Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 106
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 106 that very day. On this occasion, H ass a n bin Th a bit wrote an elegy, a couplet of which reads: ٗ ُنْت َ السَّوَاد َ لِنَاظِرِی ْ فَعَمِي ْ عَلَیْك َ النَّاظِر ك ٗ ُنْت َ السَّوَاد َ لِنَاظِرِی ْ فَعَمِي ْ عَلَیْك َ النَّاظِر ك ٗ ذِر ْك َ كُنْت ُ اُحَا ی َمُت ْ فَعَلَ ی مَن ْ شَاء َ بَعْدَك َ فَلْ ْك َ كُنْت ُ اُحَا ی َمُت ْ فَعَلَ ی مَن ْ شَاء َ بَعْدَك َ فَلْ You were the pupil of my eye; Your death has left me blind. Now, after you, I do not care whosoever dies; I feared only your death. Since the verse mentioned above had stated that all earlier Prophets had died, H ass a n also proclaimed that now no one’s death was of any cause for concern. Know for certain that it was extremely hard for the Companions ra to accept that any other [Prophet] should be alive while the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had died, and they could not bear any such thought. In this way, this was the first consensus that took place in the world upon the death of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and within it was also fully settled the issue of the death of the Messiah. I emphasize this over and over again because this argu- ment is a very powerful argument that proves the death of the Messiah. The death of the Holy Prophet, may peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him, was no ordinary and minor thing that would not have shocked the Companions ra. The death of a village headman, neighbour, or noble relative causes grief in the family, neighbourhood, and village. So then, if that Prophet were to die, who came for the entire world and had come as a mercy for all peoples as stated in the Holy Quran: 1 َو ۤاَم َكٰنْلَسْرَا اَّلِا ًةَمْحَر َنْيِمَلٰعْلِّل َو ۤاَم َكٰنْلَسْرَا اَّلِا ًةَمْحَر َنْيِمَلٰعْلِّل 1. S u rah al-Anbiy a ’, 21:108 [Publisher]