Ziyarat Al-Arbiaa'

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bismillahi alrrahmani alrrahimi

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا اوْلِيَاءَ ٱللَّهِ

alssalamu `alaykum ya awliya'a allahi

Peace be upon you [all], O saints of Allah!

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا حُجَجَ ٱللَّهِ

alssalamu `alaykum ya hujaja allahi

Peace be upon you, O arguments of Allah!

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا نُورَ ٱللَّهِ فِي ظُلُمَاتِ ٱلارْضِ

alssalamu `alaykum ya nura allahi fi zulumati al-ardi

Peace be upon you, O light of Allah in the darkness of the earth!

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ

alssalamu `alaykum

Peace be upon you.

صَلَوَاتُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ

salawatu allahi `alaykum

Blessings of Allah be upon you

وَعَلَىٰ آلِ بَيْتِكُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبِينَ ٱلطَّاهِرِينَ

wa `ala ali baytikumu alttayyibina alttahirina

and upon your Household, the pure and immaculate.

بِابِي انْتُمْ وَامِّي

bi-abi antum wa ummi

May Allah accept my father and mother as ransoms for you!

لَقَدْ عَبَدْتُمُ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ

laqad `abadtumu allaha mukhlisina

Indeed, you worshipped Allah sincerely

وَجَاهَدْتُمْ فِي ٱللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِ

wa jahadtum fi allahi haqqa jihadihi

and strove for His sake with due strife

حَتَّىٰ اتَاكُمُ ٱلْيَقِينُ

hatta atakumu alyaqinu

until death came upon you.

فَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ اعْدَاءكُمْ

fala`ana allahu a`da'akum

So, may Allah curse all your enemies

مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلإنْسِ اجْمَعِينَ

mina aljinni wal-insi ajma`ina

from the jinn and human beings.

وَانَا ابْرَا إِلَىٰ ٱللَّهِ وَإِلَيْكُمْ مِنْهُمْ

wa ana abra'u ila allahi wa ilaykum minhum

And I release myself before Allah and before you from them (i.e. your enemies).

يَا مَوْلاَيَ يَا ابَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ

ya mawlaya ya aba ibrahima

O my master, O Abu-Ibrahim,

مُوسَىٰ بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ

musa ibna ja`farin

Musa, the son of Ja`far!

يَا مَوْلاَيَ يَا ابَا ٱلْحَسَنِ

ya mawlaya ya aba alhasani

O my master, O Abu’l-Hasan,

عَلِيَّ بْنَ مُوسَىٰ

`aliyya ibna musa

`Ali, the son of Musa!

يَا مَوْلاَيَ يَا ابَا جَعْفَرٍ

ya mawlaya ya aba ja`farin

O my master, O Abu-Ja`far,

مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ

muhammada ibna `aliyyin

Muhammad, the son of `Ali!

يَا مَوْلاَيَ يَا ابَا ٱلْحَسَنِ

ya mawlaya ya aba alhasani

O my master, O Abu’l-Hasan,

عَلِيَّ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ

`aliyya ibna muhammadin

`Ali, the son of Muhammad!

انَا مَوْلىٰ لَكُمْ

ana mawlan lakum

I am your servant,

مُؤْمِنٌ بِسِرِّكُمْ وَجَهْرِكُمْ

mu'minun bisirrikum wa jahrikum

I believe in your secret and open affairs,

مُتَضَيِّفٌ بِكُمْ في يَوْمِكُمْ هٰذَا

mutadayyifun bikum fi yawmikum hadha

and I am staying with you as your guest, on this day,

وَهُوَ يَوْمُ ٱلارْبِعَاءِ

wa huwa yawmu al-arbi`a'i

which is Wednesday,

وَمُسْتَجِيـرٌ بِكُمْ

wa mustajirun bikum

and I am in your vicinity;

فَاضِيفُونِي وَاجِيرُونِي

fa-adifuni wa ajiruni

so, receive me as your guest and neighbor,

بِآلِ بَيْتِكُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبِينَ ٱلطَّاهِرِينَ

bi-ali baytikumu alttayyibina alttahirina

[I ask you] by your Household, the pure and immaculate.