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Ziyarat

Ziarat Abu Talib

Verses: 17

بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration
bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm
English Translation
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Transliteration
allāhumma ṣalli `alā muḥammadin wa āli muḥammad
English Translation
O Allah, send Your blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad

اِلٰهِيْ كَيْفَ اَدْعُوْكَ وَ قَدْ عَصَيْتُكَ

Transliteration
ilāhī kayfa ad`ūka wa qad `aṣaytuk
English Translation
My God, how can I call upon You when I have disobeyed You?

وَ كَيْفَ لَا اَدْعُوْكَ وَ قَدْ عَرَفْتُ حُبَّكَ فِيْ قَلْبِيْ

Transliteration
wa kayfa lā ad`ūka wa qad `araftu ḥubbaka fī qalbī
English Translation
And how can I not call upon You when I have recognized Your love in my heart?

وَ اِنْ كُنْتُ عَاصِيًا

Transliteration
wa in kuntu `āṣiyā
English Translation
Even though I am disobedient

مَدَدْتُ اِلَيْكَ يَدًا بِالذُّنُوْبِ مَمْلُوْءَةً

Transliteration
madadtu ilayka yadan bidhhunūbi mamlū-ah
English Translation
I have stretched out to You a hand filled with sins

وَ عَيْنًا بِالرَّجَاءِ مَمْدُوْدَةً

Transliteration
wa `aynan birrajā-i mamdūdah
English Translation
And eyes extended with hope

مَوْلَايَ اَنْتَ عَظِيْمُ الْعُظَمَاءِ، وَ اَنَا اَسِيْرُ الْاُسَرَاءِ

Transliteration
mawlāya anta `aẓīmul `uẓamā-i, wa ana asīrul usarā
English Translation
My Master, You are the Greatest of the great, and I am the prisoner of prisoners

اَنَا الْاَسِيْرُ بِذَنْبِيْ، اَلْمُرْتَهَنُ بِجُرْمِيْ

Transliteration
anal asīru bidhanbī, al mur-tahanu bijur-mī
English Translation
I am a prisoner of my sins, mortgaged by my crimes

اِلٰهِيْ لَئِنْ طَالَبْتَنِيْ بِذَنْبِيْ لَأُطَالِبَنَّكَ بِكَرَمِكَ

Transliteration
ilāhī la-in ṭālabtanī bidhanbī la-uṭālibannaka bikaramik
English Translation
My God, if You demand me for my sins, I will demand You for Your generosity

وَ لَئِنْ طَالَبْتَنِيْ بِجَرِيْرَتِيْ لَأُطَالِبَنَّكَ بِعَفْوِكَ

Transliteration
wa la-in ṭālabtanī bijarīratī la-uṭālibannaka bi`afwik
English Translation
And if You demand me for my offenses, I will demand You for Your forgiveness

وَ لَئِنْ اَمَرْتَ بِيْ اِلَى النَّارِ لَأُخْبِرَنَّ اَهْلَهَا

Transliteration
wa la-in amar-ta bī ilan nāri la-ukhbiranna ahlahā
English Translation
And if You order me to the Fire, I will inform its inhabitants

اَنِّيْ كُنْتُ اَقُوْلُ

Transliteration
annī kuntu aqūl
English Translation
That I used to say

لَا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُوْلُ اللَّهِ

Transliteration
lā ilāha illallāhu muḥammadun rasūlullāh
English Translation
There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah

اَللَّهُمَّ اِنَّ الطَّاعَةَ تَسُرُّكَ، وَ الْمَعْصِيَةَ لَا تَضُرُّكَ

Transliteration
allāhumma innaṭ ṭā`ata tasurruk, wal ma`ṣiyata lā taḍurruk
English Translation
O Allah, obedience pleases You, and disobedience does not harm You

فَهَبْ لِيْ مَا يَسُرُّكَ، وَ اغْفِرْ لِيْ مَا لَا يَضُرُّكَ

Transliteration
fahab lī mā yasurruk, waghfir lī mā lā yaḍurruk
English Translation
So grant me what pleases You, and forgive me what does not harm You

يَا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ

Transliteration
yā ar-ḥamar rāḥimīn
English Translation
O Most Merciful of the merciful