Ziyarat for Sunday

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ

alssalamu `alayka wa `ala ahli baytika

Peace be upon you and upon your Household,

ٱلطَّيِّبِينَ ٱلطَّاهِرِينَ

alttayyibina alttahirina

the pure and immaculate.

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰ ٱلْمَلاَئِكَةِ ٱلْمُحْدِقِينَ بِكَ

alssalamu `alayka wa `ala almala'ikati almuhdiqina bika

Peace be upon you and upon the angels surrounding you

وَٱلْحَافِّينَ بِقَبْرِكَ

walhaffina biqabrika

and encompassing your tomb.

يَا مَوْلاَيَ يَا أَمِيرَ ٱلْمُوْمِنينَ

ya mawlaya ya amira almu'minina

O my master, O Commander of the Believers!

هٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلأَحَدِ

hadha yawmu al-ahadi

Today is Sunday,

وَهُوَ يَوْمُكَ وَبِٱسْمِكَ

wa huwa yawmuka wa bismika

which is your day and carrying your name,

وَأَنَا ضَيْفُكَ فِيهِ وَجَارُكَ

wa ana dayfuka fihi wa jaruka

and, on this day, I am your guest and in your vicinity;

فَأَضِفْنِي يَا مَوْلاَيَ وَ أَجِرْنِي

fa-adifni ya mawlaya wa ajirni

therefore, my master, receive me as your guest and neighbor.

فَإنَّكَ كَرِيمٌ تُحِبُّ ٱلضِّيَافَةَ

fa'innaka karimun tuhibbu alddiyafata

Surely, you are generous and hospitable

وَمَاْمُورٌ بِٱلإجَارَةِ

wa ma'murun bil-ijarati

and you are commanded to treat your neighbors hospitably.

فَٱفْعَلْ مَا رَغِبْتُ إِلَيْكَ فِيهِ

faf`al ma raghibtu ilayka fihi

So, (please) do to me that which I desire from you

وَرَجَوْتُهُ مِنْكَ

wa rajawtuhu minka

and I hope you to do,

بِمَنْزِلَتِكَ وَآلِ بَيْتِكَ عِنْدَ ٱللَّهِ

bimanzilatika wa ali baytika `inda allahi

[I ask you] in the name of your and your Household’s standing with Allah

وَمَنْزِلَتِهِ عِنْدَكُمْ

wa manzilatihi `indakum

and His standing with you all,

وَبِحَقِّ ٱبْنِ عَمِّكَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ

wa bihaqqi ibni `ammika rasuli allahi

and in the name of your cousin, Allah’s Messenger,

صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ

salla allahu `alayhi wa alihi wa sallama

may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him

وَعَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعينَ

wa `alayhim ajma`ina

and upon them all.

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكِ يَا مُمْتَحَنَةُ

alssalamu `alayki ya mumtahanatu

Peace be upon you, O examined lady.

اِمْتَحَنَكِ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكِ

imtahanaki alladhi khalaqaki

He Who created you has examined you

فَوَجَدَكِ لِمَا ٱمْتَحَنَكِ صَابِرَةً

fawajadaki lima imtahanaki sabiratan

and found that you have passed the examination patiently.

أَنَا لَكِ مُصَدِّقٌ صَابِرٌ عَلَىٰ مَا أَتَىٰ بِهِ أَبُوكِ وَوَصِيُّهُ صَلَوَاتُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا

ana laki musaddiqun sabirun `ala ma ata bihi abuki wa wasiyyuhu salawatu allahi `alayhima

I verify that you were patient about what came upon your father and his his successor peace be upon both of

وَأَنَا أَسْأَلُكِ إِنْ كُنْتُ صَدَّقْتُكِ

wa ana as'aluki in kuntu saddaqtuki

I now beseech you by my belief in you

إِلاَّ أَلْحَقْتِنِي بِتَصْدِيقِي لَهُمَا

illa alhaqtini bitasdiqi lahuma

to attach & associate me with my belief in both of them

لِتُسَرَّ نَفْسِي

litusarra nafsi

so that I will be delighted.

فَٱشْهَدِي أَنِّي ظَاهِرٌ بِوَلاَيَتِكِ

fash-hadi anni zahirun biwilayatiki

So, testify for me that I am totally loyal to you

وَوَلاَيَةِ آلِ بَيْتِكِ

wa wilayati ali baytiki

and to your Household;

صَلَوَاتُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعينَ

salawatu allahi `alayhim ajma`ina

peace of Allah be upon them all.

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكِ يَا مُمْتَحَنَةُ امْتَحَنَكِ الَّذِي خَلَقَكِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَكِ وَ كُنْتِ لِمَا امْتَحَنَكِ بِهِ صَابِرَةً

Peace be on you, O the carefully examined, tried and measured by Him who created you, and found you, in your test, cool and compact, steady and stable.

وَ نَحْنُ لَكِ أَوْلِيَاءُ مُصَدِّقُونَ وَ لِكُلِّ مَا أَتَى بِهِ أَبُوكِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ

We tell the truth about you; calm and quiet, with self control and composure (you) put up with all that which your father blessings of Allah be on him and on his family

وَ أَتَى بِهِ وَصِيُّهُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ مُسَلِّمُونَ

and his "Wasi" (successor) peace be on him came across.

وَ نَحْنُ نَسْأَلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِذْ كُنَّا مُصَدِّقِينَ لَهُمْ أَنْ تُلْحِقَنَا بِتَصْدِيقِنَا بِالدَّرَجَةِ الْعَالِيَةِ

We beseech you, (If I have stated the truth), to bind us together with the testimony, concerning both of them, in order to give joy and satisfaction to my heart and soul.

لِنُبَشِّرَ أَنْفُسَنَا بِأَنَّا قَدْ طَهُرْنَا بِوِلاَيَتِهِمْ (بِوَلاَيَتِهِمْ) عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ

So bear witness that truly I, by heart, made evident your, and your children's "wilayat" (superintendent guardianship), blessings of Allah be on them all