Every individual feels the need to pray, even if it is on the level of his/her conscience. This is displayed either verbally or with actions when in need of help. During times of disasters and catastrophes, it is almost safe to say that there is no one who does not pray to God. This is because the need to pray is in the nature of our creation.

 God possesses the highest levels and degrees of perfect names and attributes. For example, God is the most Compassionate. God’s Compassionate is eternal and its broadness and perfection is displayed all around us. Whenever we look at God’s other names and attributes, the same applies. Therefore, in times of need, it is natural for us to call upon God and God’s attributes, also when wanting to give thanks.

When seeking for God’s help, when wanting to request our desires, and when wanting to confess our weaknesses, the most sincere and quickest path is through prayer. God has revealed: “What significance do you have without prayer?” also “Pray to Me so that I may give in return.”
 

The Jawshen prayer begins by reciting God’s beautiful names (attributes). In sura A’raf, verse 180, it says “The most beautiful names belong to God; pray to God with those names. Leave those who stray from those names. They will meet their punishment.”
 

The Prophet Muhammad has told us that those supplications using God’s beautiful names will be accepted. Therefore, since the Jawshen incorporates thousands of God’s names, including God’s beautiful names, it is believed that these prayers will likely be accepted.  

The Jawshan consists of 101 babs(sections). The first 100 babs include God's beautiful names while the 101st bab is a personal final prayer that the person who reads the Jawshen prayers. Since the Jawshan is narrated from Islamic resources, the last bab includes prayers for Prophet Muhammad.

  Below is a sample translation of the first and final section. You may find the link for the complete Jawshen at the end of the page.
 

The First Bab from Jawshan

 IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MERCIFUL, THE COMPASSIONATE

O My God! I beseech Thee through Thy Names:
O God;
Most Merciful;
All-Compassionate;
All-Knowing;
Clement;
One of Might;
All-Wise;
Pre-eternally Existent;
Ever Enduring;
Most Generous-
Glory be unto Thee, Thou art without partner or fault!
There is no god but Thee! Mercy, mercy, deliver us from Hell-fire!
 

The Last Bab From Jawshan

 O God, our Sustainer! Deliver us, save us, rescue us from Hell-fire!
And grant us well-being and pardon and appoint us to Paradise, Thy sacred abode, together with the righteous - through Thy forgiveness, O Protector; through Thy grace, O Most Forgiving.
For the sake of these noble Names and glorious attributes I beseech that Thou grantest blessings to our Prophet Muhammad, and to his Family and Companions, to the number of his good works.
 

In the Name of God
God suffices
There is no god but God
God is witness
Say: He is God
What God wills is
My Sustainer is God
Blessed be God
Exalted be God
I trust in God
God will suffice you against them and He is All-Seeing, All-Knowing.
Glory be unto Thee! There is no god but Thee. Mercy! Mercy!
Thy praises I cannot count; Thou art only as Thou praisest Thyself!

O God * O Most Merciful * O Compassionate * O Most Forgiving * O Accepter of thanks. I beseech Thee through the Beautiful Names Thou recountest about Thyself, and Thy elevated attributes and all Thy words, that Thou forgivest me, and my parents, and all believing men and women, the living from among them and the dead. I beseech that Thou bestowest upon us such mercy that will leave us in no need of the mercy of Thy creatures, other than Thee. And answer our needs and give us what we request in this world and the next. And appoint for us when we depart this world, happiness, witnessing, blessings, and good tidings. And grant our prophet, May blessings and peace be upon him, ample reward from us as is his right and as he deserves. And do not leave us to our own devices even for the blinking of an eye, nor to those of any of Thy creatures. And settle our affairs and guard us in Thine eye, which never sleeps, and preserve us through Thy irresistible strength, O One of Glory and Munificence!

We beseech that Thou avertest from us and from all those who bear these Names the tribulations of jinn, men, and satans, earthquakes, and the crumbling of mountains out of fear of Thee; and plague and pestilence, the evil eye, bodily pain, and all other tribulations. And preserve us from every sort of evil and bad thing. And bestow upon us well-being, safety, and good in this world and the next, through Thy mercy, O Most Merciful of the Merciful.
And grant blessings to our master Muhammad, and to all his Family and Companions.
And all praise be to God, the Sustainer of all the worlds.
 

You can find the complete translation of Jawshan here