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اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ وَقَفْتُ عَلَى بَابٍ
allāhumma innī waqaftu `alā bāb
O Allah, I am standing at one of the doors
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مِنْ اَبْوَابِ بُيُوْتِ نَبِيِّكَ
min abwābi buyūti nabiyyik
of Your Prophet’s Houses—
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صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ
ṣalawātuka `alayhi wa-ālih
may Your blessings be upon him and his Household.
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وَقَدْ مَنَعْتَ النَّاسَ اَنْ يَدْخُلُوْا إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ
waqad mana`tan nāsa an yadkhulū illā bi-idhnih
And You have prevented people to enter there before they obtain his permission.
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فَقُلْتَ يَا اَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ آمَنُوْا
faqulta yā ayyuhal ladhīna-āmanū
You have thus said, “O ye who believe!
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لَا تَدْخُلُوْا بُيُوْتَ النَّبِيِّ إِلَّا اَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ
lā tadkhulū buyūtan nabiyyi illā an yu-dhana lakum
Enter not the Prophet's houses until leave is given you.”
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اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ اَعْتَقِدُ حُرْمَةَ صَاحِبِ هٰذَا الْمَشْهَدِ الشَّريْفِ فِيْ غَيْبَتِهِ
allāhumma innī a`taqidu ḥur-mata ṣāḥibi hādhal mash-hadish sharyfi fī ghaybatih
O Allah, I believe in the sanctity of the owner of this holy shrine in his absence
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كَمَا أَعْتَقِدُهَا فِيْ حَضْرَتِهِ
kamā a`taqiduhā fī ḥaḍratih
as same as I believe in it in his presence.
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وَاعْلَمُ اَنَّ رَسُوْلَكَ وَخُلَفَاءَكَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ
wa`lamu anna rasūlaka wakhulafā-aka `alayhimus salām
I also know for sure that Your Messenger and Your Representatives—peace be upon them—
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اَحْيَاءٌ عِنْدَكَ يُرْزَقُوْنَ
aḥyā-un `indaka yur-zaqūn
are live, finding their sustenance in the presence of You;
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يَرَوْنَ مَقَامِيْ
yarawna maqāmī
they can see my place,
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وَيَسْمَعُوْنَ كَلَامِيْ
wayasma`ūna kalāmī
hear my words,
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وَيَرُدُّوْنَ سَلَامِيْ
wayaruddūna salāmī
and respond to my greetings,
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وَاَنَّكَ حَجَبْتَ عَنْ سَمْعِيْ كَلَامَهُمْ
wa-annaka ḥajabta `an sam`ī kalāmahum
but You have prevented my hearing from receiving their words
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وَفَتَحْتَ بَابَ فَهْمِيْ بِلَذِيْذِ مُنَاجَاتِهِمْ
wafataḥta bāba fahmī biladhīdhi munājātihim
and You have opened the door of my understanding to taste the fine flavor of my confidential speech with
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وَإِنِّيْ اَسْتَأْذِنُكَ يَا رَبِّ اَوَّلًا
wa-innī asta-dhinuka yā rabbi awwalā
I thus ask Your permission—O my Lord—first of all,
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وَ اَسْتَأْذِنُ رَسُوْلَكَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ ثَانِيًا
wa asta-dhinu rasūlaka ṣallallāhu `alayhi wa-ālihi thāniyā
the permission of Your Prophet—peace be upon him and his Household—secondly,
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وَ اَسْتَأْذِنُ خَلِيْفَتَكَ اَلْإِمَامَ
wa asta-dhinu khalīfataka al-imām
the permission of Your Representative, the Imam
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الْمَفْرُوْضَ عَلَيَّ طَاعَتُهُ
al mafrūḍa `alayya ṭā`atuh
the obedience to whom is incumbent upon me…
State the name of the personality you are visiting, like '`Ali ibn Musa al-Rida'
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وَالْمَلَائِكَةَ الْمُوَكَّلِيْنَ بِهٰذِهِ الْبُقْعَةِ الْمُبَارَكَةِ ثَالِثًا
walmalā-ikatal muwakkalīna bihādhihil buq`atil mubārakati thālithā
…and the permission of the angels whom are commissioned to supervise this blessed area, thirdly.
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أَ أَدْخُلُ يَا رَسُوْلَ اللَّهِ
a adkhulu yā rasūlallāh
May I enter, O Messenger of Allah?
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أَ أَدْخُلُ يَا حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ
a adkhulu yā ḥujjatallāh
May I enter, O Argument of Allah?
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أَ أَدْخُلُ يَا مَلَائِكَةَ اللَّهِ الْمُقَرَّبِيْنَ
a adkhulu yā malā-ikatallāhil muqarrabīn
May I enter, O angels of Allah—the intimate,
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اَلْمُقِيْمِيْنَ فِيْ هٰذَا الْمَشْهَدِ
al muqīmīna fī hādhal mash-had
the residing in this shrine?
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فَأْذَنْ لِيْ يَا مَوْلَايَ فِيْ الدُّخُوْلِ
fa-dhan lī yā mawlā-ya fid dukhūl
So, [please do] permit me to enter, O my Master,
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اَفْضَلَ مَا اَذِنْتَ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ اَوْلِيَائِكَ
afḍala mā adhinta li-aḥadin min awliyā-ik
in the best way of permission that you have ever conferred upon any of your intimate adherents.
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فَإِنْ لَمْ اَكُنْ اَهْلًا لِذٰلِكَ
fa-in lam akun ahlan lidhālik
If I do not deserve such permission,
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فَأَنْتَ اَهْلٌ لِذٰلِكَ
fa-anta ahlun lidhālik
then you are worthy of conferring it upon me.
You may then kiss the holy doorstep [of the shrine] and enter, saying:
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَبِاللَّهِ
bismillāhi wabillāh
In the Name of Allah [I begin], in Allah [I trust],
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وَفِيْ سَبِيْلِ اللَّهِ
wafī sabīlillāh
on the way of Allah [I proceed],
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وَعَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُوْلِ اللَّهِ
wa`alā millati rasūlillāh
and on the norm of the Messenger of Allah,
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صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ
ṣallallāhu `alayhi wa-ālih
may Allah bless him and his Household.
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اَللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِيْ
allāhummaghfir lī
O Allah, [please do] forgive me,
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وَارْحَمْنِيْ وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ
war-ḥamnī watub `alayy
have mercy upon me, and accept my repentance,
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إِنَّكَ اَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيْمُ
innaka antat tawwābur raḥīm
for You are verily the Oft-Returning, the All-Merciful.
