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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ
as salāmu `alā muḥammadin rasūlillāh
Peace be upon Muhammad the Messenger of Allah,
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خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ
khātamin nabiyyīn
the seal of the Prophets,
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وَسَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
wasayyidil mur-salīn
the chief of the Messengers,
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وَصَفْوَةِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ
waṣafwati rabbil `ālamīn
and the choice of the Lord of the worlds,
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أَمِينِ اللَّهِ عَلَى وَحْيِهِ
amīnillāhi `alā waḥyih
whom Allah has entrusted with His Revelations
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وَعَزَائِمِ أَمْرِهِ
wa`azā-imi amrih
and with His determined commandments,
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وَالْخَاتِمِ لِمَا سَبَقَ
walkhātimi limā sabaq
who sealed the previous Messages,
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وَالْفَاتِحِ لِمَا اسْتُقْبِلَ
walfātiḥi limastuqbil
paved the way to the coming blessings,
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وَالْمُهَيْمِنِ عَلَى ذٰلِكَ كُلِّهِ
walmuhaymini `alā dhālika kullih
and Who prevails over all that.
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وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
waraḥmatullāhi wabarakātuh
May the mercy, blessings, peace,
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وَصَلَوَاتُهُ وَتَحِيَّاتُهُ
waṣalawātuhu wataḥiyyātuh
benedictions, and greetings of Allah be upon him, too.
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَى أَنْبِيَاءِ اللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ
as salāmu `alā anbiyā-illāhi warusulih
Peace be upon the Prophets and Messengers of Allah,
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وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ
wamalā-ikatihil muqarrabīn
and upon His favorite angels
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وَعِبَادِهِ الصَّالِحِيْنَ
wa`ibādihiṣ ṣāliḥīn
and righteous saints.
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
as salāmu `alayka yā amīral mu-minīn
Peace be upon you, O Commander of the Faithful,
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وَسَيِّدَ الْوَصِيِّينَ
wasayyidal waṣiyyīn
the chief of the Prophets’ successors,
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وَوَارِثَ عِلْمِ النَّبِيِّينَ
wawāritha `ilmin nabiyyīn
the heir of the Prophets’ knowledge,
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وَوَلِيَّ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ
wawaliyya rabbil `ālamīn
the friend of the Lord of the worlds,
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وَمَوْلَايَ وَمَوْلَى الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
wamawlāya wamawlal mu-minīn
and my master as well as the master of all of the believers.
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وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
waraḥmatullāhi wabarakātuh
May Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you, too.
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَوْلَايَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
as salāmu `alayka yā mawlāya yā amīral mu-minīn
Peace be upon you, O my master, O Commander of the Faithful,
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يَا أَمِيْنَ اللَّهِ فِيْ أَرْضِهِ
yā amīnallāhi fī ar-ḍih
the trustee of Allah on His lands,
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وَسَفِيرَهُ فِيْ خَلْقِهِ
wasafīrahu fī khalqih
the envoy of Him amongst His creatures,
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وَحُجَّتَهُ الْبَالِغَةَ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ
waḥujjatahul bālighata `alā `ibādih
and His conclusive argument against His servants.
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا دِيْنَ اللَّهِ الْقَوِيمَ
as salāmu `alayka yā dīnallāhil qawīm
Peace be upon you, O true religion of Allah
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وَصِرَاطَهُ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
waṣirāṭahul mustaqīm
and the straight path of Him.
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبَأُ الْعَظِيمُ
as salāmu `alayka ayyuhan naba-ul `aẓīm
Peace be upon you, O the Great News
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اَلَّذِيْ هُمْ فِيْهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
al ladhī hum fīhi mukhtalifūn
about whom they differ
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وَعَنْهُ يُسْأَلُونَ
wa`anhu yus-alūn
and they shall be asked.
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
as salāmu `alayka yā amīral mu-minīn
Peace be upon you, O Commander of the Faithful.
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آمَنْتَ بِاللَّهِ وَهُمْ مُشْرِكُونَ
āmanta billāhi wahum mushrikūn
You believed in Allah while they were polytheists,
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وَصَدَّقْتَ بِالْحَقِّ وَهُمْ مُكَذِّبُونَ
waṣaddaqta bil ḥaqqi wahum mukadhhibūn
accepted the truth while they belied it,
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وَجَاهَدْتَ فِيْ اللَّهِ وَهُمْ مُحْجِمُوْنَ
wajāhadta fillāhi wahum muḥjimūn
strove for the sake of Allah while they refrained,
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وَعَبَدْتَ اللَّهَ مُخْلِصًا لَهُ الدِّينَ
wa`abadtallāha mukhliṣan lahud dīn
and worshipped Allah with full sincerity to Him in obedience
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صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا حَتَّىٰ أَتَاكَ الْيَقِينُ
ṣābiran muḥtasiban ḥattā atākal yaqīn
while you were steadfast, depending upon Him totally, until death came upon you.
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أَلَا لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الظَّالِمِيْنَ
alā la`natullāhi `alaẓ ẓālimīn
Verily, curse of Allah be upon the wrongdoers.
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا سَيِّدَ الْمُسْلِمِيْنَ
as salāmu `alayka yā sayyidal muslimīn
Peace be upon you, O chief of the Muslims,
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وَيَعْسُوبَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
waya`sūbal mu-minīn
head of the believers,
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وَإِمَامَ الْمُتَّقِينَ
wa-imāmal muttaqīn
guide of the pious ones,
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وَقَائِدَ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ
waqā-idal ghurril muḥajjalīn
and leader of the white-forehead ones.
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وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
waraḥmatullāhi wabarakātuh
Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you.
42
أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَخُوْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ
ash-hadu annaka akhū rasūlillāh
I bear witness that you are indeed the brother of Allah’s Messenger,
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وَوَصِيُّهُ وَوَارِثُ عِلْمِهِ
wawaṣiyyuhu wawārithu `ilmih
the successor of him, the heir of his knowledge,
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وَأَمِيْنُهُ عَلَى شَرْعِهِ
wa-amīnuhu `alā shar-`ih
his trustee on his laws,
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وَخَلِيفَتُهُ فِيْ أُمَّتِهِ
wakhalīfatuhu fī ummatih
his representative in his nation,
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وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ
wa-awwalu man-āmana billāh
and the first to believe in Allah
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وَصَدَّقَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ
waṣaddaqa bimā unzila `alā nabiyyih
and to accept as true all that which was revealed to Allah’s Prophet.
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وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَّغَ عَنِ اللَّهِ مَا أَنْزَلَهُ فِيكَ
wa-ash-hadu annahu qad ballagha `anillāhi mā anzalahu fīk
I also bear witness that he [i.e. the Prophet] conveyed all that which Allah revealed to him concerning you;
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فَصَدَعَ بِأَمْرِهِ
faṣada`a bi-amrih
so, he expounded openly what he was commanded [to expound],
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وَأَوْجَبَ عَلَى أُمَّتِهِ فَرْضَ طَاعَتِكَ وَوِلَايَتِكَ
wa-awjaba `alā ummatihi far-ḍa ṭā`atika wawilāyatik
declared to his nation the duty of obedience and loyalty to you,
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وَعَقَدَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْبَيْعَةَ لَكَ
wa`aqada `alayhimul bay`ata lak
ordered them to swear allegiance to you,
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وَجَعَلَكَ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ
waja`alaka awlā bil mu-minīna min anfusihim
and declared you as enjoying more priority on the believers than that which they enjoy on themselves
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كَمَا جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ كَذٰلِكَ
kamā ja`alahullāhu kadhālik
in the same was as Allah has made him enjoy the same.
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ثُمَّ أَشْهَدَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِمْ
thumma ash-hadallāha ta`ālā `alayhim
He then asked Allah the All-exalted to be the witness on them [in this respect],
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فَقَالَ أَلَسْتُ قَدْ بَلَّغْتُ
faqāla alastu qad ballaght
saying, “Have I conveyed?”
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فَقَالُوْا اَللَّهُمَّ بَلَىٰ
faqālū allāhumma balā
They answered, “Yes, you have. We swear to it by Allah.”
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فَقَالَ اَللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ
faqāla allāhummash-had
He thus said, “O Allah, be the witness
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وَكَفَىٰ بِكَ شَهِيدًا وَحَاكِمًا بَيْنَ الْعِبَادِ
wakafā bika shahīdan waḥākiman baynal `ibād
and You are sufficient Witness and Judge between the servants [0f Yours].”
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فَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ جَاحِدَ وِلَايَتِكَ بَعْدَ الْاِقْرَارِ
fala`anallāhu jāḥida wilāyatika ba`dal iqrār
Hence, curse of Allah be upon him who denied the allegiance to you after he had confessed of it
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وَنَاكِثَ عَهْدِكَ بَعْدَ الْمِيثَاقِ
wanākitha `ahdika ba`dal mīthāq
and upon him who breached his pledge to you after he had taken it.
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وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ وَفَيْتَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَىٰ
wa-ash-hadu annaka wafayta bi`ahdillāhi ta`ālā
I also bear witness that you have indeed observed your pledge to Almighty Allah
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وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى مُوفٍ لَكَ بِعَهْدِهِ
wa-annallāha ta`ālā mūfin laka bi`ahdih
and that Almighty Allah, in return, shall observe His pledge to you.
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وَمَنْ أَوْفَىٰ بِمَا عَاهَدَ عَلَيْهُ اللَّهَ فَسَيُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا
waman awfā bimā `āhada `alayhullāha fasayu-tīhi ajran `aẓīmā
“Therefore, whoever fulfills what he has covenanted with Allah, He will grant him a mighty reward.”
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وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ الْحَقُّ
wa-ash-hadu annaka amīrul mu-minīnal ḥaqq
I also bear witness that you are truly the commander of the faithful,
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اَلَّذِيْ نَطَقَ بِوِلَايَتِكَ التَّنْزِيلُ
al ladhī naṭaqa biwilāyatikat tanzīl
the Divine Revelation did declare your commissioned leadership,
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وَأَخَذَ لَكَ الْعَهْدَ عَلَى الْأُمَّةِ بِذٰلِكَ الرَّسُوْلُ
wa-akhadha lakal `ahda `alal ummati bidhālikar rasūl
and the Messenger made a covenant with the people [that they would be under your leadership].
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وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ وَعَمَّكَ وَأَخَاكَ
wa-ash-hadu annaka wa`ammaka wa-akhāk
I also bear witness that you, along with your uncle and brother,
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اَلَّذِيْنَ تَاجَرْتُمُ اللَّهَ بِنُفُوسِكُمْ
al ladhīna tājar-tumullāha binufūsikum
traded with Allah in your souls;
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فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِيكُمْ
fa-anzalallāhu fīkum
He therefore revealed about you this:
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إِنَّ اللَّهَ اشْتَرَىٰ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ
innallāhashtarā minal mu-minīna anfusahum wa-amwālahum
“Surely, Allah has bought of the believers their persons and their property for this,
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بِأَنَّ لَهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ
bi-annna lahumul jannah
that they shall have Paradise;
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يُقَاتِلُونَ فِيْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيَقْتُلُونَ وَيُقْتَلُونَ
yuqātilūna fī sabīlillāhi fayaqtulūna wayuqtalūn
they fight in Allah's way, so they slay and are slain;
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وَعْدًا عَلَيْهِ حَقًّا فِيْ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْاِنْجِيلِ وَالْقُرْآنِ
wa`dan `alayhi ḥaqqan fit tawrāti wal-injīli walqur-ān
a promise which is binding on Him in the Torah and the Bible and the Qur'an;
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وَمَنْ أَوْفَىٰ بِعَهْدِهِ مِنَ اللَّهِ
waman awfā bi`ahdihi minallāh
and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah?
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فَاسْتَبْشِرُوْا بِبَيْعِكُمُ الَّذِيْ بَايَعْتُمْ بِهِ
fastabshirū bibay`ikumul ladhī bāya`tum bih
Rejoice therefore in the pledge which you have made;
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وَذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
wadhālika huwal fawzul `aẓīm
and that is the mighty achievement.
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اَلتَّائِبُونَ الْعَابِدُونَ
at tā-ibūnal `ābidūn
They who turn to Allah, who serve Him,
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اَلْحَامِدُوْنَ السَّائِحُونَ
al ḥāmidūnas sā-iḥūn
who praise Him, who fast,
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اَلرَّاكِعُونَ السَّاجِدُونَ
ar rāki`ūnas sājidūn
who bow down, who prostrate themselves,
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اَلْآمِرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّاهُونَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ
al-āmirūna bil ma`rūfi wan nāhūna `anil munkar
who enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil,
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وَالْحَافِظُونَ لِحُدُودِ اللَّهِ وَبَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
walḥāfiẓūna liḥudūdillāhi wabashhiril mu-minīn
and who keep the limits of Allah; and give good news to the believers.”
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أَشْهَدُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
ash-hadu yā amīral mu-minīn
O Commander of the Faithful, I bear witness
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أَنَّ الشَّاكَّ فِيكَ مَا آمَنَ بِالرَّسُولِ الْاَمِينِ
annash shākka fīka mā-āmana birrasūlil amīn
that whoever doubts about you has never believed in the Trusted Messenger,
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وَأَنَّ الْعَادِلَ بِكَ غَيْرَكَ عَانِدٌ عَنِ الدِّينِ الْقَوِيمِ
wa-annal `ādila bika ghayraka `ānidun `anid dīnil qawīm
and whoever leaves you to choose another [as his leader] has indeed diverted the true religion,
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اَلَّذِيْ ارْتَضَاهُ لَنَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ
al ladhir-taḍāhu lanā rabbul `ālamīn
that the Lord of the worlds has chosen for us,
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وَأَكْمَلَهُ بِوِلَايَتِكَ يَوْمَ الْغَدِيرِ
wa-akmalahu biwilāyatika yawmal ghadīr
and that He completed it on the Ghadir Day through [declaring] the Divinely commissioned leadership of you.
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وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ الْمَعْنِيُّ بِقَوْلِ الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ
wa-ash-hadu annakal ma`niyyu biqawlil `azīzir raḥīm
And I bear witness that you are the one intended in the following saying of the Almighty, All-merciful Lord:
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وَأَنَّ هٰذَا صِرَاطِيْ مُسْتَقِيمًا فَاتِّبِعُوهُ
wa-anna hādhā ṣirāṭī mustaqīman fāttibi`ūh
“And this is My path, the right one; therefore, follow it,
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وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوْا السُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ
walā tattabi`us subula fatafarraqa bikum `an sabīlih
and follow not other ways, for they will lead you away from His way.”
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ضَلَّ وَاللَّهِ وَأَضَلَّ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ سِوَاكَ
ḍalla wallāhi wa-aḍalla manittaba`a siwāk
I swear by Allah that whoever follows any one other than you has in fact strayed off the right way and misled others [i.e. those who imitate him],
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وَعَنَدَ عَنِ الْحَقِّ مَنْ عَادَاكَ
wa`anada `anil ḥaqqi man `ādāk
and that whoever incurs the hostility of you has undoubtedly rejected the right.
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اَللَّهُمَّ سَمِعْنَا لِأَمْرِكَ
allāhumma sami`nā li-amrik
O Allah, we have listened to Your command
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وَأَطَعْنَا وَاتَّبَعْنَا صِرَاطَكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
wa-aṭa`nā wattaba`nā ṣirāṭakal mustaqīm
obeyed, and followed Your straight path;
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فَاهْدِنَا رَبَّنَا
fahdinā rabbanā
therefore, [please do] guide us, O our Lord!
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وَلَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا إِلَى طَاعَتِكَ
walā tuzigh qulūbanā ba`da idh hadaytanā ilā ṭā`atik
And do not cause our hearts to deviate after You have guided us to the obedience to You,
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وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنَ الشَّاكِرِيْنَ لِأَنْعُمِكَ
waj`alnā minash shākirīna li-an`umik
and include us with those who always thank You for Your bounties.
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وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ لَمْ تَزَلْ لِلْهَوَى مُخَالِفًا
wa-ash-hadu annaka lam tazal lilhawā mukhālifā
And I also bear witness that you have always been at variance with whimsical desires
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وَلِلتُّقَى مُحَالِفًا
walittuqā muḥālifā
as you have always been in line with piety,
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وَعَلَى كَظْمِ الْغَيْظِ قَادِرًا
wa`alā kaẓmil ghayẓi qādirā
you have always been capable of suppressing your rage,
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وَعَنِ النَّاسِ عَافِيًا غَافِرًا
wa`anin nāsi `āfiyan ghāfirā
you have always forgiven and pardoned people,
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وَإِذَا عُصِيَ اللَّهُ سَاخِطًا
wa-idhā `uṣiyallāhu sākhiṭā
and when Allah is disobeyed, you have always been furious,
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وَإِذَا أُطِيعَ اللَّهُ رَاضِيًا
wa-idhā uṭī`allāhu rāḍiyā
and when He is obeyed, you have always been pleased,
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وَبِمَا عَهِدَ إِلَيْكَ عَامِلًا
wabimā `ahida ilayka `āmilā
and you have always carried out what Allah has commissioned you to do,
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رَاعِيًا لِمَا اسْتُحْفِظْتَ
rā`iyan limastuḥfiẓt
you have always observed what has been entrusted with you,
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حَافِظًا لِمَا اسْتُودِعْتَ
ḥāfiẓan limastūdi`t
you have always kept what has been confided to you,
106
مُبَلِّغًا مَا حُمِّلْتَ
muballighan mā ḥummilt
you have always conveyed what you were ordered to convey,
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مُنْتَظِرًا مَا وُعِدْتَ
muntaẓiran mā wu`idt
and you have always expected that which you were promised.
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وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ مَا اتَّقَيْتَ ضَارِعًا
wa-ash-hadu annaka mattaqayta ḍāri`ā
And I bear witness that as you sometimes conceded some things, you did not do that on account of humiliation,
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وَلَا أَمْسَكْتَ عَنْ حَقِّكَ جَازِعًا
walā amsakta `an ḥaqqika jāzi`ā
and as you sometimes did not demand with your right, you did not do that on account of fear,
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وَلَا أَحْجَمْتَ عَنْ مُجَاهَدَةِ غَاصِبِيكَ نَاكِلًا
walā aḥjamta `an mujāhadati ghāṣibīka nākilā
and as you sometimes stopped combating those who usurped your right, you did not do so on account of weakness,
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وَلَا أَظْهَرْتَ الرِّضَا بِخِلاَفِ مَا يُرْضِيْ اللَّهَ مُدَاهِنًا
walā aẓhar-tar riḍā bikhilāfi mā yur-ḍillāha mudāhinā
and as you [on a certain occasion] showed contentment to things to which Allah is not pleased, you did not do so on account of flattery,
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وَلَا وَهَنْتَ لِمَا أَصَابَكَ فِيْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ
walā wahanta limā aṣābaka fī sabīlillāh
and you have never been weakened by what befell you for the sake of Allah,
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وَلَا ضَعُفْتَ وَلَا اسْتَكَنْتَ عَنْ طَلَبِ حَقِّكَ مُرَاقِبًا
walā ḍa`ufta walastakanta `an ṭalabi ḥaqqika murāqibā
and you have never been feeble and you have never abased yourself as regards demanding with your rights on account of fear.
114
مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ أَنْ تَكُونَ كَذٰلِكَ
ma`ādhallāhi an takūna kadhālik
I seek Allah’s refuge against such claims;
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بَلْ إِذْ ظُلِمْتَ احْتَسَبْتَ رَبَّكَ
bal idh ẓulimtaḥtasabta rabbak
rather, when you were wronged, you relied upon your Lord in these questions
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وَفَوَّضْتَ إِلَيْهِ أَمْرَكَ
wafawwaḍta ilayhi amrak
and entrusted your affair to Him,
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وَذَكَّرْتَهُمْ فَمَا ادَّكَرُوْا
wadhakkar-tahum famāddakarū
and as you reminded them [of their allegiance to you], they did not regard it,
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وَوَعَظْتَهُمْ فَمَا اتَّعَظُوَا
wawa`aẓtahum famatta`aẓuwā
and as you preached them, they did not accept from you,
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وَخَوَّفْتَهُمُ اللَّهَ فَمَا تَخَوَّفُوَا
wakhawwaftahumullāha famā takhawwafuwā
and as you instructed them to fear Allah, they did not mind.
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وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
wa-ash-hadu annaka yā amīral mu-minīn
I also bear witness, O Commander of the Faithful,
121
جَاهَدْتَ فِيْ اللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِ
jāhadta fillāhi ḥaqqa jihādih
that you strove in the way of Allah in the most appropriate way
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حَتَّىٰ دَعَاكَ اللَّهُ إِلَى جِوَارِهِ
ḥattā da`ākallāhu ilā jiwārih
until Allah summoned you to be in His vicinity,
123
وَقَبَضَكَ إِلَيْهِ بِاخْتِيَارِهِ
waqabaḍaka ilayhi bikhtiyārih
chose to grasp you,
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وَأَلزَمَ أَعْدَاءَكَ الْحُجَّةَ بِقَتْلِهِمْ إِيَّاكَ
wa-alzama a`dā-akal ḥujjata biqatlihim iyyāk
and established the argument against your enemies who killed you,
125
لِتَكُونَ الْحُجَّةُ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ
litakūnal ḥujjatu laka `alayhim
so that you should have argument against them,
126
مَعَ مَا لَكَ مِنَ الْحُجَجِ الْبَالِغَةِ عَلَى جَمِيْعِ خَلْقِهِ
ma`a mā laka minal ḥujajil bālighati `alā jamī`i khalqih
although you enjoy conclusive arguments against all of His creatures.
127
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
as salāmu `alayka yā amīral mu-minīn
Peace be upon you, O Commander of the Faithful.
128
عَبَدْتَ اللَّهَ مُخْلِصًا
`abadtallāha mukhliṣā
You have worshipped Allah sincerely,
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وَجَاهَدْتَ فِيْ اللَّهِ صَابِرًا
wajāhadta fillāhi ṣābirā
striven in the way of Allah steadfastly,
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وَجُدْتَ بِنَفْسِكَ مُحْتَسِبًا
wajudta binafsika muḥtasibā
sacrificed yourself, seeking Allah’s judgment,
131
وَعَمِلْتَ بِكِتَابِهِ
wa`amilta bikitābih
acted upon His Book,
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وَاتَّبَعْتَ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّهِ
wattaba`ta sunnata nabiyyih
followed His Prophet’s instructions,
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وَأَقَمْتَ الصَّلاةَ
wa-aqamtaṣ ṣalāh
performed the prayers,
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وَ آتَيْتَ الزَّكَاةَ
wa ātaytaz zakāh
paid the zakat,
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وَأَمَرْتَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ
wa-amar-ta bil ma`rūf
enjoined what is right,
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وَنَهَيْتَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ مَا اسْتَطَعْتَ
wanahayta `anil munkari mastaṭa`t
and forbidden what is wrong as much as you could,
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مُبْتَغِيًا مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ
mubtaghiyan mā `indallāh
seeking what is possessed by Allah
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رَاغِبًا فِيْ مَا وَعَدَ اللَّهُ
rāghiban fī mā wa`adallāh
and desiring for that which Allah has promised.
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لَا تَحْفِلُ بِالنَّوَائِبِ
lā taḥfilu binnawā-ib
You have never cared for misfortunes,
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وَلَا تَهِنُ عِنْدَ الشَّدَائِدِ
walā tahinu `indash shadā-id
never yielded to the hardships,
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وَلَا تَحْجِمُ عَنْ مُحَارِبٍ
walā taḥjimu `an muḥārib
and never stopped fighting against any warrior on account of fear.
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أَفِكَ مَنْ نَسَبَ غَيْرَ ذٰلِكَ إِلَيْكَ
afika man nasaba ghayra dhālika ilayk
Indeed, whoever claims anything opposite to this to you is actually fabricating
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وَافْتَرَىٰ بَاطِلًا عَلَيْكَ
waftarā bāṭilan `alayk
and is forging lies to you,
144
وَأَوْلَى لِمَنْ عَنَدَ عَنْكَ
wa-awlā liman `anada `ank
and whoever leaves your path is drawing himself near to destruction.
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لَقَدْ جَاهَدْتَ فِيْ اللَّهِ حَقَّ الْجِهَادِ
laqad jāhadta fillāhi ḥaqqal jihād
You have certainly striven in the way of Allah as exactly as required,
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وَصَبَرْتَ عَلَى الْاَذَىٰ صَبْرَ احْتِسَابٍ
waṣabar-ta `alal adhā ṣabraḥtisāb
stood harm for the sake of Allah,
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وَأَنْتَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ
wa-anta awwalu man-āmana billāh
have been the foremost to believe in Allah,
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وَصَلَّى لَهُ وَجَاهَدَ
waṣallā lahu wajāhad
the first to offer prayer and to strive,
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وَأَبْدَىٰ صَفْحَتَهُ فِيْ دَارِ الشِّرْكِ
wa-abdā ṣafḥatahu fī dārish shir-k
and the first to expose himself in the land of the polytheists,
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وَالْاَرْضُ مَشْحُونَةٌ ضَلالَةً
wal-ar-ḍu mash-ḥūnatun ḍalālah
while the lands were suffocated with deviation,
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وَالشَّيْطَانُ يُعْبَدُ جَهْرَةً
wash shayṭānu yu`badu jahrah
Satan was worshipped openly,
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وَأَنْتَ الْقَائِلُ لَا تَزِيدُنِيْ كَثْرَةُ النَّاسِ حَوْلِيْ عِزَّةً
wa-antal qā-ilu lā tazīdunī kathratun nāsi ḥawlī `izzah
and [in the midst of this] you said, “The big number of people that surround me shall never increase my might,
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وَلَا تَفَرُّقُهُمْ عَنِّيْ وَحْشَةً
walā tafarruquhum `annī waḥshah
nor shall their departing me make me feel lonely.
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وَلَوْ أَسْلَمَنِيَ النَّاسُ جَمِيعًا لَمْ أَكُنْ مُتَضَرِّعًا
walaw aslamaniyan nāsu jamī`an lam akun mutaḍarri`ā
I thus shall never submit even if all peoples desert me.”
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إِعْتَصَمْتَ بِاللَّهِ فَعَزَزْتَ
i`taṣamta billāhi fa`azazt
Because you resorted to Allah, you were the mightiest,
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وَآثَرْتَ الْآخِرَةَ عَلَى الْأُوْلَى فَزَهِدْتَ
wāthar-tal ākhirata `alal ūlā fazahidt
and because you preferred the Next World to this worldly life, you have been ascetic.
157
وَأَيَّدَكَ اللَّهُ وَهَدَاكَ
wa-ayyadakallāhu wahadāk
Thus, Allah supported, guided,
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وَأَخْلَصَكَ وَاجْتَبَاكَ
wa-akhlaṣaka wajtabāk
chose, and selected you.
159
فَمَا تَنَاقَضَتْ أَفْعَالُكَ
famā tanāqaḍat af`āluk
Your deeds were never contradictory,
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وَلَا اخْتَلَفَتْ أَقْوَالُكَ
walakhtalafat aqwāluk
your words were never paradoxical,
161
وَلَا تَقَلَّبَتْ أَحْوَالُكَ
walā taqallabat aḥwāluk
your situations were never fickle,
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وَلَا ادَّعَيْتَ وَلَا افْتَرَيْتَ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا
walādda`ayta walaftarayta `alallāhi kadhibā
you have never claimed falsely or forged lies against Allah,
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وَلَا شَرِهْتَ إِلَى الْحُطَامِ
walā sharihta ilal ḥuṭām
you have never been greedy for the wreckage of this world,
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وَلَا دَنَّسَكَ الْآثَامُ
walā dannasakal-āthām
you have never been defiled by sins,
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وَلَمْ تَزَلْ عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكَ
walam tazal `alā bayyinatin min rabbik
you have always had manifest proof from your Lord,
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وَيَقِينٍ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ
wayaqīnin min amrik
and you have always been certain of what you do,
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تَهْدِيْ إِلَى الْحَقِّ وَإِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ
tahdī ilal ḥaqqi wa-ilā ṣirāṭin mustaqīm
as you used to guide to the right and to a straight path.
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أَشْهَدُ شَهَادَةَ حَقٍّ
ash-hadu shahādata ḥaqq
I bear true witness
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وَأُقْسِمُ بِاللَّهِ قَسَمَ صِدْقٍ
wa-uqsimu billāhi qasama ṣidq
and I truly swear by Allah
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أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا وَ آلَهُ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ سَادَاتُ الْخَلْقِ
anna muḥammadan wa ālahu ṣalawātullāhi `alayhim sādātul khalq
that Muhammad and his Household—may Allah’s blessings be upon them—are the masters of all creatures
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وَأَنَّكَ مَوْلَايَ وَمَوْلَى الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
wa-annaka mawlāya wamawlal mu-minīn
and you are indeed my master and the master of all believers,
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وَأَنَّكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَوَلِيُّهُ
wa-annaka `abdullāhi wawaliyyuh
the servant and friend of Allah,
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وَأَخُوْ الرَّسُولِ وَوَصِيُّهُ وَوَارِثُهُ
wa-akhur rasūli wawaṣiyyuhu wawārithuh
the brother, successor, and heir of the Messenger,
174
وَأَنَّهُ الْقَائِلُ لَكَ
wa-annahul qā-ilu lak
who used to say to you,
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وَالَّذِيْ بَعَثَنِيْ بِالْحَقِّ مَا آمَنَ بِيْ مَنْ كَفَرَ بِكَ
walladhī ba`athanī bil ḥaqqi mā-āmana bī man kafara bik
“I swear this by Him Who sent me with the truth: whoever denies you has never believed in me,
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وَلَا أَقَرَّ بِاللَّهِ مَنْ جَحَدَكَ
walā aqarra billāhi man jaḥadak
whoever rejects you has never confessed of Allah’s existence,
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وَقَدْ ضَلَّ مَنْ صَدَّ عَنْكَ
waqad ḍalla man ṣadda `ank
whoever abandons you has actually strayed off,
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وَلَمْ يَهْتَدِ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَلَا إِلَيَّ مَنْ لَا يَهْتَدِيْ بِكَ
walam yahtadi ilallāhi walā ilayya man lā yahtadī bik
and whoever is not guided be you has never found the way to Allah or to me.
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وَهُوَ قَوْلُ رَبِّيْ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
wahuwa qawlu rabbī `azza wajall
Confirming this, my Lord the the Almighty and All-majestic says,
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وَإِنِّيْ لَغَفَّارٌ لِمَنْ تَابَ وَ آمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا
wa-innī laghaffārun liman tāba wa āmana wa`amila ṣāliḥā
‘Most surely, I am most Forgiving to him who repents and believes and does good,
181
ثُمَّ اهْتَدَىٰ إِلَى وِلايَتِكَ
thummahtadā ilā wilāyatik
then follows the right path.’ To follow the right path is to adhere to your Divinely commissioned leadership.”
182
مَوْلَايَ فَضْلُكَ لَا يَخْفَىٰ
mawlāya faḍluka lā yakhfā
O master, your favor cannot be concealed
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وَنُوْرُكَ لَا يُطْفَأُ
wanūruka lā yuṭfa-u
and your light cannot be extinguished.
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وَأَنَّ مَنْ جَحَدَكَ الظَّلُومُ الْاَشْقَىٰ
wa-anna man jaḥadakaẓ ẓalūmul ashqā
Verily, he who rejects you shall be the most misfortunate wrongdoer.
185
مَوْلَايَ أَنْتَ الْحُجَّةُ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ
mawlāya antal ḥujjatu `alal `ibād
O master, you are the [Divine] claim against the servants,
186
وَالْهَادِيْ إِلَى الرَّشَادِ
walhādī ilar rashād
the guiding to uprightness,
187
وَالْعُدَّةُ لِلْمَعَادِ
wal`uddatu lilma`ād
and our means on the Promised Day.
188
مَوْلَايَ لَقَدْ رَفَعَ اللَّهُ فِيْ الْأُوْلَى مَنْزِلَتَكَ
mawlāya laqad rafa`allāhu fil ūlā manzilatak
O master, Allah has indeed elevated your standing in this world,
189
وَأَعْلَى فِيْ الْآخِرَةِ دَرَجَتَكَ
wa-a`lā fil-ākhirati darajatak
raised your rank in the Hereafter,
190
وَبَصَّرَكَ مَا عَمِيَ عَلَى مَنْ خَالَفَكَ
wabaṣṣaraka mā `amiya `alā man khālafak
and led you to that which has not been seen by those who antagonized you,
191
وَحَالَ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ مَوَاهِبِ اللَّهِ لَكَ
waḥāla baynaka wabayna mawāhibillāhi lak
those who stood between you and Allah’s gifts to you.
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فَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مُسْتَحِلِّيْ الْحُرْمَةِ مِنْكَ
fala`anallāhu mustaḥillil ḥur-mati mink
So, curse of Allah be upon those who violated your sanctity
193
وَذَائِدِيْ الْحَقِّ عَنْكَ
wadhā-idil ḥaqqi `ank
and those who prevented you from taking your right.
194
وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُمُ الْاَخْسَرُونَ
wa-ash-hadu annahumul akhsarūn
I do bear witness that these are the biggest losers
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اَلَّذِيْنَ تَلْفَحُ وُجُوهَهُمُ النَّارُ
al ladhīna talfaḥu wujūhahumun nār
whose faces shall be scorched by Hellfire
196
وَهُمْ فِيهَا كَالِحُونَ
wahum fīhā kāliḥūn
and they therein shall be in severe affliction.
197
وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ مَا أَقْدَمْتَ وَلَا أَحْجَمْتَ
wa-ash-hadu annaka mā aqdamta walā aḥjamt
And I bear witness that whenever you did something or you avoided doing something,
198
وَلَا نَطَقْتَ وَلَا أَمْسَكْتَ
walā naṭaqta walā amsakt
and whenever you said something or you kept silent;
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إِلَّا بِأَمْرٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ
illā bi-amrin minallāhi warasūlih
all these were by the order of Allah and His Messenger.
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قُلْتَ وَالَّذِيْ نَفْسِيْ بِيَدِهِ
qulta walladhī nafsī biyadih
You thus said, “I swear this by Him Who grasps my soul:
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لَقَدْ نَظَرَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ
laqad naẓara ilayya rasūlullāhi ṣallallāhu `alayhi wa ālih
when the Messenger of Allah—peace of Allah be upon him and his Household—
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أَضْرِبُ بِالسَّيْفِ قُدْمًا فَقَالَ
aḍribu bissayfi qudman faqāl
watched me striking [the enemies] with my sword ceaselessly, he said to me,
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يَا عَلِيُّ أَنْتَ مِنِّيْ بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوْسَى
yā `aliyyu anta minnī bimanzilati hārūna min mūsā
‘O `Ali, your position to me is the same as [Prophet] Aaron’s position to [Prophet] Moses;
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إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي
illā annahu lā nabiyya ba`dī
yet, there shall be no prophet after me.
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وَأُعْلِمُكَ أَنَّ مَوْتَكَ وَحَيَاتَكَ مَعِيْ وَعَلَى سُنَّتِي
wa-u`limuka anna mawtaka waḥayātaka ma`ī wa`alā sunnatī
I would like to further inform you that your death and your lifestyle shall be with me and according to my instruction.’
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فَوَاللَّهِ مَا كَذِبْتُ وَلَا كُذِّبْتُ
fawallāhi mā kadhibtu walā kudhhibt
[Imam `Ali continued] I swear by Allah that I have not told untruth and none shall belie me,
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وَلَا ضَلَلْتُ وَلَا ضُلِّ بِي
walā ḍalaltu walā ḍulli bī
and I have never strayed off and none shall ever mislead me,
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وَلَا نَسِيتُ مَا عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ رَبِّي
walā nasītu mā `ahida ilayya rabbī
and I have never forgotten my Lord’s instructions to me,
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وَإِنِّيْ لَعَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّيْ بَيَّنَهَا لِنَبِيِّهِ
wa-innī la`alā bayyinatin min rabbī bayyanahā linabiyyih
and I do follow the true path of my Lord that He showed His Prophet
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وَبَيَّنَهَا النَّبِيُّ لِي
wabayyanahan nabiyyu lī
and the Prophet showed me,
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وَإِنِّيْ لَعَلَى الطَّرِيقِ الْوَاضِحِ أَلْفِظُهُ لَفْظًا
wa-innī la`alaṭ ṭarīqil wāḍiḥi alfiẓuhu lafẓā
and, most certainly, I am following the lucid path step by step.”
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صَدَقْتَ وَاللَّهِ وَقُلْتَ الْحَقَّ
ṣadaqta wallāhi waqultal ḥaqq
By Allah I swear, true are your words and you have said nothing but the truth.
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فَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ سَاوَاكَ بِمَنْ نَاوَاكَ
fala`anallāhu man sāwāka biman nāwāk
Curse of Allah be upon those who compare you to your enemies,
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وَاللَّهُ جَلَّ اسْمُهُ يَقُولُ
wallāhu jallasmuhu yaqūl
while Allah, Whose Name be elevated, says,
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هَلْ يَسْتَوِيْ الَّذِيْنَ يَعْلَمُوْنَ وَالَّذِيْنَ لَا يَعْلَمُون
hal yastawil ladhīna ya`lamūna walladhīna lā ya`lamūn
“Are those who know and those who do not know alike?”
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فَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ عَدَلَ بِكَ مَنْ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وِلايَتَكَ
fala`anallāhu man `adala bika man faraḍallāhu `alayhi wilāyatak
So, the curse of Allah be upon those who compared you to those whom Allah has ordered to follow your leadership,
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وَأَنْتَ وَلِيُّ اللَّهِ
wa-anta waliyyullāh
while you are the friend of Allah,
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وَأَخُوْ رَسُولِهِ
wa-akhū rasūlih
the brother of His Messenger,
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وَالذَّابُّ عَنْ دِينِهِ
wadh dhābbu `an dīnih
the defender of His religion,
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وَالَّذِيْ نَطَقَ الْقُرْآنُ بِتَفْضِيلِهِ
walladhī naṭaqal qur-ānu bitafḍīlih
and the one whose preference [to all others] has been declared by the Qur'an;
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قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَىٰ
qālallāhu ta`ālā
hence, Almighty Allah says,
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وَفَضَّلَ اللَّهُ الْمُجَاهِدِيْنَ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِيْنَ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا
wafaḍḍalallāhul mujāhidīna `alal qā`idīna ajran `aẓīmā
“And Allah shall grant to the strivers above the holders back a mighty reward.
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دَرَجَاتٍ مِنْهُ وَمَغْفِرَةً وَرَحْمَةً
darajātin minhu wamaghfiratan waraḥmah
[High] degrees from Him, protection, and mercy.
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وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا
wakānallāhu ghafūran raḥīmā
And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.”
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وَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَىٰ
waqālallāhu ta`ālā
Almighty Allah has also said,
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أَجَعَلْتُمْ سِقَايَةَ الْحَاجِّ وَعِمَارَةَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ
aja`altum siqāyatal ḥājji wa`imāratal masjidil ḥarām
“Do you make one who undertakes the giving of drink to the pilgrims and the guarding of the Sacred Mosque
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كَمَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَجَاهَدَ فِيْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ
kaman-āmana billāhi walyawmil-ākhiri wajāhada fī sabīlillāh
to be like him who believes in Allah and the latter day and strives hard in Allah's way?
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لَا يَسْتَوُونَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ
lā yastawūna `indallāh
They are not equal with Allah;
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وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِيْ الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِيْنَ
wallāhu lā yahdil qawmaẓ ẓālimīn
and Allah does not guide the unjust people.
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اَلَّذِيْنَ آمَنُوْا وَهَاجَرُوْا
al ladhīna-āmanū wahājarū
Those who believed, fled their homes,
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وَجَاهَدُوْا فِيْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ
wajāhadū fī sabīlillāhi bi-amwālihim wa-anfusihim
and strove hard in Allah’s way with their property and their souls
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أَعْظَمُ دَرَجَةً عِنْدَ اللَّهِ
a`ẓamu darajatan `indallāh
are much higher in rank with Allah;
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وَأُولٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَائِزُونَ
wa-ūlā-ika humul fā-izūn
and those are they who are the achievers of their objects.
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يُبَشِّرُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِنْهُ وَرِضْوَانٍ
yubashhiruhum rabbuhum biraḥmatin minhu wariḍwān
Their Lord gives them good news of mercy from Himself and His good pleasure
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وَجَنَّاتٍ لَهُمْ فِيهَا نَعِيمٌ مُقِيمٌ
wajannātin lahum fīhā na`īmun muqīm
and gardens, wherein lasting blessings shall be theirs;
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خَالِدِيْنَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا
khālidīna fīhā abadā
abiding therein for ever.
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إِنَّ اللَّهَ عِنْدَهُ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ
innallāha `indahu ajrun `aẓīm
Surely, Allah has a mighty reward with Him.”
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أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ الْمَخْصُوصُ بِمِدْحَةِ اللَّهِ
ash-hadu annakal makhṣūṣu bimid-ḥatillāh
I bear witness that Allah’s words of praise mean you exclusively
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اَلْمُخْلِصُ لِطَاعَةِ اللَّهِ
al mukhliṣu liṭā`atillāh
and you are the most sincere in the obedience to Allah
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لَمْ تَبْغِ بِالْهُدَىٰ بَدَلًا
lam tabghi bil hudā badalā
as you have never accepted any alternative for the right guidance
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وَلَمْ تُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّكَ أَحَدًا
walam tushrik bi`ibādati rabbika aḥadā
and you have never associated anyone in your worshipping your Lord.
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وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى اِسْتَجَابَ لِنَبِيِّهِ
wa-annallāha ta`ālā istajāba linabiyyih
And Almighty Allah has responded the prayer of His Prophet—
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صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِيكَ دَعْوَتَهُ
ṣallallāhu `alayhi wa ālihi fīka da`watah
peace of Allah be upon him and his Household—concerning you.
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ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ بِإِظْهَارِ مَا أَوْلاَكَ لْأُمَّتِهِ
thumma amarahu bi-iẓhāri mā awlākal-ummatih
He then ordered him to proclaim the position of succeeding him in [the leadership of] his nation,
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إِعْلاَءً لِشَأْنِكَ
i`lā-an lisha-nik
as a sign of showing your elevated position,
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وَإِعْلاَنًا لِبُرْهَانِكَ
wa-i`lānan libur-hānik
declaration of the evidence on your leadership,
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وَدَحْضًا لِلْأَبَاطِيْلِ
wadaḥḍan lil-abāṭīl
refutation of the false claims,
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وَقَطْعًا لِلْمَعَاذِيْرِ
waqaṭ`an lilma`ādhīr
and repudiation of all excuses.
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فَلَمَّا أَشْفَقَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْفَاسِقِينَ
falammā ashfaqa min fitnatil fāsiqīn
But when he [i.e. the Prophet] worried about the sedition that would be aroused by the transgressing group due to such declaration
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وَاتَّقَىٰ فِيكَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ
wattaqā fīkal munāfiqīn
and he did not want you to be faced by the hypocrites,
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أَوْحَىٰ إِلَيْهِ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ
awḥā ilayhi rabbul `ālamīn
the Lord of the worlds revealed to him, saying,
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يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ
yā ayyuhar rasūlu balligh mā unzila ilayka min rabbik
“O Messenger! Proclaim the message which has been sent to you from your Lord.
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وَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُ
wa-in lam taf`al famā ballaghta risālatah
If you did it not, you would not have fulfilled and proclaimed His mission.
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وَاللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ
wallāhu ya`ṣimuka minan nās
And Allah will defend you from men [who mean mischief].”
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فَوَضَعَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَوْزَارَ الْمَسِيرِ
fawaḍa`a `alā nafsihi awzāral masīr
Accordingly, he [i.e. the Prophet] burdened himself with the loads of [long] walking
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وَنَهَضَ فِيْ رَمْضَاءِ الْهَجِيرِ
wanahaḍa fī ramḍā-il hajīr
and stood up under the burning sun in the midst of the desert,
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فَخَطَبَ وَأَسْمَعَ
fakhaṭaba wa-asma`
where he delivered a speech, made everyone listen to him,
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وَنَادَىٰ فَأَبْلَغَ
wanādā fa-ablagh
and called upon them with rhetorical language.
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ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُمْ أَجْمَعَ
thumma sa-alahum ajma`
He then asked them all,
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فَقَالَ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ
faqāla hal ballaght
“Have I conveyed [the message]?”
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فَقَالُوْا اَللَّهُمَّ بَلَىٰ
faqālū allāhumma balā
“Yes, you have. We swear it by Allah,” they answered.
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فَقَالَ اَللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ
faqāla allāhummash-had
“O Allah, be the witness!” the Prophet said.
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ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَسْتُ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ
thumma qāla alastu awlā bil mu-minīna min anfusihim
He then added, “Do I not enjoy more priority to the selves of the believers than that which they enjoy on themselves?”
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فَقَالُوْا بَلَىٰ
faqālū balā
“Yes, you do,” answered they.
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فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِكَ وَقَالَ
fa-akhadha biyadika waqāl
Hen then took you from the hand and said,
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مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلاَهُ فَهٰذَا عَلِيٌّ مَوْلاَهُ
man kuntu mawlāhu fahādhā `aliyyun mawlāh
“This `Ali is now the master of every one who has betaken me as his master.
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اَللَّهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ
allāhumma wāli man wālāh
O Allah, [please do] support those who support `Ali,
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وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ
wa`ādi man `ādāh
be the enemy of those who incur the hostility of `Ali,
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وَانْصُرْ مَنْ نَصَرَهُ
wanṣur man naṣarah
give victory to those who stand by `Ali,
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وَاخْذُلْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُ
wakhdhul man khadhalah
and disappoint those who disappoint `Ali.”
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فَمَا آمَنَ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِيكَ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ
famā-āmana bimā anzalallāhu fīka `alā nabiyyihi illā qalīl
Nevertheless, none believed in what Allah has revealed to His Prophet about you except a few.
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وَلَا زَادَ أَكْثَرَهُمْ غَيْرَ تَخْيِيرٍ
walā zāda aktharahum ghayra takhyīr
Similarly, this [Divinely commissioned] declaration did not increase others but obstinacy.
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وَلَقَدْ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِيكَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَهُمْ كَارِهُونَ
walaqad anzalallāhu ta`ālā fīka min qablu wahum kārihūn
In defiance of them, Almighty Allah had revealed in this connection:
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يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ آمَنُوْا
yā ayyuhal ladhīna-āmanū
“O you who believe!
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مَنْ يَرْتَدَّ مِنْكُمْ عَنْ دِينِهِ
man yar-tadda minkum `an dīnih
Whoever from among you turns back from his religion,
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فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِيْ اللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ يُحِبُّهُمْ وَيُحِبُّونَهُ
fasawfa ya-tillāhu biqawmin yuḥibbuhum wayuḥibbūnah
then Allah will bring a people. He shall love them and they shall love Him.
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أَذِلَّةٍ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
adhillatin `alal mu-minīn
[They shall be] lowly before the believers,
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أَعِزَّةٍ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ
a`izzatin `alal kāfirīn
mighty against the unbelievers.
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يُجَاهِدُوْنَ فِيْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ
yujāhidūna fī sabīlillāh
They shall strive hard in Allah's way
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وَلَا يَخَافُونَ لَوْمَةَ لاَئِمٍ
walā yakhāfūna lawmata lā-im
and shall not fear the censure of any censurer.
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ذٰلِكَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ
dhālika faḍlullāhi yu-tīhi man yashā
This is Allah's favor; He gives it to whom He pleases.
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وَاللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ
wallāhu wāsi`un `alīm
And Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.
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إِنَّمَا وَلِيُّكُمُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَالَّذِيْنَ آمَنُوْا
innamā waliyyukumullāhu warasūluhu walladhīna-āmanū
Only Allah is your Guardian and His Messenger and those who believe:
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اَلَّذِيْنَ يُقِيمُوْنَ الصَّلاَةَ
al ladhīna yuqīmūnaṣ ṣalāh
those who keep up prayers
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وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَاةَ وَهُمْ رَاكِعُونَ
wayu-tūnaz zakāta wahum rāki`ūn
and give alms while they are in the state of the genuflection of prayer.
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وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَالَّذِيْنَ آمَنُوْا
waman yatawallallāha warasūlahu walladhīna-āmanū
And whoever takes Allah and His messenger and those who believe for a guardian,
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فَإِنَّ حِزْبَ اللَّهِ هُمُ الْغَالِبُونَ
fa-inna ḥizballāhi humul ghālibūn
then, surely, the party of Allah are they that shall be triumphant.”
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رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا بِمَا أَنْزَلْتَ وَاتَّبَعْنَا الرَّسُولَ
rabbanā-āmannā bimā anzalta wattaba`nar rasūl
Our Lord! We believe in what You have revealed and we follow the messenger;
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فَاكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِيْنَ
faktubnā ma`ash shāhidīn
so, write us down with those who bear witness.
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رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا
rabbanā lā tuzigh qulūbanā ba`da idh hadaytanā
Our Lord! Make not our hearts to deviate after You have guided us aright.
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وَهَبْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً
wahab lanā min ladunka raḥmah
And grant us from Your mercy.
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إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ
innaka antal wahhāb
Surely, You are the most liberal Giver.
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اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هٰذَا هُوَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ
allāhumma innā na`lamu anna hādhā huwal ḥaqqu min `indik
O Allah, We do realize that this is the truth whose source is You.
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فَالْعَنْ مَنْ عَارَضَهُ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ
fal`an man `āraḍahu wastakbar
So, curse those who object, act arrogantly [towards it],
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وَكَذَّبَ بِهِ وَكَفَرَ
wakadhhaba bihi wakafar
belie, and deny it.
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وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْا أَيَّ مُنْقَلَبٍ يَنْقَلِبُونَ
wasaya`lamul ladhīna ẓalamū ayya munqalabin yanqalibūn
And they who act unjustly shall know to what final place of turning they shall turn back.
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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
as salāmu `alayka yā amīral mu-minīn
Peace be upon you, O Commander of the Faithful,
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وَسَيِّدَ الْوَصِيِّينَ
wasayyidal waṣiyyīn
chief of the Prophets’ successors,
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وَأَوَّلَ الْعَابِدِيْنَ
wa-awwalal `ābidīn
foremost of the worshippers,
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وَأَزْهَدَ الزَّاهِدِيْنَ
wa-azhadaz zāhidīn
and most ascetic.
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وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
waraḥmatullāhi wabarakātuh
May Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you.
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وَصَلَوَاتُهُ وَتَحِيَّاتُهُ
waṣalawātuhu wataḥiyyātuh
So be His peace and compliments.
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أَنْتَ مُطْعِمُ الطَّعَامِ عَلَى حُبِّهِ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا
anta muṭ`imuṭ ṭa`āmi `alā ḥubbihi miskīnan wayatīman wa-asīrā
It is you who served a poor man, an orphan, and a prisoner with food on account of your love for Him,
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لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ لَا تُرِيدُ مِنْهُمْ جَزَاءً وَلَا شُكُورًا
liwajhillāhi lā turīdu minhum jazā-an walā shukūrā
[you did so] for the sake of Allah, while you did not ask for reward or thanks.
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وَفِيكَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَىٰ
wafīka anzalallāhu ta`ālā
Hence, Almighty Allah has revealed the following about you:
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وَيُؤْثِرُونَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ بِهِمْ خَصَاصَةٌ
wayu-thirūna `alā anfusihim walaw kāna bihim khaṣāṣah
“And they prefer them to themselves though poverty may afflict them.
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وَمَنْ يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِ فَأُولٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ
waman yūqa shuḥḥa nafsihi fa-ūlā-ika humul mufliḥūn
And whoever is preserved from the niggardliness of his soul, these it is that are the successful ones.”
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وَأَنْتَ الْكَاظِمُ لِلْغَيْظِ
wa-antal kāẓimu lilghayẓ
Verily, it is you who is the suppressor of rage
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وَالْعَاْفِيْ عَنِ النَّاسِ
wal`afī `anin nās
and it is you who is the pardoner of people,
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وَاللَّهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِيْنَ
wallāhu yuḥibbul muḥsinīn
and Allah loves the good-doers.
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وَأَنْتَ الصَّابِرُ فِيْ الْبَأْسَاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ وَحِيْنَ الْبَأْسِ
wa-antaṣ ṣābiru fil ba-sā-i waḍ ḍarrā-i waḥīnal ba-s
It is also you who is the steadfast in distress and affliction, as well as in times of conflicts.
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وَأَنْتَ الْقَاسِمُ بِالسَّوِيَّةِ
wa-antal qāsimu bissawiyyah
And it is you who distributes things completely equally,
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وَالْعَادِلُ فِيْ الرَّعِيَّةِ
wal`ādilu fir ra`iyyah
who is just among the subjects,
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وَالْعَالِمُ بِحُدُودِ اللَّهِ مِنْ جَمِيْعِ الْبَرِيَّةِ
wal`ālimu biḥudūdillāhi min jamī`il bariyyah
and the one having full acquaintance with the laws of Allah among all people.
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وَاللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَخْبَرَ عَمَّا أَوْلاَكَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ بِقَوْلِهِ
wallāhu ta`ālā akhbara `ammā awlāka min faḍlihi biqawlih
Informing about the favors that He has conferred upon you, Allah the All-exalted says,
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أَفَمَنْ كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا كَمَنْ كَانَ فَاسِقًا
afaman kāna mu-minan kaman kāna fāsiqā
“Is he then who is a believer like him who is a transgressor?
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لَا يَسْتَوُونَ
lā yastawūn
They are not equal.
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أَمَّا الَّذِيْنَ آمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوْا الصَّالِحَاتِ
ammal ladhīna-āmanū wa`amiluṣ ṣāliḥāt
As for those who believe and do good,
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فَلَهُمْ جَنَّاتُ الْمَأْوَى نُزُلًا بِمَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُونَ
falahum jannātul ma-wā nuzulan bimā kānū ya`malūn
the gardens of Paradise are their abiding-place; an entertainment for what they did.”
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وَأَنْتَ الْمَخْصُوصُ بِعِلْمِ التَّنْزِيلِ
wa-antal makhṣūṣu bi`ilmit tanzīl
It is you to whom the knowledge of the Divine Revelation is given exclusively
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وَحُكْمِ التَّأْوِيلِ
waḥukmit ta-wīl
as well as the laws of true interpretation [of the Holy Qur'an]
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وَنَصِّ الرَّسُولِ
wanaṣṣir rasūl
and the words of the Messenger.
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وَلَكَ الْمَوَاقِفُ الْمَشْهُودَةُ
walakal mawāqiful mash-hūdah
You are known for your unforgettable situations,
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وَالْمَقَامَاتُ الْمَشْهُورَةُ
walmaqāmātul mash-hūrah
renowned positions,
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وَالْاَيَّامُ الْمَذْكُورَةُ
wal-ayyāmul madhkūrah
and memorable events,
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يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ وَيَوْمَ الْاَحْزَابِ
yawma badrin wayawmal aḥzāb
in the Battle of Badr and the Battle of the Allies [al-Ahzab]:
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إِذْ زَاغَتِ الْاَبْصَارُ وَبَلَغَتِ الْقُلُوبُ الْحَنَاجِرَ
idh zāghatil abṣāru wabalaghatil qulūbul ḥanājir
“When the eyes turned dull, and the hearts rose up to the throats,
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وَتَظُنّونَ بِاللَّهِ الظّنُونَا
wataẓunnuna billāhiẓ ẓnūnā
and you began to think diverse thoughts of Allah.
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هُنَالِكَ ابْتُلِيَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَزُلْزِلُوْا زِلْزَالًا شَدِيدًا
hunālikabtuliyal mu-minūna wazulzilū zilzālan shadīdā
There, the believers were tried and they were shaken with severe shaking.
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وَإِذْ يَقُولُ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالَّذِيْنَ فِيْ قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ
wa-idh yaqūlul munāfiqūna walladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍ
And when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts was a disease began to say:
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مَا وَعَدَنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا
mā wa`adanallāhu warasūluhu illā ghurūrā
‘Allah and His Messenger did not promise us [victory] but only to deceive.’
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وَإِذْ قَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ
wa-idh qālat ṭā-ifatun minhum
And when a party of them said,
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يَا أَهْلَ يَثْرِبَ لَا مُقَامَ لَكُمْ فَارْجِعُوْا
yā ahla yathriba lā muqāma lakum far-ji`ū
‘O people of Yathrib! There is no place to stand for you here; therefore, go back.’
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وَيَسْتَأْذِنُ فَرِيقٌ مِنْهُمُ النَّبِيَّ
wayasta-dhinu farīqun minhumun nabiyy
And a party of them asked permission of the prophet,
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يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ بُيُوتَنَا عَوْرَةٌ
yaqūlūna inna buyūtanā `awrah
saying: ‘Surely, our houses are exposed.’
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وَمَا هِيَ بِعَوْرَةٍ إِنْ يُرِيدُوْنَ إِلَّا فِرَارًا
wamā hiya bi`awratin in yurīdūna illā firārā
And they were not exposed; they only desired to fly away.”
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وَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَىٰ
waqālallāhu ta`ālā
Almighty Allah has also said:
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وَلَمَّا رَأَىٰ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الْاَحْزَابَ قَالُوْا
walammā ra-al mu-minūnal aḥzāba qālū
“And when the believers saw the allies, they said:
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هٰذَا مَا وَعَدَنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ
hādhā mā wa`adanallāhu warasūluh
‘This is what Allah and His Messenger promised us.
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وَصَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ
waṣadaqallāhu warasūluh
And Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth.’
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وَمَا زَادَهُمْ إِلَّا إِيـمَانًا وَتَسْلِيْمًا
wamā zādahum illā īmānan wataslīmā
And it only increased them in faith and submission.”
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فَقَتَلْتَ عَمْرَهُمْ
faqatalta `amrahum
On that day, you [O `Ali] killed their knight, `Amr [ibn `Abd-Wadd]
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وَهَزَمْتَ جَمْعَهُمْ
wahazamta jam`ahum
and defeated their allies:
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وَرَدَّ اللَّهُ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا بِغَيْظِهِمْ
waraddallāhul ladhīna kafarū bighayẓihim
“And Allah turned back the unbelievers in their rage.
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لَمْ يَنَالُوْا خَيْرًا
lam yanālū khayrā
They did not obtain any advantage.
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وَكَفَىٰ اللَّهُ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ الْقِتَالَ
wakafallāhul mu-minīnal qitāl
And Allah sufficed the believers in fighting.
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وَكَانَ اللَّهُ قَوِيًّا عَزِيزًا
wakānallāhu qawiyyan `azīzā
And Allah is Strong, Mighty.”
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وَيَوْمَ أُحُدٍ إِذْ يُصْعِدُوْنَ وَلَا يَلْوُونَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ
wayawma uḥudin idh yuṣ`idūna walā yalwūna `alā aḥad
On the Battle of Uhud: “When they ran off precipitately and did not wait for any one
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وَالرَّسُولُ يَدْعُوهُمْ فِيْ أُخْرَاهُمْ
war rasūlu yad`ūhum fī ukhrāhum
and the Messenger was calling them from their rear.”
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وَأَنْتَ تَذُودُ بِهِمُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ
wa-anta tadhūdu bihimul mushrikīna `anin nabiyy
And you were engaged in preventing the polytheists from reaching the Prophet,
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ذَاتَ الْيَمِينِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ
dhātal yamīni wadhātash shimāl
on both sides—the right and the left,
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حَتَّىٰ رَدَّهُمُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْكُمَا خَائِفِينَ
ḥattā raddahumullāhu ta`ālā `ankumā khā-ifīn
until Almighty Allah drove them back, full of fear.
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وَنَصَرَ بِكَ الْخَاذِلِينَ
wanaṣara bikal khādhilīn
Hence, He gave victory, by means of you, to the disappointing ones.
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وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ عَلَى مَا نَطَقَ بِهِ التَّنْزِيلُ
wayawma ḥunaynin `alā mā naṭaqa bihit tanzīl
On the Battle of Hunayn, as is accounted by the Divine Revelation:
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إِذْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ كَثْرَتُكُمْ فَلَمْ تُغْنِ عَنْكُمْ شَيْئًا
idh a`jabatkum kathratukum falam tughni `ankum shay-ā
“When your great numbers made you vain, but they availed you nothing.
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وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْاَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ
waḍāqat `alaykumul ar-ḍu bimā raḥubat
And the earth became strait to you notwithstanding its spaciousness,
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ثُمَّ وَلَّيْتُمْ مُدْبِرِينَ
thumma wallaytum mudbirīn
then you turned back retreating.
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ثُمَّ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ وَعَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
thumma anzalallāhu sakīnatahu `alā rasūlihi wa`alal mu-minīn
Then, Allah sent down His tranquility upon His Messenger and upon the believers.”
359
وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ أَنْتَ وَمَنْ يَلِيكَ
walmu-minūna anta waman yalīk
“The believers” were you and your party.
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وَعَمُّكَ الْعَبَّاسُ يُنَادِيْ الْمُنْهَزِمِيْنَ
wa`ammukal `abbāsu yunādil munhazimīn
You uncle, al-`Abbas, was calling at the defeated party:
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يَا أَصْحَابَ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ
yā aṣ-ḥāba sūratil baqarah
“O companions of Surah al-Baqarah!
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يَا أَهْلَ بَيْعَةِ الشَّجَرَةِ
yā ahla bay`atish shajarah
O owners of the Allegiance of the Tree!”
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حَتَّىٰ اسْتَجَابَ لَهُ قَوْمٌ قَدْ كَفَيْتَهُمُ الْمَؤُونَةَ
ḥattastajāba lahu qawmun qad kafaytahumul ma-ūnah
He still shouted until a group responded to him, and it was you who replaced them in fighting,
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وَتَكَفَّلْتَ دُونَهُمُ الْمَعُونَةَ
watakaffalta dūnahumul ma`ūnah
and it was you who aided the Prophet instead of them.
365
فَعَادُوْا آيِسِينَ مِنَ الْمَثُوبَةِ
fa`ādū-āyisīna minal mathūbah
They therefore returned free from reward,
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رَاجِينَ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى بِالتَّوْبَةِ
rājīna wa`dallāhi ta`ālā bittawbah
and hoping for repentance, as was promised by Almighty Allah.
367
وَذٰلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ
wadhālika qawlullāhi jalla dhikruh
He, majestic be His mention, says,
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ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ اللَّهُ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذٰلِكَ عَلَى مَنْ يَشَاءُ
thumma yatūbullāhu min ba`di dhālika `alā man yashā
“Then will Allah, after this, turn mercifully to whom He pleases.”
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وَأَنْتَ حَائِزٌ دَرَجَةَ الصَّبْرِ
wa-anta ḥā-izun darajataṣ ṣabr
As for you, you were awarded the rank of steadfastness
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فَائِزٌ بِعَظِيمِ الْاَجْرِ
fā-izun bi`aẓīmil ajr
and prized the great reward.
371
وَيَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ إِذْ أَظْهَرَ اللَّهُ خَوَرَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ
wayawma khaybara idh aẓharallāhu khawaral munāfiqīn
On the Battle of Khaybar, when Allah exposed the cowardice of the hypocrites
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وَقَطَعَ دَابِرَ الْكَافِرِينَ
waqaṭa`a dābiral kāfirīn
and cut off the roots of the atheists,
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وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ
walḥamdu lillāhi rabbil `ālamīn
so, all praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds [for that]:
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وَلَقَدْ كَانُوْا عَاهَدُوْا اللَّهَ مِنْ قَبْلُ لَا يُوَلُّونَ الْاَدْبَارَ
walaqad kānū `āhadullāha min qablu lā yuwallūnal adbār
“And, certainly, they had made a covenant with Allah before, that they would not turn their backs.
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وَكَانَ عَهْدُ اللَّهِ مَسْؤُولًا
wakāna `ahdullāhi mas-ūlā
And Allah's covenant shall be inquired of.”
376
مَوْلَايَ أَنْتَ الْحُجَّةُ الْبَالِغَةُ
mawlāya antal ḥujjatul bālighah
O master, you are the conclusive argument [of Allah],
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وَالْمَحَجَّةُ الْوَاضِحَةُ
walmaḥajjatul wāḍiḥah
the clear course,
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وَالنِّعْمَةُ السَّابِغَةُ
wan ni`matus sābighah
the poured grace,
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وَالْبُرْهَانُ الْمُنِيرُ
walbur-hānul munīr
and the radiant evidence.
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فَهَنِيئًا لَكَ بِمَا آتَاكَ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلٍ
fahanī-an laka bimā-ātākallāhu min faḍl
So, congratulations, for the favors that Allah has given you.
381
وَتَبًّا لِشَانِئِكَ ذِيْ الْجَهْلِ
watabban lishāni-ika dhil jahl
perdition overtake your enemies, the ignorant!
382
شَهِدْتَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ
shahidta ma`an nabiyyi ṣallallāhu `alayhi wa ālih
You presented yourself with the Prophet—peace be upon him and his Household—
383
جَمِيعَ حُرُوبِهِ وَمَغَازِيهِ
jamī`a ḥurūbihi wamaghāzīh
during all battles and expeditions that he led;
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تَحْمِلُ الرَّايَةَ أَمَامَهُ
taḥmilur rāyata amāmah
you always carried the pennon with him
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وَتَضْرِبُ بِالسَّيْفِ قُدَّامَهُ
wataḍribu bissayfi quddāmah
and stroke [the enemies] with your sword before him.
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ثُمَّ لِحَزْمِكَ الْمَشْهُورِ
thumma liḥazmikal mash-hūr
Then, due to your prominent determination
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وَبَصِيْرَتِكَ فِيْ الْأُمُورِ
wabaṣīratika fil umūr
and your sagacity in all affairs,
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أَمَّرَكَ فِيْ الْمَوَاطِنِ
ammaraka fil mawāṭin
he [i.e. the Prophet] appointed you as the commander on all occasions,
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وَلَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْكَ أَمِيرٌ
walam yakun `alayka amīr
and you were never under the commandment of another.
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وَكَمْ مِنْ أَمْرٍ صَدَّكَ عَنْ إِمْضَاءِ عَزْمِكَ فِيْهِ التُّقَىٰ
wakam min amrin ṣaddaka `an imḍā-i `azmika fīhit tuqā
On many occasions, your piety prevented you from doing what you had decided about a matter,
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وَاتَّبَعَ غَيْرُكَ فِيْ مِثْلِهِ الْهَوَىٰ
wattaba`a ghayruka fī mithlihil hawā
while your rival followed his [personal] lust and committed that matter.
392
فَظَنَّ الْجَاهِلُونَ أَنَّكَ عَجَزْتَ عَمَّا إِلَيْهِ انْتَهَىٰ
faẓannal jāhilūna annaka `ajazta `ammā ilayhintahā
Thus, the ignorant ones thought that you were incapable of doing that which had been done by your rival!
393
ضَلَّ وَاللَّهِ الظَّانُّ لِذٰلِكَ وَمَا اهْتَدَىٰ
ḍalla wallāhiẓ ẓānnu lidhālika wamahtadā
I swear by Allah that any one who thought so had missed the right thing and had never found the true guidance.
394
وَلَقَدْ أَوْضَحْتَ مَا أَشْكَلَ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ لِمَنْ تَوَهَّمَ وَامْتَرَىٰ
walaqad awḍaḥta mā ashkala min dhālika liman tawahhama wamtarā
However, you clarified the misunderstanding in which those who fancied and doubted fell
395
بِقَوْلِكَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ
biqawlika ṣallallāhu `alayk
by your saying—may Allah’s peace be upon you:
396
قَدْ يَرَىٰ الْحُوَّلُ الْقُلَّبُ وَجْهَ الْحِيْلَةِ
qad yaral ḥuwwalul qullabu wajhal ḥīlah
“One who has been through thick and thin of life finds the excuses
397
وَدُونَهَا حَاجِزٌ مِنْ تَقْوَىٰ اللَّهِ
wadūnahā ḥājizun min taqwallāh
to be preventing him from orders and prohibitions of Allah,
398
فَيَدَعُهَا رَأْيَ الْعَيْنِ
fayada`uhā ra-yal `ayn
but he disregards them despite capability [to succumb to them and instead follows the commands of Allah],
399
وَيَنْتَهِزُ فُرْصَتَهَا مَنْ لَا حَرِيجَةَ لَهُ فِيْ الدِّينِ
wayantahizu fur-ṣatahā man lā ḥarījata lahu fid dīn
while one who has no restraints of religion seizes the opportunity [and accepts the excuses for not following the commands of Allah].”
400
صَدَقْتَ وَاللَّهِ وَخَسِرَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ
ṣadaqta wallāhi wakhasiral mubṭilūn
You have said the very truth; I swear it by Allah, and the followers of vanity are indeed losers.
401
وَإِذْ مَاكَرَكَ النَّاكِثَانِ
wa-idh mākarakan nākithān
And when the two preachers [of their allegiance] tried to deceive you;
402
فَقَالَا نُرِيدُ الْعُمْرَةَ
faqālā nurīdul `umrah
and said, “We want to go on `umrah!”
403
فَقُلْتَ لَهُمَا لَعَمْرُكُمَا مَا تُرِيدَانِ الْعُمْرَةَ
faqulta lahumā la`amrukumā mā turīdānil `umrah
You thus answered them, “I swear by your lives; you do not want to go on `umrah;
404
لٰكِنْ تُرِيدَانِ الْغَدْرَةَ
lākin turīdānil ghadrah
rather, you want to betray me!”
405
فَأَخَذْتَ الْبَيْعَةَ عَلَيْهِمَا
fa-akhadhtal bay`ata `alayhimā
Hence, you made covenant with them again
406
وَجَدَّدْتَ الْمِيثَاقَ
wajaddadtal mīthāq
and you renewed their allegiance to you;
407
فَجَدَّا فِيْ النِّفَاقِ
fajaddā fin nifāq
but they exerted all efforts to act hypocritically.
408
فَلَمَّا نَبَّهْتَهُمَا عَلَى فِعْلِهِمَا أَغْفَلَا وَعَادَا وَمَا انْتَفَعَا
falammā nabbahtahumā `alā fi`lihimā aghfalā wa`ādā wamantafa`ā
And when you drew their attentions to this act, they neglected, redid it again, and did not follow your advice.
409
وَكَانَ عَاقِبَةُ أَمْرِهِمَا خُسْرًا
wakāna `āqibatu amrihimā khusrā
Thus, their end result was loss.
410
ثُمَّ تَلاَهُمَا أَهْلُ الشَّامِ
thumma talāhumā ahlush shām
After them, the people of Syria [mutinied]!
411
فَسِرْتَ إِلَيْهِمْ بَعْدَ الْاِعْذَارِ
fasir-ta ilayhim ba`dal i`dhār
So, you went to fight them after you had provided all excuses,
412
وَهُمْ لَا يَدِينُونَ دِيْنَ الْحَقِّ
wahum lā yadīnūna dīnal ḥaqq
while they did not follow the true religion
413
وَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ
walā yatadabbarūnal qur-ān
neither did they understand the Qur'an.
414
هَمَجٌ رُعَاعٌ ضَالُّونَ
hamajun ru`ā`un ḍāllūn
They were rabble, rot, and deviants,
415
وَبِالَّذِيْ أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ فِيكَ كَافِرُونَ
wabilladhī unzila `alā muḥammadin fīka kāfirūn
and they were unbelievers in what was revealed to Muhammad about your leadership,
416
وَلْأَهْلِ الْخِلاَفِ عَلَيْكَ نَاصِرُوْنَ
wal-ahlil khilāfi `alayka nāṣirūn
and they were supporters of those who antagonized you.
417
وَقَدْ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِاتِّبَاعِكَ
waqad amarallāhu ta`ālā bittibā`ik
While, Almighty Allah ordered everyone to follow you
418
وَنَدَبَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ إِلَى نَصْرِكَ
wanadabal mu-minīna ilā naṣrik
and instructed the believers to support you.
419
وَقَالَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
waqāla `azza wajall
He, the Almighty and All-majestic, has said in this respect:
420
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ آمَنُوْا
yā ayyuhal ladhīna-āmanū
“O you who believe!
421
اِتَّقُوْا اللَّهَ وَكُونُوْا مَعَ الصَّادِقِينَ
ittaqullāha wakūnū ma`aṣ ṣādiqīn
Be careful of your duty to Allah, and be with the truthful.”
422
مَوْلَايَ بِكَ ظَهَرَ الْحَقُّ
mawlāya bika ẓaharal ḥaqq
O master, through you did the right manifest itself,
423
وَقَدْ نَبَذَهُ الْخَلْقُ
waqad nabadhahul khalq
but the people discarded it.
424
وَأَوْضَحْتَ السُّنَنَ بَعْدَ الدُّرُوسِ وَالطَّمْسِ
wa-awḍaḥtas sunana ba`dad durūsi waṭ ṭams
And you made clear the [Prophetic] traditions after they had been eradicated and confused.
425
فَلَكَ سَابِقَةُ الْجِهَادِ عَلَى تَصْدِيقِ التَّنْزِيلِ
falaka sābiqatul jihādi `alā taṣdīqit tanzīl
Hence, you enjoy the priority of struggling for the sake of confirming the Divine Revelation,
426
وَلَكَ فَضِيلَةُ الْجِهَادِ عَلَى تَحْقِيقِ التَّأْوِيلِ
walaka faḍīlatul jihādi `alā taḥqīqit ta-wīl
and you enjoy the virtue of struggling for the sake of confirming the true interpretation [of the Divine Revelation].
427
وَعَدُوُّكَ عَدُوُّ اللَّهِ جَاحِدٌ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ
wa`aduwwuka `aduwwullāhi jāḥidun lirasūlillāh
Your enemy is in fact the enemy of Allah and the denier of Allah’s Messenger.
428
يَدْعُوْ بَاطِلًا وَيَحْكُمُ جَائِرًا
yad`ū bāṭilan wayaḥkumu jā-irā
Your enemy thus calls for vanity, judges unfairly,
429
وَيَتَأَمَّرُ غَاصِبًا وَيَدْعُوْ حِزْبَهُ إِلَى النَّارِ
wayata-ammaru ghāṣiban wayad`ū ḥizbahu ilan nār
usurps the position of rule, and drives his fans to Hellfire.
430
وَعَمَّارٌ يُجَاهِدُ وَيُنَادِيْ بَيْنَ الصَّفَّيْنِ
wa`ammārun yujāhidu wayunādī baynaṣ ṣaffayn
While `Ammar [ibn Yasir] strove and called at the two parties [of the battle]:
431
اَلرَّوَاحَ الرَّوَاحَ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ
ar rawāḥar rawāḥa ilal jannah
“How eager I am to join Paradise!”
432
وَلَمَّا اسْتَسْقَىٰ فَسُقِيَ اللَّبَنَ كَبَّرَ وَقَالَ
walammastasqā fasuqiyal labana kabbara waqāl
When he then asked for a drink, he was served with a drink of milk; he thus shouted, glorifying Allah, and said:
433
قَالَ لِيْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ
qāla lī rasūlullāhi ṣallallāhu `alayhi wa ālih
“The Messenger of Allah—peace of Allah be upon him and his Household—did say to me:
434
آخِرُ شَرَابِكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا ضَيَاحٌ مِنْ لَبَنٍ
ākhiru sharābika minad dunyā ḍayāḥun min laban
‘The last drink that you will have in this world is a cup of milk,
435
وَتَقْتُلُكَ الْفِئَةُ الْبَاغِيَةُ
wataqtulukal fi-atul bāghiyah
and the transgressing party will kill you.’”
436
فَاعْتَرَضَهُ أَبُوْ الْعَادِيَةِ الْفَزَارِيُّ فَقَتَلَهُ
fa`taraḍahu abul `ādiyatil fazāriyyu faqatalah
Thus, Abu’l-`ªdiyah al-Fazari faced and killed him.
437
فَعَلَى أَبِيْ الْعَادِيَةِ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ
fa`alā abil `ādiyati la`natullāh
The curse of Allah
438
وَلَعْنَةُ مَلَاَئِكَتِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ
wala`natu mala-a-ikatihi warusulihi ajma`īn
and the curse of all His angels and Messengers be upon this Abu’l-`ªdiyah,
439
وَعَلَى مَنْ سَلَّ سَيْفَهُ عَلَيْكَ
wa`alā man salla sayfahu `alayk
upon any one who unsheathed a sword against you,
440
وَسَلَلْتَ سَيْفَكَ عَلَيْهِ
wasalalta sayfaka `alayh
and upon any one against whom you unsheathed your sword—
441
يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
yā amīral mu-minīn
O Commander of the Faithful—
442
مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الدِّينِ
minal mushrikīna walmunāfiqīna ilā yawmid dīn
[Curse be upon] the polytheists and the hypocrites up to the Religion Day.
443
وَعَلَى مَنْ رَضِيَ بِمَا سَاءَكَ
wa`alā man raḍiya bimā sā-ak
Curse be also upon any one whom is pleased by whatever upsets you,
444
وَلَمْ يَكْرَهْهُ وَأَغْمَضَ عَيْنَهُ وَلَمْ يُنْكِرْ
walam yakrah-hu wa-aghmaḍa `aynahu walam yunkir
and curse be upon any one who is not passive for whatever upsets you and upon any one who bypasses and does not deny,
445
أَوْ أَعَانَ عَلَيْكَ بِيَدٍ أَوْ لِسَانٍ
aw a`āna `alayka biyadin aw lisān
and upon any one who supports your rivals by deeds or words,
446
أَوْ قَعَدَ عَنْ نَصْرِكَ
aw qa`ada `an naṣrik
and upon any one who fails to support you,
447
أَوْ خَذَلَ عَنِ الْجِهَادِ مَعَكَ
aw khadhala `anil jihādi ma`ak
and upon any one who slackens to fight with you,
448
أَوْ غَمَطَ فَضْلَكَ
aw ghamaṭa faḍlak
and upon any one who despises your merits,
449
وَجَحَدَ حَقَّكَ
wajaḥada ḥaqqak
and upon any one who denies your right,
450
أَوْ عَدَلَ بِكَ مَنْ جَعَلَكَ اللَّهُ أَوْلَى بِهِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ
aw `adala bika man ja`alakallāhu awlā bihi min nafsih
and upon any one who leaves you and joins one upon whom Almighty Allah has given you priority.
451
وَصَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
waṣalawātullāhi `alayka waraḥmatullāhi wabarakātuh
Allah’s peace, mercy, and blessings,
452
وَسَلامُهُ وَتَحِيَّاتُهُ
wasalāmuhu wataḥiyyātuh
compliments, and greetings
453
وَعَلَى الْاَئِمَّةِ مِنْ آلِكَ الطَّاهِرِينَ
wa`alal a-immati min-ālikaṭ ṭāhirīn
be upon you and upon the Imams from your Immaculate Household.
454
إِنَّهُ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ
innahu ḥamīdun majīd
Verily, Allah is Praised and Glorious.
455
وَالْاَمْرُ الْاَعْجَبُ
wal-amrul a`jab
What is more astounding
456
وَالْخَطْبُ الْاَفْظَعُ بَعْدَ جَحْدِكَ حَقَّكَ
walkhaṭbul afẓa`u ba`da jaḥdika ḥaqqak
and more horrible than usurping your right
457
غَصْبُ الصِّدِّيقَةِ الطَّاهِرَةِ الزَّهْرَاءِ سَيِّدَةِ النِّسَاءِ فَدَكًا
ghaṣbuṣ ṣiddīqatiṭ ṭāhiratiz zahrā-i sayyidatin nisā-i fadakā
is the usurpation of Fadak from the veracious, pure, and luminous Lady, the doyenne of the women of the world!
458
وَرَدُّ شَهَادَتِكَ وَشَهَادَةِ السَّيِّدَيْنِ سُلالَتِكَ
waraddu shahādatika washahādatis sayyidayni sulālatik
As well as the rejection of your testimony and the testimonies of the two masters—your descendants,
459
وَعِتْرَةِ الْمُصْطَفَىٰ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ
wa`itratil muṣṭafā ṣallallāhu `alaykum
and the Household of the Chosen Prophet, may Allah’s peace be upon you all.
460
وَقَدْ أَعْلَى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى الْأُمَّةِ دَرَجَتَكُمْ
waqad a`lallāhu ta`ālā `alal ummati darajatakum
Whereas Almighty Allah has elevated you in rank over the nation,
461
وَرَفَعَ مَنْزِلَتَكُمْ
warafa`a manzilatakum
raised your positions,
462
وَأَبَانَ فَضْلَكُمْ وَشَرَفَكُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَمِيْنَ
wa-abāna faḍlakum washarafakum `alal `ālamīn
and demonstrated your preference and honorable favorability over all the created beings.
463
فَأَذْهَبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ وَطَهَّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيْرًا
fa-adh-haba `ankumur rijsa waṭahharakum taṭ-hīrā
He thus removed away filth from you and purified you with the most thorough purification.
464
قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
qālallāhu `azza wajall
Allah the Almighty and All-majestic says:
465
إِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
innal insāna khuliqa halū`ā
“Indeed, man is created of a hasty temperament.
466
إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
idhā massahush sharru jazū`ā
Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him
467
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
wa-idhā massahul khayru manū`ā
and niggardly when good befalls him,
468
إِلَّا المُصَلِّينَ
illal muṣallīn
except those who pray.”
469
فَاسْتَثْنَىٰ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى نَبِيَّهُ الْمُصْطَفَىٰ
fastathnallāhu ta`ālā nabiyyahul muṣṭafā
Hence, Almighty Allah has excluded His Chosen Prophet
470
وَأَنْتَ يَا سَيِّدَ الْاَوْصِيَاءِ مِنْ جَمِيْعِ الْخَلْقِ
wa-anta yā sayyidal awṣiyā-i min jamī`il khalq
you, the chief of the Prophets’ successors, from among all His beings.
471
فَمَا أَعْمَهَ مَنْ ظَلَمَكَ عَنِ الْحَقِّ
famā a`maha man ẓalamaka `anil ḥaqq
How deviant from the right he who has wronged you is!
472
ثُمَّ أَفْرَضُوكَ سَهْمَ ذَوِيْ الْقُرْبَىٰ مَكْرًا
thumma afraḍūka sahma dhawil qur-bā makrā
They then deceptively decided the share of ‘Near of Kin’ to be for you,
473
وَأَحَادُوهُ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ جَوْرًا
wa-aḥādūhu `an ahlihi jawrā
after they wrongly deprived its meritorious people of it.
474
فَلَمَّا آلَ الْاَمْرُ إِلَيْكَ أَجْرَيْتَهُمْ عَلَى مَا أَجْرَيَا
falammā-ālal amru ilayka ajraytahum `alā mā ajrayā
When the matter [of rule] was returned to you, you continued carrying out what they had decided,
475
رَغْبَةً عَنْهُمَا بِمَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ لَكَ
raghbatan `anhumā bimā `indallāhi lak
because you desired for what is stored by Allah for you.
476
فَأَشْبَهَتْ مِحْنَتُكَ بِهِمَا مِحَنَ الْاَنْبِيَاءِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ
fa-ashbahat miḥnatuka bihimā miḥanal anbiyā-i `alayhimus salām
Your ordeals are thus similar to the ordeals encountered by the Prophets, peace be upon them,
477
عِنْدَ الْوَحْدَةِ وَعَدَمِ الْاَنْصَارِ
`indal waḥdati wa`adamil anṣār
who also faced loneliness and absence of supporters.
478
وَأَشْبَهْتَ فِيْ الْبَيَاتِ عَلَى الْفِرَاشِ الذَّبِيحَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ
wa-ashbahta fil bayāti `alal firāshidh dhabīḥa `alayhis salām
As you replaced the Prophet by spending that night on his bed instead of him, this situation was similar to the situation of the self-sacrificing Prophet, peace be upon him.
479
إِذْ أَجَبْتَ كَمَا أَجَابَ
idh ajabta kamā ajāb
Because you responded [to the Prophet’s order] in the same way as he [i.e. Prophet Isma`il] responded [to his father’s request],
480
وَأَطَعْتَ كَمَا أَطَاعَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا
wa-aṭa`ta kamā aṭā`a ismā`īlu ṣābiran muḥtasibā
and you obeyed the Prophet in the same way as [Prophet] Isma`il obeyed with steadfastness and reliance upon Allah.
481
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنِّيْ أَرَىٰ فِيْ الْمَنَامِ أَنِّيْ أَذْبَحُكَ
idh qāla lahu yā bunayya innī arā fil manāmi annī adhbaḥuk
Hence, when his father said to him, ‘O my son! Surely, I have seen in a dream that I should sacrifice you;
482
فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ
fanẓur mādhā tarā
consider then what you see.’
483
قَالَ يَا أَبَتِ افْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ
qāla yā abatif`al mā tu-mar
He said, ‘O my father! Do what you are commanded;
484
سَتَجِدُنِيْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الصَّابِرِينَ
satajidunī in shā-allāhu minaṣ ṣābirīn
if Allah please, you will find me of the patient ones.’
485
وَكَذٰلِكَ أَنْتَ لَمَّا أَبَاتَكَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ
wakadhālika anta lammā abātakan nabiyyu ṣallallāhu `alayhi wa ālih
The same situation with you, when the Prophet—peace be upon him and his Household—chose you to replace him,
486
وَأَمَرَكَ أَنْ تَضْجَعَ فِيْ مَرْقَدِهِ
wa-amaraka an taḍja`a fī mar-qadih
and ordered you to sleep in his bed instead of him
487
وَاقِيًا لَهُ بِنَفْسِكَ
wāqiyan lahu binafsik
so that you should protect him by sacrificing yourself for him,
488
أَسْرَعْتَ إِلَى إِجَابَتِهِ مُطِيعًا
asra`ta ilā ijābatihi muṭī`ā
you quickly responded to his request with obedience,
489
وَلِنَفْسِكَ عَلَى الْقَتْلِ مُوَطِّنًا
walinafsika `alal qatli muwaṭṭinā
by exposing yourself to killing fearlessly.
490
فَشَكَرَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى طَاعَتَكَ
fashakarallāhu ta`ālā ṭā`atak
So, Allah the All-exalted appreciated this obedience to him
491
وَأَبَانَ عَنْ جَمِيلِ فِعْلِكَ بِقَوْلِهِ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ
wa-abāna `an jamīli fi`lika biqawlihi jalla dhikruh
and He, majestic be His mention, declared your excellent deed by saying:
492
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْرِيْ نَفْسَهُ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاةِ اللَّهِ
waminan nāsi man yashrī nafsahubtighā-a mar-ḍātillāh
“And among men is he who sells himself to seek the pleasure of Allah.”
493
ثُمَّ مِحْنَتُكَ يَوْمَ صِفِّينَ
thumma miḥnatuka yawma ṣiffīn
Then, your ordeal on the Battle of Siffin,
494
وَقَدْ رُفِعَتِ الْمَصَاحِفُ حِيْلَةً وَمَكْرًا
waqad rufi`atil maṣāḥifu ḥīlatan wamakrā
when books of the Qur'an were raised [on spearheads] out of trickery and deception,
495
فَأَعْرَضَ الشَّكُّ
fa-a`raḍash shakk
causing doubt to be aroused,
496
وَعُزِفَ الْحَقُّ
wa`uzifal ḥaqq
the truth to be neglected,
497
وَاتُّبِعَ الظَّنُّ
wattubi`aẓ ẓann
and conjecture to be followed,
498
أَشْبَهَتْ مِحْنَةَ هَارُونَ إِذْ أَمَّرَهُ مُوْسَى عَلَى قَوْمِهِ فَتَفَرَّقُوْا عَنْهُ
ashbahat miḥnata hārūna idh ammarahu mūsā `alā qawmihi fatafarraqū `anh
this ordeal was similar to the ordeal of [Prophet] Aaron when [Prophet] Moses appointed him as the leader of his people, but they left him alone,
499
وَهَارُونُ يُنَادِيْ بِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ
wahārūnu yunādī bihim wayaqūl
while [Prophet] Aaron was calling at them, saying:
500
يَا قَوْمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنْتُمْ بِهِ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ الرَّحْمٰنُ
yā qawmi innamā futintum bihi wa-inna rabbakumur raḥmān
‘O my people! You are only tried by it, and surely your Lord is the Beneficent Allah.
501
فَاتَّبِعُونِيْ وَأَطِيعُوْا أَمْرِي
fāttabi`ūnī wa-aṭī`ū amrī
Therefore, follow me and obey my order.’
502
قَالُوْاْ لَنْ نَبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفِينَ حَتَّىٰ يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْنَا مُوْسَى
qālū lan nabraḥa `alayhi `ākifīna ḥattā yar-ji`a ilaynā mūsā
They said, ‘We will by no means cease to keep to its worship until Moses returns to us.’
503
وَكَذٰلِكَ أَنْتَ لَمَّا رُفِعَتِ الْمَصَاحِفُ قُلْتَ
wakadhālika anta lammā rufi`atil maṣāḥifu qult
Similarly, when the books of the Qur'an were raised [on spearheads], you said:
504
يَا قَوْمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنْتُمْ بِهَا وَخُدِعْتُمْ
yā qawmi innamā futintum bihā wakhudi`tum
‘O my people, you are only tried by this and you have been surely cheated.’
505
فَعَصَوْكَ وَخَالَفُوْا عَلَيْكَ
fa`aṣawka wakhālafū `alayk
Nevertheless, they disobeyed you and did the opposite.
506
وَاسْتَدْعُوْا نَصْبَ الْحَكَمَيْنِ
wastad`ū naṣbal ḥakamayn
And when they demanded with nominating two arbitrators [one from each party],
507
فَأَبَيْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَتَبَرَّأْتَ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ فِعْلِهِمْ وَفَوَّضْتَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ
fa-abayta `alayhim watabarra-ta ilallāhi min fi`lihim wafawwaḍtahu ilayhim
you rejected and declared your disavowal of this act before Allah, and then asked them to do whatever they wanted.
508
فَلَمَّا أَسْفَرَ الْحَقُّ
falammā asfaral ḥaqq
Thus, when the truth manifested itself
509
وَسَفِهَ الْمُنْكَرُ
wasafihal munkar
the wrong was proven as futile,
510
وَاعْتَرَفُوْا بِالزَّلَلِ وَالْجَوْرِ عَنِ الْقَصْدِ
wa`tarafū bizzalali waljawri `anil qaṣd
and they confessed of their flaw and deviation from the right thing,
511
اِخْتَلَفُوْا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ
ikhtalafū min ba`dih
they also mutinied after that
512
وَأَلْزَمُوكَ عَلَى سَفَهِ التَّحْكِيمِ الَّذِيْ أَبَيْتَهُ وَأَحَبُّوهُ
wa-alzamūka `alā safahit taḥkīmil ladhī abaytahu wa-aḥabbūh
and obliged you to commit to the nonsensical result of the arbitration that you had rejected and they had accepted,
513
وَحَظَرْتَهُ وَأَبَاحُوْا ذَنْبَهُمُ الَّذِيْ اقْتَرَفُوهُ
waḥaẓar-tahu wa-abāḥū dhanbahumul ladhiqtarafūh
and you had forbidden it, and they then confessed of the sin that they had committed.
514
وَأَنْتَ عَلَى نَهْجِ بَصِيرَةٍ وَهُدىٰ
wa-anta `alā nahji baṣīratin wahudā
While you were following the course of sagacity and true guidance,
515
وَهُمْ عَلَى سُنَنِ ضَلالَةٍ وَعَمىٰ
wahum `alā sunani ḍalālatin wa`amā
they were following the courses of deviation and blindness.
516
فَمَا زَالُوْا عَلَى النِّفَاقِ مُصِرِّينَ
famā zālū `alan nifāqi muṣirrīn
Nonetheless, they insisted on hypocrisy
517
وَفِيْ الْغَيِّ مُتَرَدِّدِيْنَ
wafil ghayyi mutaraddidīn
and involved themselves in seduction
518
حَتَّىٰ أَذَاقَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِمْ
ḥattā adhāqahumullāhu wabāla amrihim
until Allah made them taste the evil result of their conduct.
519
فَأَمَاتَ بِسَيْفِكَ مَنْ عَانَدَكَ فَشَقِيَ وَهَوَىٰ
fa-amāta bisayfika man `ānadaka fashaqiya wahawā
He thus deadened, through your sword, those who mutinied against you, causing them eternal misery and perdition,
520
وَأَحْيَا بِحُجَّتِكَ مَنْ سَعَدَ فَهُدِيَ
wa-aḥyā biḥujjatika man sa`ada fahudiy
and He gave life, through your acting as His argument, to those whom He decided as happy; therefore, they were guided [to the true choice].
521
صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ غَادِيَةً وَرَائِحَةً
ṣalawātullāhi `alayka ghādiyatan warā-iḥah
Allah’s blessings be upon you, coming and going,
522
وَعَاكِفَةً وَذَاهِبَةً
wa`ākifatan wadhāhibah
and still and moving.
523
فَمَا يُحِيطُ الْمَادِحُ وَصْفَكَ
famā yuḥīṭul mādiḥu waṣfak
Certainly, no one praising you can ever cover your actual characteristics
524
وَلَا يُحْبِطُ الطَّاعِنُ فَضْلَكَ
walā yuḥbiṭuṭ ṭā`inu faḍlak
and no one criticizing you can ever belittle your merits.
525
أَنْتَ أَحْسَنُ الْخَلْقِ عِبَادَةً
anta aḥsanul khalqi `ibādah
You are verily the best worshipper of all created beings,
526
وَأَخْلَصُهُمْ زَهَادَةً
wa-akhlaṣuhum zahādah
the most sincere in asceticism,
527
وَأَذَبُّهُمْ عَنِ الدِّينِ
wa-adhabbuhum `anid dīn
and the most enthusiastic defender of the religion.
528
أَقَمْتَ حُدُودَ اللَّهِ بِجُهْدِكَ
aqamta ḥudūdallāhi bijuhdik
You executed the laws of Allah with exceptional efforts
529
وَفَلَلْتَ عَسَاكِرَ الْمَارِقِينَ بِسَيْفِكَ
wafalalta `asākiral māriqīna bisayfik
and damaged the armies of the apostates with your sword.
530
تُخْمِدُ لَهَبَ الْحُرُوبِ بِبَنَانِكَ
tukhmidu lahabal ḥurūbi bibanānik
You can extinguish the flames of battles with your finger,
531
وَتَهْتِكُ سُتُورَ الشُّبَهِ بِبَيَانِكَ
watahtiku sutūrash shubahi bibayānik
tear out the curtains of seditions with your eloquent language,
532
وَتَكْشِفُ لَبْسَ الْبَاطِلِ عَنْ صَرِيحِ الْحَقِّ
watakshifu labsal bāṭili `an ṣarīḥil ḥaqq
and distinguish the confusing wrong from the plain right.
533
لَا تَأْخُذُكَ فِيْ اللَّهِ لَوْمَةُ لاَئِمٍ
lā ta-khudhuka fillāhi lawmatu lā-im
You are never influenced by any censure as long as you work for the sake of Allah.
534
وَفِيْ مَدْحِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى لَكَ غِنَىٰ
wafī mad-ḥillāhi ta`ālā laka ghinā
The praising of Allah the All-exalted to you suffices
535
عَنْ مَدْحِ الْمَادِحِيْنَ وَتَقْرِيظِ الْوَاصِفِينَ
`an mad-ḥil mādiḥīna wataqrīẓil wāṣifīn
from the praising of any other one and from the approval of the depicters.
536
قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَىٰ
qālallāhu ta`ālā
Almighty Allah says:
537
مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ رِجَالٌ صَدَقُوْا مَا عَاهَدُوْا اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ
minal mu-minīna rijālun ṣadaqū mā `āhadullāha `alayh
“Of the believers are men who are true to the covenant which they made with Allah.
538
فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَضَىٰ نَحْبَهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَنْتَظِرُ وَمَا بَدَّلُوْا تَبْدِيلًا
faminhum man qaḍā naḥbahu waminhum man yantaẓiru wamā baddalū tabdīlā
So, of them is he who accomplished his vow, of them is he who yet waits, and they have not changed in the least.”
539
وَلَمَّا رَأَيْتَ أَنْ قَتَلْتَ النَّاكِثِينَ وَالْقَاسِطِينَ وَالْمَارِقِينَ
walammā ra-ayta an qataltan nākithīna walqāsiṭīna walmāriqīn
After you felt that you had killed the preachers, the wrongdoers, and the apostates,
540
وَصَدَقَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَعْدَهُ
waṣadaqaka rasūlullāhi ṣallallāhu `alayhi wa ālihi wa`dah
the predictions of Allah’s Messenger—peace be upon him and his Household—came true,
541
فَأَوْفَيْتَ بِعَهْدِهِ قُلْتَ
fa-awfayta bi`ahdihi qult
and you had fulfilled your promise to him, you then said:
542
أَمَا آنَ أَنْ تُخْضَبَ هٰذِهِ مِنْ هٰذِهِ
amā-āna an tukhḍaba hādhihi min hādhih
“Has time not come yet so that this [beard] shall be dyed with the blood of this [head]?
543
أَمْ مَتَىٰ يُبْعَثُ أَشْقَاهَا
am matā yub`athu ashqāhā
When will the most unfortunate of them be sent [to slay me]?”
544
وَاثِقًا بِأَنَّكَ عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكَ
wāthiqan bi-annaka `alā bayyinatin min rabbik
You were always confident that you were proceeding on clear proof from your Lord,
545
وَبَصِيرَةٍ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ
wabaṣīratin min amrik
you were acting with sure knowledge of what you do,
546
قَادِمٌ عَلَى اللَّهِ
qādimun `alallāh
you were on your way to Allah,
547
مُسْتَبْشِرٌ بِبَيْعِكَ الَّذِيْ بَايَعْتَهُ بِهِ
mustabshirun bibay`ikal ladhī bāya`tahu bih
and you were rejoicing in the bargain that you had made with Him;
548
وَذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
wadhālika huwal fawzul `aẓīm
and that is the supreme triumph.
549
اَللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ قَتَلَةَ أَنْبِيَائِكَ وَأَوْصِيَاءِ أَنْبِيَائِكَ
allāhummal `an qatalata anbiyā-ika wa-awṣiyā-i anbiyā-ik
O Allah, curse the murderers of your Prophets and the murderers of Your Prophets’ successors
550
بِجَمِيْعِ لَعَنَاتِكَ
bijamī`i la`anātik
with the variant curses [that You have prepared for them],
551
وَأَصْلِهِمْ حَرَّ نَارِكَ
wa-aṣlihim ḥarra nārik
and make those slayers to taste the heat of Your fire.
552
وَالْعَنْ مَنْ غَصَبَ وَلِيَّكَ حَقَّهُ
wal`an man ghaṣaba waliyyaka ḥaqqah
And also curse those who usurped the right of Your friend,
553
وَأَنْكَرَ عَهْدَهُ
wa-ankara `ahdah
those who denied their allegiance to him,
554
وَجَحَدَهُ بَعْدَ الْيَقِينِ وَالْاِقْرَارِ بِالْوِلَايَةِ لَهُ
wajaḥadahu ba`dal yaqīni wal-iqrāri bil wilāyati lah
and those who rejected him after they had witnessed and declared their loyalty to him
555
يَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتَ لَهُ الدِّينَ
yawma akmalta lahud dīn
on the day when you completed your religion through him.
556
اَللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ قَتَلَةَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
allāhummal `an qatalata amīril mu-minīn
O Allah, curse those who slew the Commander of the Faithful,
557
وَمَنْ ظَلَمَهُ وَأَشْيَاعَهُمْ وَأَنْصَارَهُمْ
waman ẓalamahu wa-ashyā`ahum wa-anṣārahum
curse those who wronged him, and curse their adherents and supporters.
558
اَللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ ظَالِمِيْ الْحُسَيْنِ وَقَاتِلِيهِ
allāhummal `an ẓālimil ḥusayni waqātilīh
O Allah, curse those who wronged and slew al-Husayn,
559
وَالْمُتَابِعِينَ عَدُوَّهُ وَنَاصِرِيهِ
walmutābi`īna `aduwwahu wanāṣirīh
and curse those who adhered to his enemies and those who supported them,
560
وَالرَّاضِينَ بِقَتْلِهِ وَخَاذِلِيهِ لَعْنًا وَبِيلًا
war rāḍīna biqatlihi wakhādhilīhi la`nan wabīlā
and curse those who were pleased by the murder of killing al-Husayn and those who disappointed him, with violent cursing.
561
اَللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ أَوَّلَ ظَالِمٍ ظَلَمَ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ
allāhummal `an awwala ẓālimin ẓalama-āla muḥammad
O Allah, curse the first one to invent the wronging against the Household of Muhammad
562
وَمَانِعِيهِمْ حُقُوقَهُمْ
wamāni`īhim ḥuqūqahum
and curse those who deprived them of their rights.
563
اَللَّهُمَّ خُصَّ أَوَّلَ ظَالِمٍ وَغَاصِبٍ لِأٓلِ مُحَمَّدٍ بِاللَّعْنِ
allāhumma khuṣṣa awwala ẓālimin waghāṣibin li-āli muḥammadin billla`n
O Allah, pour violent curses upon the first one who wronged and usurped the rights of the Household of Muhammad,
564
وَكُلَّ مُسْتَنٍّ بِمَا سَنَّ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
wakulla mustannin bimā sanna ilā yawmil qiyāmah
and curse all those who followed those wrongdoers up to the Resurrection Day.
565
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ
allāhumma ṣalli `alā muḥammadin khātamin nabiyyīn
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad, the seal of the Prophets,
566
وَعَلَى عَلِيٍّ سَيِّدِ الْوَصِيِّينَ وَ آلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ
wa`alā `aliyyin sayyidil waṣiyyīna wa ālihiṭ ṭāhirīn
and upon `Ali, the chief of the Prophets’ successors, and upon his immaculate Household,
567
وَاجْعَلْنَا بِهِمْ مُتَمَسِّكِينَ
waj`alnā bihim mutamassikīn
[please do] make us adhere to them firmly,
568
وَبِوِلَايَتِهِمْ مِنَ الْفَائِزِينَ الْآمِنِيْنَ
wabiwilāyatihim minal fā-izīnal-āminīn
and include us with those who shall be winners and secured because they abode by their leadership;
569
اَلَّذِيْنَ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
al ladhīna lā khawfun `alayhim walā hum yaḥzanūn
those upon whom there shall come no fear, nor shall they grieve.
