Instructions
اَللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعوَةِ الثَّامَةِ
Hence, you may say the following supplicatory prayer after the iqamah:
Kwa hiyo, unaweza kusoma dua ifuatayo baada ya iqamah:
اَللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعوَةِ الثَّامَةِ
Allāhumma rabba hadhihi ad-daʿwati ath-thāmati
O Allah, Lord of this perfect supplication
Ewe Mwenyezi Mungu, Mola wa dua hii kamilifu
وَالصَّلوةِ الْقَائِمَةِ
Wālṣṣalwti al-qāʾimati
and established prayer,
na sala iliyoimarishwa,
بَلَّغْ مُحَمَدًا صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَألِهِ
Ballagh muḥamadan ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi waʾlihi
(please) assign to Muhammad, may Allah bless him and his Household,
(tafadhali) mfikishie Muhammad, swala za Mwenyezi Mungu zimshukie yeye na Aali zake,
الدَّرَجَةَ وَالْوَسِيْلَةُ
Ad-darajata wālwasīlatu
the rank, right of mediation,
daraja, haki ya uombezi,
وَالْفَضْلَ وَ الْفَضِيْلَةَ
Wālfaḍla wa al-faḍīlata
excellence, and advantage.
ubora, na fadhila.
بِاللهِ اَسْتَفْتِحْ
Biāllhi astaftiḥ
With Allah do I commence,
Kwa jina la Mwenyezi Mungu ninaanza,
وَ بِاللهِ اسْتَنْجِحُ
Wa biāllhi astanjiḥu
from Allah do I seek success,
kutoka kwa Mwenyezi Mungu natafuta mafanikio,
وَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ ألِهِ اَتَوَجَهُ
Wa bimuḥammadin ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa ʾlihi atawajahu
and in the name of Muhammad, may Allah bless him and his Household, do I turn my face (towards Allah).
na kwa jina la Muhammad, swala za Mwenyezi Mungu zimshukie yeye na Aali zake, ninaelekeza uso wangu (kwa Mwenyezi Mungu).
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلَّ عَلىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَال مُحَمَّدٍ
Allāhumma ṣalla ʿalā muḥammadin wāl muḥammadin
O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,
Ewe Mwenyezi Mungu, (tafadhali) mshushie rehema Muhammad na Aali za Muhammad,
وَ اجَعَلْنِن بِهمْ عِنْدَكَ وَجِيْهَا فِي الدُنْيَا وَالْأَخِرَةِ وَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِيْنَ.
Wa ajaʿalnin bihm ʿindaka wajīhā fī ad-dunyā wālʾakhirati wamina al-muqarrabīna.
and, in their names, make me worthy of regard in this world and in the Hereafter, and of those drawn near to You.
na kwa majina yao, unifanye mwenye kuheshimika mbele yako katika dunia na Akhera, na miongoni mwa walio karibu nawe.
