Ziyarat Jamia - Kabeera

Transliteration

alssalamu `alaykum ya ahla bayti alnnubuwwati wa mawdi`a alrrisalati wa mukhtalafa almala'ikati wa mahbita alwahyi wa ma`dina alrrahmati wa khuzzana al`ilmi wa muntaha alhilmi wa usula alkarami wa qadata al-umami wa awliya'a alnni`ami wa `anasira al-abrari wa da`a'ima al-akhyari

Translation

Peace be upon you, O Household of Prophethood, location of the Divine mission, frequently visited by the angels, destination of the Divine revelation, core of mercy, hoarders of knowledge, ultimate degree of forbearance, origins of generosity, leaders of all nations, sustainers of bounties, foundations of the dutiful, pillars of the upright,

Transliteration

wa sasata al`ibadi wa arkana albiladi wa abwaba al-imani wa umana'a alrrahmani wa sulalata alnnabiyyina wa safwata almursalina wa `itrata khiyarati rabbi al`alamina wa rahmatu allahi wa barakatuhu alssalamu `ala a'immati alhuda wa masabihi aldduja wa a`lami alttuqa wa dhawi alnnuha

Translation

maintainers of the servants (of Allah), props of the lands, doors to true faith, trustees of the All-beneficent (Allah), descendants of the Prophets, choice of the Messengers, and offspring of the select of the Lord of the worlds. Allah’s mercy and blessings, too, be upon you (all). Peace be upon the directors of right guidance, the lanterns in darkness, the patterns of piety, the owners of understanding,

Transliteration

wa uli alhija wa kahfi alwara wa warathati al-anbiya'i walmathali al-a`la waldda`wati alhusna wa hujaji allahi `ala ahli alddunya wal-akhirati wal-ula wa rahmatu allahi wa barakatuhu alssalamu `ala mahalli ma`rifati allahi wa masakini barakati allahi wa ma`adini hikmati allahi wa hafazati sirri allahi

Translation

the endued with thought, the havens for the peoples, the inheritors of the Prophets, the perfect specimen, the most excellent call, and the arguments of Allah against the inhabitants of the world, the Hereafter, and the former world. Allah’s mercy and blessings, too, be upon you (all). Peace be upon the exponents of the recognition of Allah, the centers of Allah’s blessing, the essence of Allah’s wisdom, the keepers of Allah’s secrets,

Transliteration

wa hamalati kitabi allahi wa awsiya'i nabiyyi allahi wa dhurriyyati rasuli allahi salla allahu `alayhi wa alihi wa rahmatu allahi wa barakatuhu alssalamu `ala alddu`ati ila allahi wal-adilla'i `ala mardati allahi walmustaqirrina fi amri allahi walttammina fi mahabbati allahi walmukhlisina fi tawhidi allahi walmuzhirina li'amri allahi wa nahyihi wa `ibadihi almukramina

Translation

the bearers of Allah’s Book, the successors of Allah’s Prophet, and the progeny of Allah’s Messenger, may Allah send blessings upon him and his Household. Allah’s mercy and blessings, too, be upon them. Peace be upon the callers to Allah, the leaders to Allah’s pleasure, the abiders by Allah’s decree, the perfect in love for Allah, the sincere in professing Allah’s Oneness, the manifesters of Allah’s orders and prohibitions, and Allah’s honored bondmen

Transliteration

alladhina la yasbiqunahu bilqawli wa hum bi'amrihi ya`maluna wa rahmatu allahi wa barakatuhu alssalamu `ala al-a'immati alddu`ati walqadati alhudati walssadati alwulati waldhdhadati alhumati wa ahli aldhdhikri wa uli al-amri wa baqiyyati allahi wa khiyaratihi wa hizbihi wa `aybati `ilmihi wa hujjatihi wa siratihi

Translation

who speak not until He has spoken and act by His command. Allah’s mercy and blessings, too, be upon them. Peace be upon the Imams, the heralds, the leaders, the guides, the chiefs, the authorities, the defenders, the protectors, the people of the Reminder (i.e. the Qur'an), the men in authority, the left ones by Allah, His select, His party, the case of His knowledge His argument, His path,

Transliteration

wa nurihi wa burhanihi wa rahmatu allahi wa barakatuhu ashhadu an la ilaha illa allahu wahdahu la sharika lahu kama shahida allahu linafsihi wa shahidat lahu mala'ikatuhu wa ulu al`ilmi min khalqihi la ilaha illa huwa al`azizu alhakimu wa ashhadu anna muhammadan `abduhu almuntajabu wa rasuluhu almurtada arsalahu bilhuda wa dini alhaqqi liyuzhirahu `ala alddini kullihi

Translation

His light, and His proof. Allah’s mercy and blessings, too, be upon them. I bear witness that there is no god save Allah; One and Only and having no partner with Him just as Allah has testified to His Oneness to which His angels and his knowledgeable creatures testify. There is no god save Him; the Almighty, the All-wise. I also bear witness that Muhammad is His elect servant and His approved Messenger. He sent him with right guidance and with the Religion of truth that He may cause it to prevail over all religions

Transliteration

wa law kariha almushrikuna wa ashhadu annakum al-a'immatu alrrashiduna almahdiyyuna alma`sumuna almukarramuna almuqarrabuna almuttaquna alssadiquna almustafawna almuti`una lillahi alqawwamuna bi'amrihi al`amiluna bi'iradatihi alfa'izuna bikaramatihi istafakum bi`ilmihi wartadakum lighaybihi wakhtarakum lisirrihi

Translation

however much the idol-worshippers may be averse. I also bear witness that you all are the Imams, rightly guiding, well-guided, infallible, highly revered, drawn near (to Allah), pious, veracious, well-chosen, obedient to Allah, establishing His rule, putting into practice His will, and winning His honoring. He chose you on account of His (eternal) knowledge, approved of you to maintain His unseen knowledge, selected you to keep His secret,

Transliteration

wajtabakum biqudratihi wa a`azzakum bihudahu wa khassakum biburhanihi wantajabakum linurihi wa ayyadakum biruhihi wa radiyakum khulafa'a fi ardihi wa hujajan `ala bariyyatihi wa ansaran lidinihi wa hafazatan lisirrihi wa khazanatan li`ilmihi wa mustawda`an lihikmatihi wa tarajimatan liwahyihi

Translation

decided on you by means of His omnipotence, equipped you with His guidance, distinguished you with His clear proofs, chose you to hold His Light, supported you with His Holy spirit, and accepted you as vicegerents in His lands, arguments against His beings, supporters of His religion, keepers of His secret, hoarders of His knowledge, stores of His wisdom, interpreters of His revelation,

Transliteration

wa arkanan litawhidihi wa shuhada'a `ala khalqihi wa a`laman li`ibadihi wa manaran fi biladihi wa adilla'a `ala siratihi `asamakum allahu min alzzalali wa amanakum min alfitani wa tahharakum min alddanasi wa adhhaba `ankum alrrijsa wa tahharakum tathiran fa`azzamtum jalalahu wa akbartum sha'nahu

Translation

pillars of the profession of His Oneness, witnesses on His creatures, signs for His servants, torches in His lands, and directors to His path. Allah has preserved you against slips, secured you against seditious matters, purified you from dirt, removed away from you uncleanness, and purified you with a thorough purifying. So, you have glorified His majesty, declared great His magnificence,

Transliteration

wa majjadtum karamahu wa adamtum dhikrahu wa wakkadtum mithaqahu wa ahkamtum `aqda ta`atihi wa nasahtum lahu fi alssirri wal`alaniyati wa da`awtum ila sabilihi bilhikmati walmaw`izati alhasanati wa badhaltum anfusakum fi mardatihi wa sabartum `ala ma asabakum fi janbihi wa aqamtum alssalata wa ataytum alzzakata wa amartum bilma`rufi

Translation

glorified His nobility, perpetuated mentioning Him, consolidated His covenant, made firm your pledge of obedience to Him, acted sincerely to Him privately and publicly, called unto His way with wisdom and fair admonition, sacrificed yourselves for the sake of attaining His pleasure, acted patiently towards what has befallen you for His sake, performed the prayers, defrayed the poor-rate, enjoined the right,

Transliteration

wa nahaytum `an almunkari wa jahadtum fi allahi haqqa jihadihi hatta a`lantum da`watahu wa bayyantum fara'idahu wa aqamtum hududahu wa nashartum shara'i`a ahkamihi wa sanantum sunnatahu wa sirtum fi dhalika minhu ila alrrida wa sallamtum lahu alqada'a wa saddaqtum min rusulihi man mada falrraghibu `ankum mariqun wallazimu lakum lahiqun

Translation

forbade the wrong, and strived in the way of Allah as exactly as striving should be until you made known His call, rendered clear His obligations, executed His provisions, propagated for the enacted laws of Him, acted out His rules, attained His pleasure through carrying out all these matters, surrendered to His will, and confirmed the truth of the past Messengers of Him. Therefore, whoever forsakes you is apostate, whoever adheres to you will attain the destination,

Transliteration

walmuqassiru fi haqqikum zahiqun walhaqqu ma`akum wa fikum wa minkum wa ilaykum wa antum ahluhu wa ma`dinuhu wa mirathu alnnubuwwati `indakum wa iyabu alkhalqi ilaykum wa hisabuhum `alaykum wa faslu alkhitabi `indakum wa ayatu allahi ladaykum wa `aza'imuhu fikum wa nuruhu wa burhanuhu `indakum wa amruhu ilaykum

Translation

and whoever fails to carry out the duties towards you will perish. Verily, the truth is always with you, amid you, from you, and to you. You are the people and the core of it (i.e. the truth). The inheritance of Prophethood is with you. The ultimate destination of the creatures is to you. Calling them to account is your mission. Decisive speech is with you. The verses of Allah is in your possession. His unavoidable decrees rely upon you. His light and proof are with you. His authority is to you.

Transliteration

man walakum faqad wala allaha wa man `adakum faqad `ada allaha wa man ahabbakum faqad ahabba allaha wa man abghadakum faqad abghada allaha wa man i`tasama bikum faqad i`tasama billahi antumu alssiratu al-aqwamu wa shuhada'u dari alfana'i wa shufa`a'u dari albaqa'i walrrahmatu almawsulatu wal-ayatu almakhzunatu wal-amanatu almahfuzatu walbabu almubtala bihi alnnasu

Translation

Whoever declares loyalty to you has in fact declared loyalty to Allah, whoever shows enmity towards you has in fact shown enmity towards Allah, whoever loves you has in fact loved Allah, whoever hates you has in fact hated Allah, and whoever holds fast to you has in fact held fast to Allah. You are the most straight path,( ) the witnesses of this abode of extinction, the intercessors in the abode of permanence, the connected mercy, the stored sign, the safeguarded deposit, and the door with which people are put to test.

Transliteration

man atakum naja wa man lam ya'tikum halaka ila allahi tad`una wa `alayhi tadulluna wa bihi tu'minuna wa lahu tusallimuna wa bi'amrihi ta`maluna wa ila sabilihi turshiduna wa biqawlihi tahkumuna sa`ada man walakum wa halaka man `adakum wa khaba man jahadakum

Translation

Whoever comes to will have been saved but whoever refrains from joining you will have perished. To Allah do you invite people, towards him do you show the way, in Him do you believe, to Him do you submit, upon His command do you act, to His path do you direct, and according to His saying do you judge. Happy is he who is loyal to you, desolate is he who forsakes you, disappointed is he who denies you,

Transliteration

wa dalla man faraqakum wa faza man tamassaka bikum wa amina man laja' ilaykum wa salima man saddaqakum wa hudiya man i`tasama bikum man ittaba`akum faljannatu ma'wahu wa man khalafakum falnnaru mathwahu wa man jahadakum kafirun wa man harabakum mushrikun wa man radda `alaykum fi asfali darakin min aljahimi ashhadu anna hadha sabiqun lakum fima mada wa jarin lakum fima baqiya

Translation

straying off is he who separates himself from you, winner is he who adheres to you, secured is he who resorts to you, saved is he who gives credence to you, and rightly guided is he who takes shelter in you. As to whoever follows you, Paradise will be his abode. As to whoever dissents you, Hellfire will be his dwelling. He who denies you is unbeliever, he who makes war against you is polytheist, and he who objects to you will be in the lowest tier of the burning fire. I bear witness that all the previous was pre-decided for you and it will continue in the future;

Transliteration

wa anna arwahakum wa nurakum wa tinatakum wahidatun tabat wa tahurat ba`duha min ba`din khalaqakum allahu anwaran faja`alakum bi`arshihi muhdiqina hatta manna `alayna bikum faja`alakum fi buyutin adhina allahu an turfa`a wa yudhkara fiha ismuhu wa ja`ala salatana `alaykum wa ma khassana bihi min wilayatikum

Translation

and that your souls, your light, and your form are the same; blessed and purified, and one of the other. Allah created you as lights; He then made you observe from His Throne until He endued us with the favor of your existence (among us) and then placed you in houses that He allowed to be raised and to have His Name mentioned therein. He also decided our invocation of blessings upon you and our loyalty to you

Transliteration

tiban likhalqina wa taharatan li'anfusina wa tazkiyatan lana wa kaffaratan lidhunubina fakunna `indahu musallimina bifadlikum wa ma`rufina bitasdiqina iyyakum fabalagha allahu bikum ashrafa mahalli almukarramina wa a`la manazili almuqarrabina wa arfa`a darajati almursalina haythu la yalhaquhu lahiqun wa la yafuquhu fa'iqun wa la yasbiquhu sabiqun

Translation

to be immaculacy of our creation, purity of our souls, refinement of our manners, and forgiveness of our sins. We have thus become, with Him, of those believing in your precedence and of those known for their giving credence to you. Thus, Allah has raised you to the most principled place of the honored ones, the highest station of those drawn near to Him, and the loftiest ranks of the Messengers where none can ever reach you, nor can anyone ever surpass you, nor can anyone ever precede you,

Transliteration

wa la yatma`u fi idrakihi tami`un hatta la yabqa malakun muqarrabun wa la nabiyyun mursalun wa la siddiqun wa la shahidun wa la `alimun wa la jahilun wa la daniyyun wa la fadilun wa la mu'minun salihun wa la fajirun talihun wa la jabbarun `anidun wa la shaytanun maridun wa la khalqun fima bayna dhalika shahidun illa `arrafahum jalalata amrikum

Translation

no can anyone ever look forward to reaching your positions; therefore, no archangel, commissioned Prophet, a veracious one, a martyr, a knowledgeable one, an ignorant one, an inferior, a superior, a righteous believer, a wicked sinner, an obstinate tyrant, a devilish rebel, or any other witnessing being among these classes—all of those were informed by Allah about the majesty of your issue,

Transliteration

wa `izama khatarikum wa kibara sha'nikum wa tamama nurikum wa sidqa maqa`idikum wa thabata maqamikum wa sharafa mahallikum wa manzilatikum `indahu wa karamatakum `alayhi wa khassatakum ladayhi wa qurba manzilatikum minhu bi'abi antum wa ummi wa ahli wa mali wa usrati ushhidu allaha wa ushhidukum

Translation

the importance of your standing, the greatness of your prestige, the thoroughness of your illumination, the honesty of your position, the firmness of your stance, the honor of your station and position with Him, your upstanding reputation with Him, your special position with Him, and your close location to Him. May my father, my mother, my kin, my property, and my family be ransoms for you. I beseech Allah and I beseech you all to witness for me

Transliteration

anni mu'minun bikum wa bima amantum bihi kafirun bi`aduwwikum wa bima kafartum bihi mustabsirun bisha'nikum wa bidalalati man khalafakum muwalin lakum wa li'awliya'ikum mubghidun li'a`da'ikum wa mu`adin lahum silmun liman salamakum wa harbun liman harabakum muhaqqiqun lima haqqaqtum mubtilun lima abtaltum muti`un lakum `arifun bihaqqikum

Translation

that I believe in you all and in that in which you believe, I renounce your enemies and whatever you renounce, I am fully aware of your matter and of the deviation of those who oppose you, I am loyalist to you and to your loyalists, I hate your enemies and I show enmity towards them, I am at peace with those who make peace with you, I take the field against those who march against you, I accept as true that which you have decided as true, I prove false that which you have decided as false, I am obedient to you, I recognize your right,

Transliteration

muqirrun bifadlikum muhtamilun li`ilmikum muhtajibun bidhimmatikum mu`tarifun bikum mu'minun bi'iyabikum musaddiqun biraj`atikum muntazirun li'amrikum murtaqibun lidawlatikum akhidhun biqawlikum `amilun bi'amrikum mustajirun bikum za'irun lakum

Translation

I confess of your superiority, I preserve your knowledge, I take refuge under your protective shelter, I profess you, I believe in your coming back (to this world), I give credence to your return, I am awaiting your issue, I am expecting your rule, I take in your sayings, I carry out your orders, I take shelter in you, I make visits to you

Transliteration

la'idhun `a'idhun biquburikum mustashfi`un ila allahi `azza wa jalla bikum wa mutaqarribun bikum ilayhi wa muqaddimukum amama talibati wa hawa'iji wa iradati fi kulli ahwali wa umuri mu'minun bisirrikum wa `alaniyatikum wa shahidikum wa gha'ibikum wa awwalikum wa akhirikum wa mufawwidun fi dhalika kullihi ilaykum wa musallimun fihi ma`akum wa qalbi lakum musallimun

Translation

I resort to and seek protection in your graves, I seek your intercession for me with Allah the Almighty and All-majestic, I seek nearness to Him in your names, I provide you as my means for seeking fulfillment of my desires, needs, and wishes, in all of my manners and affairs, I believe in your invisibility, visibility, presence, absence, first, and last of you; and I confide all that to you and submit to all of it with you. My heart is subservient to you,

Transliteration

wa ra'yi lakum taba`un wa nusrati lakum mu`addatun hatta yuhyiya allahu ta`ala dinahu bikum wa yaruddakum fi ayyamihi wa yuzhirakum li`adlihi wa yumakkinakum fi ardihi fama`akum ma`akum la ma`a ghayrikum amantu bikum wa tawallaytu akhirakum bima tawallaytu bihi awwalakum wa bari'tu ila allahi `azza wa jalla min a`da'ikum

Translation

my opinion is following yours, and my support to you is all set until Allah the All-exalted restores His religion to life through you, brings you back again in His days, allows you to appear for (establishing) His justice, and gives you power to rule in His land. So, I am (always) with you, with you, but not with any one other than you. I have full faith in you, and I declare my loyalty to the last of you just as I declared it to the first of you. In the presence of Allah the Almighty and All-majestic, I repudiate your enemies,

Transliteration

wa min aljibti walttaghuti walshshayatini wa hizbihim alzzalimina lakumu aljahidina lihaqqikum walmariqina min wilayatikum walghasibina li'irthikum alshshakkina fikum almunharifina `ankum wa min kulli walijatin dunakum wa kulli muta`in siwakum wa min al-a'immati alladhina yad`una ila alnnari fathabbataniya allahu abadan ma hayitu `ala muwalatikum

Translation

all idols, false deities, the devils, and their party who have wronged you, denied your rights, apostatized from your (divinely commissioned) leadership, usurped your inheritance, arisen doubts about you, and deviated from you, and (I repudiate) any adherence to anyone other than you, any obeyed one save you, and the leaders who call to Hellfire. May Allah make me firm forever as long as I am alive on loyalty to you,

Transliteration

wa mahabbatikum wa dinikum wa waffaqani lita`atikum wa razaqani shafa`atakum wa ja`alani min khiyari mawalikum alttabi`ina lima da`awtum ilayhi wa ja`alani mimman yaqtassu atharakum wa yasluku sabilakum wa yahtadi bihudakum wa yuhsharu fi zumratikum wa yakirru fi raj`atikum wa yumallaku fi dawlatikum wa yusharrafu fi `afiyatikum

Translation

love for you, and on your religion. May He grant me success in obedience to you, endue me with your intercession, make me of the best of your loyalists who carry out all that to which you have called, and make me of those who are tracking your footsteps, taking your path, following your guidance, (and those who are) resurrected in your group, given the chance to appear again in your Return, given authority in your administration, honored to live under your sound supervision,

Transliteration

wa yumakkanu fi ayyamikum wa taqirru `aynuhu ghadan biru'yatikum bi'abi antum wa ummi wa nafsi wa ahli wa mali man arada allaha bada'a bikum wa man wahhadahu qabila `ankum wa man qasadahu tawajjaha bikum mawaliyya la uhsi thana'akum wa la ablughu min almadhi kunhakum wa min alwasfi qadrakum wa antum nuru al-akhyari wa hudatu al-abrari

Translation

given power in your days, and having their eyes delighted by seeing you in the morrow. May my father, mother, soul, family, and possessions be ransoms for you. Whoever desires for Allah should begin with you, whoever professes His Oneness should accept your instructions, and whoever heads for Him should make you the means to Him. O my masters, I cannot count your merits and I cannot attain the utmost of praise of you and the utmost of the description of your actual value, since you are the light of the upright ones, the guides of the pious ones,

Transliteration

wa hujaju aljabbari bikum fataha allahu wa bikum yakhtimu wa bikum yunazzilu alghaytha wa bikum yumsiku alssama'a an taqa`a `ala al-ardi illa bi'idhnihi wa bikum yunaffisu alhamma wa yakshifu alddurra wa `indakum ma nazalat bihi rusuluhu wa habatat bihi mala'ikatuhu wa ila jaddikum bu`itha alrruhu al-aminu atakum allahu ma lam yu'ti ahadan min al`alamina ta'ta'a kullu sharifin lisharafikum

Translation

and the arguments of the Supreme Lord. With you has Allah begun creation and with you will He seal it. For your sake does He pour down rain, for your sake does He withhold the heavens from falling on the earth except by His permission, and out of consideration for you does He dismiss agonies and relieves harms. In your possession is all that which His Messengers brought down and with which His angels descended. To your forefather( ) was the Honest Spirit sent. Allah has given you that which He has not given to any one all over the worlds. All highborn ones nod down their heads before your noble lineage,

Transliteration

wa bakha`a kullu mutakabbirin lita`atikum wa khada`a kullu jabbarin lifadlikum wa dhalla kullu shay'in lakum wa ashraqat al-ardu binurikum wa faza alfa'izuna biwilayatikum bikum yuslaku ila alrridwani wa `ala man jahada wilayatakum ghadabu alrrahmani bi'abi antum wa ummi wa nafsi wa ahli wa mali dhikrukum fi aldhdhakirina wa asma'ukum fi al-asma'i wa ajsadukum fi al-ajsadi

Translation

all arrogant ones submit to the obedience to you, all insolent oppressors succumb to your excellence, all things are humiliated before you, the earth has been lit up with your light, and the winners have attained triumph due to their loyalty to you. Through you can the way to Paradise be taken and the ire of the All-beneficent is poured on whoever has denied your (divinely commissioned) leadership. May my father, mother, soul, family, and possessions be ransoms for you. your mention is within the mention of others. Your names are called along with other names. Your figures appear among other figures.

Transliteration

wa arwahukum fi al-arwahi wa anfusukum fi alnnufusi wa atharukum fi al-athari wa quburukum fi alquburi fama ahla asma'akum wa akrama anfusakum wa a`zama sha'nakum wa ajalla khatarakum wa awfa `ahdakum wa asdaqa wa`dakum kalamukum nurun wa amrukum rushdun

Translation

Your souls are among other souls. Your selves are among other selves. Your traditions are among other traditions. Your graves are among other graves. But how gracious your names are! How noble your souls are! How superior your affairs are! How majestic your stations are! How dependable your covenants are! How truthful your promises are! Your words are illumination. Your affairs are (leading to) orthodoxy.

Transliteration

wa wasiyyatukum alttaqwa wa fi`lukum alkhayru wa `adatukum al-ihsanu wa sajiyyatukum alkaramu wa sha'nukum alhaqqu walssidqu walrrifqu wa qawlukum hukmun wa hatmun wa ra'yukum `ilmun wa hilmun wa hazmun in dhukira alkhayru kuntum awwalahu wa aslahu wa far`ahu wa ma`dinahu wa ma'wahu wa muntahahu bi'abi antum wa ummi wa nafsi

Translation

Your precepts are piety. Your deeds are all good. Your habits are charity. Your nature is generosity. Your issue is truth, honesty, and lenience. Your words are judgments and decisiveness. Your views are (based upon) knowledge, temperance, and forethought. Whenever goodness is mentioned, you are its initiation, origin, branch, essence, center, and ultimate. May my father, mother, and soul be ransoms for you.

Transliteration

kayfa asifu husna thana'ikum wa uhsi jamila bala'ikum wa bikum akhrajana allahu min aldhdhulli wa farraja `anna ghamarati alkurubi wa anqadhana min shafa jurufi alhalakati wa min alnnari bi'abi antum wa ummi wa nafsi bimuwalatikum `allamana allahu ma`alima dinina wa aslaha ma kana fasada min dunyana wa bimuwalatikum tammat alkalimatu wa `azumat alnni`matu wa'talafat alfurqatu

Translation

How shall I describe the excellence of your merits and define the beauty of your conferrals? It is on account of you that Allah has pulled us out of degradation, removed from us the clutches of hardships, and saved us from the brink of the pit of perditions and from the Fire. May my father, mother, and soul be ransoms for you. Through our loyalty to your leadership, Allah has taught us the features of our religion and has set aright the spoiled items of our worldly lives. Through our loyalty to your leadership, the Word has been perfected, the grace has become great, and the discord has turned into alliance.

Transliteration

wa bimuwalatikum tuqbalu altta`atu almuftaradatu wa lakum almawaddatu alwajibatu walddarajatu alrrafi`atu walmaqamu almahmudu walmakanu alma`lumu `inda allahi `azza wa jalla waljahu al`azimu walshsha'nu alkabiru walshshafa`atu almaqbulatu rabbana amanna bima anzalta wattaba`na alrrasula faktubna ma`a alshshahidina rabbana la tuzigh qulubana ba`da idh hadaytana

Translation

Through our loyalty to your leadership, the obligatory obedience (to Allah) is accepted. To you alone are the obligatory affection, the elevated ranks, the praiseworthy standing, the renowned station with Allah the Almighty and All-majestic, the topmost prestige, the supreme station, and the admitted intercession. O our Lord, we believe in that which You have sent down and we follow the Messenger; so, write our names among those who bear witness. Our Lord, cause not our hearts to stray after You have guided us,

Transliteration

wa hab lana min ladunka rahmatan innaka anta alwahhabu subhana rabbina in kana wa`du rabbina lamaf`ulan ya waliyya allahi inna bayni wa bayna allahi `azza wa jalla dhunuban la ya'ti `alayha illa ridakum fabihaqqi man i'tamanakum `ala sirrihi wastar`akum amra khalqihi wa qarana ta`atakum bita`atihi lamma istawhabtum dhunubi wa kuntum shufa`a'i

Translation

and bestow upon us mercy from Your Presence. Lo! You, only You, are the Bestower. Glory be to our Lord for in fact the promise of our Lord immediately takes effect. O vicegerent of Allah!( ) There stand between me and Allah the Almighty and All-majestic, sins that cannot be demolished except by attaining your satisfaction. Therefore, [I beseech you] in the name of the One Who has entrusted you with His secret, assigned you to supervise the affairs of His creatures, and attached the obedience to Him with the obedience to you, to (please) endue me with the favor of absolving my sins and to be my intercessors,

Transliteration

fa'inni lakum muti`un man ata`akum faqd ata`a allaha wa man `asakum faqad `asa allaha wa man ahabbakum faqad ahabba allaha wa man abghadakum faqad abghada allaha allahumma inni law wajadtu shufa`a'a aqraba ilayka min muhammadin wa ahli baytihi al-akhyari al-a'immati al-abrari laja`altuhum shufa`a'i fabihaqqihim alladhi awjabta lahum `alayka as'aluka an tudkhilani fi jumlati al`arifina bihim wa bihaqqihim wa fi zumrati almarhumina bishafa`atihim

Translation

for I am obedient to you. He who obeys you has in fact obeyed Allah, he who disobeys you has in fact disobeyed Allah, he who loves you has in fact loved Allah, and he who hates you has in fact hated Allah. O Allah, had I known interceders that are closer to You than Muhammad and his Household the virtuous and pious Imams, I would have chosen them as my intercessors. So, [I beseech You] in the name of their Right that You have made obligatory upon You, (please) include me with the group of those who recognize their Right and them and with the assembly of those who are shown mercy owing to their (i.e. Muhammad and his Household) intercession.

Transliteration

innaka arhamu alrrahimina wa salla allahu `ala muhammadin wa alihi alttahirina wa sallama tasliman kathiran wa hasbuna allahu wa ni`ma alwakilu

Translation

Verily, You are the most merciful of all those who show mercy. May Allah send blessings upon Muhammad and his immaculate Household and send His thorough peace upon them. Allah is Sufficient for us! Most Excellent is He in Whom we trust.