The truce upon the smoke, what is it?
The truce upon the smoke, what is it?’ He -saww said: ‘The hearts of the people will not return upon that which they used to be upon’’.
In another Hadith, المناقب لابن شهرآشوب وَ ذَكَرَ ع فِي خُطْبَتِهِ اللُّؤْلُؤِيَّةِ أَلَا وَ إِنِّي ظَاعِنٌ عَنْ قَرِيبٍ وَ مُنْطَلِقٌ لِلْمَغِيبِ فَارْهَبُوا الْفِتَنَ الْأُمَوِيَّةَ وَ الْمَمْلَكَةَ الْكَسْرَوِيَّةَ وَ مِنْهَا فَكَمْ مِنْ مَلَاحِمَ وَ بَلَاءٍ مُتَرَاكِمٍ (The book) ‘Al Manaqib’ of Ibn Shehr Ashub – ‘And Imam Ali -asws mentioned in his -asws sermon ‘Al-Luluie’: ‘Indeed!
I -asws shall be travelling very soon and go to the unseen (world), so be scared of the blinding ‘ Fitna ’ (strife), and the kingdom of imperialism (Sasanid empire), and from it, how many will be the epics and afflictions growing steadily.
تقتل [تَفْتِلُ] مَمْلَكَةَ بَنِي الْعَبَّاسِ بِالرَّوْعِ وَ الْيَأْسِ وَ تُبْنَى لَهُمْ مَدِينَةٌ يُقَالُ لَهَا الزَّوْرَاءُ بَيْنَ دِجْلَةَ وَ دُجَيْلٍ ثُمَّ وَصَفَهَا The kingdom of the sons of Al-Abbas would be twisted with the horrors and despair, and a city called Al-Zowra would be built for them between Dijlah and Dujeyl’. Then he -asws described it.
ثُمَّ قَالَ فَتَوَالَتْ فِيهَا مُلُوكُ بَنِي شَيْصَبَانَ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَ عِشْرُونَ مَلِكاً عَلَى عَدَدِ سِنِي الْكَدِيدِ فَأَوَّلُهُمُ السَّفَّاحُ وَ الْمِقْلَاصُ وَ الْجَمُوحُ وَ الْمَجْرُوحُ وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ الْمَخْدُوعُ وَ الْمُظَفَّرُ وَ الْمُؤَنَّثُ وَ النَّظَّارُ وَ الْكَبْشُ وَ الْمُتَهَوِّرُ وَ الْمُسْتَظْلِمُ وَ الْمُسْتَصْعِبُ- وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ الْمُسْتَضْعَفُ- Then he -asws said: ‘There shall rule during it, kings of the clan of Shaysaban, twenty-four kings being upon the number of my -asws harsh years.
The first of them is Al-Saffah, and Al-Miqlas, and Al-Jamouh, and Al-Majhrouh’. And in a report: ‘Al-Makhdouh. And Al-Muzaffar, and Al-Muannas, and Al-Nazar, and Al-Kabash, and Al-Mutahawwir, and Al-Mustazlim, and Al-Mustas’ib’. And in a report: ‘Al-Mustaz’af.
وَ الْعَلَّامُ وَ الْمُخْتَطِفُ وَ الْغُلَامُ الزَّوَائِدِيُّ وَ الْمُتْرَفُ وَ الْكَدِيدُ وَ الْأَكْدَرُ- وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ وَ الْأَكْتَبُ وَ الْأَكْلَبُ وَ الْمُشْرِفُ وَ الْوَشِيمُ وَ الصَّلَامُ وَ الْعُثُونُ وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ وَ الرِّكَازُ وَ الْعَيْنُوقُ ثُمَّ الْفِتْنَةُ الْحَمْرَاءُ وَ الْقِلَادَةُ الْغَبْرَاءُ فِي عَقِبِهَا قَائِمُ الْحَقِّ And Al-Allam, and Al-Mukhtif, and Al-Ghulam Al-Zawaidy, and Al-Mutraf, and Al-Kadeed (Al-Kadeyr), and Al-Akdar’.
And in a report: ‘Al-Aktab, and Al-Aklab, and Al-Mushrif, and Al-Washeym, and Al-Salam, and Al-Usoon’.
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