The Victory of Truth: The Life of Zaynab bint Ali

Ziyarat 

The following ziyarat (verbal salutation) for Bibi Zaynab [a.s.] is traditionally recited to obtain divine blessing while visiting her shrine (in this case, in Damascus, Syria).

It can also be recited at any other time in remembrance of the example of courage and submission that she presented to the world, particularly on the acknowledged days of her birth, death, and during the month of Muharram. 

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the leader of the Prophets.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the owner of the (Heavenly) Pond and the Standard.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of him who was taken to the skies and who reached the position of the length of two arrows or even closer.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the Prophet of right guidance, the master of (all) human beings, and the savior of the servants (of Allah) from being destroyed.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the one who has conformed (himself) to sublime morality, enjoyed the broad honor, and owned the (Heavenly) Signs and the Wise Remembrance of Allah (i.e. the Holy Quran).

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the owner of the Lofty Position, the Pond from which people shall drink (on the Resurrection Day), and the Standard, which shall be witnessed by everybody.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the Path of Islam and the one given the qiblah and the Quran, and the example of honesty, right, and benevolence.

Peace and Allah's Mercy and Blessings be upon you, O daughter of the choice of the Prophets, the example of the pious ones, and the well known in both the earth and the heavens.

Peace and Allah's Mercy and Blessings be upon you, O daughter of the best of

Allah's creation, the master of His creatures, the foremost created individual before the existence of (Allah's) earth and heavens, the last of the existent ones (who shall endure) after the extinction of this world and its beings, and the one whose soul is a copy of the Divinity and whose heart is the treasury of the Eternal, Subsistent God.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the leader of the God-fearing ones.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the support of the choice ones.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the leader of the Religion.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the commander of the faithful ones.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the leader of the pious ones.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the preventer of the infidels and the wantons.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the inheritor of the Prophets.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the successor of the Apostles' chief.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the Great News (as it is certainly proved).

Peace and Allah's Mercy and Blessings be upon you, O daughter of the one to whom the mission of settling accounts with people (on the Resurrection Day) is given, between whose hands the Heavenly Pond (of al-Kawthar) is put, and whom is intended by the (Prophet's) Statement of the Ghadir Day.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the lady whose she-camel was driven by (Archangel) Gabriel, and whose misfortune (of Imam al-Husayn's being slain in Karbala) was shared by (Archangel) Israfil, and due to whose anger the All-exalted Lord was angry, and for whose misfortune of Karbala, (the Prophets) Abraham the Friend of Allah, Noah, and Moses the Spoken by Allah wept.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the shining full moons.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of Well Zamzam and Safa (of the landmarks of Mecca)

Peace be upon you, O daughter of Mecca and Mina –a height in Mecca-.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of him whom was carried by Buraq to the heavens.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of him who carried the zakat (almsgiving) by the margins of his dress to give it to the paupers.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of him whom was taken by night from the Inviolable Masjid to the Farthest Masjid.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of Muhammad al-Mustafa (the Selected by God)

Peace be upon you, O daughter of Ali al-Murtada (the Pleased one)

Peace be upon you, O daughter of Fatimah al-Zahraa (the Resplendent).

Peace be upon you, O daughter of Khadijah al-Kubra (the Grand)

Peace be upon you and upon your grandfather, Muhammad al-Mukhtar (the Chosen.)

Peace be upon you and upon your father, Haydar al-Karrar (the Attacking.)

Peace be upon you and upon the pure, choice masters who are the Arguments of Allah on lands, the chiefs of the earth and the heavens your nephews from your brother Hussain the Martyr and thirsty, the father of the nine Alat-har (leaders) who are arguments of the God of the East-West routes of night and day, and love for whom is a prescription that is incumbent upon all creatures.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the glorified, holy servant of Allah.

Peace be upon you, O daughter of dignified, holy servant of Allah

Peace be upon you, O sister of dignified, holy servant of Allah.

Peace and Allah's Mercy and Blessings be upon you, O mother of misfortunes; Zaynab.