In His Name, the Most High
This is the eighth and final part in a detailed discussion on patience. The discussion is built on the seminal work (based on a series of lectures) by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khamenei. The book is published as ‘Discourses on Patience’.
Video of the Majlis (Sermon/Lecture)
This write up is a companion to the video majlis (sermon/lecture) found below:
Contents
Majlis - Patience - Part 8 - Last Part of the Series on Patience
Nohe - Daughters of Zahra
Ziyarat - Ziyarah of Sayyedah Fatima Zahra
Recap
Over the past few weeks, we have been discussing and studying the subject of patience. We have more recently - since part 4, been looking at the fields of patience, and in the last week we looked at the advantages and effects of patience.
In this the the final part of this series, we want to look at notions such as the birth of the invincible spirit which is linked to the psychological traces of patience in the lives of various individuals, as well as the appearance of righteous virtues within ourselves, and the idea of having more attention and reliance on God.
Psychological Traces of Patience in the Lives of Individuals
Apart from the constructive social advantages of patience such as gaining victory and the fulfilment of aims and goals, this characteristic - true patience - is also responsible for the positive and very important influences upon the mentality and spirit of the patient person.
It is because of this miraculous awareness, that most of the historical human sacrifices, and especially the supreme sacrifice of the Martyrs of Kerbala - the companions and family of the Master of the Martyrs, Aba Abdillah, Imam Husayn, may the peace and blessings be upon him and them all, who we remember annually during the nights of the Ashura commemorations, become a lot easier to comprehend.
What we mean by the spiritual mentality, are the influences left by the patient person upon his soul and mind, that before accomplishing the external and definite results of his struggle, he instantaneously obtains the personal results, as we have explained in the previous session.
The Birth of the Invincible Spirit
The foremost positive and constructive effect of patience is to produce a strong and invincible personality. Like a good physical exercise program makes a person strong and healthy, enabling him to offer better physical resistance.
Secondly, it produces all the required elements for achieving success in the accomplishment of aims, the fulfilment of desires, be they material or ideological amongst the patient individuals.
The defeats and failures suffered during the social, religious and ideological struggle has had a devastative morale effect, a blow, inflicted by the vincible and weak mentalities upon the determination to carry on the struggle, the damage and devastation of which is many times as severe as the losses inflicted by trained professional armed forces and their weaponry.
The soldiers, who decided to run away from the battlefield, turning their backs to the enemy, has indeed suffered a morale defeat, before giving up his physical strength. Until this psychological defeat is not inflicted upon him, it is impossible that the soldier will be able to turn his back and run-a-way from the battlefield.
Indeed, in light of this, General George C Marshall, an American politician and soldier who died in 1959, has stated that:
“You can have all the material in the world, but without morale, it is largely ineffective”
He also said:
“It is not enough to fight, it is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is the morale that wins the victory”
The historic behaviour of Tariq ibn Zayd - the commander of the Muslim Army - the brave commander and victor of a portion of Spain in the 94th year after the Hijrah (711CE), who after crossing the Mediterranean Sea and stepping upon enemy land, ordered the burning of all his ships, is an example of this invincible spirit.
The prime quality of patience is to produce such an invincible spirit in a patient person.
Those individuals, who while facing the routine events of their day to day life, such as financial losses, sickness, frustration, hatred and death, etc, do not offer resistance and endurance, and very soon become dejected, aggrieved, annoyed and helpless, when confronted with obstacles in their path, and thereby leave the scene of the struggle and are susceptible to instant defeat.
Contrary to these individuals with a weak mentality, are those, who in confronting every event in their lives, use patience as their ultimate weapon, who offer resistance in the best manner possible, achieving an invincible morale and strong will power to face such problems in their lives.
An impatient person, could be compared to a soldier in the battlefield who is fighting virtually naked, without any armour. Such an ill-equipped soldier is most likely to be killed and disappear from the scene during the very first encounter.
By the same token, a patient person could be compared to a soldier who is clad in a strong coat of armour or chain mail, from his head to his toes, and is fully equipped with all the required armaments. Obviously, to defeat such a well-equipped and prepared soldier by the enemy is a significantly more difficult task.
The one, who would never be defeated in the battlefield of life, is the one who has already made all the necessary arrangements, by putting on the armour of patience.
Such a person, never gets defeated easily, and when faced with problems and unpleasant events, which abound at every step on the road to perfection and prosperity, never flinches, his legs and heart remain firm and resolute, and don’t show even the slightest signs of trembling.
The following narration - from Imam as-Sadiq, the sixth Imam of the Muslims, peace and blessings be upon him - throws ample light on the depth of this divinely inspired Islamic characteristic:
“Anyone who has not prepared for himself the logistics of patience to meet every tragedy, will find himself in a state of despair and helplessness”
- Tuhaf al-Aqool (The Masterpieces of the Mind), Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Section on the Maxims of Imam as-Sadiq
This means, that one who has not planned in advance, how to face the myriad of problems and unexpected tragedies of life, one who has not developed within himself the spirit of resistance, will swiftly find themselves in a state of despair and helplessness.
The opposite of this is the case, if someone, in anticipation of the confrontation of tragedies and problems has equipped himself with the logistics of patience, such a person will never face disappointment and defeat.
The secret of the steadfastness and permanence of the great builders of the history of humanity, and the foremost amongst them, the divine prophets and others from the pious leaders and elites, who despite being afflicted with the most severe pains and tortures at the very beginning of their struggle, remained active and stable, lies within this same point.
With an accurate foresight regarding the bitterness and pleasantness of this path, and with their being properly equipped with the logistics of patience, they were able to completely eliminate the possibility of their psychological defeat and the with the results converted themselves into the most robust and invincible of people.
Their opponents and enemies, that in many instances were equipped with all manner of supplies and resources, became tired and hopeless, exhausted and hopeless, but these great men, in spite of their being deprived of such resources, diligently continued their heroic and invincible resistance.
Indeed, we can see this in our current times, with the heroic resistance shown by the heroes of Gaza and Lebanon. Their Zionist and US adversaries are equipped with the most advanced of weaponry, the most powerful bombs and fighter planes, tanks and such, yet - even with all of this - the heroes in Gaza and Lebanon, are resolute; and continue their sacred resistance; dealing monumental blows to the Zionist and the US empire.
Indeed, superficially speaking; had this armour of patience not been in the equation; then without any doubt, on seeing the genocidal behaviour of their adversaries; the heroes in Gaza and Lebanon would have lost all their morale, would have been devastated.
However, due to them having this armour; having this weapon of patience; they are and will continue to be resistant, resolute, and firm, and you will never hear of their legs or hearts trembling at the sight of the enemies firepower and atrocities; but you will see they only find their belief is increased; this is evidenced by the Quran which clearly says:
الَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزَادَهُمْ إِيمَانًا وَقَالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ
فَانقَلَبُوا بِنِعْمَةٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَفَضْلٍ لَّمْ يَمْسَسْهُمْ سُوءٌ وَاتَّبَعُوا رِضْوَانَ اللَّهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَظِيمٍThose to whom the people have said, “The people have mobilised against you, so fear them.” But this only increased them in faith, and they said, “God is enough for us; He is the Excellent Protector.”
So they came back with grace from God, and bounty, and no harm having touched them. They pursued what pleases God. God possesses immense grace.- Quran, Surah Aal-i-Imraan (the Chapter of the Family of Imraan) #3, Verses 173 to 174
In the New Testament, in the book of James, it is written:
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”
- James 1: 2-4
Indeed, even in the Psalms, in the Old Testament, you find:
“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil. For those who are evil will be destroyed, but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land.”
- Psalms 37: 7-9
Patience truly is the weapon and armour of the believer; and it is a link to God, for to be patient and steadfast, is to be following that path laid by God for the righteous; the Quran teaches - and we mentioned this verse in the previous part of this discussion:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ
O you who believe! Seek help through patience and prayers. God is with the steadfast.
- Quran, Surah al-Baqarah (the Chapter of the Cow) #2, Verse 153
In history, we can see that Mutawakkil al-Abbasi, one of the Abbasid caliphs who was particularly hostile to the family of the Prophet Muhammad (his rule was from 232AH (847CE) to 247AH (861CE)), had once said:
“Ibn ar-Ridha (the son of Imam ar-Ridha) has put me in a state of being perplexed.”
An important note here is that after Imam ar-Ridha, the eighth Imam of the Muslims, the three successive Imams after him, that is the 9th, 10th and 11th, during that period were called ‘Ibn ar-Ridha’ - the sons of Imam ar-Ridha. In the quote from Mutawakkil al-Abbasi above, the reference is to Imam Ali al-Hadi, the tenth Imam of the Muslims.
Now, how is it that, someone like Imam al-Hadi, who has spent most of his period of leadership under the intense pressure of the ruling Abbasid regime, and specifically that of the reign of the tyrannical Mutawakkil al-Abbasi, is in a position to put this powerful tyrant in a state of great annoyance and of being perplexed?
When one amongst two combatant adversaries is weak in terms of outward resources, but despite being faced with imprisonment, deprivations, being away from a comfortable and secure environment, does not allow such pressures and hardships to break his iron will; and despite all the obstacles on his path, continues his long term march diligently.
It is clear, that his adversary, who despite having better material resources, lacks the commitment and strong faith, strong belief, and therefore such an adversary can quickly become harassed and defeated.
Indeed, we see this happening - as we have mentioned - in Gaza and Lebanon, where despite being - in comparison to the US empire and the Zionist entity - woefully ill-equipped, the resistive heroes are resisting in a manner that their enemies can’t cope with.
There are countless reports of suicides within the Zionists; reports of soldiers wanting to run-a-way from the battlefield; and an overwhelming sense of defeat within the Zionist and US axis of terror.
All their schemes are coming to naught; and this is because the honourable heroes in Palestine and Lebanon, are operating with complete patience, who are resolute in their heroic and honourable resistance; and when faced with such an enemy; the Zionists; like Mutawakkil al-Abbasi, become perplexed; they can’t understand why their big and powerful weapons are not weakening the resolve of the resistance.
The verse of Quran quoted earlier:
الَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزَادَهُمْ إِيمَانًا وَقَالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ
فَانقَلَبُوا بِنِعْمَةٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَفَضْلٍ لَّمْ يَمْسَسْهُمْ سُوءٌ وَاتَّبَعُوا رِضْوَانَ اللَّهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَظِيمٍThose to whom the people have said, “The people have mobilised against you, so fear them.” But this only increased them in faith, and they said, “God is enough for us; He is the Excellent Protector.”
So they came back with grace from God, and bounty, and no harm having touched them. They pursued what pleases God. God possesses immense grace.- Quran, Surah Aal-i-Imraan (the Chapter of the Family of Imraan) #3, Verses 173 to 174
This is exactly that; when a person has God, when they have patience and resolve, when they have that certainty and belief; then they are stronger than mountains; and nothing can break them.
An impatient wayfarer, cannot exhaust his adversary without first exhausting himself, and such a situation would undoubtedly result in him being defeated, but for the patient wayfarer - as we have said - will completely perplex and confuse his enemy; will be resolute and firm like a mountain, will never falter at difficulties.
This is the amazing characteristic of patience which makes a person invincible.
The Appearance of Righteous Virtues Within
The people before testing, cannot evaluate themselves; and very often are unaware about the hidden energy in their existence. Let us consider the example of a strong person, who is possessed with plenty of natural physical strength without doing any particular practice of physical exercise.
Let us imagine that he has never participated in a weight lifting or any other physical competition; such a person is certainly not aware of the amount of physical strength he has.
Likewise, we too can only discover the God-given energy in our existence, when we are challenged to participate in a certain competition which requires the utilisation of that particular energy.
The second important effect of patience is that a patient person after offering resistance in the various fields of life, against the many events and obstacles; discovers the amount of energy, its particulars and the noble and sublime virtues hidden within his very existence. Virtues that were never known or discovered by him earlier during the routine of life without facing any trials or difficulties.
Those who have suffered the pressures and harshness of life, and for the sake of their cherished noble aims and ideals, were subjected to severe difficulties, tragedies, hardships and/or calamities appreciate the above meanings.
Such individuals with an irreversible degree of determination, in their confrontation with great dangers and severe pressures; while a strange naive observer would have considered them defeated and destroyed completely; because of their patience and endurance; were able to achieve a sense of relief and victory, an unprecedented power and surprising grandeur; within their existence.; which was something completely new and indeed perhaps even unexpected for them, something that was previously completely unrealised by them.
More Attention and Reliance upon God
The third constructive quality of patience is that whatever stage or extent a patient person may be; it helps to bring them closer and indeed to increase their reliance upon God.
Now, some people may consider that reliance upon God does not get along with the reliance on the self, and therefore, according to their logic, a person who is dependent on God, cannot rely upon themselves.
When it is said “Rely upon God”, such people complain: Let people rely upon themselves, and let their eyes and hopes look towards themselves, as if the one who invites the people to rely on God, wants them to not rely on themselves.
While in reality, for a person committed to God, reliance upon the self is complimentary and inseparable from their reliance on God, indeed to such an extent are the two connected that reliance upon the self is consider a core component of patience, which in effect is a means for the true reliance on God.
Because impatience against the bitter tragedies of life, and fear against the optional calamities, which are reflections of a lack of self-reliance, they can also lead to and be a means for forgetting Allah, for being negligent regarding Allah.
When a person is inflicted with the severe tragedies of life, and the millstone of the tests of life are grinding him down with great pressure and severity; if such a person does not become impatient, aggrieved and/or annoyed the channels of his communication with God would become proportionally wider, more independent and his heart and soul would be enlightened with the Light of God.
And on the contrary; a person becoming weak and annoyed, makes him more ignorant, rash, and a stranger, disconnected from his own self as well as from God.
This verse from Quran, speaks about a reality, fully explicit, and with clear reasoning, and tested with the experience of those, who in their confrontation with the most adverse of conditions were able to utilise patience as their winning or ‘game-changing’ weapon, and they believe and acknowledge this matter with full certainty:
وَلَمَّا بَرَزُوا لِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِ قَالُوا رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ
So, when they went forth against Goliath and his forces, they said: Oh our Lord, grant us patience, and make firm (steady) our footsteps, and help us against the people who reject (who deny) the Truth
- Quran, Surah al-Baqarah (the Chapter of the Cow) #2, Verse 250
And given that we are now in the days commemorating the martyrdom of the one most beloved to the Prophet of God, Lady Fatimah az-Zahra, may God shower his blessings upon them both, and upon their pure family; it would not be out of place to mention a little from the life of Lady Zahra, where she exhibited huge patience.
Of the many times, that our beloved mother, the Lady of Light, Sayyedah Fatimah, showed patience, indeed where her patience was immortalised in the Holy Quran is as follows:
وَيُطْعِمُونَ الطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا
إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ لَا نُرِيدُ مِنكُمْ جَزَاءً وَلَا شُكُورًا
إِنَّا نَخَافُ مِن رَّبِّنَا يَوْمًا عَبُوسًا قَمْطَرِيرًا
فَوَقَاهُمُ اللَّهُ شَرَّ ذَٰلِكَ الْيَوْمِ وَلَقَّاهُمْ نَضْرَةً وَسُرُورًا
وَجَزَاهُم بِمَا صَبَرُوا جَنَّةً وَحَرِيرًاAnd they feed, for the love of Him, the poor, and the orphan, and the captive.
“We only feed you for the sake of God. We want from you neither compensation, nor gratitude. We dread from our Lord a frowning grim Day.”
So God will protect them from the ills of that Day, and will grant them radiance and joy.
And will reward them for their patience with a Garden and silk.- Quran, Surah al-Insaan (the Chapter of the Humanity) #76, Verses 8 to 12
We can see here; that for their love of God, and their reliance on Him, and indeed on themselves; Lady Zahra, Imam Ali and their children - Imam Hasan, Imam Husayn and Sayyedah Zaynab, all - and that too during the month of Ramadhan, when they were fasting, gave their meal - for three days continuously - to the poor, the orphan and the captive (who was without any means to support himself) - relying on breaking their fast with just water.
Further more, God describes their activities here, as being from patience; and filled with great benefits in the next day.
The meaning of this verse; while a historical event; is that as believers, as those who work to be on the path of Truth and who promote the Truth as best as they can; we should always be ready to help those less fortunate then ourselves; for in our fortune is a test - as God has clearly said:
وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَيْءٍ مِّنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَنفُسِ وَالثَّمَرَاتِ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ
الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
أُولَٰئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَاتٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ ۖ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُهْتَدُونَWe will certainly test you with some fear and hunger, and some loss of possessions and lives and crops. But give good news to the patient.
Those who, when a calamity afflicts them, say, “We are from God, and unto Him is our return.”
Upon them, are blessings and mercy from their Lord, and indeed, they are the guided ones.- Quran, Surah al-Baqarah (the Chapter of the Cow) #2, Verses 155 to 157
So, as He says, He will test us with fear and hunger, elsewhere He says that He will test us with our wealth and children:
وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَأَوْلَادُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ عِندَهُ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ
And know that your wealth and your children are a test, and that God possesses an immense reward.
- Quran, Surah al-Anfaal (the Chapter of the Spoils of War) #8, Verse 28
Indeed, He says - as mentioned in the verses from Surah al-Baqarah - that these tests; if a person is patient; then they are from the most successful; the ones who are guided.
So, from that simple act of Lady Zahra, Imam Ali and their family; an act so beloved by God that He chose to immortalise it in Quran, we can see that the fruits of patience are profound. That He will test us; and as we become close to Him we will be tested yet further.
But, if we remain steadfast; we remain true to the covenant with God, that we are all bound to, but that our negligence in this temporal realm has made us forget:
وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِن بَنِي آدَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا بَلَىٰ ۛ شَهِدْنَا ۛ أَن تَقُولُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هَٰذَا غَافِلِينَ
أَوْ تَقُولُوا إِنَّمَا أَشْرَكَ آبَاؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِّن بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ
وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الْآيَاتِ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَAnd when Your Lord summoned the descendants of Adam, and made them testify about themselves. “Am I not your Lord?” They said, “Yes, we testify.” Thus you cannot say on the Day of Resurrection, “We were unaware of this.”
Nor can you Say, “Our ancestors practiced idolatry before; and we are their descendants who came after them; will you destroy us for what the falsifiers did?”
We thus elaborate the revelations, so that they may return.- Quran, Surah al-A’raaf (the Chapter of the Heights) #7, Verses 172 to 174
If we remain steadfast and true to the covenant we have with God, if we practice the true patience - not the invalid patience that is a tool in the hands of the tyrants as we have clarified in this series - then without a doubt; we will attain success both in this world, and the next.
When speaking of Lady Zahra, we cannot fail to mention the oppression that she was subjected to, when the inheritance was usurped. Now, it is important to understand that this issue of ‘inheritance’ was not about something as trivial as to be about a garden named Fadak.
Rather, it was the usurping of the right; the manipulation of the Truth, the impatience that tragically was shown by some following the death of the Prophet of Islam, Prophet Muhammad, may the peace and blessings of God be upon him and his pure family.
A test was placed before the Muslim community of being truthful to the covenant with God, and of never wavering, nor allowing the intention to become polluted by the machinations of Satanic forces - knowingly or unknowingly - and tragically; in this regard; the test was failed; the rights were usurped.
The Truth of the Prophet was confused; and the covenant with God was broken.
Nevertheless; both Imam Ali and Lady Zahra, in spite of being subjected to great difficulties and tragedies; indeed not just them, but their children and grandchildren; all the way to the final, awaited Saviour, the one who is to us, as Prophet Yusuf (Joseph) was to his beloved father Prophet Ya’qub (Jacob), the Master of the Age, the remnant of God upon the Earth, may our souls be his ransom, Lady Zahra, Imam Ali and all their descendants, from the first to the last, continued to move on the road of patience.
We saw the patience shown by Imam Ali, as the blade of the Heretic Ibn Muljim tore his head open on the prayer mat; we saw the patience of Imam Hasan as the poison burned through his body, poison given by Muawiyyah by way of the corrupting of his wife Ja’dah ibn Ash’as al-Kindi, we saw the monumental patience shown by the Master of the Martyrs, Imam Husayn during the Epic of Ashura, indeed even prior to that, when he spoke candidly in his Sermon in Mina, and encouraged people to be patient, to resist tyranny; to always speak the Truth, no matter the consequence.
And now, we see the final inheritor, the son of Zahra, Imam Mahdi, may our souls be his ransom, who sees all the trials and difficulties, who sees the children in Gaza, who sees the children in Lebanon, who sees the people across the entire world; be they Muslim or otherwise, and who is known as the Leader of the Oppressed.
He sees the oppressors; and his patience is to be a rock for us; for us to be ready for him, to pave the way for his return, that he can fill the Earth with justice and equality, as it is filled with injustice and tyranny.
And this task requires great patience - both from the awaited Imam as well as ourselves - we have to pave the way; we have to build ourselves; we have to develop that reliance on God and indeed that needs to be coupled with reliance on ourselves.
We have to be a people who bring the Truth out to the world; from all the noise of the lies that prevail; from all the misinformation and disinformation that prevails. We have to be faithful to our covenant, to our promise to God.
As God says in the Quran:
مِّنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رِجَالٌ صَدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّن قَضَىٰ نَحْبَهُ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَنتَظِرُ ۖ وَمَا بَدَّلُوا تَبْدِيلًا
Of the believers are men who are true to what they pledged to God. Some of them have fulfilled their vows; and some are still waiting, and never wavering.
- Quran, Surah al-Ahzaab (the Chapter of the Parties) #33, Verse 23
And from Him alone is all ability and He has authority over all things.
To Hilal, to Husayn, to Bashir, to Abu Ibrahim, to Abu Hadi, to Qassem, to Hojaji, to Ibrahim, to Hashim, to Jamal, to all of the Truthful and the Martyrs, may God bless their souls, and raise their position, and grant us their patience; that we too maybe from the successful.