استغاثة- الإمام المهدی عجل الله فرجه
Isteghasa -Imam Mahdi (ajtfs)
74 verses Source: Mafatih al-Jinan
This translation was machine-assisted and is awaiting scholarly review. The Arabic above is the authoritative text.
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سَلاَمُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَامِلُ ٱلتَّامُّ
Peace of Allah—perfect, complete,
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ٱلشَّامِلُ ٱلْعَامُّ
comprehensive, and thorough;
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وَصَلَوَاتُهُ ٱلدَّائِمَةُ
and His endless benedictions
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وَبَرَكَاتُهُ ٱلْقَائِمَةُ ٱلتَّامَّةُ
and His everlasting, perfect blessings
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عَلَىٰ حُجَّةِ ٱللَّهِ
be upon the Argument of Allah,
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وَوَلِيِّهِ فِي ارْضِهِ وَبِلادِهِ
His representative in His lands and realm,
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وَخَلِيفَتِهِ عَلَىٰ خَلْقِهِ وَعِبَادِهِ
His viceroy among His creatures and servants,
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وَسُلالَةِ ٱلنُّبُوَّةِ
the offspring of Prophethood,
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وَبَقِيَّةِ ٱلْعِتْرَةِ وَٱلصَّفْوَةِ
the completion of the (Holy) Progeny and the Choice Ones,
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صَاحِبِ ٱلزَّمَانِ
the Patron of the Age,
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وَمُظْهِرِ ٱلإِيـمَانِ
the demonstrator of the (true) faith,
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وَمُلَقِّنِ احْكَامِ ٱلْقُرْآنِ
the teacher of the laws of the Qur’an,
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وَمُطَهِّرِ ٱلارْضِ
the purger of the earth,
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وَنَاشِرِ ٱلْعَدْلِ فِي ٱلطُّولِ وَٱلْعَرْضِ
the spreader of justice all over the earth,
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وَٱلْحُجَّةِ ٱلْقَائِمِ ٱلْمَهْدِيِّ
the Argument (al-Hujjah), the Riser (al-Qa’im), the Well-guided (al-Mahdi),
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ٱلإِمَامِ ٱلْمُنْتَظَرِ ٱلْمَرْضِيِّ
the Leader, the Awaited, the Pleased,
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وَٱبْنِ ٱلائِمَّةِ ٱلطَّاهِرِينَ
the descendant of the Infallible Imams,
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ٱلْوَصِيِّ ٱبْنِ ٱلاوْصِيَاءِ ٱلْمَرْضِيِّينَ
the Successor, the son of the Pleased Successors (of the Prophets),
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ٱلْهَادِي ٱلْمَعْصُومِ
the Guide, the Immaculate,
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ٱبْنِ ٱلائِمَّةِ ٱلْهُدَاةِ ٱلْمَعْصُومِينَ
and the son of the Imams—the guides and immaculate.
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السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُعِزَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ
Peace be upon you, O grantor of dignity to the oppressed and faithful ones.
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السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُذِلَّ ٱلْكَافِرِينَ ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ ٱلظَّالِمِينَ
Peace be upon you, O humiliator of the arrogant and oppressing unbelievers.
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السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَوْلايَ يَا صَاحِبَ ٱلزَّمَانِ
Peace be upon you, O my master, the Patron of the Age.
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السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ
Peace be upon you, O son of Allah’s Messenger.
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السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ امِيرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Peace be upon you, O son of the Commander of the Believers.
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السّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ فَاطِمَةَ ٱلزَّهْرَاءِ
Peace be upon you, O son of Fatimah the Luminous
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سَيِّدَةِ نِسَاءِ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ
and the Doyenne of the women of the world.
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السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ ٱلائِمَّةِ ٱلْحُجَجِ ٱلْمَعْصُومِينَ
Peace be upon you, O son of the Imams—the arguments (of Allah) and Immaculate
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وَٱلإِمَامُ عَلَىٰ ٱلْخَلْقِ اجْمَعِينَ
and the leader of all creatures.
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السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَوْلايَ
Peace be upon you, O my master
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سَلامَ مُخْلِصٍ لَكَ فِي ٱلْوِلايَةِ
addressed by him who is loyal to your (divinely commissioned) leadership.
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اشْهَدُ انَّكَ ٱلإِمَامُ ٱلْمَهْدِيُّ قَوْلاً وَفِعْلاً
I bear witness that you are the well-guided Imam in word and deed,
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وَانْتَ ٱلَّذِي تَمْلَا ٱلارْضَ قِسْطاً وَعَدْلاً
it is you who shall fill the earth with justice and impartiality
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بَعْدَ مَا مُلِئَتْ ظُلْماً وَجَوْراً
after it will be filled with wrong and partiality.
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فَعَجَّلَ ٱللَّهُ فَرَجَكَ
So, may Allah hasten your reappearance,
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وَسَهَّلَ مَخْرَجَكَ
make easy your advent,
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وَقَرَّبَ زَمَانَكَ
make nearer the time of your coming,
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وَكَثَّرَ انْصَارَكَ وَاعْوَانَكَ
increase the number of your supporters and backers,
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وَانْجَزَ لَكَ مَا وَعَدَكَ
and fulfill for you all that which He has promised you.
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فَهُوَ اصْدَقُ ٱلْقَائِلِينَ:
He is surely the most truthful of all those who can speak (and He has said):
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(وَنُرِيدُ انْ نَمُنَّ عَلَىٰ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا فِي ٱلارْضِ
“We desired to bestow a favor upon those who were deemed weak in the land,
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وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ ائِمَّةً وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ ٱلْوَارِثِينَ)
make them the Imams, and make them the heirs.”
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يَا مَوْلايَ يَا صَاحِبَ ٱلزَّمَانِ
O my master! O Patron of the Age!
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يَا بْنَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ
O son of Allah’s Messenger!
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حَاجَتِي…
My request is...
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فَٱشْفَعْ لِي فِي نَجَاحِهَا
So, intercede for me so that it will be settled,
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فَقَدْ تَوَجَّهْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِحَاجَتِي
for I am turning my face towards you for settling my request,
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لِعِلْمِي انَّ لَكَ عِنْدَ ٱللَّهِ شَفَاعَةً مَقْبُولَةً
since I know for sure that you enjoy with Allah admissible word of intercession,
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وَمَقَاماً مَحْمُوداً
and praiseworthy standing.
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فَبِحَقِّ مَنِ ٱخْتَصَّكُمْ بِامْرِهِ
So, I ask you in the name of Him Who granted you (i.e. the Ahl al-Bayt) exclusively the right of representing Him,
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وَٱرْتَضَاكُمْ لِسِرِّهِ
and admitted you all to keep His secrets,
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وَبِٱلشَّانِ ٱلَّذِي لَكُمْ عِنْدَ ٱللَّهِ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُ
and I ask you in the name of the standing that you exclusively enjoy with Allah,
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سَلِ ٱللَّهَ تَعَالَىٰ فِي نُجْحِ طَلِبَتِي
to ask Allah, the Exalted, to render successful my request,
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وَإِجَابَةِ دَعْوَتِي
to answer my prayer,
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وَكَشْفِ كُرْبَتِي
and to relieve my grief.
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اللّهُمّ كُنْ لِوَلِيّكَ الحُجّةِ ابْنِ الحَسَنِ
O Allah, be, for Your representative, the Hujjat (proof), son of AlHassan,
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صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آبَائِهِ
Your blessings be on him and his forefathers,
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فِي هذِهِ السَّاعَةِ وَفي كُلّ سَاعَةٍ
in this hour and in every hour,
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وَلِيّاً وَحَافِظاً
a guardian, a protector,
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وَقَائِداً وَنَاصِراً
a leader, a helper,
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وَدَلِيلاً وَعَيْناً
a proof, and an eye.
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حَتَّى تُسْكِنَهُ أَرْضَكَ طَوْعاً
until You make him live on the earth, in obedience (to
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وَتُمَتّعَهُ فِيهَا طَوِيلاً.
& Cause him to live in it for a long time
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يَا وَصِيَّ ٱلْحَسَنِ
O successor of al-Hasan!
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وَٱلْخَلَفُ ٱلْحُجَّةُ
O descendant [of the Infallibles] and Argument [of Allah]!
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أَيُّهَا ٱلْقَائِمُ ٱلْمُنْتَظَرُ ٱلْمَهْدِيُّ
O Riser, Awaited, and Well-guided!
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يَا بْنَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ
O son of Allah’s Messenger!
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يَا حُجَّةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَىٰ خَلْقِهِ
O Allah’s Argument against His creatures!
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يَا سَيِّدَنَا وَمَوْلاَنَا
O our master and chief!
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إِنَّا تَوَجَّهْنَا وَٱسْتَشْفَعْنَا
we are turning our faces toward you, seeking your intercession
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وَتَوَسَّلْنَا بِكَ إِلَىٰ ٱللَّهِ
and your advocacy for us before Allah;
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وَقَدَّمْنَاكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ حَاجَاتِنَا
and we are presenting you [as our intermediary] for the settlement of our needs.
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يَا وَجِيهاً عِنْدَ ٱللَّهِ
O well-esteemed with Allah,
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إِشْفَعْ لَنَا عِنْدَ ٱللَّهِ
intercede for us before Allah.