January 2021

                O’ Kúfah, as though I see you being drawn like the tanned leather of `Uká~í (1) in the market, you are being scraped by calamities and being ridden by severe troubles. I certainly (2) know that if any tyrant intends evil for you Alláh will afflict him with worry and fling him with a […]

                My Alláh, I seek Thy protection from the hardships of journey, from the grief of returning and from the scene of devastation of property and men. O’ Alláh, Thou art the companion in journey and Thou art one who is left behind for (protection of the) family. None except Thee can join these two

                Praise is due to Alláh from Whose mercy no one loses hope, from Whose bounty no one is deprived, from Whose forgiveness no one is disappointed and for Whose worship no one is too high. His mercy never ceases and His bounty is never missed.                 This world is a place for which destruction

When Masqalah (1) ibn Hubayrah ash-Shaybáni fled to Mu`áwiyah because he had purchased some prisoners of Banú Nájiyah from an executive of Amír al-mu’minín, but when he demanded the price the latter avoided and ran to Syria, Amír al-mu’minín said:                 Alláh may be bad to Masqalah. He acted like the noble but fled away

After Amír al-mu’minín had sent Jarír ibn `Abdilláh al-Bajalí to Mu`áwiyah (for securing his allegiance) some of his companions suggested preparation to fight with him then he said:                 My preparation for war with the people of Syria (ash-Shám) while Jarír ibn `Abdilláh al-Bajalí is still there would be closing the door for Syria and

                O’ people what I fear most about you are two things – acting according to desires and extending of hopes. As regards acting according to desires, this prevents from truth; and as regards extending of hopes, it makes one forget the next world. You should know this world is moving rapidly and nothing has

                O’ people! Surely fulfilment of pledge is the twin of truth. I do not know a better shield (against the assaults of sin) than it. One who realises the reality of return (to the next world) never betrays. We are in a period when most of the people regard betrayal as wisdom. In these

                The sentence is right but what (they think) it means, is wrong. It is true that verdict lies but with Alláh, but these people say that (the function of) governance is only for Alláh. The fact is that there is no escape for men from ruler good or bad. The faithful persons perform (good)

                I am faced with men who do not obey when I order and do not respond when I call them. May you have no father! (Woe to you!) What are you waiting for to rise for the cause of Alláh? Does not faith join you together, or sense of shame rouse you? I stand

                Doubt is named doubt because it resembles truth. As for lovers of Alláh, their conviction serves them as light and the direction of the right path (itself) serves as their guide; while the enemies of Alláh, in time of doubt call to misguidance in the darkness of doubt and their guide is blindness (of