Ziyara / Supplication

Although the two following texts are intended to be recited when visiting (ziyarah) the Holy Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a), but reciting them from wherever on the Arba’in day is also recommended:

First Form
There’s a ziyarah which al-Shaykh al-Tusi narrated in the books of Tahdhib al-ahkam and Misbah al-mutahajjid from Safwan al-Jammal:

My master Imam al-Sadiq (a) told me about the ziyarah of Imam al-Husayn (a) in the day of Arba’in: when a part of day had passed, recite this:
Peace be upon the friend of Allah and His beloved; peace be upon the close friend of Allah and His chosen one; peace be upon the elite of Allah and the son of His elite; peace be upon Husayn, the oppressed, the martyr; peace be upon the captive of sorrows and the slain for whom the tears are shed.
O, Allah, I testify that he is Your friend and the son of Your friend; and Your elite and the son of Your elite; the one who achieved salvation through Your grace. You honored him with the martyrdom, and You delivered him to happiness, and chose him through pure birth, and made him a chief from the chiefs, and a leader from the leaders, and a defender from the defenders. And You gave him the inheritances of the Prophets, and You made him -among the successors- a proof for Your creatures.
So he left no place for excuse by his call, and presented the advice, and gave the blood of his heart in Your way, to save your servants from the ignorance, and the confusion of deviation, (He did so) when those who have been incited by the worldly life have supported each other against him, those who have sold their afterlife for the lowest bargain, and strutted and followed their desire, and angered You and Your prophet, and obeyed -among Your servants- the people of disunion and hypocrisy, and the bearers of burdens (of sin) who deserve the fire. So he fought them in Your way, patiently, expecting (Your pleasure) until his blood shed in Your obedience, and his dignity violated. O Allah, so curse them with a great curse, and punish them with a painful punishment.
Peace be upon you, O son of the Prophet of Allah; peace be upon you, O son of the master of successors; I testify that you are the trusted one of Allah and the son of His trusted one; lived blessed, and passed away praised; and died deceased, martyred, oppressed. And I testify that Allah will fulfill what He has promised you, and will destroy those who humiliated you, and will punish those who killed you. And I testify that you fulfilled the pledge of Allah, and you fought in His way, until the certain (death) came to you. May Allah curse those who killed you, and may Allah curse those who oppressed you, and may Allah curse the people who heard that and were pleased by it.
O Allah, I ask you witness that indeed I am in peace with who is in peace with him, and I am in war against who is in war against him.
May my father and my mother be sacrificed for you O son of the Prophet of Allah. I testify that you were a light in the lofty loins and the purified wombs, the ignorance did not taint you with its impurities, and did not its darkness cover you with its cloak. And I testify that you are one of the leaders of the religion, and the pillars of Muslims, and the refuge of the believers. And I testify that you are the righteous, the pious, the pleased, the pure, the guide, the guided Imam. And I testify that Imams of your progeny are the maxims of piety, and the signs of the guidance, and the strong rope, and the proof over the people of the world, and I testify that I believe in you and in your return, certain about the laws of my religion and the results of my deeds, and my heart is obedient to your heart, and my affair is in line with your affair, and my support will be ready for you until Allah permits you. So (I am) with you, with you, not with your enemy. May the blessings of Allah be upon you, and upon your souls, and your bodies, and your apparent (ones), and your hidden (one), and your outside and your inside. Amen, O Lord of the worlds.
After that, pray two rak’as, then supplicate as you want.

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Second Form
There’s another ziyarah which is narrated from Jabir b. ‘Abd Allah al-Ansari, by ‘Atiyya al-‘Awfi (who was in accompany of Jabir b. ‘Abd Allah al-Ansari in his travel to ziyarah of Imam al-Husayn (a) in Arba’in):

In the 20th of Safar I was accompanying Jabir b. ‘Abd Allah al-Ansari, when we reached Karbala, he performed a ghusl in the Euphrates water, put on clean clothes brought with him, then said: do you have any perfume? I answered: I have “sa’d”. He used some of it, and began walking bare footed, so when he reached the grave of Imam al-Husayn (a), said takbir 3 times and fainted, when he became conscious, I heard him saying: “Peace be upon you, O people of Allah…” which is the same as the ziyarah of Imam al-Husayn (a) in the fifteenth of Rajab:
Peace be upon you, O people of Allah; peace be upon you, O elite of Allah; peace be upon you, O chosen ones of Allah; peace be upon you, O selected ones of Allah among his creatures; peace be upon you, O chiefs of the chiefs; peace be upon you, O lions of the jungles (brave people); peace be upon you, O arks of redemption.
Peace be upon you, O Aba ‘Abd Allah al-Husayn; peace be upon you, O the inheritor of the knowledge of the prophets; and the mercy and blessings of Allah (be upon you). Peace be upon you, O the inheritor of Adam, the elite of Allah; peace be upon you the inheritor of Nuh, the prophet of Allah; peace be upon you the inheritor of Ibrahim, the friend of Allah; peace be upon you the inheritor of Isma’il, the slaughtered for Allah; peace be upon you the inheritor of Musa, the spoken to by Allah; peace be upon you, the inheritor of ‘Isa, the spirit from Allah; peace be upon you, the inheritor of Muhammad, the beloved by Allah; peace be upon you, O son of Muhammad, the chosen; peace be upon you, O son of ‘Ali, the one (who Allah is) pleased with; peace be upon you, the son of Fatima al-Zahra’; peace be upon you, O son of Khadija the great; peace be upon you, O martyr and the son of the martyr; peace be upon you, O slain and the son of the slain; peace be upon you, O friend of Allah and the son of the friend of Allah; peace be upon you, O proof of Allah and the son of the proof of Him to his creatures.
I testify that you held the prayer, and paid zakat, and enjoined the good, and forbade the evil, and suffered from the loss of your parents, and you fought you enemy. And I testify that you hear the word, and you answer, and you are the beloved of Allah and His friend, and His chosen one, and His elite and the son of His elite. O my master and the son of my master, I visited you with eagerness; so, O my master, be my interceder before Allah, and intercede for me by your grandfather, the master of the prophets; and by your father, the master of the successors; and by your mother, the lady of all ladies of the worlds.
Verily, may Allah curse your killers, and may Allah curse those who oppressed you, and may Allah curse those who deprived you (of your rights), and those who hated you; the past and the coming people. May Allah send blessings upon our master Muhammad and his household, the immaculate, the pure.
Then turn to the tomb of ‘Ali al-Akbar and say:
Peace be upon you, O my master and the son of my master; may Allah curse those who killed you, and may Allah curse those who oppressed you. Indeed, I seek closure to Allah by your ziyarah (visit) and by your love, and I dissociate from your enemies to Allah. And peace be upon you my master, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
Then turn to the martyr companions of Imam al-Husayn (a) and say
Peace be upon the souls residing near the tomb of Abu ‘Abd Allah Husayn, peace upon you O the purified from the filth; peace be upon you, O the guided; peace be upon you, O the pious ones of Allah; peace be upon you and upon all the angels surrounding your graves. May Allah gather you and us in the settlement of His mercy, and under His throne; indeed He is the most merciful of all of those who show mercy. And peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
Then perform the ziyarah of al-‘Abbas b. ‘Ali (a).

I bear witness that there is no god save Allah, One and Only and having no partner; and I bear witness that Muhammad, may Allah send blessings upon him and his Household, is His servant and messenger.

As you enter the shrine and catch sight of the tomb, you may stop again and repeat the following statement thirty times:

Allah is the Most Great.

Very serene and venerable, you should walk a few yards with slow steps and then stop anew and repeat the same statement thirty times again. As you come within reach of the tomb, you should repeat the same statement forty times so that you would have said it one hundred times. After that, you should say the following:

Peace be upon you, O Household of Prophethood, location of the Divine mission, frequently visited by the angels, destination of the Divine revelation, core of mercy, hoarders of knowledge, ultimate degree of forbearance, origins of generosity, leaders of all nations, sustainers of bounties, foundations of the dutiful, pillars of the upright, maintainers of the servants (of Allah), props of the lands, doors to true faith, trustees of the All-beneficent (Allah), descendants of the Prophets, choice of the Messengers, and offspring of the select of the Lord of the worlds. Allah’s mercy and blessings, too, be upon you (all). Peace be upon the directors of right guidance, the lanterns in darkness, the patterns of piety, the owners of understanding,

the endued with thought, the havens for the peoples, the inheritors of the Prophets, the perfect specimen, the most excellent call, and the arguments of Allah against the inhabitants of the world, the Hereafter, and the former world. Allah’s mercy and blessings, too, be upon you (all). Peace be upon the exponents of the recognition of Allah, the centers of Allah’s blessing, the essence of Allah’s wisdom, the keepers of Allah’s secrets, the bearers of Allah’s Book, the successors of Allah’s Prophet, and the progeny of Allah’s Messenger, may Allah send blessings upon him and his Household. Allah’s mercy and blessings, too, be upon them.

Peace be upon the callers to Allah, the leaders to Allah’s pleasure, the abiders by Allah’s decree, the perfect in love for Allah, the sincere in professing Allah’s Oneness, the manifesters of Allah’s orders and prohibitions, and Allah’s honored bondmen who speak not until He has spoken and act by His command. Allah’s mercy and blessings, too, be upon them. Peace be upon the Imams, the heralds, the leaders, the guides, the chiefs, the authorities, the defenders, the protectors, the people of the Reminder (i.e. the Qur’¡n), the men in authority, the left ones by Allah, His select, His party, the case of His knowledge

His argument, His path, His light, and His proof. Allah’s mercy and blessings, too, be upon them. I bear witness that there is no god save Allah; One and Only and having no partner with Him just as Allah has testified to His Oneness to which His angels and his knowledgeable creatures testify. There is no god save Him; the Almighty, the All-wise. I also bear witness that Mu¦ammad is His elect servant and His approved Messenger. He sent him with right guidance and with the Religion of truth that He may cause it to prevail over all religions however much the idol-worshippers may be averse. I also bear witness that you all are the Imams, rightly guiding, well-guided, infallible, highly revered, drawn near (to Allah), pious, veracious, well-chosen, obedient to Allah, establishing His rule, putting into practice His will,

and winning His honoring. He chose you on account of His (eternal) knowledge, approved of you to maintain His unseen knowledge, selected you to keep His secret, decided on you by means of His omnipotence, equipped you with His guidance, distinguished you with His clear proofs, chose you to hold His Light, supported you with His Holy spirit, and accepted you as vicegerents in His lands, arguments against His beings, supporters of His religion, keepers of His secret, hoarders of His knowledge, stores of His wisdom, interpreters of His revelation, pillars of the profession of His Oneness, witnesses on His creatures, signs for His servants, torches in His lands, and directors to His path. Allah has preserved you against slips, secured you against seditious matters, purified you from dirt,

removed away from you uncleanness, and purified you with a thorough purifying. So, you have glorified His majesty, declared great His magnificence, glorified His nobility, perpetuated mentioning Him, consolidated His covenant, made firm your pledge of obedience to Him, acted sincerely to Him privately and publicly, called unto His way with wisdom and fair admonition, sacrificed yourselves for the sake of attaining His pleasure, acted patiently towards what has befallen you for His sake, performed the prayers, defrayed the poor-rate, enjoined the right, forbade the wrong, and strived in the way of Allah as exactly as striving should be until you made known His call, rendered clear His obligations, executed His provisions, propagated for the enacted laws of Him, acted out His rules, attained His pleasure through carrying out all these matters, surrendered to His will,

and confirmed the truth of the past Messengers of Him. Therefore, whoever forsakes you is apostate, whoever adheres to you will attain the destination, and whoever fails to carry out the duties towards you will perish. Verily, the truth is always with you, amid you, from you, and to you. You are the people and the core of it (i.e. the truth). The inheritance of Prophethood is with you. The ultimate destination of the creatures is to you. Calling them to account is your mission. Decisive speech is with you. The verses of Allah is in your possession. His unavoidable decrees rely upon you. His light and proof are with you. His authority is to you. Whoever declares loyalty to you has in fact declared loyalty to Allah, whoever shows enmity towards you has in fact shown enmity towards Allah, whoever loves you has in fact loved Allah, whoever hates you has in fact hated Allah, and whoever holds fast to you has in fact held fast to Allah.

You are the most straight path, the witnesses of this abode of extinction, the intercessors in the abode of permanence, the connected mercy, the stored sign, the safeguarded deposit, and the door with which people are put to test. Whoever comes to will have been saved but whoever refrains from joining you will have perished. To Allah do you invite people, towards him do you show the way, in Him do you believe, to Him do you submit, upon His command do you act, to His path do you direct, and according to His saying do you judge. Happy is he who is loyal to you, desolate is he who forsakes you, disappointed is he who denies you, straying off is he who separates himself from you, winner is he who adheres to you, secured is he who resorts to you, saved is he who gives credence to you, and rightly guided is he who takes shelter in you. As to whoever follows you, Paradise will be his abode. As to whoever dissents you, Hellfire will be his dwelling. He who denies you is unbeliever, he who makes war against you is polytheist,

and he who objects to you will be in the lowest tier of the burning fire. I bear witness that all the previous was pre-decided for you and it will continue in the future; and that your souls, your light, and your form are the same; blessed and purified, and one of the other. Allah created you as lights; He then made you observe from His Throne until He endued us with the favor of your existence (among us) and then placed you in houses that He allowed to be raised and to have His Name mentioned therein. He also decided our invocation of blessings upon you and our loyalty to you to be immaculacy of our creation, purity of our souls, refinement of our manners, and forgiveness of our sins. We have thus become, with Him, of those believing in your precedence and of those known for their giving credence to you. Thus, Allah has raised you to the most principled place of the honored ones,

the highest station of those drawn near to Him, and the loftiest ranks of the Messengers where none can ever reach you, nor can anyone ever surpass you, nor can anyone ever precede you, no can anyone ever look forward to reaching your positions; therefore, no archangel, commissioned Prophet, a veracious one, a martyr, a knowledgeable one, an ignorant one, an inferior, a superior, a righteous believer, a wicked sinner, an obstinate tyrant, a devilish rebel, or any other witnessing being among these classes—all of those were informed by Allah about the majesty of your issue, the importance of your standing, the greatness of your prestige, the thoroughness of your illumination, the honesty of your position, the firmness of your stance,

the honor of your station and position with Him, your upstanding reputation with Him, your special position with Him, and your close location to Him. May my father, my mother, my kin, my property, and my family be ransoms for you. I beseech Allah and I beseech you all to witness for me that I believe in you all and in that in which you believe, I renounce your enemies and whatever you renounce, I am fully aware of your matter and of the deviation of those who oppose you, I am loyalist to you and to your loyalists, I hate your enemies and I show enmity towards them, I am at peace with those who make peace with you, I take the field against those who march against you, I accept as true that which you have decided as true, I prove false that which you have decided as false, I am obedient to you, I recognize your right,

I confess of your superiority, I preserve your knowledge, I take refuge under your protective shelter, I profess you, I believe in your coming back (to this world), I give credence to your return, I am awaiting your issue, I am expecting your rule, I take in your sayings, I carry out your orders, I take shelter in you, I make visits to you I resort to and seek protection in your graves, I seek your intercession for me with Allah the Almighty and All-majestic, I seek nearness to Him in your names, I provide you as my means for seeking fulfillment of my desires, needs, and wishes, in all of my manners and affairs, I believe in your invisibility, visibility, presence, absence, first, and last of you; and I confide all that to you and submit to all of it with you.

My heart is subservient to you, my opinion is following yours, and my support to you is all set until Allah the All-exalted restores His religion to life through you, brings you back again in His days, allows you to appear for (establishing) His justice, and gives you power to rule in His land. So, I am (always) with you, with you, but not with any one other than you. I have full faith in you, and I declare my loyalty to the last of you just as I declared it to the first of you. In the presence of Allah the Almighty and All-majestic, I repudiate your enemies, all idols, false deities, the devils, and their party who have wronged you, denied your rights, apostatized from your (divinely commissioned) leadership, usurped your inheritance, arisen doubts about you, and deviated from you, and (I repudiate) any adherence to anyone other than you, any obeyed one save you, and the leaders who call to Hellfire. May Allah make me firm forever as long as I am alive on loyalty to you, love for you, and on your religion. May He grant me success in obedience to you, endue me with your intercession,

make me of the best of your loyalists who carry out all that to which you have called, and make me of those who are tracking your footsteps, taking your path, following your guidance, (and those who are) resurrected in your group, given the chance to appear again in your Return, given authority in your administration, honored to live under your sound supervision, given power in your days, and having their eyes delighted by seeing you in the morrow. May my father, mother, soul, family, and possessions be ransoms for you. Whoever desires for Allah should begin with you, whoever professes His Oneness should accept your instructions, and whoever heads for Him should make you the means to Him. O my masters, I cannot count your merits and I cannot attain the utmost of praise of you and the utmost of the description of your actual value, since you are the light of the upright ones, the guides of the pious ones, and the arguments of the Supreme Lord. With you has Allah begun creation and with you will He seal it. For your sake does He pour down rain,

for your sake does He withhold the heavens from falling on the earth except by His permission, and out of consideration for you does He dismiss agonies and relieves harms. In your possession is all that which His Messengers brought down and with which His angels descended. To your forefather (If the tomb of Imam ‘Ali b. Abi Talib (a) is the visited, you should say instead, “To your cousin”)

was the Honest Spirit sent. Allah has given you that which He has not given to any one all over the worlds. All highborn ones nod down their heads before your noble lineage, all arrogant ones submit to the obedience to you, all insolent oppressors succumb to your excellence, all things are humiliated before you, the earth has been lit up with your light, and the winners have attained triumph due to their loyalty to you. Through you can the way to Paradise be taken and the ire of the All-beneficent is poured on whoever has denied your (divinely commissioned) leadership. May my father, mother, soul, family, and possessions be ransoms for you. your mention is within the mention of others. Your names are called along with other names. Your figures appear among other figures. Your souls are among other souls. Your selves are among other selves. Your traditions are among other traditions. Your graves are among other graves. But how gracious your names are! How noble your souls are! How superior your affairs are! How majestic your stations are! How dependable your covenants are! How truthful your promises are! Your words are illumination. Your affairs are (leading to) orthodoxy. Your precepts are piety. Your deeds are all good. Your habits are charity.

Your nature is generosity. Your issue is truth, honesty, and lenience. Your words are judgments and decisiveness. Your views are (based upon) knowledge, temperance, and forethought. Whenever goodness is mentioned, you are its initiation, origin, branch, essence, center, and ultimate. May my father, mother, and soul be ransoms for you. How shall I describe the excellence of your merits and define the beauty of your conferrals? It is on account of you that Allah has pulled us out of degradation, removed from us the clutches of hardships, and saved us from the brink of the pit of perditions and from the Fire. May my father, mother, and soul be ransoms for you. Through our loyalty to your leadership, Allah has taught us the features of our religion and has set aright the spoiled items of our worldly lives. Through our loyalty to your leadership, the Word has been perfected, the grace has become great,

and the discord has turned into alliance. Through our loyalty to your leadership, the obligatory obedience (to Allah) is accepted. To you alone are the obligatory affection, the elevated ranks, the praiseworthy standing, the renowned station with Allah the Almighty and All-majestic, the topmost prestige, the supreme station, and the admitted intercession. O our Lord, we believe in that which You have sent down and we follow the Messenger; so, write our names among those who bear witness. Our Lord, cause not our hearts to stray after You have guided us, and bestow upon us mercy from Your Presence. Lo! You, only You, are the Bestower. Glory be to our Lord for in fact the promise of our Lord immediately takes effect.

O vicegerent of Allah! There stand between me and Allah the Almighty and All-majestic, sins that cannot be demolished except by attaining your satisfaction. Therefore, [I beseech you] in the name of the One Who has entrusted you with His secret, assigned you to supervise the affairs of His creatures, and attached the obedience to Him with the obedience to you, to (please) endue me with the favor of absolving my sins and to be my intercessors, for I am obedient to you. He who obeys you has in fact obeyed Allah, he who disobeys you has in fact disobeyed Allah, he who loves you has in fact loved Allah, and he who hates you has in fact hated Allah. O Allah, had I known interceders that are closer to You than Mu¦ammad and his Household the virtuous and pious Imams, I would have chosen them as my intercessors. So, [I beseech You] in the name of their Right that You have made obligatory upon You, (please) include me with the group of those who recognize their Right and them and with the assembly of those who are shown mercy owing to their (i.e. Mu¦ammad and his Household) intercession. Verily, You are the most merciful of all those who show mercy. May Allah send blessings upon Mu¦ammad and his immaculate Household and send His thorough peace upon them. Allah is Sufficient for us! Most Excellent is He in Whom we trust.

In the Name of Allah, the Source of General Mercy to all Humanity, the Source of Specific Grace to the Believers

Peace be upon you O’ Aba ‘Abdillah; Peace be upon you O’ son of the Messenger of Allah; Peace be upon you O’ son of the Commander of the Faithful and the son of the leader of the inheritors (of the Prophet); Peace be upon you O’ son of Fatimah, the leader of the women of the entire Universe.

أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللّٰهِ، أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ، أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ أَمِيرِ الْـمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَابْنَ سَيِّدِ الْوَصِيِّينَ،أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ فَاطِمَةَ سَيِّدَةِ نِسآءِ الْعالَـمِينَ،

 

Peace be upon you O’ the one who was killed and whose blood has not yet been avenged – and whose avenging is in the hands of Allah and peace be upon you, the son of one who was killed and whose blood has not yet been avenged (Imam ‘Ali b. Abi Talib) and peace be upon you O’ the one who was alone, an individual (killed). Peace be upon you and also upon those souls who accompanied you to your annihilation.

أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ثَارَ اللّٰهِ وَابْنَ ثَارِهِ وَالْوِتْرَ الْـمَوْتُورَ، أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلىٰ الأَرْوَاحِ الَّتِي حَلَّتْ بِفِنَآئِكَ،

 

Upon you and upon all of those (who were killed) is the Salam of Allah from me for eternity, as long as the night and the day remain.

عَلَيْكُمْ مِنِّي جَمِيعاً سَلاَمُ اللّٰهِ أَبَداً مَا بَقِيتُ وَبَقِيَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهارُ،

 

O’ Aba ‘Abdillah! Surely the tribulations are great and unbearable and your tragedy is great for us, and for all the people of Islam and unbearable and great is your tragedy in the heavens and for all of the dwellers of the heavens.

يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللّٰهِ، لَقَدْ عَظُمَتِ الرَّزِيَّةُ وَجَلَّتْ وَعَظُمَتِ الْـمُصِيبَةُ بِكَ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلىٰ جَمِيعِ أَهْلِ الإِِسْلاَمِ، وَجَلَّتْ وَعَظُمَتْ مُصِيبَتُكَ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ عَلىٰ جَمِيعِ أَهْلِ السَّمٰوَاتِ،

 

May the curse (La’n) be upon those people who laid down the foundations for the oppression and wrongs done upon you, the family of the Prophet [Ahlul Bayt].

فَلَعَنَ اللّٰهُ أُمَّةً أَسَّسَتْ أَسَاسَ الظُّلْمِ وَالْـجَوْرِ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ

 

May Allah curse those people who denied you your position (O’ Ahlul Bayt) and removed you from your rank which Allah himself had granted you.

وَلَعَنَ اللّٰهُ أُمَّةً دَفَعَتْكُمْ عَنْ مَقَامِكُمْ وَأَزَالَتْكُمْ عَنْ مَرَاتِبِكُمُ الَّتِي رَتَّبَكُمُ اللّٰهُ فِيهَا،

 

May the curse of Allah be upon those people who killed you and may the curse of Allah be upon those people who made it easy for them by preparing the grounds of your killing.

وَلَعَنَ اللّٰهُ أُمَّةً قَتَلَتْكُمْ، وَلَعَنَ اللّٰهُ الْـمُمَهِّدِينَ لَـهُمْ بِالتَّمْكِينِ مِنْ قِتَالِكُمْ،

 

I turn to Allah and I turn towards you and turn away from them and their adherents, followers and friends.

بَرِئْتُ إِلىٰ اللّٰهِ وَإِلَيْكُمْ مِنْهُمْ وَأَشْيَاعِهِمْ وَأَتْبَاعِهِمْ وَأَوْلِيَآئِهِمْ˛

 

O’ Aba ‘Abdillah! I am at peace with those who make peace with you and I am at war with those who make war with you until the Day of Judgment.

يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللّٰهِ، إِنِّي سِلْمٌ لـِمَنْ سالَـمَكُمْ، وَحَرْبٌ لـِمَنْ حَارَبَكُمْ إِلىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ،

 

May the curse of Allah be upon the family of Ziyad and the family of Marwan and may the curse of Allah be upon Bani Umayyah.

وَلَعَنَ اللّٰهُ آلَ زِيَادٍ وَآلَ مَرْوَانَ، وَلَعَنَ اللّٰهُ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ قَاطِبَةً،

 

May the curse of Allah be upon Ibn Marjana and may the curse of Allah be upon ‘‘Umar b. Sa’ad and may the curse of Allah be upon Shimr.

وَلَعَنَ اللّٰهُ ابْنَ مَرْجَانَةَ، وَلَعَنَ اللّٰهُ عُمَرَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ، وَلَعَنَ اللّٰهُ شِـمْراً،

 

And may the curse of Allah be upon the nation that carried out, saw and were silent at your killing.

وَلَعَنَ اللّٰهُ أُمَّةً أَسْرَجَتْ وَأَلْـجَمَتْ وَتَنَقَّبَتْ لِقِتَالِكَ،

 

May my father and mother be sacrificed for you. Surely my sorrow for you is great and I pray to Allah who has honoured your status and has also honoured me through you that He grant me the opportunity to seek your revenge with the victorious Imam from the family of Muhammad.

بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي، لَقَدْ عَظُمَ مُصَابِي بِكَ، فَأَسْأَلُ اللّٰهَ الَّذِي أَكْرَمَ مَقَامَكَ، وَأَكْرَمَنِي بِكَ، أَنْ يَرْزُقَنِي طَلَبَ ثَارِكَ مَعَ إِمَامٍ مَنْصُورٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ.

 

O’ Allah! Make me worthy of respect with You through Husayn, peace be upon him, both in the transient world and also the next life.

أَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي عِنْدَكَ وَجِيهاً بِالْـحُسَيْنِ ˛ عَلَيهِ السَّلاَمُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ،

 

O’ Aba ‘Abdillah! Surely I seek closeness to Allah and to His Messenger and to the Commander of the Faithful and to Fatimah and to Hasan and to you through love of you and through distancing myself from those who laid the foundations and those who built upon and carried out oppression and cruelty upon you all and upon your followers.

يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللّٰهِ، إِنِّي أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلىٰ اللّٰهِ، وَإِلىٰ رَسُولِهِ، وَإِلىٰ أَمِيرِ الْـمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَإِلىٰ فَاطِمَةَ، وَإِلىٰ الْـحَسَنِ، وَإِلَيْكَ بِـمُوَالاَتِكَ، وَبِالْبَرَاءَةِ مِـمَّـنْ قَاتَلَكَ، وَالْـجَوْرِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَبْرَأُ إِلىٰ اللّٰهِ وَإِلىٰ رَسُولِهِ مِـمَّنْ أَسَّسَ أَسَاسَ ذٰلِكَ وَ بَنىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُنْيَانَهُ، وَجَرىٰ فِي ظُلْمِهِ وَجَوْرِهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَلىٰ أَشْيَاعِكُمْ،

 

I disassociate myself from them through Allah and through all of you and I seek nearness to Allah and then to you through love for you and your friends and disassociation with your enemies and from those who want to fight against you and disassociation from their adherents and followers.

بَرِئْتُ إِلىٰ اللّٰهِ وَإِلَيْكُمْ مِنْهُمْ، وَأَتَقَرَّبُ إِلىٰ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ إِلَيْكُمْ بِـمُوَالاَتِكُمْ وَمُوَالاَةِ وَلِيِّكُمْ، وَبِالْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْ أَعْدَائِكُمْ، وَالنَّاصِبِينَ لَكُمُ الْـحَرْبَ، وَبِالْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْ أَشْيَاعِهِمْ وَأَتْبَاعِهِمْ،

 

Surely I am at peace with those who are at peace with you and I am at war with those who are at war with you and I am a friends to those who are friends to you and I am an enemy to those who are enemies to you.

إِنِّي سِلْمٌ لـِمَنْ سَالَـمَكُمْ، وَحَرْبٌ لِـمَنْ حَارَبَكُمْ، وَوَلِيٌّ لـِمَنْ وَالاَكُمْ، وَعَدُوٌّ لِـمَنْ عَادَاكُمْ،

 

So then I ask Allah who has honoured me with a cognizance of all of you and a cognizance of your friends that He also grant me the opportunity to disassociate myself from your enemies and that He place me with you – both in the transient world and also in the next life – and that he make me firm in your presence with a truthful stance both in the transient world and also the next life.

فَأَسْأَلُ اللّٰهَ الَّذِي أَكْرَمَنِي بِـمَعْرِفَتِكُمْ، وَمَعْرِفَةِ أَوْلِيَآئِكُمْ، وَرَزَقَنِي الْبَرَاءَةَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِكُمْ، أَنْ يَـجْعَلَنِي مَعَكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ، وَأَنْ يُثَبِّتَ لِي عِنْدَكُمْ قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ

 

And I ask Him (Allah) that He enables me to reach to the honoured station with you in the presence of Allah and that He grant me the ability to seek the revenge of you with the rightly guided Imam from you, who shall surely come and speak the truth.

وَأَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يُبَلِّغَنِي الْـمَقامَ الْـمَحْمُودَ لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ، وَأَنْ يَرْزُقَنِي طَلَبَ ثَارِي مَعَ إِمَامِ هُدىً ظَاهِرٍ نَاطِقٍ بِالْـحَقِّ مِنْكُمْ،

 

And I ask Allah for your sake and for the status and rank which you have with Him that He grant me that thing due to me showing grief and sorrow at your sorrows even more than of that which he gives in a person’s own grief and sorrows, and what great sorrow and tragedies you faced! How great was your tragedy for Islam and for all of the inhabitants of the heavens and the Earth!

وَأَسْأَلُ اللّٰهَ بِـحَقِّكُمْ وَبِالشَّأْنِ الَّذِي لَكُمْ عِنْدَهُ أَنْ يُعْطِيَنِي بِـمُصَابِي بِكُمْ أَفْضَلَ مَا يُعْطِي مُصَاباً بِـمُصِيبَتِهِ، مُصِيبَةً مَا أَعْظَمَها وَأَعْظَمَ رَزِيَّتَهَا فِي الإِسْلاَمِ وَفِي جَمِيعِ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ.

 

O’ Allah! Make me at this moment, one who receives from You prayers, mercy and forgiveness.

أَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي فِي مَقَامِي هٰذَا مـِمَّنْ تَنَالُهُ مِنْكَ صَلَواتٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ،

 

O’ Allah! Make me live the life of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad and permit me to die the death of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

أَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْ مَـحْيَايَ مَـحْيَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَمَـمَاتِي مَـمَاتَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ.

 

O’ Allah! This is the day (the Day of ‘Ashura) which the Bani Umayyah rejoiced upon (and is the day when the) son of the liver eater (the son of Hind b. Abu Sufyan – Mu’awiyah and his son Yazid) celebrated, the cursed son(s) (Yazid) of the cursed (Mu’awiyah), as said by You and Your Prophet at every place and occasion.

أَللّٰهُمَّ إِنَّ هٰذَا يَوْمٌ تَبَرَّكَتْ بِهِ بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ وَابْنُ آكِلَةِ الأَكْبَادِ، اللَّعِينُ ابْنُ اللَّعِينِ عَلىٰ لِسَانِكَ وَلِسَانِ نَبِيِّكَ فِي كُلِّ مَوْطِنٍ وَمَوْقِفٍ وَقَفَ فِيهِ نَبِيُّكَ.

 

O’ Allah! Curse Abu Sufyan and Mu’awiyah and Yazid b. Mu’awiyah – upon them may Your curse be forever and eternity. And this is the day when the family of Ziyad were happy and so were the family of Marwan at their killing of Husayn, may the Prayers of Allah be upon him. O’ Allah! Increase upon them Your curse and (Your) painful punishment.

أَللّٰهُمَّ الْعَنْ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ وَمُعَاوِيَةَ وَيَزِيدَ بْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْكَ اللَّعْنَةُ أَبَدَ الأَبِدِينَ، وَهٰذَا يَوْمٌ فَرِحَتْ بِهِ آلُ زِيَادٍ وَآلُ مَرْوَانَ بِقَتْلِهِمُ الْـحُسَيْنَ صَلَواتُ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْهِ. أَللّٰهُمَّ فَضَاعِفْ عَلَيْهِمُ اللَّعْنَ مِنْكَ وَالْعَذابَ الأَلِيمَ.

 

O’ Allah! Surely I seek nearness to you on this day (the Day of ‘Ashura) and in this place (which I am in) and in all days of my life by disassociating myself from these people and sending curses upon them and through my love and friendship to Your Prophet and the family of Your Prophet, peace be upon him and upon all of them.

أَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ فِي هٰذَا الْيَوْمِ، وَفِي مَوْقِفِي هٰذَا، وَأَيَّامِ حَيَاتِي بِالْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْهُمْ، وَاللَّعْنَةِ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَبِالْـمُوَالاَةِ لِنَبِيِّكَ وَآلِ نَبِيِّكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ.

 

O’ Allah! Curse the first tyrant who oppressed the right of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad and the next person who followed him on this path. O’ Allah! Curse the group who fought against Husayn and those who followed them and supported them and assisted them in killing him. O’ Allah, curse all of them!

أَللّٰهُمَّ الْعَنْ أَوَّلَ ظَالِمٍ ظَلَمَ حَقَّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآخِرَ تَابِعٍ لَهُ عَلىٰ ذٰلِكَ. أَللّٰهُمَّ الْعَنِ الْعِصَابَةَ الَّتِي جَاهَدَتِ الْـحُسَيْنَ وَشَايَعَتْ وَبَايَعَتْ وَتَابَعَتْ عَلىٰ قَتْلِهِ، أَللّٰهُمَّ الْعَنْهُمْ جَمِيعاً.

 

Peace be upon you O’ Aba ‘Abdillah and upon the souls which were annihilated with you. Upon you, from me, is the peace of Allah for eternity, as long as the night and the day remain and please do not make this (Ziyarat) as my last contact with you. Greetings be upon Husayn, and upon ‘Ali the son of Husayn and upon the children of Husayn and upon the companions of Husayn.

أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللّٰهِ وَعَلىٰ الأَرْوَاحِ الَّتِي حَلَّتْ بِفِنَآئِكَ، عَلَيْكَ مِنِّي سَلاَمُ اللّٰهِ أَبَداً مَا بَقِيتُ وَبَقِيَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ، وَلاَ جَعَلَهُ اللّٰهُ آخِرَ الْعَهْدِ مِنِّي لِزِيَارَتِكُمْ، أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلىٰ الْـحُسَيْنِ، وَعَلىٰ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْـحُسَيْنِ، وَعَلىٰ أَوْلاَدِ الْـحُسَيْنِ، وَعَلىٰ أَصْحَابِ الْـحُسَيْنِ.

 

O’ Allah! Particularly curse the first tyrant, a curse from me, and begin the first curse with him and then send the curse on the second and the third and then the forth (tyrant). O’ Allah curse Yazid, the fifth (tyrant) and curse ‘Ubaydullah b. Ziyad and Ibne Marjanah and ‘‘Umar b. Sa’d and Shimr and the family of Sufyan and the family of Ziyad and the family of Marwan until the day of Judgement.

أَللّٰهُمَّ خُصَّ أَنْتَ أَوَّلَ ظالِمٍ بِاللَّعْنِ مِنِّي، وَابْدَأْ بِهِ أَوَّلاً، ثُمَّ الْعَنِ الثَّانِيَ وَالثَّالِثَ وَالرَّابِعَ. أَللّٰهُمَّ الْعَنْ يَزِيدَ خَامِساً، وَالْعَنْ عُبَيْدَ اللّٰه ِبْنَ زِيادٍ وَابْنَ مَرْجَانَةَ وَعُمَرَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ وَشِـمْراً وَآلَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ وَآلَ زِيَادٍ وَآلَ مَرْوَانَ إِلىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ.

 

O’ Allah! To you belongs the praise, the praise of those who are thankful to You for their tribulations. All Praise belongs to Allah for my intense grief. O’ Allah, grant me the blessing of intercession of Husayn on the Day of Appearance (before You) and strengthen me with a truthful stand in Your presence along with Husayn and the companions of Husayn – those people who sacrificed everything for Husayn, peace be upon him.

أَللّٰهُمَّ لَكَ الْـحَمْدُ حَمْدَ الشَّاكِرِينَ لَكَ عَلىٰ مُصَابِهِمْ. أَلْـحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ عَلىٰ عَظِيمِ رَزِيَّتِي. أَللّٰهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي شَفَاعَةَ الْـحُسَيْنِ يَوْمَ الْوُرُودِ، وَ ثَبِّتْ لِي قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ عِنْدَكَ مَعَ الْـحُسَيْنِ وَأَصْحَابِ الْـحُسَيْنِ الَّذِينَ بَذَلُوا مُهَجَهُمْ دُونَ الْحُسَيْنِ˛ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ.