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Once you have completed the prayer, you can recite Ayat al-Kursi (Q. 2:255): {Allāhu lā ilāha ila Huwa al-Hayyu al-Qayyūm. Lā takhuduhu sinatu wa lā nawm. Lahu mā fīs-samāwāti wa mā fil-arđ. Man dha ladhi yashfa’u ‘inda hu illa bi idhnih. Ya’lamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum wa lā yuhīŧūna bi shay`in min ‘ilmihi illa bi mā shā`a. Wasi‘a kursiyyuhu as-samāwāti wal-arđ. Wa lā ya`ūduhu hifžuhumā wa Huwa al-Aliyyul-‘Ažīm}. Also, Sūrat al-Iklāš (Q. 112): {Bismillāhi ar-Rahmānir-Rahīm. Qul Huwa Allāhu Ahad. Alāhus-Šamad. Lam yalīd wa lam yūlad. Wa lam yakul-lahu kufu`an ahad}. Then glorify Allah by saying: (Subhānallah) 33 times. Then praise Allah by saying: (Al-hamdulillah) 33 times. Then magnify Allah by saying: (Allāhu Akbar) 33 times.

Then you seal the one hundred with the following: (Lā ilāha ila Allāhu wahdahu lā sharīka lah. Lahul-mulk wa lahul-hamd. Yuhyi wa yumīt. Bi yadihil-khayr. Wa Huwa ‘ala kulli shay`in Qadīr).

Then pray upon the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, after the five prayers with the following: (Allāhumma salli ‘ala Muhammad wa āli Muhammad ka mā salayta ‘ala Ibrāhīm wa ‘ala āli Ibrāhīm. Innaka Hamīdun Majīd. Allāhumma bārik ‘ala Muhammad wa āli Muhammad ka mā bārakta ‘ala Ibrāhīm wa ‘ala āli Ibrāhīm. Innaka Hamīdun Majīd. Allāhumma taraham ‘ala Muhammad wa āli Muhammad ka mā tarahamta ‘ala Ibrāhīm wa ‘ala āli Ibrāhīm. Innaka Hamīdun Majīd. Allāhumma tahannan ‘ala Muhammad wa āli Muhammad ka mā tahannanta ‘ala Ibrāhīm wa ‘ala āli Ibrāhīm. Innaka Hamīdun Majīd. Allāhumma wa sallim ‘ala Muhammad wa āli Muhammad ka mā sallamta ‘ala Ibrāhīm wa ‘ala āli Ibrāhīm. Innaka Hamīdun Majīd.)