8. ALLAHUMAA SALI ALA MUHAMMADIN WA ALE MUHAMMAD
means: '0 Allah! shower Thy blessings on Muhammad and his progeny (i.e. the Holy Imams)'. This short prayer is called SALWAAT. We recite SALWAAT before and after the reading of Holy Talika and Farman. We recite it as tasbih in Chandraat Majlis and also at other times.     

9. ALLAHU AKBAR
  means: 'Allah is Great'.  We recite it in Chand Raat Majlis in Bibi Fatima's tasbih.

10. SUBHAN ALLAH
  means: 'Glory be to Allah'. We recite it in Chand Raat Majlis in Bibi Fatima's tasbih.

11. AL HAMDU LILLAH
  means: 'All praise is for Allah'. We recite it in Chand Raat Majlis in Bibi Fatima's tasbih.

12. YA ALI TUN RAHEM KAR, YA MOWLA TUN FAZAL KAR
 
means: 10 Ali! have  mercy on us, O Lord! bestow your favours on us'. We recite this tasbih in Jamati Satada.

13. ASHADU ANNA LA ILAHA ILL-ALLAH,
  ASHADU ANNA MUHAMMAD-UN RASULU-LLAH,
  ASHADU ANNA AMIRUL MU'MINEEN 'ALIYYULLAH
  This means; 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah,
  I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,
  I bear witness that Ali, the Master of believers, is from Allah'. It is called the SHAHADA or KALIMAH. We recite the SHAHADA after the tasbih du'a.

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