Ziarat Imam Ali (as) - 1In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most MercifulPeace be upon Mu¦ammad the Messenger of Allah,the seal of the Prophets,the chief of the Messengers,and the choice of the Lord of the worlds,whom Allah has entrusted with His Revelations and with His determined commandments,who sealed the previous Messages,paved the way to the coming blessings,and Who prevails over all that.May the mercy, blessings, peace,benedictions, and greetings of Allah be upon him, too.Peace be upon the Prophets and Messengers of Allah,and upon His favorite angelsand righteous saints.Peace be upon you, O Commander of the Faithful,the chief of the Prophets’ successors,the heir of the Prophets’ knowledge,the friend of the Lord of the worlds,and my master as well as the master of all of the believers.May Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you, too.Peace be upon you, O my master, O Commander of the Faithful,the trustee of Allah on His lands,the envoy of Him amongst His creatures,and His conclusive argument against His servants.Peace be upon you, O true religion of Allahand the straight path of Him.Peace be upon you, O the Great Newsabout whom they differand they shall be asked.Peace be upon you, O Commander of the Faithful.You believed in Allah while they were polytheists,accepted the truth while they belied it,strove for the sake of Allah while they refrained,and worshipped Allah with full sincerity to Him in obedience while you were steadfast, depending upon Him totally, until death came upon you.Verily, curse of Allah be upon the wrongdoers.Peace be upon you, O chief of the Muslims,head of the believers,guide of the pious ones,and leader of the white-forehead ones.Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you.I bear witness that you are indeed the brother of Allah’s Messenger,the successor of him, the heir of his knowledge, his trustee on his laws,his representative in his nation,and the first to believe in Allahand to accept as true all that which was revealed to Allah’s Prophet.I also bear witness that he (i.e. the Prophet) conveyed all that which Allah revealed to him concerning you;so, he expounded openly what he was commanded (to expound),declared to his nation the duty of obedience and loyalty to you,ordered them to swear allegiance to you,and declared you as enjoying more priority on the believers than that which they enjoy on themselves in the same was as Allah has made him enjoy the same.He then asked Allah the All-exalted to be the witness on them (in this respect),saying, “Have I conveyed?”They answered, “Yes, you have. We swear to it by Allah.”He thus said, “O Allah, be the witnessand You are sufficient Witness and Judge between the servants (0f Yours).”Hence, curse of Allah be upon him who denied the allegiance to you after he had confessed of itand upon him who breached his pledge to you after he had taken it.I also bear witness that you have indeed observed your pledge to Almighty Allahand that Almighty Allah, in return, shall observe His pledge to you.“Therefore, whoever fulfills what he has covenanted with Allah, He will grant him a mighty reward.”I also bear witness that you are truly the commander of the faithful,the Divine Revelation did declare your commissioned leadership,and the Messenger made a covenant with the people (that they would be under your leadership).I also bear witness that you, along with your uncle and brother,traded with Allah in your souls;He therefore revealed about you this:“Surely, Allah has bought of the believers their persons and their property for this,that they shall have Paradise;they fight in Allah's way, so they slay and are slain;a promise which is binding on Him in the Torah and the Bible and the Qur'¡n; and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah?Rejoice therefore in the pledge which you have made; and that is the mighty achievement.They who turn to Allah, who serve Him,who praise Him, who fa - @hussaini_writes124