Final Words on the Sufferings of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.)

As reported in traditions, during the last moments of one’s life, the complete lifespan of a person flashes in front of the dying person.

It is not improbable that after Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) was hit on the head by Ibn Muljim (may the Almighty curse him), he would have remembered all the sufferings and calamities which befell on him right from be’sat till that fateful morning. He would have remembered the stones and wounds he received from Qurasysh in Mecca, the trials of the night of migration, the isolation of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) at Ohad, his loneliness in fighting the disbelievers in Khandaq and Khayber, he would have remembered the last moments of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) in his lap, the passing away of the Prophet (s.a.w.a.), his lonliness after the death of the Prophet (s.a.w.a.), burying him alone, the cries of Janabe Zahra (s.a.), Imam Hasan (a.s.) and Imam Husain (a.s.) on losing their beloved father and grandfather, he would have remembered Saqifa and the snatching away of his right, he would have recollected going door to door reminding the people his successorship, he would have remembered the burning door, the infant martyr – Mohsin, the lashes on Zahra (s.a.), her cries in the day and night, the sedition of the followers of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.), the opposition of the nation to him, the taunts he received, the sufferings he faced, the injustice meted out to him till the strike of Ibn Muljim, and how he endured all these sufferings patiently, all alone, without any helper or friend, and probably after remembering all these sufferings, he would have remarked,

فُزْتُ وَ رَبِّ الْکَعْبَة