wa ʾamarta bi mawaddatihim wa jaʿaltahum wulāta l-ʾamri min baʿdi rasūlika ṣallā llāhu ʿalayhi wa ʾālih
And You commanded their love, and You made them the guardians of authority after Your Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family.
O Allah! I beseech You O Lord of infinite magnanimity and eternal existence! (O One) Who is characterized with the attribute of loftiness from pre-eternity and without an end, O One Whom diameters cannot encompass, nor night and day pass upon Him! O Existent without present! O Hidden without absent! O One Who is neither male nor female, statement nor meaning! O One from Whom intellect interpret without knowing the meaning (of His reality)! O the One Whose initial existence does not precede His subsequent existence neither does His hidden existence precede His apparent existence. And He has rendered intellects confused and perplexed regarding His desert of Greatness. O One Who is not so near that I wishper nor so far that I shout! O Allah! O most Just of all just! O One Who is sanctified from the deeds of the creatures! O One Who appoints the infallible prophets (from the aspect of) originality, offshoot, creation and morality, so that the wisdom of subordinates submit to their obedience! O One Who appoints the pure Imams as successors, as it was the custom which occured in the previous nations! O One Whose knowledge do not need any prose nor His intention needs any question! O One Who acts without pursuit and knows without association! O One Who is sanctified from prior and later because there is no prior or later (for Him)! O One Whose act precedes the comprehension but it is the act without any example or means! O Alone Whom the creatures cannot perceive! O Single Whom the non-existence cannot desert! O Perisher of the existing (things) not with boredom, Originator of the non-existence for expressing the munificence and favour, and (O Who) do not wait for the presence of future periods! O One Whose presence is Majestic from advent of the earths and the skies, and His Prestige gets honor from tranquility and movements! O One Who does not have parallel bodies, and Who do not hesitate in performing and ratification! Send blessings upon Muhammad for who You hold the shade of clouds, and You made him mercy and intermediary, best creature among the young and old, best of the manifestors with traits, and most generous of the invokers for good deeds, and the great creation from the aspect of origin, the one who explained it with the proofs and the prophethood concluded through him. And send blessings upon the infallibles, the pure from his progeny and family, and their position is honored in front of You, and their grades are exalted near You, make (me) companion of their high councils, and raise their position to the position of Your prophet, and complete it with happiness of their meeting, in the same way You accomplished the promise of their Imamat, then gladden his eye with their meeting, and hasten their relief for us, do to us that which befits You, O Most Merciful of all. O Lord! How many calamities You have diverted from me, and by how many bounties You have gladdened my eye. O Lord! You are the One Who has answered me in emergency, and You responded to my call at the time of destruction, I do not find You miserly when I requested You, nor did I find You oppressive when I desired for You, but I found You listener to my supplication, and merciful to my voice, then do not devoid me of Your generous favors, nor make me empty from Your abundant bounties. O Allah! Surely I ratify with Muhammad and his successors, leaders proofs, guides and lamps, then call me on the Day of Gathering with their Imamat, then surely You have said, �The day when We will call every people with their Imam�[7] Then these are my Imams so include me with them in this world and the world to come. O Allah! Send blessings upon Muhammad and his progeny, the men of authority whom You have ordered us to obey, the kindred by blood whom You have ordered us to connect, the People of the Reminder whom You have ordered us to ask, the near relatives (of the Holy Prophet) whom You have ordered us to love, the masters whom You have ordered us to be loyal, recognizing their rights, and the people of the house, those from whom You have removed filth and whom You have purified with thorough purifying. O Allah! Surely I testify with the truths of faith, and sincerity of certitude that they are Your deputies in Your earth, and Your proofs upon Your servants, and the means towards You, and the doors of Your mercy, then send blessings upon them all, to decide my share of my supplication to You for its quick response, and do not decide my share of only reciting it. O Allah! Make this place of mine the place of response and entreaty, and do not make it a place of disdain and facilitation, then surely we recognize You, O my Lord! Giver before asking, then how we do not hope for You at the time of inability and mourning? Particularly when You have certainly promised us with answering when You have ordered us with invocation, and You have guaranteed us of attaining the hope, and You are most Faithful of all and most Merciful of all. And I ask You by Your Name, by which all the things are firm and calm, and by Your Might by which all things are subjugated, my voice will ascend to You if You permit, and my supplication will come to You, and that You overlook my mistakes like You have ordered the believers, because You are best of the subordiantes. O Lord! If my face is ruined by numerous sins, and my abode is shorterned by many defects, which has prevented me from doing good deeds for You, and my speculation on You increased, then surely I beseech You by the noblest of Your creation upon You, Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad, except that You pardon me, O my Master! Woe unto me, I have sinned for the One Who has more pity than mother and father, woe unto me that whenever I repent another mistake exhibit me, woe unto me upon my standing up despised in public, woe unto me when my Lord says, �seize him�[8] so woe for him who is seized, no self-sacrifice will be accepted and no bribe will benefit him, woe unto me, I have quit my mistakes like the bird for whom there is no nest nor shelter, woe unto me, my body is worn out, my mistakes are new and do not worn out. O Allah! Surely the time of counting my sins has expired and size has exceeded, I know that in the condition of turning away from You the intercession of all the intercessors other than Your guardians will fell short for it. Because surely when You intend to punish the sinners, You evacuate their (sinners) remembrance from the hearts of the intercessors, there is no power nor might save with You, there is no power nor might save with You, there is neither might nor power save with Allah the All-high and All-great. Then I ask You by Your Noble Face and the shinning faces of Muhammad and his progeny unto You and their great position. And I ask by the right of Your Names, Your attributes and Your Oneness by which the opinions go astray, and intellects are perplexed, if this is Your knowledge about me except You forgive me, and changed my adversity to happiness, for You verily efface what You will and establish (what You will) and with You is the source of ordinance. O Lord! I disobeyed You in some moments and I believe on You in all times, then how some of my delinquent age will overcome all believing age? O Lord! By Your Might, if there was patience for me upon Your chastisement, or endurance upon probability of Your punishment, I would not have asked You to pardon me from it, and I would be patient upon Your reprisal for me, (and for) anger upon myself how I disobeyed You? Hatred for it, how it approached You and You turned away from it? O Lord! How I despair from Your mercy while You are Merciful of all, and how I return with disappointment from You while You are Noblest of all, You have insisted on nothing but Your pardon, and for Your beggar but Your reward. O Lord! You have commanded for pardoning and You are best of those who act upon it, You have ordered forgiveness and You are best of those who expedite it, and from You it starts and ends, and You are the One Who amends the corrupt people, and explores the errant ones, then how will You avoid forthcomers to You, as for them witnesses from You is upon You, glory be to You and Your mercy O Lord of the Worlds! O Allah! Surely You have said: �And as for him who asks, do not chide (him),�[9] and I am petitioner to You and fearly from You, then do not chide me O my Lord! Then how Your most appropriate glance will be at me, and with my emancipation when You have control over my slavery, and with pardon for me when You are capable upon revenge from me. O my Lord! Then who is the one from whom I seek protection other than You? Or plea to him except You, or submit to him except You, O Lord of Extreme Power! One Who does not tolerate, and having great might by which nothing will stand to it, O my Lord! Have mercy on this restless soul and unstable body, which cannot bear the sound of Your thunder then how will it bear the sound (whip) of Your wrath, he does not have strength to bear the heat of Your sun then how will he bear the heat of Your fire, by Your Might! I persist on You, and I knock the door forever, and if You cast me out from before You, surely I will call You while You deprived me because my beginning was from You and return also to You. O Allah! Send blessings upon Muhammad and his progeny, and make the death best hidden that my soul waits for it, and the grave to be the best house in which my body is laid, and I ask You that You teach me my proof, and that You let me see what is remained for my eye, and I ask You that You make the Angel of Death - whom You send to me � compassionate on me, and sympathetic on my weakness when You send him to me, O my Lord! If there is nobody from the people of world who remembers me, then You remember me, and be my Intimate in my loneliness, and pardoner of my faults, and illuminator of my grave, O most Merciful of all! O Allah! I ask You by the Your closest attributes of munificence, surely You have ordered the wealthy not to be miserly towards the indigent, and You are more powerful of all wealthy, and most generous of all those who show generosity, then do not forbid me from the permission of the kingdom, put in order for me O my Master! Before I die, indeed You dislike that the host prevents the guest while he is having power to spend, and that You have not destroyed the host who has refused and who lacks in spending, and I am Your guest and I do not have wealth to spend on You, when You prevented me, I starved in Your protection, and reached towards destruction, O One Who does not decrease the favour nor increase the deprivation, O One Who is sought at all places. O Lord! My asking is not like the asking of the beggers, because the begger when he is refused and refrained he returns, I ask You and insist You with my confidence in Your generosity, and Your modesty is well-known from refusing the asking begger, solicit Your charity and remain at Your threshold while knocking Your door, by Your Might and Majesty, if my sins spread between the earth and the sky, split the stars, reach under the lowest earth, passes the seven lowest earths and go beyond the sand and pebbles that do not reply my expectation of Your forgiveness with despair nor divert my waiting for Your satisfaction with hopelessness. O my Lord! How excellent Your favors to me are and Your acts for me, my Lord! I called upon You obeying, seeking aid, so aid me, and I ask You in need, so fulfil my need, and I went far from You while You were near me, then how do not cry to You, O my Lord! Certainly You have done mercy to me by releasing Your remembrance on my tongue, and You illuminated my vision by Your authority on me, and indicated my intellect by reprimanding me, and certainly I was near destruction then You cautioned me. Then who is for me after You, O my Master! Then how the servant is satisfied from his Lord, and how a sinner is contented from the punishment of his controller, O my Master! Nothing has increased from my sins except needinees, and You have increased nothing for me except my contentedness, and my sins have increased nothing but abundance, and Your forgiveness has not increased but its extension, then have mercy of my imploring to You, and my standing in front of You, O most Merciful of all! O Allah! Surely these are the graves of Your friends, whose obedience You have made obligatory, and You have made their homage upon the necks of Your servants, and Your caliphs by whom You give and take, and by them You reward and punish, and certainly I have intended for them greedily with what you have made ready for Your friends, then include me with them, as surely I do not differentiate between anyone from them. O my Lord! Will You burn my face with fire while it was praying for You? O my Lord! Will You burn my eye with fire while it was crying with Your fear? O my Lord! Will You burn my heard with fire, while it was having love for You? O my Lord! Will You burn my body with fire, while it was obedient for You? O my Lord! Will You burn my tongue with fire, while it was reciting the Holy Quran and remembering You? O my Lord! Will You burn my hands and feets with fire, while I was bowing and prostrating for You? O my Lord! My hope from You is goodness and my asumption for You is forgiveness, then overlook my slips, for surely what has happened has happened. O my Lord! I remain between fear and hope as Your fear kills me and Your hope enlivens me, and my sins are my attributes and the forgiveness is from Your attributes, O One Who is friendly with the one who opposes him, then how will You not tolerate the one who seek love and kindness from You, O One who answers when He is called, You are the One who said: Who is the one who called Me and I did not say �I am here�? Who is the one who asked me and I did not gave him? Who is the one who came to My doorway and I did not answered him? And You are the One who said: I am All-Generous and from Me is generosity, and I am All-Gracious and from Me is grace, and from My grace upon the sinners is that I preserve them on their beds as if they have not disobeyed Me, and I accede to protect them as if they have not done any sin. O my Lord! Surely I ask You with the compassion and the noble deeds which You have refused Your repose upon the disappointed one, then You have said: �Surely none despairs of Allah's mercy except the unbelieving people,�[10] except You become happy with me. O my Lord! Do not become angry on me as I cannot stand Your anger, and do not disavow from me for surely I am adherent to Your service, for I do not precede the shame of the expelled ones, nor do I abstain from the answer of the questioners, on account of my knowledge of the invalidation of whatever You have confirmed from the misery (of the seeker) when the seeker continously beseeched You with the most lofty names. O One Who is feared for His justice (by which) the extravagant are not disappointed, and His grace is general (for which) the worshippers desire, O best for Whom the faces are humble, and the necks are submitted! O the One Whose treasures do not have lock nor door-keeper! O One, when He is called, answers. O King of the kings, O Lord of the lords, from among Your servants nobody is hard-hearted than me, and no master is greatest for me than You, I call You as an insistent caller, I do not get impatient with supplication, do not cut off the hope, continued supplication, concerns recurring on it, and submitting to You a submission of one who is fearful of its affliction, I swear by Your most generous face, and Your eternal Might, and Your massive Magnanimity, if I do not hope for Your forgiveness which include all the things, I would have thrown by my hands, if I was able to escape, I would have escaped, but not the weight of an atom is absent from You, and no escape from You in Hell and Heaven, then I escape from You, towards You, then do not invalidate my greed, and do not remove shade of support from me, do not thwart my intercession, O most Merciful of all, Glory be to the Lord of High Honor, and Exalted Majesty, and complete Glory, and eminent bestowal, and countless favours, there is no strength and power except with Allah, authorization to Allah, there is no strength and power except with Allah, seeking help with Allah and return of affairs to Him, there is no strength and power except with Allah, adherence with Allah and clinging to His rope, and equipped the creatures to it, what Allah wills comes imploring towards Allah, and humbly for him, what Allah wills approach towards Allah, and confessing to it, and trust upon Him, what Allah wills becomes friendly for Allah, and relying upon Him, what Allah wills becomes means towards Allah, and insistence upon Him, You are Allah, Our Lord, One Whom we worship, and You existed before the days and times, You created everything, then created it proficiently, then You are Allah the One, Your sides cannot be surrounded, nor Your place can be encompassed, then You are Allah, there is no god except You, Ever-living, Ever-lasting, King, All-Holy, Eternal, Exalted, cannot be described nor limited, flaunted be Your Praise, and arrogant be Your Forbearance, and haughty be Your Mercy, and exalted be Your Might, and strengthen be Your Honour, and sacred be Your Glory, and praised be Your kingdom, and blessed be Your power, and unique be Your Mastership, Mightiness, Knowing, Majesty, Praise, Greatness, and You are Unique in the creation of all creatures, none is maker, fashioner, proficient than You, You are Superior while You are Self-Subsistent, Mighty, Praiseworthy, High, Subduer, All-Munificent, Worshipped, Mentioned, Originator, Reproducer, Vivifying, Annihilator, Resurrector, Inheritor, and You are Gracious while You are Exempter, Forgiver, Munificent, Oft-Returning, Merciful, Compassionate, Friendly, Nigh, Responding, Listener, Seeing, Most Forbearing, All-Wise, All-Tender, All-Favorer, I ask You by Your Name by which the sea splits, and the command concludes, and sustenance is measured, and curtain is casted, and rain comes down, and land blooms, and ocean overflows, and the moon lights. Assigned with the remembrance of Muhammad � the purified, Ali � the shinning full moon, and man of the authority � rulers of the grand night, O He but Whom there is no god! I beseech You in the name of there is no god except You, O He besides Whom there is no god! By the mercy of there is no god except You, O He besides Whom there is no god! By the greateness of there is no god except You, O He besides Whom there is no god! By the majesty of there is no god except You, O He besides Whom there is no god! By the perfection of there is no god except You, O He besides Whom there is no god! By the brilliance of there is no god except You, O He besides Whom there is no god! By the power of there is no god except You, O He besides Whom there is no god! By the holiness of there is no god except You, O He besides Whom there is no god! By the glory of there is no god except You, O He besdies Whom there is no god! By the domination of there is no god except You, O He besides Whom there is no god! By the omnipotence of there is no god except You, O He besides Whom there is no god! By the superiority of there is no god except You, O He besides Whom there is no god! By the justice of there is no god except You, O He besides Whom there is no god! By the nobility of there is no god except You, O He besides Whom there is no god! By the power of there is no god except You, O He besides Whom there is no god! By the truth of there is no god except You, O He besides Whom there is no god! I ask You in the name of all these oaths that You send blessings upon Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad and do with me what is done by a mighty man, when a lowly slave pleads to him and he shows him mercy, and do with me what is done by a rich man, when a needy slave submits to him, then give him profit with mighty behaviour, submitting to you fearing, give him security. O my Lord! Secure me from Your Your casting out and Your sending far, and place me in Your generous servants, I ask You by Your names which when You are called with, the difficult events becomes easy, and when places upon the mountains it becomes scattered floating dust, and when it ascends towards the closed doors of the sky, it opens, and when it descends to the darkness of the earth, it widens its straitness, and when the dead is hit with it, they disperse in the graves, and when the non-existent is called, they become existent, and when it is remembered upon the hearts, it trembles with humility, and when it is recited upon the ears, the eyes overflows with tears, and by Muhammad, Your prophet, supported with the miracles and described with the clear verses, and by Ameer al-Momineen, Ali Ibn Abi Taalib, who was chosen for him for his brother and his successor, and chosen for his succession and his family tie, and by the right of pure progeny of both of them, protectors of the religion, and his firm handle, and by the right of our master, and our deputy and caliph, master of the time, the supported with awe and His angels, and those who gather for his obedience � all the subjects of the kingdoms, and which consists of various desires from his subjects, and You derive with it the rights of Your guardians, and You take revenge from the evils of Your foes, and fill the earth with justice and equity, and spread the servants with distinction and favour by his reappearance, and You will return the truth � mighty and praiseworthy � to its place, and You will return the religion upon his hand fresh, new, that You send blessings upon Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad, then indeed I seek intercession with them to You, and I present them in front of me and put my needs before You, and inspire me with thanksgiving of Your favors for the success of their recognition, and guidance towards their obedience, and increase for me the power in adhering You with their infallibility, and following their tradition, and remaining in their group, You are verily worthy of all praise and full of all glory. Glory be to Allah, the Eternal, Detacher of the liabilities, Sustainer of cattles, in His timelessness there is no beginning or disappearance, nor in His eternity there is end or future. O Allah! This is verily a place wherein one who misses Your mercy must never expect to find it elsewhere. None can be more miserable that one who visits this place, bearing hope, but leaves it with disappointment. O Allah! I do seek Your protection against bad return, O Allah! I do seek Your protection against evil return, and hard interrogation when I am called to account. It is too far from You, O my Lord, that after You matched the obedience to Your (visited) representatives to the obedience to You, and the disobedience to them is the disobedience to You, the loyalty to them is the loyalty to You, You may then shock with despair one who has visited them and who has come to their grave after undergoing remoteness from homeland! No, By Your Honor, my conscience can never even think of so, because all hearts always have excellent ideas about You. Specially while You have ordered Your servants with the attachment of the beseechers, and permission of the arriving ones, and kindness towards the sinners, and I ask You by which You have exclusively given Muhammad and his progeny from the attentions and bestowed them with the best of the characteristics till they emerge upon the counterparts, then You made them leaders of the time, and condition for the faith whereby they preceded the creatures towards Your Oneness, then You created their light from Your Light, and protected their bodies from the filth of the disbelivers to complete Your destiny in the chiefs of the creatures, except that You wrote for me the mercy which You had written on Your self, and chose me for Your self and purified me from the consequences of Your creation, and You replied to my supplication: �Indeed I have given You O my servant! Whatever You had asked Me.� And I intend for you because You intend for me, by Your grace and Your honour O most Merciful of all! And by Your Might O my Master! What will You do! Glory be to You, the eyes folds in Your extended creation, and the intellects bends from the reins of its essences, then You are the Overtaker without being overtaken, and Encompassor without being encompassed, O Shelter for the fearful! And the cave for the regretful, and protection for the one who seeks refuge and aide for the refugees. Glory be to You, how hearing You are when called! And how listening You are when prayed secretly! And how merciful You are when mercy is asked! O my Lord! World is not enjoyable except by Your service, and the grave is not pleasant except by Your sympathy, and the Paradise is not pleasing except by talking to You and Your proximity, then make me from Your best servants and the people of Your obedience. O Allah! Send blessings upon Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad and honour Your intimate servants by fulfilling Your promise, and make them attain Your help of their hopes, and withhold from them fear of any one who holds the flag of hostility against You, and rebel against the one who opposes You with Your resistance, and give success to us as per Your discretion for the creatures, for Your word is the undoubted truth, �and helping the believers is ever incumbent on Us.�[11] O One Who place the sparkles of His lights in the hearts of the guiding Imams, and circulate thunder of the reverence in the hearts of the pure infallibles, and sends the lighting of threat in the intellects of submissive confidants, when You have described them as the rightful servants, I ask You, O my Master! By the right of Muhammad and his pure successors that You deliver me, and give time for my death, and make me attain my hope, and like You have perfected my creation for Your servants, and my intellect with Your recognition, be happy with me, then surely I know that I am not fit for Paradise, and You know that I cannot bear the Fire, I am the one who has allowed the punishment upon myself, and I debase it by the effort of my sins, and offered it with all my strength for dangers, while I do not have strength so make me victorious, nor excuse so accept my apology, then have mercy on my dejection and my imploring to You, O my Master! O One from Whom the beseecher do not ashame, nor there is hope of pardon except from Him, we complain to You what is not hidden from You, and I ask You what is not great than You, and I ask You by all swearing which is cause of nearness near You that You send blessings upon Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad and that You grant Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad best of what is asked for them from You by every beseecher, and be generous of what the desire of all the desirous to You, till You prefer them upon all Your creatures and increase for them after Your generosity and supremacy what fits You, I ask You O my master! The questioner which cling to your shrine, and in need of your favour. O my master! Surely, the custom of Arab is that when somebody seeks aid at the door of their house, they give refuge, and you are the leader of the Arabs and non-Arabs. And certainly I seek aid with a pillar from the pillars of Your Oneness and a house from the houses of Your Prophets, and the grave from the graves of Your vicegerents those whom You have manifested as Your authority, and establishes Your laws. O Aide! Aid me, for this sorrow I have hoped for You. O my Master! I ask You by Your names which You have written on the hearts of Your chosen ones (that is) by the right of Muhammad and his progeny � Your trustworthy confidants, then they recognize whom You have introduced them, and they understand whom You have made to understand, and perceived them of what have been made obligatory for them from Your attributes and Your instructions, and You give their examples, and You have illuminated their proof, and You connected their names with Your name that You purify me from all evils. O He Who releases the trees from between sand, mud, and water! O He Who releases milk from between the feces and the blood! O He Who releases fire from between iron and rock! O He Who releases the fetus from between the placenta and the womb! O He Who releases the soul from between the bowels and the intestine! Protect us from the horrors of the Resurrection Day. O my Lord! When You do not do what I intend, then turn me upon what You intend. My Master! How I be glad while I disobeyed You? and how I be sad while I recognize You? And how I implore You while I disobeyed? And how I do not beseech You while You are generous? Where is the Drowner of Pharoah for Moosa? Where is the Helper of Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) on the day of Badr? Where is the Helper of Ali (a.s.) on the day of Ahzaab? Where I find You, O my Master? But where I do not find You while You are nearer to me than my life-vein, I come down to You when I descend, and I departed to You when I departed, then send blessings upon Muhammad and his progeny, and have mercy on my voice from among voices and do not confront me with repulsion O most Merciful of all. O my Lord! I call You so answer me, and I ask You so give me, and be happy with me for surely You will satisfy me by the right of Your trustworthy confidants, and Your trustees, and Your elect Muhammad � the praised � owner of the witnessed place, and the approached pond, and by the right of the messengership which he fulfilled, and the worship in which he strived, and the hardship on which he was patient, and the cognition to which he called, and the devout on which he was raised, and by the right of his wise sayings, and his noble deeds, the witnessed place, the counted hours that You send blessings upon him and upon his household � created from his flesh and blood, the leaders of the pious from his followers, and the established authority of his place in conveying his messengership, and the assigned from the near ones amongst his sons and his household, (Imam) Ali and his sons, the purified with the purification, and that You wipe it off with Your healing hand, and that You glance at it with merciful eye, and that You grant me sustenance of pardon and safety, O my Lord! Do not disappoint of my hope for surely it depends on You, and do not send my stretched hand towards You empty, and do not humiliate my soul which has become precious with Your recognition, and do not deprive my intellect which has lightened by the light of Your guidance, and do not close my eyes which are opened by Your bounty, and do not dumb my tongue which is habitutated for Your praise, and as You are deserving of favors then be suitable for beneficence, the affairs are in Your hand, and the face has debased for You, and goodness is expected from You, and the way is towards You. O Allah! And send blessing upon the Ummi[12] Muhammad, the Hashmite Ahmad, and the succeeding Prophet, and the Messenger, the Arab, the Meccan, and the Madanite, the beaming lantern, the leader, the courageous, the supporting, the brilliant, the illuminated, the well-pleased, the generous, the pious, master of dignity and tranqulity, resting in peace in the land of Madinah, the servant of Allah, having full power and authority, the Messenger, rightly guided, chosen, noblest, Abul Qasim, Muhammad. O Allah! And send blessing on the chief, the infallible, the Imam, the bold and brave hero, father of Shubair and Shabar, free from atheism and filled with knowledge, the honorable mighty, and the manifest knowledge, and the helping supporter, adminstrator of religion, the pleased, the sincere, the immaculate, buried in (the land of) Najaf, lion of unbeatable ancestry, Abul Hasan Ali Ibn Abi Taalib. O Allah! And send blesssing upon the glorious lady, who faced many hardships in a short time, who was buried secretly, whose right was usurped openly, whose value was unknown, whose grave is hidden, who was paradisiacal human being, Faatemah al-Zahra. O Allah! And send blessing upon the chosen master, the hoped Imam, grandson of Mustafa, son of Murtaza, the intercessor, son of the intercessor, killed by a deadly poison, buried in the land of Baqee, well aware of the commandments of Allah and His Prophet, liberal and kind, Abu Muhammad al-Hasan. O Allah! And send blessing upon the Master, the pious servant of Allah (and) the Imam, the devoted to Allah, the bowing, the prostrating, slain by the despicable infidels, surrounded from all sides by hardships and afflictions, buried in the land of Karbala, master of both the worlds, Abi Abdillaah al-Husain. O Allah! And send blessing upon the father of the Imams, and the lamp of the nation, disperser of dark clouds, reviwer of the traditions, patron of the bounty, stood upright, opened the doors of higher aspirations, owner of the wailing, buried in the holy land, the pride of worshippers, Ali Ibn al-Husain. O Allah! And send blessing upon the moon of the moons, and light of the lights, and leader of the pious, the commander of the choicest, the vigilant Imam, buried near his father and grandfather, absolute joy, for the friends and foes alike, Abu Ja�far al-Baqer Muhammad Ibn Ali. O Allah! And send blessing upon the truthful, the veracious, knowing, full of self reliance, gentle, loving, guide towards the path, who serves his followers with deep contemplation, and notifier for his enemies towards fire, owner of the marvelous honor, and possessor of all the merits, the one who gave honor to the land of Baqee with his pure body, the glorified Imam, Abi Abdillah Ja�far Ibn Muhammad. O Allah! And send blessing upon the noble leader, and the forbearing Imam, the patience, the represser of anger, homonymous of the Kaleem (Prophet Moosa), commander of the army, buried in the graveyard of Qurasyh, owner of the illuminated place, and eminent in glory, Abu Ibrahim, Moosa Ibn Ja�far. O Allah! And send blessing upon the Imam, the infallible and the stranger, the oppressed, and the martyr with the poison, and the slain, the deceased (the deprived), and the knower of the secrets, and the full moon among the stars, sun among the suns, intimate to the souls, buried in the land of Toos, the content, the elected, leader of the chosen, and the Imam of the hopeful, Abul Hasan ali Ibn Moosa al-Reza. O Allah! And send blessing upon the active Imam, and the absolute brave, worthy to be mentioned as the guidance and the right path, the most generous among generous, the saver of his shias from the witnesses (on the day of judgement), buried in the land of Baghdad, the Hashmite Imam, and the light of (the lineage of) Ahmad, known as Taqi, nicknamed as Abi Ja�far Muhammad Ibn Ali al-Jawaad. O Allah! And send blessings upon the two learned Imams, the two standards of guidance, the two honorable leaders, the two scholars, the two inheritors of two Mash�ars[13], and the people of two harams[14], the two caverns of piety, and the two provisions for the mankind, two mountains of wisdom, buried in Surra man ra-aa[15], dispersers of hardships and sorrows, Abul Hasan Ali Ibn Muhammad and Abu Muhammad al-Hasan Ibn Ali. O Allah! And send blessing upon the prophetic message, and the assaults of Haider, and the luminosity of Faatemah, and the praise of Hasan, and the courage of Husain, and the worship of Sajjad, and the glories of Baqer, and the effects of Ja�far, and the knowledge of Kazem, and the reasoning of Reza, and the statements of Jawad, and the character of Hadi, and the awe of Askari, the true upright, and the caller towards truth, word of Allah, safety of Allah, proof of Allah, the upright who shall appear with justice of Allah, the defender from the sacred of Allah, the helper for the religion of Allah, the proof, son of al-Hasan son of Ali son of Muhammad son of Ali son of Moosa son of Ja�far son of Muhammad son of Ali son of al-Husain � brother of al-Hasan son of Ali son of Abu Taalib � brother of Messenger of Allah, Muhammad son of Abdullah son of Abd al-Muttaleb son of Haashem blessings of Allah be upon them all. O Allah! By their right I beseech You that you send blessing on them and that You have mercy on my loneliness in the world, and my deterioration while dying, and my fear in the grave, and the meekness of my situation when I will be present before You. O Allah! For You is praise like You praise Yourself, and all the praising ones praise You, and all the admiring ones admire You, and all the magnifying ones magnify You, and all the glorifying ones glorify You, so that praise reaches You from me alone in every twinkle of an eye like all the praising ones praises You, and all types of oneness from the sincere ones, and all types of holiness from the mystics, and praise of all those who confess His godhead, and like that You are known to them and hidden from all Your living creatures, I turn my attention towards You on the expense of the blessing that You have made decisive and vocalist on Your praise and how small and easy is the thing by which You have afflicted me and how big is the thing You have promised me, of Your thankfulness, my beginning by You is with Your blessings from Your blessedness and vastness, and You have ordered me to be thankful by truth and justice and You have promised me double reward and blessing upon thanks and You have gave me from Your mercy which is vast and numerous and asked from me easy and small. And You chose Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) with great importance, and made the peace necessary through him and through his progeny, then their rights upon You, I ask You to forgive me that cannot be forgiven except by Your forgiveness, and it cannot be reached except by Your pardon,then there is none to reject Your command, nor any restrainer from Your decree, then by You I leap upon the enemies, and from You I hope for the friendship of the loved ones, then how many of the bestowal of favours You have conferred upon me, and You have given me different kinds of gifts, ther is no god but You, You ornamented glory with might, and flaunted greatness with pride, and adorned the pride with light, and covered the light with beauty, and shadowed the beauty with prestige, for You is blessed gratitude, and lofty kingdom, and wide magnanimity, when You have created me (I can) hear, see, (was) accurate, moderate, firm, fit and healthy, do not occupy me in defect of my body, and do not reject Your generosity and favour of Your gift for me, when You have expanded the world for me, and made for me hearing that I reflect on Your verses, and seeing that I see Your power, and heart that I recognize, and I praise You with Your favour, and my soul is thankful because of You, testify that surely You are ever-living before every living being, and You are ever-living after every being dies, and You are ever-living inherit the living, do not cut from me Your goodness at all times, and do not send the revenge of punishment upon me nor change the moments of protection, then I do not consider Your kindness except in Your forgiveness, acceptance of my supplication with Your Oneness and Your Glorification till I raise my head, except that in my interest when You created me, then formed me well by estimating my livelihood, then in that I am unable to thank You in my exertion, then how I think of Your great bounty when I turn to it and I cannot reach to thank a thing from it. Then for You is Praise on what is preserved in Your knowledge, and what Your power encompasses, and Your mercy covers, then send blessing upon Muhammad and his progeny and complete Your favours in the like You had done favour in the past, then surely I beseech You by Your Oneness and Your Praise and Declaration of Your Unity and Declaration of Your Greatness and Your Glorification and Your Light and Your Kindness and Your Mercy and Greatness of Your Dignity and Your Splendor and Your Favour and Your Perfection and Your Grandeur and Your Kingdom and Your Power and Your Prophet Muhammad and his pure progeny that do not deprive me of Your gifts and grants, for certainly the impediments of miserliness does not hinder You from plentifully providing from Your bestowals and do not decrease Your magnanimity for the shortcomings in thanking Your bounties, and You do not react by Your great magnanimity for Your huge surplus gifts, and You do not fear poverty. Then my means to You is the Oneness, O Allah! And my course is that I do not associate to You anything, then forgive me whatever is between these two[16], certainly You have power over all things. O my Lord! No hair grow on my body but that underneath it is a fixed bounty. O my Lord! You are very kind and generous while I am weak and poor. O my Lord! Certainly the nobles from us forgive those who have oppressed them then how You will not forgive the one who has not oppressed You but has oppressed himself? And You are the best of the nobles with regards to forgiveness. O Allah! I seek inspiration of excellence in thanking You, and I request as a gift from You to elucidate my tongue for guidance of Your praise, and I desire for You so that You help me acquire more from You, and I seek refuge from You that I begin invoking from other than You, then help me in the world with satisfaction, and in the religion with chastity and abstinence, and grant me wealth for the need towards You, and do not impoverish me by not seeking wealth from You, verily Your command is only that You say to it, �Be�, and it is. So in the name of Your mercy, tell Your obedience to enter all of my organs then do not leave them until I meet You. And, in the name of Your mercy, tell the disobedience to Youto depart all of my organs and not to come close to me until I meet You. And provide me from the worldly sustenance, but induce me to renounce the world, and do not turn it away from me while I have a desire in it, O Allah! O Beneficent! O Merciful! O He from Whom none can escape, and nobody has adequacy from Him, O Provider of sustenance to the poor, O Merciful toward the miserable! O Lord of Power, O Strong! O Lord of the believers! O most Merciful of all! Send blessing upon Muhammad and his progeny, and do to me what is worthy of You, O Foremost of all first things! And Last of all last things! O Allah! Grant me success for rejecting the innovations (in religion) and the invented opinion and grant me success for that which is clearer. All praise be to Allah Who describes but He cannot be described and Who knows but He cannot be known. You are my Companion in all distress which I experience, and I do not deny Your grace because You expel all affliction, and all the important things You are called, and for all hardships You are hoped, and to You O my Master, is the complaint, You are the expected, how big is my grief if You do not relieve it, and my tongue is mortified if You do not stretch it, and my scale (of deeds) will be lighter if You do not make it heavy, then send blessing upon Muhammad and his progeny and have mercy on me. O my Lord! When I think of taking revenge from You, the blessing of Your forgiveness striked my ears that surely You had forgiven me, then make my thought truthful O my Master! And refute my fear, and actualize my hope, O Hope of the believers! O Shelter for those who rely on You! O He Who responds to the penitents! Turn towards me, O Allah! O Beneficent! O Merciful! O Nourisher! O King! O Encompasser! O Powerful! O Knower! O Wise! O Forgiver! O Ample Giver! O Originator! O Hearing! O Sufficient! O Compassionate! O Grateful! O God! O One! O Pardoner! O Forbearing! O Preventer! O Opener! O Ever-Living! O Self-Subsistent! O Most High! O Lofty! O Greatest! O Guardian! O Independent! O Praiseworthy! O Subsistent! O All-donor! O Quick in reckoning! O Aware! O Preserver! O Reckoner! O Witness! O Forgiver! O Helper! O Dependable! O Creator out of nothing! O Conqueror! O Capable Power! O Subtle! O All-wise! O Reviver! O He Who causes to die! O Best Master! O Best Helper! O Protector! O Nigh! O Responding! O Strong! O Glorious! O Loving! O Recourse! O Vanquisher! O Conqueror! O Great! O Exalted! O Favorer! O Creator! O Truthful! O Inheritor! O Forgiver! O All-generous! O Resurrector! O Truth! O Distinct! O Light! O Guide! O Victorious! O Very Thankful! O Forgiver of sin! O Acceptor of repentance! O Severe in punishment! O Lord of bounty! O Giver of Livelihood! O Master of great strength! O Virtuous! O All-Omnipotent! O All-Sovereign! O He Who remains for ever! O Owner of majesty and glory! O First! O Last! O Outward! O Inward! O Holy! O Peace! O Source of security! O Loving Protector! O Glorious! O Omnipotent! O Proud! O Creator! O Maker! O Fashioner! O Owner of ascendancy! O Originator! O Returner! O Supreme! O Most honorable! O Unique! O Independent! O He Who neither begets nor is He begotten and there is none like to Him! Send blessing upon Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad and expedite their relief and do to us that which befits You, O Allah! O most Merciful of All! There is no strength and power except with Allah, the All-high and All-great, and blessing of Allah be upon the excellent messenger, Muhammad, the chosen prophet and upon his brother Ali, the well-pleased and upon both of their immaculate families, respond to me, O Lord of the Worlds![17]
Eight pilgrimage prayers will be elaborated out of which some prayers are especially for the shrine of Hazrat Imam Reza (a.s.) and some of them can be prayed in the shrines of all the infallibles (مَعْصُوْمِيْن) (a.s.).
1. First Salaat
After performing the ziyaarat of Imam Reza (a.s.) two rakat prayer should be performed in the shrine of Imam Reza (a.s.). In the first rakat after Surah Hamd recite Surah Yaaseen and in the second rakat after Surah Hamd recite Surah Rahmaan.
2. Second Salaat
After peforming the ziyaarat, two rakat prayer should be performed in which any Surah can be recited after reciting Surah Hamd. Then all the etiquette of ziyaarat to be done. The related etiquette will be elaborated in the chapters of second, third and seventh ziyaarats of Imam Reza (a.s.). This prayer can also be offered in the ziyaarat of all the infallibles. 3. Third Salaat
After performing the ziyaarat of Hazrat Imam Reza (a.s.) two rakat prayer should be performed. In the first rakat after Surah Hamd recite Surah Tawheed fifty times or less and in the second rakat after Surah Hamd recite any Surah.
4. Fourth Salaat
Shaikh Mufeed (r.a.) writes in his book Al-Ashraaf:
Prayer of ziyaarat is two unit: In the first unit after Surah Hamd recite Surah Rahmaan and in the second rakat after Surah Hamd recite Surah Yaaseen.[1]
5. Fifth Salaat
Shaikh Kafami (r.a.) writes:
In the holy shirne of Hazrat Imam Reza (a.s.) and other infallible Imams (a.s.) two rakat prayers can be offered with any Surah (after Surah Hamd). After the prayer, recite the following supplication:
Allaahumma Innee Laka Sallayto Wa Laka Rakato Wa Laka Sajadto Wahdaka Laa Shareeka Laka Le-Annahu Laa Yajoozus Salaato War-Rokoo-O Was Sojoodo Illaa Laka Le-Annaka Antal Laaho Laa Elaaha Illaa Anta Allaahumma Salle Alaa Mohammadinw Wa Aale Mohammadin Wa Abligh-Hum Annee Afzalas Salaame Wat Tahiyyate War Dud Alayya Minhomus Salaama Wat Tahiyyata Allaahumma Wa Haataanir Rak-Ataane Hadiyyatum Minnee Elaa Sayyedee Wa Mawlaaya Aliyyibne Moosar Rezaa Alayhemas Salaamo Allaahumma Salle Alaa Mohammadinw Wa Aalehi Wa Taqabbalhomaa Minnee Waajurnee Alayhemaa Afzale Amalee Wa Rajaaa-Ee Feeka Wa Fee Waliyyeka Yaa Waliyyal Moameneena.
Allah! I have prayed for You and bowed for You and prostrated for You, there is no partner to You. This is because it is not permissible that the prayers, bowing and prostration except for You, for You are Allah, there is no god but You. O Allah! send Your greetings to Muhammad and his family, convey from me the best salutations and greetings and return their salutations and greetings to me. O Allah! these two unit are my token to my leader and master Ali Ibn Moosa (a.s.).[2] O Allah! send your blessings on Muhammad and his family, accept my deeds, reward me by fulfilling my best hopes and expectations of You and of Your representative, O master of the believers.[3]
[1] Al-Ashraaf, p. 30
[2] If this prayer is offered for any other infallible Imam (a.s.) then his name to be taken in place of the name of Imam Reza (a.s.)
[3] al-Misbaah, p. 542; al-Balad al-Ameen, p. 236
[4] Ketaab Fee al-Ziyaaraat Wa al-Adiyyah (manuscript), p. 60
[5] Ibid.
[6] Ibid., p. 61
wa ʾadim lahū mā khawwaltahū wa staʿmilhu ṣāliḥan fīmā ʾātaytahū wa lā tajʿalnī ʾākhira wāfidin lahū yūfiduhū
And perpetuate for him what You have bestowed upon him, and employ him righteously in what You have given him, and do not make me the last envoy he sends.
wa jʿalhu min rufaqāʾi muḥammadin wa ʾāli muḥammadin wa bārik lahū fī waladihi wa mālihī wa ʾahlihī wa mā mallakat yamīnuh
And make him among the companions of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, and bless him in his children, his wealth, his family, and what his right hand possesses.
allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā muḥammadin wa ʾāli muḥammadin wa ḥul baynahū wa bayna maʿāṣīka ḥattā lā yaʿṣīk
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, and place a barrier between him and Your acts of disobedience, so that he does not disobey You.
wa ʾaʿinhu ʿalā ṭāʿatika wa ṭāʿati ʾawliyāʾika ḥattā lā tafqidahū ḥayṯu ʾamartahū wa lā tarāhū ḥayṯu nahaytahū
And aid him in Your obedience and the obedience of Your close friends, so that You do not miss him where You have commanded him, and You do not see him where You have forbidden him.
allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā muḥammadin wa ʾāli muḥammadin wa ġfir lahū wa rḥamhu wa ʿfu ʿanhu wa ʿan jamīʿi l-muʾminīna wa l-muʾmināt
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, and forgive him, and have mercy upon him, and pardon him and all the believing men and women.
allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā muḥammadin wa ʾāli muḥammadin wa ʾaʿiżhu min hawli l-muṭṭaliʿi wa min fazaʿi yawmi l-qiyāmati wa sūʾi l-munqalab
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, and protect him from the terror of the dawning, and from the dread of the Day of Resurrection, and the evil of the return.
faʾasʾaluka yā allāhu biḥaqqi muḥammadin wa ʾāli muḥammadin ʾan lā taḥrimanī baʿda ḏālika l-ʾajra wa ṯ-ṯawāba min faḍli ʿaṭāʾika wa karami tafaḍḍulik
So I ask You, O Allah, by the right of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, that You do not deprive me after that of the recompense and the reward from the bounty of Your giving and the generosity of Your favor.
6. Sixth Salaat Salaat of Ziyaarat in case of Deputing Some Person
In the book Fee Ziyaarat wa al-Adiyyah it is written that Sayed Ibn Taaoos narrates in Misbaah al-Zaaer that if anybody wants to perform Ziyaarat of any infallible Imam (a.s.) on deputation of all believers or any particular group, then he should determine to perform ziyaarat in his deputation and then perform ziyaarat for that Imam (a.s.). After that perform two rakat prayer for ziyaarat and than say:
allaahumma innee zurto haazehiz zeyaarata wa sallayto haataynir rak-atayne
..O Allah! I have visited this (place of) ziyaarat and prayed two unit[4]
7. Seventh Salaat Salaat of Ziyaarat in case of Deputing any Particular Person
In the same book it has been narrated:
If anybody wants to offer prayer of ziyaarat on deputation of any particular person then after determining the ziyaarat, recite the following in deputation of that person:
allaahumma laka sallayto wa laka rakato wa laka sajadto
.O Allah! I have prayed for You and bowed for You and prostrated for You[5]
8. Eighth Salaat Salaat of Ziyaarat in the Journey on Deputation
In the same book it has been mentioned:If anybody is on deputation from the beginning of the journey and want to perform short ziyaarat then he should intend to perform ziyaarat from any of the particular ziyaarat (زِيَارَتِ مَخْصُوْصَة) on behalf of that person. Then offer two units prayer of ziyaarat and then recite this supplication: