traduza o texto completamente e perfeitamente para o portugues Hazrat Yahya (a.s) agreed to change his dress. The mother cooked lentils for him. He ate his fill and slept. He slept so long that the time for the
obligatory prayer was past. A voice then called, “O Yahya (a.s)! You like
this abode more than ours! You want a better neighbor than Us?”
Yahya (a.s) rose from his sleep suddenly and looked towards the sky.
He said, O Creator! I don’t consider any place more than the Bayt al
Muqdis!” Then he asked his mother to give to him the dress of hair, wore
it and prepared to go to Bayt al Muqdis. He didn’t stop, however much
his mother persuaded him not to go.
Hazrat Zakaria (a.s) told to the mother of Yahya (a.s), “He will not
stop with your persuasion! Let him go. The curtain has been removed
from his heart! The comforts of this world are nothing for him!”
Hazrat Yahya (a.s) reached the Bayt al Muqdis and got busy in his
prayers!
264THE PRAYER OF THE CHIEF OF IMAMS HAZRAT ALI
Ibne Babawiyah has quoted from Urwa bin Zubair that one day they
were assembled in the Prophet (a.s)’s Mosque. The topic of discussion
was the prayers of the people of Badr and Baiath e Ridhwan. Abu Darda
said: Gentlemen! I am telling about an august personality who had less
worldly wealth than other Companions of the Prophet (a.s) but was the
most superior in piety and prayer. The gathering wondered who could
this personage be? Abu Darda then said, “It was Ali ibne Abi Talib (a.s)!”
Hearing this they turned away their faces! From the group of Ansar a
person said, “Why did you broach a discussion that no one here likes?”
Abu Darda said, “I have said what I had seen! One night I went to the
oasis of Bani Najjar. There I heard that behind the trees someone was
saying prayer in a tone full of pathos,’ O Allah! You are so Merciful that
despite seeing the innumerable sins of your creatures You have bestowed on them uncountable Blessings! We humans commit such unpardonable misdeeds but You don’t shame us! O Allah! The entire life was
spent in difficulties. Our List of Deeds
(Nama e Aamaal) is predominantly filled with mention of the sins committed! Now we seek Deliverance from You! We don’t seek anything
other than Your Pleasure!’ Hearing this I moved closer. I noticed that it
was Ali Ibne abi Talib (a.s). I kept watching his supplication. After the
supplication he offered several genuflections(Rakaat) of prayer. He then
continued his beseeching to Allah,
‘When I look at Your Great Deliverance, the sins of humans appear
trivial to me! When I look at Your Stringent Retribution I feel that the
men have committed gravest of sins! Oh! We humans have forgotten lot
of sins committed by us. But You have the exact account of everyone’s
deeds! With Your Orders the angels would review them! What will be
the position of men who will not have the assistance of their next of kin,
they will not be able to hear the pleadings of these men! What severe fire
will be there that it would burn the very entrails of the persons! In the
Hell it would be like a river of fire!’ Saying this Hazrat Ali (a.s) cried
with intensity and then his voice choked. I thought that it was late night
and he might have fallen asleep. When it was almost time for the Fajr
prayer I went near him to wake him up for the prayer. I called him several times but didn’t get any reply. I touched him and found his body as
motionless as the dry timber. Reciting Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajeoon I
rushed to Hazrat Ali (a.s)’s house. I told Hazrat Fatima (a.s) about her
husband’s condition. She said, ‘O Abu Darda! Don’t be astonished! Abul
265Hassan (a.s) will be in such a state many a time when he supplicates to
Allah!’ I took some water to where Hazrat Ali (a.s) was lying and revived him with a few splashes of the water. He said, ‘O Abu Darda! Why
are you worried and crying?’ I said,’ I worried seeing your condition!’
He said,’ What will be your condition if you see the angels take you for
accounting of your deeds in front of Allah and surrounded on all sides
by the angels with ferocious faces. No friend will come near you at that
time. The people of the Firmament will take pity on you! O Abu Darda!
Only the Allah’s favored persons will have pity on you!’ Abu Darda
says, “By Allah! I never saw any other Companion of the Prophet so intense in prayer and fearful of Allah!”