Ziyarat of Imam Hassan (as)
109 verses Source: Mafatih al-Jinan
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- Permission to Enter- Izn e Dukhool
- After you attain reverence, submission, and tenderheartedness, you may enter the shrine with your right foot, and say the following:
- You may then move toward their tombs, face them, turn the back to the kiblah direction, and say the following:
- You may then raise your head toward the sky and say the following:
- You may now pray Almighty Allah for anything you want. — In Tahdhib al-Ahkam, Shaykh al-Tusi says: You may then offer the Ziyarah Prayer (salat al-ziyarah) in eight units; each two units are for one of the (four) Imams. — Shaykh al-Tusi and Sayyid Ibn Tawus say that if you want to bid farewell to the four Imams, you may say the following:
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ رَسُولِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Peace be on you, O son of the Messenger of the Lord of the Worlds!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ امِيرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Peace be on you, O son of the Commander of the Believers!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ فَاطِمَةَ ٱلزَّهْرَاءِ
Peace be on you, O son of Fatimah, the luminous lady!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حَبِيبَ ٱللَّهِ
Peace be on you, O beloved of Allah!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا صِفْوَةَ ٱللَّهِ
Peace be on you, O choice of Allah!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا امِينَ ٱللَّهِ
Peace be on you, O trustee of Allah!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ ٱللَّهِ
Peace be on you, O Argument of Allah!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا نُورَ ٱللَّهِ
Peace be on you, O Light of Allah!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا صِرَاطَ ٱللَّهِ
Peace be on you, O Path of Allah!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بَيَانَ حُكْمِ ٱللَّهِ
Peace be on you, O elucidation of the rule of Allah!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا نَاصِرَ دِينِ ٱللَّهِ
Peace be on you, O supporter of the religion of Allah!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ ايُّهَا ٱلسَّيِدُ ٱلزَّكِيُّ
Peace be on you, O pure master!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ ايُّهَا ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلْوَفِيُّ
Peace be on you, O self-righteous and truthful!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ ايُّهَا ٱلْقَائِمُ ٱلامِينُ
Peace be on you, O practiser (of God’s commands) and trustee!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ ايُّهَا ٱلْعَالِمُ بِٱلتَّاوِيلِ
Peace be on you, O well-experienced in the interpretation (of the Qur'an)!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ ايُّهَا ٱلْهَادِي ٱلْمَهْدِيُّ
Peace be on you, O guide and well-guided!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ ايُّهَا ٱلطَّاهِرُ ٱلزَّكِيُّ
Peace be on you, O immaculate and pure!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ ايُّهَا ٱلتَّقِيُّ ٱلنَّقِيُّ
Peace be on you, O pious and infallible!
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السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ ايُّهَا ٱلْحَقُّ ٱلْحَقِيقُ
Peace be on you, O veritable truth!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ ايُّهَا ٱلشَّهِيدُ ٱلصِّدِّيقُ
Peace be on you, O martyr and veracious!
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابَا مُحَمَّدٍ ٱلْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ
Peace be on you, O Abu-Muhammad al-Hasan, the son of `Ali!
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وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you!
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Permission to Enter- Izn e Dukhool
23يَا مَوَالِيَّ يَا ابْنَاءَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ
O my masters, sons of the Messenger of Allah,
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عَبْدُكُمْ وَٱبْنُ امَتِكُمُ
I—your servant and the son of your maid
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ٱلذَّليلُ بَيْنَ ايْديكُمْ
who stand submissively before you,
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وَٱلْمُضْعِفُ فِي عُلُوِّ قَدْرِكُمْ
who is worth nothing in comparison with your elevated esteem,
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وَٱلْمُعْتَرِفُ بِحَقِّكُمْ
and who admits your right (that is incumbent upon us)—
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جَاءَكُمْ مُسْتَجيراً بِكُمْ
have come to you, seeking your shelter,
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قَاصِداً إِلَىٰ حَرَمِكُمْ
heading for your sanctuary,
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مُتَقَرِّباً إِلَىٰ مَقَامِكُمْ
seeking nearness to Your statuses,
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مُتَوَسِّلاً إِلَىٰ اللَّهِ تَعَالَىٰ بِكُمْ
and beseeching Allah in your names.
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اادْخُلُ يَا مَوَالِيَّ؟
May I enter, O my masters?
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اادْخُلُ يَا اوْلِيَاءَ ٱللَّهِ؟
May I enter, O intimate servants of Allah?
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اادْخُلُ يَا مَلاَئِكَةَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُحْدِقينَ بِهٰذَا ٱلْحَرَمِ
May I enter, O Allah’s angels who surround this sanctuary
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ٱلْمُقيمينَ بِهٰذَا ٱلْمَشْهَدِ؟
and reside in this shrine?
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After you attain reverence, submission, and tenderheartedness, you may enter the shrine with your right foot, and say the following:
36اللَّهُ اكْبَرُ كَبيراً
Allah is greatly the Greatest.
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وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثيراً
All praise be to Allah abundantly.
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وَسُبْحَانَ ٱللَّهِ بُكْرَةً وَاصيلاً
Glory be to Allah in morns and eves.
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وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلْفَرْدِ ٱلصَّمَدِ
All praise be to Allah, the Single, the Absolute,
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ٱلْمَاجِدِ ٱلاحَدِ
the Glorious, the One and Only,
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ٱلْمُتَفَضِّلِ ٱلْمَنَّانِ
the All-obliging, the All-benefactor,
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ٱلْمُتَطَوِّلِ ٱلْحَنَّانِ
the Donor, the All-compassionate,
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ٱلَّذِي مَنَّ بِطَوْلِهِ
Who conferred (upon us) with His bequests,
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وَسَهَّلَ زِيَارَةَ سَادَاتِي بِإِحْسَانِهِ
Who has made easy for me to visit my masters out of His beneficence,
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وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِي عَنْ زِيَارَتِهِمْ مَمْنُوعاً
Who has not included me with those who are prevented from visiting them;
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بَلْ تَطَوَّلَ وَمَنَحَ
rather, He has bestowed upon me and donated me (this favor).
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You may then move toward their tombs, face them, turn the back to the kiblah direction, and say the following:
47اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ ائِمَّةَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ
Peace be upon you, O Leaders of true guidance.
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ اهْلَ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ
Peace be upon you, O people of piety.
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ ايُّهَا ٱلْحُجَجُ عَلَىٰ اهْلِ ٱلدُّنْيَا
Peace be upon you, O Arguments against the inhabitants of this world.
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ ايُّهَا ٱلْقُوَّامُ فِي ٱلْبَرِيَّةِ بِٱلْقِسْطِ
Peace be upon you, O maintainers of justice on people.
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ اهْلَ ٱلصَّفْوَةِ
Peace be upon you, O choicest people.
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ آلَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ
Peace be upon you, O members of the Household of Allah’s Messenger.
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ اهْلَ ٱلنَّجْوَىٰ
Peace be upon you, O people of confidential talks (of the angels).
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اشْهَدُ انَّكُمْ قَدْ بَلَّغْتُمْ وَنَصَحْتُمْ
I bear witness that you did convey, offer advice,
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وَصَبَرْتُمْ فِي ذَاتِ ٱللَّهِ
endure for the sake of Allah,
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وَكُذِّبْتُمْ وَاسيءَ إِلَيْكُمْ فَغَفَرْتُمْ
and forgive when you were belied and maltreated.
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وَاشْهَدُ انَّكُمُ ٱلائِمَّةُ ٱلرَّاشِدُونَ ٱلْمُهْتَدُونَ
I also bear witness that you are the orthodox, well-guided Leaders,
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وَانَّ طَاعَتَكُمْ مَفْرُوضَةٌ
that the obedience to you is obligatory,
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وَانَّ قَوْلَكُمُ ٱلصِّدْقُ
that your words are true,
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وَانَّكُمْ دَعْوَتُمْ فَلَمْ تُجَابُوٱ
that you had called (to Allah) but you were not answered,
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وَامَرْتُمْ فَلَمْ تُطَاعُوٱ
that you had enjoined (the right) but you were not obeyed,
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وَانَّكُمْ دَعَائِمُ ٱلدِّينِ وَارْكَانُ ٱلارْضِ
and that you are the supports of the religion and the poses of the earth.
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لَمْ تَزَالُوٱ بِعَيْنِ ٱللَّهِ
You were always under the sight of Allah
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يَنْسَخُكُمْ مِنْ اصْلاَبِ كُلِّ مُطَّهَرٍ
Who moved you from the loins of purified men
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وَيَنْقُلُكُمْ مِنْ ارْحَامِ ٱلْمُطَهَّرَاتِ
to the wombs of purified women.
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لَمْ تُدَنِّسْكُمُ ٱلْجَاهِلِيَّةُ ٱلْجَهْلاَءُ
The benighted ignorance could not stain you
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وَلَمْ تَشْرَكْ فِيكُمْ فِتَنُ ٱلاهْوَاءِ
and the whimsical sedition could not attract you.
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طِبْتُمْ وَطَابَ مَنْبَتُكُمْ
Pleased be you as your origin has been pleased.
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مَنَّ بِكُمْ عَلَيْنَا دَيَّانُ ٱلدِّينِ
The King of the religion has conferred upon us with the grace of our acknowledgment of you;
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فَجَعَلَكُمْ فِي بُيُوتٍ
He therefore caused you to be in houses
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اذِنَ ٱللَّهُ انْ تُرْفَعَ
which He (i.e. Allah) has permitted to be exalted
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وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا ٱسْمُهُ
and that His Name may be mentioned therein,
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وَجَعَلَ صَلاَتَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ
and He has decided our invocations of blessings upon you
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رَحْمَةً لَنَا وَكَفَّارَةً لِذُنُوبِنَا
to be mercy on us and to be granting remission of our sins.
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إِذِ ٱخْتَارَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ لَنَا
Allah has chosen you for us
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وَطَيَّبَ خَلْقَنَا بِمَا مَنَّ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ وِلاَيَتِكُمْ
and has purified our creation through the grace of our loyalty to your (Divinely commissioned) Leadership with which He has conferred upon us.
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وَكُنَّا عِنْدَهُ مُسَمِّينَ بِعِلْمِكُمْ
We have thus become nominated with Him due to our acknowledgement of you
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مُعْتَرِفِينَ بِتَصْدِيقِنَا إِيَّاكُمْ
and our giving credence to you.
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وَهٰذَا مَقَامُ مَنْ اسْرَفَ وَاخْطَا
So, this is the situation of him who has committed mistakes and sins,
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وَٱسْتَكَانَ وَاقَرَّ بِمَا جَنَىٰ
shown submission (to you), and confessed of what he had committed.
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وَرَجَا بِمَقَامِهِ ٱلْخَلاَصَ
Hence, being in this situation, I hope for redemption
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وَانْ يَسْتَنْقِذَهُ بِكُمْ مُسْتَنْقِذُ ٱلْهَلْكَىٰ مِنَ ٱلرَّدَىٰ
and I hope that the Savior of the perishing ones from perdition may save me in your names.
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فَكُونُوٱ لِي شُفَعَاءَ
So, (please) be my interceders,
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فَقَدْ وَفَدْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ
for I have come to you
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إِذْ رَغِبَ عَنْكُمْ اهْلُ ٱلدُّنْيَا
when the people of this world abandoned you,
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وَٱتَّخَذُوٱ آيَاتِ ٱللَّهِ هُزُواً
took the Signs of Allah for a jest,
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وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوٱ عَنْهَا
and turned away from them haughtily.
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You may then raise your head toward the sky and say the following:
88يَا مَنْ هُوَ قَائِمٌ لاَ يَسْهُو
O He Who is Self-Subsisting and never forgets,
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وَدَائِمٌ لاَ يَلْهُو
Who is Ever-living and never becomes heedless,
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وَمُحيطٌ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ
and Who encompasses all things!
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لَكَ ٱلْمَنُّ بِمَا وَفَّقْتَنِي
To You is all gratitude for that You have guided me (to this)
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وَعَرَّفْتَنِي بِمَا اقَمْتَنِي عَلَيْهِ
and You have introduced to me that on which I rest,
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إِذْ صَدَّ عَنْهُ عِبَادُكَ
when Your servants diverted from it,
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وَجَهِلُوٱ مَعْرِفَتَهُ
ignored the recognition of it,
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وَٱسْتَخَفُّوٱ بِحَقِّهِ
belittled its right,
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وَمَالُوٱ إِلَىٰ سِوَاهُ
and inclined to elsewhere.
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فَكَانَتِ ٱلْمِنَّةُ مِنْكَ عَلَيَّ
Hence, You have conferred upon me with this favor
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مَعَ اقْوَامٍ خَصَصْتَهُمْ بِمَا خَصَصْتَنِي بِهِ
as well as upon other people whom You have granted exclusively the same.
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فَلَكَ ٱلْحَمْدُ إِذْ كُنْتُ عِنْدَكَ
So, all praise be to You, for I have been
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فِي مَقَامِي هٰذَا مَذْكُوراً مَكْتُوباً
mentioned and written with You due to the situation in which I am now.
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فَلاَ تَحْرِمْنِي مَا رَجَوْتُ
Hence, (please) do not deprive me of what I long for,
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وَلاَ تُخَيِّبْنِي فِي مَا دَعَوْتُ
and do not disappoint me as regards my supplication;
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بِحُرْمَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ ٱلطَّاهِرِينَ
(please do so) in the name of the sanctity of Muhammad and his immaculate Household.
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وَصَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
May Allah send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.
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You may now pray Almighty Allah for anything you want. — In Tahdhib al-Ahkam, Shaykh al-Tusi says: You may then offer the Ziyarah Prayer (salat al-ziyarah) in eight units; each two units are for one of the (four) Imams. — Shaykh al-Tusi and Sayyid Ibn Tawus say that if you want to bid farewell to the four Imams, you may say the following:
105اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ ائِمَّةَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
Peace and Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you, O leaders to the true guidance.
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اسْتَوْدِعُكُمُ ٱللَّهَ وَاقْرَا عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلاَمَ
I entrust you with Allah([1]) and send salutations to you.
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آمَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَبِٱلرَّسُولِ
We believe in Allah and in the Messenger
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وَبِمَا جِئْتُمْ بِهِ وَدَلَلْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ
and in that which you have conveyed and that to which you have guided.
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اَللَّهُمَّ فَٱكْتُبْنَا مَعَ ٱلشَّاهِدِينَ
O Allah, then write us down among those who bear witness.