# Ziyarat of the Descendants of the Imams

- **Arabic title:** زيارة أبناء الأئمة
- **Type:** Ziyarat
- **Categories:** [Ziyarat](https://duasonline.org/category/ziyarat.md)
- **Recitation:** none yet
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/ziyarat-descendants

## Origin

Ziyarat for the descendants of the Imams (Imamzadeh); Mafatih al-Jinan (Shaykh Abbas al-Qummi), the Ziyarat section.

## Source

Arabic text, translation and transliteration from [duas.org](https://www.duas.org/ziyarat-descendants.html).

## Text

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

1. السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ ايُّهَا ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلزَّكِيُّ\
   *alssalamu \`alayka ayyuha alssayyidu alzzakiyyu*\
   Peace be upon you, O bright master,

2. ٱلطَّاهِرُ ٱلْوَلِيُّ\
   *alttahiru alwaliyyu*\
   pure saint,

3. وَٱلدَّاعِي ٱلْحَفِيُّ\
   *waldda\`i alhafiyyu*\
   and affectionate herald.

4. اشْهَدُ انَّكَ قُلْتَ حَقّاً\
   *ashhadu annaka qulta haqqan*\
   I bear witness that you said the truth,

5. وَنَطَقْتَ حَقّاً وَصِدْقاً\
   *wa nataqta haqqan wa sidqan*\
   uttered truly and honestly,

6. وَدَعَوْتَ إِلَىٰ مَوْلاَيَ وَمَوْلاَكَ عَلاَنِيَةً وَسِرّاً\
   *wa da\`awta ila mawlaya wa mawlaka \`alaniyatan wa sirran*\
   and called to my and your master openly and secretly.

7. فَازَ مُتَّبِعُكَ\
   *faza muttabi\`uka*\
   Winner is your follower

8. وَنَجَا مُصَدِّقُكَ\
   *wa naja musaddiquka*\
   and saved is your believer,

9. وَخَابَ وَخَسِرَ مُكَذِّبُكَ وَٱلْمُتَخَلِّفُ عَنْكَ\
   *wa khaba wa khasira mukadhdhibuka walmutakhallifu \`anka*\
   but disappointing and losing are your deniers and dissenters.

10. إِشْهَدْ لِي بِهٰذِهِ ٱلشَّهَادَةِ\
   *ishhad li bihadhihi alshshahadati*\
   Bear this testimony for me

11. لاِكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْفَائِزِينَ بِمَعْرِفَتِكَ وَطَاعَتِكَ\
   *li'akuna min alfa'izina bima\`rifatika wa ta\`atika*\
   so that I will be of the winners because of recognizing you, obedience to you,

12. وَتَصْدِيقِكَ وَٱتَّبَاعِكَ\
   *wa tasdiqika wattiba\`ika*\
   giving credence to you, and following you.

13. وَٱلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا سَيِّدِي وَٱبْنَ سَيِّدِي\
   *walssalamu \`alayka ya sayyidi wabna sayyidi*\
   Peace be upon you, O my master and son of my master.

14. انْتَ بَابُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُؤْتَىٰ مِنْهُ\
   *anta babu allahu almu'ta minhu*\
   You are the door to Allah from which He is come

15. وَٱلْمَاخُوذُ عَنْهُ\
   *walma'khudhu \`anhu*\
   and from which everything is received.

16. اتَيْتُكَ زَائِراً\
   *ataytuka za'iran*\
   I have come to you, visiting you

17. وَحَاجَاتِي لَكَ مُسْتَوْدِعاً\
   *wa hajati laka mustawdi\`an*\
   and entrusting with you all my needs.

18. وَهَا انَا ذَا اسْتَوْدِعُكَ دِينِي وَامَانَتِي\
   *wa ha ana dha astawdi\`uka dini wa amanati*\
   Here I am entrusting with you my religion, my trust,

19. وَخَواتِيمَ عَمَلِي\
   *wa khawatima \`amali*\
   the sealings of my deed,

20. وَجَوَامِعَ امَلِي\
   *wa jawami\`a amali*\
   and my entire hope

21. إِلَىٰ مُنْتَهَىٰ اجَلِي\
   *ila muntaha ajali*\
   up to the end of my lifetime.

22. وَٱلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ\
   *walssalamu \`alayka wa rahmatu allahi wa barakatuhu*\
   Peace and Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you.

23. اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَىٰ جَدِّكَ ٱلْمُصْطَفَىٰ\
   *alssalamu \`ala jaddika almustafa*\
   Peace be upon your forefather the Chosen Prophet.

24. اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَىٰ ابِيكَ ٱلرِّضَا ٱلْمُرْتَضَىٰ\
   *alssalamu \`ala abika almurtada*\
   Peace be upon your father the well-contented and well-pleased.

25. اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَىٰ ٱلسَّيِّدَيْنِ ٱلْحَسَنِ وَٱلْحُسَيْنِ\
   *alssalamu \`ala alssayyidayni alhasani walhusayni*\
   Peace be upon the two chiefs al-Hasan and al-Husayn.

26. اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَىٰ خَدِيـجَةَ\
   *alssalamu \`ala khadijata*\
   Peace be upon Khadija

27. امِّ سَيِّدَةِ نِسَاءِ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ\
   *ummi sayyidati nisa'i al\`alamina*\
   the mother of the doyenne of the women of the world.

28. اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَىٰ فَاطِمَةَ امِّ ٱلائِمَّةِ ٱلطَّاهِرِينَ\
   *alssalamu \`ala fatimata ummi al-a'immati alttahirina*\
   Peace be upon Fatima the mother of the Immaculate Imams.

29. اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَىٰ ٱلنُّفُوسِ ٱلْفَاخِرَةِ\
   *alssalamu \`ala alnnufusi alfakhirati*\
   Peace be upon the excellent souls,

30. بُحُورِ ٱلْعُلُومِ ٱلزَّاخِرَةِ\
   *buhuri al\`ulumi alzzakhirati*\
   the oceans of the abundant knowledge,

31. شُفَعَائِي فِي ٱلآخِرَةِ\
   *shufa\`a'i fi al-akhirati*\
   my interceders in the Hereafter,

32. وَاوْلِيَائِي عِنْدَ عَوْدِ ٱلرُّوحِ إِلَىٰ ٱلْعِظَامِ ٱلنَّاخِرَةِ\
   *wa awliya'i \`inda \`awdi alrruhi ila al\`izami alnnakhirati*\
   and my masters when the soul shall be returned to the rotten bones;

33. ائِمَّةِ ٱلْخَلْقِ\
   *a'immati alkhalqi*\
   namely, the leaders of the creatures

34. وَوُلاَةِ ٱلْحَقِّ\
   *wa wulati alhaqqi*\
   and the true masters.

35. اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ ايُّهَا ٱلشَّخْصُ ٱلشَّرِيفُ\
   *alssalamu \`alayka ayyuha alshshakhsu alshsharifu*\
   Peace be upon you, O honorable,

36. ٱلطَّاهِرُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ\
   *alttahiru alkarimu*\
   immaculate, and noble person.

37. اشْهَدُ انْ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ ٱللَّهُ\
   *ashhadu an la ilaha illa allahu*\
   I bear witness that there is no god save Allah,

38. وَانَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَمُصْطَفَاهُ\
   *wa anna muhammadan \`abduhu wa mustafahu*\
   Muhammad is His servant and chosen prophet,

39. وَانَّ عَلِيّاً وَلِيُّهُ وَمُجْتَبَاهُ\
   *wa anna \`aliyyan waliyyuhu wa mujtabahu*\
   Ali is His intimate and selected servant,

40. وَانَّ ٱلإِمَامَةَ فِي وُلْدِهِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ\
   *wa anna al-imamata fi wuldihi ila yawmi alddini*\
   and Imamate is for his descendants up to the Judgment Day.

41. نَعْلَمُ ذٰلِكَ عِلْمَ ٱلْيَقِينِ\
   *na\`lamu dhalika \`ilma alyaqini*\
   We recognize so with certain knowledge,

42. وَنَحْنُ لِذٰلِكَ مُعْتَقِدُونَ\
   *wa nahnu lidhalika mu\`taqiduna*\
   we believe in so,

43. وَفِي نَصْرِهِمْ مُجْتَهِدُونَ\
   *wa fi nasrihim mujtahiduna*\
   and we exert all our efforts in supporting them.

44. السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ الزَّكِيُّ\
   *As-salāmu ‘alayka ayyuhā s-Sayyidu z-Zakiyy*\
   Peace be upon you, O Pure Master,

45. الظَّاهِرُ الْوَلِيُّ وَ الدَّاعِي الْحَفِيُّ\
   *aẓ-Ẓāhiru l-Waliyyu wa d-Dā‘ī l-Ḥafiyy*\
   the Manifest, the Guardian (Wali), and the ardent Caller \[to truth\],

46. أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ حَقًّا وَ نَطَقْتَ حَقًّا وَ صِدْقًا\
   *ashhadu annaka qulta ḥaqqan wa naṭaqta ḥaqqan wa ṣidqan*\
   I bear witness that you spoke the truth, and uttered with truth and sincerity,

47. وَ دَعَوْتَ إِلَى مَوْلايَ وَ مَوْلاكَ عَلانِيَةً وَ سِرًّا\
   *wa da‘awta ilā Mawlāya wa Mawlāka ‘alāniyatan wa sirran*\
   and you called to my Master and your Master openly and secretly.

48. فَازَ مُتَّبِعُكَ وَ نَجَا مُصَدِّقُكَ\
   *Fāza muttabi‘uka wa najā muṣaddiquk*\
   Victorious is your follower, and saved is he who believes you,

49. وَ خَابَ وَ خَسِرَ مُكَذِّبُكَ وَ الْمُتَخَلِّفُ عَنْكَ\
   *wa khāba wa khasira mukadhdhibuka wa l-mutakhallifu ‘ank*\
   and disappointed and lost is he who disbelieves you and holds back from you.

50. إِشْهَدْ لِي بِهَذِهِ الشَّهَادَةِ\
   *Ish-had lī bi-hādhīhi sh-shahādah*\
   Bear witness for me with this testimony,

51. لِأَكُونَ مِنْ الْفَائِزِينَ بِمَعْرِفَتِكَ وَ طَاعَتِكَ وَ تَصْدِيقِكَ وَ إِتَّبَاعِكَ\
   *li-akūna mina l-fā’izīna bi-ma‘rifatika wa ṭā‘atika wa taṣdīqika wa ittibā‘ik*\
   so that I may be among the victorious ones through my knowledge of you, my obedience to you, my belief in you, and my following of you.

52. وَ السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا سَيِّدِي وَ ابْنَ سَيِّدِي\
   *Wa s-salāmu ‘alayka yā Sayyidī wa bna Sayyidī*\
   And peace be upon you, O my Master and son of my Master.

53. أَنْتَ بَابُ اللَّهِ الْمُؤْتَى مِنْهُ وَ الْمَأْخُوذُ عَنْهُ\
   *Anta Bābu Llāhi l-mu’tā minhu wa l-ma’khūdhu ‘anh*\
   You are the Door of God from which \[He\] is approached, and from which \[knowledge\] is taken.

54. أَتَيْتُكَ زَائِراً وَ حَاجَاتِي لَكَ مُسْتَوْدِعًا\
   *Ataytuka zā’iran wa ḥājātī laka mustawdi‘an*\
   I have come to you as a visitor, entrusting my needs to you,

55. وَ هَا أَنَا ذَا أَسْتَوْدِعُكَ دِينِي وَ أَمَانَتِي\
   *wa hā anā dhā astawdi‘uka dīnī wa amānatī*\
   and here I am, entrusting to you my religion, my trust,

56. وَ خَوَاتِيمَ عَمَلِي وَ جَوَامِعَ أَمَلِي\
   *wa khawātīma ‘amalī wa jawāmi‘a amalī*\
   and the conclusions of my deeds, and the totality of my hope,

57. إِلَى مُنْتَهَى أَجَلِي\
   *ilā muntahā ajalī*\
   until the end of my term (life).

58. وَ السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ\
   *Wa s-salāmu ‘alayka wa raḥmatu Llāhi wa barakātuh.*\
   And peace be upon you, and the mercy of God and His blessings.

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- [Ziyarat al-Arba'in](https://duasonline.org/dua/ziyarat-arbaeen.md)
- [Ziyarat al-Nahiya al-Muqaddasa](https://duasonline.org/dua/ziyarat-nahiya.md)
- [Ziyarat of Imam Husayn (a) for Rajab and Mid-Sha'ban](https://duasonline.org/dua/ziyarat-imam-hussain-rajab15.md)
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