أ ـ لَيلَةُ التّاسِعِ عَشرٍ
The Eve of the Nineteenth
535. الإرشاد :
535. Al-Irshad relates:
رُوِيَ أنَّ أميرَ المُؤمِنينَ عليه السلام سَهِرَ تِلكَ اللَّيلَةَ ،
“It is reported that the Commander of the believers (AS), spent that night awake
فَأَكثَرَ الخُروجَ وَالنَّظَرَ فِي السَّماءِ وهُوَ يَقولُ :
and he frequently went out and looked up to the sky, saying:
وَاللّهِ ما كَذَبتُ ولا كُذِّبتُ ،
‘By God, I have not lied nor have I been lied to.
وإنَّهَا اللَّيلَةُ الَّتي وُعِدتُ بِها ،
It is the night which I was promised.’
ثُمَّ يُعاوِدُ مَضجَعَهُ ،
Then he would return to his bed.
فَلَمّا طَلَعَ الفَجرُ شَدَّ إزارَهُ وخَرَجَ وهُوَ يَقولُ :
When dawn arose, he put on his wrapper [izar] and went out, saying:
اُشددُ حَيازيمَكَ لِلمَوتِ فَإِنَّ المَوتَ لا قيكَ
Stiffen your breast for death. Indeed, death will meet you.
ولا تَجزَع مِنَ المَوتِ إذا حَلَّ بِواديكَ
Do not show grief at death. When it arrives in your valley.
فَلَمّا خَرَجَ إلى صَحنِ الدّارِ استَقبَلَتهُ الإِوَزُّ فَصِحنَ في وَجهِهِ ،
When he reached the courtyard of his house, the geese met him and hooted in his face.
فَجَعَلوا يَطرُدونَهُنَّ فَقالَ :
[The people] began to drive them away but he said:
«دَعوهُنَّ فَإِنَّهُنَّ نَوائِحُ» ،
‘Leave them, for they are mourners [of my death].’
ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَاُصيبَ عليه السلام .
He (AS) then went out and was struck down.”
الإرشاد : ج1 ص16 .
Al-Irshad, vol. 1, p. 16.
ب ـ فَجرُ التّاسِعِ عَشرٍ
The Dawn of the Nineteenth
536. تاريخ الطبري عن محمّد ابن الحنفيّة :
536. Tarikh al-Tabari, reporting from Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya, who said:
كُنتُ وَاللّهِ إنّي لَاُصَلّي تِلكَ اللَّيلَةَ الَّتي ضُرِبَ فيها عَلِيٌّ فِي المَسجِدِ الأَعظَمِ ،
“By God, I was praying that night when Ali was struck in the Great Mosque,
في رِجالٍ كَثيرٍ مِن أهلِ المِصرِ ،
among many men of the town dwellers,
يُصَلّونَ قَريبا مِنَ السُّدَّةِ ،
who were praying near the threshold.
ما هُم إلّا قِيامٌ ورُكوعٌ وسُجودٌ ،
They were either standing in prayer, bowing down or in prostration.
وما يَسأَمونَ مِن أوَّلِ اللَّيلِ إلى آخِرِهِ ،
They were not exhausted from the beginning of the night till its end,
إذ خَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ لِصَلاةِ الغَداةِ ،
when Ali came out for the Dawn Prayer.
فَجَعَلَ يُنادي : أيُّهَا النّاسُ ، الصَّلاةُ ، الصَّلاةُ ،
He began calling out: ‘O people, Prayer! Prayer!’
فَما أدري أخرَجَ مِنَ السُّدَّةِ
I do not know whether he came out from the door
فَتَكَلَّمَ بِهذِهِ الكَلِماتِ أم لا !
and said those words or not!
فَنَظَرتُ إلى بَريقٍ ،
I noticed a glitter
وسَمِعتُ :
and heard someone say:
الحُكمُ لِلّهِ يا عَلِيُّ لا لَكَ ولا لِأَصحابِكَ ،
‘Judgement belongs to God, O Ali, not to you, nor to your companions.’
فَرَأَيتُ سَيفا ،
I saw a sword,
ثُمَّ رَأَيتُ ثانِيا ،
ثُمَّ سَمِعتُ عَلِيّا يَقولُ :
then I heard Ali say:
لا يَفوتَنَّكُمُ الرَّجُلُ .
‘Do not let the man escape from you’,
وشَدَّ النّاسُ عَلَيهِ مِن كُلِّ جانِبٍ .
so people surrounded him from all sides.
قالَ : فَلَم أبرَح حَتّى اُخِذَ ابنُ مُلجَمٍ واُدخِلَ عَلى عَلِيٍّ ،
He said: It was not long before Ibn Muljam was taken and brought in the presence of Ali.
فَدَخَلتُ فيمَن دَخَلَ مِنَ النّاسِ ،
I entered with those who had entered from among the people
فَسَمِعتُ عَلِيّا يَقولُ :
and heard Ali say:
النَّفسُ بِالنَّفسِ ،
‘A soul for a soul.
إن أنَا مُتُّ فَاقتُلوهُ كَما قَتَلَني ،
If I die, then kill him as he has killed me.
وإن بَقيتُ رَأَيتُ فيهِ رَأيي .
If I remain [alive], I will consider my judgement on him.’ ”
تاريخ الطبري : ج5 ص146 .
Tarikh al-Tabari, vol. 5, p. 146.
ج ـ فُزتُ وَرَبِّ الكَعبَةِ
537. الإمام عليّ عليه السلامـ لَمّا ضَرَبَهُ ابنُ مُلجَمٍ ـ:
537. Imam Ali (AS) said, when Ibn Muljam struck him,
فُزتُ ورَبِّ الكَعبَةِ .
“I have achieved success, by the Lord of the Ka‘ba.”
خصائص الأئمّة عليهم السلام : ص63 .
Khasais al-Aimmah (AS), p. 63.
