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| The title refers to an incident in which Ali interrupted his sermon to read a letter that had just arrived.<ref>{{harvnb|Jamal J. Elias|1999|p=38|Islam|the University of Virginia}}</ref> After being asked to resume the sermon, Ali replied: "In no way, in no way. It was like the foam on the camel's mouth (''shiqshiqa'') as it opens its mouth to bellow and then falls silent."<ref>{{cite book|title=] |volume=1:37}} As translated in al-Mufid's ''Kitab al-irshad'' 213.</ref><ref name=Lawson2014>{{cite book|chapter=Religious Authority & Apocalypse: ''Tafsīr'' as Experience in an Early Work of the Bāb |first=Todd |last=Lawson |editor-first=Orkhan |editor-last=Mir-Kasimov |title=Unity in Diversity: Mysticism, Messianism and the Construction of Religious Authority in Islam |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=IoxWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA60 |date=2014 |place=Leiden |publisher=] |isbn=978-90-04-26280-5 |page=60}}</ref> | The title refers to an incident in which ] interrupted his sermon to read a letter that had just arrived.<ref>{{harvnb|Jamal J. Elias|1999|p=38|Islam|the University of Virginia}}</ref> After being asked to resume the sermon, Ali replied: "In no way, in no way. It was like the foam on the camel's mouth (''shiqshiqa'') as it opens its mouth to bellow and then falls silent."<ref>{{cite book|title=] |volume=1:37}} As translated in al-Mufid's ''Kitab al-irshad'' 213.</ref><ref name=Lawson2014>{{cite book|chapter=Religious Authority & Apocalypse: ''Tafsīr'' as Experience in an Early Work of the Bāb |first=Todd |last=Lawson |editor-first=Orkhan |editor-last=Mir-Kasimov |title=Unity in Diversity: Mysticism, Messianism and the Construction of Religious Authority in Islam |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=IoxWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA60 |date=2014 |place=Leiden |publisher=] |isbn=978-90-04-26280-5 |page=60}}</ref> | ||
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==Content== | ||
| Ali a.s pointed to characters of other caliphs and his |
Ali a.s pointed to characters of ] and his intent of becoming caliph.<ref>{{harvnb|Ali Muhammad As-Sallabi|Darussalam Publishers}}</ref> He speaks about the people abused the property of Islamic community.<ref>{{Harvnb|Khomeini|2013|p=204|Islam & Revolution Hb}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Imam Khomeini: Life, Thought and Legacy|2009|p=154}}</ref> | ||
| ==Sermon== | |||
| Beware! ] the ] dressed himself with it and he certainly knew that my position in relation to it was the same as the position of the axis in relation to the hand-mill . The flood water flows down from me and the bird cannot fly up to me. I put a curtain against the caliphate and kept myself detached from it . | |||
| Then I began to think whether I should assault or endure calmly the blinding darkness of tribulations wherein the grown up are made feeble and the young grow old and the true believer acts under strain until he meets Allah (on his death). I found that endurance thereon was wiser . So I adopted patience although there was pricking in the eye and suffocation (of mortification) in the throat . I watched the plundering of my inheritance till the first one went his way but handed over the Caliphate to Ibn al-Khattab after himself . | |||
| :My days are now passed on the camel's back (in difficulty) while there were days (of ease) when I enjoyed the company of Jabir's brother Hayyan. | |||
| It is strange that during his lifetime he wished to be released from the caliphate but he confirmed it for the other one after his death . No doubt these two shared its udders strictly among themselves . This one put the Caliphate in a tough enclosure where the utterance was haughty and the touch was rough . Mistakes were in plenty and so also the excuses therefore . One in contact with it was like the rider of an unruly camel. If he pulled up its rein the very nostril would be slit, but if he let it loose he would be thrown. Consequently, by Allah people got involved in recklessness, wickedness, unsteadiness and deviation . | |||
| Nevertheless, I remained patient despite length of period and stiffness of trial, til when he went his way (of death) he put the matter (of Caliphate) in a group and regarded me to be one of them. But good Heavens! what had I to do with this "consultation"? Where was any doubt about me with regard to the first of them that I was now considered akin to these ones ? But I remained low when they were low and flew high when they flew high . One of them turned against me because of his hatred and the other got inclined the other way due to his in-law relationship and this thing and that thing, till the third man of these people stood up with heaving breasts between his dung and fodder . With him his children of his grandfather, also stood up swallowing up Allah's wealth like a camel devouring the foliage of spring, till his rope broke down, his actions finished him and his gluttony brought him down prostrate . | |||
| At that moment, nothing took me by surprise, but the crowd of people rushing to me . It advanced towards me from every side like the mane of the hyena so much so that my shoulders were getting crushed and both the ends of my shoulder garment were torn. They collected around me like the herd of sheep and goats . When I took up the reins of government one party broke away and another turned disobedient while the rest began acting wrongfully as if they had not heard the word of Allah saying: | |||
| :That abode in the hereafter, We assign it for those who intend not to exult themselves in the earth, nor (to make) mischief (therein); and the end is (best) for the pious ones. | |||
| Yes, by Allah, they had heard it and understood it but the world appeared glittering in their eyes and its embellishments seduced them . Behold, by Him who split the grain (to grow) and created living beings, if people had not come to me and supporters had not exhausted the argument and if there had been no pledge of Allah with the learned to the effect that they should not acquiesce in the gluttony of the oppressor and the hunger of the oppressed I would have cast the rope of Caliphate on its own shoulders, and would have given the last one the same treatment as to the first one . Then you would have seen that in my view this world of yours is no better than the sneezing of a goat. | |||
| ==References for the Sermon== | |||
| *] | |||
| *], al-Jamal, 62; (] in kitabal irshad says it has been passed down by many isnads) | |||
| *Ibn Qubbah, al-'Insaf, see Ibn Abi al-Hadid, Sharh, I, 69, see also `Abd al-Zahra', I, 309-310; | |||
| *], Ma`ani, 344; | |||
| *al-Hasan ibn `Abd Allah al-`Askari, from him al-Saduq in Ma`ani; | |||
| *Ibn `Abd Rabbih, al-`Iqd, IV, see `Abd al-Zahra', I, 311-312 and al-Majlisi, Bihar, vol.8, 160; | |||
| *al-Ka`bi (d.319/931) - see Ibn Abi al-Hadid, Sharh, I, 69; | |||
| *]{{disambiguation needed|date=November 2015}}, al-Manaqib, see Bihar, vol.8, 160; and `Abd al-Zahra', I, 310-11; | |||
| * ], al-'Irshad, 135; | |||
| *al-Qadi `Abd al-Jabbar, al-Mughni, see al-Ghadir, VII, 83; | |||
| *al-Saduq, `Ilal, bab al-`illat allati min ajliha taraka Amir al-Mu'minin (A) mujahadat ahl al-khilaf; | |||
| *Abu Sa`id al-'Abi, Nathr al-durar and Nuzhat al-'adib, see `Abd al-Zahra', I, 313; | |||
| *al-Murtada, al-Shafi, 203, 204; | |||
| *al-Haffar, al-'Insaf from him al-Tusi in al-'Amali; | |||
| *al-Tusi, al-'Amali, I, 392; | |||
| *Qutb al-Din Rawandi, Sharh, from Ibn Mardawayh and al-Tabarani; | |||
| *], Tadhkirah, 133; | |||
| *al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 313; | |||
| *al-Murtada, Sharh al-Khutbat al-Shiqshiqiyyah, see A`yan al-Shi`ah, vol. 41, p. 195; | |||
| *al-Tabarsi, al-'Ihtijaj; I, 95; for a detailed discussion of sources, see `Abd al-Zahra', I, 309-324. | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| *http://www.baabeilm.org/nbalagha_main.asp | |||
| *http://www.al-islam.org/nahj/default.asp?url=3.htm | *http://www.al-islam.org/nahj/default.asp?url=3.htm | ||
| *http://www.al-islam.org/guided/8.html | |||
| *http://www.imamalinet.net/en/nahj/khotbeh/kh003.htm | |||
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The sermon of the roar of a camel (Template:Lang-ar-at) is a sermon believed by Shi'a to have been delivered by Ali.
Etymology
The title refers to an incident in which Ali interrupted his sermon to read a letter that had just arrived. After being asked to resume the sermon, Ali replied: "In no way, in no way. It was like the foam on the camel's mouth (shiqshiqa) as it opens its mouth to bellow and then falls silent."
Content
Ali a.s pointed to characters of other caliphs and his intent of becoming caliph. He speaks about the people abused the property of Islamic community.
See also
References
- Francis Joseph Steingass, 1992 & A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary, p. 750 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFFrancis_Joseph_Steingass1992A_Comprehensive_Persian-English_Dictionary (help)
- ^ Lawson, Todd (2014). "Religious Authority & Apocalypse: Tafsīr as Experience in an Early Work of the Bāb". In Mir-Kasimov, Orkhan (ed.). Unity in Diversity: Mysticism, Messianism and the Construction of Religious Authority in Islam. Leiden: Brill. p. 60. ISBN 978-90-04-26280-5.
- Jamal J. Elias et al., p. 38 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFJamal_J._Elias1999Islamthe_University_of_Virginia (help)
- Nahj al-Balagha. Vol. 1:37. As translated in al-Mufid's Kitab al-irshad 213.
- Ali Muhammad As-Sallabi & Darussalam Publishers harvnb error: no target: CITEREFAli_Muhammad_As-SallabiDarussalam_Publishers (help)
- Khomeini, 2013 & Islam & Revolution Hb, p. 204 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFKhomeini2013Islam_&_Revolution_Hb (help)
- Imam Khomeini: Life, Thought and Legacy 2009, p. 154 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFImam_Khomeini:_Life,_Thought_and_Legacy2009 (help)