Dua after Ziyarat Ashura

O Allah, I have offered a prayer for You

and I have genuflected and prostrated myself for You

alone without setting any partner to You,

because prayers,

genuflections, and prostrations are illegal for anyone save You,

because You are Allah; there is no god save You.

O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

convey to them the most favorite salutations and greetings from me,

and convey to me their response to my greeting.

O Allah, these two units of prayer are a present from me

to my master al-Husayn the son of 'Ali,

peace be upon both of them.

O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon him,

accept these two units of prayer from me, and reward me for them

by granting me the best of my hope and expectation in you and in Your Friend,

O Guardian of the believers!

Peace be upon al-Husayn the son of 'Ali,

the wronged and martyred,

the victim of shed tears,

and the captive of agonies.

O Allah, I do bear witness that he is Your intimate friend and the son of Your intimate friend

and Your choicest one who revolted to demand with Your right.

You have thus honored him with Your honor,

sealed his lifetime with martyrdom,

made him one of the chiefs

and one of the leaders,

honored him with immaculate birth,

gave him the inheritances of the prophets,

and made him argument against Your creatures and one of the Successors.

So, he called to You flawlessly,

gave advice,

and sacrificed himself for Your sake

until he could save Your servants from ignorance and perplexity of straying off.

Yet, those whom were seduced by this worldly life,

those who sold their share of the Hereafter with the lowly price,

those who perished because of following their desires,

those who brought to themselves Your wrath and the wrath of Your Prophet,

and those who obeyed the dissident and hypocritical servants of You

and the bearers of the burdens (of sins) who deserve Hellfire—all those supported each other against him;

so, he fought against them with steadfastness and expectation of Your reward,

facing them courageously, never turning back,

and never fearing the blame of anyone concerning carrying out his duty towards You

until his blood was shed while he was in obedience to You

and his inviolability was also infringed.

O Allah, curse them with incessant curses

and chastise them with painful chastisement