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The Messenger of Allah would recite (the following chapters) during the witr prayer:
Sabbih isma rabbika al-aAAla …. سَبِّـحِ اسْمَ رَبِّـكَ الأعْـلى…
[Al-aAAla]
Qul ya ayyuha alkafiroon ….. قُـلْ يا أَيُّـها الكـافِرون….
[Al-kafiroon]
Qul huwa Allahu ahad ….. قُـل هُوَ اللهُ أحد…..
[Al-ikhlas]
…after giving salam he would supplicate three times:
سُـبْحانَ المَلِكِ القُدّوس (ثلاث مرات)
Subhanal-malikil-quddoos.(three times).
‘How perfect The King, The Holy One is.’ (three times)
…on the third time he would raise his voice, elongate it and add:
Rabbil-mala-ikati warrooh. ربِّ الملائكةِ والرّوح
‘Lord of the angles and the Rooh (i.e. Jibra-eel).