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اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَلِيَّ اللَّهِ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
as salāmu `alayka yā waliyyallāhi waraḥmatullāhi wabarakātuh
Peace and Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you, O Allah’s authority.
2
اَللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْهُ آخِرَ الْعَهْدِ
allāhumma lā taj`alhu-ākhiral `ahd
O Allah, [please] do not decide this visit
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مِنْ زِيَارَتِيْ ابْنَ نَبِيِّكَ وَحُجَّتَكَ عَلَى خَلْقِكَ
min ziyāratibna nabiyyika waḥujjataka `alā khalqik
to be the last of my visit to the son of Your Prophet and Your argument against Your creatures.
4
وَاجْمَعْنِيْ وَإِيَّاهُ فِيْ جَنَّتِكَ
wajma`nī wa-iyyāhu fī jannatik
Include me with him in Your Paradise
5
وَاحْشُرْنِيْ مَعَهُ وَفِيْ حِزْبِهِ
waḥshur-nī ma`ahu wafī ḥizbih
and involve me with him and with his group
6
مَعَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِيْنَ
ma`ash shuhadā-i waṣ ṣāliḥīn
with the martyrs and the righteous ones;
7
وَحَسُنَ أُلٰئِكَ رَفِيْقًا
waḥasuna ulā-ika rafīqā
and excellent the companionship of these is.
8
وَاسْتَوْدِعُكَ اللَّهَ وَاسْتَرْعِيْكَ
wastawdi`ukallāha wastar-`īk
I entrust you with Allah, ask Him to keep you under His custody,
9
وَاقْرَا عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ
waqrā `alaykas salām
and invoke His blessings upon you.
10
آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالرَّسُوْلِ
āmannā billāhi wabirrasūl
We believe in Allah, in the Messenger,
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وَبِمَا جِئْتَ بِهِ وَدَلَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ
wabimā ji-ta bihi wadalalta `alayh
and in whatever you have come with and instructed.
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فَاكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِيْنَ
faktubnā ma`ash shāhidīn
So, [please] write us down with those who bear witness.
