The Sermon of ‘Abbās ibn ‘Alī on the roof of al-Ka’ba
“All praise is for Allāh Who honoured this house (al-Ka’ba) because of his (Imām al-Ḥusayn) father; who was a house yesterday, now a qibla.
O Kāfir و Fājir, will you block the way to the house for (al-imām al barara) the righteous Imām? Who is more worthy of it than all other creations? And who is closest to it?
If it was not for the wisdom of Allāh, the Divine mystery and the Divine test, then surely, the house would have walked towards him and while the people recieves al-Ḥajar (al-Aswad), al-ḥajar receive his hands.
And if the will of my mawlā had not been formed from the will of ar-raḥmān, I would have fall upon you like an angry falcon attacking flying birds.
Are you deceiving a people who play with death in childhood, so how they will be in their manhood? I ransomed lion to the master of wilderness, not animals.
Ponder and look at the one who drinks wine than one who is Sahib e ḥauẓi و al-kawthar, and whose house witnessed al waḥy و al-qu’rān, and than whose house has lahw (diversions) و ad-dans (impurity) and the in whose house has al-taṭhīr (purification) و āyāt (signs)?
And you have fallen into the same mistake of al-quraysh because they wanted to kill Rasūl’Allāh ṣallā -llāhu ʿalayhi wa-ʾālihī and you want to kill the son of your Prophet’s daughter?
And it was not possible for them as long as ‘Amīr al-Mu’minīn was alive, how could you kill Abā ‘abdillāh al-ḥusyan as long as I live, a descendant?
Come and I will tell you about his path, dare to kill me! Strike my neck, so that your desire may be acheived, and Allāh reach to your goals. They have wasted your buildings and children, May Allāh’s curse be upon you and your ancestors.”
