja‘farī said: “I heard Aba ‘l-Ḥasan (‘a.s.) saying: ‘When night is about to fall and you see the sun in the west, about to set, then say this: This is a security from seven [afflictions], and from the accursed Satan and his offspring.’
أَبَ الَْسَنِ يَقُولُ: إِذَا أَمْسَيْتَ فَنَظَرْتَ إِلَ الشَّمْسِ فِ غُرُوبٍ وَ إِدْبَرٍ فَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَِّ الرَّحَْنِ الرَّحِيمِ الَْمْدُ لَِِّ الَّذِي لَْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَداً وَ لَْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِ الْمُلْكِ الَْمْدُ لَِِّ الَّذِي يَصِفُ وَ لَ يُوصَفُ وَ يَعْلَمُ وَ لَ يُعْلَمُ يَعْلَمُ خَائِنَةَ الَْعْيُِ وَ مَا تُْفِي الصُّدُورُ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِ اللَِّ الْكَرِيمِ وَ بِسْمِ اللَِّ الْعَظِيمِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا ذَرَأَ وَ مَا بَرَأَ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا تَْتَ الثَّرَى وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا ظَهَرَ وَ مَا بَطَنَ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا كَانَ فِ اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ أَبِ مُرَّةَ وَ مَا وَلَدَ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ الرَّسِيسِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا وَصَفْتُ وَ مَا لَْ أَصِفْ فَالَْمْدُ لَِِّ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
“In the name of Allāh, the Beneficent, the Merciful. All praise belongs to Allāh, Who never took a son and has no partner in His kingdom. All praise be to Allāh, Who describes and cannot be described, Who knows but cannot be known. He knows the treacherous gazes and what is hidden in the hearts, [Qur., 40:19]. I seek refuge with Allāh’s bountiful countenance and with Allāh’s great name, from the evil in what is created and released, from the evil that is under the earth, from the manifest and hidden evil, from the evil of the night and day, from the evil of Abū Murrah (Satan) and his offspring, from the evil of the beguiling corruptor, and from the evil of what I have described and what I have nor described; for all praise belongs to Allāh, Lord of the worlds.”





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