Ziyarat al-Thulatha

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا خُزَّانَ عِلْمِ ٱللَّهِ

alssalamu `alaykum ya khuzzana `ilmi allahi

Peace be on you, O depositories of Allah’s knowledge!

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا تَرَاجِمَةَ وَحْيِ ٱللَّهِ

alssalamu `alaykum ya tarajimata wahyi allahi

Peace be on you, O interpreters of Allah’s Revelation!

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا ائِمَّةَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ

alssalamu `alaykum ya a'immata alhuda

Peace be on you, O leaders to true guidance!

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا اعْلاَمَ ٱلتُّقَىٰ

alssalamu `alaykum ya a`lama alttuqa

Peace be on you, O signs of piety!

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا اوْلاَدَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ

alssalamu `alaykum ya awlada rasuli allahi

Peace be on you, O descendants of Allah’s Messenger!

انَا عَارِفٌ بِحَقِّكُمْ

ana `arifun bihaqqikum

I recognize your rights,

مُسْتَبْصِرٌ بِشَاْنِكُمْ

mustabsirun bisha'nikum

I discernibly acknowledge your true standing,

مُعَادٍ لاعْدَائِكُمْ

mu`adin li-a`da'ikum

I incur the hostility of your enemies,

مُوَالٍ لاوْلِيَائِكُمْ

muwalin li-awliya'ikum

and I show loyalty to your loyalists.

بِابِي انْتُمْ وَامِّي

bi-aby antum wa ummi

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

صَلَوَاتُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ

salawatu allahi `alaykum

Blessings of Allah be upon you.

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي اتَوَالَىٰ آخِرَهُمْ كَمَا تَوَالَيْتُ اوَّلَهُمْ

allahumma inni atawala akhirahum kamatawalaytu awwalahum

O Allah, I am willingly showing loyalty to the last of them just as I have shown loyalty to the first of them,

وَابْرَا مِنْ كُلِّ وَلِيجَةٍ دُونَهُمْ

wa abra'u min kulli walijatin dunahum

I release myself from any confidant other than them,

وَاكْفُرُ بِٱلْجِبْتِ وَٱلطَّاغُوتِ وَٱللاَّتِ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ

wa akfuru biljibti walttaghuti wallati wal`uzza

and I reject all idols, false deities, al-Lat, and al-`Uzza.

صَلَوَاتُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا مَوَالِيَّ

salawatu allahi `alaykum ya mawaliyya

Blessings of Allah be upon you, O my Masters!

وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

wa rahmatu allahi wa barakatuhu

Mercy of Allah and His benedictions be upon you, too.

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا سَيِّدَ ٱلْعَابِدِينَ وَسُلاَلَةَ ٱلْوَصِيِّينَ

alssalamu `alayka ya sayyida al`abidina wa sulalata alwasiyyina

Peace be upon you, O master of the worshippers and descendant of the Prophets’ successors.

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بَاقِرَ عِلْمِ ٱلنَّبِيِّينَ

alssalamu `alayka ya baqira `ilmi alnnabiyyina

Peace be upon you, O he who split open the knowledge of the Prophets.

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا صَادِقاً مُصَدِّقاً فِي ٱلْقَوْلِ وَٱلْفِعْلِ

alssalamu `alayka ya sadiqan musaddaqan fi alqawli walfi`li

Peace be upon you, O veracious and honest in all [your] words and deeds.

يَا مَوَالِيَّ هٰذَا يَوْمُكُمْ

ya mawaliyya hadha yawmukum

O my Masters! Today is your day,

وَهُوَ يَوْمُ ٱلثُّلاَثَاءِ

wa huwa yawmu alththulatha'i

which is Tuesday,

وَانَا فِيهِ ضَيْفٌ لَكُمْ

wa ana fihi dayfun lakum

and on this day, I am your guest

وَمُسْتَجِيرٌ بِكُمْ

wa mustajirun bikum

and I am in your vicinity;

فَاضِيفُونِي وَاجِيرُونِي

fa-adifuni wa ajiruni

so, receive me as your guest and treat me as your neighbor,

بِمَنْزِلَةِ ٱللَّهِ عِنْدَكُمْ

bimanzilati allahi `indakum

[I ask you] by Allah’s standing with you

وَآلِ بَيْتِكُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبِينَ ٱلطَّاهِرينَ

wa ali baytikumu alttayyibina alttahirina

and with your Household, the pure and immaculate.