Salawat Upon Imam al-Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) — Sardaab, Samarra

Text and Translation

Invocation of Blessings upon Imam al-Mahdi

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ

allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa ahli baytihi

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

وَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ وَلِيِّ ٱلْحَسَنِ

wa salli `ala waliyyi alhasani

and send blessings upon al-Hasan’s vicegerent,

وَوَصِيِّهِ وَوَارِثِهِ

wa wasiyyihi wa warithihi

successor, and inheritor;

ٱلْقَائِمِ بِأَمْرِكَ

alqa'imi bi'amrika

the establisher of Your decrees,

وَٱلْغَائِبِ فِي خَلْقِكَ

walgha'ibi fi khalqika

the absent among Your creatures,

وَٱلْمُنْتَظِرِ لإِِِذْنِكَ

walmuntaziri li'idhnika

and the awaiting for Your permission.

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِ

allahumma salli `alayhi

O Allah, (please) bless him,

وَقَرِّبْ بُعْدَهُ

wa qarrib bu`dahu

make imminent his remoteness,

وَأَنْجِزْ وَعْدَهُ

wa anjiz wa`dahu

fulfill Your promise to him,

وَأَوْفِ عَهْدَهُ

wa awfi `ahdahu

keep Your pledge to him,

وَٱكْشِفْ عَنْ بَأْسِهِ حِجَابَ ٱلْغَيْبَةِ

wakshif `an ba'sihi hijaba alghaybati

reveal the screen of occultation against his power,

وَأَظْهِرْ بِظُهُورِهِ صَحَائِفَ ٱلْمِحْنَةِ

wa azhir bizuhurihi saha'ifa almihnati

manifest the pages of ordeal through his advent,

وَقَدِّمْ أَمَامَهُ ٱلرُّعْبَ

wa qaddim amamahu alrru`ba

bring the horror before him,

وَثَبِّتْ بِهِ ٱلْقَلْبَ

wa thabbit bihi alqalba

make firm the heart through him,

وَأَقِمْ بِهِ ٱلْحَرْبَ

wa aqim bihi alharba

wage the war through him,

وَأَيِّدْهُ بِجُنْدٍ مِنَ ٱلْمَلاَئِكَةِ مُسَوِّمِينَ

wa ayyid-hu bijundin min almala'ikati musawwimina

aid him with marked troops from the heavens,

وَسَلِّطْهُ عَلَىٰ أَعْدَاءِ دِينِكَ أَجْمَعِينَ

wa sallithu `ala a`da'i dinika ajma`ina

give him full dominance over all the enemies of Your religion,

وَأَلْهِمْهُ أَنْ لاََ يَدَعَ مِنْهُمْ رُكْناً إِلاَّ هَدَّهُ

wa alhimhu an la yada`a minhum ruknan illa haddahu

and inspire him not to leave any corner of them but that he demolishes it,

وَلاَ هَاماً إِلاَّ قَدَّهُ

wa la haman illa qaddahu

any head but that he splits it,

وَلاَ كَيْداً إِلاَّ رَدَّهُ

wa la kaydan illa raddahu

any trick but that he frustrates it,

وَلاَ فَاسِقاً إِلاَّ حَدَّهُ

wa la fasiqan illa haddahu

any sinful one but that he exposes him to punishment,

وَلاَ فِرْعَوْنَ إِلاَّ أَهْلَكَهُ

wa la fir`awnan illa ahlakahu

any tyrant but that he annihilates him,

وَلاَ سِتْراً إِلاَّ هَتَكَهُ

wa la sitran illa hatakahu

any screen but that he exposes it,

وَلاَ عَلَماً إِلاَّ نَكَّسَهُ

wa la `alaman illa nakkasahu

any pennon but that he lowers it,

وَلاَ سُلْطَاناً إِلاَّ كَسَبَهُ

wa la sultanan illa kasabahu

any authority but that he seizes it,

وَلاَ رُمْحاً إِلاَّ قَصَفَهُ

wa la rumhan illa qasafahu

any lance but that he smashes it,

وَلاَ مِطْرَداً إِلاَّ خَرَقَهُ