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سَلاَمُ اللَّهِ وَسَلَامُ مَلَائِكَتِهِ الْمُقَرَّبِيْنَ
salāmullāhi wasalāmu malā-ikatihil muqarrabīn
Peace of Allah and peace of His favorite angels,
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وَأَنْبِيَائِهِ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ
wa-anbiyā-ihil mur-salīn
His commissioned prophets,
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وَعِبَادِهِ الصَالِحِيْنَ
wa`ibādihil ṣāliḥīn
His righteous servants,
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وَجَمِيْعِ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصِّدِّيْقِيْنَ
wajamī`ish shuhadā-i waṣ ṣiddīqīn
all the martyrs, and all the veracious [ones],
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وَالزَّاكِيَاتُ الطَّيِّبَاتُ فِيْمَا تَغْتَدِيْ وَتَرُوْحُ
waz zākiyātuṭ ṭayyibātu fīmā taghtadī watarūḥ
and also pure, true blessings that come and go,
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عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ أَمِيْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
`alayka yabna amīril mu-minīn
be upon you, O son of the Commander of the Faithful.
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أَشْهَدُ لَكَ بِالتَّسْلِيْمِ وَالتَّصْدِيْقِ
ash-hadu laka bittaslīmi wat taṣdīq
I testify to you of submission [to the will of God], honest acceptance as true,
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وَالْوَفَاءِ وَالنَّصِيْحَةِ
walwafā-i wan naṣīḥah
loyalty, and sincerity
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لِخَلَفِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ الْمُرْسَلِ
likhalafin nabiyyi ṣallallāhu `alayhi wa-ālihil mur-sal
to the descendant of the commissioned Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Household,
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وَالسِّبْطِ الْمُنْتَجَبِ
was sibṭil muntajab
the chosen grandson [of the Prophet],
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وَالدَّلِيْلِ الْعَالِمِ
wad dalīlil `ālim
the well knowledgeable guide [to the true religion],
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وَالْوَصِيِّ الْمُبَلِّغِ
walwaṣiyyil muballigh
the conveying successor,
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وَالْمَظْلُوْمِ الْمُهْتَضَمِ
walmaẓlūmil muhtaḍam
and the wrongfully oppressed one.
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فَجَزَاكَ اللَّهُ عَنْ رَسُوْلِهِ
fajazākallāhu `an rasūlih
So, Allah may reward you on behalf of His Messenger,
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وَعَنْ أَمِيْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
wa`an amīril mu-minīn
the Commander of the Faithful,
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وَعَنِ الْحَسَنِ وَالْحُسَيْنِ
wa`anil ḥasani walḥusayn
al-Hasan, and al-Husayn,
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صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ
ṣalawātullāhi `alayhim
peace of Allah be upon them,
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أَفْضَلَ الْجَزَاءِ
afḍalal jazā
with the best reward
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بِمَا صَبَرْتَ وَاحْتَسَبْتَ وَأَعَنْتَ
bimā ṣabar-ta waḥtasabta wa-a`ant
for your steadfastness, dedication [to the sake of God], and support [for the right party].
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فَنِعْمَ عُقْبَى الدَّارِ
fani`ma `uqbad dār
Very excellent be the reward of the eternal life.
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لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَكَ
la`anallāhu man qatalak
Allah’s curse be on him who killed you.
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وَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ جَهِلَ حَقَّكَ
wala`anallāhu man jahila ḥaqqak
Allah’s curse be on him who ignored your position
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وَاسْتَخَفَّ بِحُرْمَتِكَ
wastakhaffa biḥur-matik
and belittled your sanctity.
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وَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ حَالَ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ مَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ
wala`anallāhu man ḥāla baynaka wabayna mā-il furāt
Allah’s curse be on him who precluded you from having from the water of the Euphrates.
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أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قُتِلْتَ مَظْلُوْمًا
ash-hadu annaka qutilta maẓlūmā
I testify that you were killed wrongfully
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وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ مُنْجِزٌ لَكُمْ مَا وَعَدَكُمْ
wa-annallāha munjizun lakum mā wa`adakum
and that Allah will verily fulfill His promise that He made with you.
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جِئْتُكَ يَا بْنَ أَمِيْرِ المُؤْمِنِيْنَ وَافِدًا إِلَيْكُمْ
ji-tuka yabna amīril mu-minīna wāfidan ilaykum
O son of the Commander of the Faithful, I have come to you to present myself before you.
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وَقَلْبِيْ مُسَلِّمٌ لَكُمْ وَتَابِعٌ
waqalbī musallimun lakum watābi`
My heart is submissive to you and is following you.
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وَأَنَا لَكُمْ تَابِعٌ
wa-ana lakum tābi`
And I am your follower.
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وَنُصْرَتِيْ لَكُمْ مُعَدَّةٌ
wanuṣratī lakum mu`addah
I am ready to support you
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حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللَّهُ
ḥattā yaḥkumallāh
until Allah decides.
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وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الْحَاكِمِيْنَ
wahuwa khayrul ḥākimīn
He is surely the best of all those who decide.
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فَمَعَكُمْ مَعَكُمْ
fama`akum ma`akum
I am verily with you,
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لَا مَعَ عَدُوِّكُمْ
lā ma`a `aduwwikum
not with your enemy.
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إِنِّيْ بِكُمْ وَبِإِيَابِكُمْ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
innī bikum wabi-iyābikum minal mu-minīn
I am one of those who believe in you and believe in your Return.
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وَبِمَنْ خَالَفَكُمْ وَقَتَلَكُمْ مِنَ الْكَافِرِيْنَ
wabiman khālafakum waqatalakum minal kāfirīn
I also one of those who deny your opposites and killers.
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قَتَلَ اللَّهُ أُمَّةً قَتَلَتْكُمْ بِالْأَيْدِيْ وَالْأَلْسُنِ
qatalallāhu ummatan qatalatkum bil aydī wal-alsun
Allah may kill the group who killed you with hands and tongues [by giving orders of killing you.]
You should then enter, throw yourself on the tomb, and say the following words:
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اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا العَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ
as salāmu `alayka ayyuhal `abduṣ ṣāliḥ
Peace be upon you, O righteous servant [of Allah]
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اَلمُطِيْعُ لِلَّهِ وَلِرَسُوْلِهِ وَلِأَمِيْرِ المُؤْمِنِيْنَ
al muṭī`u lillāhi walirasūlihi wali-amīril mu-minīn
and obedient to Allah, to His Messenger, to the Commander of the Faithful,
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وَالحَسَنِ وَالحُسَيْنِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَسَلَّمَ
wālḥasani wālḥusayni ṣallallāhu `alayhim wasallam
to al-Hasan, and to al-Husayn, peace and greetings of Allah be upon them.
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اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
as salāmu `alayka waraḥmatullāhi wabarakātuh
Peace, Allah’s mercy, blessings,
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وَمَغْفِرَتُهُ وَرِضْوَانُهُ وَعَلَى رُوْحِكَ وَبَدَنِكَ
wamaghfiratuhu wariḍwānuhu wa`alā rūḥika wabadanik
forgiveness, and gratifications be upon you, your soul, and your body.
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أَشْهَدُ وَأُشْهِدُ اللَّهَ أَنَّكَ مَضَيْتَ عَلَى مَا مَضَى بِهِ البَدْرِيُّوْنَ
ash-hadu wa-ush-hidullāha annaka maḍayta `alā mā maḍā bihil badriyyūn
I testify, and call Allah to witness, that you abided by the same course that was taken by the warriors of [the battle of] Badr
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وَالمُجَاهِدُوْنَ فِيْ سَبِيْلِ اللَّهِ
wāl-mujāhidūna fī sabīlillāh
and the strivers for Allah’s sake
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اَلمُنَاصِحُوْنَ لَهُ فِيْ جِهَادِ أَعْدَائِهِ
al munāṣiḥūna lahu fī jihādi a`dā-ih
who sincerely served Him in the battlefields against His enemies,
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اَلمُبَالِغُوْنَ فِيْ نُصْرَةِ أَوْلِيَائِهِ
al mubālighūna fī nuṣrati awliyā-ih
did their bests for supporting His disciples,
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اَلذَّابُّوْنَ عَنْ أَحِبَّائِهِ
adh dhābbūna `an aḥibbā-ih
and defended His intimate ones.
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فَجَزَاكَ اللَّهُ أَفْضَلَ الجَزَاءِ
fajazākallāhu afḍalal jazā
So, Allah may reward you the best,
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وَأَكْثَرَ الجَزَاءِ
wa-aktharal jazā
the maximum,
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وَأَوْفَرَ الجَزَاءِ
wa-awfaral jazā
the most abundant,
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وَأَوْفَى جَزَاءِ أَحَدٍ مِمَّنْ وَفَى بِبَيْعَتِهِ
wa-awfā jazā-i aḥadin mimman wafā bibay`atih
and the most conclusive reward that He may give to any one who fulfills his homage,
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وَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُ دَعْوَتَهُ
wastajāba lahu da`watah
answers the call [of the religion],
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وَأَطَاعَ وُلَاةَ أَمْرِهِ
wa-aṭā`a wulāta amrih
and obeys his [divinely elected] leaders.
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أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ بَالَغْتَ فِيْ النَّصِيْحَةِ
ash-hadu annaka qad bālaghta fin naṣīḥah
I testify that you acted extremely sincerely
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وَأَعْطَيْتَ غَايَةَ المَجْهُوْدِ
wa-a`ṭayta ghāyatal majhūd
and exerted all your efforts [in this regard].
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فَبَعَثَكَ اللَّهُ فِيْ الشُّهَدَاءِ
faba`athakallāhu fish shuhadā
Allah may attach you to the martyrs,
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وَجَعَلَ رُوْحَكَ مَعَ أَرْوَاحِ السُّعَدَاءِ
waja`ala rūḥaka ma`a ar-wāḥis su`adā
add your soul to the souls of the happy ones,
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وَأَعْطَاكَ مِنْ جِنَانِهِ أَفْسَحَهَا مَنْزِلًا
wa-a`ṭāka min jinānihi afsaḥahā manzilā
give you the largest abode in His Paradise
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وَأَفْضَلَهَا غُرَفًا
wa-afḍalahā ghurafā
and the most handsome room,
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وَرَفَعَ ذِكْرَكَ فِيْ عِلِّيِّيْنَ
warafa`a dhikraka fī `illiyyīn
exalt your mention in `Illiyyin [the most elevated position],
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وَحَشَرَكَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّيْنَ وَالصِّدِّيْقِيْنَ
waḥasharaka ma`an nabiyyīna waṣ ṣiddīqīn
and join you to the Prophets, the veracious ones,
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وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِيْنَ
wash shuhadā-i waṣ ṣāliḥīn
the martyrs, and the righteous ones.
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وَحَسُنَ أُوْلٰئِكَ رَفِيْقًا
waḥasuna ūlā-ika rafīqā
Very excellent is the companionship of such ones.
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أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ لَمْ تَهِنْ وَلَمْ تَنْكُلْ
ash-hadu annaka lam tahin walam tankul
I testify that you did not lag behind and did not turn away the face,
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وَأَنَّكَ مَضَيْتَ عَلَى بَصِيْرَةٍ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ
wa-annaka maḍayta `alā baṣīratin min amrik
and that you left this life with full awareness of the truth,
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مُقْتَدِيًا بِالصَّالِحِيْنَ
muqtadiyan biṣṣāliḥīn
following the examples of the righteous ones
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وَمُتَّبِعًا لِلنَّبِيِّيْنَ
wamuttabi`an linnabiyyīn
and sticking to the Prophets.
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فَجَمَعَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ
fajama`allāhu baynanā wabaynak
So, Allah may gather us with you,
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وَبَيْنَ رَسُوْلِهِ وَأَوْلِيَائِهِ
wabayna rasūlihi wa-awliyā-ih
with His Messenger, and with His disciples
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فِيْ مَنَازِلِ المُخْبِتِيْنَ
fī manāzilil mukhbitīn
in the abodes of those who practiced humbly [with their Lord].
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فَإِنَّهُ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ
fa-innahu ar-ḥamur rāḥimīn
He is certainly the most merciful of all the merciful ones.
