Sayyid `Abd al-Karim ibn Tawus has reported the following from Safwan al-Jammal:
During my journey with him to al-Kufah for meeting Abu-Ja`far al-Mansur the `Abbasid ruler, Imam Ja`far al-Sadiq (‘a) asked me to make our camels kneel down at a certain place, saying, “This is the tomb of my grandfather, the Commander of the Faithful.” As I made the camels kneel down there, he rode off, bathed himself, changed his clothes, took off his shoes, and ordered me to imitate him in everything. He then directed towards the hillock of Najaf (al-dhakwah), saying, “If you walk in short steps and nod your head to the ground, you shall be given one hundred thousand rewards for each step, one hundred thousand sins shall be erased from your sins, you shall be elevated one hundred thousand ranks, one hundred thousand of your requests shall be granted, and you shall be granted the rewards of all veracious individuals who died and all martyrs whom were slain.”
Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) then walked with tranquility and gravity, and I followed him, pronouncing statements of glorification and sanctification of Almighty Allah and confession of His Oneness until we reached the hillocks there. He stopped there, looked to the right and the left, sketched something on the ground with his stick, and asked me to look for the signs of the tomb. As I did, I could notice the traces of the tomb of Imam `Ali (‘a). Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) immediately shed tears down his face and said these words:
إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji`una
To Allah we belong and to Him is our return.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ﭐلْوَصِيُّ ﭐلْبَرُّ ﭐلتَّقِيُّ
as-salamu `alayka ayyuha alwasiyyu albarru alttaqiyyu
Peace be upon you, O successor (of the Prophet), righteous, and pious.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ﭐلنَّبَأُ ﭐلْعَظِيمُ
as-salamu `alayka ayyuha alnnaba'u al`azimu
Peace be upon you, O Great News.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ﭐلصِّدِّيقُ ﭐلرَّشِيدُ
as-salamu `alayka ayyuha alssiddiqu alrrashidu
Peace be upon you, O veracious and right-directing one.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ﭐلْبَرُّ ﭐلزَّكِيُّ
as-salamu `alayka ayyuha albarru alzzakiyyu
Peace be upon you, O righteous and pure.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَصِيَّ رَسُولِ رَبِّ ﭐلْعَالَمِينَ
as-salamu `alayka ya wasiyya rasuli rabbi al`alamina
Peace be upon you, O Successor of the Messenger of the Lord of the worlds.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا خِيَرَةَ ﭐللَّهِ عَلَىٰ ﭐلْخَلْقِ أَجْمَعِينَ
as-salamu `alayka ya khiyarata allahi `ala alkhalqi ajma`ina
Peace be upon you, O choice of Allah over all creatures.
أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ حَبيبُ ﭐللَّهِ وَخَاصَّةُ ﭐللَّهِ وَخَالِصَتُهُ
ashhadu annaka habibu allahi wa khassatu allahi wa khalisatuhu
I bear witness that you are verily Allah’s beloved, elite, and select.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَلِيَّ ﭐللَّهِ وَمَوْضِعَ سِرِّهِ
as-salamu `alayka ya waliyya allahi wa mawdi`a sirrihi
Peace be upon you, O intimate servant of Allah, center of His secrets,
وَعَيْبَةَ عِلْمِهِ وَخَازِنَ وَحْيِهِ
wa `aybata `ilmihi wa khazina wahyihi
store of His knowledge, and keeper of His Revelation.
Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) then threw himself on the tomb and said these words:
بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا أَمِيرَ ﭐلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
bi'abi anta wa ummi ya amir almu'minina
May Allah accept my father and mother as ransoms for you, O Commander of the Faithful!
بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا حُجَّةَ ﭐلْخِصَامِ
bi'abi anta wa ummi ya hujjata alkhisami
May Allah accept my father and mother as ransoms for you, O argument in controversies!
بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا بَابَ ﭐلْمَقَامِ
bi'abi anta wa ummi ya baba almaqami
May Allah accept my father and mother as ransoms for you, O door to the (elevated) position!
بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا نُورَ ﭐللَّهِ ﭐلتَّامَّ
bi'abi anta wa ummi ya nura allahi alttamma
May Allah accept my father and mother as ransoms for you, O utter light of Allah!
أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ بَلَّغْتَ عَنِ ﭐللَّهِ
ashhadu annaka qad ballaghta `an allahi
I bear witness that you have conveyed all that which you were ordered to convey from Allah
وَعَنْ رَسُولِ ﭐللَّهِ
wa `an rasuli allahi
and from Allah’s Messenger,
صَلَّىٰ ﭐللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ مَا حُمِّلْتَ
salla allahu `alayhi wa alihi ma hummilta
may Allah’s peace be upon him and his Household,
وَرَعَيْتَ مَا ﭐسْتُحْفِظْتَ
wa ra`ayta ma istuhfizta
attended to that which was kept with you,
وَحَفِظْتَ مَا ﭐسْتُوْدِعْتَ
wa hafizta ma istudi`ta
kept that which was stored with you,
وَحَلَّلْتَ حَلاَلَ ﭐللَّهِ
wa hallalata halala allahi
decided as lawful all that which Allah has deemed lawful,
وَحَرَّمْتَ حَرَامَ ﭐللَّهِ
wa harramta harama allahi
decided as unlawful all that which Allah has deemed unlawful,
وَأَقَمْتَ أَحْكَامَ ﭐللَّهِ
wa aqamta ahkama allahi
carried out the decrees of Allah,
وَلَمْ تَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ ﭐللَّهِ
wa lam tata`adda hududa allahi
never exceeded the limits of Allah,
وَعَبَدْتَ ﭐللَّهَ مُخْلِصاً
wa `abadta allaha mukhlisan
and worshipped Allah sincerely
حَتَّىٰ أَتَاكَ ﭐلْيَقينُ
hatta ataka alyaqinu
until death came upon you.
صَلَّىٰ ﭐللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ
salla allahu `alayka
May Allah send blessings upon you
وَعَلَىٰ ﭐلأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ
wa `ala al-a'immati min ba`dika
and upon the Imams who came after you!
The Imam (‘a) answered, “Yes, I do. Each night, this tomb is visited by seventy thousand tribes of angels.”
“How many is a tribe of angels?” asked I.
“Each tribe consists of one hndred thousand angels,” answered the Imam (‘a).
The Imam (‘a) then left the place waling back but his face was still to the grave direction, uttering the following words:
يَا جَدَّاهُ يَا سَيِّدَاهُ
ya jaddahu ya sayyidahu
O grandfather! O master!
يَا طَيِّبَاهُ يَا طَاهِرَاهُ
ya tayyibahu ya tahirahu
O pure! O infallible!
لاََ جَعَلَهُ ﭐللَّهُ آخِرَ ﭐلْعَهْدِ مِنْكَ
la ja`alahu allahu akhira al`ahdi minka
May Allah not cause this (visit of mine) to be the last of my compliments to you.
وَرَزَقَنِي ﭐلْعَوْدَ إِلَيْكَ
wa razaqani al`awda ilayka
May He grant me the opportunity to visit you again,
وَﭐلْمَقَامَ فِي حَرَمِكَ
walmaqama fi haramika
to reside at your holy shrine,
وَﭐلْكَوْنَ مَعَكَ
walkawna ma`aka
and to be included with you
وَمَعَ ﭐلأَبْرَارِ مِنْ وُلْدِكَ
wa ma`a al-abrari min wuldika
and with the righteous ones among your sons!
صَلَّىٰ ﭐللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ
salla allahu `alayka
May Allah send blessings upon you
وَعلَىٰ ﭐلْمَلاَئِكَةِ ﭐلْمُحْدِقِينَ بِكَ
wa `ala almala'ikati almuhdiqina bika
and upon the angels surrounding you!
I then said to him, “O master! May I inform our acquaintances in al-Kufah about this and lead them to this tomb?” The Imam (‘a) answered in the affirmative and gave me a sum of money to construct the tomb.
Sayyid `Abd al-Karim ibn Tawus has reported the following from Safwan al-Jammal:
During my journey with him to al-Kufah for meeting Abu-Ja`far al-Mansur the `Abbasid ruler, Imam Ja`far al-Sadiq (‘a) asked me to make our camels kneel down at a certain place, saying, “This is the tomb of my grandfather, the Commander of the Faithful.” As I made the camels kneel down there, he rode off, bathed himself, changed his clothes, took off his shoes, and ordered me to imitate him in everything. He then directed towards the hillock of Najaf (al-dhakwah), saying, “If you walk in short steps and nod your head to the ground, you shall be given one hundred thousand rewards for each step, one hundred thousand sins shall be erased from your sins, you shall be elevated one hundred thousand ranks, one hundred thousand of your requests shall be granted, and you shall be granted the rewards of all veracious individuals who died and all martyrs whom were slain.”
Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) then walked with tranquility and gravity, and I followed him, pronouncing statements of glorification and sanctification of Almighty Allah and confession of His Oneness until we reached the hillocks there. He stopped there, looked to the right and the left, sketched something on the ground with his stick, and asked me to look for the signs of the tomb. As I did, I could notice the traces of the tomb of Imam `Ali (‘a). Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) immediately shed tears down his face and said these words:
إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji`una
To Allah we belong and to Him is our return.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ﭐلْوَصِيُّ ﭐلْبَرُّ ﭐلتَّقِيُّ
as-salamu `alayka ayyuha alwasiyyu albarru alttaqiyyu
Peace be upon you, O successor (of the Prophet), righteous, and pious.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ﭐلنَّبَأُ ﭐلْعَظِيمُ
as-salamu `alayka ayyuha alnnaba'u al`azimu
Peace be upon you, O Great News.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ﭐلصِّدِّيقُ ﭐلرَّشِيدُ
as-salamu `alayka ayyuha alssiddiqu alrrashidu
Peace be upon you, O veracious and right-directing one.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ﭐلْبَرُّ ﭐلزَّكِيُّ
as-salamu `alayka ayyuha albarru alzzakiyyu
Peace be upon you, O righteous and pure.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَصِيَّ رَسُولِ رَبِّ ﭐلْعَالَمِينَ
as-salamu `alayka ya wasiyya rasuli rabbi al`alamina
Peace be upon you, O Successor of the Messenger of the Lord of the worlds.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا خِيَرَةَ ﭐللَّهِ عَلَىٰ ﭐلْخَلْقِ أَجْمَعِينَ
as-salamu `alayka ya khiyarata allahi `ala alkhalqi ajma`ina
Peace be upon you, O choice of Allah over all creatures.
أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ حَبيبُ ﭐللَّهِ وَخَاصَّةُ ﭐللَّهِ وَخَالِصَتُهُ
ashhadu annaka habibu allahi wa khassatu allahi wa khalisatuhu
I bear witness that you are verily Allah’s beloved, elite, and select.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَلِيَّ ﭐللَّهِ وَمَوْضِعَ سِرِّهِ
as-salamu `alayka ya waliyya allahi wa mawdi`a sirrihi
Peace be upon you, O intimate servant of Allah, center of His secrets,
وَعَيْبَةَ عِلْمِهِ وَخَازِنَ وَحْيِهِ
wa `aybata `ilmihi wa khazina wahyihi
store of His knowledge, and keeper of His Revelation.
Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) then threw himself on the tomb and said these words:
بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا أَمِيرَ ﭐلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
bi'abi anta wa ummi ya amir almu'minina
May Allah accept my father and mother as ransoms for you, O Commander of the Faithful!
بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا حُجَّةَ ﭐلْخِصَامِ
bi'abi anta wa ummi ya hujjata alkhisami
May Allah accept my father and mother as ransoms for you, O argument in controversies!
بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا بَابَ ﭐلْمَقَامِ
bi'abi anta wa ummi ya baba almaqami
May Allah accept my father and mother as ransoms for you, O door to the (elevated) position!
بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا نُورَ ﭐللَّهِ ﭐلتَّامَّ
bi'abi anta wa ummi ya nura allahi alttamma
May Allah accept my father and mother as ransoms for you, O utter light of Allah!
أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ بَلَّغْتَ عَنِ ﭐللَّهِ
ashhadu annaka qad ballaghta `an allahi
I bear witness that you have conveyed all that which you were ordered to convey from Allah
وَعَنْ رَسُولِ ﭐللَّهِ
wa `an rasuli allahi
and from Allah’s Messenger,
صَلَّىٰ ﭐللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ مَا حُمِّلْتَ
salla allahu `alayhi wa alihi ma hummilta
may Allah’s peace be upon him and his Household,
وَرَعَيْتَ مَا ﭐسْتُحْفِظْتَ
wa ra`ayta ma istuhfizta
attended to that which was kept with you,
وَحَفِظْتَ مَا ﭐسْتُوْدِعْتَ
wa hafizta ma istudi`ta
kept that which was stored with you,
وَحَلَّلْتَ حَلاَلَ ﭐللَّهِ
wa hallalata halala allahi
decided as lawful all that which Allah has deemed lawful,
وَحَرَّمْتَ حَرَامَ ﭐللَّهِ
wa harramta harama allahi
decided as unlawful all that which Allah has deemed unlawful,
وَأَقَمْتَ أَحْكَامَ ﭐللَّهِ
wa aqamta ahkama allahi
carried out the decrees of Allah,
وَلَمْ تَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ ﭐللَّهِ
wa lam tata`adda hududa allahi
never exceeded the limits of Allah,
وَعَبَدْتَ ﭐللَّهَ مُخْلِصاً
wa `abadta allaha mukhlisan
and worshipped Allah sincerely
حَتَّىٰ أَتَاكَ ﭐلْيَقينُ
hatta ataka alyaqinu
until death came upon you.
صَلَّىٰ ﭐللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ
salla allahu `alayka
May Allah send blessings upon you
وَعَلَىٰ ﭐلأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ
wa `ala al-a'immati min ba`dika
and upon the Imams who came after you!
The Imam (‘a) answered, “Yes, I do. Each night, this tomb is visited by seventy thousand tribes of angels.”
“How many is a tribe of angels?” asked I.
“Each tribe consists of one hndred thousand angels,” answered the Imam (‘a).
The Imam (‘a) then left the place waling back but his face was still to the grave direction, uttering the following words:
يَا جَدَّاهُ يَا سَيِّدَاهُ
ya jaddahu ya sayyidahu
O grandfather! O master!
يَا طَيِّبَاهُ يَا طَاهِرَاهُ
ya tayyibahu ya tahirahu
O pure! O infallible!
لاََ جَعَلَهُ ﭐللَّهُ آخِرَ ﭐلْعَهْدِ مِنْكَ
la ja`alahu allahu akhira al`ahdi minka
May Allah not cause this (visit of mine) to be the last of my compliments to you.
وَرَزَقَنِي ﭐلْعَوْدَ إِلَيْكَ
wa razaqani al`awda ilayka
May He grant me the opportunity to visit you again,
وَﭐلْمَقَامَ فِي حَرَمِكَ
walmaqama fi haramika
to reside at your holy shrine,
وَﭐلْكَوْنَ مَعَكَ
walkawna ma`aka
and to be included with you
وَمَعَ ﭐلأَبْرَارِ مِنْ وُلْدِكَ
wa ma`a al-abrari min wuldika
and with the righteous ones among your sons!
صَلَّىٰ ﭐللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ
salla allahu `alayka
May Allah send blessings upon you
وَعلَىٰ ﭐلْمَلاَئِكَةِ ﭐلْمُحْدِقِينَ بِكَ
wa `ala almala'ikati almuhdiqina bika
and upon the angels surrounding you!
I then said to him, “O master! May I inform our acquaintances in al-Kufah about this and lead them to this tomb?” The Imam (‘a) answered in the affirmative and gave me a sum of money to construct the tomb.
Sayyid `Abd al-Karim ibn Tawus has reported the following from Safwan al-Jammal:
During my journey with him to al-Kufah for meeting Abu-Ja`far al-Mansur the `Abbasid ruler, Imam Ja`far al-Sadiq (‘a) asked me to make our camels kneel down at a certain place, saying, “This is the tomb of my grandfather, the Commander of the Faithful.” As I made the camels kneel down there, he rode off, bathed himself, changed his clothes, took off his shoes, and ordered me to imitate him in everything. He then directed towards the hillock of Najaf (al-dhakwah), saying, “If you walk in short steps and nod your head to the ground, you shall be given one hundred thousand rewards for each step, one hundred thousand sins shall be erased from your sins, you shall be elevated one hundred thousand ranks, one hundred thousand of your requests shall be granted, and you shall be granted the rewards of all veracious individuals who died and all martyrs whom were slain.”
Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) then walked with tranquility and gravity, and I followed him, pronouncing statements of glorification and sanctification of Almighty Allah and confession of His Oneness until we reached the hillocks there. He stopped there, looked to the right and the left, sketched something on the ground with his stick, and asked me to look for the signs of the tomb. As I did, I could notice the traces of the tomb of Imam `Ali (‘a). Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) immediately shed tears down his face and said these words:
إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji`una
To Allah we belong and to Him is our return.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ﭐلْوَصِيُّ ﭐلْبَرُّ ﭐلتَّقِيُّ
as-salamu `alayka ayyuha alwasiyyu albarru alttaqiyyu
Peace be upon you, O successor (of the Prophet), righteous, and pious.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ﭐلنَّبَأُ ﭐلْعَظِيمُ
as-salamu `alayka ayyuha alnnaba'u al`azimu
Peace be upon you, O Great News.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ﭐلصِّدِّيقُ ﭐلرَّشِيدُ
as-salamu `alayka ayyuha alssiddiqu alrrashidu
Peace be upon you, O veracious and right-directing one.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ﭐلْبَرُّ ﭐلزَّكِيُّ
as-salamu `alayka ayyuha albarru alzzakiyyu
Peace be upon you, O righteous and pure.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَصِيَّ رَسُولِ رَبِّ ﭐلْعَالَمِينَ
as-salamu `alayka ya wasiyya rasuli rabbi al`alamina
Peace be upon you, O Successor of the Messenger of the Lord of the worlds.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا خِيَرَةَ ﭐللَّهِ عَلَىٰ ﭐلْخَلْقِ أَجْمَعِينَ
as-salamu `alayka ya khiyarata allahi `ala alkhalqi ajma`ina
Peace be upon you, O choice of Allah over all creatures.
أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ حَبيبُ ﭐللَّهِ وَخَاصَّةُ ﭐللَّهِ وَخَالِصَتُهُ
ashhadu annaka habibu allahi wa khassatu allahi wa khalisatuhu
I bear witness that you are verily Allah’s beloved, elite, and select.
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَلِيَّ ﭐللَّهِ وَمَوْضِعَ سِرِّهِ
as-salamu `alayka ya waliyya allahi wa mawdi`a sirrihi
Peace be upon you, O intimate servant of Allah, center of His secrets,
وَعَيْبَةَ عِلْمِهِ وَخَازِنَ وَحْيِهِ
wa `aybata `ilmihi wa khazina wahyihi
store of His knowledge, and keeper of His Revelation.
Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) then threw himself on the tomb and said these words:
بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا أَمِيرَ ﭐلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
bi'abi anta wa ummi ya amir almu'minina
May Allah accept my father and mother as ransoms for you, O Commander of the Faithful!
بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا حُجَّةَ ﭐلْخِصَامِ
bi'abi anta wa ummi ya hujjata alkhisami
May Allah accept my father and mother as ransoms for you, O argument in controversies!
بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا بَابَ ﭐلْمَقَامِ
bi'abi anta wa ummi ya baba almaqami
May Allah accept my father and mother as ransoms for you, O door to the (elevated) position!
بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا نُورَ ﭐللَّهِ ﭐلتَّامَّ
bi'abi anta wa ummi ya nura allahi alttamma
May Allah accept my father and mother as ransoms for you, O utter light of Allah!
أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ بَلَّغْتَ عَنِ ﭐللَّهِ
ashhadu annaka qad ballaghta `an allahi
I bear witness that you have conveyed all that which you were ordered to convey from Allah
وَعَنْ رَسُولِ ﭐللَّهِ
wa `an rasuli allahi
and from Allah’s Messenger,
صَلَّىٰ ﭐللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ مَا حُمِّلْتَ
salla allahu `alayhi wa alihi ma hummilta
may Allah’s peace be upon him and his Household,
وَرَعَيْتَ مَا ﭐسْتُحْفِظْتَ
wa ra`ayta ma istuhfizta
attended to that which was kept with you,
وَحَفِظْتَ مَا ﭐسْتُوْدِعْتَ
wa hafizta ma istudi`ta
kept that which was stored with you,
وَحَلَّلْتَ حَلاَلَ ﭐللَّهِ
wa hallalata halala allahi
decided as lawful all that which Allah has deemed lawful,
وَحَرَّمْتَ حَرَامَ ﭐللَّهِ
wa harramta harama allahi
decided as unlawful all that which Allah has deemed unlawful,
وَأَقَمْتَ أَحْكَامَ ﭐللَّهِ
wa aqamta ahkama allahi
carried out the decrees of Allah,
وَلَمْ تَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ ﭐللَّهِ
wa lam tata`adda hududa allahi
never exceeded the limits of Allah,
وَعَبَدْتَ ﭐللَّهَ مُخْلِصاً
wa `abadta allaha mukhlisan
and worshipped Allah sincerely
حَتَّىٰ أَتَاكَ ﭐلْيَقينُ
hatta ataka alyaqinu
until death came upon you.
صَلَّىٰ ﭐللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ
salla allahu `alayka
May Allah send blessings upon you
وَعَلَىٰ ﭐلأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ
wa `ala al-a'immati min ba`dika
and upon the Imams who came after you!
The Imam (‘a) answered, “Yes, I do. Each night, this tomb is visited by seventy thousand tribes of angels.”
“How many is a tribe of angels?” asked I.
“Each tribe consists of one hndred thousand angels,” answered the Imam (‘a).
The Imam (‘a) then left the place waling back but his face was still to the grave direction, uttering the following words:
يَا جَدَّاهُ يَا سَيِّدَاهُ
ya jaddahu ya sayyidahu
O grandfather! O master!
يَا طَيِّبَاهُ يَا طَاهِرَاهُ
ya tayyibahu ya tahirahu
O pure! O infallible!
لاََ جَعَلَهُ ﭐللَّهُ آخِرَ ﭐلْعَهْدِ مِنْكَ
la ja`alahu allahu akhira al`ahdi minka
May Allah not cause this (visit of mine) to be the last of my compliments to you.
وَرَزَقَنِي ﭐلْعَوْدَ إِلَيْكَ
wa razaqani al`awda ilayka
May He grant me the opportunity to visit you again,
وَﭐلْمَقَامَ فِي حَرَمِكَ
walmaqama fi haramika
to reside at your holy shrine,
وَﭐلْكَوْنَ مَعَكَ
walkawna ma`aka
and to be included with you
وَمَعَ ﭐلأَبْرَارِ مِنْ وُلْدِكَ
wa ma`a al-abrari min wuldika
and with the righteous ones among your sons!
صَلَّىٰ ﭐللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ
salla allahu `alayka
May Allah send blessings upon you
وَعلَىٰ ﭐلْمَلاَئِكَةِ ﭐلْمُحْدِقِينَ بِكَ
wa `ala almala'ikati almuhdiqina bika
and upon the angels surrounding you!
I then said to him, “O master! May I inform our acquaintances in al-Kufah about this and lead them to this tomb?” The Imam (‘a) answered in the affirmative and gave me a sum of money to construct the tomb.