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When Fatima Cried
By
Noor E Zahra.
When Fatima cried
the earth did shake
the mountains moved
the dead did wake
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My Fatima
By
Noor E Zahra.
My Fatima
a man did call
grief-stricken in sorrow
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Behind The Door Fall
Named al-Muhassan
By: KASHIFAL-GHITA’ (d. 1373)
The renown scholar and
the authority and mentor Muhammed Husain KASHIFAL-GHITA’, may Allah have
mercy on him, said the following in one of his poems:
At the Taffs did a
wounded hero fall as did one
Behind the door fall
named al-Muhassan,
And in every tent
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Her Calamity, The
Opening To All Calamities,
By: Al-Isfahani,
the Critic (d. 1361 A.H.)
The grand philosopher
and the religious authority and the mentor/critic, said the following
in a poetic urjaza in his dewan known as Al-Anwar al-Qudsiyya:
Her calamity, the
opening to all calamities,
Was what she went
through at the door,
For the talk about
that door is surely grievous
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Sulaym Said Something,
Said I: O Salman!
By: `Allama al-Qazwini
(d. 1335 A.H.)
The virtuous `allama,
Sayyid Muhammed son of Sayyid Mehdi al-Qazwini al-Hilli al-Najafi, has
said,
Sulaym said something,
said I: O Salman!
Did they really enter
without permission?!
Said he: Yes, by the
Glory of the Great One
While al-Zahra’ had no
veil at all.
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You Don’t Know With
Fire They Burned The Door,
By: Sayyid
Baqir al-Hindi (d. 1329 A.H.)
The great scholar and
the prominent poet, Sayyid Baqir son of Sayyid Muhammed al-Hindi, has
said,
You don’t know with
fire they burned the door,
Thus they hoped to put
out, with fire, the noor.
You don’t know what
nail had to do
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Tragedy of Al-Zahra (AS)
By: Sayyid Hayder al-Hilli (d. 1304 A.H.)
The great poet and man
of letters and one of the most prominent poets of Iraq of his time,
namely Sayyid Hayder al-Hilli, has said the following in one of his
poems:
No, by your pardon, the
folks did no pardon implement,
Nor, by your clemency,
were the folks at all clement:
What your mother carried
they did cause to miscarry,
And your grandfather’s
son with arrow to death did they carry
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Sayeda Al-Zahra (AS) and Imam Hussain
(AS)
By: Al-Salih
al-Fattani al-`Amili
Shaikh Muhammed Mehdi
al-Fattani al-Nabati al-`amili, a scholar, poet, a scholar of fiqh,
hadith and Tafsir, has said,
O Master! O Messenger
of Allah! Stand and see
What happened to your
very family:
More that what you did
tell:
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Such Brings Pain To
The Heart
By: Al-Hurr
al-`Amili (d. 1104 A.H.)
The public speaker and
the `allama Faqih Shaikh al-Hurr al-`amili, author of the modern
encyclopedia known as Wasa’il al-Shi`a, wrote a poem wherein he says,
Her children are five:
Hasan and Husain (A.S.)
And Zainab, older than
Umm Kultham
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In Her House Burn a
Fire!
By: Muflih al-Saymari
(d. 900 A.H.)
The famous `allama, the
great Faqih and the respected man of letters, Shaikh Muflih al-Saymari,
said the following in one of his poems:
Shackled in the straps
of his own sword they took Ali (A.S.)
And `Ammar before his
rib crushed and was assaulted,
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She
Passed Away, What Was Hers Confiscated
By: Mughamis al-Hilli
(d. in the late 900s A.H.)
Shaikh Mughamis al-Hilli
said the following in one of his poems:
And the Purified One,
Fatima (A.S.), her inheritance seized
By the worst of people
as her tears are shed
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Without a Reason Set
Ablaze,
By: `Ala’
ad-Din al-Hilli (killed in 786 A.H.)
The virtuous scholar
and the accomplished man of letters `Ala’ ad-Din son of Shaikh Ali ibn
al-Husain al-Hilli al-Shafhani, a contemporary to the First Martyr,
who, may Allah have mercy on him, explained some of his poets, said,
They unanimously
agreed upon it, with their whims,
Ignorance and hope, to
burn the house of al-Zahra’
Fatima! What an awful
momentous thing to do!
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The Cup of Grief
By: Al-Khala`i
(d. 750 A.H.)
Shaikh Ali (A.S.) ibn `Abd
al-`Azaz al-Khala`i al-Hilli said the following among other verses in
one of his poems:
O Lord of the one who
was disputed about
What her father left her
of inheritance and who
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I Wonder Which One of
Them Shall I Mourn
By: Ali ibn al-Muqarrab
(d. 629 A.H.)
Prince Ali ibn
Muqarrab, of al-Ahsa’, one of the wise and well known men of letters,
has said:
I wonder which one of
them shall I mourn
And for whom shall my
tears overflow?
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Encomium On Sayeda Zahra
(AS)
By: Mihyar al-Daylani
(d. 428 A.H.)
The brilliant poet,
Mihyar al-Daylami, may Allah have mercy on his soul, has said the
following lines in a poem he wrote:
How come it was not
severed
The hand that stretched
to harm you?
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What Happened
Following The Demise of The Messenger of Allah (A.S.)
By: Al-Nu`man,
the Judge (d. 363 A.H.)
Judge al-Nu`man, an
Isma`alite, composed a poem about what happened following the demise
of the Messenger of Allah (A.S.) in one inclusive poem wherein he
says,
Both swore fealty to
him and said:
The best, you are, of
everyone in state!
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Attack of the House
By: Al-Barqi
(d. 245 A.H.)
Al-Barqi, namely
`Abdullah ibn `Ammar, has said,
They gathered the
firewood at the house,
And those who ignited
it kept taunting,
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Description of the Oppression on Sayeda
Zahra (AS)
By: Sayyid al-Himyari
(d. 173 A.H.)
Sayyid al-Himyari, may
Allah have mercy on him, was contemporary to Imams al-Sadiq (A.S.) and
al-Kazim (A.S.) and he says the following:
Beaten, she was, and of
her rights deprived,
And was made to taste
after his demise of wounds.
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Zahra (SA) your light is
shining…
By: Noor-ul Ayn
Oh Fatima (SA)
The lady of light
Daughter of our Prophet (SAW)
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Fatima Al-Zahra (sa)
By: Sister Mardhiya
An admirer in tears;
lost in the labyrinth of emotion,
as she pens down a poem in your praise.
An uninterrupted flow of tears,
streaming from your lover's eye,
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The Fatima Tree
By: Spriglief
Oh Fatima,
The apple of your father’s eye,
Whose cool shade I now bade,
Hear my prayer, my supplication.
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I once
arrived to the city of Medina
By: Sayed Ali Al-Mousawi
Al-Khalkhali
Ya
Zahra Ya Zahra Ya Zahra
Ya Zahra Ya Zahra Ya Zahra
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I once arrived to the city of Medina,
I asked the men where is the grave of Fatima,
They replied to me that nobody knows,
We are waiting for the Mehdi for he shall show.
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For what reason was
Fatima’s grave concealed
By: Sayed Ali Al-Mousawi
Al-Khalkhali
For what reason was
Fatima’s grave concealed,
For in her praise Surat ul-Kawther was revealed,
For what reason do we not know the day?
Upon which Zahra in her hidden grave lay.
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The
First Tears and Screams
By: Brother Turab
Standing with a rope round his neck
silence yet a silent scream
can only be heard by me and you
the angels and God knows
Fatimah
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Lady of Paradise
By: Sister Mardhiya
My heart's whisper
I have always longed to present the thoughts; the pain, the agony that
Fatimah Al Zahra (as) must have gone through after her father's
departure, from the perspective of a lover. Someone who dearly admires
Zahra (as). Yet, however much I try I see no success.
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Weep for Al-Zahra
By: Sister Mardhiya
Can someone spare me an
eye;
with which I shed tears,
for the severity of this tragedy lies,
in Al-Zahra's broken ribs.
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Where is her grave?
By:
Anonymous
The Muslims have
been deeply pained.
Their
beloved prophet has passed away.
And
especially for his kith and kin,
it is
one of their lives' saddest day.
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Fatima Zahra (as)
By: Sister
Fiddha
To The mother of Hussain
Your black shawl,
Saturated with grief,
Enwraps your body of light.
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Kauthar
By: Sister
Fiddha
The bud unfolded for us
By Allah's comand
Revealing a scent
That has entranced us
Perfuming our minds
Enticing us towards Paradise.
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