TRANSLATION OF ASAL DU'A FOR ISMAILIS - Pir Saddurdin - I Concentrate your mind; May God bestow mercy upon you. In the name of God The Merciful, the Compassionate. Offer your prayers, offer your prayers, offer your prayers; May God bestow mercy upon you; Glorify the name of God; our Lord Ali may grant you faith and prudence. O Master! accept my Evening Prayer's [1] earnest supplications in thy presence, by virtue of the Authority thou possesseth, Nur (Divine Light) Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah (Lord) Hazir Imam. (Prostration.) Count the Beads of your Rosary with the Remembrance of the true Names. Pirshah [2] (O Ali --- O Muhammad ) Aliyyu'llah [3] O Master! accept (my) earnest supplications with remembrance, in thy presence, by virtue of the Authority thou possesseth, Nur (Divine Light) Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah Hazir Imam, (Prostration.) I (Join and raise hands) I repent (of my sins), I repent (of my sins) I am a sinful bondman (of thine) sinful from head to foot; O Shah, thou art the forgiver, forgive me. The Pir prays, (thy) bondman supplicates, true Shah accepteth. (I obey) the (commandments) Firmans of the Shah as conveyed by the Pir. (Keep the Rosary - Tasbih on the ground and recite:) III Truly I affirm : God, is Holy, Gratefulness be to God. And Praise be to God, And there is no deity except God, And God is Great, And there is no Might and no Power except, in God, the Most High, the Supreme, the Merciful, The Bountiful, the Exalted, the Illustrious (and the) Holy Sustainer. O ye who believe! Obey God and Obey His Apostle and those charged with (Divine Authority amongst you; And everything have we counted in the MANIFEST IMAM; And hold fast all together by the ROPE OF GOD: and be not divided among yourselves. Verily he is guided upon the RIGHT PATH, who holds fast Sultan Muhammad Shah the present Imam. O Master! accept in thy presence, Nur (divine light)Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah Hazir Imam. (Prostration.) IV Recite here the several name of the Holy Imam after Hazarat Abu Talib Wali. ( The first Imam is ) 1.Our True Lord Shah Ali 2. “ Husein 3. “ Zainu ' l -Abidin 4. “ Muhammad Baqir 5. “ Ja'far as-Sadiq 6. “ Isma'il 7. “ Muhammad bin Isma'il 8. “ Wafi Ahmad 9. “ Taqi Muhammad 10. “ Razi Abdullah 11. “ Mahdi Muhammad 12. Our True Lord Shah Qa'im 13. “ Mansur 14. “ Mu'izz 15. “ Aziz 16. “ Hakim Abu Ali 17. “ Zahμr Ali 18. “ Mustansir bi'llah 19. “ Nizar 20. “ Hadi 21. “ Muhtadi 22. “ Qahir 23. “ (Hasan) Ala zikir - hi's salam 24. “ Ala Muhammad 25. “ Khud Jalalu'ddin Hasan 26. “ Alau' ddin Muhammad 27. “ Ruknu'ddin Khurshah 28. “ Shamsu'ddin Muhammad 29. “ Qasim Shah 30. “ Islam Shah 31. “ Muhammad bin Islam Shah 32. Our True Lord Shah Mustansir bi'llah 33. “ Abdu'ssalam 34. “ Gharib Mirza 35. “ Abu Zarr Ali 36. “ Murad Mirza 37. “ Zu'l -fiqar Ali 38. “ Nuru'ddin Ali 39. “ Sayyid Khalilu'llah 40. “ Nizar II 41. “ Sayyid Ali 42. “ Hassan Ali 43. “ Qasim Ali 44. “ Abu'l Hasan Ali 45. “ Khalilu'llah Ali 46. “ Hasan Ali (II) 47. “ Ali Shah Datar 48. Our True Lord, Shah Sultan Muhammad Shah Hazir Imam, the Lord of the Age, the Guide of the guides, the possessor of Rightful Authority, the true Light of the Lord, the Saviour of the true believing men and true believing women. O Master! accept in thy presence, by virtue of the Authority thou possesseth, Nur Mowlana Sultan Muhamad Shah Hazir Imam. (Prostration) V (Fifth part prayer) (Keep your palms flat on your knees ) O God, O Our Lord! Thou art the source of Peace; And Peace comes of Thee; And Peace returns unto Thee; And thousand Peace rest upon Thee; O Our Lord-Sustainer! grant us "Lite with Peace "; And make us enter into the " Abode of Peace "; Blessed art Thou, Our Lord, the Exalted, O the Lord of Glory and Generosity . Have mercy on us by thy bounty, O our Lord! Be merciful and generous to us, O Our Lord! There is no Might or Power except in Thee, O our Lord! Hasten! Hasten! to redress our grievances, O our Lord! O God! O my Master! from Thee comes help to me, and only Thee can I trust; Thee do we worship and Thine aid we seek; O " Abal - Ganth " [4] come to my rescue, O Ali extend to me thy silent mercy, reward me, have compassion on me, bestow blessings upon me; True is Muhammad of Arabia; Verily, Ali and Muhammad are the Light of God; such a true recognition averts calamity . There is no deity except God, Muhammad is the Apostle of God, the Commander of the Faithful is Ali -- who is from Allah; God is sufficient for us, the Most Excellent Protector and Most Excellent Lord and Most Excellent Helper. O Our Lord! we pray for forgiveness of our sins and to Thee is our eventual coming. O Master! accept my earnest supplications in the "Fifth part prayer " in thy presence, by virtue of the Authority thou possesseth, Nur Mowlana Sultan Muhamad Shah Hazir Imam. (Prostration.) (Look unto each others eyes joining the right hands & and say we see Lord Ali .) Shahjo Didar ...............Shahjo Didar Count the beads of your rosary with the remembrance of the true names : Pirshah O Ali ---- O Muhammad O Muhammad ---- O Ali VI Aliyyu'llah. O Shah! favour them with thy Holy appearance, " didar," who are coming towards thee and who are reaching in thy presence and who are in love with thee and who are the members of the ‘Religious Brotherhood’. O Master! accept my Evening [5] Prayer's earnest supplications in thy presence, by virtue of the Authority thou possesseth, Nur Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah Hazir Imam. (Prostration.) VII O Shah! bestow thy bounty and mercy ( upon us ); Avert all calamities; Enlighten the living and redeem the dead and keep in blissful abode, the souls of those who may die; Establish goodness, avert wickedness and favour us with thy "didar". O Master! accept my Evening [6] Prayer's earnest supplications in thy presence, by virtue of the Authority thou possesseth, Nur Mowlana Sultan Muhamad Shah Hazir Imam. (Prostration.) VIII (Recite in prostration: ) O Shah! Pir, Vakil, the entire congregation, mother, father, relatives, living, dead and I thy bondman; all are sinful from head to foot, O Shah! Forgiver, forgive us. IX In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate There is no deity except God - the Ever-Living, the Eternal; There is no deity except God --- the Manifest King, the Only True One; There is no deity except God --- the King, the self - evident Truth; There is no deity except God --- the Master, of the Day of Judgment; There is no deity except God --- the Most High, the Supreme; There is no deity except God --- the Most Forbearing, Most Generous: There is no deity except God --- the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the seven earths, and all that is in the heavens and on earth, and all that is between them, and the Lord of the Greatest Throne, There is no deity except .God, Muhammad is the Apostle of God, the Commander, of the Faithful is Ali --- who is from Allah, Verily, verily, I seek the forgiveness of God, who is my Lord - Sustainer, and I turn to Him in repentance. There is no deity except Thyself, Glory be to Thee; Verily I am one of the sinners; There is no real Hero except Ali, there is no real Sword except Zu'l-fiqar. [7] Invoke Ali! -- who is the Revealer of ( Divine) Mysteries, and you [surely] shall find him helping you in difficulties. [8] All worries and sorrows shall be cleared off by thy help O Ali, O Ali! Count the beads of your rosary of Evening Prayer [9] with remembrance of the true names: Pirshah O Ali --- O Muhammad Aliyyu'llah O Master! accept my earnest supplications with remembrance in thy presence, by virtue of the Authority thou possesseth, Nur Mowlana Sultan Muhamad Shah Hazir Imam. (Prostration.) X Offer Prayers for Panj-tan Pak Sahib; (The Pions Five Persons) Hazrat Nabi Muhammad -- The Holy Prophet, the Chosen, the Messenger, May peace and the blessings of God be upon him Hazrat Mowla Murtaza Ali, iHazrat Bibi Fatima --- The Noble Lady, the Queen of Paradise; Hazrat Hasan; Hazrat Imam Husein; O Master! accept my prayers for "Panj-tan Pak Sahib" in thy presence, by virtue of the Authority Thou possesseth, Nur Mowlana Sultan Muhamad Shah Hazir Imam. (Prostration.) XI Offer Prayers for all Pirs: [10]1. First, the Holy Prophet Muhammad, the Chosen, the Messenger, May peace and the blessings of God be upon him . [10]2. Pir Hazrat Hasan [10]3. Pir Qasim Shah [10]4. Pir Jaffer Shah 5. Pir Zainu'l - Abidin 6. Pir Amir Ahmed 7. Pir Nurdin 8. Pir Imamdin 9. Pir Muhammad Mansur 10. Pir Ghalibdin 11. Pir Abdul -- Majid 12. Pir Mustansir bi-llah 13. Pir Ahmad Hadi 14. Pir Hashim Shah 15. Pir Muhammad Shah 16. Pir Mahmud Shah 17. Pir Muhibu'din 18. Pir Khaliqdin 19. Pir Abdu'l - Mu'min 20. Pir Islamdin 21.Pir Sulehdin 22.Pir Salahdin 23. Pir Shamsu'd-din 24. Pir Nasiru'd--din 25. Pir Shihabu'd-din [10]26. Pir Sadru'd-din [10]27.Pir Hasan Kabiru'd-din 28. Pir Taju'd-din [10]29. Pir Pandiyat -i-Jawan mardi 30. Pir Haider Alν 31. Pir Alau'd- din 32. Pir Qasim Shah 33.Pir Nasir Muhammad 34. Pir Baba Aqa Hasan Shah 35. Pir Muhammad Zaman 36. Pir Aqa Aziz 37. Pir Mihrab Beg 38.Pir Ali Akbar Beg 39. Pir Aqa Ali Asghar Beg 40.Pir Mirza Shah Hasan Ali 41.Pir Mirza Shah Qasim Ali 42.Pir Aqa Shah Abu'l-Hasan Ali 43.Pir Mirza Muhammad baqir 44. Pir Sarkar Mata Salamat 45.Pir Aqa Shah Hasan Ali [10]46.Pir Aqa Shah Alishah Datar [10]47.Pir Aqa Shah Khalilu'llah [10]48.Pir Abu'l-Hasan Shah [10]49.Pir of all Pirs, Nur Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah Hazir Imam; O Lord! forgive us for the sake of those Two Flowers [11] of the Rose - Garden of the Holy Lady [12] and for the sake of Hazrat Bibi Fatima daughter of the Holy Prophet . O Master! accept our earnest supplications and prayers for all Pirs in thy presence, by virtue of the Authority thou possesseth, Nur Mowlana Sultan Muhamad Shah Hazir Imam. (Prostration.) XII Offer Prayers for Martyrs of the Faith. The Holy Souls of the Saints, Prophets, and One Lac Twenty-four thousand Divine Messengers; O Master! accept our earnest supplications and Prayers for these Holy Souls,in thy presence, by virtue of the Authority thou possesseth, Nur Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah Hazir Imam. (Prostration.) Count the beads of your rosary with remembrance of the True name of Hazrat Panj-tan Pak Sahib: Panj-tan Pak ......Pir-Shah. Aliyyu'llah O Master! accept my earnest supplications with remembrance of Panj-tan Pak, in thy Presence, by virtue of the Authority thou possesseth, Nur Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah Hazir Imam. (Prostration) XIII Prayers for good-intentions: O God! show goodness towards us; Show goodness towards us at the time of our end; Show goodness towards us here and hereafter; Show goodness towards us in the worldly and religious affairs; Help us to pass our day and night in goodness and safety; Show goodness towards those who travel on the paths and passes; Show goodness towards those who come towards Thee; Show goodness towards those who reach in Thy Presence and those who are the members of the Religious Brotherhood, Officers; Thy lovers and all jama'ats(congregations). Show goodness towards us, O Direct Descendant of the Prophet and (the legitimate) successor of Ali .O Ali! grant us protection from the oppressors; O Ali! grant us protection from wickedness of Satan; O Ali! grant us protection from those who are impudent towards thee; O Ali! Show goodness towards us. O Master! accept our earnest supplications and prayers of good intentions,in thy Presence, by virtue of the Authority thou possesseth, Nur Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah Hazir Imam. XIV (The worshipper should prostrate himself and say: ) 1.Bow down and prostrate ... May God bestow mercy upon us and may Ali and Muhammad relieve the jamaats of all difficulties; 2.Bow down and prostrate -- May Our Lord accept the Oath of Allegiance of the sincere; 3.Bow down and prostrate -- May our Lord add strength to the words of the Pirs; 4.Bow down and prostrate -- May our Lord lead those who are on His Way and who have reached His door and favour them with His Didar (holy appearance); 5.Bow down and prostrate -- May Our Lord keep the supplies of grain and water plentiful; 6.Bow down and prostrate -- May Our Lord relieve debtors from their debts and be helpful to discharge their duties: 7. Bow down and prostrate -- May Our Lord put to end the forces against the Faith; 8.Bow down and prostrate -- May Our Lord flourish the blissful occasions in Darkhana (Central prayer house). 9. Bow down and prostrate -- May Our Lord grant Peace and Prosperity to the People and Administrators of the Nation; 10.Bow down and prostrate -- May Our Lord fulfill the desired good wishes of Jama'ats; 11.Bow down and prostrate -- May Our Lord liberate those who are in bondage; 12.Bow down and prostrate -- May Our Lord relieve us from difficulties, establish goodness and save us from the Chastisements of the Day of Resurrection; 13.Bow down and prostrate -- May God bestow mercy upon us and Ali and Muhammad accept earnest supplications of all those who are present at this congregation. (Prostration ends) XV Offer the Religious Dues from your earning and Victuals to Imam carefully; Recollect and pay all your outstandings to Sarkar Sahib (Hazir Imam); O friends, may God bestow mercy upon you; May our Lord Ali fulfill the good desires and may our Lord Nur Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah Hazir Imam, favour us with his Didar. Count the beads of your rosary O our Lord! Nur Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah Hazir Imam, bestow mercy upon us. Aliyu'llah O Master! accept our earnest supplications with remembrance, in thy Presence, by virtue of the Authority thou possesseth, Nur Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah Hazir Imam. (Prostration.) In accordance with the Commandment of our Lord --- Recite fourteen times: Ya Ali ... Ya Ali ... and recite fourteen times : Allahuma Salli Ala Muhammad Wa-Ale Muhammad May God bestow - peace upon Muhammad and his direct Decendants ( Imams) . Aliyyu'llah . O Master! accept our earnest supplications with remembrance, in thy presence, by virtue of the Authority thou possesseth, Nur Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah Hazir Imam. (Prostration.) Count the beads of you rosary For relief of difficulties recite: Ya Ali ---- Ya Ali ... Aliyyu'llah O Master! accept our earnest supplications with remembrance, in thy Presence, by virtue of the Authority thou possesseth, Nur Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah Hazir Imam. (Prostration.) XVI Prayer for good intentions -- O God! Show goodness towards us, show goodness at the time of our end. O Master! accept our earnest supplications with the prayer of good-intentions, in thy presence, by virtue of the Authority thou possesseth, Nur Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah Hazir Imam . (Prostration.) XVII (Recite in prostration) O Shah! lead us towards goodness; Keep us away from wickedness; -Both are in thy hands. (Prostration Ends) In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate . The Light of Our Lord is ever Perfect. By the aid of Ali and Recommendation (Intercession) of the Prophet, Worship of God is accepted, In His Presence, Pir Sadruddin implores. for the redress of grievances; Pir Hasan Kabiruddin implores for the redress of grievances; --- in the presence of --- the Pir of all Pirs Nur Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah Hazir Imam . The Words of " Pak Kalima " are [13] I bear witness that --- There is no deity except God; I bear witness that --- Muhammad is the Apostle of God; I bear witness that --- The Commander of the Faithful is Ali --- who is from Allah. He is Living, We have got Him (with us) For eternity. FOOTNOTES [1] Night or Morning Prayer [2] Pir: An ambassador of Imam Bestowed with Special Religious Power and Authority Shah: Lord [3] i.e. Ali – who is from Allah [4] The epithet of Hazrat Ali, i.e. the “Father of Help”. [5] Or Night or Morning Prayer [6] Or Night or Morning Prayer [7] Two-edged sword of Hazrat Ali [8] say “SUBHAN-ALLAH”, if Morning Prayer [9] Or Night or Morning Prayer [10] Only names marked with an asterix are to be recited [11] Hazrat Hasan and Hazrat Imam Husein. [12] Hazrat Bibi Fatima. [13] I.e. Formula or Confession of Islamic Faith.