وَ بَكَاكَ الْحَجُونُ وَ الرُّكْنُ وَ الْمَشْعَرُ يَا...
وَ بَكَاكَ الْحَجُونُ وَ الرُّكْنُ وَ الْمَشْعَرُ يَا سَيِّدِي مَعَ الْبَطْحَاءِ وَ بَكَاكَ الْمِحْرَابُ وَ الدَّرْسُ لِلْقُرْآنِ فِي الصُّبْحِ مُعْلِناً وَ الْمَسَاءِ وَ بَكَاكَ الْإِسْلَامُ إِذْ صَارَ فِي النَّاسِ غَرِيباً مِنْ سَائِرِ الْغُرَبَاءِ لَوْ تَرَى الْمِنْبَرَ الَّذِي كُنْتَ تَعْلُوهُ عَلَاهُ الظَّلَامُ بَعْدَ الضِّيَاءِ يَا إِلَهِي عَجِّلْ وَفَاتِي سَرِيعاً فَلَقَدْ تَنَغَّصَتِ الْحَيَاةُ يَا مَوْلَائِي And the pilgrims, and the (Yemeni) corner, and the Monuments have cried upon you -saww , of my -asws Chief, along with Al Bat’ha, and the spout (of the Kaaba) cried over you -saww , and the open classes of the Quran in the morning and evening, and Al Islam cried upon you -saww when it came to be among the people, strangers from rest of the strangers.
If only you -saww could see the pulpit which you -saww used to ascend it. The darkness is on top after the brightness. O my -asws God -azwj ! Hasten my -asws expiry quickly, for the life is choking me -asws , O my -asws Master -azwj !
’ قَالَتْ ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهَا وَ أَخَذَتْ بِالْبُكَاءِ وَ الْعَوِيلِ لَيْلَهَا وَ نَهَارَهَا وَ هِيَ لَا تَرْقَأُ دَمْعَتُهَا وَ لَا تَهْدَأُ زَفْرَتُهَا She (Fizza -ra ) said, ‘Then she -asws returned to her -asws house and took to the crying and the wailing, her -asws nights and her -asws days, and she -asws did not leave her -asws tears no limited her ‑asws exhalation.
وَ اجْتَمَعَ شُيُوخُ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَ أَقْبَلُوا إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَقَالُوا لَهُ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ إِنَّ فَاطِمَةَ ع تَبْكِي اللَّيْلَ وَ النَّهَارَ فَلَا أَحَدٌ مِنَّا يَتَهَنَّأُ بِالنَّوْمِ فِي اللَّيْلِ عَلَى فُرُشِنَا وَ لَا بِالنَّهَارِ لَنَا قَرَارٌ عَلَى أَشْغَالِنَا وَ طَلَبِ مَعَايِشِنَا وَ إِنَّا نُخْبِرُكَ أَنْ تَسْأَلَهَا إِمَّا أَنْ تَبْكِيَ لَيْلًا أَوْ نَهَاراً And the elders of the people of Al-Medina gathered and they came to Amir Al-Momineen -asws .
They said to him -asws , ‘O Abu Al-Hassan -asws ! (Syeda) Fatima -asws is crying night and day, so there is no one from us who can get good sleep during the night upon our beds, nor is there any tranquillity for us upon our occupations, and seeking of our livelihoods, and we are informing you -asws to ask her -asws , either she -asws should cry at night or at daytime’ .
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