A sermon of ‘Amir al-Mu’minin, 'Alayhim al-Salam

194. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Muhammad Bin Al-No’man, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام mentioned this sermon of Amir-ul-Momineen عليه الصلاة والسلام on the day of Friday : - ‘All Praise is for Allah عز وجل Who عز وجل is Deserving of all Praise and is the Guardian of it, and all Praise ends to Him عز وجل in its rightful place, the Initiator, and Inventor, the Majestic, the Magnificent, the Mighty, the Benevolent, the only One for the Greatness, and the Unique One for the Highness, the Omnipotent with Esteem, and the Overcomer by His عز وجل Omnipotence, the Preventer by His عز وجل Force, the Dominant by His عز وجل Power, Higher than everything by His عز وجل Compulsiveness, the Praised One by His عز وجل Gratitude and by His عز وجل Favours, the Provider by His عز وجل Gifts, and excessive Benefits, the Expansive in His عز وجل Sustenance, the Bestower by His عز وجل Bounties. We Praise Him عز وجل for His عز وجل Bounties and apparent Blessings, with a Praise weighed by His عز وجل Greatness and His عز وجل Majesty, and filled by His عز وجل Blessings and Greatness. And I عليه الصلاة والسلام testify that there is no god except for Allah عز وجل, One with no associates to Him عز وجل, Who عز وجل was in His عز وجل Existence as Foremost and in His عز وجل Everlasting. Veiled from the creatures was His عز وجل Oneness, and His عز وجل Lordship, and His عز وجل being Eternal, and they were submitted to the continuance of time. And I عليه الصلاة والسلام testify that Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم is His عز وجل servant, and His عز وجل Messenger صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, and His عز وجل elite from His عز وجل creatures having Chosen him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم with His عز وجل Knowledge and Selected him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم for His عز وجل Revelation, and Relied upon him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم for His عز وجل Secret, and was Pleased with him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم for His عز وجل creatures, Assigned him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم for His عز وجل Great Command as a beacon for the Principles of His عز وجل Religion and a Program for His عز وجل Way, and an Opener for His عز وجل Revelation, as a Reason for the Door of His عز وجل Mercy. He عز وجل Sent him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم during a gap from the Messengers عليه السلام, and Guides from the Knowledge, and during fatigue from the differing and straying from the truth, and ignorance about the Lord عز وجل, and denial of the Resurrection, and the Promise that He عز وجل Sent him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم to all the people as a Mercy to the Worlds by the Honourable Book which He عز وجل had Excelled it, and Detailed it, and Explained it, and Clarified it, and Strengthened it, and Preserved it from it being approached by the falsehood from its front and from its back. A Revelation from the Most Wise and Praised One عز وجل. In it He عز وجل struck examples, and Gave therein Signs for the ones who have intellect. He عز وجل Permitted therein the Permissibles and Prohibited therein the Prohibitions, and Legalised therein the Religion for His عز وجل servants, Giving Excuses and Warnings so that they would become a Proof for the people to Allah عز وجل after the Messengers عليه السلام and become a Preaching for a worshipping people. So he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم preached His عز وجل Message, and strived in His عز وجل Way, and worshipped Him عز وجل they were convinced. May Greetings of Allah عز وجل be upon him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and his صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم Progeny عليه الصلاة والسلام, and submission to him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم be a lot of Peace. I عليه الصلاة والسلام advise you, O servants of Allah عز وجل to fear Allah عز وجل Who Began the affairs by His عز وجل Knowledge and to Him عز وجل is their journey tomorrow for its end. And in His عز وجل Hand is their extinction, and your extinction, and the expiration for your days, and the extermination of your allocated terms, and the cutting off of your terms. So, very shortly it would pass by you all just as it had left the ones who were before you all. Servants of Allah عز وجل! Make your striving in this world to provide from these short-lived days for the days of the Hereafter which are prolonged, for this is the house for the deeds and the Hereafter is the house for dwelling in, and the Recompense. So abandon it (the world), for deceived is the one who is deceived by its deception. Do not rely upon the world by attaching your hopes and become the ones who love it, the ones who covet it, the ones who are fascinated by it just like what Allah عز وجل Mighty and Majestic has Said: “[10:24] The likeness of this world’s life is only as water which We send down from the cloud, then the herbage of the earth of which men and cattle eat grows luxuriantly thereby, until when the earth puts on its golden raiment and it becomes garnished, and its people think that they have power over it, Our command comes to it, by night or by day, so We render it as reaped seed; produce, as though it had not been in existence yesterday; thus do We make clear the communications for a people who reflect”. Along with that, a person never got experience in this world except that he inherited a lesson from it, nor did he wake up in the morning feeling secure except that he feared in it the descent of a catastrophe, or a change in bounties or a decline in health, with the death right behind that, and the trepidation of the Pausing in front of the Wise and Just One عز وجل Recompensing every soul with what it had done “[53:31] that He may reward those who do evil according to what they do, and (that) He may reward those who do good with goodness”. So fear Allah عز وجل, Mighty is His عز وجل Mention, and hasten to the Pleasure of Allah عز وجل, and the deeds with obedience to Him عز وجل, and get closer to Him عز وجل with everything in which there is His عز وجل Pleasure for He عز وجل is Near and Answers. May Allah عز وجل Make us عليه الصلاة والسلام and you all of those who act towards His عز وجل Love and keep aside from His عز وجل Harshness. Then the best of the stories, and the best of the Advice, and the most beneficial of the Remembrance is the Book of Allah عز وجل Majestic and Mighty. Allah عز وجل Mighty and Majestic has Said: “[7:204] And when the Quran is recited, then listen to it and remain silent, that mercy may be shown to you”. I عليه الصلاة والسلام seek Refuge with Allah عز وجل from the Satan (la) the castaway. In the Name of Allah عز وجل the Beneficent the Merciful “[103:1] I swear by the time, [103:2] Most surely man is in loss, [103:3] Except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each other truth, and enjoin on each other patience”. “[33:56] Surely Allah and His angels bless the Prophet; O you who believe! call for (Divine) blessings on him and salute him with a (becoming) salutation”. Our Allah عز وجل! Send Greetings upon Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and the Progeny عليه الصلاة والسلام of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, and Blessings upon Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and the Progeny عليه الصلاة والسلام of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, and yearning upon Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and the Progeny عليه الصلاة والسلام of Muhammad, and Peace upon Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and the Progeny عليه الصلاة والسلام of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم higher than what You عز وجل had Greeted, and Blessed, and Mercy, and Yearning, and Peace upon Ibrahim عليه السلام and the Progeny of Ibrahim عليه السلام, You عز وجل are the Most Praised and Most Glorious’. Our Allah عز وجل! Grant to Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم the ‘الْوَسِيلَةَ’ Means, and the ‘الشَّرَفَ’ Dignity, and the ‘الْفَضِيلَةَ’ Preference, and the ‘الْمَنْزِلَةَ الْكَرِيمَةَ’ Honourable Status. Our Allah عز وجل! Make Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and the Progeny عليه الصلاة والسلام of Muhammad to be the greatest of all creatures, all of them عليه الصلاة والسلام as Dignitaries on the Day of Judgement, the nearest to You عز وجل in seating, the most eminent of faces in Your عز وجل Presence on the Day of Judgement, the most prestigious and preferential in Your عز وجل Presence in status and share. Our Allah عز وجل! Grant to Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم the most Dignified of the status, and Bestow the Peace and intercession of Al-Islam. Our Allah عز وجل! And join us all with him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, without failure, or loss, or remorse or alteration. O Lord عز وجل of the ‘الْحَقِّ’ Just! Amen!’ Then he عليه الصلاة والسلام sat down for a while, then stood up and said: ‘The Praise is due to Allah عز وجل the One most deserving to be Awed and Praised, and the Foremost for the one who fears and worships, and the Highest for the one who Magnifies and Glorifies. We Praise Him عز وجل for His عز وجل Great Benevolence, and Excessive Grants, and apparent of His عز وجل Favours, and the goodness of His عز وجل Trials. And we believe in His عز وجل Guidance whose light does not get extinguished, nor does His عز وجل Extol be fully expressed, Whose Handle does not weaken. We seek Refuge with Allah عز وجل from the evil of every doubt, and the darkness of the strife, and we seek Forgiveness from the accumulation of the sins, and seek Protection from Him عز وجل from the wickedness of the deeds, and the detestable hopes, and the attacks of the terrors, and association with the people of the doubt, and the happiness with what the immoral ones do in the earth without having any right to do so. Our Allah عز وجل! Forgive us, and the Believing men and the Believing women, the living ones among them and the dead who You عز وجل have Made to die upon Your عز وجل Religion, and the Nation of Your عز وجل Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. Our Allah عز وجل, Accept their good deeds, and Overlook their sins, and Make Mercy to enter upon them, and the Forgiveness, and the Pleasure. And Forgive the living ones from the Believing men and the Believing women who believed in Your عز وجل Oneness, and ratified Your عز وجل Messenger صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, and attached themselves to Your عز وجل Religion, and acted upon Your عز وجل Obligations, and followed Your عز وجل Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, and made Your عز وجل Sunnah to be their Sunnah, and permitted for themselves Your عز وجل Permissibles, and Prohibited for themselves Your عز وجل Prohibitions, and feared Your عز وجل Punishment, and hoped for Your عز وجل Rewards, and befriended Your عز وجل friends, and were inimical to Your عز وجل enemies. Our Allah عز وجل! Accept their good deeds, and Overlook their sins, and Keep them, by Your عز وجل Mercy, with the righteous servants, O Lord عز وجل of the ‘الْحَقِّ’ Just. Amen!’