سورة الجاثية

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): یَوْمَئِذٍ یَخْسَرُ المُبْطِلُونَ [on that day the falsifiers shall perish]; those who nullified the religion of Allah.

Lady Zahra (peace be upon her): It is narrated from Abu al-Husayn: ... When Abu Bakr resolved to bar Lady Zahra (peace be upon her) from Fadak and she learned of it, she drew her veil over her head and, together with a group of her attendants and the women of her people, set out toward Abu Bakr's gathering, her hem trailing beneath her feet, walking exactly as the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) walked. When she entered the mosque, Abu Bakr was seated with a company of the Muhajirin and the Ansar. They hung a curtain, and she sat behind it. Then she let out a painful sigh from her burning heart, and the entire gathering broke into weeping and wailing, and the assembly became one of grief and mourning. Then she waited a little until the gathering grew quiet. She began her speech with the praise and glorification of Allah and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) ... [Then she said:] While the Book of Allah is in your midst! A Qur'an whose outer meaning and rulings are clear, whose truths are manifest, whose prohibitions are evident, and whose commands are explicit. Have you cast the word of Allah behind your backs? Or have you turned away from it and inclined to another book? What an evil substitute for the wrongdoers! (al-Kahf/50) وَ مَنْ یَبْتَغِ غَیْرَ الْإِسْلامِ دِیناً فَلَنْ یُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَ هُوَ فِی الْآخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخاسِرِینَ [And whoever chooses a religion other than Islam (and submission to the command of the truth), it will never be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers] (Al Imran/85). Then you did not wait even long enough for the crisis and turmoil of this calamity to subside and its uproar to calm, and at once you set about fanning and kindling the fire, and we bear this from you with patience — like patience against the edge and cut of the knife and the thrusts of spears — while now you claim that we have no inheritance. أَ‌فَحُکْمَ الْجاهِلِیَّةِ یَبْغُونَ وَ مَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللهِ حُکْماً لِقَوْمٍ یُوقِنُونَ [Do they then seek the judgment of the Age of Ignorance? And who is better than Allah in judgment for a people who have certainty?] (al-Ma'idah/50). Woe to you, O company of the Muhajirin! Is it fitting that I be deprived of my inheritance? Is it in the Qur'an that you inherit from your father and I do not? You have brought forth from yourself a novel and false ruling. But know that on the Day of Gathering, Allah is the Judge — and what an excellent Judge He is! — and our leader is Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), and our appointed meeting is the Day of Resurrection; and on that Day the falsifiers shall lose.

Lady Zahra (peace be upon her) — narrated from Fatima bint Husayn: When the illness of Lady Zahra al-Athar (peace be upon her) grew severe and overcame her, the women of the Muhajirin and Ansar gathered around her and said to her: "O daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family)! How have you found yourself this morning in your illness?" She said: "I have risen while I am disgusted with your world and an enemy of your men. I drove them from myself after I had tested them, and I grew weary of them and condemned them after I had put them to trial. How ugly is the breach they have opened in Islam! They toyed with their religion after they had taken it seriously and firmly. They struck down their own qualities and split the shaft of the spear. They corrupted their own opinions with deceit, and were caught up in passing whims and slips. Evil indeed is what their souls have sent forth for [the hereafter] — the outcome of it being Allah's wrath, and in the punishment [of Allah] they shall abide forever." (Maidah/80). "They seized the station of the caliphate — or Fadak — as their pretext and took its weight upon their shoulders, and their plunderings spread wide. The oppressors and wrongdoers shall meet with disgrace, the severing of limbs, and deprivation. Woe to them, that they wrested the station of the caliphate away from the House of Messengership, the foundations of prophethood and guidance, the place where Ruh al-Amin descended, and the one (namely Ali, peace be upon him) who was aware of the affairs of religion and the world — they usurped it and pushed it aside. Know that this is the manifest loss indeed!" (Zumar/15). "What sort of revenge is this which they have taken from Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him)! By Allah, they took vengeance for the enjoining of good and the forbidding of evil, for the sword of Ali (peace be upon him), and [for the chivalries of Ali (peace be upon him), including] his enjoining of good and forbidding of evil, the sword of his, his fearlessness of death, the severity of his fighting in punishment and combat, and his wrath for the sake of Allah. By Allah! Had they, after handing the station of the caliphate over to Ali (peace be upon him), turned away and deviated from the clear path of truth and from accepting the proof and the clear evidence, Ali (peace be upon him) would have guided them to the right and true path and led them with tranquillity: the place of his bridle would not have been wounded, his driver would not have suffered hardship, his rider would not have been wearied. Ali (peace be upon him) would have brought them to a spring that was pure and sweet, both banks of which would be full; both banks of it would not be muddied. He would have turned them away from gluttony, would have counselled them both in secret and in public, would have taken no benefit from the world and its material things, and would have gained from the world nothing more than what a thirsty person drinks of water or a hungry person takes to keep himself from perishing. Ali (peace be upon him) would have made known to them the ascetic, the liar, and the truthful. Allah [in the Quran] says: 'If the people of the towns had believed and been Allah-conscious, We would have sent down upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth, but alas, they denied the truth and We seized them by the recompense of their ugly and blameworthy deeds.' Those from among this group who committed oppression and wrongdoing will soon meet the recompense of their deeds, and they will have no miracle or power. Come and listen! In this lifetime you have lived, the age has shown you astonishing matters! If you are astonished, be astonished at their words! If only I knew what document they relied upon! What support did they lean on! What handhold did they cling to! Against what household did they rise up! What a wretched patron and companion they chose! The oppressors chose an evil thing! By Allah! They took hold of the bird's tail and let go of its head; they lost its neck and clung to its rear. May the noses be scorched of a group who, being in such a state, suppose that they are doing good work!" (Kahf/104). "Know that these are the very corrupters, but they do not understand." (Baqarah/12). "Say: Is there anyone among the deities you worship who guides to the truth? Say: Only Allah guides to the truth! Is He who guides to the truth more worthy to be followed, or he who is not himself guided unless he is guided? What is the matter with you, how do you judge?" (Yunus/35). "Be aware! By Allah, the she-camel of the caliphate is indeed pregnant with events. Wait a moment until she brings forth her offspring. Then from the udder of the she-camel of the caliphate they will milk a cup brimming with fresh blood and bitter poison. At that time — یَخْسَرُ الْمُبْطِلُون [the falsifiers shall perish] — the people of falsehood shall suffer loss."