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Zainab’s
(as) Sermon in Damascus at the Court of Yazid "Praise
be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds and blessings on my grandfather, the
Chief of divine prophets.O Yazid, Allah says, and his word is true, that:
‘Then evil was the end of those who did evil because they rejected the
communications of Allah and used to mock them.’ (30;10) O
Yazid, do you believe that you have succeeded in closing the sky and the
earth for us and that we have become your captives just because we
have been brought before you in a row and that you have secured control
over us? Do you believe that we have been afflicted with insult and
dishonor by Allah and that you have been given honor and respect by Him?
You have become boastful of this apparent victory that you have secured
and you have started feeling jubilant and proud over this prestige an
honor. You think that you have achieved worldly good, that your
affairs have become stabilized and our rule has fallen into your hands.
Wait for a while. Do not be so joyful. Have you forgotten
Allah’s saying: ‘The unbelievers should not carry the impression that
the time allowed to them by us is good for them. Surely we give them
time so that they may increase their evil deeds, and eventually they will
be given insulting chastisement.’ (3:178) O
son of freed slaves, is this your justice that you keep your own daughters
and slave maids veiled while the daughters of the Prophet of Allah are
being paraded from place to place exposed. You have dishonored us by
unveiling our faces. Your men take us from town to town where all
sorts of people, whether they be residents of the hills or of riversides
have been looking at us. The near as well as the remote one, the
poor as well as the rich, the low as well as the high - all casting their
glances at us while our position is such that there is no male relative of
ours to render us help or support. O
Yazid, whatever you have done proves your revolt against Allah and your
denial of His Prophet (s.a.w) and of the Book and Sunnah that the Holy
Prophet (s.a.w.) brought from Allah. Your deeds should not cause
amazement because one whose ancestors chewed the livers of the martyrs,
whose flesh grew up on virtuous people, who fought against the Chief of
divine prophets, who mobilized parities for fighting against him and drew
swords against him, should conspicuously excel all Arabs in unbelief,
sinfulness, excesses, and enmity against Allah and His Prophet (s.a.w.). Remember
that the evil deeds and sinful actions that you have committed are the
results of unbelief and old rancor you bear because of your
ancestors who were killed in Badr. By
killing Husayn ibn Ali (a.s.), you have gained nearness to the state of
your unbelieving ancestors. You proclaim your deed with pride and if
they were to see you they would approve of your action and pray that Allah
may not paralyze your arms. O
Yazid! If you had heart enough to take account of your nefarious
deeds, you yourself would surely wish your arms to be paralyzed and
severed from your elbow and you would wish that your parents had not given
birth to you because you would know that Allah has become displeased with
you. Allah,
Grant us our rights. Avenge those who have oppressed us. Yazid!
It is not seeming for you to swell with joy after slaying the Prophet’s
progeny. ‘Reckon not those who are killed in Allah’s way as
dead; nay, they are alive and are provided sustenance from their Lord;
rejoicing in what Allah has given out of His grace’ (3:169-170) Allah
is sufficient to deal with you. The Messenger of Allah is your
antagonist and Hadrat Jibra’il is our support and help against you. Those
who have made you the head of state and burdened the Muslims with your
leadership will soon find out what awaits them. The end of all
tyrants is agony. O
Yazid! I speak not to you thus to warn you of the severe
chastisement in store for you so that you should be regretful for you are
one of those whose hearts are hardened, souls are rebellious and whose
bodies are busy in Allah’s disobedience while they are under the curse
of the Prophet of Allah. You are from among those in whose heart
Shaytan has made his abode and has been breeding young ones. How
amazing it is that the virtuous people, sons of the divine prophets and
vicegerents are killed at the hands of liberated slaves, evil-doers and
sinners. Our blood is shed by their hands and our flesh serves as
food for them. We feel grieved for those whose bodies are lying
enshrouded and unburied in the battlefield, wounded with arrows. O
Yazid, if you consider our defeat as your achievement then you will have
to pay its price. Allah commits not injustice to His servants.
Our reliance is on Allah. He alone is our Relief and place of
Protection, and in Him alone do we repose our hope. You
may contrive and try however much you can. By Him who honored us
with revelation, the Book and Prophet hood, you cannot achieve our
status, nor reach our position, nor can you effect our mention, nor
remove from yourself that shame and dishonor that is now your lot because
of perpetrating excess and oppression on us. Your word is weak and
your days are counted. Beware of the day when the Announcer would
announce the curse of Allah on the oppressors and the unjust. Praise
be to Allah who gave good end to His friends and granted them success in
their aims, and thereafter called them back to His Mercy, Pleasure and
Bliss, while you hurled yourself into evil and mischief by committing
injustice against them.
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