وَ قَالَ عليه السلام وَ قَدْ رَجَعَ مِنْ صِفِّينَ فَأَشْرَفَ عَلَى الْقُبُورِ بِظَاهِرِ الْكُوفَةِ:
When Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, returned from (the battle of) Siffin and noticed the graves outside Kufah, he said:
يَا أَهْلَ الدِّيَارِ الْمُوحِشَةِ
O residents of houses which give a sense of loneliness,
وَ الْمَحَالِّ الْمُقْفِرَةِ
of depopulated areas
وَ الْقُبُورِ الْمُظْلِمَةِ
and gloomy graves.
يَا أَهْلَ التُّرْبَةِ
O people of the dust,
يَا أَهْلَ الْغُرْبَةِ
O victims of strangeness,
يَا أَهْلَ الْوَحْدَةِ
O people of loneliness
يَا أَهْلَ الْوَحْشَةِ
and O people of desolateness!
أَنْتُمْ لَنَا فَرَطٌ سَابِقٌ
You have gone ahead and preceded us
وَ نَحْنُ لَكُمْ تَبَعٌ لَاحِقٌ
while we are following you and will meet you.
أَمَّا الدُّورُ فَقَدْ سُكِنَتْ
The houses (you left) have been inhabited by others;
وَ أَمَّا الْأَزْوَاجُ فَقَدْ نُكِحَتْ
the wives (you left) have been married by others;
وَ أَمَّا الْأَمْوَالُ فَقَدْ قُسِمَتْ
the properties have been distributed (among heirs).
هَذَا خَبَرُ مَا عِنْدَنَا فَمَا خَبَرُ مَا عِنْدَكُمْ
This is the news about those around us; what is the news about things around you?
ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ:
Then Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, turned to his companions and said:
أَمَا لَوْ أُذِنَ لَهُمْ فِى الْكَلَامِ لَأَخْبَرُوكُمْ
Beware If they were allowed to speak they would inform you that:
أَنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَى .
Verily, the best provision is fear of Allah. (Qur'an, 2:197)
