"O God deprive us not of the heavenly reward of the deceased, place us not in trouble."
Each person then takes seven clods of earth, and over each clod says; "Bismilláh" (in the name of God), and the Súrat-ul-Iklás (Súra cxii) and then places each clod by the head of the corpse. Unburnt bricks, bamboos or boards having then been placed over the smaller grave, the persons present with both hands throw clods of earth three times into the grave. The first time they say: "From it (earth) We created you"; the second time, "and into it will We return you;" the third time, "and out of it will We bring you a second time." (Súra xx. 57).
Then they say this Du'á: "O God I beseech Thee for the sake of Muhammad not to trouble the deceased."
When the attendants are filling up the grave they say:—
"O God, defend the deceased from Shaitan (devil) and from the torments of the grave."
When the grave is completely filled up, one man pours
water three, or five, or seven times over it and then plants a green branch on it.[[220]]
One of the mourners then draws near the middle of the grave and recites the Talqín (instruction):—
"O servant of God, and child of a female servant of God.
O son of (such an one),[[221]] remember the faith you professed on earth to the very last; that is, your witness that there is no God but God, and that certainly Muhammad is His Apostle, and that Paradise and Hell and the Resurrection from the dead are real; that there will be a day of judgment, and say: 'I confess that God is my Lord, Islám my religion, Muhammad (on whom be the mercy and peace of God) my Prophet, the Qurán my guide, the K'aba my Qibla, and that Muslims are my brethren.' O God, keep him (the deceased) firm in this faith, and widen his grave, and make his examination (by Munkir and Nakír) easy, and exalt him and have mercy on him, O Thou most Merciful."