اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
allāhumma ṣalli `alā muḥammadin wa āli muḥammad
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad
بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ
allāhumma ṣalli `alā muḥammadin `abdik
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad, Your servant
وَ رَسُولِكَ، وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ
wa rasūlik, wa ahli baytihiṭ ṭāhirīn
And Your Messenger, and his pure household
وَ اخْصُصْهُمْ بِأَفْضَلِ صَلَوَاتِكَ وَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ بَرَكَاتِكَ وَ سَلَامِكَ
wakhṣuṣ-hum bi-afḍali ṣalawātika wa raḥmatika wa barakātika wa salāmik
And favor them with the best of Your blessings, Your mercy, Your benedictions, and Your peace
وَ اخْصُصِ اللَّهُمَّ وَالِدَيَّ بِالْكَرَامَةِ لَدَيْكَ
wakhṣuṣillāhumma wālidayya bil karāmati ladayk
And O Allah, particularly honor my parents with nobility in Your presence
وَ الصَّلَاةِ مِنْكَ، يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ
waṣ ṣalāti mink, yā ar-ḥamar rāḥimīn
And blessings from You, O Most Merciful of the merciful
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ
allāhumma ṣalli `alā muḥammadin wa-ālih
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and his family
وَ أَلْهِمْنِيْ عِلْمَ مَا يَجِبُ لَهُمَا عَلَيَّ إِلْهَامًا
wa alhimnī `ilma mā yajibu lahumā `alayya ilhāmā
And inspire me with knowledge of what is incumbent upon me toward them
وَ اجْمَعْ لِيْ عِلْمَ ذٰلِكَ كُلِّهِ تَمَامًا
wajma` lī `ilma dhālika kullihi tamāmā
And gather for me complete knowledge of all that
ثُمَّ اسْتَعْمِلْنِيْ بِمَا تُلْهِمُنِيْ مِنْهُ
thummasta`milnī bimā tulhimunī minh
Then make me act according to what You inspire me of it
وَ وَفِّقْنِيْ لِلنُّفُوذِ فِيمَا تُبَصِّرُنِيْ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ
wa waffiqnī linnufūdhi fīmā tubaṣṣirunī min `ilmih
And give me the success to penetrate into the understanding You give me of it
حَتَّى لَا يَفُوتَنِيْ اسْتِعْمَالُ شَيْءٍ عَلَّمْتَنِيهِ
ḥattā lā yafūtanisti`mālu shay-in `allamtanīh
So that I may not fail to use anything You have taught me
وَ لَا تَثْقُلَ أَرْكَانِيْ عَنِ الْحَفُوفِ فِيمَا أَلْهَمْتَنِيهِ
wa lā tathqula ar-kānī `anil ḥafūfi fīmā alhamtanīh
And my limbs may not grow heavy in acting upon what You have inspired me
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ
allāhumma ṣalli `alā muḥammadin wa-ālih
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and his family
كَمَا شَرَّفْتَنَا بِهِ
kamā sharraftanā bih
As You have honored us through him
وَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ
wa ṣalli `alā muḥammadin wa-ālih
And send blessings upon Muhammad and his family
كَمَا أَوْجَبْتَ لَنَا الْحَقَّ عَلَى الْخَلْقِ بِسَبَبِهِ
kamā awjabta lanal ḥaqqa `alal khalqi bisababih
As You have made obligatory for us rights over creation because of him
اَللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِيْ أَهَابُهُمَا هَيْبَةَ السُّلْطَانِ الْعَسُوفِ
allāhummaj`alnī ahābuhumā haybatas sulṭānil `asūf
O Allah, make me fear them as I would fear a harsh ruler
وَ أَبَرَّهُمَا بِرَّ الْأُمِّ الرَّؤُوفِ
wa abarrahumā birral ummir ra-ūf
And be dutiful to them with the dutifulness of a tender mother
وَ اجْعَلْ طَاعَتِيْ لِوَالِدَيَّ وَ بِرِّيْ بِهِمَا
waj`al ṭā`atī liwālidayya wa birrī bihimā
And make my obedience to my parents and my dutifulness to them
أَقَرَّ لِعَيْنِيْ مِنْ رَقْدَةِ الْوَسْنَانِ
aqarra li`aynī min raqdatil wasnān
More delightful to my eyes than the sleep of the drowsy
وَ أَثْلَجَ لِصَدْرِيْ مِنْ شَرْبَةِ الظَّمْآنِ
wa athlaja liṣadrī min shar-batiẓ ẓam-ān
And cooler to my breast than the drink of the thirsty
حَتَّى أُوثِرَ عَلَى هَوَايَ هَوَاهُمَا
ḥattā ūthira `alā hawāya hawāhumā
Until I prefer their desires over my desires
وَ أُقَدِّمَ عَلَى رِضَايَ رِضَاهُمَا وَ أَسْتَكْثِرَ بِرَّهُمَا
wa uqaddima `alā riḍāya riḍāhumā wa astakthira birrahumā
And put their satisfaction before my satisfaction and consider much their kindness
بِيْ وَ اِنْ قَلَّ وَ أَسْتَقِلَّ بِرِّيْ بِهِمَا وَ اِنْ كَثُرَ
bī wa in qalla wa astaqilla birrī bihimā wa in kathur
To me even if it be little, and consider little my kindness to them even if it be much
اَللَّهُمَّ خَفِّضْ لَهُمَا صَوْتِي
allāhumma khaffiḍ lahumā ṣawtī
O Allah, lower for them my voice
وَ أَطِبْ لَهُمَا كَلَامِي
wa aṭib lahumā kalāmī
And make pleasant for them my speech
وَ أَلِنْ لَهُمَا عَرِيكَتِي
wa alin lahumā `arīkatī
And soften for them my character
وَ اعْطِفْ عَلَيْهِمَا قَلْبِي
wa`ṭif `alayhimā qalbī
And make tender toward them my heart
وَ صَيِّرْنِيْ بِهِمَا رَفِيقًا، وَ عَلَيْهِمَا شَفِيقًا
wa ṣayyir-nī bihimā rafīqā, wa `alayhimā shafīqā
And make me gentle with them, and compassionate toward them
اَللَّهُمَّ اشْكُرْ لَهُمَا تَرْبِيَتِيْ، وَ أَثِبْهُمَا عَلَى تَكْرِمَتِي
allāhummashkur lahumā tar-biyatī, wa athibhumā `alā takrimatī
O Allah, reward them for my upbringing, and recompense them for honoring me
وَ احْفَظْ لَهُمَا مَا حَفِظَاهُ مِنِّيْ فِيْ صِغَرِي
waḥfaẓ lahumā mā ḥafiẓāhu minnī fī ṣigharī
And guard for them what they have guarded of me in my childhood
اَللَّهُمَّ وَ مَا مَسَّهُمَا مِنِّيْ مِنْ أَذًى، أَوْ خَلَصَ إِلَيْهِمَا عَنِّيْ مِنْ مَكْرُوهٍ
allāhumma wa mā massahumā minnī min adhā, aw khalaṣa ilayhimā `annī min makrūh
O Allah, and whatever harm has touched them from me, or displeasure has reached them from me
أَوْ ضَاعَ قِبَلِيْ لَهُمَا مِنْ حَقٍّ
aw ḍā`a qibalī lahumā min ḥaqq
Or right of theirs which has been neglected by me
فَاجْعَلْهُ حِطَّةً لِذُنُوبِهِمَا
faj`alhu ḥiṭṭatan lidhunūbihimā
Make it a remission of their sins
وَ عُلُوًّا فِيْ دَرَجَاتِهِمَا
wa `uluwwan fī darajātihimā
And an elevation in their ranks
وَ زِيَادَةً فِيْ حَسَنَاتِهِمَا
wa ziyādatan fī ḥasanātihimā
And an increase in their good deeds
يَا مُبَدِّلَ السَّيِّئَاتِ بِأَضْعَافِهَا مِنَ الْحَسَنَاتِ
yā mubaddilas sayyi-āti bi-aḍ`āfihā minal ḥasanāt
O You who change evil deeds into manifold good deeds
اَللَّهُمَّ وَ مَا تَعَدَّيَا عَلَيَّ فِيهِ مِنْ قَوْلٍ
allāhumma wa mā ta`addayā `alayya fīhi min qawl
O Allah, whatever transgression they have committed against me in word
أَوْ أَسْرَفَا عَلَيَّ فِيهِ مِنْ فِعْلٍ
aw asrafā `alayya fīhi min fi`l
Or whatever excess they have reached concerning me in deed
أَوْ ضَيَّعَاهُ لِيْ مِنْ حَقٍّ، أَوْ قَصَّرَا بِيْ عَنْهُ مِنْ وَاجِبٍ
aw ḍayya`āhu lī min ḥaqq, aw qaṣṣarā bī `anhu min wājib
Or right of mine which they have neglected, or obligation toward me in which they have fallen short
فَقَدْ وَهَبْتُهُ لَهُمَا، وَ جُدْتُ بِهِ عَلَيْهِمَا
faqad wahabtuhu lahumā, wa judtu bihi `alayhimā
I grant it to them and bestow it upon them
وَ رَغِبْتُ إِلَيْكَ فِيْ وَضْعِ تَبِعَتِهِ عَنْهُمَا
wa raghibtu ilayka fī waḍ`i tabi`atihi `anhumā
And I beseech You to remove its burden from them
فَإِنِّيْ لَا أَتَّهِمُهُمَا عَلَى نَفْسِي
fa-innī lā attahimuhumā `alā nafsī
For I do not accuse them concerning myself
وَ لَا أَسْتَبْطِئُهُمَا فِيْ بِرّي
wa lā astabṭi-uhumā fī birri
Nor do I deem them negligent in their goodness toward me
وَ لَا أَكْرَهُ مَا تَوَلَّيَاهُ مِنْ أَمْرِيْ يَا رَبِّ
wa lā akrahu mā tawallayāhu min amrī yā rabb
Nor do I dislike, my Lord, what they have done concerning my affairs
فَهُمَا أَوْجَبُ حَقًّا عَلَيَّ
fahumā awjabu ḥaqqan `alayy
For they have more compelling right over me
وَ أَقْدَمُ إِحْسَانًا إِلَيَّ
wa aqdamu iḥsānan ilayy
And prior goodness toward me
وَ أَعْظَمُ مِنَّةً لَدَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُقَاصَّهُمَا بِعَدْلٍ
wa a`ẓamu minnatan ladayya min an uqāṣṣahumā bi`adl
And greater favor with me than that I should requite them with justice
أَوْ أُجَازِيَهُمَا عَلَى مِثْلٍ
aw ujāziyahumā `alā mithl
Or repay them in kind
أَيْنَ إِذًا يَا إِلَهِيْ طُولُ شُغْلِهِمَا بِتَرْبِيَتِي
ayna idhan yā ilahī ṭūlu shughlihimā bitar-biyatī
Where then, my God, would be their long occupation in my upbringing
وَ أَيْنَ شِدَّةُ تَعَبِهِمَا فِيْ حِرَاسَتِي
wa ayna shiddatu ta`abihimā fī ḥirāsatī
Where would be the hardship of their toil in guarding me
وَ أَيْنَ إِقْتَارُهُمَا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمَا لِلتَّوْسِعَةِ عَلَيَّ
wa ayna iqtāruhumā `alā anfusihimā littawsi`ati `alayy
Where would be their stinting of themselves to provide abundance for me
هَيْهَاتَ مَا يَسْتَوْفِيَانِ مِنِّيْ حَقَّهُمَا
hayhāta mā yastawfiyāni minnī ḥaqqahumā
Far be it that they should have their due from me
وَ لَا أُدْرِكُ مَا يَجِبُ عَلَيَّ لَهُمَا
wa lā udriku mā yajibu `alayya lahumā
Or I should achieve what is incumbent upon me toward them
وَ لَا أَنَا بِقَاضٍ وَظِيفَةَ خِدْمَتِهِمَا
wa lā ana biqāḍin waẓīfata khidmatihimā
Or I should fulfill the duty of serving them
فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ
faṣalli `alā muḥammadin wa-ālih
So send blessings upon Muhammad and his family
وَ أَعِنِّيْ يَا خَيْرَ مَنِ اسْتُعِينَ بِهِ
wa a`innī yā khayra manistu`īna bih
And help me, O Best of those whose help is sought
وَ وَفِّقْنِيْ يَا أَهْدَى مَنْ رُغِبَ إِلَيْهِ
wa waffiqnī yā ahdā man rughiba ilayh
And guide me, O Most Guiding of those to whom we turn
وَ لَا تَجْعَلْنِيْ فِيْ أَهْلِ الْعُقُوقِ لِلْآبَاءِ وَ الْأُمَّهَاتِ
wa lā taj`alnī fī ahlil `uqūqi lil-ābā-i wal ummahāt
And place me not among the people who are undutiful to parents and mothers
يَوْمَ تُجْزَى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ وَ هُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُوْنَ
yawma tujzā kullu nafsin bimā kasabat wa hum lā yuẓlamūn
On the day when every soul shall be rewarded for what it has earned, and they shall not be wronged
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ
allāhumma ṣalli `alā muḥammadin wa-ālihi wa dhurriyyatih
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad, his family, and his descendants
وَ اخْصُصْ أَبَوَيَّ بِأَفْضَلِ مَا خَصَصْتَ بِهِ
wakhṣuṣ abawayya bi-afḍali mā khaṣaṣta bih
And single out my parents for the best which You have singled out
آبَاءَ عِبَادِكَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ وَ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ، يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ
ābā-a `ibādikal mu-minīna wa ummahātihim, yā ar-ḥamar rāḥimīn
For the fathers and mothers of Your faithful servants, O Most Merciful of the merciful
اَللَّهُمَّ لَا تُنْسِنِيْ ذِكْرَهُمَا فِيْ أَدْبَارِ صَلَوَاتِي
allāhumma lā tunsinī dhikrahumā fī adbāri ṣalawātī
O Allah, let me not forget to remember them after my prayers
وَ فِيْ إِنًى مِنْ آنَاءِ لَيْلِي
wa fī inan min-ānā-i laylī
And in a time of my night
وَ فِيْ كُلِّ سَاعَةٍ مِنْ سَاعَاتِ نَهَارِي
wa fī kulli sā`atin min sā`āti nahārī
And in every hour of my day
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ
allāhumma ṣalli `alā muḥammadin wa-ālih
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and his family
وَ اغْفِرْ لِيْ بِدُعَائِيْ لَهُمَا
waghfir lī bidu`ā-ī lahumā
And forgive me through my supplication for them
وَ اغْفِرْ لَهُمَا بِبِرِّهِمَا بِيْ مَغْفِرَةً حَتْمًا
waghfir lahumā bibirrihimā bī maghfiratan ḥatmā
And forgive them through their goodness toward me with a forgiveness determined
وَ ارْضَ عَنْهُمَا بِشَفَاعَتِيْ لَهُمَا رِضًى عَزْمًا
war-ḍa `anhumā bishafā`atī lahumā riḍan `azmā
And be well pleased with them through my intercession for them with a resolute pleasure
وَ بَلِّغْهُمَا بِالْكَرَامَةِ مَوَاطِنَ السَّلَامَةِ
wa balligh-humā bil karāmati mawāṭinas salāmah
And make them reach through Your generosity the abodes of safety
اَللَّهُمَّ وَ إِنْ سَبَقَتْ مَغْفِرَتُكَ لَهُمَا فَشَفِّعْهُمَا فِيَّ
allāhumma wa in sabaqat maghfiratuka lahumā fashaffi`humā fiyy
O Allah, if Your forgiveness precedes them, then make them my intercessors
وَ إِنْ سَبَقَتْ مَغْفِرَتُكَ لِيْ فَشَفِّعْنِيْ فِيهِمَا
wa in sabaqat maghfiratuka lī fashaffi`nī fīhimā
And if Your forgiveness precedes me, then make me their intercessor
حَتَّى نَجْتَمِعَ بِرَأْفَتِكَ فِيْ دَارِ كَرَامَتِكَ
ḥattā najtami`a bira-fatika fī dāri karāmatik
So that we may gather together through Your gentleness in the house of Your nobility
وَ مَحَلِّ مَغْفِرَتِكَ وَ رَحْمَتِكَ
wa maḥalli maghfiratika wa raḥmatik
And the place of Your forgiveness and mercy
إِنَّكَ ذُوْ الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ، وَ الْمَنِّ الْقَديِمِ، وَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِيِْنَ
innaka dhul faḍlil `aẓīm, wal mannil qadyim, wa anta ar-ḥamur rāḥimīn
For You are the Possessor of great bounty and ancient favor, and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful
