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اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ وَقَفْتُ عَلَى بَابٍ
allāhumma innī waqaftu `alā bāb
O Allah, I am standing at a door
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مِنْ اَبْوَابِ بُيُوْتِ نَبِيِّكَ
min abwābi buyūti nabiyyik
from the doors of Your Prophet's houses
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صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ
ṣalawātuka `alayhi wa-ālih
Your blessings be upon him and his family
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وَقَدْ مَنَعْتَ النَّاسَ اَنْ يَدْخُلُوْا إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ
waqad mana`tan nāsa an yadkhulū illā bi-idhnih
And You have forbidden people to enter except with his permission
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فَقُلْتَ يَا اَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ آمَنُوْا
faqulta yā ayyuhal ladhīna-āmanū
And You said, "O you who believe!
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لَا تَدْخُلُوْا بُيُوْتَ النَّبِيِّ إِلَّا اَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ
lā tadkhulū buyūtan nabiyyi illā an yu-dhana lakum
Do not enter the Prophet's houses unless permission is given to 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 noble shrine in his absence
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كَمَا أَعْتَقِدُهَا فِيْ حَضْرَتِهِ
kamā a`taqiduhā fī ḥaḍratih
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
And I know that Your Messenger and Your Caliphs, peace be upon them
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اَحْيَاءٌ عِنْدَكَ يُرْزَقُوْنَ
aḥyā-un `indaka yur-zaqūn
Are alive with You, receiving sustenance
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يَرَوْنَ مَقَامِيْ
yarawna maqāmī
They see my position
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وَيَسْمَعُوْنَ كَلَامِيْ
wayasma`ūna kalāmī
And they hear my words
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وَيَرُدُّوْنَ سَلَامِيْ
wayaruddūna salāmī
And they return my greetings
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وَاَنَّكَ حَجَبْتَ عَنْ سَمْعِيْ كَلَامَهُمْ
wa-annaka ḥajabta `an sam`ī kalāmahum
And You have veiled their words from my hearing
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وَفَتَحْتَ بَابَ فَهْمِيْ بِلَذِيْذِ مُنَاجَاتِهِمْ
wafataḥta bāba fahmī biladhīdhi munājātihim
And You have opened the door of my understanding to the sweetness of their intimate conversations
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وَإِنِّيْ اَسْتَأْذِنُكَ يَا رَبِّ اَوَّلًا
wa-innī asta-dhinuka yā rabbi awwalā
And I seek Your permission, O Lord, first
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وَ اَسْتَأْذِنُ رَسُوْلَكَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ ثَانِيًا
wa asta-dhinu rasūlaka ṣallallāhu `alayhi wa-ālihi thāniyā
And I seek the permission of Your Messenger, peace be upon him and his family, second
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وَ اَسْتَأْذِنُ خَلِيْفَتَكَ اَلْإِمَامَ
wa asta-dhinu khalīfataka al-imām
And I seek the permission of Your Caliph, the Imam
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الْمَفْرُوْضَ عَلَيَّ طَاعَتُهُ
al mafrūḍa `alayya ṭā`atuh
Whose obedience is obligatory 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 angels entrusted with this blessed place, third
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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 Proof of Allah?
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أَ أَدْخُلُ يَا مَلَائِكَةَ اللَّهِ الْمُقَرَّبِيْنَ
a adkhulu yā malā-ikatallāhil muqarrabīn
May I enter, O close angels of Allah
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اَلْمُقِيْمِيْنَ فِيْ هٰذَا الْمَشْهَدِ
al muqīmīna fī hādhal mash-had
Who reside in this shrine?
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فَأْذَنْ لِيْ يَا مَوْلَايَ فِيْ الدُّخُوْلِ
fa-dhan lī yā mawlā-ya fid dukhūl
So grant me permission, O my Master, to enter
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اَفْضَلَ مَا اَذِنْتَ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ اَوْلِيَائِكَ
afḍala mā adhinta li-aḥadin min awliyā-ik
In the best way You have permitted any of Your friends
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فَإِنْ لَمْ اَكُنْ اَهْلًا لِذٰلِكَ
fa-in lam akun ahlan lidhālik
And if I am not worthy of that
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فَأَنْتَ اَهْلٌ لِذٰلِكَ
fa-anta ahlun lidhālik
Then You are worthy of that
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, and by Allah
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وَفِيْ سَبِيْلِ اللَّهِ
wafī sabīlillāh
And in the path of Allah
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وَعَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُوْلِ اللَّهِ
wa`alā millati rasūlillāh
And upon the religion of the Messenger of Allah
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صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ
ṣallallāhu `alayhi wa-ālih
Peace be upon him and his family
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اَللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِيْ
allāhummaghfir lī
O Allah, forgive me
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وَارْحَمْنِيْ وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ
war-ḥamnī watub `alayy
And have mercy on me and accept my repentance
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إِنَّكَ اَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيْمُ
innaka antat tawwābur raḥīm
Verily, You are the Oft-Returning, the Most Merciful
