إِنْ أَبْقَ فَأَنَا وَلِيُّ دَمِي وَ إِنْ أَفْنَ...
إِنْ أَبْقَ فَأَنَا وَلِيُّ دَمِي وَ إِنْ أَفْنَ فَالْفَنَاءُ مِيعَادِي وَ إِنْ أَعْفُ فَالْعَفْوُ لِي قُرْبَةٌ وَ لَكُمْ حَسَنَةٌ فَاعْفُوا وَ اصْفَحُوا أَ لا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ فَيَا لَهَا حَسْرَةً عَلَى كُلِّ ذِي غَفْلَةٍ أَنْ يَكُونَ عُمُرُهُ عَلَيْهِ حُجَّةً أَوْ يُؤَدِّيَهُ أَيَّامُهُ إِلَى شِقْوَةٍ If I -asws were to remain (alive), I -asws would be the Guardian of my -asws own blood, and if I -asws perish, so the perishing is my -asws destiny, and if I -asws were to forgive, so the forgiving, for me -asws it is a nearness (to Allah -azwj , and for you it is a good deed, therefore be forgiving and overlooking.
Would you not like it Allah -azwj should be Forgiving you all? What a regret it would be upon every neglectful one! His own life-time would become an argument against him, or his days would lead him to misery.
جَعَلَنَا اللَّهُ وَ إِيَّاكُمْ مِمَّنْ لَا يَقْصُرُ بِهِ عَنْ طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ رَغْبَةٌ أَوْ تَحُلُّ بِهِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ نَقِمَةٌ فَإِنَّمَا نَحْنُ لَهُ وَ بِهِ May Allah -azwj Make us -asws and you all from the ones who are not deficient with it from obeying Allah -azwj out of desire or being terrified of the Punishment after the death. So rather, we are for Him -azwj and with Him -azwj ’. ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى الْحَسَنِ ع فَقَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ ضَرْبَةً مَكَانَ ضَرْبَةٍ وَ لَا تَأْثَمْ.
Then he -asws turned towards Al-Hassan -asws , and he -asws said: ‘O my -asws son -asws ! A strike in place of a strike, and you -asws will not be overdoing it’’.
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