4 من شهر شعبان مولد أبی الفضل العباس علیه السلام
4th of shaban - Birth of Hazrat Abbas (as)
137 verses Source: Mafatih al-Jinan
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Ziyarah Abbas ibn Ali (as) · 146 verses →
- 1
سَلاَمُ ٱللَّهِ وَسَلاَمُ مَلاَئِكَتِهِ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ
Peace of Allah and peace of His favorite angels,
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وَأَنْبِيَائِهِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
His commissioned prophets,
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وَعِبَادِهِ ٱلصَالِحينَ
His righteous servants,
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وَجَمِيعِ ٱلشُّهَدَاءِ وَٱلصِّدِّيقينَ
all the martyrs, and all the veracious (ones),
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وَٱلزَّاكِيَاتُ ٱلطَّيِّبَاتُ فِيمَا تَغْتَدِي وَتَرُوحُ
and also pure, true blessings that come and go,
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عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ أَمِيرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
be upon you, O son of the Commander of the Faithful.
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أَشْهَدُ لَكَ بِٱلتَّسْلِيمِ وَٱلتَّصْدِيقِ
I testify to you of submission (to the will of God), honest acceptance as true,
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وَٱلْوَفَاءِ وَٱلنَّصِيحَةِ
loyalty, and sincerity
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لِخَلَفِ ٱلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِ
to the descendant of the commissioned Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Household,
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وَٱلسِّبْطِ ٱلْمُنْتَجَبِ
the chosen grandson (of the Prophet),
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وَٱلدَّلِيلِ ٱلْعَالِمِ
the well knowledgeable guide (to the true religion),
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وَٱلْوَصِيِّ ٱلْمُبَلِّغِ
the conveying successor,
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وَٱلْمَظْلُومِ ٱلْمُهْتَضَمِ
and the wrongfully oppressed one.
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فَجَزَاكَ ٱللَّهُ عَنْ رَسُولِهِ
So, Allah may reward you on behalf of His Messenger,
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وَعَنْ أَمِيرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
the Commander of the Faithful,
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وَعَنِ ٱلْحَسَنِ وَٱلْحُسَيْنِ
al-Hasan, and al-Husayn,
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صَلَوَاتُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ
peace of Allah be upon them,
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أَفْضَلَ ٱلْجَزَاءِ
with the best reward
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بِمَا صَبَرْتَ وَٱحْتَسَبْتَ وَأَعَنْتَ
for your steadfastness, dedication (to the sake of God), and support (for the right party).
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فَنِعْمَ عُقْبَىٰ ٱلدَّارِ
Very excellent be the reward of the eternal life.
- 21
لَعَنَ ٱللَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَكَ
Allah’s curse be on him who killed you.
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وَلَعَنَ ٱللَّهُ مَنْ جَهِلَ حَقَّكَ
Allah’s curse be on him who ignored your position
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وَٱسْتَخَفَّ بِحُرْمَتِكَ
and belittled your sanctity.
- 24
وَلَعَنَ ٱللَّهُ مَنْ حَالَ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ مَاءِ ٱلْفُرَاتِ
Allah’s curse be on him who precluded you from having from the water of the Euphrates.
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أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قُتِلْتَ مَظْلُوماً
I testify that you were killed wrongfully
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وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُنْجِزٌ لَكُمْ مَا وَعَدَكُمْ
and that Allah will verily fulfill His promise that He made with you.
- 27
جِئْتُكَ يَا بْنَ أَمِيرِ ٱلُمْؤْمِنينَ وَافِداً إِلَيْكُمْ
O son of the Commander of the Faithful, I have come to you to present myself before you.
- 28
وَقَلْبِي مُسَلِّمٌ لَكُمْ وَتَابِعٌ
My heart is submissive to you and is following you.
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وَأَنَا لَكُمْ تَابِعٌ
And I am your follower.
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وَنُصْرَتِي لَكُمْ مُعَدَّةٌ
I am ready to support you
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حَتَّىٰ يَحْكُمَ ٱللَّهُ
until Allah decides.
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وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلْحَاكِمِينَ
He is surely the best of all those who decide.
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فَمَعَكُمْ مَعَكُمْ
I am verily with you,
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لاَ مَعَ عَدُوِّكُمْ
not with your enemy.
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إِنِّي بِكُمْ وَبِإِيَابِكُمْ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
I am one of those who believe in you and believe in your Return.
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وَبِمَنْ خَالَفَكُمْ وَقَتَلَكُمْ مِنَ ٱلْكَافَرينَ
I also one of those who deny your opposites and killers.
- 37
قَتَلَ ٱللَّهُ أُمَّةً قَتَلَتْكُمْ بِٱلأَيْدِي وَٱلأَلْسُنِ
Allah may kill the group who killed you with hands and tongues (by giving orders of killing you.)
- 38
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلعَبْدُ ٱلصَّالِحُ
Peace be upon you, O righteous servant (of Allah)
- 39
ٱلمُطِيعُ لِلَّهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلأَمِيرِ ٱلمُؤْمِنِينَ
and obedient to Allah, to His Messenger, to the Commander of the Faithful,
- 40
وَٱلحَسَنِ وَٱلحُسَيْنِ صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَسَلَّمَ
to al-Hasan, and to al-Husayn, peace and greetings of Allah be upon them.
- 41
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
Peace, Allah’s mercy, blessings,
- 42
وَمَغْفِرَتُهُ وَرِضْوَانُهُ وَعَلَىٰ رُوحِكَ وَبَدَنِكَ
forgiveness, and gratifications be upon you, your soul, and your body.
- 43
أَشْهَدُ وَأُشْهِدُ ٱللَّهَ أَنَّكَ مَضَيْتَ عَلَىٰ مَا مَضَىٰ بِهِ ٱلبَدْرِيُّونَ
I testify, and call Allah to witness, that you abided by the same course that was taken by the warriors of (the battle of) Badr
- 44
وَٱلمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ
and the strivers for Allah’s sake
- 45
ٱلمُنَاصِحُونَ لَهُ فِي جِهَادِ أَعْدَائِهِ
who sincerely served Him in the battlefields against His enemies,
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ٱلمُبَالِغُونَ فِي نُصْرَةِ أَوْلِيَائِهِ
did their bests for supporting His disciples,
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ٱلذَّابُّونَ عَنْ أَحِبَّائِهِ
and defended His intimate ones.
- 48
فَجَزَاكَ ٱللَّهُ أَفْضَلَ ٱلجَزَاءِ
So, Allah may reward you the best,
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وَأَكْثَرَ ٱلجَزَاءِ
the maximum,
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وَأَوْفَرَ ٱلجَزَاءِ
the most abundant,
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وَأَوْفَىٰ جَزَاءِ أَحَدٍ مِمَّنْ وَفَىٰ بِبَيْعَتِهِ
and the most conclusive reward that He may give to any one who fulfills his homage,
- 52
وَٱسْتَجَابَ لَهُ دَعْوَتَهُ
answers the call (of the religion),
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وَأَطَاعَ وُلاةَ أَمْرِهِ
and obeys his (divinely elected) leaders.
- 54
أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ بَالَغْتَ فِي ٱلنَّصِيحَةِ
I testify that you acted extremely sincerely
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وَأَعْطَيْتَ غَايَةَ ٱلمَجْهُودِ
and exerted all your efforts (in this regard).
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فَبَعَثَكَ ٱللَّهُ فِي ٱلشُّهَدَاءِ
Allah may attach you to the martyrs,
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وَجَعَلَ رُوحَكَ مَعَ أَرْوَاحِ ٱلسُّعَدَاءِ
add your soul to the souls of the happy ones,
- 58
وَأَعْطَاكَ مِنْ جِنَانِهِ أَفْسَحَهَا مَنْزِلاً
give you the largest abode in His Paradise
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وَأَفْضَلَهَا غُرَفاً
and the most handsome room,
- 60
وَرَفَعَ ذِكْرَكَ فِي عِلِّيِّينَ
exalt your mention in `Illiyyin (the most elevated position),
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وَحَشَرَكَ مَعَ ٱلنَّبِيِّينَ وَٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ
and join you to the Prophets, the veracious ones,
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وَٱلشُّهَدَاءِ وَٱلصَّالِحِينَ
the martyrs, and the righteous ones.
- 63
وَحَسُنَ أُوْلٰئِكَ رَفِيقاً
Very excellent is the companionship of such ones.
- 64
أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ لَمْ تَهِنْ وَلَمْ تَنْكُلْ
I testify that you did not lag behind and did not turn away the face,
- 65
وَأَنَّكَ مَضَيْتَ عَلَىٰ بَصِيرَةٍ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ
and that you left this life with full awareness of the truth,
- 66
مُقْتَدِياً بِٱلصَّالِحِينَ
following the examples of the righteous ones
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وَمُتَّبِعاً لِلنَّبِيِّينَ
and sticking to the Prophets.
- 68
فَجَمَعَ ٱللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ
So, Allah may gather us with you,
- 69
وَبَيْنَ رَسُولِهِ وَأَوْلِيَائِهِ
with His Messenger, and with His disciples
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فِي مَنَازِلِ ٱلمُخْبِتِينَ
in the abodes of those who practiced humbly (with their Lord).
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فَإِنَّهُ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ
He is certainly the most merciful of all the merciful ones.
- 72
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad
- 73
وَلا تَدَعْ لِي فِي هٰذَا ٱلمَكَانِ ٱلمُكَرَّمِ وَٱلمَشْهَدِ ٱلمُعَظَّمِ ذَنْباً إِلاَّ غَفَرْتَهُ
and do not leave for me, in this honored place and glorified shrine, any sin that I did but that You forgive it,
- 74
وَلا هَمّاً إِلاَّ فَرَّجْتَهُ
any care but that You relieve it,
- 75
وَلا مَرَضاً إِلاَّ شَفَيْتَهُ
any illness but that You cure it,
- 76
وَلا عَيْباً إِلاَّ سَتَرْتَهُ
any defect buth that You cover up,
- 77
وَلا رِزْقاً إِلاَّ بَسَطْتَهُ
any source of sustenance but that You expand it,
- 78
وَلا خَوْفاً إِلاَّ آمَنْتَهُ
any item of terror but that You pacify it,
- 79
وَلا شَمْلاً إِلاَّ جَمَعْتَهُ
any disunity but that You reunify it,
- 80
وَلا غَائِباً إِلاَّ حَفِظْتَهُ وَأَدْنَيْتَهُ
any absent one but that You guard it and approach (him to me),
- 81
وَلا حَاجَةً مِنْ حَوَائِجِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلآخِرَةِ
and any single need, among the many needs for this life as well as the life to come
- 82
لَكَ فِيهَا رِضَىٰ وَلِيَ فِيهَا صَلاحٌ
whose settlement achieves your gratification and my good,
- 83
إِلاَّ قَضَيْتَهَا يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ
but that You grant it. O He Who is the most merciful of all the merciful ones!
- 84
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَاَ ٱلفَضْلِ ٱلعَبَّاسَ بْنَ أَمِيرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Peace be upon you, O Abu’l-Fadl al-`Abbas the son of the Commander of the Faithful.
- 85
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ سَيِّدِ ٱلْوَصِيِّينَ
Peace be upon you, O son of the chief of the successors (of the Prophets).
- 86
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ أَوَّلِ ٱلْقَوْمِ إِسْلاَماً
Peace be upon you, O son of the foremost to Islam,
- 87
وَأَقْدَمِهِمْ إِيـمَاناً
the first to believe,
- 88
وَأَقْوَمِهِمْ بِدِينِ ٱللَّهِ
the best to have served the religion of Allah,
- 89
وَأَحْوَطِهِمْ عَلَىٰ ٱلإِسْلاَمِ
and the most careful for Islam.
- 90
أَشْهَدُ لَقَدْ نَصَحْتَ لِلَّهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلأَخِيكَ
I bear witness that you served Allah, His Messenger, and your brother sincerely.
- 91
فَنِعْمَ ٱلأَخُ ٱلْمُوَاسِي
You were the most excellent self-sacrificing brother.
- 92
فَلَعَنَ ٱللَّهُ أُمَّةً قَتَلَتْكَ
So, Allah’s curse be on the group who killed you.
- 93
وَلَعَنَ ٱللَّهُ أُمَّةً ظَلَمَتْكَ
Allah’s curse be on the group who wronged you.
- 94
وَلَعَنَ ٱللَّهُ أُمَّةً ٱسْتَحَلَّتْ مِنْكَ ٱلْمَحَارِمَ
Allah’s curse be on the group who violated your sanctities
- 95
وَٱنْتَهَكَتْ حُرْمَةَ ٱلإِسْلاَمِ
and infringed the sanctity of Islam.
- 96
فَنِعْمَ ٱلصَّابِرُ ٱلْمُجَاهِدُ
You were the most excellent steadfast fighter,
- 97
ٱلْمُحَامِي ٱلنَّاصِرُ
protector, supporter,
- 98
وَٱلأَخُ ٱلدَّافِعُ عَنْ أَخِيهِ
and brother who defended his brother,
- 99
ٱلْمُجِيبُ إِلَىٰ طَاعَةِ رَبِّهِ
responded to the obedience to his Lord,
- 100
ٱلرَّاغِبُ فِيمَا زَهِدَ فِيهِ غَيْرُهُ مِنَ ٱلثَّوَابِ ٱلْجَزِيلِ
and worked desirably for gaining the abundant reward, which others refused,
- 101
وَٱلثَّنَاءِ ٱلْجَمِيلِ
and the nice tribute.
- 102
وَأَلْحَقَكَ ٱللَّهُ بِدَرَجَةِ آبَائِكَ فِي جَنَّاتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
So, Allah may attach you to the rank of your fathers in the gardens of bliss.
- 103
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي تَعَرَّضْتُ لِزِيَارَةِ أَوْلِيَائِكَ رَغْبَةً فِي ثَوَابِكَ
O Allah, I have done the pilgrimage to Your disciples out of my desire for (winning) your reward
- 104
وَرَجَاءً لِمَغْفِرَتِكَ وَجَزِيلِ إِحْسَانِكَ
and my wish for Your forgiveness and Your abundant benevolence.
- 105
فَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ ٱلطَّاهِرِينَ
So, I implore You to send Your blessings upon Muhammad and his immaculate Household
- 106
وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ رِزْقِي بِهِمْ دَارّاً
and to make my sustenance flow copiously in their names,
- 107
وَعَيْشِي بِهِمْ قَارّاً
my living delightful in their names,
- 108
وَزِيَارَتِي بِهِمْ مَقْبُولَةً
my pilgrimage rewardable in their names,
- 109
وَحَيَاتِي بِهِمْ طَيِّبَةً
and my life pleasant in their names,
- 110
وَأَدْرِجْنِي إِدْرَاجَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ
to make me take to the conduct of the honored ones,
- 111
وَٱجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ يَنْقَلِبُ مِنْ زِيَارَةِ مَشَاهِدِ أَحِبَّائِكَ
to make me one of those who, as returning from the pilgrimage to the tombs of Your beloved ones,
- 112
مُفْلِحاً مُنْجِحاً
win success and prosperity
- 113
قَدِ ٱسْتَوْجَبَ غُفْرَانَ ٱلذُّنُوبِ
and deserve forgiveness of sins,
- 114
وَسَتْرَ ٱلْعُيُوبِ
covering up of defects,
- 115
وَكَشْفَ ٱلْكُرُوبِ
and relief of disasters.
- 116
إِنَّكَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ
You are surely worthy of being feared and worthy of forgiving.
- 117
أَسْتَوْدِعُكَ ٱللَّهَ وَأَسْتَرْعِيكَ
I entrust you with Allah, beseech Him to keep you under His guard,
- 118
وَأَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ ٱلسَّلاَمَ
and invoke peace upon you.
- 119
آمَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِ وَبِكِتَابِهِ
We have believed in Allah, in His Messenger, in His Book,
- 120
وَبِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ مِنْ عِنْدِ ٱللَّهِ
and in that which he conveyed from Allah.
- 121
اَللَّهُمَّ فَٱكْتُبْنَا مَعَ ٱلشَّاهِدِينَ
O Allah, record our names with the witnesses.
- 122
اَللَّهُمَّ لا تَجْعَلْهُ آخِرَ ٱلعَهْدِ مِنْ زِيَارَتِي قَبْرَ ٱبْنِ أَخِي رَسُولِكَ
O Allah, do not decide this pilgrimage to the tomb of the son of Your Messenger’s brother to be the last one of mine.
- 123
صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ
Peace be upon him (i.e. the Messenger) and upon his Household.
- 124
وَٱرْزُقْنِي زِيَارَتَهُ أَبَداً مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِي
Grant me opportunities to visit him so long as You keep me alive,
- 125
وَٱحْشُرْنِي مَعَهُ وَمَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي ٱلْجِنَانِ
join me to him and to his fathers in the gardens of Paradise,
- 126
وَعَرِّفْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ رَسُولِكَ وَأَوْلِيَائِكَ
and introduce me to him, to Your Messenger, and to Your disciples.
- 127
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
O Allah, send Your blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad
- 128
وَتَوَفَّنِي عَلَىٰ ٱلإِيـمَانِ بِكَ
and take me to You while I am abiding by the believing in You,
- 129
وَٱلتَّصْدِيقِ بِرَسُولِكَ
giving credence to Your Messenger,
- 130
وَٱلوِلاَيَةِ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَٱلأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ وُلْدِهِ
being faithful to `Ali the son of Abu-Talib and the Imams from his progeny,
- 131
وَٱلْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْ عَدُوِّهِمْ
and disavowing their enemy.
- 132
فَإِنِّي قَدْ رَضِيتُ يَا رَبِّي بِذٰلِكَ
My Lord, I have accepted such.
- 133
وَصَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
Allah may send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.
- 134
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَیْکَ یَابْنَ اَمِیْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِیْن
Peace be upon you O son of Ameerul Momineen,
- 135
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَیْکَ اَیُّہَا الْعَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ الْمُطِیْعُ لِلّٰہِ وَ لِرَسُوْلِہٖ
Peace be upon you O righteous servant (of Allah), and obedient to Allah, to His Messenger,
- 136
اَشْہَدُ اَنَّکَ قَدْ جَاہَدْتَ وَ نَصَحْتَ وَ صَبَرْتَ حَتّٰی اَتٰیکَ الْیَقِیْنُ
I testify that you that you did jihad & was patient until death came to you
- 137
لَعْنَ اﷲُ الظَّالِمِیِن لَکُمْ مِنَ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ وَالْآخِرِیْنَ وَ اَلْحِقْہُمْ بِدَرَکِ الْجَحِیْمِ.
So, Allah’s curse be on the group who killed you from the first to the last & may they be in hell forever