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A mot from Nahj Al-Balagha: If you had not prevented me from bewailing, I would have produced a store of tears

SHAFAQNA- What follows is a part of the book Nahj al-Balagha, the most famous collection of sermons, letters, tafsirs and stories attributed to Imam Ali (A.S). It was collected by Al-Sharif al-Radi, the Shiite scholar of the tenth century. Known for its eloquent content, it is considered as a masterpiece of literature in Shiite Islam, ranked third behind the Qur’an and prophetic narratives. This is the 234th Sermon of this book, selected by SHAFAQNA.

Spoken when Amir al-mu’minin was busy in the funeral ablution (ghusl) of the Holy Prophet and shrouding him:

May my father and my mother shed their lives for you. O Messenger of Allah! With your death the process of prophethood, revelation and heavenly messages has stopped, which had not stopped at the death of others (prophets). Your position with us (members of your family) is so special that your grief has become a source of consolation (to us) as against the grief of all others; your grief is also common so that all Muslims share it equally.

If you had not ordered endurance and prevented us from bewailing, we would have produced a store of tears and even then the pain would not have subsided, and this grief would not have ended, and they would have been too little of our grief for you. But this (death) is a matter that cannot be reversed nor is it possible to repulse it. May my father and my mother die for you; do remember us with Allah and take care of us.

Read more from Shafaqna:

A mot from Nahj Al-Balagha: The tragedy of the Prophet’s death in Imam Ali’s expression

A mot from Nahj Al-Balagha: The best abstemiousness is to conceal it

A mot from Nahj Al-Balagha: There is no good in Belief without Endurance

A mot from Nahj Al-Balagha: The Complaint of Imam Ali (A.S) from the oppression of the Ummah during the burial of Hazrat Fatimah (S.A)

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