SERMON 103

ومن خطبة له (عليه السلام)

أمَّا بَعْدُ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ سُبْحَانَهُ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّداً(صلى الله عليه وآله)، وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ يَقْرَأُ كِتَاباً، وَلاَ يَدَّعِي نُبُوَّةً وَلاَ وَحْياً، فَقَاتَلَ بِمَنْ أطَاعَهُ مَنْ عَصَاهُ، يَسُوقُهُم إِلَى مَنْجَاتِهِمْ، وَيُبَادِرُ بِهِمُ السَّاعَةَ أَنْ تَنْزِلَ بِهِمْ، يَحْسَرُ الْحَسَيرُ ، وَيَقِفُ الْكَسِيرُ  فَيُقِيمُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يُلْحِقَهُ غَايَتَهُ، إِلاَّ هَالِكاً لاَ خَيْرَ فِيهِ، حَتَّى

أَرَاهُمْ مَنْجَاتَهُمْ وَبَوَّأَهُمْ مَحَلَّتَهُمْ، فَاسْتَدَارَتْ رَحَاهُمْ ، وَاسْتَقَامَتْ)قَنَاتُهُمْ  وَايْمُ اللهِ، لَقَدْ كُنْتُ مِنْ سَاقَتِهَا حَتَّى تَوَلَّتْ بِحَذَافِيرِهَا، وَاسْتَوْسَقَتْ فِي قِيَادِهَا، مَا ضَعُفْتُ، وَلاَ جَبُنْتُ، وَلاَ خُنْتُ، وَلاَ وَهَنْتُ، وَايْمُ اللهِ، لاََبْقُرَنَّ الْبَاطِلَ  حَتَّى أُخْرِجَ الْحَقَّ مِنْ خَاصِرَتِهِ!

وقد تقدم مختار هذه الخطبة، إلاّ أنني وجدتها في هذه الرواية على خلاف ما سبق من زيادة ونقصان، فأوجبت الحال إثباتها ثانية.

 
SERMON 103
About the condition of the people before the proclamation of prophethood and the Prophet’s performance in spreading his messageSo now, certainly Allah deputised Muhammad (p.b.u.h.a.h.p.) as the Prophet while no one among the Arabs read the Book nor claimed prophethood or revelation. He had to fight those who disobeyed him in company with those who followed him, leading them towards their salvation and hastening with them lest death overtook them.

When any weary person sighed or a distressed one stopped he stood at him till he got him his aim, except the worst in whom there was not virtue at all. Eventually he showed them their goal and carried them to their places (of deliverance). 

Consequently, their affairs moved on and their hand-mill began to rotate (i.e. position gained strength), their spears got straightened.By Allah, I was among their rear-guard till they turned back on their sides and were flocked in their rope. I never showed weakness or lack of courage, nor did I betray or become languid. By Allah, I shall split the wrong till I extract right from its flanks.

as-Sayyid ar-Radi says: I have quoted a selected part of this sermon before, but since I have found in the narration that this part differs from the previous one, more or less, I deemed it necessary to quote it again here.

Quran and Spy Satellites

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Ye Hubble Space Telescope (HST) aap jaante hain, ye universe ki taraf dekhta hai aur agar aap right time pe upar dekho to aap HST ko apni aankho se dekhsakte ho, maine khud kai baar apni aankho se dekha hai.

 

HST ko US air force ne NASA ko diya tha 1970’s me. Jisko NASA ne space keliye modify karke launch kiya. US Air Force ne bahot saare Hubble-class telescopes space me bheje hain, sirf fark itna ke HST universe ki taraf dekhta hai aur ye baaki saare telescopes earth ki taraf, jisse earth pe wo individual human beings ko bhi resolve karsakte hain! Is baat pe debate hoti hai ke kya space se itna resolve kiya jasakta hai ke kisi insan ke phone ke screen me kya hai ye dikhe, koi kehta hai not possible koi kehta hai easily possible. HST ki resolution itni hai ke aapki aankhe Hubble jaisi hoti to america me khade hoke hum Japan me ud rahi 2 makkhiyo ko resolve karke dekhsakte! Khud US Intelligence waale ne 1980’s me kaha tha ke hum zameen pe ekdum niche tak dekhsakte hain in spy satellites se. To ab lagbhag 40 saal baad jab technology itne aage badh chuki hai, to aaj ye spy satellites kya kya dekhsakte honge! Google maps ko he lelo, public ke haath me diya hua tool itna zabardast hai to jo Intelligence aur spying keliye istemal hota hai wo tech kaisa hoga, wo kya kya dekhsakta hoga!

In spy satellites ke zariye countries, specially USA puri duniya pe nazar rakhti hai, aur hame khabar bhi nahi rehti ke kaun hame kaha se dekhraha hai! Ye aur baaki chizen saathme milaye to in sabko use karke duniya ko morally barbaad kiya jaraha hai.

 

Allah Ta’ala ne farmaya Quran me ke shayateen tumhe waha se dekhte hain jaha tum unhe nahi dekh sakte! Shaysteen sirf jinn nahi insan me bhi hain jaise ke Quran ki Aakhri Aayat me hai “Minal Jinnati wan-Naas.”

 

A’ouzu Billahi minash-shayta nir-rajeem

By Muhammad Shadab