Instructions
SALAWAT UPON IMAM 'ALIIBN AL HUSAYN
SALAWAT UPON IMAM 'ALI IBN AL HUSAYN
SALAWAT KWA IMAM 'ALI BIN AL-HUSAYN
اَللَّهُمّ صَلِّ عَلَى عَلِيَّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ
Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā ʿaliyya bni al-ḥusayni
O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Ali the son of al-Husayn
Ee Allah, mswalie Ali mwana wa al-Husayn
سَيِّدِ الْعَابِدِيْنَ
Sayyidi al-ʿābidīna
the chief of worshippers
bwana wa wafanya ibada
الَّذِي اسْتَخْلَصْتَهُ لِنَفْسِكَ
Adh-dhī astakhlaṣtahu linafsika
whom You have purely dedicated to Yourself
ambaye Umemtakasa kwa ajili Yako mwenyewe
وَ جَعَلْتَ مِنْهُ آَئِمَّةَ الْهُدَى
Wa jaʿalta minhu āʾimmata al-hudā
and brought forth from him the Leaders of True Guidance
na Ukaweka kutokana naye Maimamu wa Uwongofu wa kweli
الَّذِيْنَ يَهْدُوْنَ بِالْحَقَّ وَ بِهِ يَعْدِلُوْنَ
Adh-dhīna yahdūna biālḥaqqa wa bihi yaʿdilūna
who guide to the truth and judge with it.
ambao wanaongoza kwa haki na kwayo wanafanya uadilifu.
اخْتَرْتَهُ لِنَفْسِكَ
Akhtartahu linafsika
You have chosen him for Yourself,
Umemteua kwa ajili Yako mwenyewe,
وَ طَهَرْتَهُ مِنَ الرِّجْسِ
Wa ṭahartahu mina ar-rijsi
purified him against filth,
Umemtakasa kutokana na uchafu,
وَ اضطَفَيْتَهُ وَ جَعَلْتَهُ هَادِيًا مَهْدِيًّا
Wa aḍṭafaytahu wa jaʿaltahu hādiyan mahdiyyan
selected him, and made him guide and well-guided.
Umemteua na Umemfanya kuwa mwongozi mwenye kuongoka.
اَللَّهُمَّ فَصَلّ عَلَيْهِ
Allāhumma faṣall ʿalayhi
O Allah, send blessings upon him
Ee Allah, basi mswalie,
اَفْضَلَ مَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى اَحَدٍ
Afḍala mā ṣallayta ʿalā aḥadin
with the most excellent blessings that You have ever sent upon any
kwa rehema bora kabisa Ulizowahi kumswalia yeyote
مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ اَنْبِيَآَئِكَ
Min dhurriyyati anbiyaʾāʾika
of Your Prophets' offspring
miongoni mwa kizazi cha Mitume Wako
حَثَّى يَبْلُغَ بِهِ مَا تَقَرُّ بِهِ عَيْنُهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الأَخِرَةِ
Ḥatthā yablugha bihi mā taqarru bihi ʿaynuhu fī ad-dunyā wa al-ʾakhirati
so that these blessings raise him to what delights his eye in this world and the Hereafter.
mpaka zimfikishe kile kinachoburudisha jicho lake duniani na Akhera.
اِنَّكَ عَزِيْزٌ حَكِيْمٌ.
Innaka ʿazīzun ḥakīmun.
You are verily Almighty and Wise.
Hakika Wewe ni Mwenye Nguvu, Mwenye Hekima.
