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اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّىْ وَقَفْتُ عَلٰى بَابٍ مِنْ اَبْوَابِ بُيُوْتِ نَبِيِّكَ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ اٰلِهٖ
allāhumma innī waqaftu `alā bābin min abwābi buyūti nabiyyika ṣalawātuka `alayhi wa ālih
O Allah I stand still at one of the doors of the houses of Your Prophet [Your blessings be on him and on his children],
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وَ قَدْ مَنَعْتَ النَّاسَ اَنْ يَّدْخُلُوْا اِلَّا بِاِذْنِهٖ
wa qad mana`tan nāsa ay yadkhulū illā bīdhnih
because people are not allowed to enter without his permission.
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فَقُلْتَ يَآ اَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا تَدْخُلُوْا بُيُوْتً النَّبِيِّ اِلَّا اَنْ يُّؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ
faqulta ya-ā ayyuhal ladhīna āmanū lā tadkhulū buyūtan nabiyyi illā ay yu-dhana lakum
So You said: “O you who believe! Enter not the dwellings of the Prophet unless permission be granted to you.”
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اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَعْتَقِدُ حُرْمَتَ صَاحِبِ هٰذَا الْمَشْهَدِ الشَّرِيْفِ
allāhumma innī a`taqidu ḥur-mata ṣāḥibi hādhal mash-hadish sharīf
O Allah! I hold [as an article of faith] this honoured place of pilgrimage as sacred,
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فِيْ غَيْبَتِهِ کَمَآ اَعْتَقِدُهَا فِيْ حَضْرَتِهِ
fī ghaybatihi kamā a`taqiduhā fī ḥaḍratih
in his invisibility just as I was certain and sure of his sanctity in his presence.
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وَ اَعْلَمُ اَنَّ رَسُوْلَکَ وَ خُلَفَآئَکَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ اَحْیَآءٌ
wa a`lamu anna rasūlaka wa khulafā-aka `alayhimus salāmu aḥya-ā
I know that Your Apostle and Your Representatives [peace be on them] are alive,
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عِنْدَکَ یُرْزَقُوْنَ یَرَوْنَ مَقَامِيْ
`indaka yur-zaqūna yarawna maqāmī
by Your permission and are being sustained, seeing my place of halting,
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وَ یَسْمَعُوْنَ کَلَامِيْ وَ یَرُدُّوْنَ سَلَامِيْ
wa yasma`ūna kalāmī wa yaruddūna salāmī
hearing my words and answering my “Salaam”.
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وَ اَنَّکَ حَـجَبْتَ عَنْ سَمْعِيْ کَلَامَهُمْ
wa annaka ḥajabta `an sam`ī kalāmahum
Although You have shut off their speech from my hearing
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وَ فَتَحْتَ بَابَ فَهْمِيْ بِلَذِيْذِ مُنَاجَاتِهِمْ
wa fataḥta bāba fahmī biladhīdhi munājātihim
but has unbolted the door of my understanding, because of my delightful recitation of their merits.
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وَ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَأْذِنُکَ یَا رَبِّ اَوَّلًا وَّ اَسْتَأْذِنُ رَسُوْلَکَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ اٰلِهِ ثَانِیًا
wa innī astadhinuka yā rabbi awwalaw wa asta-dhinu rasūlaka ṣallallāhu `alayhi wa ālihi thāniyā
First I ask for Your permission O my Lord and then seek Your Apostle’s leave [Blessings of Allah be on him and on his children]
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وَ اَسْتَأْذِنُ خَلِيْفَتَکَ الْإِمَامَ الْمَفْرُوْضَ عَلَيَّ طَاعَتُهُ
wa asta-dhinu khalīfatakal imāmal mafrūḍa `alayya ṭā`atuh
and take permission from Your representative, obedience unto whom has been made obligatory on me,
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عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوْسَى الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ
`aliyyibni mūsarriḍā `alayhimas salām
Ali Ibn Moosa al-Reza [a.s.]upon you peace
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وَ الْمَلٓئِكَةَ الْمُوَكَّلِيْنَ بِهٰذِهِ الْبُقْعَةِ الْمُبَارَكَةِ ثَالِثًا
wal malā-ikatal muwakkalīna bihādhihil buq`atil mubārakati thālithā
And also from the angels, appointed as guardians of this blessed precinct.
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أَ أَدْخُلُ يَا رَسُوْلَ اللَّهِ أَ أَدْخُلُ يَا حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ
a adkhulu yā rasūlallāhi a adkhulu yā ḥujjatallāh
May I enter O Apostle of Allah? May I enter O Hujjatullah [proof of Allah]?
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أَ أَدْخُلُ يَا مَلٓئِكَةَ اللَّهِ الْمُقَرَّبِيْنَ الْمُقِيْمِيْنَ فِيْ هٰذَا الْمَشْهَدِ
a adkhulu yā malā-ikatallāhil muqarrabīnal muqīmīna fī hādhal mash-had
May I enter O favourite angels of Allah, quartered in this place of pilgrimage ?
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فَأْذَنْ لِيْ يَا مَوْلَايَ فِيْ الدُّخُوْلِ اَفْضَلَ مَآ اَذِنْتَ لِأَحَدٍ مِّنْ اَوْلِيَآئِكَ
fa-dhan lī yā mawlāya fid dukhūli afḍala mā adhinta li-aḥadim min awliyā-ik
Give permission to enter, O my Master, a most cordial welcome that is extended to any of your closest friends;
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فَإِنْ لَمْ اَكُنْ اَهْلًا لِذٰلِكَ فَأَنْتَ اَهْلٌ لَهُ
fa-in lam akun ahlan lidhālika fa-anta ahlun lah
may be I do not deserve it, but you are known to do it.
