# Salawaat on Imam Ali (a)

- **Arabic title:** الصلاة على أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام
- **Type:** Dua
- **Categories:** [Friday](https://duasonline.org/category/friday.md), [Salawat](https://duasonline.org/category/salawat.md)
- **When:** Friday
- **Recitation:** a recorded Arabic recitation, on the web page
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/salawaat02-imamali-as

## Preface

Ziaraat & Salawaat Upon Ahl al-Bayt (a)

Ziaraat & Salawaat Upon Ahl al-Bayt (a)

Within the recommended rites on Fridays, Shaykh al-Tusi, in his book of Misbah al-Mutahajjid, has mentioned the following from Imam Hasan Askari (a):

## Source

Arabic text, translation and transliteration from [duas.org](https://www.duas.org/mobile/salawaat02-imamali-as.html), which also hosts the recitation.

## Text

Each line gives the Arabic, then the transliteration in italics, then the English.

1. اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ أَمِيرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ\
   *allahumma salli \`ala amiri almu'minina*\
   O Allah, (please do) send blessings upon the Commander of the Faithful

2. عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ\
   *\`aliyyi bni abi talibin*\
   Ali the son of Abu Talib,

3. أَخِي نَبِيِّكَ وَوَلِيِّهِ\
   *akhi nabiyyika wa waliyyihi*\
   the brother, ally,

4. وَصَفِيِّهِ وَوَزِيرِهِ\
   *wa safiyyihi wa wazirihi*\
   choice, and patron of Your Prophet,

5. وَمُسْتَوْدَعِ عِلْمِهِ\
   *wa mustawda\`i \`ilmihi*\
   the store of his knowledge,

6. وَمَوْضِعِ سِرِّهِ\
   *wa mawdi\`i sirrihi*\
   the depot of his secrets,

7. وَبَابِ حِكْمَتِهِ\
   *wa babi hikmatihi*\
   the door to his wisdom,

8. وَٱلنَّاطِقِ بِحُجَّتِهِ\
   *walnnatiqi bihujjatihi*\
   the spokesman with his arguments,

9. وَٱلدَّاعي إِلَىٰ شَرِيعَتِهِ\
   *waldda\`i ila shari\`atihi*\
   the caller to his code of law,

10. وَخَلِيفَتِهِ فِي امَّتِهِ\
   *wa khalifatihi fi ummatihi*\
   his viceroy in his community,

11. وَمُفَرِّجِ ٱلْكُرَبِ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ\
   *wa mufarriji alkurabi \`an wajhihi*\
   the reliever of agonies from his face,

12. قَاصِمِ ٱلْكَفَرَةِ\
   *wa qasimi alkafarati*\
   the terminator of the infidels,

13. وَمُرْغِمِ ٱلْفَجَرَةِ\
   *wa murghimi alfajarati*\
   and the conqueror on the wicked ones;

14. ٱلَّذِي جَعَلْتَهُ مِنْ نَبِيِّكَ\
   *alladhi ja\`altahu min nabiyyika*\
   You have made him, with regard to his position to Your Prophet,

15. بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَاروُنَ مِنْ مُوسَىٰ\
   *bimanzilati haruna min musa*\
   occupy the same position that (Prophet) Aaron enjoyed with (Prophet) Moses.

16. اَللَّهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالاَهُ\
   *allahumma wali man walahu*\
   O Allah, (please do) give support to any one who supports him,

17. وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ\
   *wa \`adi man \`adahu*\
   be the enemy of every one who antagonizes him,

18. وَٱنْصُرْ مَنْ نَصَرَهُ\
   *wansur man nasarahu*\
   give victory to any one who gives him his victory,

19. وَٱخْذُلْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُ\
   *wakhdhul man khadhalahu*\
   disappoint every one who disappoints him,

20. وَٱلْعَنْ مَنْ نَصَبَ لَهُ\
   *wal\`an man nasaba lahu*\
   and lay curse on any one who incurs the hostility of him

21. مِنَ ٱلأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلآخِرِينَ\
   *min al-awwalina wal-akhirina*\
   from the past and the coming generations.

22. وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ أَفْضَلَ مَا صَلَّيْتَ\
   *wa salli \`alayhi afdala ma sallayta*\
   And (please do) bless him with the best blessings

23. عَلَىٰ أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَوْصِيَاءِ أَنْبِيَائِكَ\
   *\`ala ahadin min awsiya'i anbiya'ika*\
   that You have ever poured on any of Your Prophet’s successors.

24. يَا رَبَّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ\
   *ya rabba al\`alamina*\
   O Lord of the worlds!

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- [Ziyarat of Imam Ali (a) on the Day of Ghadir](https://duasonline.org/dua/ziyarat-imam-ali-ghadeer-18-zilhajj.md)
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