زیارة عاشوراء - إمام الحسین علیه السلام
Ziyarat Ashura
135 verses Source: Mafatih al-Jinan
Parts of this translation were machine-assisted and are awaiting scholarly review.
- 1
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ ٱللَّهِ
Peace be upon you, O Abu-`Abdullah.
- 2
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ
Peace be upon you, O son of Allah’s Messenger.
- 3
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيكَ يَا خِيَرَةِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱبْنَ خَيرَتِهِ
Peace be upon you, O choicest of Allah and son of His choicest.
- 4
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ أَمِيرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Peace be upon you, O son of the Commander of the Faithful
- 5
وَٱبْنَ سَيِّدِ ٱلْوَصِيِّينَ
and son of the chief of the Prophets’ successors.
- 6
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ فَاطِمَةَ
Peace be upon you, O son of Fatimah
- 7
سَيِّدَةِ نِسَاءِ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ
the doyenne of the women of the worlds.
- 8
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ثَارَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱبْنَ ثَارِهِ وَٱلْوِتْرَ ٱلْمَوْتُورَ
Peace be upon you, O vengeance of Allah, son of His vengeance, and the unavenged so far.
- 9
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰ ٱلأَرْوَاحِ ٱلَّتِي حَلَّتْ بِفِنَائِكَ
Peace be upon you and upon the souls that resided in your courtyard.
- 10
عَلَيْكُمْ مِنِّي جَمِيعاً سَلاَمُ ٱللَّهِ أَبَداً
Peace of Allah be upon all of you from me forever
- 11
مَا بَقيتُ وَبَقِيَ ٱللَّيْلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ
as long as I am existent and as long as there are day and night.
- 12
يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ ٱللَّهِ
O Abu-`Abdullah,
- 13
لَقَدْ عَظُمَتِ ٱلرَّزِيَّةُ
unbearable is the sorrow
- 14
وَجَلَّتْ وَعَظُمَتِ ٱلْمُصيبَةُ بِكَ
and excruciating and unbearable is the misfortune of you
- 15
عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَىٰ جَمِيعِ أَهْلِ ٱلإِسْلاَمِ
for us and for all the people of Islam.
- 16
وَجَلَّتْ وَعَظُمَتْ مُصيبَتُكَ
Excruciating and unbearable has been your misfortune
- 17
فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ عَلَىٰ جَمِيعِ أَهْلِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ
in the heavens for all the inhabitants of the heavens.
- 18
فَلَعَنَ ٱللَّهُ أُمَّةً أَسَّسَتْ أَسَاسَ ٱلظُّلْمِ وَٱلْجَوْرِ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ ٱلْبَيْتِ
So, may Allah curse the people who laid the basis of persecution and wronging against you, O Members of the Household.
- 19
وَلَعَنَ ٱللَّهُ أُمَّةً دَفَعَتْكُمْ عَنْ مَقَامِكُمْ
May Allah curse the people who drove you away from your position
- 20
وَأَزَالَتْكُمْ عَنْ مَرَاتِبِكُمُ ٱلَّتِي رَتَّبَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِيهَا
and removed you away from your ranks that Allah has put you in.
- 21
وَلَعَنَ ٱللَّهُ أُمَّةً قَتَلَتْكُمْ
May Allah curse the people who slew you.
- 22
وَلَعَنَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُمَهِّدِينَ لَهُمْ
May Allah curse those who paved the way for them to do so
- 23
بِٱلتَّمْكِينِ مِنْ قِتَالِكُمْ
and who made possible for them to fight against you.
- 24
بَرِئْتُ إِلَىٰ ٱللَّهِ وَإِلَيْكُمْ مِنْهُمْ
I repudiate them in the presence of Allah and You
- 25
وَمِنْ أَشْيَاعِهِمْ وَأَتْبَاعِهِمْ وَأَوْلِيَائِهِمْ
and I repudiate their devotees, followers, and loyalists.
- 26
يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ ٱللَّهِ
O Abu-`Abdullah,
- 27
إِنِّي سِلْمٌ لِمَنْ سَالَمَكُمْ
I am at peace with those who are at peace with you
- 28
وَحَرْبٌ لِمَنْ حَارَبَكُمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ
and I am at war against those who have fought against you up to the Resurrection Day.
- 29
وَلَعَنَ ٱللَّهُ آلَ زِيَادٍ وَآلَ مَرْوَانَ
May Allah also curse the family of Ziyad and the family of Marwan.
- 30
وَلَعَنَ ٱللَّهُ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ قَاطِبَةً
May Allah also curse the descendants of Umayyah altogether.
- 31
وَلَعَنَ ٱللَّهُ ٱبْنَ مَرْجَانَةَ
May Allah also curse the son of Marjanah.
- 32
وَلَعَنَ ٱللَّهُ عُمَرَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ
May Allah also curse `Umar the son of Sa`d.
- 33
وَلَعَنَ ٱللَّهُ شِمْراً
May Allah also curse Shimr.
- 34
وَلَعَنَ ٱللَّهُ أُمَّةً أَسْرَجَتْ وَأَلْجَمَتْ
May Allah also curse the people who saddled up, gave reins to their horses,
- 35
وَتَنَقَّبَتْ لِقِتَالِكَ
and masked their faces in preparation for fighting against you.
- 36
بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي
May my father and mother be ransoms for you.
- 37
لَقَدْ عَظُمَ مُصَابِي بِكَ
Extremely insufferable is my commiserations with you;
- 38
فَأَسْأَلُ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِي أَكْرَمَ مَقَامَكَ وَأَكْرَمَنِي بِكَ
so, I beseech Allah Who has honored your position and honored me because of you
- 39
أَنْ يَرْزُقَنِي طَلَبَ ثَأْرِكَ
to endue me with the chance to avenge you
- 40
مَعَ إِمَامٍ مَنْصُورٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ مُحَمَّدٍ
with a (Divinely) supported leader from the Household of Muhammad,
- 41
صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ
peace of Allah be upon him and his Household.
- 42
اَللَّهُمَّ ٱجْعَلْنِي عِنْدَكَ وَجِيهاً
O Allah, (please) make me illustrious in Your sight
- 43
بِٱلْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلاَمُ فِي ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلآخِرَةِ
in the name of al-Husayn, peace be upon him, in this world and in the Hereafter.
- 44
يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ ٱللَّهِ
O Abu-`Abdullah,
- 45
إِنِّي أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَىٰ ٱللَّهِ وَإِلَىٰ رَسُولِهِ
I do seek nearness to Allah, to His Messenger,
- 46
وَإِلَىٰ أَمِيرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَإِلَىٰ فَاطِمَةَ
to the Commander of the Faithful, to Fatimah,
- 47
وَإِلَىٰ ٱلْحَسَنِ وَإِلَيْكَ بِمُوَالاَتِكَ
to al-Hasan, and to you by means of loyalty to you
- 48
وَبِٱلْبَرَاءَةِ (مِمَّنْ قَاتَلَكَ
and by means of repudiation of those who fought against you
- 49
وَنَصَبَ لَكَ ٱلْحَرْبَ
and incurred your hostility,
- 50
وَبِٱلْبَرَاءَةِ مِمَّنْ أَسَّسَ أَسَاسَ ٱلظُّلْمِ وَٱلْجَوْرِ عَلَيْكُمْ
and repudiation of those who laid the basis of persecution and wronging against you all.
- 51
وَأَبْرَأُ إِلَىٰ ٱللَّهِ وَإِلَىٰ رَسُولِهِ)
I also repudiate, in the presence of Allah and His Messenger,
- 52
مِمَّنْ أَسَّسَ أَسَاسَ ذٰلِكَ
those who laid the basis of all that,
- 53
وَبَنَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُنْيَانَهُ
established their foundations on it,
- 54
وَجَرَىٰ فِي ظُلْمِهِ وَجَوْرِهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعلىٰ أَشْيَاعِكُمْ
and continued in wronging and persecuting you and your adherents.
- 55
بَرِئْتُ إِلَىٰ ٱللَّهِ وَإِلَيْكُمْ مِنْهُمْ
In the presence of Allah and you all do I repudiate these.
- 56
وَأَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَىٰ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ إِلَيْكُمْ
And I seek nearness to Allah and then to you all
- 57
بِمُوَالاَتِكُمْ وَمُوَالاَةِ وَلِيِّكُمْ
by means of declaring loyalty to you and to your loyalists
- 58
وَبِٱلْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْ أَعْدَائِكُمْ
and declaring repudiation of your enemies
- 59
وَٱلنَّاصِبِينَ لَكُمُ ٱلْحَرْبَ
and those who incur animosity of you
- 60
وَبِٱلْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْ أَشْيَاعِهِمْ وَأَتْبَاعِهِمْ
and repudiation of their adherents and followers.
- 61
إِنِّي سِلْمٌ لِمَنْ سَالَمَكُمْ
I am verily at peace with those who have been at peace with you,
- 62
وَحَرْبٌ لِمَنْ حَارَبَكُمْ
I am at war against those who fought against you,
- 63
وَوَلِيٌّ لِمَنْ وَالاَكُمْ
loyalist to those who have been loyalist to you,
- 64
وَعَدُوٌّ لِمَنْ عَادَاكُمْ
and enemy of those who have shown enmity towards you.
- 65
فَأَسْأَلُ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِي أَكْرَمَنِي بِمَعْرِفَتِكُمْ
So, I beseech Allah Who has endued me with the honor of recognizing you
- 66
وَمَعْرِفَةِ أَوْلِيَائِكُمْ
and recognizing your loyalists
- 67
وَرَزَقَنِيَ ٱلْبَرَاءَةَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِكُمْ
and Who conferred upon me with repudiation of your enemies,
- 68
أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مَعَكُمْ فِي ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلآخِرَةِ
to include me with you in this world and in the Hereafter
- 69
وَأَنْ يُثَبِّتَ لِي عِنْدَكُمْ قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ
and to make firm step of honesty for me with you
- 70
فِي ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلآخِرَةِ
in this world and in the Hereafter.
- 71
وَأَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يُبَلِّغَنِيَ ٱلْمَقَامَ ٱلْمَحْمُودَ لَكُمْ عِنْدَ ٱللَّهِ
I also beseech Him to make me attain the praiseworthy status that you enjoy with Allah
- 72
وَأَنْ يَرْزُقَنِي طَلَبَ ثَأْرِي
and to bestow upon me with the chance to take my own vengeance
- 73
مَعَ إِمَامِ هُدىًٰ ظَاهِرٍ
with a leader of true guidance who is (Divinely) sustained
- 74
نَاطِقٍ بِٱلْحَقِّ مِنْكُمْ
and expressing the truth from among you.
- 75
وَأَسْأَلُ ٱللَّهَ بِحَقِّكُمْ
I also beseech Allah in your names
- 76
وَبِٱلشَّأْنِ ٱلَّذِي لَكُمْ عِنْدَهُ
and in the name of the standing that you enjoy with Him
- 77
أَنْ يُعْطِيَنِي بِمُصَابِي بِكُمْ
to recompense me for my commiserations for you
- 78
أَفْضَلَ مَا يُعْطِي مُصَاباً بِمُصِيبَتِهِ
with the most favorite thing that He ever gives as compensation for misfortunes that has afflicted anyone.
- 79
مُصِيبَةً مَا أَعْظَمَهَا
(Your) misfortune has been so astounding
- 80
وَأَعْظَمَ رَزِيَّتَهَا فِي ٱلإِسْلاَمِ
and so catastrophic for Islam
- 81
وَفِي جَمِيعِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ
and for all the heavens and the entire earth.
- 82
اَللَّهُمَّ ٱجْعَلْنِي فِي مَقَامِي هٰذَا
O Allah, (please) make me in this situation of mine
- 83
مِمَّنْ تَنَالُهُ مِنْكَ صَلَوَاتٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ
one of those who receive blessings, mercy, and forgiveness from You.
- 84
اَللَّهُمَّ ٱجْعَلْ مَحْيَايَ مَحْيَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
O Allah, (please) make me live my lifetime in the same way as Muhammad and Muhammad’s Household lived
- 85
وَمَمَاتِي مَمَاتَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
and make me die on the same principles on which Muhammad and Muhammad’s Household died.
- 86
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هٰذَا يَوْمٌ
O Allah, this day
- 87
تَبَرَّكَتْ بِهِ بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ
has been regarded as blessed day by the descendants of Umayyah
- 88
وَٱبْنُ آكِلَةِ ٱلأَكبَادِ
and by the son of the liver-eater woman,
- 89
ٱللَّعِينُ ٱبْنُ ٱللَّعِينِ
the accursed and son of the accursed
- 90
عَلَىٰ لِسَانِكَ وَلِسَانِ نَبِيِّكَ
by the tongue of You and by the tongue of Your Prophet,
- 91
صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ
Allah’s peace be upon him,
- 92
فِي كُلِّ مَوْطِنٍ وَمَوْقِفٍ
on every occasion and in every situation,
- 93
وَقَفَ فِيهِ نَبِيُّكَ صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ
which Your Prophet, Allah’s peace be upon him, attended.
- 94
اَللَّهُمَّ ٱلْعَنْ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ وَمُعَاوِيَةَ وَيَزيدَ بْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ
O Allah, pour curses upon Abu-Sufyan, Mu`awiyah, and Yazid son of Mu`awiyah.
- 95
عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةُ أَبَدَ ٱلآبِدِينَ
May Your curse be upon them incessantly and everlastingly.
- 96
وَهٰذَا يَوْمٌ فَرِحَتْ بِهِ آلُ زِيَادٍ وَآلُ مَرْوَانَ
This is the day on which the family of Ziyad and the family of Marwan gloated
- 97
بِقَتْلِهِمُ ٱلْحُسَيْنَ صَلَوَاتُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ
because they had killed al-Husayn, Allah’s blessings be upon him.
- 98
اَللَّهُمَّ فَضَاعِفْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱللَّعْنَ مِنْكَ
So, O Allah, pour frequent curses upon them
- 99
وَٱلْعَذَابَ (ٱلأَلِيمَ)
and double for them the painful chastisement.
- 100
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ فِي هٰذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ
O Allah, I do seek nearness to You on this day,
- 101
وَفِي مَوْقِفِي هٰذَا
on this occasion,
- 102
وَأَيَّامِ حَيَاتِي
and on all the days of my lifetime,
- 103
بِٱلْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْهُمْ وَٱللَّعْنَةِ عَلَيْهِمْ
by repudiating these and invoking Your curses upon them,
- 104
وَبِٱلْمُوَالاَةِ لِنَبِيِّكَ وَآلِ نَبِيِّكَ
and by declaring loyalty to Your Prophet and Your Prophet’s Household,
- 105
عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّلاَمُ
peace be upon him and them.
- 106
اَللَّهُمَّ ٱلْعَنْ أَوَّلَ ظَالِمٍ
O Allah, pour curses upon the foremost persecutor
- 107
ظَلَمَ حَقَّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
who usurped the right of Muhammad and Muhammad’s Household
- 108
وَآخِرَ تَابِعٍ لَهُ عَلَىٰ ذٰلِكَ
and the last follower who acceded to his deed.
- 109
اَللَّهُمَّ ٱلْعَنِ ٱلْعِصَابَةَ ٱلَّتِي جَاهَدَتِ ٱلْحُسَيْنَ
O Allah, pour curses upon the gang that struggled against al-Husayn
- 110
وَشَايَعَتْ وَبَايَعَتْ وَتَابَعَتْ عَلَىٰ قَتْلِهِ
and who supported each other against him, paid homage to his enemies, and participated in slaying him.
- 111
اَللَّهُمَّ ٱلْعَنْهُمْ جَمِيعاً
O Allah, pour curses upon all of them.
- 112
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ ٱللَّهِ
Peace be upon you, O Abu-`Abdullah
- 113
وَعَلَىٰ ٱلأَرْوَاحِ ٱلَّتِي حَلَّتْ بِفِنَائِكَ
and upon the souls that gathered in your courtyard.
- 114
عَلَيْكَ مِنِّي سَلاَمُ ٱللَّهِ أَبَداً
Peace of Allah be upon you from me forever
- 115
مَا بَقيتُ وَبَقِيَ ٱللَّيْلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ
as long as I am existent and as long as there are day and night.
- 116
وَلاَ جَعَلَهُ ٱللَّهُ آخِرَ ٱلْعَهْدِ مِنِّي لِزِيَارَتِكُمْ
May Allah not cause this (visit) to be the last of my visit to you (all).
- 117
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَىٰ ٱلْحُسَيْنِ
Peace be upon al-Husayn,
- 118
وَعَلَىٰ عَلِيِّ بْنِ ٱلْحُسَيْنِ
upon `Ali ibn al-Husayn,
- 119
وَعَلَىٰ أَوْلاَدِ ٱلْحُسَيْنِ
upon the sons of al-Husayn,
- 120
وَعَلَىٰ أَصْحَابِ ٱلْحُسَيْنِ
and upon the companions of al-Husayn.
- 121
اَللَّهُمَّ خُصَّ أَنْتَ أَوَّلَ ظَالِمٍ بِٱللَّعْنِ مِنِّي
O Allah, pour special curses on the foremost persecutor
- 122
وَٱبْدَأْ بِهِ أَوَّلًا
and begin with him first,
- 123
ثُمَّ ٱلْعَنِ ٱلثَّانِيَ وَٱلثَّالِثَ وَٱلرَّابِعَ
and then pour curses on the second, the third, and the fourth.
- 124
اَللَّهُمَّ ٱلْعَنْ يَزِيدَ خَامِساً
O Allah, curse Yazid fifthly,
- 125
وَٱلْعَنْ عُبَيْدَ ٱللَّهِ بْنَ زِيَادٍ وَٱبْنَ مَرْجَانَةَ
and curse `Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad, the son of Marjanah,
- 126
وَعُمَرَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ وَشِمْراً
`Umar ibn Sa`d, Shimr,
- 127
وَآلَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ وَآلَ زِيَادٍ وَآلَ مَرْوَانَ
the family of Abu-Sufyan, the family of Ziyad, and the family of Marwan
- 128
إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ
up to the Resurrection Day.
- 129
اَللَّهُمَّ لَكَ ٱلْحَمْدُ
O Allah, all praise be to You;
- 130
حَمْدَ ٱلشَّاكِرِينَ لَكَ عَلَىٰ مُصَابِهِمْ
the praise of those who thank You for their misfortunes.
- 131
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَىٰ عَظِيمِ رَزِيَّتِي
All praise be to Allah for my great misfortune.
- 132
اَللَّهُمَّ ٱرْزُقْنِي شَفَاعَةَ ٱلْحُسَيْنِ يَوْمَ ٱلْوُرُودِ
O Allah, (please) grant me the intercession of al-Husayn on the Day of Coming (to You)
- 133
وَثَبِّتْ لِي قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ عِنْدَكَ
and make for me with You a firm step of honesty
- 134
مَعَ ٱلْحُسَيْنِ وَأَصْحَابِ ٱلْحُسَيْنِ
with al-Husayn and the companions of al-Husayn
- 135
ٱلَّذينَ بَذَلُوٱ مُهَجَهُمْ دُونَ ٱلْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلاَمُ
who sacrificed their souls in defense of al-Husayn, peace be upon him.