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المناجات اِمَامْ زَيْنُ الْعَابِدِيْن ؓ

Munajaat Imam Zain ul Abideen

A collection of intimate prayers and supplications by Imam Zain ul Abideen, seeking intercession through the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and his blessed family

يَا مُصْطَفَى يَا مُجْتَبَىٰ اِرْحَمْ عَلٰى عِصْـيَــانِنَــا

مَجْبُوْرَةً اَعْمَالُــنَا طَمْعًاوَّذَ نْــبًـاوَّ الظُّلَمْ

O Chosen One, O Selected One, have mercy upon our sins

Our deeds are compelled by greed, sin and darkness

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اِنْ نِّلْتِ يَارِيْحَ الصَّـبَـا يَوْ مًــااِلٰى اَرْضِ الْحَرَمْ

بَلِّغْ سَلَامِىْ رَوْضَةً فِيْهَا النَّبِيُّ الْمُحْـتَـرَم

If you reach, O morning breeze, one day to the sacred land

Convey my greetings to the garden where lies the honored Prophet

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مَنْ وَجْهُهُ شَمْسُ الضُّحَى مَنْ خَدُّ هﹾ بَدْرُ الدَّجَى

مَنْ ذَاتُهُ نُوْرُ الهُدَى مَنْ كَفُّهُ بَحْرُ الْهِمَمْ

Whose face is the morning sun, whose cheek is the full moon in darkness

Whose essence is the light of guidance, whose palm is an ocean of aspirations

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قُرْآ نُهُ بُرْهَانُــنَـــانَسْخًا ِلاَدْ يَانٍ مَّضَتْ

اِذْ جَائَنَا اَحْكَامُهُ كُلَّ الصُّحُفِ صَارِ الْعَدَمْ

His Quran is our proof, abrogating religions that passed

When his rulings came to us, all previous scriptures became void

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يَالَيْتَـــنـِيْ كُنْتُ كَمَنْ يَّـتْبَـعْ نَبِيًّا عَالِــمًا

يَوْ مًاوَّ لَيْلاً دَائِـــمًاوَّارْ زَقْ كَذَالِىْ بِالْكَرَمْ

Would that I were like one who follows a knowledgeable Prophet

Day and night continuously, and grant me likewise with generosity

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اَكْبَادُنَا مَجْرَوْحَةٌ مِّنْ سَيْفِ هِجْرِ الْمُصْطَفَى

طُوْبَى ِلاَهْلِ بَلْدَ ةً فِيْهَا النَّبِيُّ الْمُحْتَشَمْ

Our hearts are wounded by the sword of separation from Mustafa

Blessed are the people of the city where the noble Prophet resides

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لَسْتُ بِرَاج ٍ مُّفْرَدًا بَلْ اَقْرِبائِىْ كُلَّهُمْ

فِىْ الْقَبْرِ اِشْفَعْ يَا شَفِيْعُ بِالصَّادِ وَ النُّونِ وَ الْقَلَمْ

I do not hope alone, but for all my relatives

In the grave, intercede O Intercessor, by Saad and Noon and the Pen

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اَوْلاَدُهُ فِىْ دَارِهِ اَعْدَاءُهُ فِىْ نَارِهِ

صِدِّيْقُهُ فِىْ غَارِهِ ذَاكَ الْعَتِيْقَ الْمُحْتَشَم

His children in his house, his enemies in his fire

His truthful one in his cave, that noble and respected one

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فَارُوْقُهُ عَدِلُ الصَّفَا عُثْمَانُهُ عَيْنُ الْحَيَاء

اَلْمُرْتَضَى كَهْفِ الْوُرى ذَاكَ الْعُلَى وَالْمُحْتَرَمْ

His Farooq is the justice of Safa, his Uthman is the essence of modesty

The chosen one is the cave of creation, that exalted and respected one

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صَلُّوْا عَلَى عَيْنَ الصَّفَا بِنْتَ النَّبِيُّ اَلْمُصْطَفَى

اَلْفَاطِمَهْ خَيْرُ النِّسَاءِ يَنْبُوْعَ اَنْهَارِ الْكَرَمْ

Send blessings upon the spring of purity, daughter of Prophet Mustafa

Fatima, best of women, source of rivers of generosity

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يَارَحْمَةً الِلْعٰلَمِيْنَ أَنْتَ شَفِيـــْعُ المُذْنِبِيْن

اَكْرِمْ لَنــَايَوْمَ الْحَزِيْن فَضْلاً وَّ جُوْ دًا وَّالْكَرَم

O mercy to the worlds, you are the intercessor of sinners

Honor us on the day of grief, with grace and generosity and nobility

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يَارَحْمَةً الِلْعٰلَمِيْنَ اَدْرِكْ لِزَيْنِ الْعَابِدِيْنْ

مَحْبُوْسِ اَيْدِى الظَّالِمِيْن فِىْ الْـمَوْكِبِ وَالْـمُزْدَحَمْ

O mercy to the worlds, help Zain al-Abidin

Imprisoned by the hands of oppressors, in the procession and crowd

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