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Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim.
Ey yaran Shah-i Mardan.
Marhaban, marhaban.
Ey Shah-i Mardan, marhaba, welcome.
Your marhaba, your greeting to us is of great value,
your marhaba is a remedy for us.
Your marhaba is to us
a cure and a healing.
Masha'Allahu kan, wa ma lam yasha' lam yakun.
Come to us, O beloved friends of Shah-i Mardan.
May our day be a good one. Today is the fine day of Jum‘a.
The blessed day of Jum‘a. Today is the honoured day of Jum‘a,
which bears our Holy Prophet's name.
Marhaba, ey yaran Shah-i Mardan.
Marhaba ey Shah-i Mardan, marhaba.
May that which is oppressing us leave us.
We are weak servants.
We ask that our Almighty Lord
take this weakness from us.
That we might be lively and full of vigour.
That we might not be like slugs.
Do you know what a slug is? Don't be like one of those.
Be like a lion.
Marhaba, ey yaran Shah-i Mardan.
Allah. Beautiful scents,
scents of gratitude reach to us,
that belong to Shah-i Mardan
Ya Rabbi, qawwi da‘fi fi ridak.
We are weak, O Lord.
May our weakness be taken from us.
O our Lord, grant us strength.
If you are asking for strength,
then ask for a remedy from Shah-i Mardan.
Man is in need of a cure, a remedy.
Ask for a remedy from Shah-i Mardan.
Marhaba, ey yaran Shah-i Mardan.
O my Lord, give us strength.
Let us not be like slimy slugs.
Let us be like a mighty, powerful horse that rears up.
Don't be like the slimy slug.
Come to us, O Shah-i Mardan!
How does man become human? How must he be?
Like a pure-bred Arabian steed
upon which sultans may ride.
That is how you should be. Don't stoop to the level of the donkey.
Sultans will mount a pure-bred horse.
Let us be of that class.
O our Lord, our Subhan, our Sultan,
qawwi da‘fi fi ridak -
Take our weakness from us,
O Lord, with Your Good Pleasure.
We are incapable, weak servants.
Let us not be like an old donkey.
Let us be like a pure-bred Arabian steed, which is mounted by sultans,
so that the Sultan will mount.
Come, O Shah-i Mardan.
Masha'Allahu kan, wa ma lam yasha' lam yakun.
You who you are asking for
the good pleasure of the Sultan.
What is it you are asking for, what do you desire?
Ask for a pure-blooded steed,
upon which sultans will mount.
When it realizes that the Sultan has mounted upon it,
it rises up on its hindlegs.
Masha'Allah. A pure-bred horse,
upon whom the Sultan will ride.
Don't be a donkey who is laden with burdens.
Be a kuhaylan, which is laden with honour,
which carries honour.
That is the one that carries the Sultan.
It has a great and high value.
Do not be a donkey.
They rig up a tackle on a donkey
in order to place a burden upon it, the poor soul.
Don't be like a beast of burden,
carrying loads of firewood. Be a noble steed
that will carry the Sultan. In that lies your honour.
O our Lord, our Subhan, our Sultan.
You are Subhan, You are Sultan.
Come to us, O Shah-i Mardan.
We are worthy of wielding power and of ruling.
It is about man, the sacred human being.
He is worthy of every good thing.
Be the mount for the Sultan.
Be the honoured lion that carries the Sultan,
don't be a lazy, helpless wretch.
That is not suitable for you. You must know what befits you.
Let us say: Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim.
A person who recites the Basmala knows
his own worth. He does, indeed.
O our Lord, it is You who has created us.
It is You who has bestowed honour upon us.
It is You who has made us worthy of sultans.
O our Lord,
give us authority.
Authority is for whom? It is for the noble steed
upon which the Sultan mounts.
Let us say: Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim.
O my Lord, do not leave us in the situation
of being weak, wretched beasts, O Lord.
Let us be pure-blooded steeds that can carry the Sultan.
Man must know his true worth and value.
Come, O Shah-i Mardan, come, and let us know.
Don't be like an animal that eats straw.
No. You must be like a noble steed
that carries the Sultan. These words are spoken
to show how precious man is in reality.
To him who says: Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim,
a power is given.
O our Lord, Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim.
Recite the noble Basmala and have no fear.
The battle field is yours, O Shah-i Mardan.
You are the noble steed who carries the Sultan.
Carry the Sultan!
Don't carry straw or firewood.
Carry the much-honoured king, carry the sultan.
Allah Almighty has granted us this honour,
so let us be honourable.
Let us ask of Allah Almighty,
that He might also grant us the honour
of bearing the trust of the Sultan.
To bear the trust of the Sultan is the greatest honour of all.
Do not carry bales of straw.
Do not carry the dung of this world.
No. Also do not burden yourself with gold and silver.
Carry the Sultan.
How should you carry the Sultan?
The Sultan's trust is within you.
That you must bear. Exert yourself,
become that noble steed upon which the Sultan will mount.
It is our desire to be of service to the Sultan.
If we cannot reach that honour,
it is worth nothing. A donkey is a donkey.
Come, O Shah-i Mardan.
We were not created to be donkeys.
We are the most honoured of all beings,
created to bear the Sultan's trust.
Do not engage in quarrelling.
Every man possesses this honour. Do not try to take this honour
out of his hands.
The Lord of Might and Glory, Allah Almighty
has granted this honour to him.
Do not try to take this honour from him. They will crush you.
O our Lord, we are Your helpless servants.
Nobody can bestow on us the beauty,
and the service and the honour that You
have bestowed on us. You must guard that honour.
Don't quarrel, don't fight.
Don't engage in hostilities, don't fall into madness.
Don't fall into bad manners.
Do not lower that which Allah has raised up.
Do not kill that to which Allah has given life.
O you ***'a and O you 'Alawi!
Man possesses the honour that Allah has given to him.
Do not take that honour from him. His honour is given by
Allah, the Lord of Might and Glory, may His Glory be exalted.
You must not disgrace those
to whom He has given honour.
Man is not like the herded beasts,
who are slaughtered for food and drink. God forbid!
Allah has given him honour, and has given him life.
Let him watch out for that honour which Allah has granted to him.
Allah has granted honour to humankind.
Don't say, I will take away that honour, do not kill!
Don't beat, burn or destroy!
Otherwise Allah the Overwhelming will come and destroy you.
He will burn you and crush you.
O you who are far from humanity!
Speak to us, O Shah-i Mardan.
Ey Shah-i Mardan, before whose knowledge the world stands in awe.
In order to guard the honour
which Allah has granted to you,
He has given you power. That power
you must use against the enemies of mankind.
Man, the most honoured of all is mankind.
Do not crush, destroy or burn,
do not torment people, but protect every person's honour.
Allah has granted honour to man. Even if you wanted
to take away the honour Allah has given to him, you could not do so.
If you tried to take it, they would crush your head.
That one is no good at all. Speak, O Shah-i Mardan,
the world is in awe of your greatness,
O you Lion, who shakes the world with his roar.
O Lord, You have sent us Shah-i Mardan
so that he might teach us this adab.
Let us learn, let us adopt human qualities.
Do not take on the quality of wild beasts!
Wild beasts are the intimate friends
of shaytan. The honour given to mankind
comes from Allah Almighty.
Protect it, take care of mankind
Man is the most honoured being that Allah Dhu l-Jalal
has ever created. Ey yaran Shah-i Mardan,
please come and, ey Shah-i Mardan,
draw your sword against all those
who oppose these words.
No one can stand against the sword of Shah-i Mardan.
He will sweep away those who do not approach with adab,
for he is Shah-i Mardan. In his hand he holds Dhu l-Fiqar.
Allahu akbar. In the hand of Shah-i Mardan,
who was given as a lion to the Beloved of Allah Almighty
so he might guard him, in one stroke Dhu l-Fiqar
demoished the towers of the fort of Khaybar.
A spring of water gushed forth at that place.
He struck the unbelievers, and at the same time
he brought water up from under the earth.
The fortress of Khaybar. Al-hamdulillah,
I was able to go there. And that spring of water,
when Dhu l-Fiqar struck the ground, that water
bubbled up under the earth and burst forth as a spring.
Allah Almighty allowed His humble servant to reach to that place.
I saw the fortress and prayed there,
and saw also where Dhu l-Fiqar, Shah-i Mardan's sword struck,
killing the unbelievers,
and bringing forth the water,
so that it flowed from the ground. Sayyidna ‘Ali,
Dastur, ey Shah-i Mardan.
That water is flowing to this day.
I was favoured to drink of that water, and I drank.
We have that power. They let me drink of the water
of the blessed Shah-i Mardan.
I drank of it, thanks be to Allah.
I am hopeful that the Master of Time,
Imam al-Mahdi, ‘alayhi s-salam, will pass by there
and drink water from that place, and perform his ablutions.
It was given to us to do so, when we passed by there,
and we drank of the water.
Thanks be to Allah Almighty. Whoever drinks of that water, does not fall ill.
Who drinks of that water will be happy and prosperous,
he will not be injured or ruined.
What sweet water it is! He who drinks of it,
and is mindful of his adab, and who by the secret of "addabani Rabbi"
reaches to this place.
Dastur, O blessed Shah-i Mardan.
Your sword, one stroke of your sword
will split the earth in two like an apple.
You must know this. O our Lord,
include us among those who will be under the banner of Shah-i Mardan
which is invested with the majesty of Islam.
Let us not be under the evil banners
of the unjust tyrants.
Let us be under the banner of Shah-i Mardan
which was sent down from heaven. We set our hopes in that.
Those who enter the land of Sham, who oppress the land,
he will take his revenge on them.
Allahu akbaru l-akbar, Allahu akbaru l-akbar.
O our Lord, we are Your weak servants.
You have sent Shah-i Mardan to us,
in order to take revenge on the tyrants.
Let us be under
his banner.
Let us be as lions.
O our Lord,
"wa ja‘alna min al-ma'i kulla shay'in hayy" (21:30),
He says: To every thing I gave life from water.
The much-revered Sayyidna ‘Ali drank water at the fortress of Khaybar,
as did his standard-bearers,
and were thereby granted the quality of life.
They will come at the end of times, and they
will avenge themselves on the tyrants.
Don't touch it! Do not tear down the building of Allah,
O you ***'a and 'Alawi!
You are not given permission to destroy the structure of Allah.
You will be destroyed, if you do.
O Padishah of Abundance, O our God of Absolute Power,
May the Sultan who bears the Sayfullah,
the sword of Allah, Dhu l-Fiqar,
come to us
to avenge Your wronged sevants.
Speak to us, O Shah-i Mardan, the day is yours.
I am approaching, he says. I am coming.
I am coming, to take revenge on the whole world.
I am not one to fear any tanks or cannons.
I am the Lion of Allah, and I will bring oppression to an end.
I will wreak vengeance on all the oppressors.
O our Lord, do not make us one of the oppressors.
May the land of Sham be freed, may its gates open to Islam.
May East and West shine by the Light of Islam!
At the time when seventy thousand horsemen
will draw their swords from their sheaths
seventy thousand flashes of lightning will appear in the sky.
O you ***'a and 'Alawi, take heed!
It is Shah-i Mardan who is coming.
When he spurs his horse,
it will rise up once in the air, then it will land on the ground.
The darkness on the world will be turned into light.
Come to us, O Shah-i Mardan,
teach us good adab.
May we grow in strength, and our joyfulness be increased.
May fear be kept far from us. We are
the horsemen of the Beloved of Allah's Beloved,
of Shah-i Mardan.
What honour, what beauty, what greatness lies in this!
It is approaching. This month now is
the great month of Sha'ban. It will not be wasted.
The oppressors will be given what they deserve.
Cruelty, the cruelty perpetrated by the oppressor,
will not remain unpunished. He will destroy
and disperse them. O Allah,
You who are Lord over Heavens and Earth,
O You who send us the Lion of Allah,
Shah-i Mardan, we rely on your power.
May our strength and our powers be restored to us.
May you fly like a plane
from East to West.
The world shakes from his majesty,
the great Shah-i Mardan.
From his majesty the world shakes.
Therefore, at the end of time earthquakes and tremors will increase.
Now quakes and upheavals are shaking the world.
Until Shah-i Mardan says:
Stop, enough of this shaking, we will take revenge
on those who are committing acts of cruelty against you.
When Shah-i Mardan speaks these words,
with a voice like rolling thunder,
with a thunderous voice,
when he calls takbir in his majestic voice,
everything will fall to pieces.
O our Lord, forgive us.
Make it easy for us to recognize the true value of human beings.
Allah loved man and created him.
He approved of him and adorned the son of man.
Don't destroy the structure of Allah, He will bring the world down on your head,
O our Lord, let us not be one of the cruel oppressors.
Do not make us to be ***'a or 'Alawi.
O our Lord, today
is the day on which Shah-i Mardan draws his sword.
This is the great month of Sha'ban of Shah-i Mardan.
A force will become apparent, the Sultan will appear
who will seek revenge on the tyrants.
You must be with that Sultan.
Do not fear; you will inspire fear, you will not be afraid.
Because ahead of you marches Shah-i Mardan,
Habibu r-Rahman is with you.
The Lion of Allah. Give us strength, O Lord.
Give us fortitude. May our sons
raise the banners of Your religion.
Give us strength, we have become weak.
Give us strength. Let the cavalry come,
that will return the deviant to the path,
horsemen like giants.
Let the Sultan come, let us behold him, O our Lord.
Let us grow stronger, O Lord, may this weakness leave us.
Come, O Shah-i Mardan, your beloved friends are in awe of you.
Count us, too, among your followers.
Count us among those who are with you.
Do not count us among the cruel oppressors.
There is Shah-i Mardan who will seek revenge on the tyrants.
Come, to fight alongside him and to champion his cause.
There are seven thousand angels waiting with blood-red banners.
All of them with a taswim to their turban.
Allahu akbar wa l-azamatu li-llah. Huu.
In the face of his majesty, all their worthless
arms and weaponry will come to an end.
The might of Islam will appear.
Allahu Allah, Allahu Rabbi
Allahu Allah, ma fi siwahu.
Allahu Allah, Allahu Allah
Allahu Allah, ma li siwahu. Our God, Allah.
O our Lord, dress us in the robe of honour.
Make those who wish to humiliate us despicable,
contemptible. May the heads of the oppressors fall.
Allahu Allah, Allahu Rabbi.
Allahu hasbi, ma li siwahu.
As-salamu ‘alaykum, ey yaran Shah-i Mardan.
Your voice is approaching. Aman, ya Rabbi. Protect us, O Lord.
Aman ya Rabbi. Greatness and grandeur belongs to You alone.
Those who torment and suppress
the weak and helpless are not human beings.
Come and send us the Sultan who will avenge them,
O our Lord. al-Fatiha.