The Gate

Behind the gate lies you, O Rasullullah.
And I can only to touch the gate briefly
as the one behind keeps on pushing.


Peace be on you,
O Messenger of Allah.


Peace be on you,
O Prophet of Allah.


Peace be on you,
O Muhammad son of Abdillah.


Peace be on you,
O the seal of Prophets.


I bear witness that you carried and delivered the Message,
established the prayers,
paid the prescribed alms,
directed to do what is lawful,
forbade not to do what is unlawful,
devotedly worshipped and served
till the inevitable came unto you.


Blessings and 'mercy of Allah be
on you and on your pure children.


I bear witness that there is no God save Allah,
the One who has no associate.
I bear witness that Muhammad
is His bondman and Messenger,
I bear witness that verily you are the Messenger of Allah,
and you are Muhammad son of Abdullah.
I bear witness
that you carried and, delivered the Message of your Lord,


gave sincere advise to your followers,
strived in the way of Allah,
worshipped and served Allah,
with wisdom and good counsel,
that which was entrusted to you from the True God
has been pronounced by you,
you were kind unto the faithfuls,
but severely dealt with the infidels.


so Allah raised you
to the noblest and
the most celebrated position,


Praise be to Allah that He saved
us, through you, from "giving
partners to Allah", and from going astry,


O Allah, therefore,
Thy blessings,
blessings of Thy favourite Angels,
commissioned Prophets,
pious servants,
and the dwellers of the heavens
and the earths,
and those who glorify Thee,


O Lord of the worlds,
from the beginning
to the end,
be on Muhammad, Thy bondman,
Messenger,
Prophet,
confidant,
beloved,
sincere friend,
preferred choice,
and goodness,
Thou Thyself chose
from among all that
which has been created by Thee.


O Allah elevate him to the highest rank,
make him the means of approach to the Paradise,
let him reach and stay at the
praised position,
(so that) the ancients and the
moderns find his position enviable.

O Allah Thou has said:
"And if, when they had wronged
themselves, they had but come
unto you and asked forgiveness
of the Messenger, they would
have found Allah Forgiving, Merciful."

I seek your forgiveness, repentant
of my wrongdoing, and, through
you, direct myself towards Allah,
my Lord and your Lord, for
obtaining pardon for me.



0 Allah send blessings on
Muhammad for the reason that
he carried and sustained Thy
revelation, and delivered Thy Message;
send blessings on Muhammad
for the reason that he prescribed
Thy lawful and proscribed Thy
unlawful, and taught Thy Book;

send blessings on Muhammad
for the reason that he established the prayers
and gave the obligatory alms, and invited unto Thy Religion;

send blessings on Muhammad
for the reason that he proved the
truth of Thy covenant and reminded people to beware of Thy warning;
send blessings on Muhammad for
the reason that Thou forgives sins,
covers shortcomings, alleviates
suffering, through him;



send blessings on Muhammad
for the reason that Thou wards
off misery and impudence,
dispels sorrows, accepts
supplications, and keeps safe from
misfortunes, through him;



send blessings on Muhammad for the reason that Thou took pity on mankind, made barren lands grow fertile, put asunder the tyrants, and destroyed the ' dictators through him;

send blessings on Muhammad
for the reason that Thou
multiplied provisions, provided
refuge when terror reigned
supreme, wrecked and uprooted
the offensive loathsome forces of
idolatory, and kept mankind
covered with Thy mercy through him;
send blessings on Muhammad for the reason that
Thou sent him with the best of creeds, made faith
strong, demolished the idols,
glorified the Holy Kaa'bah
through him;



send blessings and absolute peace
on Muhammad and on his pure and pious children.



Peace be on you,
0 Messenger of Allah.

I leave you with Allah,
I request you to pay attention to me,
I say "peace be on you",

I believe in Allah,
and in that which you brought,
and in that to which you guided.
0 Allah let not my this visitation
to the grave of Thy Prophet be the
last such occasion.

If I am to die before I come here
again, then I,
in the event of my death,
bear witness to that which I
used to testify in my lifetime,


that there is no god save Thou,


and that Muhammad is Thy bondman and Thy Messenger,

blessings of Allah be on him and his children.