اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ عَلِيِّ بْنِ ٱلْحُسَيْنِ

allahumma salli `ala `aliyyi ibni alhusayni
O Allah, (please) send blessings upon `Ali the son of al-Husayn

سَيِّدِ ٱلْعَابِدِينَ

sayyidi al`abidina
the chief of worshippers

ٱلَّذِي ٱسْتَخْلَصْتَهُ لِنَفْسِكَ

alladhi istakhlastahu linafsika
whom You have purely dedicated to Yourself

وَجَعَلْتَ مِنْهُ أَئِمَّةَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ

wa ja`alta minhu a'immata alhuda
and brought forth from him the Leaders of True Guidance

ٱلَّذِينَ يَهْدُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَبِهِ يَعْدِلُونَ

alladhina yahduna bilhaqqi wa bihi ya`diluna
who guide to the truth and judge with it.

ٱخْتَرْتَهُ لِنَفْسِكَ

ikhtartahu linafsika
You have chosen him for Yourself,

وَطَهَّرْتَهُ مِنَ ٱلرِّجْسِ

wa tahhartahu min alrrijsi
purified him against filth,

وَٱصْطَفَيْتَهُ وَجَعَلْتَهُ هَادِياً مَهْدِيّاً

wastafaytahu wa ja`altahu hadiyan mahdiyyan
selected him, and made him guide and well-guided.

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِ

allahumma salli `alayhi
O Allah, send blessings upon him

أَفْضَلَ مَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَىٰ أَحَدٍ

afdala ma sallayta `ala ahadin
with the most excellent blessings that You have ever sent upon any

مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ أَنْبِيَاءِكَ

min dhurriyyati anbiya'ika
of Your Prophets' offspring

حَتَّىٰ تَبْلُغَ بِهِ مَا تَقَرُّ بِهِ عَيْنُهُ فِي ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلآخِرَةِ

hatta tablugha bihi ma taqarru bihi `aynuhu fi alddunya wal-akhirati
so that these blessings raise him to what delights his eye in this world and the Hereafter.

إِنَّكَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

innaka `azizun hakimun
You are verily Almighty and Wise.

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