وَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ لَمَّا شَطَرَ مَرْحَباً شَطْرَيْنِ...
وَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ لَمَّا شَطَرَ مَرْحَباً شَطْرَيْنِ وَ أَلْقَاهُ مُجَدَّلًا جَاءَ جَبْرَئِيلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مُتَعَجِّباً فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ص مِمَّ تَعَجَّبْتَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تُنَادِي فِي صَوَامِعِ جَوَامِعِ السَّمَاوَاتِ لَا فَتَى إِلَّا عَلِيٌّ لَا سَيْفَ إِلَّا ذُو الْفَقَارِ And during that day when he -asws had bisected Marhab into two pieces and welcome his two parts, Jibraeel -as came from the sky astonished.
The Prophet -saww said to him -as : ‘What are you -as astonished from?’ He -as said: ‘The Angels are calling out in the Masjids of the skies: ‘لَا فَتَى إِلَّا عَلِيٌّ لَا سَيْفَ إِلَّا ذُو الْفَقَارِ’ ‘There is no youth (Momin) except Ali -asws , there is no sword except Zulfiqar!’ وَ أَمَّا إِعْجَابِي فَإِنِّي لَمَّا أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُدَمِّرَ قَوْمَ لُوطٍ حَمَلْتُ مَدَائِنَهُمْ وَ هِيَ سَبْعُ مَدَائِنَ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ السَّابِعَةِ السُّفْلَى إِلَى الْأَرْضِ السَّابِعَةِ الْعُلْيَا عَلَى رِيشَةٍ مِنْ جَنَاحِي وَ رَفَعْتُهَا حَتَّى سَمِعَ حَمَلَةُ الْعَرْشِ صِيَاحَ دِيَكَتِهِمْ وَ بُكَاءَ أَطْفَالِهِمْ وَ وَقَفْتُ بِهَا إِلَى الصُّبْحِ أَنْتَظِرُ الْأَمْرَ وَ لَمْ أُثْقَلْ بِهَا And as for my -as admiration, so when I -as was Commanded with destroying the people of Lut -as , I -as carried their cities, and these were seven cities, from the seventh lowest firmament to the highest seventh firmament, upon a feather from my -as wing and raised it until the bearers of the Throne heard the shouts of their roosters and the crying of their children, and I -saww paused with it up to the morning awaiting the Command, and I -saww did not feel the weight of it.
وَ الْيَوْمَ لَمَّا ضَرَبَ عَلِيٌّ ضَرْبَتَهُ الْهَاشِمِيَّةَ وَ كَبَّرَ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَقْبِضَ فَاضِلَ سَيْفِهِ حَتَّى لَا يَشُقَّ الْأَرْضَ وَ تَصِلَ إِلَى الثَّوْرِ الْحَامِلِ لَهَا فَيَشْطُرَهُ شَطْرَيْنِ فَتَنْقَلِبَ الْأَرْضُ بِأَهْلِهَا فَكَانَ فَاضِلُ سَيْفِهِ عَلَيَّ أَثْقَلَ مِنْ مَدَائِنِ لُوطٍ هَذَا وَ إِسْرَافِيلُ وَ مِيكَائِيلُ قَدْ قَبَضَا عَضُدَهُ فِي الْهَوَاءِ.
And today, when Ali -asws struck his -asws Hashemite strike and exclaimed Takbeer, I -as was Commanded to capture the strength of his -asws sword so that the earth would not be cleft asunder and it would arrive to ‘Al-Sowr’ the carrier of it. He -asws bisected him into two sections, and the earth would have overturned with its inhabitants. The strength of his -asws sword was heavier upon me -as than the cities of Lut -as .
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