Safar is the second month of the Islamic calendar and it is the month which comes after Muharram. Safar 2023 starts from 19 August to 17 September 2023. Safar is an Arabic word which translates into “Empty”. Empty is referred to the Pre-Islamic Era when Houses were empty as people go out to gather food.
Dua in the Safar month
يَا شَدِيدَ ٱلْقِوَىٰ
y¡ shad¢da alqiw¡
O He who has total, absolute and everlasting power
وَيَا شَدِيدَ ٱلْمِحَالِ
wa y¡ shad¢da almi¦¡li
O who is versatile and at all times gets the better of the impossible
يَا عَزِيزُ يَا عَزِيزُ يَا عَزِيزُ
y¡ `az¢zu y¡ `az¢zu y¡ `az¢zu
O Exalted in might! O Exalted in might! O Exalted in might!
ذَلَّتْ بِعَظَمَتِكَ جَمِيعُ خَلْقِكَ
dhallat bi`a¨amatika jam¢`u khalqika Submissive to Your Almightiness are all of Your creatures;
فَاكْفِنِي شَرَّ خَلْقِكَ
fakfin¢ sharra khalqika
so, (please) save me from the evil of Your creatures.
يَا مُحْسِنُ يَا مُجْمِلُ
y¡ mu¦sinu y¡ mujmilu
O All-liberal! O All-bountiful!
يَا مُنْعِمُ يَا مُفْضِلُ
y¡ mun`imu y¡ muf¤ilu
O Source of all bounties! O Doer of favors!
لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ
y¡ l¡ il¡ha ill¡ anta sub¦¡naka
O He save Whom there is no god! All glory be to You!
إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّالِمِينَ
inn¢ kuntu min al¨¨¡lim¢na
Verily, I have been a wrongdoer.
فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ وَنَجّيْنَاهُ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ
fastajabn¡ lah£ wa najjayn¡hu min alghammi
So We heard his prayer and saved him from the anguish.
وَكَذلِكَ نُنْجِي ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
wa kadh¡lika nunj¢ almu'min¢na
Thus do We save the believers.
وَصَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ ٱلطَّيِّبِينَ ٱلطَّاهِرِينَ
wa ¥all¡ all¡hu `al¡ mu¦ammadin wa ¡lih¢ al§§ayyib¢na al§§¡hir¢na
May Allah send blessings to Muhammad and his Household, the pure and immaculate.
The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the tropical year
