شَرْحُ النَّهْجِ لِابْنِ مِيثَمٍ...
شَرْحُ النَّهْجِ لِابْنِ مِيثَمٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا فَرَغَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مِنْ حَرْبِ الْجَمَلِ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ بِالْبَصْرَةِ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَ صَلَّى عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَهْلَ الْبَصْرَةِ يَا أَهْلَ الْمُؤْتَفِكَةِ ائْتَفَكَتْ بِأَهْلِهَا ثَلَاثاً وَ عَلَى اللَّهِ تَمَامُ الرَّابِعَةِ (The book) ‘Sharh Al Nahj’ of Ibn Meesam, said, ‘When Amir Al-Momineen -asws was free from the battle of Al-Jamal, he -asws addressed the people at Al-Basra.
He -asws praised Allah -azwj and extolled upon Him -azwj and sent Salawaat unto the Prophet -saww , then said: ‘O people of Al-Basra! Of people of destructive (city) having destroyed its people thrice, and upon Allah -azwj is to complete the fourth!
يَا وَيْلُ أَمْرُهُنَّ حَدِيثٌ عَجِيبٌ وَ مِنْهَا أَنْ يَسْتَحِلَّ بِهَا الدَّجَّالُ الْأَكْبَرُ الْأَعْوَرُ الْمَمْسُوحُ الْعَيْنُ الْيُمْنَى وَ الْأُخْرَى كَأَنَّهَا مَمْزُوجَةٌ بِالدَّمِ لَكَأَنَّهَا فِي الْحُمْرَةِ عَلَقَةٌ نَاتِئُ الْحَدَقَةِ كَهَيْئَةِ حَبَّةِ الْعِنَبِ الطَّافِيَةِ عَلَى الْمَاءِ (Amir Al-Momineen -asws said later in his -asws speech) O doom! Their affair is a strange narration.
And from it is that Al-Dajjal -la anointed one, the one-eyed, the swabbed of the right eye would be released at it, and the other it is as if it is mixed with the blood. It is as if in the redness there is a clot protruding from the pupil as if it is a seed of the grape floating upon the water.
فَيَتَّبِعُهُ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا عِدَّةُ مَنْ قُتِلَ بِالْأُبُلَّةِ مِنَ الشُّهَدَاءِ أَنَاجِيلُهُمْ فِي صُدُورِهِمْ يُقْتَلُ مَنْ يُقْتَلُ وَ يَهْرُبُ مَنْ يَهْرُبُ ثُمَّ رَجْفٌ ثُمَّ قَذْفٌ ثُمَّ خَسْفٌ ثُمَّ مَسْخٌ ثُمَّ الْجُوعُ الْأَغْبَرُ ثُمَّ الْمَوْتُ الْأَحْمَرُ وَ هُوَ الْغَرَقُ There shall follow him -la from its people, a number of the ones who were killed at Al-Ubulah, from the martyrs. Their Evangels would be in their chests.
He will be killed, the one who is killed, and he will flee, the one who flees.
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