Gather the people...

Gather the people, then crucify me upon a tree trunk, then take an arrow from my quiver, then place it upon the bow, then say, ‘In the Name of the Lord -azwj of the boy!’ (then fire), so you will be able to kill me’. قَالَ فَجَمَعَ النَّاسَ وَ صَلَبَهُ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ سَهْماً مِنْ كِنَانَتِهِ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى كَبِدِ الْقَوْسِ وَ قَالَ: بِاسْمِ رَبِّ الْغُلَامِ وَ رَمَى فَوَقَعَ السَّهْمُ فِي صُدْغِهِ‏ وَ مَاتَ.

فَقَالَ النَّاسُ: آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْغُلَامِ He -saww said: ‘So he gathered the people, and crucified him, then took an arrow from his quiver, and placed it upon the bow, and said, ‘In the Name of the Lord -azwj of the boy!’, and he shot. The arrow pierced his upper cheek and he died.

So, the people said, ‘We believe in the Lord -azwj of the boy!’ فَقِيلَ لَهُ: أَ رَأَيْتَ مَا كُنْتَ تَخَافُ قَدْ نَزَلَ وَ اللَّهِ بِكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ، فَأَمَرَ بِالْأُخْدُودِ فَخُدِّدَتْ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِ السِّكَكِ ثُمَّ أَضْرَمَهَا نَاراً فَقَالَ مَنْ رَجَعَ عَنْ دِينِهِ فَدَعُوهُ، وَ مَنْ أَبَى فَأَقْحِمُوهُ فِيهَا It was said to him (the king), ‘By Allah -azwj ! Do you see what you were fearing, has now descended with you from the people?’ So he ordered with the (digging of the) pit.

So they dug upon the opening of the bridge, then ignited fire, and he said, ‘One who returns from his Religion, leave him, and one who refuses, then fling him into it!’ فَجَعَلُوا يَقْتَحِمُونَهَا، وَ جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ بِابْنٍ لَهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا: يَا أُمَّهْ اصْبِرِي فَإِنَّكِ عَلَى الْحَقِّ So, they went on to fling them into it, and a woman came over with a son of her, and he said to her, ‘O mother! Be patient, for you are upon the Truth’’.

[16] VERSE 10 إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِيقِ {10} Surely those who persecute the Momineen and the Mominaat, then they do not repent, so for them would be Punishment of Hell, and for them would be Punishment of the burning [85:10] و عنه: بإسناده، عن ميثم التمار، قال: سمعت أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام)، و ذكر أصحاب الأخدود، فقال: «كانوا عشرة، و على مثالهم عشرة يقتلون في هذا السوق And from him, by his chain, from Maysam Al-Tammaar who said, ‘I heard Amir Al-Momineen -asws , and there was a mention of the companions of the pit.