Ziyaarat-e-Janab-e-Faatemah Zahra (s.a.)

Text and Translation

When you stand for the ziyarah of Lady Fatimah al-Zahra (s.a.)’s tomb, you may say the following:

يَا مُمْتَحَنَةُ

YAA MUMTAHANATUM

O carefully examined (lady):

امْتَحَنَكِ اللّٰهُ الَّذِيْ خَلَقَكِ

TAHANAKIL LAAHUL LAZEE KHALAQAKE

Allah Who created you had tried you

قَبْلَ اَنْ يَخْلُقَكِ

QABLA ANY YAKHLOQAKE

before He created you (for this worldly life),

فَوَجَدَكِ لِمَا امْتَحَنَكِ صَابِرَةً

FAWAJADAKE LEMAM TAHANAKE SAABERATAN

and thus He found you successfully enduring in that trial.

وَ زَعَمْنَا اَنَّا لَكِ اَوْلِيَاۤءُ وَ مُصَدِّقُوْنَ

WA ZA-A'MNAA ANNAA LAKE AWLEYAAA-O WA MOSADDEQOONA

We claim being loyalists to you, believers in you,

وَ صَابِرُوْنَ لِكُلِّ مَاۤ اَتَانَا بِهٖ اَبُوْكِ

WA SAABEROONA LE KULLE MAA ATAANAA BEHI ABOOKE

and tolerant as regards all that which has been conveyed to us by your father,

صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ اٰلِهٖ

SALLAL LAAHO A'LAYHE WA AALEHI

peace of Allah be upon him and his Household,

وَ اَتٰى بِهٖ وَصِيُّهٗ

WA ATAA BEHI WASIYYOHU

and all that which his Successor has brought to us.

فَاِنَّا نَسْاَلُكِ اِنْ كُنَّا صَدَّقْنَاكِ

FA-INNAA NAS-ALOKE IN KUNNAA SADDAQNAAKE

We, thus, ask you, if we have really believed you,

اِلَّاۤ اَلْحَقْتِنَا بِتَصْدِيْقِنَا لَهُمَا

ILLAA ALHAQTENAA BE TASDEEQENAA LAHOMAA

that you may include us with those who believe in both of them (i.e. the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and Imam Ali (a.s.)),

لِنُبَشِّرَ اَنْفُسَنَا بِاَنَّا قَدْ طَهُرْنَا بِوِلَايَتِكِ.

LE-NOBASHSHERA ANFOSANAA BE-ANNAA QAD TAHURNAA BE-WALAAYATEKE

so that we may feel happy that we have been purified on account of our loyalty to you.

It is recommended to add the following:

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ رَسُوْلِ اللّٰهِ

ASSALAAMO A'LAYKE YAA BINTA RASOOLIL LAAHE

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the Messenger of Allah.

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ نَبِيِّ اللّٰهِ

ASSALAAMO A'LAYKE YAA BINTA KHALEELIL LAAHE

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the Prophet of Allah.

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ حَبِيْبِ اللّٰهِ

ASSALAAMO A'LAYKE YAA BINTA NABIYYIL LAAHE

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the most beloved of Allah.

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ خَلِيْلِ اللّٰهِ

ASSALAAMO A'LAYKE YAA BINTA HABEEBIL LAAHE

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the Intimate Servant of Allah.

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ صَفِيِّ اللّٰهِ

ASSALAAMO A'LAYKE YAA BINTA SAFIYYIL LAAHE

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the Choice of Allah.

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ اَمِيْنِ اللّٰهِ

ASSALAAMO A'LAYKE YAA BINTA AMEENIL LAAHE

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the Trustee of Allah.

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ خَيْرِ خَلْقِ اللّٰهِ

ASSALAAMO A'LAYKE YAA BINTA KHAYRE KHALQIL LAAHE

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the best of Allah’s creatures.

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ اَفْضَلِ اَنْبِيَاۤءِ اللّٰهِ

ASSALAAMO A'LAYKE YAA BINTA AFZALE AMBEYAAA-IL LAAHE

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the best of Allah’s Prophets,

وَ رُسُلِهٖ وَ مَلَاۤئِكَتِهٖ

WA ROSOLEHI WA MALAAA-EKATEHI

Messengers, and angels.

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بِنْتَ خَيْرِ الْبَرِيَّةِ

ASSALAAMO A'LAYKE YAA BINTA KHAYRIL BARIYYATE

Peace be upon you, O daughter of the best of all created beings.

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاۤءِ الْعَالَمِيْنَ

ASSALAAMO A'LAYKE YAA SAYYEDATA NESAAA-IL A'ALAMEENA

Peace be upon you, O doyenne of all women of the world,

مِنَ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ وَ الْاٰخِرِيْنَ

MENAL AWWALEENA WAL AAKHEREEN

including the past and the coming generations.

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا زَوْجَةَ وَلِيِّ اللّٰهِ

ASSALAAMO A'LAYKE YAA ZAWJATA WALIYYIL LAAHE

Peace be upon you, O lady of the Intimate Servant of Allah

وَ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ بَعْدَ رَسُوْلِ اللّٰهِ

WA KHAYRIL KHALQE BA'DA RASOOLIL LAAHE

and the best of all created beings after the Messenger of Allah.

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ يَا اُمَّ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ

ASSALAAMO A'LAYKE YAA UMMAL HASANE WAL HUSAYNE

Peace be upon you, O mother of al-Hasan and al-Husayn,