And it was so that around the dugout was rocky ground...
And it was so that around the dugout was rocky ground, and they pondered upon that he -asws , when he -asws does fall along with his -asws ride into that place, they would pelt him -asws with the stones until they kill him -asws .
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ عَلِيٌّ ع قُرْبَ الْمَكَانِ لَوَى فَرَسُهُ عُنُقَهُ وَ أَطَالَهُ اللَّهُ فَبَلَغَتْ جَحْفَلَتُهُ أُذُنَهُ وَ قَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَدْ حُفِرَ هَاهُنَا وَ دُبِّرَ عَلَيْكَ الْحَتْفُ وَ أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ لَا تَمُرَّ فِيهِ When Ali -asws reached near to the place, his -asws horse twisted its neck and Allah -azwj elongated it and it reached to his -asws ears, and it said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen -asws !
They have dug out over here and contrived a doom upon you -asws – and you -asws are more knowing that you -asws should not be passing therein’. فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ ع جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ مِنْ نَاصِحٍ خَيْراً كَمَا تُدَبِّرُ تَدْبِيرِي فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَا يُخْلِيكَ مِنْ صُنْعِهِ الْجَمِيلِ وَ سَارَ حَتَّى شَارَفَ الْمَكَانَ فَتَوَقَّفَ الْفَرَسُ خَوْفاً مِنَ الْمُرُورِ عَلَى الْمَكَانِ Ali -asws said to it: ‘May Allah -azwj Reward you for good advice.
Just as you thought about me ‑asws , so Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic would not let you be bereft of beautiful dealing’. And it went until it was by the place, and the horse paused, fearing from passing over the place.
فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع سِرْ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ سَالِماً سَوِيّاً عَجِيباً شَأْنُكَ بَدِيعاً أَمْرُكَ فَتَبَادَرَتِ الدَّابَّةُ فَإِذَا رَبُّكَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَدْ مَتَّنَ الْأَرْضَ وَ صَلَّبَهَا وَ لَأَمَ حُفَرَهَا وَ جَعَلَهَا كَسَائِرِ الْأَرْضِ Ali -asws said: ‘Pass, by the Permission of Allah -azwj the Exalted, safely correctly, incredible would be your state, adorable would be your matter!’ So, the animal kept moving (ahead), and Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic had Hardened the ground and Solidified it and Repaired the pit and Made it to be like the rest of the ground (surrounding it).
فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهَا عَلِيٌّ ع لَوَى الْفَرَسُ عُنُقَهُ وَ وَضَعَ جَحْفَلَتَهُ عَلَى أُذُنِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا أَكْرَمَكَ عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ أَجَازَكَ عَلَى هَذَا الْمَكَانِ الْخَاوِي فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع جَازَاكَ اللَّهُ بِهَذِهِ السَّلَامَةِ عَنْ تِلْكَ النَّصِيحَةِ الَّتِي نَصَحْتَنِي When Ali -asws had crossed over it, the horse twisted its neck, and placed its mouth upon his ‑asws ears, then said, ‘How prestigious you -asws are upon the Lord -azwj of the worlds!
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