Arba’een … an invitation to unanimity and togetherness of hearts

Arba’een … an invitation to unanimity and togetherness of hearts

 

Message of Imam Mahdi (May Allah hasten his honored Relief), Inviting hearts to be together:

 

And indeed if our Shi’ah- may Allah bless them to be successful in His obedience- have been loyal to the Covenant which has been upon them, then surely the auspiciousness, by our meeting, would not have been delayed for them, and certainly the blessed bliss- by our mutual visitation, based on true recognition and its truthful acknowledgement from them in regard to us,- would have been hastened for them.

 

Thus keeps us not away from them, except what reaches us of that (of their actions) which we dislike and do not expect from them.

 

And Allah is the Helper and He suffices for us and is the excellent supporter and defender.

 

And His blessings be upon our lord and master Mohammad, the Messenger of good news and the Warner, and his Household.

 

(al-Ehtejaaj ala Ahl al-Lejaaj, vol. 2, p. 499; …)

 

This is the message of the Infallible Imam of our time (SBUH) enjoining us in regard to the togetherness of hearts and unanimity of minds concerning our being loyal to the Covenant of loving and obeying his fathers and him (SBUT), which has been upon us from the beginning …

 

Arba’een of Hosain (SBUH), an invitation for togetherness of hearts

 

The Arba’een is upon us again …

 

Our steps proceed toward the Shrine of our Mawla Hosain (SBUH) … while our hearts have already flown toward his presence …

 

Our beloved Hosain! Every beating of our hearts, each particle of our existence is eagerly awaiting to approach the shelter of your love …

 

The deepest depths of our hearts … are never devoid of remembering your and your loved ones’ sufferings in the cause of Allah … never devoid of detesting those oppressors, and our tongues never of their execration …

 

If we were not at your ‘Aashoora … now we rush toward you to wash your Shrine with our tears …

 

We have left behind our many personal worries, our pains, our homes, our families … to approach the land of everlasting love and hope …

 

Roads are breathing under our footsteps … deserts have opened their arms to embrace our tears …

 

They are calling us …

 

Celestial fragrance of heaven is in the dusty old air …

 

One moment the sun embraces us warmly with its rays … the other moment drops of rain rush to be the water of our Ziyarat Ablution …

 

Another passing second … pebbles, stones and sands touch our feet … they all are greeting, in their own ways,  the pilgrims of their beloved Hosain (SBUH) …

 

Enthusiastic men and women are everywhere … waiting for the pilgrims of their beloved Hosain (SBUH) …

 

One offers warm food … another a drink of cool water … that other, ointment for sore feet … and a place to sleep …

 

Yes … here in this time and place togetherness of hearts have occurred, a beautiful indescribable togetherness of hearts based on love and Ziyarat of Hosain (SBUH) …

 

A united whisper has encompassed existence … O Hosain! Your love has won all wakeful hearts … your love and obedience of the one and only Allah, your bravery, your piety and sincerity, your purity and honesty, your loneliness, your oppressedness, your thirst, your martyrdom … have caused all to admire and cry for you …

 

your love has become a strong string keeping the beads of existence together …

 

the sorrow, and the peace embracing our hearts and minds are the reflections of the sadness on the one hand, and pleasedness on the other hand, of the last reminder of Hosain, the Imam of our time (SBUT) …

 

Now … our hearts are closer than ever to his heart … we feel the warmth of his love more than ever …

 

O our beloved Mawla! O Mahdi! O the inheritor of Karbala! O the avenger of the blood of Hosain! Watch that we have honored your command …

 

Be our witness that we have been loyal to the Covenant we have had upon us regarding you and your fathers (SBUT) …

 

Our help and assistance is ready for you …

 

Watch that for being loyal to that same Covenant, we are going to the Shrine which is the sacred place you visit always … where you shed tears of blood every morning and evening and pray for your ever-Promised Appearance …

 

Know that our hearts have one united desire … our tongues have one whisper … the wish for your Emergence …

 

So all our hearts unanimously implore Allah SWT to hasten your Appearance:

 

The Faraj Supplication

 

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 

 

اِلهى عَظُمَ الْبَلاءُ وَ بَرِحَ الْخَفآءُ وَ انْكَشَفَ الْغِطآءُ وَ انْقَطَعَ الرَّجآءُ وَ ضاقَتِ الاَْرْضُ وَ مُنِعَتِ السَّمآءُ وَ اَنْتَ الْمُسْتَعانُ

وَ اِلَيْكَ الْمُشْتَكى وَ عَلَيْكَ الْمُعَوَّلُ فِى الشِّدَّةِ وَ الرَّخآءِ اَللّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّد وَ الِ مُحَمَّد اُولِى الاْمْرِ الَّذينَ فَرَضْتَ

عَلَيْنا طاعَتَهُمْ وَ عَرَّفْتَنا بِذلِكَ مَنْزِلَتَهُمْ فَفَرِّجْ عَنّا بِحَقِّهِمْ فَرَجاً عاجِلا قَريباً كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ اَوْ هُوَ اَقْرَبُ يا مُحَمَّدُ

يا عَلِىُّ يا عَلِىُّ يا مُحَمَّدُ اِكْفِيانى فَاِنَّكُما كافِيانِ وَ انْصُرانى فَاِنَّكُما ناصِرانِ يا مَوْلانا يا صاحِبَ الزَّمانِ الْغَوْثَ الْغَوْثَ

الْغَوْثَ اَدْرِكْنى اَدْرِكْنى اَدْرِكْنى السّاعَةَ السّاعَةَ السّاعَةَ الْعَجَلَ الْعَجَلَ الْعَجَلَ يا اَرْحَمَ الرّاحِمينَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّد وَ الِهِ

الطّاهِرينَ.

 

In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful

 

O Allah! The ordeal has become immeasurable; and the hidden has become exposed; and The concealed has been disclosed; and the hope has been cut off; and the earth has become narrow (despite its vastness); and the sky has been prevented (from giving its blessings); and You are the Helper; and to You, is the expression of pains and sorrows; and upon You is the Reliance, at hardship and ease.

 

O Allah! Send blessings upon Muhammad and his Household, the Ol-e al-Amr (lords of the Amr) whose obedience has been made obligatory upon us by You; and thus based on it (their obligatory obedience), their (special) Rank has been made known for us by You; so, (we beseech You) by their Rightfulness,  to relieve us, a close and immediate relief, (as immediate as) twinkling of the eye or even closer.

 

O Mohammad! O ‘Ali!, O ‘Ali! O Muhammad! Be sufficient for me, and surely you both suffice for me; and help me, surely you both are my helpers.

 

O our Mawla! O lord and master of the Age! (we beseech you for) the redressing and relieving! The redressing! The redressing!

(I beseech you to) Help and save me! Help and save me! Help and save me!

This moment! This moment! This moment!

(I beg you to) Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!

 

O (Allah) the Most Loving of all the kind! (We beseech You) by the Rightfulness of Mohammad and his Household, the Immaculate Ones.

 

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O our beloved Mahdi! Now that the enemies of the Right Path of Allah as presented by you the AhlulBayt, have united to, implicitly and explicitly, eradicate your pure teachings and your followers … and our Mawla! Now that we have reached the point to realize and be certain that all the various oppression existing in all aspects of human life shall not be extirpated but at your blessed hand … so we unanimously recite, over and over, the following supplication from Imam Jawaad (SBUH) asking for eradication of the oppression which has become manifest in all aspects of human life … imploring Allah SWT to hasten your wonderful Emergence:

 

اَللّهُمَّ اِنَّ ظُلْمَ عِبادِکَ قَدْ تَمَکَّنَ فى بِلادِکَ حَتّى اَماتَ الْعَدْلَ وَ قَطَعَ السُّبُلَ وَ مَحَقَ الْحَقَّ وَ اَبْطَلَ الصِّدْقَ وَاَخْفَى

الْبِرَّ وَاَظْهَرَ الشَّرَّ وَاَخْمَدَ التَّقْوى وَ اَزالَ الْهُدى وَ اَزاحَ الْخَیْرَ وَ اَثْبَتَ الضَّیْرَ وَ اَنْمَى الْفَسادَ وَ قَوَّى الْعِنادَ

وَ بَسَطَ الْجَوْرَ وَ عَدَى الطَّوْرَ اَللّهُمَّ یا رَبِّ لا یَکْشِفُ ذلِکَ اِلّا سُلْطانُکَ وَ لایُجیرُ مِنْهُ اِلّا امْتِنانُکَ اَللّهُمَّ رَبِّ فَابْتُرِ

الظُّلْمَ وَ بُثَّ جِبالَ الْغَشْمِ وَ اَخْمِدْ سُوقَ الْمُنْکَرِ وَ اَعِزَّ مَنْ عَنْهُ یَنْزَ جِرُ وَاحْصُدْ شَاْفَةَ اَهْلِ الْجَوْرِ وَ اَلْبِسْهُمُ

الْحَوْرَ بَعْدَ الْکَوْرِ وَ عَجِّلِ اللهُمَّ اِلَیْهِمُ الْبَیاتَ وَ اَنْزِلْ عَلَیْهِمُ الْمَثُلاتِ وَاَمِتْ حَیوةَ الْمُنْکَرِ لِیُؤْ مَنَ الْمَخُوفُ

وَ یَسْکُنَ الْمَلْهُوفُ وَ یَشْبَعَ الْجایِعُ وَ یُحْفَظَ الضّایِعُ وَ یَاْوَى الطَّریدُ وَ یَعُودَ الشَّریدُ وَ یُغْنَى الْفَقیرُ وَ یُجارَ الْمُسْتَجیرُ

وَ یُوَقَّرَ الْکَبیرُ وَ یُرْحَمَ الصَّغْیرُ وَ یُعَزَّ الْمَظْلُومُ وَ یُذَلَّ الظّالِمُ وَ یُفَرَّجَ الْمَغْمُومُ وَ تَنْفَرِجَ الْغَمّآءُ وَ تَسْکُنُ

الدَّهْمآءُ وَ یَمُوتَ الاْخْتِلافُ وَ یَعْلُوَالْعِلْمُ وَ یَشْمُلَ السِّلْمُ وَ یُجْمَعَ الشَّتاتُ وَ یَقْوىَ الاْ یمانُ وَ یُتْلَى الْقُرْآنُ اِنَّکَ

اَنْتَ الدَّیانُ الْمُنْعِمُ الْمَنّانُ 

 

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The Iftetah Supplication:

 

اللّهُمَّ إنّا نَشْکو إلَیْک فَقْدَ نَبِیِّنا صَلَواتُک عَلَیْهِ وَآلِهِ، وَغَیْبَةَ وَلِیِّنا، وَکثْرَةَ عَدُوِّنا، وَقِلَّةَ عَدَدِنا، وَشِدّةَ الْفِتَنِ بِنا، وَتَظاهُرَ الزَّمانِ عَلَیْنا

 

… O Allah! Surely, we present our pains and sorrows to Thee: lack of our Prophet- Thy Salawaat be upon him and his Household-, and the Occultation of our 'wali'- Thy Salaam be upon him-, and numerousness of our enemies, and fewness of our numbers, and severeness of trials and conspiracies against us, and vicissitudes of time upon us …

 

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It is time for those who sincerely love Hosain to pray unanimously with all hearts and souls for Appearance of the Avenger of the blood of Hosain … the only one who shall eradicate overwhelming oppression and spread True Monotheism and Justice everywhere …

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