Post-Ziyarah Prayers, Dua & Salawat — Karbala

Text and Translation

Offer a two-unit prayer Among the other recommended acts in Imam al-Husayn’s holy shrine is to offer a two-unit prayer at the side of the head, reciting Surah al-Fatihah and Surah al-Rahman in the first unit and Surah al-Fatihah and Surah al-Mulk (No. 76) in the second.

On the word of Sayyid Ibn Tawus, one who offers this prayer will be granted the reward of having performed an admitted and acceptable ritual pilgrimage (hajj) with the Holy Prophet (s) for twenty times.

Salwaat of Imam Ali(as)/Lady Fatima(sa)

Salwaat on Imam(as)

3 Duas at shrine

Dua at headside

Eleventh:Salwaat of Imam Ali (as) and Lady Fatima (sa)

Abu-Sa`id al-Mada'ini is reported to have said that he, once, came to Imam al-Sadiq ('a) and asked, “May I go for visiting the tomb of al-Husayn?” The Imam ('a) answered, “Yes, you may. Go for visiting the tomb of al-Husayn the son of Allah’s Messenger, the most immaculate of all the immaculate ones, the most infallible of all the infallible ones, and the most munificent of all those who act munificently. After you visit him, you may repeat the glorification words of the Commander of the Faithful (Amir al-Mu'minin) one thousand times while you are at the head’s side and repeat the glorification words of the Luminous Lady (i.e. al-Zahra') one thousand time while you are at the legs’ side. You may then offer a two-unit prayer reciting Surah Yasin (No. 36) and Surah al-Rahman (No. 55) in that prayer. If you do so, you will earn a great reward.”

When the reporter asked the Imam ('a) to teach him the glorification words of the Commander of the Faithful and those of the Luminous Lady, the Imam said: The glorification words of (Imam) `Ali are the following:

سُبْحَانَ ٱلَّذِي لاَ تَنْفَدُ خَزَائِنُهُ

subhana alladhi la tanfadu khaza'inuhu

Glory be to Him Whose reserves never run out.

سُبْحَانَ ٱلَّذِي لاَ تَبِيدُ مَعَالِمُهُ

subhana alladhi la tabidu ma`alimuhu

Glory be to Him Whose signs are never exterminated.

سُبْحَانَ ٱلَّذِي لاَ يَفْنَىٰ مَا عِنْدَهُ

subhana alladhi la yafna ma `indahu

Glory be to Him Whose possessions never expire.

سُبْحَانَ ٱلَّذِي لاَ يُشْرِكُ احَداً فِي حُكْمِهِ

subhana alladhi la yushriku ahadan fi hukmihi

Glory be to Him Who never betakes to Himself a partner in His judgments.

سُبْحَانَ ٱلَّذِي لاَ ٱضْمِحْلاَلَ لِفَخْرِهِ

subhana alladhi la idmihlala lifakhrihi

Glory be to Him Whose honor never vanishes.

سُبحَانَ ٱلَّذِي لاَ ٱنْقِطَاعَ لِمُدَّتِهِ

subhana alladhi la inqita`a limuddatihi

Glory be to Him Whose duration (of existence) is never interrupted.

سُبْحَانَ ٱلَّذِي لاَ إِلٰهَ غَيْرُهُ

subhana alladhi la ilaha ghayruhu

Glory be to Him save Whom there is no god.

The glorification words of Fatimah (`a) are the following:

سُبْحَانَ ذِي ٱلْجَلاَلِ ٱلْبَاذِخِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

dhi aljalali albadhikhi al`azeem

Glory be to the Lord of majesty and exalted great

سُبْحَانَ ذِي ٱلْعِزِّ ٱلشَّامِخِ ٱلْمُنِيفِ

dhi al`izzi alshshamikhi almunif

Glory be to the Lord of honor and sublime author

سُبْحَانَ ذِي ٱلْمُلْكِ ٱلْفَاخِرِ ٱلْقَدِيمِ

dhi almulki alfakhiri alqad

Glory be to the Lord of eternal, splendid sovereign

سُبْحَانَ ذِي ٱلْبَهْجَةِ وَٱلْجَمَالِ

dhi albahjati waljamal

Glory be to the Lord of splendor and beauty

سُبْحَانَ مَنْ تَرَدَّىٰ بِٱلنُّورِ وَٱلْوَقَارِ

man taradda bilnnuri walwaqar

Glory be to Him Who is clad in light and dignity

سُبحَانَ مَنْ يَرَىٰ اثَرَ ٱلَّنمْلِ فِي ٱلصَّفَا

man yara athara alnnamli fi alssfa

Glory be to Him Who makes out the footprints of the ant on the

وَوَقْعَ ٱلطَّيْرِ فِي ٱلْهَوَاءِ

a alttayri fi alhawa

and (the exact time and place of) the bird dipping down through the

Fourteenth:Salwaat on Imam

:Among the rites to be done in the holy shrine of Imam al-Husayn ('a) is to invoke Almighty Allah’s blessings upon him. It is thus reported to stand behind the tomb at the side of the two shoulders and to invoke Almighty Allah’s blessings upon the Holy Prophet (s) and Imam al-Husayn ('a).

In his book of Misbah al-Za'ir, Sayyid Ibn Tawus has reported the following form of invocation of blessings upon Imam al-Husayn ('a) within some forms of ziyarah:

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad

وَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ ٱلْحُسَيْنِ ٱلْمَظْلُومِ ٱلشَّهِيدِ

wa salli `ala alhusayni almazlumi alshshahidi

and send blessings upon al-Husayn, the wronged, the martyred,

قَتِيلِ ٱلْعَبَرَاتِ وَاسِيرِ ٱلْكُرُبَاتِ

qatili al`abarati wa asiri alkurubati

the victim of shed tears, and the captive of agonies

صَلاَةً نَامِيَةً زَاكِيَةً مُبَارَكَةً

salatan namiyatan zakiyatan mubarakatan

with ever-increasing, pure, and sacred blessings

يَصْعَدُ اوَّلُهَا وَلاَ يَنْفَدُ آخِرُهَا

yas`adu awwaluha wa la yanfadu akhiruha

the first of which ascend and the last of which never run out;

افْضَلَ مَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَىٰ احَدٍ

afdala ma sallayta `ala ahadin

with the best manner that You have ever conferred upon any

مِنْ اوْلاَدِ ٱلانْبِيَاءِ وَٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

min awladi al-anbya'i walmursalina

of the descendants of the Prophets and Messengers,

يَا رَبَّ ٱلْعَالِمينَ

ya rabba al`alamina

O Lord of the worlds!

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ ٱلإِمَامِ ٱلشَّهِيدِ