al mahasin wal masawi al bayhaqi

So when He bestowed favor upon you with pardon and relaxed your chokehold after it tightened upon you and you choked on your saliva, do not sit with us in the seat of the people of gratitude, but rather you equal us and compete with us while we are among those whom no disgrace overtakes and no shame attaches!

and relaxed your chokehold after it tightened upon you and you choked on your saliva, do not sit with us in the seat of the people of gratitude, but rather you equal us and compete with us while we are among those whom no disgrace overtakes and no shame attaches!

after it tightened upon you and you choked on your saliva, do not sit with us in the seat of the people of gratitude, but rather you equal us and compete with us while we are among those whom no disgrace overtakes and no shame attaches!

and you choked on your saliva, do not sit with us in the seat of the people of gratitude, but rather you equal us and compete with us while we are among those whom no disgrace overtakes and no shame attaches!

do not sit with us in the seat of the people of gratitude, but rather you equal us and compete with us while we are among those whom no disgrace overtakes and no shame attaches!

but rather you equal us and compete with us while we are among those whom no disgrace overtakes and no shame attaches!

and we are among those whom no disgrace overtakes and no shame attaches!

Then he turned to Ziyad and said: And what are you, O Ziyad, and Quraysh? I do not recognize for you therein a sound origin, nor a growing branch, nor an established ancient lineage, nor a noble plant.

And what are you, O Ziyad, and Quraysh? I do not recognize for you therein a sound origin, nor a growing branch, nor an established ancient lineage, nor a noble plant.

I do not recognize for you therein a sound origin, nor a growing branch, nor an established ancient lineage, nor a noble plant.

nor a growing branch, nor an established ancient lineage, nor a noble plant.

nor an established ancient lineage, nor a noble plant.

nor a noble plant.

Rather, your mother was an adulteress shared among the men of Quraysh and the dissolute of the Arabs. When she gave birth, the Arabs did not know a father for you, so this one claimed you—meaning Muawiyah—after the death of his father.

When she gave birth, the Arabs did not know a father for you, so this one claimed you—meaning Muawiyah—after the death of his father.

so this one claimed you—meaning Muawiyah—after the death of his father.

What boasting do you have? Sumayyah suffices you, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, suffices us, and my father Ali ibn Abi Talib, the master of the believers who did not turn back on his heels, and my uncle Hamza, the master of the martyrs, and Ja'far the flyer, and I and my brother are the masters of the youths of the people of Paradise!

Sumayyah suffices you, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, suffices us, and my father Ali ibn Abi Talib, the master of the believers who did not turn back on his heels, and my uncle Hamza, the master of the martyrs, and Ja'far the flyer, and I and my brother are the masters of the youths of the people of Paradise!

and my father Ali ibn Abi Talib, the master of the believers who did not turn back on his heels, and my uncle Hamza, the master of the martyrs, and Ja'far the flyer, and I and my brother are the masters of the youths of the people of Paradise!

and my uncle Hamza, the master of the martyrs, and Ja'far the flyer, and I and my brother are the masters of the youths of the people of Paradise!

and Ja'far the flyer, and I and my brother are the masters of the youths of the people of Paradise!

and I and my brother are the masters of the youths of the people of Paradise!

Then he turned to Ibn Abbas and said: O cousin, they are merely weak birds upon which a falcon swooped.

O cousin, they are merely weak birds upon which a falcon swooped.

Ibn Abbas wanted to speak, but Muawiyah adjured him to stop, so he stopped. Then they both left.

and Muawiyah adjured him to stop, so he stopped.

Then they both left.

Muawiyah said: Amr spoke well were it not that his argument was refuted, and Marwan spoke well were it not that he retreated.

and Marwan spoke well were it not that he retreated.

Then he turned to Ziyad and said: What prompted you to debate him?

What prompted you to debate him?

You were nothing but like the partridge in the palm of the falcon.

Amr said: Why did you not shoot from behind us?

Muawiyah said: Then I would have been your partner in ignorance.

Shall I boast against a man whose grandfather is the Messenger of Allah—and he is the master of those who passed and those who remain—and his mother is Fatimah al-Zahra, the mistress of the women of the worlds?

and he is the master of those who passed and those who remain—and his mother is Fatimah al-Zahra, the mistress of the women of the worlds?

and his mother is Fatimah al-Zahra, the mistress of the women of the worlds?

Then he said to Amr: By Allah, if the people of Ash-Sham were to hear of it, it would indeed be the sheer disgrace.

By Allah, if the people of Ash-Sham were to hear of it, it would indeed be the sheer disgrace.

Amr said: He has indeed spared you, but he ground Marwan like the grinding of the handmill with its lower stone, and trampled him with the trampling of the mature camel and the tick with his hoof.

but he ground Marwan like the grinding of the handmill with its lower stone, and trampled him with the trampling of the mature camel and the tick with his hoof.

and trampled him with the trampling of the mature camel and the tick with his hoof.

Ziyad said: By Allah, he has indeed done so, but Muawiyah refuses anything other than instigating trouble between us and them.

but Muawiyah refuses anything other than instigating trouble between us and them.

Assuredly, by Allah, I will not witness a gathering where they two are present without being with them against whoever boasts against them.

Then Ibn Abbas was alone with Al-Hasan, kissed him between his eyes, and said: I ransom you, O cousin, by Allah, your sea never ceased to surge and you kept charging until you healed me of the sons of adulteresses.

and kissed him between his eyes, and said: I ransom you, O cousin, by Allah, your sea never ceased to surge and you kept charging until you healed me of the sons of adulteresses.

I ransom you, O cousin, by Allah, your sea never ceased to surge and you kept charging until you healed me of the sons of adulteresses.

while you kept charging until you healed me of the sons of adulteresses.

Then Al-Hasan, may Allah be pleased with him, was absent for days, then returned until he entered upon Muawiyah while Abdullah ibn al-Zubair was with him.

then returned until he entered upon Muawiyah while Abdullah ibn al-Zubair was with him.

Muawiyah said: O Abu Muhammad, I think you are tired and exhausted, so go to the house and rest yourself therein.

so go to the house and rest yourself therein.

Al-Hasan stood up, and when he went out, Muawiyah said to Abdullah ibn al-Zubair: If you were to boast against Al-Hasan, for you are the son of the disciple of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the son of his aunt, and for your father in Islam there is an ample share.

and when he went out, Muawiyah said to Abdullah ibn al-Zubair: If you were to boast against Al-Hasan, for you are the son of the disciple of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the son of his aunt, and for your father in Islam there is an ample share.

If you were to boast against Al-Hasan, for you are the son of the disciple of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the son of his aunt, and for your father in Islam there is an ample share.

and the son of his aunt, and for your father in Islam there is an ample share.

Ibn al-Zubair said: I am up for it! So he went back searching his arguments all night.

So he went back searching his arguments all night.

When morning came, he entered upon Muawiyah, and Al-Hasan came. Muawiyah greeted him and asked him about his overnight stay.

and Al-Hasan came. Muawiyah greeted him and asked him about his overnight stay.

He said: The best overnight stay and the noblest abundant resting place.

When he settled in his gathering, Ibn al-Zubair said: Were you not a coward in war, un-bold, you would not have surrendered the command to Muawiyah, and you would not have needed to pierce through the plains and cross the deserts seeking his favor and standing at his door.

Were it not that you were a coward in war, un-bold, you would not have surrendered the command to Muawiyah, and you would not have needed to pierce through the plains and cross the deserts seeking his favor and standing at his door.

you would not have surrendered the command to Muawiyah, and you would not have needed to pierce through the plains and cross the deserts seeking his favor and standing at his door.

and you would not have needed to pierce through the plains and cross the deserts seeking his favor and standing at his door.

seeking his favor and standing at his door.

And you were worthy not to do that while you are the son of Ali in his might and bravery.

while you are the son of Ali in his might and bravery.

So I do not know what drove you to that: a weak opinion or a feeble disposition?

a weak opinion or a feeble disposition?

And I do not think you have an exit from these two traits.

As for me, by Allah, if there had gathered for me what gathered for you, you would have known that I am the son of Al-Zubair and that I do not retreat from heroes.

you would have known that I am the son of Al-Zubair and that I do not retreat from heroes.

and that I do not retreat from heroes.

And how could I not be thus while my grandmother is Safiyyah bint Abdul Muttalib, and my father is Al-Zubair, the disciple of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the most stern of people in might and the noblest of them in lineage during the Jahiliyyah, and the most obedient of them to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?

while my grandmother is Safiyyah bint Abdul Muttalib, and my father is Al-Zubair, the disciple of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the most stern of people in might and the noblest of them in lineage during the Jahiliyyah, and the most obedient of them to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?

and my father is Al-Zubair, the disciple of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the most stern of people in might and the noblest of them in lineage during the Jahiliyyah, and the most obedient of them to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?

and the most stern of people in might and the noblest of them in lineage during the Jahiliyyah, and the most obedient of them to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?

and the most obedient of them to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?

Al-Hasan turned to him and said: As for you, by Allah, were it not that the Banu Umayyah attribute me to inability in speech, I would have refrained from you out of disregard, but I will clarify that to you so that you may know that I am neither stuttering nor dull of tongue.

As for you, by Allah, were it not that the Banu Umayyah attribute me to inability in speech, I would have refrained from you out of disregard, but I will clarify that to you so that you may know that I am neither stuttering nor dull of tongue.

I would have refrained from you out of disregard, but I will clarify that to you so that you may know that I am neither stuttering nor dull of tongue.

but I will clarify that to you so that you may know that I am neither stuttering nor dull of tongue.

Do you taunt me and boast against me while your grandfather had no house in the Jahiliyyah nor any honor, until my grandmother Safiyyah bint Abdul Muttalib married him?

And there was not for your grandfather a house in the Jahiliyyah nor any honor, until my grandmother Safiyyah bint Abdul Muttalib married him?

until my grandmother Safiyyah bint Abdul Muttalib married him so he towered over all the Arabs thereby and gained nobility through her place.

so he towered over all the Arabs thereby and gained nobility through her place.

How then do you boast against one who is the central bead of the necklace and the masters among the nobles?

and the masters among the nobles?

We are the noblest people on earth in origin; for us is the piercing honor and the prevailing generosity.

for us is the piercing honor and the prevailing generosity.

Then you claim that I surrendered the command to Muawiyah. How could that be—woe to you—when I am the son of the bravest of the Arabs and Fatimah, the mistress of the women of the worlds and the best of handmaidens, bore me?

How could that be—woe to you—when I am the son of the bravest of the Arabs and Fatimah, the mistress of the women of the worlds and the best of handmaidens, bore me?

while I am the son of the bravest of the Arabs and Fatimah, the mistress of the women of the worlds and the best of handmaidens, bore me?

and Fatimah, the mistress of the women of the worlds and the best of handmaidens, bore me?

I did not do that—woe to you—out of cowardice nor weakness, but someone like you pledged allegiance to me while he sought me with kindness and coaxed me with affection.

someone like you pledged allegiance to me while he sought me with kindness and coaxed me with affection.

And I did not trust in his support because you are a household of betrayal.

And how could it not be as I say, when your father pledged allegiance to the Commander of the Faithful, then broke his pledge, turned back on his heels, and snatched away a cushion from the cushions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to mislead the people thereby?

when your father pledged allegiance to the Commander of the Faithful, then broke his pledge, turned back on his heels, and snatched away a cushion from the cushions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to mislead the people thereby?

then broke his pledge, turned back on his heels, and snatched away a cushion from the cushions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to mislead the people thereby?

and snatched away a cushion from the cushions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to mislead the people thereby?

to mislead the people thereby?

Then when he advanced toward the reins and saw the gleam of the spearheads, he was killed abandoned with no helper, and you were brought as a captive trampled by the champions with their hooves and by the horses with their hoofs.

and saw the gleam of the spearheads, he was killed abandoned with no helper, and you were brought as a captive trampled by the champions with their hooves and by the horses with their hoofs.

he was killed abandoned with no helper, and you were brought as a captive trampled by the champions with their hooves and by the horses with their hoofs.

and you were brought as a captive trampled by the champions with their hooves and by the horses with their hoofs.

trampled by the champions with their hooves and by the horses with their hoofs.

and by the horses with their hoofs.

and Al-Ashtar mounted you, so you choked on your saliva and squatted on your heels like a dog when the fierce lionesses surround it?

so you choked on your saliva and squatted on your heels like a dog when the fierce lionesses surround it?

and squatted on your heels like a dog when the fierce lionesses surround it?

So we are