You should then come near the door of the dome from the side of the Imam’s head and say these words:
1
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ آدَمَ صَفْوَةِ اللَّهِ
as salāmu `alayka yā wāritha-ādama ṣafwatillāh
Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Adam the choice of Allah.
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اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ نُوْحٍ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ
as salāmu `alayka yā wāritha nūḥin nabiyyillāh
Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Noah the prophet of Allah.
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اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ خَلِيْلِ اللَّهِ
as salāmu `alayka yā wāritha ibrāhīma khalīlillāh
Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Abraham the intimate friend of Allah.
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اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ مُوْسَى كَلِيْمِ اللَّهِ
as salāmu `alayka yā wāritha mūsā kalīmillāh
Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Moses the spoken by Allah.
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اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ عِيْسَى رُوْحِ اللَّهِ
as salāmu `alayka yā wāritha `īsā rūḥillāh
Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Jesus the spirit of Allah.
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اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ مُحَمَّدٍ حَبِيْبِ اللَّهِ
as salāmu `alayka yā wāritha muḥammadin ḥabībillāh
Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Muhammad the most beloved by Allah.
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اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ أَمِيْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ
as salāmu `alayka yā wāritha amīril mu-minīna `alayhis salām
Peace be upon you, O inheritor of the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him.
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اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُصْطَفَى
as salāmu `alayka yabna muḥammadinil muṣṭafā
Peace be upon you, O son of Muhammad the well-chosen Prophet.
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اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ عَلِيٍّ الْمُرْتَضَى
as salāmu `alayka yabna `aliyyinil mur-taḍā
Peace be upon you, O son of `Ali the well-pleased.
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اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ فَاطِمَةَ الزَّهْرَاءِ
as salāmu `alayka yabna fāṭimataz zahrā
Peace be upon you, O son of Fatimah the luminous lady.
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اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ خَدِيْـجَةَ الْكُبْرَى
as salāmu `alayka yabna khadījatal kubrā
Peace be upon you, O son of Khadijah the grand lady.
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اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ثَارَ اللَّهِ وَابْنَ ثَارِهِ
as salāmu `alayka yā thārallāhi wabna thārih
Peace be upon you, O vengeance of Allah, son of His vengeance,
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وَالْوِتْرَ الْمَوْتُوْرَ
walwitral mawtūr
and the unavenged so far.
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أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ أَقَمْتَ الصَّلَاةَ
ash-hadu annaka qad aqamtaṣ ṣalāh
I bear witness that you performed the prayers,
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وَآتَيْتَ الزَّكَاةَ
wa-ātaytaz zakāh
defrayed the poor-rate,
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وَأَمَرْتَ بِالْمَعْرُوْفِ
wa-amar-ta bil ma`rūf
enjoined the right,
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وَنَهَيْتَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ
wanahayta `anil munkar
forbade the wrong,
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وَأَطَعْتَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُوْلَهُ حَتَّى أَتَاكَ الْيَقِيْنُ
wa-aṭa`tallāha warasūlahu ḥattā atākal yaqīn
and obeyed Allah and His Messenger until death came upon you.
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فَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ أُمَّةً قَتَلَتْكَ
fala`anallāhu ummatan qatalatk
So, may Allah curse the people who slew you.
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وَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ أُمَّةً ظَلَمَتْكَ
wala`anallāhu ummatan ẓalamatk
May Allah curse the people who persecuted you.
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وَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ أُمَّةً سَمِعَتْ بِذٰلِكَ فَرَضِيَتْ بِهِ
wala`anallāhu ummatan sami`at bidhālika faraḍiyat bih
May Allah curse the people who were pleased when they had heard of that.
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يَا مَوْلَايَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ
yā mawlāya yā abā `abdillāh
O my Master, O Abu-`Abdullah!
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أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ كُنْتَ نُوْرًا فِي الْأَصْلَابِ الشَّامِخَةِ
ash-hadu annaka kunta nūran fil aṣlābish shāmikhah
I bear witness that you were light in the sublime loins
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وَالْأَرْحَامِ الْمُطَهَّرَةِ
wal-ar-ḥāmil muṭahharah
and purified wombs;
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لَمْ تُنَجِّسْكَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةُ بِأَنْجَاسِهَا
lam tunajjiskal jāhiliyyatu bi-anjāsihā
the impurities of the Ignorance Era could not object you to filth
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وَلَمْ تُلْبِسْكَ مِنْ مُدْلَهِمَّاتِ ثِيَابِهَا
walam tulbiska min mudlahimmāti thiyābihā
nor could it dress you its murky clothes.
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وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ مِنْ دَعَائِمِ الدِّيْنِ
wa-ash-hadu annaka min da`ā-imid dīn
I also bear witness that you are one of the mainstays of the religion
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وَأَرْكَانِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
wa-ar-kānil mu-minīn
and the supports of the faithful believers.
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وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ الْإِمَامُ الْبَرُّ التَّقِيُّ
wa-ash-hadu annakal imāmul barrut taqiyy
I also bear witness that you are the God-fearing, pious,
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اَلرَّضِيُّ الزَّكِيُّ
ar raḍiyyuz zakiyy
pleased, immaculate,
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اَلْهَادِي الْمَهْدِيُّ
al hādil mahdiyy
guide, and well-guided Imam.
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وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ الْأَئِمَّةَ مِنْ وُلْدِكَ كَلِمَةُ التَّقْوَى
wa-ash-hadu annal a-immata min wuldika kalimatut taqwā
And [I bear witness] that the Imams from your progeny are the spokesmen of piety,
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وَأَعْلَامُ الْهُدَى
wa-a`lāmul hudā
the signs of guidance,
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وَالْعُرْوَةُ الْوُثْقَى
wal`ur-watul wuthqā
the firmest handle [of Islam],
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وَالْحُجَّةُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا
walḥujjatu `alā ahlid dunyā
and the decisive Argument against the inhabitants of the world.
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وَأُشْهِدُ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ
wa-ush-hidullāha wamalā-ikatah
And I call Allah, His angels,
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وَأَنْبِيَاءَهُ وَرُسُلَهُ
wa-anbiyā-ahu warusulah
His Prophets, and His Messenger
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أَنِّيْ بِكُمْ مُؤْمِنٌ وَبِإِيَابِكُمْ
annī bikum mu-minun wabi-iyābikum
to witness for me that I believe in you all and in your Return,
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مُوْقِنٌ بِشَرَائِعِ دِيْنِيْ وَخَوَاتِيْمِ عَمَليْ
mūqinun bisharā-i`i dīnī wakhawātīmi `amaly
I have full confidence in the laws of my religion and in the seals of my deeds,
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وَقَلْبِيْ لِقَلْبِكُمْ سِلْمٌ
waqalbī liqalbikum silm
my heart is at peace with you all,
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وَأَمْرِيْ لِأَمْرِكُمْ مُتَّبِعٌ
wa-amrī li-amrikum muttabi`
and all my affairs are based on your commands.
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صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَلَى أَرْوَاحِكُمْ
ṣalawātullāhi `alaykum wa`alā ar-wāḥikum
May Allah’s benedictions be on your souls,
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وَعَلَى أَجْسَادِكُمْ وَعَلَى أَجْسَامِكُمْ
wa`alā ajsādikum wa`alā ajsāmikum
your bodies, your forms,
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وَعَلَى شَاهِدِكُمْ وَعَلَى غَائِبِكُمْ
wa`alā shāhidikum wa`alā ghā-ibikum
the present and the absent from you,
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وَعَلَى ظَاهِرِكُمْ وَعَلَى بَاطِنِكُمْ
wa`alā ẓāhirikum wa`alā bāṭinikum
and the apparent and the invisible from you.
Then, you may throw yourself on the tomb, kiss it, and say these words:
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بِأَبِيْ أَنْتَ وَأُمِّيْ يَا بْنَ رَسُوْلِ اللَّهِ
bi-abī anta wa-ummī yabna rasūlillāh
My father and mother be sacrificed for you, O son of the Messenger of Allah!
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بِأَبِيْ أَنْتَ وَأُمِّيْ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ
bi-abī anta wa-ummī yā abā `abdillāh
My father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Abu `Abdullah!
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لَقَدْ عَظُمَتِ الرَّزِيَّةُ
laqad `aẓumatir raziyyah
Extremely terrible was the calamity
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وَجَلَّتِ الْمُصِيْبَةُ بِكَ عَلَيْنَا
wajallatil muṣībatu bika `alaynā
and astounding is the misfortune that you suffered upon us
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وَعَلَى جَمِيْعِ أَهْلِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ
wa`alā jamī`i ahlis samāwāti wal-ar-ḍ
and upon all the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth.
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فَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ أُمَّةً أَسْرَجَتْ وَأَلْجَمَتْ
fala`anallāhu ummatan asrajat wa-aljamat
Therefore, Allah may curse the people who saddled up, gave rein to their horses,
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وَتَهَيَّأَتْ لِقِتَالِكَ
watahayya-at liqitālik
and prepared themselves to kill you.
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يَا مَوْلَايَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ
yā mawlāya yā abā `abdillāh
O my Master, O Abu `Abdullah!
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قَصَدْتُ حَرَمَكَ
qaṣadtu ḥaramak
I moved towards your sanctuary
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وَأَتَيْتُ إِلَى مَشْهَدِكَ
wa-ataytu ilā mash-hadik
and came to your shrine
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أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ بِالشَّأْنِ الَّذِيْ لَكَ عِنْدَهُ
as-alullāha bishha-nil ladhī laka `indah
beseeching Allah in the name of the standing that you enjoy with Him
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وَبِالْمَحَلِّ الَّذِيْ لَكَ لَدَيْهِ
wabil maḥallil ladhī laka ladayh
and the position that you occupy with Him
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أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
an yuṣalliya `alā muḥammadin wa-āli muḥammad
to send blessings on Muhammad and on the Household of Muhammad
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وَأَنْ يَجْعَلَنِيْ مَعَكُمْ فِيْ الدُّنْيَا وَالْأٓخِرَةِ
wa-an yaj`alanī ma`akum fid dunyā wal-ākhirah
and to keep me with you in this world and in the Hereafter.
