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ZIYARAT OF LADY NARJIS KHATOON (S.A.)

Then perform the Ziyarat of Imam Mahdi’s mother, Lady Narjis Khatoon, whose grave is behind the grave of our Master Imam Askari (A.S.), and say:

  اَلسَّلامُ عَلى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ ، اَلصَّادِقِ الْأَمينِ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلى مَوْلانا أَميرِالْمُؤْمِنينَ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَى الْأَئِمَّةِ الطَّاهِرينَ ، اَلْحُجَجِ الْمَيامينِ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلى والِدَةِ الْإِمامِ ، وَالْمُودَعَةِ أَسْرارِ الْمَلِكِ الْعَلّامِ ، وَالْحامِلَةِ لِأَشْرَفِ الْأَنامِ .

  اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكِ أَيَّتُهَا الصِّدّيقَةُ الْمَرْضِيَّةُ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكِ يا شَبيهَةَ اُمِّ مُوسى ، وَابْنَةِ حَواري عيسى ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكِ أَيَّتُهَا التَّقِيَّةُ النَّقِيَّةُ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكِ أَيَّتُهَا الرَّضِيَّةُ الْمَرْضِيَّةُ .

  اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكِ أَيَّتُهَا الْمَنْعُوتَةُ فِي الْإِنْجيلِ ، اَلْمَخْطُوبَةُ مِنْ رُوحِ اللَّهِ الْأَمينِ ، وَمَنْ رَغِبَ في وُصْلَتِها مُحَمَّدٌ سَيِّدُ الْمُرْسَلينَ ، وَالْمُسْتَوْدَعَةُ أَسْرارِ رَبِّ الْعالَمينَ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكِ وَعَلى آبائِكِ الْحَوارِيّينَ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكِ وَعَلى بَعْلِكِ وَوَلَدِكِ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكِ وَعَلى رُوحِكِ وَبَدَنِكِ الطَّاهِرِ .

  أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكِ أَحْسَنْتِ الْكَفالَةَ، وَأَدَّيْتِ الْأَمانَةَ ، وَاجْتَهَدْتِ في مَرْضاةِ اللَّهِ وَصَبَرْتِ في ذاتِ اللَّهِ ، وَحَفِظْتِ سِرَّ اللَّهِ ، وَحَمَلْتِ وَلِيَّ اللَّهِ ، وَبالَغْتِ في حِفْظِ حُجَّةِ اللَّهِ ، وَرَغِبْتِ في وُصْلَةِ أَبْناءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ، عارِفَةً بِحَقِّهِمْ ، مُؤْمِنَةً بِصِدْقِهِمْ ، مُعْتَرِفَةً بِمَنْزِلَتِهِمْ ، مُسْتَبْصِرَةً بِأَمْرِهِمْ ، مُشْفِقَةً عَلَيْهِمْ ، مُؤْثِرَةً هَواهُمْ .

  وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكِ مَضَيْتِ عَلى بَصيرَةٍ مِنْ أَمْرِكِ ، مُقْتَدِيَةً بِالصَّالِحينَ ، راضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً ، تَقِيَّةً نَقِيَّةً زَكِيَّةً ، فَرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْكِ وَأَرْضاكِ ، وَجَعَلَ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْزِلَكِ وَمَأْواكِ ، فَلَقَدْ أَوْلاكِ مِنَ الْخَيْراتِ ما أَوْلاكِ ، وَأَعْطاكِ مِنَ الشَّرَفِ ما بِهِ أَغْناكِ ، فَهَنَّاكِ اللَّهُ بِما مَنَحَكِ مِنَ الْكَرامَةِ وَأَمْرَاَكِ .

 “Peace be upon the Messenger of Allah; May Allah bless him and his holy Progeny, the truthful, the trustworthy; Peace be upon our Master, the Commander of the Faithful, Peace be upon the pure Imams, the noble arguments, Peace be upon the mother of Imam, she unto whom the secret trust of the All-knowing King was deposited, the bearer of the best of humans, Peace be upon you O’ highly truthful and pleased, Peace be upon you O’ like of Musa’s mother, and the daughter of Isa’s disciple, Peace be upon you O’ pious and pure, Peace be upon you O’ content and pleased. Peace be upon you O’ she who is described in the Gospel, whose Sermon of Marriage was given by the Archangel Jibraeel, and in whose relation was Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H.) interested, unto whom the secret trust of the Lord of the Worlds is deposited, Peace be upon you and your fathers, the disciples, Peace be upon you and your spouse and son, Peace be upon you and your soul, and your pure body. I bear witness that you fulfilled your caretaking responsibility in the best way, and performed your job as a depository, and strived to seek the pleasure of Allah, and exhibited patience in the path of Allah, and protected the secret of Allah, and carried the Guardian of Allah, exerted complete effort in the protection of Allah’s argument, and showed interest in making relationship with the sons of Allah’s Messenger, acknowledging their rights, believing in their truthfulness, accepting their position, having awareness of their affair, being merciful upon them, giving their desires priority over their desires. And I bear witness that you had the perfect perception regarding the work your action, and you followed the noblemen, the content and the pleased, the pious, the purified and clean; may Allah be pleased with you and please you, and make the Heaven as your home and your eternal abode, indeed He showered His grace upon You, what a grace! And bestowed you with such dignity that you became needless; May Allah bestow happiness upon you through that which he has granted you from His Kindness and Benevolence.

            Then raise your head and say:

أَللَّهُمَّ إِيَّاكَ اعْتَمَدْتُ، وَلِرِضاكَ طَلَبْتُ، وَبِأَوْلِيائِكَ إِلَيْكَ تَوَسَّلْتُ ، وَعَلى غُفْرانِكَ وَحِلْمِكَ اتَّكَلْتُ ، وَبِكَ اعْتَصَمْتُ ، وَبِقَبْرِ اُمِّ وَلِيِّكَ لُذْتُ، فَصَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَانْفَعْني بِزيارَتِها، وَثَبِّتْني عَلى مَحَبَّتِها، وَلاتُحْرِمْني شَفاعَتَها وَشَفاعَةَ وَلَدِها ، وَارْزُقْني مُرافَقَتَها، وَاحْشُرْني مَعَها وَمَعَ وَلَدِها كَما وَفَّقْتَني لِزيارَةِ وَلَدِها وَزيارَتِها .

  أَللَّهُمَّ إِنّي أَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِالْأَئِمَّةِ الطَّاهِرينَ ، وَأَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ بِالْحُجَجِ الْمَيامينِ مِنْ آلِ طه وَيس ، أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الطَّيِّبينَ ، وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَني مِنَ الْمُطْمَئِنّينَ الْفائِزينَ ، اَلْفَرِحينَ الْمُسْتَبْشِرينَ ، اَلَّذينَ لا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ، وَاجْعَلْني مِمَّنْ قَبِلْتَ سَعْيَهُ ، وَيَسَّرْتَ أَمْرَهُ ، وَكَشَفْتَ ضُرَّهُ ، وَآمَنْتَ خَوْفَهُ .

  أَللَّهُمَّ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَلاتَجْعَلْهُ آخِرَ الْعَهْدِ مِنْ زِيارَتي إِيَّاها ، وَارْزُقْنِي الْعَوْدَ إِلَيْها أَبَداً ما أَبْقَيْتَني ، وَإِذا تَوَفَّيْتَني فَاحْشُرْني في زُمْرَتِها ، وَأَدْخِلْني في شَفاعَةِ وَلَدِها وَشَفاعَتِها . وَاغْفِرْ لي وَلِوالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنينَ وَالْمُؤْمِناتِ ، وَآتِنا فِي الدُّنْيا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً ، وَقِنا بِرَحْمَتِكَ عَذابَ النَّارِ ، وَالسَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يا سادَتي وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكاتُهُ .

O’ Allah! I rely upon You, and I seek Your Pleasure, and I seek means towards You through Your friends, and I have relied upon Your Forgiveness and Your Forbearance, and I have associated myself to Your Grace (for protection), and I besought shelter in the grave of Your Guardian’s mother, thus bless Mohammad and his holy Progeny, and benefit me by her Ziyarat, and keep me on the path of her love, and do not deprive me of her intercession and the intercession of her son, and provide me with her companionship, and raise me alongside her and her son, and succeed me in visiting her son and herself. O’ Allah! Indeed I turn towards You through Your pure Imams, and I seek means to You through Your noble arguments, from the progeny of Taha and Yaseen, (please) bless Mohammad and his noble Progeny, and place me among the confident ones and the successful ones, the joyous and those who are given glad-tidings, there shall no fear come upon them and they shall not grieve, and regard me among those whose effort You have accepted, and whose affair You have eased, and whose sorrow You have dispersed, and whose fear You have turned into peace. O’ Allah, for the sake of Mohammad and his holy Progeny, bless Mohammad and his holy Progeny, and do not make this the my last opportunity for visiting her, and provide me with a return towards her until You keep me alive, and when You send my death, raise me in her group, and provide me with the intercession of her son and herself, and forgive me and my parents and all the faithful men and women, and give us (that which is) good in this world and (that which is) good in the Hereafter, and protect us through Your mercy from the punishment of the Fire, and Peace be upon you O’ my Master, and may Allah’s Mercy and Blessings be upon You. ^[1]