Bidding Farewell to Imam Hussain (a.s)

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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In the Name of Allah, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَوْلاَيَ

as-salamu `alayka ya mawlaya

Peace be upon you, O my master.

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ ٱللَّهِ

as-salamu `alayka ya hujjata allahi

Peace be upon you, O Allah’s Argument (against His creatures).

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا صِفْوَةَ ٱللَّهِ

as-salamu `alayka ya safwata allahi

Peace be upon you, O Allah’s choice.

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا خَالِصَةَ ٱللَّهِ

as-salamu `alayka ya khalisata allahi

Peace be upon you, O Allah’s select.

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا قَتِيلَ ٱلظَّمَاءِ

as-salamu `alayka ya qatila alzzama'i

Peace be upon you, O victim of thirst.

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا غَرِيبَ ٱلْغُرَبَاءِ

as-salamu `alayka ya ghariba alghuraba'i

Peace be upon you, O strangest of all strangers.

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ سَلاَمَ مُوَدِّع

as-salamu `alayka salama muwaddi`in

Peace be upon you; this is the greeting of one who has to bid farewell to you

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لاََ سَئِمٍ وَلاَ قَالٍ

la sa'imin wa la qalin

although he is neither bored with you nor tired of you.

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فَإِنْ امْضِ فَلاَ عَنْ مَلاَلَةٍ

fa'in amdi fala `an malalatin

If I leave (you), this is not because of weariness;

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وَإِنْ اقِمْ فَلاَ عَنْ سُوءِ ظَنٍّ بِمَا وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّابِرِينَ

wa in uqim fala `an su'i zannin bima wa`ada allahu alssabirina

and if I reside, this is not because of mistrusting the promise that Allah has made for the serene ones.

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لاََ جَعَلَهُ ٱللَّهُ آخِرَ ٱلْعَهْدِ مِنِّي لِزِيَارَتِكَ

la ja`alahu allahu akhira al`ahdi minni liziyaratika

May Allah not decide this time of my visit to be the last.

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وَرَزَقَنِيَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَوْدَ إِلَىٰ مَشْهَدِكَ

wa razaqaniya allahu al`awda ila mashhadika

May He endue me with more chances to return to your shrine,

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وَٱلْمَقَامَ بِفَنَائِكَ

walmaqama bifina'ika

to reside in your courtyard,

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وَٱلْقِيَامَ فِي حَرَمِكَ

walqiyama fi haramika

and to stay in your sanctuary.

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وَإِيَّاهُ اسْالُ انْ يُسْعِدَنِي بِكُمْ

wa iyyahu as'alu an yus`idani bikum

To Him do I pray to make me delightful with you

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وَيَجْعَلَنِي مَعَكُمْ فِي ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلآخِرَةِ

wa yaj`alani ma`akum fi alddunya wal-akhirati

and to include me with you in this world and in the Hereafter.

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اللّهُمّ صَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ

allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

O Allah: (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

bis-millahir-rahmanir-rahim

In the Name of Allah, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَوْلاَيَ

as-salamu `alayka ya mawlaya

Peace be upon you, O my master.

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ ٱللَّهِ

as-salamu `alayka ya hujjata allahi

Peace be upon you, O Allah’s Argument (against His creatures).

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا صِفْوَةَ ٱللَّهِ

as-salamu `alayka ya safwata allahi

Peace be upon you, O Allah’s choice.

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا خَالِصَةَ ٱللَّهِ

as-salamu `alayka ya khalisata allahi

Peace be upon you, O Allah’s select.

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا قَتِيلَ ٱلظَّمَاءِ

as-salamu `alayka ya qatila alzzama'i

Peace be upon you, O victim of thirst.

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا غَرِيبَ ٱلْغُرَبَاءِ

as-salamu `alayka ya ghariba alghuraba'i

Peace be upon you, O strangest of all strangers.

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ سَلاَمَ مُوَدِّع

as-salamu `alayka salama muwaddi`in

Peace be upon you; this is the greeting of one who has to bid farewell to you

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لاََ سَئِمٍ وَلاَ قَالٍ

la sa'imin wa la qalin

although he is neither bored with you nor tired of you.

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فَإِنْ امْضِ فَلاَ عَنْ مَلاَلَةٍ

fa'in amdi fala `an malalatin

If I leave (you), this is not because of weariness;

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وَإِنْ اقِمْ فَلاَ عَنْ سُوءِ ظَنٍّ بِمَا وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّابِرِينَ

wa in uqim fala `an su'i zannin bima wa`ada allahu alssabirina

and if I reside, this is not because of mistrusting the promise that Allah has made for the serene ones.

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لاََ جَعَلَهُ ٱللَّهُ آخِرَ ٱلْعَهْدِ مِنِّي لِزِيَارَتِكَ

la ja`alahu allahu akhira al`ahdi minni liziyaratika

May Allah not decide this time of my visit to be the last.

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وَرَزَقَنِيَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَوْدَ إِلَىٰ مَشْهَدِكَ

wa razaqaniya allahu al`awda ila mashhadika

May He endue me with more chances to return to your shrine,

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وَٱلْمَقَامَ بِفَنَائِكَ

walmaqama bifina'ika

to reside in your courtyard,

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وَٱلْقِيَامَ فِي حَرَمِكَ

walqiyama fi haramika

and to stay in your sanctuary.

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وَإِيَّاهُ اسْالُ انْ يُسْعِدَنِي بِكُمْ

wa iyyahu as'alu an yus`idani bikum

To Him do I pray to make me delightful with you

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وَيَجْعَلَنِي مَعَكُمْ فِي ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلآخِرَةِ

wa yaj`alani ma`akum fi alddunya wal-akhirati

and to include me with you in this world and in the Hereafter.

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اللّهُمّ صَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ

allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

O Allah: (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

bis-millahir-rahmanir-rahim

In the Name of Allah, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَوْلاَيَ

as-salamu `alayka ya mawlaya

Peace be upon you, O my master.

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ ٱللَّهِ

as-salamu `alayka ya hujjata allahi

Peace be upon you, O Allah’s Argument (against His creatures).

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا صِفْوَةَ ٱللَّهِ

as-salamu `alayka ya safwata allahi

Peace be upon you, O Allah’s choice.

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا خَالِصَةَ ٱللَّهِ

as-salamu `alayka ya khalisata allahi

Peace be upon you, O Allah’s select.

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا قَتِيلَ ٱلظَّمَاءِ

as-salamu `alayka ya qatila alzzama'i

Peace be upon you, O victim of thirst.

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا غَرِيبَ ٱلْغُرَبَاءِ

as-salamu `alayka ya ghariba alghuraba'i

Peace be upon you, O strangest of all strangers.

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اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ سَلاَمَ مُوَدِّع

as-salamu `alayka salama muwaddi`in

Peace be upon you; this is the greeting of one who has to bid farewell to you

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لاََ سَئِمٍ وَلاَ قَالٍ

la sa'imin wa la qalin

although he is neither bored with you nor tired of you.

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فَإِنْ امْضِ فَلاَ عَنْ مَلاَلَةٍ

fa'in amdi fala `an malalatin

If I leave (you), this is not because of weariness;

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وَإِنْ اقِمْ فَلاَ عَنْ سُوءِ ظَنٍّ بِمَا وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّابِرِينَ

wa in uqim fala `an su'i zannin bima wa`ada allahu alssabirina

and if I reside, this is not because of mistrusting the promise that Allah has made for the serene ones.

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لاََ جَعَلَهُ ٱللَّهُ آخِرَ ٱلْعَهْدِ مِنِّي لِزِيَارَتِكَ

la ja`alahu allahu akhira al`ahdi minni liziyaratika

May Allah not decide this time of my visit to be the last.

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وَرَزَقَنِيَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَوْدَ إِلَىٰ مَشْهَدِكَ

wa razaqaniya allahu al`awda ila mashhadika

May He endue me with more chances to return to your shrine,

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وَٱلْمَقَامَ بِفَنَائِكَ

walmaqama bifina'ika

to reside in your courtyard,

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وَٱلْقِيَامَ فِي حَرَمِكَ

walqiyama fi haramika

and to stay in your sanctuary.

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وَإِيَّاهُ اسْالُ انْ يُسْعِدَنِي بِكُمْ

wa iyyahu as'alu an yus`idani bikum

To Him do I pray to make me delightful with you

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وَيَجْعَلَنِي مَعَكُمْ فِي ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلآخِرَةِ

wa yaj`alani ma`akum fi alddunya wal-akhirati

and to include me with you in this world and in the Hereafter.

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اللّهُمّ صَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ

allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

O Allah: (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad