English Meaning of Ziarat Ashoura

 In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Peace be on you, O Abu Abdullah! Peace be on you, O son of the Apostle of Allah! Peace be on you, O son of the commander of the faithful, the forebear of the successors!Peace be on you, O son of Fatimah, the choicest among the women of the worlds!Peace be on you, O the select, surpassing, chosen in preference over all good of Allah, and sonof Allah’s (such) good.Peace be on you, who was martyred while fighting heroically in the cause of Allah, the son ofAllah’s fearless warrior, you were isolated and had been attacked with a vengeance!Peace be on you and on those souls who had gathered in your camp, and strode along with you,in your journey. I pray and invoke Allah to keep all of you tranquil and restful, forever; so far I amalive, this is my prayer, and till nights and days follow each other.O Abu Abdullah! unbearable is the sorrow, nerve-racking is the agony, you put up with, for us andfor all the (true) Muslims, crimes committed against you also shocked and unnerved the dwellersof the heavens, one and all.May Allah condemn and damn the people who laid the basis and set up the groundwork, towander astray and turn aside from not only you and your family but to take liberties and bear hardupon you.May Allah condemn and damn the people who tried to obscure and deny your office and status,willfully neglected your rank and class Allah had made know in clear terms. May Allah condemnand damn the people who killed you.May Allah condemn and damn the abettors who instigated and had a part in your murder. I turnto you and Allah, away from them, their henchmen, their followers and their friends,O Abu Abdullah, I pray and invoke Allah to send blessings on you. I make peace with those whomake their peace with you, I make war on those who go to war against you, till the Day ofMay Allah condemn and damn the family of Ziyaad and the family of Marwaan;2May Allah condemn and damn the group and the tribe of Umayyah, one and all, altogether;May Allah condemn and damn the son of Marjaanah;May Allah condemn and damn Umar son of Saad;May Allah condemn and damn Shimr;May Allah condemn and damn the people who bridled the horses and saddles for yourmartyrdom. I, my father and mother are at your disposal. Profound is my sorrow for you. I begAllah, who honored you above others, to be generous towards me on account of you, and giveme the opportunity to be with the victorious Imam, the descendent of Mohammad (blessings andpeace be on him and on his children from Allah) at the time of the final and decisive war againstAllah’s enemies.O my Allah make me attend to Your cause, sincerely, in every respect following in Hossain’sfootsteps, in this world and the hereafter. O Abu Abdullah, I pray and invoke Allah to sendblessings on you. I come nearer and seek greater intimacy with Allah, with His Apostle, withAmeerul Moomineen, with Fatimah, with Hassan and with you, with the help of your love andpatronage, cutting off every connection with those who took up arms against you and killed you.I disconnect all links with those who, in the beginning, took the first steps to take liberties with andbear hard upon you, I take refuge with Allah and His Apostle (blessings of Allah be on him and onhis children), free from the guilt of associating with those who laid the foundation for (yoursuffering), devised and carried out their corrupt plan of action, boldly gave currency to reign ofterror and cruelty to oppress you and your friends and followers;I detach myself from them and present myself to Allah and to you, I (first) seek greater intimacywith Allah and then with you to win your love and patronage, and to make friends with yourfriends, cut off all links with your enemies, and with those who planted the seeds of hostilityagainst you, and reject and discard their associates, their followers and their friends.I make peace with those who made their peace with you, I search out and confront those whowaged war against you, I make friends with those who stood by you, I strive against those whocame in conflict with you, therefore, I make a request to Allah to acquaint (me) with theawareness that perceives you and your friends, to set me free from the corrupting influence ofyour enemies, to make me keep company with you in this world and in the Hereafter, stand firmbeside you and follow your footsteps closely in this world and in the next world.3I beseech Him that he helps me to reach your highly praised station, given to you by Allah, (tomeet you), that He provides me the opportunity to fight for justice along with and under theleadership of the rightly guided guide (in your progeny) who surely will come and speak the truth.I beseech Allah in the name of your right and the purpose He assigned to you, that Heoverwhelms me with grief in memory of your sorrows, more than the personal grief that tormentsanyone who is in great agony, sorrows which have no parallel and overshadow all calamities thattook place in the history of Islam, for that matter, throughout the whole universe.O my Allah, in my on the spot situation, treat me like him (or her) who obtains from You (Your)blessings, mercy and forgiveness.O my Allah, bring me to life again, after death, in the place Mohammad and his “Aal” (children)are dwelling, and make me depart from this world like Mohammad and his “Aal” (children) hadleft,O my Allah this day is a day of rejoicing for the “Bani Umayyah”, the herd of hardened criminals,the eternally damned and accursed group, a fact that had been made public by You and by YourProphet (blessings of Allah be on him and on his children), who, in every place and at alloccasions, drew attention of people to this truism.O my Allah condemn and damn Abu Sufyaan, Yazid son of Muwa’awiyah and let it be aneverlasting curse upon them from You. Today the descendants of Ziyaad and Marwan makemerry, laugh and dance because on this day they killed Hossain (blessings of Allah be on him).O my Allah, therefore, double up the curse You bring upon them and also the punishment Youdecree for them.O my Allah, I seek nearness to You today in this frame of mind, cutting off all links with them forthe rest of my life, denouncing them because of my love for Your Prophet and his children, peacebe on him and them.
Then again say 100 times:O my Allah condemn and damn the first tyrant who unjustly and wrongfully usurped that whichrightly belonged to Mohammad and the children of Mohammad, and bring curse upon those who,after him, followed in his footsteps.4O my Allah condemn and damn those conspirators who vexed and harassed Hossain, showedeagerness, agreed mutually, and joined hands to kill him. O my Allah bring curse upon all of
Then again say 100 times:Peace be on you, O Abu Abdullah, and on those souls who came to your camp to put themselvesat your disposal.So far I am alive and the days and nights follow each other I invoke Allah to send blessings onyou forever and ever.May Allah not make my pledge of close association, physical as well as spiritual, with you the lastPeace be on Hossain, and on Ali son of Hossain, and on the children of Hossain, and on thefriends of Hossain.Then say:O my Allah, let the curse I call down on the head of the first tyrant stick like a leech; and stay putfor ever on the first, then the second, the third and the fourth.O my Allah damn and call down evil on the fifth, Yazid son of Mua’awyah, and bring a curse uponUbaydullah son of Ziyaad, ibna Marjanah, Umar son of Saad, and Shimr, and on thedescendants of Abu Sufyaan, on the descendants of Ziyaad, on the descendants of Marwaan, tillthe Day of judgement.
Then go in Sajdah (prostration) and say:O my Allah! (All) praise is for You (alone); praise of the “Ever-thankful to You”, who glorify Youwhatever come to pass. (All) praise is for Allah for my deep-felt intense grief. O my Allah makeavailable for me the recommendations of Hossain on the day I present myself before You, let mestand firm in safety before You on account of my sincere attachment with Hossain, along with himand his comrades, who sacrificed everything they had (heart, mind, soul and life) for Hossain,peace be on him.