You were rich in virtue.
You were rich in virtue. May God not deprive us of our reward for our missing you. May He not abandon us after you". "By God! Thy life was key to virtue and lock to vice. Thy death is key to every vice and lock to every virtue. Had the people benefited from you, blessings would have showered on them from heavens. But they preferred the sordid world". ( 90 ) Yes they preferred the sordid world. They could not face justice and Ali's determination.
Ultimately rigidity and stagnation came out of the sleeves of such a people and they martyred Ali Ali is matchless in having such friends and selfless devotees who laid down their lives in the cause of his love and affiliation. They marched even to the gallows. The pages of Islamic history are proud of their blossoming, beautiful and marvelous biographies.
Hands of the ignoble criminals like Ziyad, son of unknown, his son Obaidullah, Hajjaj bin Yusuf, Mutawakkil and, above all, Mo'awiyah bin Abi Sufian are soaked to elbow of the blood of such a cream of humanity. Previous…