Du'a al-Nudba

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا جَرَى بِهِ قَضَاؤُكَ فِي أَوْلِيَائِكَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَخْلَصْتَهُمْ لِنَفْسِكَ وَ دِينِكَ إِذِ اخْتَرْتَ لَهُمْ جَزِيلَ مَا عِنْدَكَ مِنَ النَّعِيمِ الْمُقِيمِ الَّذِي لا زَوَالَ لَهُ وَ لا اضْمِحْلالَ بَعْدَ أَنْ شَرَطْتَ عَلَيْهِمُ الزُّهْدَ فِي دَرَجَاتِ هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا الدَّنِيَّةِ وَ زُخْرُفِهَا وَ زِبْرِجِهَا فَشَرَطُوا لَكَ ذَلِكَ وَ عَلِمْتَ مِنْهُمُ الْوَفَاءَ بِهِ فَقَبِلْتَهُمْ وَ قَرَّبْتَهُمْ وَ قَدَّمْتَ لَهُمُ الذِّكْرَ الْعَلِيَّ وَ الثَّنَاءَ الْجَلِيَّ وَ أَهْبَطْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَلائِكَتَكَ وَ كَرَّمْتَهُمْ بِوَحْيِكَ وَ رَفَدْتَهُمْ بِعِلْمِكَ وَ جَعَلْتَهُمُ الذَّرِيعَةَ [الذَّرَائِعَ ] إِلَيْكَ

Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds, and may God bless our master Muhammad, His Prophet, and his family, and grant them abundant peace. O God, Yours is the praise for what Your decree has brought to pass concerning Your friends, whom You chose purely for Yourself and Your religion, when You chose for them the abundant, lasting bliss that is with You, which neither ends nor fades away, after You had made it a condition for them to renounce the ranks of this lowly world, its ornaments and its glitter. They pledged this to You, and You knew that they would fulfil it, so You accepted them and drew them near. You granted them lofty renown and manifest praise, sent down Your angels to them, honoured them with Your revelation, supported them with Your knowledge, and made them the means of approach to You

وَ الْوَسِيلَةَ إِلَى رِضْوَانِكَ فَبَعْضٌ أَسْكَنْتَهُ جَنَّتَكَ إِلَى أَنْ أَخْرَجْتَهُ مِنْهَا وَ بَعْضٌ حَمَلْتَهُ فِي فُلْكِكَ وَ نَجَّيْتَهُ وَ [مَعَ ] مَنْ آمَنَ مَعَهُ مِنَ الْهَلَكَةِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ بَعْضٌ اتَّخَذْتَهُ لِنَفْسِكَ خَلِيلا وَ سَأَلَكَ لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ فَأَجَبْتَهُ وَ جَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ عَلِيّا وَ بَعْضٌ كَلَّمْتَهُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ تَكْلِيما وَ جَعَلْتَ لَهُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ رِدْءا وَ وَزِيرا وَ بَعْضٌ أَوْلَدْتَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَبٍ وَ آتَيْتَهُ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَ أَيَّدْتَهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ وَ كُلٌّ [وَ كُلا] شَرَعْتَ لَهُ شَرِيعَةً

and the means of reaching Your good pleasure. One You settled in Your Garden until You brought him out of it; another You carried in Your Ark and saved him and those who believed with him from destruction by Your mercy; another You took for Yourself as a close friend, and he asked You for a truthful tongue among later generations, so You answered him and made it lofty; another You spoke to from a tree, speaking directly, and gave him his brother as a helper and minister; another You caused to be born without a father, gave him clear proofs and strengthened him with the Holy Spirit. For each You laid down a law

وَ نَهَجْتَ لَهُ مِنْهَاجا وَ تَخَيَّرْتَ لَهُ أَوْصِيَاءَ [أَوْصِيَاءَهُ ] مُسْتَحْفِظا بَعْدَ مُسْتَحْفِظٍ [مُسْتَحْفَظا بَعْدَ مُسْتَحْفَظٍ] مِنْ مُدَّةٍ إِلَى مُدَّةٍ إِقَامَةً لِدِينِكَ وَ حُجَّةً عَلَى عِبَادِكَ وَ لِئَلا يَزُولَ الْحَقُّ عَنْ مَقَرِّهِ وَ يَغْلِبَ الْبَاطِلُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ وَ لا [لِئَلا] يَقُولَ أَحَدٌ لَوْ لَا أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولاً مُنْذِرا وَ أَقَمْتَ لَنَا عَلَما هَادِيا فَنَتَّبِعَ آيَاتِكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ نَذِلَّ وَ نَخْزَى إِلَى أَنِ انْتَهَيْتَ بِالْأَمْرِ إِلَى حَبِيبِكَ وَ نَجِيبِكَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ،

and marked out a path, and chose for him successors, one guardian after another, from one era to the next, to uphold Your religion and as a proof over Your servants, so that the truth would not be moved from its place and falsehood would not prevail over the people of truth, and so that no one could say: If only You had sent us a messenger to warn us and set up for us a guiding banner, we would have followed Your signs before we were humbled and disgraced, until You brought the matter to Your beloved and Your chosen one, Muhammad, God bless him and his family.

فَكَانَ كَمَا انْتَجَبْتَهُ سَيِّدَ مَنْ خَلَقْتَهُ وَ صَفْوَةَ مَنِ اصْطَفَيْتَهُ وَ أَفْضَلَ مَنِ اجْتَبَيْتَهُ وَ أَكْرَمَ مَنِ اعْتَمَدْتَهُ قَدَّمْتَهُ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِكَ وَ بَعَثْتَهُ إِلَى الثَّقَلَيْنِ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ وَ أَوْطَأْتَهُ مَشَارِقَكَ وَ مَغَارِبَكَ وَ سَخَّرْتَ لَهُ الْبُرَاقَ وَ عَرَجْتَ بِرُوحِهِ [بِهِ ] إِلَى سَمَائِكَ وَ أَوْدَعْتَهُ عِلْمَ مَا كَانَ وَ مَا يَكُونُ إِلَى انْقِضَاءِ خَلْقِكَ ثُمَّ نَصَرْتَهُ بِالرُّعْبِ وَ حَفَفْتَهُ بِجَبْرَئِيلَ وَ مِيكَائِيلَ وَ الْمُسَوِّمِينَ مِنْ مَلائِكَتِكَ وَ وَعَدْتَهُ أَنْ تُظْهِرَ دِينَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ وَ ذَلِكَ بَعْدَ أَنْ بَوَّأْتَهُ مُبَوَّأَ صِدْقٍ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَ جَعَلْتَ لَهُ وَ لَهُمْ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ ،

And he was, as You chose him, the master of all You created, the elect of all You selected, the best of all You picked, and the most honoured of all You relied on. You placed him ahead of Your prophets, sent him to the two races of jinn and humankind among Your servants, let him tread Your easts and Your wests, subjected al-Buraq to him, raised his spirit up to Your heaven, and entrusted him with the knowledge of what has been and what will be until the end of Your creation. Then You aided him with terror, surrounded him with Gabriel, Michael and the marked ones among Your angels, and promised him that You would make his religion prevail over all religion, even though the polytheists dislike it. That was after You had settled him in a sure abode among his family and appointed for him and for them the first house set up for people,

لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكا وَ هُدًى لِلْعَالَمِينَ فِيهِ آيَاتٌ بَيِّنَاتٌ مَقَامُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ مَنْ دَخَلَهُ كَانَ آمِنا وَ قُلْتَ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَ يُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرا ثُمَّ جَعَلْتَ أَجْرَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَوَدَّتَهُمْ فِي كِتَابِكَ فَقُلْتَ قُلْ لا أَسْئَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْراً إِلا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبَى وَ قُلْتَ مَا سَأَلْتُكُمْ مِنْ أَجْرٍ فَهُوَ لَكُمْ وَ قُلْتَ مَا أَسْئَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِلّا مَنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ سَبِيلا فَكَانُوا هُمُ السَّبِيلَ إِلَيْكَ ،

the one at Bakka, blessed and a guidance for the worlds, in which are clear signs, the station of Abraham, and whoever enters it is safe. And You said: God only wishes to remove all impurity from you, O People of the House, and to purify you with a thorough purification. Then You made the reward of Muhammad, Your blessings be upon him and his family, love for them in Your Book, and You said: Say, I ask of you no reward for it except love for the near kin. And You said: Whatever reward I have asked of you, it is for you. And You said: I ask of you no reward for it, except that whoever wishes may take a way to his Lord. So they were the way to You,

وَ الْمَسْلَكَ إِلَى رِضْوَانِكَ فَلَمَّا انْقَضَتْ أَيَّامُهُ أَقَامَ وَلِيَّهُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِمَا وَ آلِهِمَا هَادِيا إِذْ كَانَ هُوَ الْمُنْذِرَ وَ لِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ هَادٍ فَقَالَ وَ الْمَلَأُ أَمَامَهُ مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلاهُ اللَّهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالاهُ وَ عَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ وَ انْصُرْ مَنْ نَصَرَهُ وَ اخْذُلْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُ وَ قَالَ مَنْ كُنْتُ أَنَا نَبِيَّهُ فَعَلِيٌّ أَمِيرُهُ وَ قَالَ أَنَا وَ عَلِيٌّ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَ سَائِرُ النَّاسِ مِنْ شَجَرٍ شَتَّى وَ أَحَلَّهُ مَحَلَّ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى فَقَالَ لَهُ أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلّا أَنَّهُ لا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي وَ زَوَّجَهُ ابْنَتَهُ سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ أَحَلَّ لَهُ مِنْ مَسْجِدِهِ مَا حَلَّ لَهُ وَ سَدَّ الْأَبْوَابَ إِلا بَابَهُ ثُمَّ أَوْدَعَهُ عِلْمَهُ وَ حِكْمَتَهُ فَقَالَ:

and the path to Your good pleasure. When his days came to an end, he appointed his friend Ali ibn Abi Talib, Your blessings be upon them both and their families, as a guide, for he was the warner, and for every people there is a guide. With the assembly before him he said: Whoever I am the master of, Ali is his master. O God, befriend whoever befriends him, be the enemy of whoever is his enemy, help whoever helps him and forsake whoever forsakes him. And he said: Whoever I am the prophet of, Ali is his commander. And he said: Ali and I are from one tree, and the rest of the people are from different trees. He gave him the standing that Aaron had with Moses, saying to him: You are to me as Aaron was to Moses, except that there is no prophet after me. He married him to his daughter, the Mistress of the women of the worlds, made lawful for him in his mosque what was lawful for himself, and closed the doors except his door. Then he entrusted him with his knowledge and his wisdom, and said:

أَنَا مَدِينَةُ الْعِلْمِ وَ عَلِيٌّ بَابُهَا فَمَنْ أَرَادَ الْمَدِينَةَ وَ الْحِكْمَةَ فَلْيَأْتِهَا مِنْ بَابِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ أَنْتَ أَخِي وَ وَصِيِّي وَ وَارِثِي لَحْمُكَ مِنْ لَحْمِي وَ دَمُكَ مِنْ دَمِي وَ سِلْمُكَ سِلْمِي وَ حَرْبُكَ حَرْبِي وَ الْإِيمَانُ مُخَالِطٌ لَحْمَكَ وَ دَمَكَ كَمَا خَالَطَ لَحْمِي وَ دَمِي وَ أَنْتَ غَدا عَلَى الْحَوْضِ خَلِيفَتِي وَ أَنْتَ تَقْضِي دَيْنِي وَ تُنْجِزُ عِدَاتِي وَ شِيعَتُكَ عَلَى مَنَابِرَ مِنْ نُورٍ مُبْيَضَّةً وُجُوهُهُمْ حَوْلِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَ هُمْ جِيرَانِي وَ لَوْ لا أَنْتَ يَا عَلِيُّ لَمْ يُعْرَفِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ بَعْدِي وَ كَانَ بَعْدَهُ هُدًى مِنَ الضَّلالِ وَ نُورا مِنَ الْعَمَى وَ حَبْلَ اللَّهِ الْمَتِينَ وَ صِرَاطَهُ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ،

I am the city of knowledge and Ali is its gate, so whoever seeks the city and wisdom, let him come to it through its gate. Then he said: You are my brother, my executor and my heir. Your flesh is of my flesh and your blood is of my blood; your peace is my peace and your war is my war. Faith is mingled with your flesh and your blood as it is mingled with my flesh and my blood. Tomorrow you will be my successor at the Pool; you will pay my debt and fulfil my promises. Your followers will be on pulpits of light, their faces shining white, around me in Paradise, and they will be my neighbours. Were it not for you, O Ali, the believers would not be known after me. And after him he was guidance from misguidance, light from blindness, the firm rope of God and His straight path.

لا يُسْبَقُ بِقَرَابَةٍ فِي رَحِمٍ وَ لا بِسَابِقَةٍ فِي دِينٍ وَ لا يُلْحَقُ فِي مَنْقَبَةٍ مِنْ مَنَاقِبِهِ يَحْذُو حَذْوَ الرَّسُولِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَ آلِهِمَا وَ يُقَاتِلُ عَلَى التَّأْوِيلِ وَ لا تَأْخُذُهُ فِي اللَّهِ لَوْمَةُ لائِمٍ قَدْ وَتَرَ فِيهِ صَنَادِيدَ الْعَرَبِ وَ قَتَلَ أَبْطَالَهُمْ وَ نَاوَشَ [نَاهَشَ ] ذُؤْبَانَهُمْ فَأَوْدَعَ قُلُوبَهُمْ أَحْقَادا بَدْرِيَّةً وَ خَيْبَرِيَّةً وَ حُنَيْنِيَّةً وَ غَيْرَهُنَّ فَأَضَبَّتْ [فَأَصَنَّتْ ] [فَأَصَنَ ] عَلَى عَدَاوَتِهِ وَ أَكَبَّتْ عَلَى مُنَابَذَتِهِ حَتَّى قَتَلَ النَّاكِثِينَ وَ الْقَاسِطِينَ وَ الْمَارِقِينَ وَ لَمَّا قَضَى نَحْبَهُ وَ قَتَلَهُ أَشْقَى [الْأَشْقِيَاءِ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ ] الْآخِرِينَ يَتْبَعُ أَشْقَى الْأَوَّلِينَ لَمْ يُمْتَثَلْ أَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي الْهَادِينَ بَعْدَ الْهَادِينَ وَ الْأُمَّةُ مُصِرَّةٌ عَلَى مَقْتِهِ مُجْتَمِعَةٌ عَلَى قَطِيعَةِ رَحِمِهِ وَ إِقْصَاءِ وَلَدِهِ إِلا الْقَلِيلَ مِمَّنْ وَفَى لِرِعَايَةِ الْحَقِّ فِيهِمْ ،

No one surpassed him in closeness of kinship, nor in precedence in faith, and no one could match him in any of his merits. He followed in the footsteps of the Messenger, God bless them both and their families, and fought over the interpretation, and in God's cause the blame of no blamer held him back. For God's sake he had bereaved the chieftains of the Arabs, killed their heroes and grappled with their wolves, and so he left in their hearts grudges from Badr, Khaybar, Hunayn and others. So they clung to their enmity towards him and threw themselves into opposing him, until he killed the oath-breakers, the unjust and the renegades. When he had fulfilled his term, and the most wretched of the later ones, following the most wretched of the earlier ones, killed him, the command of the Messenger of God, God bless him and his family, concerning the guides one after another was not obeyed. The community persisted in its hatred of him, united in cutting off his kin and in casting out his descendants, except for the few who stayed faithful in upholding the right owed to them.

فَقُتِلَ مَنْ قُتِلَ وَ سُبِيَ مَنْ سُبِيَ وَ أُقْصِيَ مَنْ أُقْصِيَ وَ جَرَى الْقَضَاءُ لَهُمْ بِمَا يُرْجَى لَهُ حُسْنُ الْمَثُوبَةِ إِذْ كَانَتِ الْأَرْضُ لِلَّهِ يُورِثُهَا مَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَ الْعَاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ وَ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنْ كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولا وَ لَنْ يُخْلِفَ اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ وَ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ فَعَلَى الْأَطَائِبِ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَ آلِهِمَا فَلْيَبْكِ الْبَاكُونَ وَ إِيَّاهُمْ فَلْيَنْدُبِ النَّادِبُونَ وَ لِمِثْلِهِمْ فَلْتُذْرَفِ [فَلْتَدُرَّ] الدُّمُوعُ وَ لْيَصْرُخِ الصَّارِخُونَ وَ يَضِجُّ [يَضِجَ ] الضَّاجُّونَ وَ يَعِجُّ [يَعِجَ ] الْعَاجُّونَ أَيْنَ الْحَسَنُ أَيْنَ الْحُسَيْنُ أَيْنَ أَبْنَاءُ الْحُسَيْنِ صَالِحٌ بَعْدَ صَالِحٍ وَ صَادِقٌ بَعْدَ صَادِقٍ أَيْنَ السَّبِيلُ بَعْدَ السَّبِيلِ ،

So some were killed, some were taken captive and some were banished, and destiny ran its course for them in a way for which a good reward is hoped, since the earth belongs to God; He gives it as an inheritance to whom He wills of His servants, and the final outcome belongs to the God-fearing. Glory be to our Lord; the promise of our Lord is surely fulfilled. God will never break His promise, and He is the Mighty, the Wise. So for the pure ones of the household of Muhammad and Ali, God bless them both and their families, let the weepers weep, for them let the mourners lament, for the like of them let tears be shed, let the criers cry out, let the clamourers clamour and let the wailers wail. Where is al-Hasan? Where is al-Husayn? Where are the sons of al-Husayn, one righteous after another, one truthful after another? Where is the path after the path?

أَيْنَ الْخِيَرَةُ بَعْدَ الْخِيَرَةِ أَيْنَ الشُّمُوسُ الطَّالِعَةُ أَيْنَ الْأَقْمَارُ الْمُنِيرَةُ أَيْنَ الْأَنْجُمُ الزَّاهِرَةُ أَيْنَ أَعْلامُ الدِّينِ وَ قَوَاعِدُ الْعِلْمِ أَيْنَ بَقِيَّةُ اللَّهِ الَّتِي لا تَخْلُو مِنَ الْعِتْرَةِ الْهَادِيَةِ أَيْنَ الْمُعَدُّ لِقَطْعِ دَابِرِ الظَّلَمَةِ أَيْنَ الْمُنْتَظَرُ لِإِقَامَةِ الْأَمْتِ وَ الْعِوَجِ أَيْنَ الْمُرْتَجَى لِإِزَالَةِ الْجَوْرِ وَ الْعُدْوَانِ أَيْنَ الْمُدَّخَرُ لِتَجْدِيدِ الْفَرَائِضِ وَ السُّنَنِ أَيْنَ الْمُتَخَيَّرُ [الْمُتَّخَذُ] لِإِعَادَةِ الْمِلَّةِ وَ الشَّرِيعَةِ أَيْنَ الْمُؤَمَّلُ لِإِحْيَاءِ الْكِتَابِ وَ حُدُودِهِ أَيْنَ مُحْيِي مَعَالِمِ الدِّينِ وَ أَهْلِهِ أَيْنَ قَاصِمُ شَوْكَةِ الْمُعْتَدِينَ أَيْنَ هَادِمُ أَبْنِيَةِ الشِّرْكِ وَ النِّفَاقِ أَيْنَ مُبِيدُ أَهْلِ الْفُسُوقِ وَ الْعِصْيَانِ وَ الطُّغْيَانِ أَيْنَ حَاصِدُ فُرُوعِ الْغَيِّ وَ الشِّقَاقِ [النِّفَاقِ ] ،

Where is the chosen one after the chosen one? Where are the rising suns? Where are the shining moons? Where are the radiant stars? Where are the banners of religion and the foundations of knowledge? Where is the remnant of God, never absent from the guiding family? Where is the one prepared to cut off the roots of the oppressors? Where is the one awaited to straighten what is crooked and bent? Where is the one hoped for to remove tyranny and aggression? Where is the one kept in store to renew the obligations and the sunnas? Where is the one chosen to restore the creed and the law? Where is the one longed for to revive the Book and its bounds? Where is the reviver of the landmarks of religion and of its people? Where is the breaker of the might of the aggressors? Where is the destroyer of the edifices of polytheism and hypocrisy? Where is the annihilator of the people of sinfulness, disobedience and transgression? Where is the reaper of the branches of error and discord?

أَيْنَ طَامِسُ آثَارِ الزَّيْغِ وَ الْأَهْوَاءِ أَيْنَ قَاطِعُ حَبَائِلِ الْكِذْبِ [الْكَذِبِ ] وَ الافْتِرَاءِ أَيْنَ مُبِيدُ الْعُتَاةِ وَ الْمَرَدَةِ أَيْنَ مُسْتَأْصِلُ أَهْلِ الْعِنَادِ وَ التَّضْلِيلِ وَ الْإِلْحَادِ أَيْنَ مُعِزُّ الْأَوْلِيَاءِ وَ مُذِلُّ الْأَعْدَاءِ أَيْنَ جَامِعُ الْكَلِمَةِ [الْكَلِمِ ] عَلَى التَّقْوَى أَيْنَ بَابُ اللَّهِ الَّذِي مِنْهُ يُؤْتَى أَيْنَ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ الَّذِي إِلَيْهِ يَتَوَجَّهُ الْأَوْلِيَاءُ أَيْنَ السَّبَبُ الْمُتَّصِلُ بَيْنَ الْأَرْضِ وَ السَّمَاءِ أَيْنَ صَاحِبُ يَوْمِ الْفَتْحِ وَ نَاشِرُ رَايَةِ الْهُدَى أَيْنَ مُؤَلِّفُ شَمْلِ الصَّلاحِ وَ الرِّضَا،

Where is the effacer of the traces of deviation and vain desires? Where is the cutter of the ropes of lies and fabrication? Where is the annihilator of the tyrants and the rebels? Where is the uprooter of the people of obstinacy, of leading astray and of heresy? Where is the one who honours the friends and humbles the enemies? Where is the one who unites the word upon God-consciousness? Where is the gate of God through which He is approached? Where is the face of God toward whom the friends turn? Where is the connecting means between the earth and the heaven? Where is the master of the day of victory and the unfurler of the banner of guidance? Where is the one who gathers together what was scattered of righteousness and good pleasure?

أَيْنَ الطَّالِبُ بِذُحُولِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ أَبْنَاءِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ أَيْنَ الطَّالِبُ [الْمُطَالِبُ ] بِدَمِ الْمَقْتُولِ بِكَرْبَلاءَ أَيْنَ الْمَنْصُورُ عَلَى مَنِ اعْتَدَى عَلَيْهِ وَ افْتَرَى أَيْنَ الْمُضْطَرُّ الَّذِي يُجَابُ إِذَا دَعَا أَيْنَ صَدْرُ الْخَلائِقِ [الْخَلائِفِ ] ذُو الْبِرِّ وَ التَّقْوَى أَيْنَ ابْنُ النَّبِيِّ الْمُصْطَفَى وَ ابْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْمُرْتَضَى وَ ابْنُ خَدِيجَةَ الْغَرَّاءِ وَ ابْنُ فَاطِمَةَ الْكُبْرَى بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي وَ نَفْسِي لَكَ الْوِقَاءُ وَ الْحِمَى يَا ابْنَ السَّادَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ يَا ابْنَ النُّجَبَاءِ الْأَكْرَمِينَ يَا ابْنَ الْهُدَاةِ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ [الْمُهْتَدِينَ ] يَا ابْنَ الْخِيَرَةِ الْمُهَذَّبِينَ يَا ابْنَ الْغَطَارِفَةِ الْأَنْجَبِينَ يَا ابْنَ الْأَطَائبِ الْمُطَهَّرِينَ [الْمُسْتَظْهَرِينَ ] يَا ابْنَ الْخَضَارِمَةِ الْمُنْتَجَبِينَ يَا ابْنَ الْقَمَاقِمَةِ الْأَكْرَمِينَ [الْأَكْبَرِينَ ] يَا ابْنَ الْبُدُورِ الْمُنِيرَةِ يَا ابْنَ السُّرُجِ الْمُضِيئَةِ يَا ابْنَ الشُّهُبِ الثَّاقِبَةِ يَا ابْنَ الْأَنْجُمِ الزَّاهِرَةِ،

Where is the one who seeks vengeance for the prophets and the sons of the prophets? Where is the one who seeks retribution for the blood of the one slain at Karbala? Where is the one granted victory over whoever transgressed against him and slandered him? Where is the distressed one who is answered when he calls? Where is the foremost of creation, the possessor of righteousness and God-consciousness? Where is the son of the Prophet, the Chosen One, the son of Ali, the Well-Pleasing One, the son of radiant Khadija, and the son of Fatima the Great? May my father and my mother be your ransom, and may my soul be your shield and protection. O son of the masters brought near, O son of the most honourable nobles, O son of the rightly guided guides, O son of the refined chosen ones, O son of the most excellent chiefs, O son of the purified good ones, O son of the elect magnanimous lords, O son of the most noble great leaders, O son of the shining full moons, O son of the bright lamps, O son of the piercing meteors, O son of the radiant stars,

يَا ابْنَ السُّبُلِ الْوَاضِحَةِ يَا ابْنَ الْأَعْلامِ اللائِحَةِ يَا ابْنَ الْعُلُومِ الْكَامِلَةِ يَا ابْنَ السُّنَنِ الْمَشْهُورَةِ يَا ابْنَ الْمَعَالِمِ الْمَأْثُورَةِ يَا ابْنَ الْمُعْجِزَاتِ الْمَوْجُودَةِ يَا ابْنَ الدَّلائِلِ الْمَشْهُودَةِ [الْمَشْهُورَةِ] يَا ابْنَ الصِّرَاطِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ يَا ابْنَ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ يَا ابْنَ مَنْ هُوَ فِي أُمِّ الْكِتَابِ لَدَى اللَّهِ عَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٌ يَا ابْنَ الْآيَاتِ وَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ يَا ابْنَ الدَّلائِلِ الظَّاهِرَاتِ يَا ابْنَ الْبَرَاهِينِ الْوَاضِحَاتِ الْبَاهِرَاتِ يَا ابْنَ الْحُجَجِ الْبَالِغَاتِ يَا ابْنَ النِّعَمِ السَّابِغَاتِ يَا ابْنَ طه وَ الْمُحْكَمَاتِ،

O son of the clear paths, O son of the gleaming banners, O son of the perfect sciences, O son of the well-known sunnas, O son of the transmitted landmarks, O son of the existing miracles, O son of the witnessed evidences, O son of the straight path, O son of the great tidings, O son of him who, in the Mother of the Book with God, is exalted and wise, O son of the signs and the clear proofs, O son of the manifest evidences, O son of the clear and dazzling demonstrations, O son of the conclusive proofs, O son of the abundant blessings, O son of Ta Ha and the decisive verses,

يَا ابْنَ يس وَ الذَّارِيَاتِ يَا ابْنَ الطُّورِ وَ الْعَادِيَاتِ يَا ابْنَ مَنْ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّى فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى دُنُوّا وَ اقْتِرَاباً مِنَ الْعَلِيِّ الْأَعْلَى لَيْتَ شِعْرِي أَيْنَ اسْتَقَرَّتْ بِكَ النَّوَى بَلْ أَيُّ أَرْضٍ تُقِلُّكَ أَوْ ثَرَى أَ بِرَضْوَى أَوْ غَيْرِهَا أَمْ ذِي طُوًى عَزِيزٌ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أَرَى الْخَلْقَ وَ لا تُرَى وَ لا أَسْمَعَ [أَسْمَعُ ] لَكَ حَسِيسا وَ لا نَجْوَى عَزِيزٌ عَلَيَّ أَنْ تُحِيطَ بِكَ دُونِيَ [لا تُحِيطَ بِي دُونَكَ ] الْبَلْوَى وَ لا يَنَالَكَ مِنِّي ضَجِيجٌ وَ لا شَكْوَى بِنَفْسِي أَنْتَ مِنْ مُغَيَّبٍ لَمْ يَخْلُ مِنَّا بِنَفْسِي أَنْتَ مِنْ نَازِحٍ مَا نَزَحَ [يَنْزَحُ ] عَنَّا بِنَفْسِي أَنْتَ أُمْنِيَّةُ شَائِقٍ يَتَمَنَّى مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ وَ مُؤْمِنَةٍ ذَكَرَا فَحَنَّا بِنَفْسِي أَنْتَ مِنْ عَقِيدِ عِزٍّ لا يُسَامَى،

O son of Ya Sin and of the Scatterers, O son of the Mount and of the Chargers, O son of the one who drew near and came close, and was two bows' length away or nearer, in nearness and closeness to the Exalted, the Most High. Would that I knew where distance has settled you, or rather which land or soil carries you: is it Radwa or somewhere else, or Dhu Tuwa? It is hard for me to see all creation while you are not seen, and to hear from you neither a murmur nor a whisper. It is hard for me that affliction surrounds you and not me, and that no cry or complaint of mine reaches you. May I be your ransom, hidden one who has never been absent from us! May I be your ransom, distant one who has never been far from us! May I be your ransom, you who are the wish of a yearning one who longs for you, a believing man or a believing woman who remembered you and yearned! May I be your ransom, you who are bound to a might that cannot be rivalled!

بِنَفْسِي أَنْتَ مِنْ أَثِيلِ مَجْدٍ لا يُجَارَى [يُحَاذَي] بِنَفْسِي أَنْتَ مِنْ تِلادِ نِعَمٍ لا تُضَاهَى بِنَفْسِي أَنْتَ مِنْ نَصِيفِ شَرَفٍ لا يُسَاوَى إِلَى مَتَى أَحَارُ [أَجْأَرُ] فِيكَ يَا مَوْلايَ وَ إِلَى مَتَى وَ أَيَّ خِطَابٍ أَصِفُ فِيكَ وَ أَيَّ نَجْوَى عَزِيزٌ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أُجَابَ دُونَكَ وَ [أَوْ] أُنَاغَى عَزِيزٌ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أَبْكِيَكَ وَ يَخْذُلَكَ الْوَرَى عَزِيزٌ عَلَيَّ أَنْ يَجْرِيَ عَلَيْكَ دُونَهُمْ مَا جَرَى هَلْ مِنْ مُعِينٍ فَأُطِيلَ مَعَهُ الْعَوِيلَ وَ الْبُكَاءَ هَلْ مِنْ جَزُوعٍ فَأُسَاعِدَ جَزَعَهُ إِذَا خَلا هَلْ قَذِيَتْ عَيْنٌ فَسَاعَدَتْهَا عَيْنِي عَلَى الْقَذَى ،

May I be your ransom, you of deep-rooted glory that cannot be matched! May I be your ransom, you of ancient blessings that cannot be equalled! May I be your ransom, you who share in an honour that cannot be paralleled! How long shall I be bewildered over you, my Master, and how long? With what words shall I describe you, and with what secret speech? It is hard for me to be answered and spoken to tenderly by anyone but you. It is hard for me that I weep for you while all people forsake you. It is hard for me that what befell you befell you and not them. Is there any helper with whom I may prolong my wailing and weeping? Is there anyone grieving whose grief I may share when he is alone? Has any eye been stung by a mote, that my eye may join it in its pain?

هَلْ إِلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ أَحْمَدَ سَبِيلٌ فَتُلْقَى هَلْ يَتَّصِلُ يَوْمُنَا مِنْكَ بِعِدَةٍ [بِغَدِهِ ] فَنَحْظَى مَتَى نَرِدُ مَنَاهِلَكَ الرَّوِيَّةَ فَنَرْوَى مَتَى نَنْتَقِعُ مِنْ عَذْبِ مَائِكَ فَقَدْ طَالَ الصَّدَى مَتَى نُغَادِيكَ وَ نُرَاوِحُكَ فَنَقِرَّ عَيْنا [فَتَقَرَّ عُيُونُنَا] مَتَى تَرَانَا [وَ] نَرَاكَ وَ قَدْ نَشَرْتَ لِوَاءَ النَّصْرِ تُرَى أَ تَرَانَا نَحُفُّ بِكَ وَ أَنْتَ تَؤُمُّ الْمَلَأَ وَ قَدْ مَلَأْتَ الْأَرْضَ عَدْلاً وَ أَذَقْتَ أَعْدَاءَكَ هَوَاناً وَ عِقَاباً وَ أَبَرْتَ الْعُتَاةَ وَ جَحَدَةَ الْحَقِّ وَ قَطَعْتَ دَابِرَ الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ وَ اجْتَثَثْتَ أُصُولَ الظَّالِمِينَ،

Is there a way to you, O son of Ahmad, that you may be met? Will our day be joined to your promise, that we may be blessed with it? When shall we come to your thirst-quenching springs and drink our fill? When shall we drink deep of your sweet water, for our thirst has been long? When shall we be with you morning and evening, that our eyes may be gladdened? When will you see us and we see you, when you have unfurled the banner of victory for all to see? Will you see us gathered around you as you lead the multitude, having filled the earth with justice, made your enemies taste humiliation and punishment, destroyed the tyrants and the deniers of the truth, cut off the last of the arrogant and torn out the roots of the oppressors,

وَ نَحْنُ نَقُولُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ كَشَّافُ الْكُرَبِ وَ الْبَلْوَى وَ إِلَيْكَ أَسْتَعْدِي فَعِنْدَكَ الْعَدْوَى وَ أَنْتَ رَبُّ الْآخِرَةِ وَ الدُّنْيَا [الْأُولَي] فَأَغِثْ يَا غِيَاثَ الْمُسْتَغِيثِينَ عُبَيْدَكَ الْمُبْتَلَى وَ أَرِهِ سَيِّدَهُ يَا شَدِيدَ الْقُوَى وَ أَزِلْ عَنْهُ بِهِ الْأَسَى وَ الْجَوَى وَ بَرِّدْ غَلِيلَهُ يَا مَنْ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَى وَ مَنْ إِلَيْهِ الرُّجْعَى وَ الْمُنْتَهَى اللَّهُمَّ وَ نَحْنُ عَبِيدُكَ التَّائِقُونَ [الشَّائِقُونَ ] إِلَى وَلِيِّكَ الْمُذَكِّرِ بِكَ وَ بِنَبِيِّكَ خَلَقْتَهُ لَنَا عِصْمَةً وَ مَلاذا وَ أَقَمْتَهُ لَنَا قِوَاما وَ مَعَاذا وَ جَعَلْتَهُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنَّا إِمَاما فَبَلِّغْهُ مِنَّا تَحِيَّةً وَ سَلاما،

while we say: Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds. O God, You are the remover of distress and affliction; to You I appeal for justice, for with You is redress; and You are the Lord of the Hereafter and of this world. So come to the aid, O Helper of those who seek help, of Your lowly, afflicted servant, and show him his master, O You of mighty strength. Through him remove from him sorrow and the burning of longing, and cool his burning thirst, O You who are established upon the Throne, and to whom is the return and the final end. O God, we are Your servants who yearn for Your friend, the one who reminds us of You and of Your Prophet, whom You created as a protection and a refuge for us, whom You raised up as a support and a shelter for us, and whom You made an Imam for the believers among us. So convey to him from us greeting and peace,

وَ زِدْنَا بِذَلِكَ يَا رَبِّ إِكْرَاما وَ اجْعَلْ مُسْتَقَرَّهُ لَنَا مُسْتَقَرّا وَ مُقَاما وَ أَتْمِمْ نِعْمَتَكَ بِتَقْدِيمِكَ إِيَّاهُ أَمَامَنَا حَتَّى تُورِدَنَا جِنَانَكَ [جَنَّاتِكَ ] وَ مُرَافَقَةَ الشُّهَدَاءِ مِنْ خُلَصَائِكَ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ جَدِّهِ [وَ] رَسُولِكَ السَّيِّدِ الْأَكْبَرِ وَ عَلَى [عَلِيٍ ] أَبِيهِ السَّيِّدِ الْأَصْغَرِ وَ جَدَّتِهِ الصِّدِّيقَةِ الْكُبْرَى فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلَى مَنِ اصْطَفَيْتَ مِنْ آبَائِهِ الْبَرَرَةِ وَ عَلَيْهِ أَفْضَلَ وَ أَكْمَلَ وَ أَتَمَّ وَ أَدْوَمَ وَ أَكْثَرَ وَ أَوْفَرَ مَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَصْفِيَائِكَ وَ خِيَرَتِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ ،

and through this, O Lord, increase us in honour. Make his abode an abode and a dwelling for us, and complete Your favour by placing him ahead of us, until You bring us into Your gardens and the companionship of the martyrs among Your sincere ones. O God, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, and bless Muhammad, his grandfather, Your Messenger, the greatest master, and his father, the lesser master, and his grandmother, the greatest truthful one, Fatima daughter of Muhammad, and those You have chosen from among his righteous forefathers, and bless him with the best, most perfect, most complete, most lasting, most abundant and most plentiful blessing You have ever sent upon any of Your chosen ones and the best of Your creation,

وَ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِ صَلاةً لا غَايَةَ لِعَدَدِهَا وَ لا نِهَايَةَ لِمَدَدِهَا وَ لا نَفَادَ لِأَمَدِهَا اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَقِمْ بِهِ الْحَقَّ وَ أَدْحِضْ بِهِ الْبَاطِلَ وَ أَدِلْ بِهِ أَوْلِيَاءَكَ وَ أَذْلِلْ بِهِ أَعْدَاءَكَ وَ صِلِ اللَّهُمَّ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَهُ وُصْلَةً تُؤَدِّي إِلَى مُرَافَقَةِ سَلَفِهِ وَ اجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ يَأْخُذُ بِحُجْزَتِهِمْ وَ يَمْكُثُ فِي ظِلِّهِمْ وَ أَعِنَّا عَلَى تَأْدِيَةِ حُقُوقِهِ إِلَيْهِ وَ الاجْتِهَادِ فِي طَاعَتِهِ وَ اجْتِنَابِ مَعْصِيَتِهِ وَ امْنُنْ عَلَيْنَا بِرِضَاهُ وَ هَبْ لَنَا رَأْفَتَهُ وَ رَحْمَتَهُ وَ دُعَاءَهُ وَ خَيْرَهُ مَا نَنَالُ بِهِ سَعَةً مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ فَوْزا عِنْدَكَ وَ اجْعَلْ صَلاتَنَا بِهِ مَقْبُولَةً وَ ذُنُوبَنَا بِهِ مَغْفُورَةً ،

And bless him with a blessing whose number has no limit, whose extent has no end, and whose duration never runs out. O God, establish the truth through him, refute falsehood through him, give Your friends the upper hand through him, and humble Your enemies through him. Join us to him, O God, with a bond that leads to the companionship of his forefathers, and make us among those who hold fast to their waist-cloth and remain in their shade. Help us to render him his rights, to strive in obeying him and to keep away from disobeying him. Grant us the favour of his good pleasure, and give us his kindness, his mercy, his supplication and his good, through which we may attain an abundance of Your mercy and triumph in Your presence. Through him make our prayers accepted and our sins forgiven,

وَ دُعَاءَنَا بِهِ مُسْتَجَابا وَ اجْعَلْ أَرْزَاقَنَا بِهِ مَبْسُوطَةً وَ هُمُومَنَا بِهِ مَكْفِيَّةً وَ حَوَائِجَنَا بِهِ مَقْضِيَّةً وَ أَقْبِلْ إِلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ وَ اقْبَلْ تَقَرُّبَنَا إِلَيْكَ وَ انْظُرْ إِلَيْنَا نَظْرَةً رَحِيمَةً نَسْتَكْمِلْ بِهَا الْكَرَامَةَ عِنْدَكَ ثُمَّ لا تَصْرِفْهَا عَنَّا بِجُودِكَ وَ اسْقِنَا مِنْ حَوْضِ جَدِّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِكَأْسِهِ وَ بِيَدِهِ رَيّا رَوِيّا هَنِيئا سَائِغا لا ظَمَأَ بَعْدَهُ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

and our supplications answered. Through him make our provisions abundant, our worries relieved and our needs fulfilled. Turn to us with Your noble face, accept our seeking nearness to You, and look upon us with a merciful look through which we may attain full honour in Your presence, then do not turn it away from us, by Your generosity. And give us to drink from the pool of his grandfather, God bless him and his family, from his cup and by his hand, a full, quenching, wholesome and pleasant drink, after which there is no thirst, O Most Merciful of the merciful.