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أَسْتَوْدِعُكَ اللَّهَ وَأَسْتَرْعِيْكَ
astawdi`ukallāha wa-astar-`īk
I entrust you with Allah, beseech Him to keep you under His guard,
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وَأَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ
wa-aqra-u `alaykas salām
and invoke peace upon you.
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آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِرَسُوْلِهِ وَبِكِتَابِهِ
āmannā billāhi wabirasūlihi wabikitābih
We have believed in Allah, in His Messenger, in His Book,
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وَبِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ
wabimā jā-a bihi min `indillāh
and in that which he conveyed from Allah.
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اَللَّهُمَّ فَاكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِيْنَ
allāhumma faktubnā ma`ash shāhidīn
O Allah, record our names with the witnesses.
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اَللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْهُ آخِرَ العَهْدِ مِنْ زِيَارَتِيْ قَبْرَ ابْنِ أَخِيْ رَسُوْلِكَ
allāhumma lā taj`alhu-ākhiral `ahdi min ziyāratī qabrabni akhī rasūlik
O Allah, do not decide this pilgrimage to the tomb of the son of Your Messenger’s brother to be the last one of mine.
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صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ
ṣallallāhu `alayhi wa-ālih
Peace be upon him [i.e. the Messenger] and upon his Household.
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وَارْزُقْنِيْ زِيَارَتَهُ أَبَدًا مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِيْ
war-zuqnī ziyāratahu abadan mā abqaytanī
Grant me opportunities to visit him so long as You keep me alive,
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وَاحْشُرْنِيْ مَعَهُ وَمَعَ آبَائِهِ فِيْ الْجِنَانِ
waḥshur-nī ma`ahu wama`a-ābā-ihi fil jinān
join me to him and to his fathers in the gardens of Paradise,
10
وَعَرِّفْ بَيْنِيْ وَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ رَسُوْلِكَ وَأَوْلِيَائِكَ
wa`arrif baynī wabaynahu wabayna rasūlika wa-awliyā-ik
and introduce me to him, to Your Messenger, and to Your disciples.
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اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
allāhumma ṣalli `alā muḥammadin wa-āli muḥammad
O Allah, send Your blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad
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وَتَوَفَّنِيْ عَلَى الْإِيْـمَانِ بِكَ
watawaffanī `alal īmāni bik
and take me to You while I am abiding by the believing in You,
13
وَالتَّصْدِيْقِ بِرَسُوْلِكَ
wat taṣdīqi birasūlik
giving credence to Your Messenger,
14
وَالوِلَايَةِ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِيْ طَالِبٍ وَالْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ وُلْدِهِ
wālwilāyati li`aliyyibni abī ṭālibin wal-a-immati min wuldih
being faithful to `Ali the son of Abu-Talib and the Imams from his progeny,
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وَالْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْ عَدُوِّهِمْ
walbarā-ati min `aduwwihim
and disavowing their enemy.
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فَإِنِّيْ قَدْ رَضِيتُ يَا رَبِّيْ بِذٰلِكَ
fa-innī qad raḍītu yā rabbī bidhālik
My Lord, I have accepted such.
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وَصَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
waṣallallāhu `alā muḥammadin wa-āli muḥammad
Allah may send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.
