Selected Arabic Poems of the Promised Messiah (as) — Page 245
Footnote from page 10 245 blessings of Allah be upon him, his tomb was made flat like the tomb of the Prophet, his grave was adjacent to the grave of the Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and his head was laid level with the shoulder of the Prophet s as. The last words he spoke were: ‘Let death come to me in a state of being a Muslim and join me with the righteous. ’ ([ al-K a mil fit-T a r i kh, T a r i kh ibn al-Ath i r, Dhikr Waf a t Ab u Bakr] Part II,] p. 176) [Letter of Ab u Bakr ra to the Arab Tribes] It would be appropriate here to quote what Ab u Bakr wrote to the Arab tribes that had apostatized so that the readers may grow in their understanding and appreciation of his steadfastness in promoting the rights that are due to Allah and in defending all that which the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had established. In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. From Ab u Bakr, the Khalifah of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to whomsoever this letter of mine may reach: amongst the commoners or the gentry, those who hold fast to Islam or those who have turned away from it. Peace be upon those who follow guidance, and who after having received guidance have not returned to error and blindness. I praise You, O Allah, who alone are worthy of