Greetings and salutations be upon you…

Greetings and salutations be upon you, O’ Baqiyatallah (Imam al-Mahdi) upon the earth. Greetings be upon you, O’ Allah’s firm pledge. Greetings be upon you, O’ Allah’s promise – a promise whose fulfillment Allah has guaranteed. Greetings be upon you, O’ the hoisted flag, and you the manifestation of knowledge, of protection, of vast mercy, and a sacrosanct promise.