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Alam Al Huda

Introduction: Fatima Zahra (s.a.) in the Holy Quran

The sun has never shone on a lady more meritorious and virtuous than the chief of the ladies of the world, the one who is titled ‘the mother of her father’, the one who is revered in the Heavens and the Earth, the one in whose respect the Prophet of Islam always stood up, the one in whose progeny Allah placed Imamat and yet sadly she is the same lady who is among the five most crying ones on the earth, she is the one who was deserted by the companions of her noble father, she is the one who said, if the calamities which befell on me would fall on day it would turn into night, she is the honest one who was falsified, she is the trustworthy who was denied her right, she is the patient one who lost her endurance, she is the one who passed away from this world aggrieved and sorrowful and she is the only daughter of the Prophet of Islam, concerning whom the Prophet of Islam (s.a.w.a.) repeatedly said – ‘She is a part of me, one who troubles her, troubles me’1 she is Lady Fatima Zahra (s.a.).

It is impossible to comprehend her status or acquire her recognition. Her merits have no limits, her greatness has no end and she has no equal or parallel. She is the one about whom the Holy Quran says, و ما ادراک ما لیلة القدر . As per Tafsir of Ahle Bait (a.s.) لیل refers to Janabe Fatima Zahra (s.a.)2 and the Holy Quran accounces her greatness by saying, you will not be able to comprehend her!3

She is the one who was revered by her father, the Prophet of Islam (s.a.w.a.), by her husband who is Ameerul Momineen (a.s.), by her two sons (a.s.) who are the chief of the youth of Paradise, by the Imams (a.s.) from the progeny of Imam Husain (a.s.), who are the minarets of guidance.

In this treatise, we will glance through few verses of the Holy Quran which are related to this noble lady (s.a.). It is needless to say that these are just few verses which we are presenting here and there are numerous other verses where the Holy Quran has glorified her.

But first we invoke Allah, the Almighty to curse her enemies and curse all those who oppressed her and curse all those who usurped and denied her right and we pray to Allah, the Almighty that He increases His punishment for all of them at this very instance and gives them a severe punishment which He has not given to anyone before and also pray to Allah, the Almighty at the same time that He protects us and protects our heart from sympathy for these wretched creations, for even an iota of sympathy for them will take us away from the straight path of guidance and mercy of Allah.4

We pray to Janabe Fatima Zahra (s.a.) to guide us to the straight path and give us the good fortune to serve her grandson Hazrat Hujjat ibn al Hasan al Askari (a.t.f.s.) with sincerity and passion, in a manner which will bring a smile on her face.

Footnotes

Section titled “Footnotes”

  1. Behaar al-Anwaar, Vol. 28, Page 323 ↩

  2. Tafsir Furat al-Kufi, Page 581, Al-Burhan fi Tafsir al-Qur’an, Vol. 5, Page 714, Behaar al-Anwaar, Vol. 43, page 65 ↩

  3. as is the right to comprehend her ↩

  4. وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَ مُحَمَّداً بِالْحَقِّ لَوْ أَنَ‏ جَبْرَئِيلَ‏ وَ مِيكَائِيلَ‏ كَانَ فِي قَلْبَيْهِمَا شَيْ‏ءٌ لَأَكَبَّهُمَا اللَّهُ فِي النَّارِ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمَا - Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) - By the one who raised Mohammed (s.a.w.a.) with truth, if Mikaeel (a.s.) and Jibraeel (a.s.) had in their hearts even a thing (love of enemies) Allah would throw them in hell on their faces - Behaar Al-Anwaar, vol. 45, p. 339, H. 5 ↩