These forlorn eyes crave for your delightful appearance…Ref:www.AlMuntazar.com
To
increase the remembrance and discussion of Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.), and
to keep it afresh in the hearts of the Shias, is one of our most
important responsibilities today. In fact, this is something that we
must pass on down generation after generation, as if it is the most
precious family heritage. Not only must we ourselves anxiously await
his reappearance, but we must also prepare our children to serve and
help Imam (a.t.f.s.). We must persistently supplicate and wail in front
of Allah to suspend the period of occultation (Ghaybat), and ensure the
earliest reappearance of Imam (a.t.f.s.). In fact, the extension of the
period of Ghaybat must never disappoint us, but if anything, it should
only serve to increase the fervor and intensity of our supplications
and lamentation. For surely, despairing Allahs mercy is the mark of a
disbeliever, and not that of a momin.
We must prepare a schedule for
ourselves that will help us enliven the remembrance of Imam (a.t.f.s.)
throughout the year. However, the intensity of this remembrance must be
at its peak in the month of Shabaan, especially on the 15th day of the
month the day of Imams (a.s.) birthday. In this month, the level of
Imams (a.s.) recognition and our spiritual proximity with him, must
reach its zenith. We must feel the loneliness and forlornness in the
absence of our Imam (a.t.f.s.). Our eyes must feel the tiredness in his
absence. Our forlorn eyes must crave for his delightful appearance.
When the beloved is missing, a man is
totally consumed with the desire to search him and find him. He is
restless, and cannot concentrate on anything, until he finds his
beloved. In fact, everything else seems immaterial and insignificant to
him, where his beloved is concerned. Those, whose hearts are empty of
this love, find this restlessness amusing, and even ridicule it.
When Hazrat Yusuf (a.s.) disappeared
as a result of his scheming brothers, Hazrat Yaqoob (a.s.) was deeply
affected by this tragedy and was very restless. He used to only think
about his lost son and grieved so much that he lost his eyesight. He
used to always remember his son, Yusuf (a.s.) thus, O my son Yusuf I
loved you more than anyone else. But you have now disappeared from our
midst. You were the light of my eyes and the fountainhead of my hopes
and aspirations. Where have you gone, O apple of my eye I cant forget
those times when I used to make you sleep on my right arm, and caress
you lovingly with my left one. Yusuf, of all people why did you have to
disappear O Yusuf In times of loneliness I used to seek solace in your
company. You were the only source of comfort for me in distress and
grief. O my beloved, O my dear one O light of my eyes If only I had
known where these people have abandoned you.
O Yusuf If only I was with you at this
moment, and suffered all the tribulations and difficulties that you are
undergoing now. In the light of Hazrat Yaqoobs (a.s.) lamentations, let
us now reflect over some lines of Duae Nudbah:
If only I had known where you are
(living) Which is that fortunate piece of land that is blessed with
your existence Indeed it is intolerable for me that I see everything
else, but am deprived of your cherished appearance Indeed it is
intolerable for me that you (instead of me) are surrounded with
difficulties, and my lamentation and complaints do not find their way
to you.O son of the Prophet (s.a..w.s.), is there the slimmest of
chances for a meeting with you Hazrat Yaqoob (a.s.) was so overwhelmed
with grief at Yusufs (a.s.) disappearance that he asked Malakul Maut,
Do you capture souls together or one at a time Malakul Maut replied,
One at a time. Hazrat Yaqoob (a.s.) asked, Have you captured Yusufs
soul Malakul Maut responded in the negative. It is then that Yaqoob
(a.s.) told his sons:
O my sons Go and inquire respecting
Yusuf and his brother, and despair not of Allahs mercy; surely none
despairs Allahs mercy except the unbelieving people.
(Surah Yusuf : 87)
Indeed the love of the father (Yaqoob
(a.s.)) for his son (Yusuf (a.s.)) was very intense, and this intensity
can be gauged by one amazing fact – When Yaqoob (a.s.) finally came to
Egypt, the distance between Yusuf (a.s.) and him was of 19 days
(journey). But the attachment and love of the father diminished even
this vast distance to such an extent, that when Yusuf (a.s.) removed
his cloak, Yaqoob (a.s.) commented, ‘I can sense Yusuf’s fragrance’
When Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) reappears he
shall get along with him this very cloak of Yusuf (a.s.)..When Yusuf’s
(a.s.) brothers finally recognized him, they were remorseful at their
wrongdoing and addressed him thus:
‘They said: Are you indeed Yusuf He
said: I am Yusuf and this is my brother; Allah has indeed been gracious
to us; surely he who guards (against evil) and is patient (is rewarded)
for surely Allah does not waste the reward of those who do good.’ ‘They
said: By Allah Now has Allah certainly chosen you over us and we were
certainly sinners.’ ‘He said: (There shall be) no reproof against you
this day; Allah may forgive you, and He is the most Merciful of the
merciful.”
(Surah Yusuf : 90-92)
Dear readers, today Imam Mahdi
(a.t.f.s.) is the Yusuf of Janabe Zahra (s.a.). Our sins have separated
him from us. Therefore, we should rectify our actions and refrain from
all those things that become the cause of Imams (a.s.) grief and
sorrow. Come let us confess to our Imam (a.t.f.s.), as Yusufs (a.s.)
brothers have confessed to him:
O Chief Distress has afflicted us and
our family and we have brought scanty money so give us full measure and
be charitable to us; surely Allah rewards the charitable.
(Surah Yusuf : 88)
O Imam Surely our most prized
possession is your love that we have in our hearts, although it is very
little O Imam of the age Surely we have committed serious
transgressions and our disobedience is abundant, while our obedience is
negligible
O Imam Surely there is no way out for
us but that you forgive us, as Yusuf (a.s..) forgave his brothers, while
you are more worthy of this action than Yusuf (a.s.)
Ref: AlMuntazar.com
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