Then he -asws said: ‘The Praise is for Allah -azwj as He -azwj is rightful of.

Then he -asws said: ‘The Praise is for Allah -azwj as He -azwj is rightful of. I -asws was obedient to His -azwj Commands, and I -asws Praise Him -azwj just as He -azwj Loves, and there is no god except for Allah -azwj , the One, the First, the Samad, just as He -azwj has Attributed Himself -azwj . O you people! Every person would meet during his fleeing, what he is fleeing from (i.e., death). The death is an usher of the soul towards it, and the escaping from it is to (actually) find it.

How many days have come and gone in researching about the hidden of this matter, but Allah -azwj , Mighty is His -azwj Mention, Refused, except to Keep it hidden. Far be it, for the hidden to be known! As for my -asws bequest, so it is that you shall not associate anything with Allah -azwj , Majestic is His -azwj Laudation. And Muhammad -saww , so you must not waste his -saww Sunnah.

Establish these two pillars and inflame these two lanterns, and you will be free of blame for as long as you are not displaced. Every person would bear his effort, and it is lightened from the ignorant ones. The Lord -azwj is Merciful, and the Imam -asws is the most knowledgeable, and the Religion is straight. Yesterday I -asws was your companion, and today I -asws am a lesson for you all, and tomorrow I -asws shall part from you.

If the treading is steadfast during these stumbles, so that is the objective, and if the feet waver, so we are living in the shade of the branches and shelter of the winds, and beneath the shade of the clouds dissipating in the atmosphere and the disappearing resources in the central ground. And rather, I -asws was a neighbour. My -asws body was your neighbour for (some) days, and as a consequence from me -asws it would be an empty body, motionless after its movement, and silent after speaking.

Let it be an admonishment, my -asws silence, and the dimming of my -asws eyes, and the stillness of my -asws limbs. So it is more of a preacher for you all than the eloquent speaker. And my -asws bidding farewell to you all is a farewell of one expecting the reunion.

Tomorrow you shall be seeing (the reality of) my -asws days, and Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic will Uncover my -asws secrets from me -asws , and you will be recognising me -asws after the emptiness of my -asws place, and the standing of someone else in my -asws place.