Awakening call from Imam Ali ( peace be upon him )

و من وصية له (عليه السلام) للحسن و الحسين (عليهماالسلام) لما ضربه ابن ملجم لعنه اللَّه عليه

Will To Imam Hasan (a) and Imam Husayn (a) after he was wounded by Abd al-Rahman b. Muljam whilst offered the morning prayers in the mosque of Kufa

أُوصِيكُمَا بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَ أَلَّا تَبْغِيَا الدُّنْيَا وَ إِنْ بَغَتْكُمَا وَ لَا تَأْسَفَا عَلَى شَيْ ءٍ مِنْهَا زُوِيَ عَنْكُمَا وَ قُولَا بِالْحَقِّ وَ اعْمَلَا لِلْأَجْرِ وَ كُونَا لِلظَّالِمِ خَصْماً وَ لِلْمَظْلُومِ عَوْناً

I advise you (both) to fear Allah and that you should not hanker after the (pleasures of this) world even though it may run after you. Do not be sorry for anything of this world that you have been denied. Speak the truth and act (in expectation) for reward. Be an enemy of the oppressor and helper of the oppressed

أُوصِيكُمَا وَ جَمِيعَ وَلَدِي وَ أَهْلِي وَ مَنْ بَلَغَهُ كِتَابِي بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَ نَظْمِ أَمْرِكُمْ وَ صَلَاحِ ذَاتِ بَيْنِكُمْ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ جَدَّكُمَا (صلى اللَّه عليه وآله وسلم) يَقُولُ صَلَاحُ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عَامَّةِ الصَّلَاةِ وَ الصِّيَامِ

I advise you (both) and all my children and members of my family and everyone whom my writing reaches, to fear Allah, to keep your affairs in order, and to maintain good relations among yourselves for I have heard your grand-father (the Holy Prophet – p.b.u.h.a.h.p.) saying, “Improvement of mutual differences is better than general prayers and fastings.”

اللَّهَ اللَّهَ فِي الْأَيْتَامِ فَلَا تُغِبُّوا أَفْوَاهَهُمْ وَ لَا يَضِيعُوا بِحَضْرَتِكُمْ وَ اللَّهَ اللَّهَ فِي جِيرَانِكُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ وَصِيَّةُ نَبِيِّكُمْ مَا زَالَ يُوصِي بِهِمْ حَتَّى ظَنَنَّا أَنَّهُ سَيُوَرِّثُهُمْ

(Fear) Allah (and) keep Allah in view in the matter of orphaus. So do not allow them to starve and they should not be ruined in your presence.

(Fear) Allah (and) keep Allah in view in the matter of your neighbours, because they were the subject of the Prophet’s advice. He went on advising in their favour till we thought he would allow them a share in inheritance

وَ اللَّهَ اللَّهَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ لَا يَسْبِقُكُمْ بِالْعَمَلِ بِهِ غَيْرُكُمْ وَ اللَّهَ اللَّهَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّهَا عَمُودُ دِينِكُمْ وَ اللَّهَ اللَّهَ فِي بَيْتِ رَبِّكُمْ لَا تُخَلُّوهُ مَا بَقِيتُمْ فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ تُرِكَ لَمْ تُنَاظَرُوا وَ اللَّهَ اللَّهَ فِي الْجِهَادِ بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَ أَنْفُسِكُمْ وَ أَلْسِنَتِكُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ

(Fear) Allah (and) keep Allah in view in the matter of the Qur’an. No one should excel you in acting upon it. (Fear) Allah (and) keep Allah in view in the matter of prayer, because it is the pillar of your religion.

(Fear) Allah (and) keep Allah in view in the matter of your Lord’s House (Ka’bah). Do not forsake it so long as you live, because if it is abandoned you will not be spared.

(Fear) Allah (and) keep Allah in view in the matter of jihad with the help of your property, lives and tongues in the way of Allah

وَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالتَّوَاصُلِ وَ التَّبَاذُلِ وَ إِيَّاكُمْ وَ التَّدَابُرَ وَ التَّقَاطُعَ لَا تَتْرُكُوا الْأَمْرَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ النَّهْيَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ فَيُوَلَّى عَلَيْكُمْ شِرَارُكُمْ ثُمَّ تَدْعُونَ فَلَا يُسْتَجَابُ لَكُمْ

You should keep to a respect for kinship and spending for others. Avoid turning away from one another and severing mutual relations. Do not give up bidding for good and forbidding from evil lest the mischievous gain positions over you, and then if you will pray, the prayers will not be granted

ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ لَا أُلْفِيَنَّكُمْ تَخُوضُونَ دِمَاءَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ خَوْضاً تَقُولُونَ قُتِلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَلَا لَا تَقْتُلُنَّ بِي إِلَّا قَاتِلِي

Then he said: O sons of `Abd al-Muttalib, certainly I do not wish to see you plunging harshly into the blood of Muslims shouting “Amir al-mu’minin has been killed.” Beware, do not kill on account of me except my killer

انْظُرُوا إِذَا أَنَا مِتُّ مِنْ ضَرْبَتِهِ هَذِهِ فَاضْرِبُوهُ ضَرْبَةً بِضَرْبَةٍ وَ لَا تُمَثِّلُوا بِالرَّجُلِ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (صلى اللَّه عليه وآله وسلم) يَقُولُ إِيَّاكُمْ وَ الْمُثْلَةَ وَ لَوْ بِالْكَلْبِ الْعَقُورِ

Wait till I die by his (Ibn Muljam’s) existing stroke. Then strike him one stroke for his stroke and do not dismember the limbs of the man, for I have heard the Messenger of Allah (S) saying, “Avoid cutting limbs even though it may be a rabid dog.”

May Allah ( SWT ) give us Tawfiq to get closer to Nahjol balagha and read and understand the light-full words of the commander of believers Imam Ali ( peace be upon him ) .

Sayed Abazar Wahedi ( Mahdi ) .