The Outset of Dissension in Islam — Page 136
136 H A D RAT MIRZA BASHIR-UD-DIN MAHMUD AHMAD they provide a deep understanding of their heartfelt feelings at the time. Hadrat Im a m H asan ra would recite the following couplet and attack the rebels: ِ ْحَتّٰی اَسِیْر َ اِلی ٰ طَمَار ِ شَمَام لَا دِیْنُھُم ْ دِیْنِی وَلَا اَنَا مِنْھُم “Their faith is not my faith nor do I have any relation with them; I shall fight them until I reach the summit of mount Sham a m. ” 116 Sham a m is a mountain in Arabia which serves as a similitude for conquering heights and the achievement of one’s goal. Hadrat Im a m H asan ra meant to say that he would continue to fight the rebels until he attained his objective and would not make peace with them, because the disagreement between both parties was not a trivial one, whereby [the believers] could develop a relationship with them, without having conquered them. These were the thoughts that were billowing in the heart of this prince of peace. Let us now take the rajaz of the son of T al h ah ra , who says: وَرَد َّ اَحْزَابا عَلی ٰ رَغْم ِ مَعَد اَنَا ابْن ُ مَن ْ حَامی ٰ عَلَیْه ِ بِاُحَد “I am the son of he who protected the Holy Prophet sa on the day of U h ad and defeated the Arabs despite their full efforts. ” In other words, this day was also similar to the day of U h ad; just as his father had offered his hand to be pierced with arrows but 116. T a r i khu t-T abar i , vol. 5, p. 179, Dhikrul-Khabari ‘ An Qatlih i Wa Kaifa Qutila, Published by D a rul-Fikr, Beirut, 2002 edition