Text:Talqin
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When the corpse is placed inside the grave, the knots of the shroud should be untied and soil should be placed on the corpse's face with a headrest of soil and some clod on its back. And before filling the tomb with soil, one should put his hand on the corpse's shoulder, approaching his mouth to the corpse's ears, and while shaking the corpse, recite the following supplication three times.
In the following supplication, instead of "such and such son of such and such" the names of the deceased and his father should be mentioned; for example, if his name is Muhammad and his father's name is 'Ali, then the following should be recited three times: "Listen! Understand! O' Muhammad son of 'Ali". And if the deceased is female, then the relevant nouns and pronouns should be feminine without any other changes. Thus the deceased's name and her father's name should be mentioned: "such and such daughter of such and such".
For Men
| Listen! Understand! O' such and such son of such and such (here the name of the male dead person and his father should be called)! | اِسْمَعْ اِفْهَمْ یا فُلانَ بْنَ فُلان |
| Do you still keep the promise that you did when you left us? The testimony that there is no god except Allah who has no partners and that Muhammad—peace be upon him and his progeny—is His servant and His prophet and the leader of the prophets and the seal of the messengers, and that 'Ali (a) is the commander of the believers and the leader of [the Prophet (s)'s] successors and an Imam that God has obliged the world to obey, and that Hasan and Husayn and 'Ali b. Husayn and Muhammad b. 'Ali and Ja'far b. Muhammad and Musa b. Ja'far and 'Ali b. Musa and Muhammad b. 'Ali and 'Ali b. Muhammad and Hasan b. 'Ali and Mahdi, the Qa'im and Hujja, God's peace be upon them all, are the leaders of the believers and God's proofs (hujaj) to the whole creation and your good Imams who guide you. | هَلْ انْتَ عَلَی الْعَهْدِ الَّذِی فَارَقْتَنا عَلَیهِ مِنْ شَهَادَةِ انْ لٰا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَریکَ لَهُ وَ انَّ مُحَمَّداً صَلّی اللّٰهُ عَلَیهِ وَ آلِهِ عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ سَیدُ النَّبِیینَ وَ خاتَمُ الْمُرْسَلِینَ و انَّ عَلِیاً أَمیرُ الْمُؤمِنینَ وَ سَیدُ الْوصِیینَ وَ امامٌ افْتَرَضَ اللّٰهُ طاعَتَهُ عَلَی الْعٰالَمِینَ وَ انَّ الْحَسَنَ وَ الْحُسَینَ وَ عَلِی بْنَ الْحُسَینِ وَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِی وَ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مُوسَی بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ وَ عَلِی بن مُوسیٰ وَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِی وَ عَلی بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلی وَ الْقٰائِمَ الْحُجَّةَ الْمَهْدِی صَلَواتُ اللّٰهِ عَلَیهِمْ ائِمَّةُ الْمُؤمِنینَ وَ حُجَجُ اللّٰهِ عَلَی الْخَلْقِ أَجْمَعِینَ وَ ائِمَّتُکَ ائِمَّةُ هُدی بِکَ ابْرارٌ |
| O' such and such son of such and such (here the name of the male dead person and his father should be called)! | یا فُلانَ بْنَ فُلانٍ |
| When the two angels come to you, those who are close to God and are messengers from God, the blessed and the exalted, and ask you about your Lord and your prophet and your religion and your book and your qibla and your imams, do not be afraid and do not worry, and reply to them: Allah is my lord, and Muhammad—peace be upon him and his progeny—is my prophet, and Islam is my religion, and the Quran is my book, and the Ka'ba is my qibla, and Amir al-Mu'minin 'Ali b. Abi Talib (a) is my Imam, and Hasan b. 'Ali al-Mujtaba is my Imam, and Husayn b. 'Ali who was martyred in Karbala is my Imam, and 'Ali Zayn al-'Abidin (a) is my Imam, and Muhammad al-Baqir (a) is my Imam, and Ja'far al-Sadiq (a) is my Imam, and Musa al-Kazim (a) is my Imam, and 'Ali al-Rida (a) is my Imam, and Muhammad al-Jawad (a) is my Imam, 'Ali al-Hadi (a) is my Imam, and Hasan al-'Askari (a) is my Imam, and the expected Hujja (a) is my Imam. These are my Imams and masters and leaders and intercessors, peace be upon them. I befriend them and hate their enemies in this world and the afterlife. | اذا اتٰاکَ الْمَلَکٰانِ الْمُقَرَّبٰانِ رَسُولَینِ مِنْ عِندِ اللّٰهِ تَبٰارَکَ وَ تَعٰالَی وَ سَأَلاکَ عَنْ رَبِّکَ وَ عَنْ نَبِیکَ وَ عَنْ دِینکَ وَ عَنْ کِتابِکَ وَ عَنْ قِبْلَتِکَ وَ عَنْ ائِمَّتِکَ فَلا تَخَفْ وَ لا تَحْزَنْ وَ قُلْ فِی جَوابِهِما اللّٰهُ رَبّی وَ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّی اللّٰهُ عَلَیهِ وَ آلِهِ نَبِیی وَ الإِسْلامُ دِینِی وَ الْقُرْآنُ کِتٰابِی وَ الْکَعْبَةُ قِبْلَتِی وَ امیرُ الْمُؤمِنینَ عَلِی بْنُ أبی طٰالِبٍ امٰامی وَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِی الُمجْتَبیٰ امٰامی وَ الْحُسَینُ بْنُ عَلِی الشَّهیدُ بِکَرْبَلاءَ امٰامِی وَ عَلِی زَینُ الْعٰابِدِینَ امَامِی وَ مُحَمَّدٌ البِاقِرُ امَامِی وَ جَعْفَرٌ الصّادِقُ امَامِی وَ مُوسَی الکاظِمُ إِمامی وَ عَلِی الرِّضٰا إِمامی و مُحَمَّدٌ الجَوادُ إِمامی و عَلی الْهَادِی امَامِی وَ الْحَسَنُ الْعَسْکَری امَامِی وَ الْحُجَّةُ الْمُنْتَظَرُ امٰامی هٰؤُلٰاءِ صَلَواتُ اللّٰهِ عَلَیهِمْ أَجْمَعِینَ ائِمَّتِی وَ سَادَتِی وَ قَادَتِی وَ شُفَعَائِی بِهِمْ أَتَولَّی وَ مِنْ اعدائِهِمْ أَتَبَرَّأُ فِی الدُّنْیا وَ الآخِرَةِ |
| And then be aware, O' such and such son of such and such (here the name of the male dead person and his father should be called)! | ثُمَّ اعْلَمْ یا فُلانَ بْنَ فُلان |
| Verily God, the blessed and the exalted, is a good Lord, and that Muhammad (s), peace be upon him and his progeny, is a good prophet, and that 'Ali b. Abi Talib (a) and his Infallible progeny, the twelve Imams, are good Imams, and what Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny, brought is true, and that death is true, and the questioning of Munkar and Nakir in the grave is true, and that the Heaven is true, and that the Hell is true, and that the Dooms Day indubitably arrives, and that God resurrects people from the graves. | انَّ اللّٰهَ تَبَارَکَ وَ تَعَالَی نِعْمَ الرَّبُّ وَ انَّ مُحَمَّداً صَلَّی اللّٰهُ عَلَیهِ وَ آلِهِ نِعْمَ الرَّسُولُ وَ انَّ عَلِی بْنَ أَبِی طالِبٍ وَ اوْلادَهُ الْمَعْصُومینَ الْأَئِمَّةَ الْاثْنَی عَشَرَ نِعْمَ الْأئِمَّةُ وَ انَّ مٰا جَاءَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّی اللّٰهُ عَلَیهِ وَ آلِهِ حَقٌ وَ انَّ الْمَوْتَ حَقٌ وَ سُؤٰالَ مُنْکَرٍ وَ نَکیرٍ فِی القَبْرِ حَقٌّ وَ الْبَعْثَ حَقٌّ النُّشُورَ حَقٌّ وَ الصِّرٰاطَ حَقٌّ وَ الْمِیزٰانَ حَقٌّ وَ تَطٰایرَ الْکُتُبِ حَقٌّ وَ انَّ الْجَنَّةَ حَقٌّ وَ النّٰارَ حَقُّ وَ انَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِیةٌ لا رَیبَ فِیهَا وَ انَّ اللّٰهَ یبْعَثُ مَنْ فِی الْقُبُورِ |
| Did you understand, O' such and such son of such and such (here the name of the male dead person should be called)?! May God keep you steadfast with a firm speech and guide you to a straight path. May God acquaint you and your friends in a residence of His mercy. O' God! Widen the earth on his both sides and elevate his soul to you and show him a proof from you. O' God! Your forgiveness! Your forgiveness! | أَ فَهِمْتَ یا فُلانُ ثَبَّتَکَ اللّٰهُ بِالْقَولِ الثَّابِتِ وَ هَداک اللّٰهُ إِلَی صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِیمٍ عَرَّفَ اللّٰهُ بَینَکَ وَ بَینَ اوْلیٰائِکَ فی مُسْتَقَرٍّ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ. اللّٰهُمَّ جَافِ الْأَرْضَ عَنْ جَنْبَیهِ وَ اصْعَدْ بِرُوحِهِ الَیکَ وَ لَقِّهِ مِنکَ بُرهَاناً اللّٰهُمَّ عَفوَکَ عَفْوَک |
For Women
| Listen! Understand! O' such and such daughter of such and such (here the name of the female dead person and his father should be called)! | اِسْمَعی اِفْهَمی یا فُلانَة بنت فُلان |
| Do you still keep the promise that you did when you left us? The testimony that there is no god except Allah who has no partners and that Muhammad—peace be upon him and his progeny—is His servant and His prophet and the leader of the prophets and the seal of the messengers, and that 'Ali (a) is the ruler of the believers and the leader of [the Prophet (s)'s] successors and an Imam that God has obliged the world to obey, and that Hasan and Husayn and 'Ali b. Husayn and Muhammad b. 'Ali and Ja'far b. Muhammad and Musa b. Ja'far and 'Ali b. Musa and Muhammad b. 'Ali and 'Ali b. Muhammad and Hasan b. 'Ali and Mahdi, the Qa'im and Hujja, God's peace be upon them all, are the leaders of the believers and God's proof (hujja) to the whole creation and your Imams who guide you and are beneficent. | هَلْ انْتِ عَلَی الْعَهْدِ الَّذِی فَارَقْتِنا عَلَیهِ مِنْ شَهَادَةِ انْ لٰا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَریکَ لَهُ وَ انَّ مُحَمَّداً صَلّی اللّٰهُ عَلَیهِ وَ آلِهِ عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ سَیدُ النَّبِیینَ وَ خاتَمُ الْمُرْسَلِینَ و انَّ عَلِیاً أَمیرُ الْمُؤمِنینَ وَ سَیدُ الْوصِیینَ وَ امامٌ افْتَرَضَ اللّٰهُ طاعَتَهُ عَلَی الْعٰالَمِینَ وَ انَّ الْحَسَنَ وَ الْحُسَینَ وَ عَلِی بْنَ الْحُسَینِ وَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِی وَ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مُوسَی بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ وَ عَلِی بن مُوسیٰ وَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِی وَ عَلی بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلی وَ الْقٰائِمَ الْحُجَّةَ الْمَهْدِی صَلَواتُ اللّٰهِ عَلَیهِمْ ائِمَّةُ الْمُؤمِنینَ وَ حُجَجُ اللّٰهِ عَلَی الْخَلْقِ أَجْمَعِینَ وَ ائِمَّتُکِ ائِمَّةُ هُدی بِکِ ابْرارٌ |
| O' such and such daughter of such and such (here the name of the female dead person and his father should be called)! | یا فُلانَة بنت فُلانٍ |
| When the two angels come to you, those who are close to God and are messengers from God, the blessed and the exalted, and ask you about your Lord and your prophet and your religion and your book and your qibla and your imams, do not be afraid and do not worry, and reply to them: Allah is my lord, and Muhammad—peace be upon him and his progeny—is my prophet, and Islam is my religion, and the Quran is my book, and the Ka'ba is my qibla, and Amir al-Mu'minin 'Ali b. Abi Talib (a) is my Imam, and Hasan b. 'Ali al-Mujtaba is my Imam, and Husayn b. 'Ali who was martyred in Karbala is my Imam, and 'Ali Zayn al-'Abidin (a) is my Imam, and Muhammad al-Baqir (a) is my Imam, and Ja'far al-Sadiq (a) is my Imam, and Musa al-Kazim (a) is my Imam, and 'Ali al-Rida (a) is my Imam, and Muhammad al-Jawad (a) is my Imam, 'Ali al-Hadi (a) is my Imam, and Hasan al-'Askari (a) is my Imam, and the expected Hujja (a) is my Imam. These are my Imams and masters and leaders and intercessors, peace be upon them. I befriend them and hate their enemies in this world and the afterlife. | اذا اتٰاکِ الْمَلَکٰانِ الْمُقَرَّبٰانِ رَسُولَینِ مِنْ عِندِ اللّٰهِ تَبٰارَکَ وَ تَعٰالَی وَ سَأَلاکِ عَنْ رَبِّکِ وَ عَنْ نَبِیکِ وَ عَنْ دِینکِ وَ عَنْ کِتابِکِ وَ عَنْ قِبْلَتِکِ وَ عَنْ ائِمَّتِکِ فَلا تَخَفی وَ لا تَحْزَنی وَ قولی فِی جَوابِهِما اللّٰهُ رَبّی وَ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّی اللّٰهُ عَلَیهِ وَ آلِهِ نَبِیی وَ الإِسْلامُ دِینِی وَ الْقُرْآنُ کِتٰابِی وَ الْکَعْبَةُ قِبْلَتِی وَ امیرُ الْمُؤمِنینَ عَلِی بْنُ أبی طٰالِبٍ امٰامی وَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِی الُمجْتَبیٰ امٰامی وَ الْحُسَینُ بْنُ عَلِی الشَّهیدُ بِکَرْبَلاءَ امٰامِی وَ عَلِی زَینُ الْعٰابِدِینَ امَامِی وَ مُحَمَّدٌ البِاقِرُ امَامِی وَ جَعْفَرٌ الصّادِقُ امَامِی وَ مُوسَی الکاظِمُ إِمامی وَ عَلِی الرِّضٰا إِمامی و مُحَمَّدٌ الجَوادُ إِمامی و عَلی الْهَادِی امَامِی وَ الْحَسَنُ الْعَسْکَری امَامِی وَ الْحُجَّةُ الْمُنْتَظَرُ امٰامی هٰؤُلٰاءِ صَلَواتُ اللّٰهِ عَلَیهِمْ أَجْمَعِینَ ائِمَّتِی وَ سَادَتِی وَ قَادَتِی وَ شُفَعَائِی بِهِمْ أَتَولَّی وَ مِنْ اعدائِهِمْ أَتَبَرَّأُ فِی الدُّنْیا وَ الآخِرَةِ |
| And then be aware, O' such and such daughter of such and such (here the name of the female dead person and his father should be called)! | ثُمَّ اعْلَمی یا فُلانَة بنت فُلان |
| Verily God, the blessed and the exalted, is a good Lord, and that Muhammad (s), peace be upon him and his progeny, is a good prophet, and that 'Ali b. Abi Talib (a) and his Infallible progeny, the twelve Imams, are good Imams, and what Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny, brought is true, and that death is true, and the questioning of Munkar and Nakir in the grave is true, and that the Heaven is true, and that the Hell is true, and that the Dooms Day indubitably arrives, and that God resurrects people inside the graves. | انَّ اللّٰهَ تَبَارَکَ وَ تَعَالَی نِعْمَ الرَّبُّ وَ انَّ مُحَمَّداً صَلَّی اللّٰهُ عَلَیهِ وَ آلِهِ نِعْمَ الرَّسُولُ وَ انَّ عَلِی بْنَ أَبِی طالِبٍ وَ اوْلادَهُ الْمَعْصُومینَ الْأَئِمَّةَ الْاثْنَی عَشَرَ نِعْمَ الْأئِمَّةُ وَ انَّ مٰا جَاءَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّی اللّٰهُ عَلَیهِ وَ آلِهِ حَقٌ وَ انَّ الْمَوْتَ حَقٌ وَ سُؤٰالَ مُنْکَرٍ وَ نَکیرٍ فِی القَبْرِ حَقٌّ وَ الْبَعْثَ حَقٌّ النُّشُورَ حَقٌّ وَ الصِّرٰاطَ حَقٌّ وَ الْمِیزٰانَ حَقٌّ وَ تَطٰایرَ الْکُتُبِ حَقٌّ وَ انَّ الْجَنَّةَ حَقٌّ وَ النّٰارَ حَقُّ وَ انَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِیةٌ لا رَیبَ فِیهَا وَ انَّ اللّٰهَ یبْعَثُ مَنْ فِی الْقُبُورِ |
| Did you understand, O' such and such daughter of such and such (here the name of the female dead person should be called)?! May God keep you steadfast with a firm speech and guide you to a straight path. May God acquaint you and your friends in a residence of His mercy. O' God! Widen the earth on her both sides and elevate her soul to you and show her a proof from you. O' God! Your forgiveness! Your forgiveness! | أَ فَهِمْتِ یا فُلانة ثَبَّتَکِ اللّٰهُ بِالْقَولِ الثَّابِتِ وَ هَداکِ اللّٰهُ إِلَی صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِیمٍ عَرَّفَ اللّٰهُ بَینَکِ وَ بَینَ اوْلیٰائِکَ فی مُسْتَقَرٍّ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ. اللّٰهُمَّ جَافِ الْأَرْضَ عَنْ جَنْبَیها وَ اصْعَدْ بِرُوحِها الَیکَ وَ لَقِّها مِنکَ بُرهَاناً اللّٰهُمَّ عَفوَکَ عَفْوَک |