وَذلِكَ يَوْمٌ يَجْمَعُ اللهُ فِيهِ الاْوَّلِينَ والاْخِرِينَ
On that day Allah will collect on it the anteriors and the posteriors,
لِنِقَاشِ الْحِسَابِ وَجَزَاءِ الاْعْمَالِ، خُضُوعاً، قِياماً،
to stand in obedience for exaction of accounts and for award of recompense for deeds.
قَدْ أَلْجَمَهُمُ الْعَرَقُ
Sweat would flow upto their mouths like reins
وَرَجَفَتْ بِهِمُ الاْرْضُ
while the earth would be trembling under them.
فَأَحْسَنُهُمْ حَالاً مَنْ وَجَدَ لِقَدَمَيْهِ مَوْضِعاً،
In the best condition among them would be he who has found a resting place for both his feet
وَلِنَفْسِهِ مُتَّسَعاً.
and an open place for his breath.
منها:في حال مقبلة على الناس
A part of the same sermon about future troubles (fitan)
فِتَنٌ كَقِطَعِ الْلَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ
The troubles are like a dark night.
لاَ تَقُومُ لَهَا قَائِمَةٌ،
Horses would not stand for (facing) them
وَلاَ تُرَدُّ لَهَا رَايَةٌ،
nor would their banners turn back.
تَأْتِيكُمْ مَزْمُومَةً مَرْحُولَةً يَحْفِزُهَا
They would approach in full reins and ready with saddles.
قَائِدُهَا وَيَجْهَدُهَا رَاكِبُهَا،
Their leader would be driving them and the rider would be exerting (them).
أَهْلُهَا قَوْمٌ شَدِيدٌ كَلَبُهُمْ ،
The trouble-mongers are a people whose attacks are severe.
قَلِيلٌ سَلَبُهُمْ يُجَاهِدُهُمْ فِي اللهِ قَوْمٌ أَذِلَّةٌ عِنْدَ الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ،
Those who would fight them for the sake of Allah would be a people who are low in the estimation of the proud,
فِي الاْرْضِ مَجْهُولُونَ،
unknown in the earth
وَفِي السَّماءِ مَعْرُوفُونَ.
but well known on the sky.
فَوَيْلٌ لَكِ يَا بَصْرَةُ عِنْدَ ذلِكَ،
Woe to you O Basrah,
مِنْ جَيْشٍ مِنْ نِقَمِ الله!
when an army of Allah's infliction would face upon you
لاَ رَهَجَ لَهُ، وَلاَ حَسَّ ،
without (raising) dust of cries.
وَسَيُبْتَلَى أَهْلُكِ بِالْمَوْتِ الاْحْمَرِ،
Your inhabitants would then face bloody death
وَالْجُوعِ الاْغْبَرِ .
and dire hunger.
Alternative Sources for Sermon 102: Ibn Qutaybah, al-'Imamah, I, 153; al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 131; al-Kulayni, Furu’ al-Kafi, IV, 31; al-Mufid, al-Majalis, 95; al-Tusi, al-'Amali, I ,197.
