The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #21 August 2014 | Page 56

"Then shall ye fill your buckets with pure blood and fatal venom? "That day the dealers in falsehood will perish! "And the ones who come to follow shall know the evil which their successors have established! "Then awaken the aversion in yourselves to your world! "Prepare your hearts for calamities, "Adapt yourselves to a sharp sword; an assault of a tyrant enemy, an overwhelming commotion, and atrocity from oppressors who shall leave your booty worthless, and your crops unharvested; "Alas! "What a pity! How will ye be treated? But indeed it hath been obscured from your sight. Shall we then compel you to accept it when ye are averse to it? Swaid Ibn Ghaflah added: "The women informed their men what Sayyida Fatima Zahra (a.s) had said, then a group of men went to her and said: 'O you Mistress of all women (a.s)! Had Abu Al-Hassan (a.s) mentioned this to us before we made the oath, and gave the promise (to Abu Bakr l.a), then surely we would not have exchanged him (Imam Ali a.s) for anyone else!' Sayyida Fatima Zahra (a.s) said: “Leave me alone! Surely there is not an excuse for you after (I have already) spoken to you; and there shall be no command after (I have seen) your shortcomings."