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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَى الْبَابِ الْاَقْصَدِ
as salāmu `alal bābil aqṣad
Peace be upon the most direct door
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وَالطَّرِيقِ الْاَرْشَدِ
waṭ ṭarīqil ar-shad
And the most righteous path
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وَالْعَالِمِ الْمُؤَيَّدِ
wal`ālimil mu-ayyad
And the supported scholar
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يُنْبُوعِ الْحِكَمِ
yunbū`il ḥikam
The spring of wisdom
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وَمِصْبَاحِ الظُّلَمِ
wamiṣbāḥiẓ ẓulam
And the lamp in darkness
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سَيِّدِ الْعَرَبِ وَالْعَجَمِ
sayyidil `arabi wal`ajam
The master of Arabs and non-Arabs
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اَلْهَادِيْ إِلَى الرَّشَادِ
al hādī ilar rashād
The guide to righteousness
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اَلْمُوَفَّقِ بِالتَّأْيِيدِ وَالسَّدَادِ
al muwaffaqi bitta-yīdi was sadād
The one granted success with divine support and correctness
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مَوْلَايَ أَبِيْ جَعْفَرٍ
mawlāya abī ja`far
My master Abu Ja'far
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مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْجَوَادِ
muḥammadibni `aliyyinal jawād
Muhammad son of Ali Al-Jawad
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أَشْهَدُ يَا وَلِيَّ اللَّهِ
ash-hadu yā waliyyallāh
I bear witness, O friend of Allah
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أَنَّكَ أَقَمْتَ الصَّلاَةَ
annaka aqamtaṣ ṣalāh
That you established prayer
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وَ آتَيْتَ الزَّكَاةَ
wa ātaytaz zakāh
And gave charity
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وَأَمَرْتَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ
wa-amar-ta bil ma`rūf
And commanded what is good
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وَنَهَيْتَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ
wanahayta `anil munkar
And forbade what is evil
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وَجَاهَدْتَ فِيْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِ
wajāhadta fī sabīlillāhi ḥaqqa jihādih
And strived in the way of Allah with true striving
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وَعَبَدْتَ اللَّهَ مُخْلِصًا حَتَّىٰ أَتَاكَ الْيَقِينُ
wa`abadtallāha mukhliṣan ḥattā atākal yaqīn
And worshipped Allah sincerely until certainty came to you
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فَعِشْتَ سَعِيدًا
fa`ishta sa`īdā
You lived happily
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وَمَضَيْتَ شَهِيدًا
wamaḍayta shahīdā
And departed as a martyr
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يَا لَيْتَنِيْ كُنْتُ مَعَكُمْ
yā laytanī kuntu ma`akum
How I wish I was with you
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فَأَفُوزَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا
fa-afūza fawzan `aẓīmā
So I would achieve a great success
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وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
waraḥmatullāhi wabarakātuh
And the mercy of Allah and His blessings
