Zaynab, graceful emblem of obedience and patience

Part II

In the arena of human history, a Lady has shined; a Lady whose grandfather, the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP), at her birth, by Allah's command, named her the 'adornment of father' (the meaning of the Arabic name, Zaynab); Zaynab, the adornment of Ali (PBUT), how perfectly and beautifully chosen … .

When she was born, the Angel Jebra'il (Gabriel), with tearful eyes from all the hardships the Lady was going to endure, delivered the celestial name Zaynab, from heavens down to earth. Zaynab (PBUH) was a Lady whose moments of life, were, so patiently, enveloped by obedience of Allah.

Her exalted determination, her unending patience, her dignified character and traits, her heart-penetrating words, …, can never be portrayed in words of such as us; intelligence of existence is astonished by her greatness.

Only a few tender years of her life had passed, when she witnessed the Light of her Grandfather being put out, then her mother Fatimah (PBUT), pressed so brutally behind the door, and her unborn brother -the brother whom her Grandfather had named, Mohsen-, aborted, and her most courageous father, Ali (PBUH), roped and pulled out of the house, all by humanoids who called themselves Muslims!!!

… And moments were passing so slowly as she was watching her loving mother, Fatimah the beloved daughter of the Prophet (PBUT), fading away, as the direct result of the wounds which those so-called followers of her Grandfather -the usurping caliphs!-, had inflicted upon her !!!

But Zaynab, as commanded by her father, adopted patience -AN UNDEFEATABLE AND AIM-FULL PATIENCE-, and not just based upon the command of her father, rather based upon the command of the IMAM OF HER TIME; obedience of the IMAM OF TIME is obedience of Allah because it is commanded by Allah; every moment of Zaynab's life, was adoration and worship of Allah.

… A few heartbeats later, she -with tearful eyes and broken heart- witnessed her kind father -the Allah-Appointed Amir and Commander of all Mo'menin and Believers- slowly departing away, wounded by the poisoned sword of inhumanity … .

This time, Zaynab, as commanded by her older brother -Imam Hassan (PBUH)-, adopted patience -AN UNDEFEATABLE AND AIM-FULL PATIENCE-, and not just based upon the command of her brother, rather based upon the command of the IMAM OF HER TIME; obedience of the IMAM OF TIME is obedience of Allah because it is commanded by Allah; every moment of Zaynab's life, was adoration and worship of Allah.

… Then Zaynab -that graceful emblem of obedience and patience- lost that same beloved brother, Hassan (PBUH), poisoned by the manifestation of unclean human desires … .

Again, Zaynab, as commanded by her younger brother -Imam Hossain (PBUH)-, adopted patience -AN UNDEFEATABLE AND AIM-FULL PATIENCE-, and not just based upon the command of her brother, rather based upon the command of the IMAM OF HER TIME; obedience of the IMAM OF TIME is obedience of Allah because it is commanded by Allah; every moment of Zaynab's life, was adoration and worship of Allah.

… A short while later, she accompanied her brother Hossain (PBUT), from Medina to Mecca, and then toward Karbala. And in that lonely night, the night before 'Aashoora, her brother Imam Hossain (PBUT), encompassed her heart to be patient. It is as if Patience has been the heritage of this progeny, and just like blood, it has been flowing in their veins. For, they have been the Revelation Progeny; they have desired none but Allah; their goal has never been but to save humankind from servitude of other lords except Allah, the servitude of money, power, ego, selfishness and …, i.e. the servitude of Shaitaan; their aim has always been to please Allah and therefore to guide humankind to Everlasting Salvation; in the process of achieving such exalted and celestial goal, they have been enduring hardships and adopting patience, AN UNDEFEATABLE AND AIM-FULL PATIENCE.

… And on the Day of Aashoora, Hossain trusted the next infallible Imam -Ali son of Hossain (PBUT) who was ill at those moments- and the mourning women and children, to the capable hands of Zaynab (PBUT), and bade farewell … .

And, Zaynab, as commanded by her brother, adopted patience -AN UNDEFEATABLE AND AIM-FULL PATIENCE-, and not just based upon the command of her brother, rather based upon the command of the IMAM OF HER TIME; obedience of the IMAM OF TIME is obedience of Allah because it is commanded by Allah; every moment of Zaynab's life, was adoration and worship of Allah.

… And in those dark moments which were darker than darkness itself, when all existence had wished to exist no more, and the earth -if it was not for Ali son of Hossain, the next Proof of Allah on earth- would have swallowed its inhabitants, and when the sky wanted to fall upon all terrestrials, and …, Zaynab (PBUH) was standing on top of the hill and observing the savage amputation -a pre-Islamic tradition of Arabs of Jaaheliyah which survived as a direct result of the usurpation of Ali's (PBUH) Right- of her brother, she was not just watching the tearing of her brother, rather the tearing of her Imam; she was witnessing Qur'an being torn up, for, the Prophet Mohammad and the infallible Imams (PBUT) have always been the embodied Qur'an; Hossain -the IMAM OF TIME- was the living Qur'an of that time … .

You and we, do not ever touch Qur'an without Wozoo, but Zaynab watched those hypocrites tear up the living Qur'an, in the name of Islam!!! AH! IF IT WAS NOT FOR HOSSAIN'S ENCOMPASSMENT OF ZAYNAB'S HEART, IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE WALAAYAT OF HOSSAIN … .

Perhaps the celestial heart of Zaynab in those moments saw the restless angels, to whom Allah promised that the blood of Hossain would be revenged by Mahdi, the ninth descendant of Hossain, the Qaa'em (Riser) of Muhammad's progeny (PBUT) … .

… In those heart-breaking moments when Zaynab was personally helping the mourning women and the bereaved children to ride the camels of captivity, so that those manlike creatures would not get even in the vicinity of the Prophet's and his true followers' households, was obedient to her nephew, and not just her nephew, rather the IMAM OF HER TIME, obedience of the IMAM OF TIME is obedience of Allah because it is commanded by Allah; every moment of Zaynab's life, was adoration and worship of Allah.

… And when the caravan of captivity entered Kufah, a group of the people of Kufah were celebrating, but a group were crying; Zaynab turned to the crying crowd and told them: … Are you crying and …?! Ah, by Allah, so cry plenty, and smile scantly! … You have earned the Wrath of Allah … Woe unto you, do you not know, what a part of the heart of the Rasool of Allah, you have rent, and what a veiled and dignified, of him, you have manifested? … .

For Zaynab, that pure and virtuous daughter of Fatimah (PBUT), it was not easy to speak in front of those so-called men, but the daughter of Ali -the Amirul Mo'menin- had a Divine responsibility, she was the eye witness of 'Aashoora, she was the awakener of asleep conscience, she was the deliverer of the everlasting message of 'Aashoora, … .

And Zaynab adopted patience in the midst of all the injustice, AN UNDEFEATABLE AND AIM-FULL PATIENCE … .

… And when the caravan arrived in Syria …, and when she entered the court of Yazid (May the La'n of Allah be upon him), and that so-called human thought that he was victorious and the Ahl-Ol-Bait defeated, the Lady (PBUH) -with an awe just like her father's- said:

… Beauty I saw, and nothing else … !!! … .

Hearts and minds of humankind have been unable to comprehend the true and profound meanings of this statement of Zaynab (PBUH); and perhaps only the Anticipated Revenger of 'Aashoora, Imam Mahdi (May Allah hasten his Emergence), with his Divinely bestowed wisdom and insight, at time of Appearance, will find the opportunity to do justice to his aunt's everlasting statement ; but, we just say that the Lady observed pure devotion, strength, submission, humbleness, obedience, sincerity, purity, dignity, and … .

And, that the Lady said that she saw nothing but beauty, that does not mean that the weight of that calamity was light; the dark cloud of that darkest storm, the calamity of the forsakenness of Qur'an, the calamity of stepping over Qur'anic values, …, had cast its shadow on Zaynab, so much so that after her return to Medina, even her husband did not recognize her! And, finally only over one year after 'Aashoora, that tired body rested, and that exalted spirit, the spirit of the obedient and patient servant of Allah, ascended to her Grandfather -the last and most exalted Messenger of Allah-, to her father -the Amirul Mo'mineen-, to her mother -Fatimah, the beloved daughter of Mohammad (PBUT), and the Lady of all ladies-, to her brother -Imam Hassan (PBUH) the older son of the prophet-, and to her brother -Husain (PBUH), the lord of 'Aashoora-; yes she ascended to where she deserved and belonged … .

O' Allah! Your Zaynab, with her limpid and clear depiction, interpreted Your Adoration and worship in the obedience of the infallible Imams (PBUT); O' Merciful Allah! Shower Zaynab, with celestial joy by hastening the ever-Anticipated Appearance of the last Patient member of this Ever-blessed progeny, he who has adopted patience for centuries, AN UNDEFEATABLE AND AIM-FULL PATIENCE; O' Compassionate Allah! Provide the means of the Emergence of the beloved IMAM OF OUR TIME, and bless us through serving him , before, during and after his Appearance … .

We never wish to be free, from the commands of Ali and infallible sons of Ali;

we have learned this, from a broken flower named Zaynab, loving daughter of Ali.

Have you ever noticed how the most beautiful of 'crushed flowers' releases its perfume more strongly than ever?