Ziyarat of Sayyid Muhammad ibn al-Hadi

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Allāhi al-Raḥmāni al-Raḥīm

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.

اللهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبِيرًا، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيرًا، وَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا.

Allāhu akbaru kabīrā, wal-ḥamdu lillāhi kathīrā, wa subḥāna Allāhi bukratan wa aṣīlā

Allah is the Greatest, infinitely Great; all praise is for Allah, abundantly; and glory be to Allah morning and evening.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَانَا لِهَذَا، وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِيَ لَوْلَا أَنْ هَدَانَا اللهُ.

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi alladhī hadānā lihādhā, wa mā kunnā lin-ahtadiya lawlā an hadānā Allāh

All praise is due to Allah who has guided us to this; and we would not have been guided if Allah had not guided us.

لَقَدْ جَاءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِالْحَقِّ.

Laqad jā’at rusulu rabbina bil-ḥaqq

Indeed, the messengers of our Lord came with the truth.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ،

As-salāmu ‘alayka yā Rasūl Allāh

Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ،

As-salāmu ‘alayka yā Nabiyya Allāh

Peace be upon you, O Prophet of Allah.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا سَيِّدَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ،

As-salāmu ‘alayka yā Sayyida al-Mursalīn

Peace be upon you, O Master of the Messengers.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka yā Amīra al-Mu’minīn

Peace be upon you, O Commander of the Faithful.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا سَيِّدَ الْوَصِيِّينَ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka yā Sayyida al-Waṣiyyīn

Peace be upon you, O Master of the Successors.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَابْنَ فَاطِمَةَ الزَّهْرَاءِ، سَيِّدَةِ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka yabna Fāṭimati az-Zahrā’, Sayyidati Nisā’i al-‘Ālamīn

Peace be upon you, O son of Fatima al-Zahra, the Leader of the women of the worlds.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ،

Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa Āli Muḥammad

O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

وَلَا تُخَيِّبْ سَعْيِي، وَلا تَقْطَعْ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ رَجَائِي،

Wa lā tukhayyib sa‘yī, wa lā taqṭa‘ min faḍlika rajā’ī

Do not let my efforts go in vain, and do not cut off my hope from Your grace.

وَاجْعَلْنِي بِهِمْ عِنْدَكَ وَجِيهاً فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ،

Wa-j‘alnī bihim ‘indaka wajīhan fī al-dunyā wal-ākhirah

And make me, through them, honorable in Your presence in this world and the Hereafter.

وَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ، وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ.

Wa mina al-muqarrabīn, wa raḥmatu Allāhi wa barakātuhu

And among those brought near [to You]. And may Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon them.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Allāhi ar-Raḥmāni ar-Raḥīm

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.

سَلَامُ اللهِ، وَسَلَامُ مَلَائِكَتِهِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ، وَأَنْبِيَائِهِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ،

Salāmu Allāh, wa salāmu malā’ikatihi al-muqarrabīn, wa anbiyā’ihi al-mursalīn

Peace from Allah, and peace from His near angels, and His sent prophets.

وَعِبَادِهِ الصَّالِحِينَ، وَجَمِيعِ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ، عَلَيْكَ يَا سَيِّدِي وَابْنَ سَيِّدِي،

Wa ‘ibādihi aṣ-ṣāliḥīn, wa jamī‘i ash-shuhadā’i waṣ-ṣiddīqīn, ‘alayka yā sayyidī wa-bna sayyidī

And upon His righteous servants, and all martyrs and the truthful, be peace upon you, my master and son of my master.

يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ، وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ.

Yā bna Rasūlillāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa ālihi, wa raḥmatu Allāhi wa barakātuhu

O son of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family), and the mercy and blessings of Allah.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ.

Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa āli Muḥammad

O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَنَا مِنَ الْمُوَالِينَ لِأَنْبِيَائِهِ،

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi alladhī ja‘alanā mina al-muwālīna li-anbiyā’ihi

All praise is for Allah who made us among the followers of His prophets.

وَأَصْفِيَاءِ أَوْلِيَائِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ.

Wa aṣfiyā’i awliyā’ihi wa rusulih

And the chosen friends and His messengers.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي وَفَّقَنَا لِزِيَارَةِ أَوْلِيَائِنَا وَشُفَعَائِنَا.

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi alladhī waffaqanā liziyārati awliyā’inā wa shufa‘ā’inā

All praise is for Allah who granted us success to visit our leaders and intercessors.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا سَيِّدِي وَابْنَ سَيِّدِي، وَيَا مَوْلَايَ وَابْنَ مَوْلَايَ،

As-salāmu ‘alayka yā sayyidī wa-bna sayyidī, wa yā mawlāya wa-bna mawlāya

Peace be upon you, my master and son of my master, my guardian and son of my guardian.

يَا أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْهَادِي، وَأَخِيهِ الْحَسَنِ الْعَسْكَرِيّ.

Yā Abā Ja‘fari Muḥammadi bni ‘Alī al-Hādī, wa akhīhi al-Ḥasan al-‘Askarī

O Abū Ja'far Muhammad son of Ali al-Hadi, and his brother al-Hasan al-Askari.

صَلَوَاتُ اللهِ وَسَلَامُهُ عَلَيْكُمَا.

Ṣalawātu Allāhi wa salāmuhu ‘alaykumā

May Allah’s blessings and peace be upon you both.

يَا مَوْلَايَ، أَنَا زَائِرٌ لَكَ وَلِأَبِيكَ وَلِأَخِيكَ.

Yā mawlāya, anā zā’irun laka wa li-abīka wa li-akhīka

O my master, I am a visitor to you, your father, and your brother.

أَتَأْذَنُ لِي بِالدُّخُولِ إِلَى حَرَمِكَ؟

Ata’dhanu lī bid-dukhūli ilā ḥaramik?

Do you permit me to enter your sanctuary?

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَأْذِنُكَ، وَأَسْتَأْذِنُ رَسُولَكَ،

Allāhumma innī asta’dhinuka, wa asta’dhinu rasūlak

O Allah, I seek Your permission, and the permission of Your Messenger.

لِأَنَّكَ قُلْتَ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا، لَا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ النَّبِيِّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ.

Li’annaka qulta: yā ayyuhā alladhīna āmanū, lā tadkhulū buyūta an-nabiyy illā an yu’dhana lakum

For You said: O you who believe, do not enter the houses of the Prophet except when permission is given to you.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَأْذِنُكَ، وَأَسْتَأْذِنُ مَلَائِكَتَكَ الْمُوَكَّلِينَ بِهَذَا الْحَرَمِ الشَّرِيفِ الْمُبَارَكِ.

Allāhumma innī asta’dhinuka, wa asta’dhinu malā’ikataka al-muwakkalīn bihādhā al-ḥarami ash-sharīfi al-mubārak

O Allah, I seek Your permission, and the permission of Your angels entrusted with this noble and blessed sanctuary.

وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ.

Wa raḥmatu Allāhi wa barakātuhu

And the mercy and blessings of Allah.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Allāhi ar-Raḥmāni ar-Raḥīm

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا العَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ، وَالوَلِيُّ النَّاصِحُ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka ayyuhā al-‘abdu aṣ-ṣāliḥ, wa al-waliyyu an-nāṣiḥ

Peace be upon you, O righteous servant, and sincere guardian.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ الزَّكِيُّ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka ayyuhā as-sayyidu az-zakiyy

Peace be upon you, O pure master.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا الطَّاهِرُ الوَلِيُّ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka ayyuhā aṭ-ṭāhiru al-waliyy

Peace be upon you, O pure and devoted guardian.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا التَّقِيُّ النَّقِيُّ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka ayyuhā at-taqiyy an-naqiyy

Peace be upon you, O pious and immaculate one.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا الرَّضِيُّ المَرْضِيُّ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka ayyuhā ar-raḍiyyu al-marḍiyy

Peace be upon you, O one who is content and well-pleasing.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا العَالِمُ الجَلِيلُ، وَالمُهَذَّبُ النَّبِيلُ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka ayyuhā al-‘ālīmu al-jalīl, wa al-muhadhdhabu an-nabīl

Peace be upon you, O majestic scholar and noble refined one.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا البَدْرُ الوَاضِحُ، وَالنَّجْمُ اللَّائِحُ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka ayyuhā al-badru al-wāḍiḥ, wa an-najmu al-lā’iḥ

Peace be upon you, O radiant full moon, and shining star.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ السَّادَةِ الأَنْجَابِ، وَالحُجَجِ المَيَامِينِ الأَطْيَابِ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka yā bna as-sādati al-anjāb, wa al-ḥujaji al-mayāmīni al-aṭyāb

Peace be upon you, O son of the noble leaders, and the blessed, pure proofs of Allah.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَنْ أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ الدَّلَائِلَ الوَاضِحَاتِ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka yā man a‘ṭāhu Allāhu ad-dalā’ila al-wāḍiḥāt

Peace be upon you, O one whom Allah granted clear signs.

وَالْكَرَامَاتِ البَاهِرَاتِ، وَالمُعْجِزَاتِ المَشْهُورَاتِ.

Wa al-karāmāti al-bāhirāt, wa al-mu‘jizāti al-mashhūrāt

And dazzling miracles, and well-known wonders.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَنْ عِنْدَهُ تُسْتَجَابُ الدَّعَوَاتِ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka yā man ‘indahu tustajābu ad-da‘awāt

Peace be upon you, O one at whose presence prayers are answered.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَنْ فَضَائِلُهُ مَعْرُوفَةٌ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ القُرَى وَالأَغْرَابِ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka yā man faḍā’iluhu ma‘rūfatun ‘inda ahli al-qurā wa al-agrāb

Peace be upon you, O one whose virtues are known among villagers and strangers alike.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَنْ مَنَاقِبُهُ مَلَأَتِ الآفَاقَ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka yā man manāqibuhu mala’at al-āfāq

Peace be upon you, O one whose merits filled the horizons.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا المُهَابُ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ القُرَى وَالأَطْنَابِ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka ayyuhā al-muhābu ‘inda ahli al-qurā wa al-aṭnāb

Peace be upon you, O revered one among villagers and tribes.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا الحَافِظُ لِلْجِيرَانِ، وَالقَامِعُ عَنْهُمْ شَرَّ العُدْوَانِ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka ayyuhā al-ḥāfiẓu lil-jīrān, wa al-qāmi‘u ‘anhum sharra al-‘udwān

Peace be upon you, O protector of neighbors, who repels from them the evil of aggression.

وَالكَاشِفُ عَنْهُمْ مُلِمَّاتِ الأَشْجَانِ وَالأَحْزَانِ.

Wa al-kāshifu ‘anhum mulimmāti al-ashjān wa al-aḥzān

And the one who removes from them afflictions of griefs and sorrows.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَنْ شَرَّفَهُ اللهُ بِالكَرَامَاتِ البَاهِرَاتِ ذَاتِ البَيَانِ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka yā man sharrafahu Allāhu bil-karāmāti al-bāhirāti dhāti al-bayān

Peace be upon you, O one whom Allah honored with splendid miracles full of clarity.

وَالبَرَاهِينِ المُدَمِّرَةِ لِلسَّارِقِينَ وَالحَالِفِينَ بِكَ بَاطِلًا وَكَذِبًا.

Wa al-barāhīni al-mudammirati lis-sāriqīna wa al-ḥālifīna bika bāṭilan wa kadhiban

And with proofs that destroy thieves, and those who swear by you falsely and deceitfully.

عَجَّلَ اللهُ لَهُمْ بِالانْتِقَامِ.

‘Ajjala Allāhu lahum bil-intiqām

May Allah hasten vengeance upon them.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَوْلَايَ، يَا أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الهَادِي.

As-salāmu ‘alayka yā mawlāya, yā Abā Ja‘fari Muḥammadi bni ‘Alī al-Hādī

Peace be upon you, my master, O Abū Ja'far Muhammad son of Ali al-Hadi.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ الإِمَامِ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka yā bna al-imām

Peace be upon you, O son of the Imam.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَخَا الإِمَامِ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka yā akhā al-imām

Peace be upon you, O brother of the Imam.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا عَمَّ الإِمَامِ الآخِذِ بِالنَّارِ المَهْدِيِّ صَاحِبِ الزَّمَانِ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka yā ‘amma al-imāmi al-ākhidhi bin-nāri al-mahdiyy ṣāḥibi az-zamān

Peace be upon you, O uncle of the Imam, the Mahdi, the master of the age.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا الضَّامِنُ لِلْوَافِدِينَ عَلَيْهِ وَالقَاصِدِينَ إِلَيْهِ.

As-salāmu ‘alayka ayyuhā aḍ-ḍāminu lil-wāfidīna ‘alayh wa al-qāṣidīna ilayh

Peace be upon you, O guarantor for those who come to you and seek you.

وَالزَّائِرِينَ لَهُ.

Wa az-zā’irīna lah

And those who visit him.

يَا مَوْلَايَ، أَتَيْتُكَ وَافِدًا، قَاصِدًا، زَائِرًا.

Yā mawlāya, ataytuka wāfidan, qāṣidan, zā’iran

O my master, I have come to you as a delegate, intending, and visiting.

فَاقْضِ حَاجَتِي، وَأَجِرْنِي، فَأَنَا ضَيْفُكَ وَجَارُكَ.

Faqḍi ḥājatī, wa ajirnī, fa-anā ḍayfuka wa jāruk

So fulfill my need and protect me, for I am your guest and neighbor.

أَنَا قَاصِدٌ إِلَيْكَ، وَوَافِدٌ عَلَيْكَ.

Anā qāṣidun ilayka, wa wāfidun ‘alayk

I am turning to you, and coming to you.

فَلَا تَرُدَّنِي خَائِبًا خَاسِرًا.

Falā taruddannī khā’ibān khāsirān

So do not return me disappointed and lost.

أَنَا وَلِيٌّ لِمَنْ وَالَاكَ، وَعَدُوٌّ لِمَنْ عَادَاكَ.

Anā waliyyun liman wālāk, wa ‘aduwwun liman ‘ādāk

I am the ally of whoever is your ally, and the enemy of whoever is your enemy.

يَا مَوْلَايَ، فَازَ وَلِيُّكَ، وَضَلَّ مُفَارِقُكَ.

Yā mawlāya, fāza waliyyuka, wa ḍalla mufāriquk

O my master, your follower has triumphed, and your forsaker has gone astray.

وَنَجَا مُصَدِّقُكَ، وَخَابَ وَخَسِرَ مُكَذِّبُكَ.

Wa najā muṣaddiquk, wa khāba wa khasira mukadhibuk

And your believer is saved, while your denier fails and is ruined.

وَالْمُتَخَلِّفُ عَنكَ.

Wa al-mutakhallifu ‘ank

And whoever turns away from you.

اِشْهَدْ لِي بِهَذِهِ الشَّهَادَةِ عِنْدَكَ.

Ish-had lī bihādhihi ash-shahādati ‘indak

Bear witness for me with this testimony by you.

لِأَكُونَ مِنَ الفَائِزِينَ، بِمَعْرِفَتِكَ وَطَاعَتِكَ.

Li-akūna mina al-fā’izīn, bima‘rifatika wa ṭā‘atika

So that I may be among the successful, through knowing and obeying you.

وَتَصْدِيقِكَ وَمَحَبَّتِكَ وَاتِّبَاعِكَ.

Wa taṣdīqika wa maḥabbatika wa ittibā‘ik

And by affirming you, loving you, and following you.

وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ.

Wa as-salāmu ‘alayka wa raḥmatu Allāhi wa barakātuh

And peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you.

إِنَّ الإِمَامَةَ إِنْ عَدَّتْكَ فَلَمْ تَكُنْ تَعْدُو فَضَائِلَ شَخْصِكَ الْمُقْدَامَا

Inna al-imāmata in ‘addatka falam takun ta‘doo faḍā’ila shakhsika al-muqadāmā

Indeed, if Imamate were to count, it would not surpass the virtues of your courageous self.

وَلَئِنْ عُدْتَ نَحْوَ الزَّكِيِّ فَلَنْ تَرَى تَعْدُوكَ كِلَا رِفْعَةً وَمَقَامَا

Wa la’in ‘udta naḥwa al-zakī fa-lan tarā ta‘dūka kilā rif‘atan wa maqāmā

And if you turn towards the Pure One, you will not see anyone surpassing you in honor and rank.

يَكْفِي مَقَامَكَ أَنَّهُ فِي رُتْبَةٍ فُقْتَ الأَنَامَ وَكُنْتَ ثُمَّ غُلَامَا

Yakfī maqāmaka annahu fī rutbatin fuqta al-anāma wa kunta thumma ghulāmā

It suffices your station that in rank you surpassed all people, while you were still a youth.

قَدْ كُنْتَ صَدْرًا لِلْعُلُومِ وَمَصْدَرًا لَوْلَا الْبِنَا لِأَخِيكَ كُنْتَ إِمَامَا

Qad kunta ṣadran lil-‘ulūmi wa maṣdaran lawlā al-binā li’akhīka kunta imāmā

You were the center and source of knowledge; if it were not for your brother’s precedence, you would have been the Imam.