وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ...
وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَرْسَلَهُ بِالدِّينِ الْمَشْهُورِ وَ الْعَلَمِ الْمَأْثُورِ- وَ الْكِتَابِ الْمَسْطُورِ وَ النُّورِ السَّاطِعِ وَ الضِّيَاءِ اللَّامِعِ وَ الْأَمْرِ الصَّادِعِ إِزَاحَةً لِلشُّبُهَاتِ وَ احْتِجَاجاً بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَ تَحْذِيراً بِالْآيَاتِ وَ تَخْوِيفاً بِالْمَثُلَاتِ ‘And I -asws testify that Muhammad -saww is His -azwj servant and His -azwj Rasool -saww , having Sent him -saww well-known Religion, and the inherited knowledge, and the written Book, and the shining Noor, and the illumination for the blindness, and the proclaimed matter clarifying the doubtful matters, and the argumentation with the proof, and the warning with the Signs, and the frightening with the Punishments.
وَ النَّاسُ فِي فِتَنٍ انْجَذَمَ فِيهَا حَبْلُ الدِّينِ وَ تَزَعْزَعَتْ سَوَارِي الْيَقِينِ وَ اخْتَلَفَ النَّجْرُ وَ تَشَتَّتَ الْأَمْرُ وَ ضَاقَ الْمَخْرَجُ وَ عَمِيَ الْمَصْدَرُ فَالْهُدَى خَامِلٌ وَ الْعَمَى شَامِلٌ عُصِيَ الرَّحْمَنُ وَ نُصِرَ الشَّيْطَانُ وَ خُذِلَ الْإِيمَانُ And the people were in strife, the rope of Religion was cut-off, and removed from the certainty, and people differed, and the commands were various, and the way out was narrow, and the chests were blinded.
So, the guided ones were inactive, and the comprehending ones were blinded, and the Beneficent was disobeyed, and the Satan -la was aided, and the Eman was abandoned.
فَانْهَارَتْ دَعَائِمُهُ وَ تَنَكَّرَتْ مَعَالِمُهُ وَ دَرَسَتْ سُبُلُهُ وَ عَفَتْ شُرُكُهُ أَطَاعُوا الشَّيْطَانَ فَسَلَكُوا مَسَالِكَهُ وَ وَرَدُوا مَنَاهِلَهُ بِهِمْ سَارَتْ أَعْلَامُهُ وَ قَامَ لِوَاؤُهُ فِي فِتَنٍ دَاسَتْهُمْ بِأَخْفَافِهَا وَ وَطِئَتْهُمْ بِأَظْلَافِهَا وَ قَامَتْ عَلَى سَنَابِكِهَا So, its pillars fell down, and His -azwj Teachings were denied, and his -la ways were learnt, and his -la participation was obscured.
They followed the Satan -la and travelled his -la ways, and they drank from his -la fountains. By them, his -la banners came to be and his -la flag was raised. During the Fitna they were trampled by its stupidity and put down by its fists and stood upon its branches.
فَهُمْ فِيهَا تَائِهُونَ حَائِرُونَ جَاهِلُونَ مَفْتُونُونَ فِي خَيْرِ دَارٍ وَ شَرِّ جِيرَانٍ نَوْمُهُمْ سُهُودٌ وَ كُحْلُهُمْ دُمُوعٌ بِأَرْضٍ عَالِمُهَا مُلْجَمٌ وَ جَاهِلُهَا مُكْرَمٌ So, during it there were lost, confused, ignorant, tempted, being in a good house and evil neighbourhood.
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