The Life of Imam ‘Ali al-Hadi, Study and Analysis
The Common Ziyarah Of Imam Al-Hadi And Imam Al-Askari
السّلامُ عَلَيْكُمَا يَا وَلِيّيِ اللّهِ،
Peace be upon you (both); O the representatives of Allah!
السّلامُ عَلَيْكُمَا يَا حُجّتَيِ اللّهِ،
Peace be upon you (both); O the Arguments of Allah (against His created beings)!
السّلامُ عَلَيْكُمَا يَا نُورَيِ اللّهِ فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الارْضِ،
Peace be upon you (both); O the Light of Allah in the murk of the earth!
السّلامُ عَلَيْكُمَا يَا مَنْ بَدَا لِلّهِ فِي شَأْنِكُمَا،
Peace be upon you (both); O the two whom Allah has decided on you!
أَتَيْتُكُمَا زَائِرًا، عَارِفًا بِحَقّكُمَا،
I have come to you visiting your tombs and recognizing your right,
مُعَادِيًا لأَعْدَائِكُمَا، مُوَالِيًا لأَوْلِيَائِكُمَا،
And incurring the hostility of those who antagonize you and declaring my friendliness to those who adhere to you,
مُؤْمِنًا بِمَا آمَنْتُمَا بِهِ، كَافِرًا بِمَا كَفَرْتُمَا بِهِ،
And believing in whatever you believed in and disbelieving in whatever you disbelieved,
مُحَقّقًا لِمَا حَقّقْتُمَا، مُبْطِلا لِمَا أَبْطَلْتُمَا،
And deeming right all that which you deemed right and deeming wrong all that which you deemed wrong.
أَسْأَلُ اللّهَ رَبّي وَرَبّكُمَا أَنْ يَجْعَلَ حَظّي مِنْ زِيَارَتِكُمَا الصّلاةَ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِهِ،
I thus beseech Allah, my and your Lord, that He may decide that the rewards of my visit to you to be His sending blessings upon Muhammad and his Household
وَأَنْ يَرْزُقَنِي مُرَافَقَتَكُمَا فِي الْجِنَانِ مَعَ آبَائِكُمَا الصَّالِحِينَ،
And that He may grant me the favor of accompanying you both in the gardens of Paradise with your righteous fathers,
وَأَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يُعْتِقَ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ النَّارِ،
And I beseech Him that He may save me from Hellfire,
وَيَرْزُقَنِي شَفَاعَتَكُمَا وَمُصَاحَبَتَكُمَا،
And that He may grant me your intercession and your company,
وَيُعَرّفَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمَا،
And that He may introduce me to you
وَلا يَسْلُبَنِي حُبّكُمَا وَحُبّ آبَائِكُمَا الصَّالِحِينَ،
And that He may never take out my love for you and my love for your righteous fathers from my heart
وَأَنْ لا يَجْعَلَهُ آخِرَ الْعَهْدِ مِنْ زِيَارَتِكُمَا،
And that He may not make this time the last of my visits to you,
وَيَحْشُرَنِي مَعَكُمَا فِي الْجَنّةِ بِرَحْمَتِهِ.
And that He may include me with your group in Paradise, out of His mercy.
اللّهُمّ ارْزُقْنِي حُبّهُمَا، وَتَوَفّنِي عَلَى مِلّتِهِمَا.
O Allah: (please do) grant me love for them, and make me die following their course.
اللّهُمّ الْعَنْ ظَالِمِي آلِ مُحَمّدٍ حَقّهُمْ وَانْتَقِمْ مِنْهُمْ،
O Allah: (please do) curse and punish those who usurped the right of the Family of Muhammad.
اللّهُمّ الْعَنِ الاوّلِينَ مِنْهُمْ وَالآخِرِينَ
O Allah: (please do) curse the past and the coming generations of those people
وَضَاعِفْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَذَابَ
And apply to them two folds of torture,
وَابْلُغْ بِهِمْ وَبِأَشْيَاعِهِمْ وَمُحِبّيهِمْ وَمُتّبِعِيهِمْ أَسْفَلَ دَرَكٍ مِنَ الْجَحِيمِ
And send them, as well as their fans, their adherents, and the followers, to the deepest area of Hellfire.
إِنّكَ عَلَى كُلّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ.
Verily, You have power over all things.
اللّهُمّ عَجّلْ فَرَجَ وَلِيّكَ وَابْنِ وَلِيّكَ
O Allah: (please do) hasten the Relief of Your representative and the son of Your representative,
وَاجْعَلْ فَرَجَنَا مَعَ فَرَجِهِ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
And cause our relief to accompany his relief; O the most Merciful of all those who show mercy.