Sky gallery of Ghadir

 

Once upon a time I was created … I am “Sky”. From the beginning, I understood that my creation and the creation of the entire existence were for the love of Mohammad and his AhlulBayt (SBUT) …

 

Since that first moment, I eagerly counted the seconds … yearning to see God's most beloved Mohammad and his AhlulBayt (SBUT) …

 

Days passed, and nights too ...

 

I watched every one of God's Prophets and their Successors (SBUT) on earth, one after the other …

 

I was astonished by what some dark-hearted people did to them. How could they?!!!

 

The kindest and most beautiful creations of God were treated as if they were the worst!!! Ahhhhh!!!

 

But when Mohammad (SBUH&HA) was born, I thought that this time would be different …

 

I hoped that people may have learned from all the sad mistakes humankind had made throughout history … but …

 

Every time I saw Mohammad (SBUH&HA) walking under my sun, quickly I placed a cloud in front of the sun so that the most beloved by God would not be bothered by the heat of my sun …

 

Every time I saw him praying under the moonlight, I placed the silver lanterns of my stars closer so that I could see his most beautiful face better and clearer …

 

I could see the angels line up behind him to pray with him …

 

Ah! Only if I could stop the time, I would have stopped it right then!

 

I thought people would make wings from his Heavenly Knowledge and fly to Heavens … Instead I watched them breaking his heart over and over … and the kindest man of history, benevolently asked God to forgive them!!!

 

Some times I roared. Other times I just cried and watched …

 

Many times I turned red from anger and wanted to explode … but I had permission not, from the One and Only Creator …

 

Days passed, and nights too ...

 

The Caravan of love was moving from Medina to Mecca … I saw Mohammad (SBUH&HA) with the most beautiful smile, on his camel …

 

I noticed that familiar light in the Prophet's eyes … that light always meant that Fatimah (SBUT), his beloved daughter, was with him … but, where was ‘Ali (SBUH)?!!!

 

Then … I saw ‘Ali (SBUH) … he was coming with 12 thousand people from Yemen to join the pilgrims …

 

I recognize that especial worry and eagerness on ‘Ali's (SBUH) beautiful face … every time he was away from Mohammad, (SBUH&HA) His face had the same anxious eagerness ...

 

I could almost hear Mohammad's(SBUH&HA)  heartbeat, when he was circumambulating the Ka'bah …

 

The angels were all over Mecca … they were trying to get closer to Mohammad and Fatimah (SBUT) … they knew that they were the most beloved by Allah.

 

Then I saw ‘Ali arriving in Mecca …

 

I became so bright when I watched the joy on Mohammad's and ‘Ali's (SBUT) faces when they met again …

 

I, the Sky- as great as I am- could never fit Mohammad's and ‘Ali's (SBUT) love for one another and for Allah, inside me.

 

Those two brothers, Mohammad and ‘Ali (SBUT), like two kind fathers patiently guided people through Hajj … I wished that I was a human so that I could get closer to them …

 

Then, I heard Mohammad (SBUH&HA) telling people that he was going to leave them two precious reminders, the Book of Allah and his Ahl al-Bayt. Mohammad (SBUH&HA) said that he was not going to be among them much longer …

 

He emphasized over and over that after him, they had ‘Ali to turn to ...

 

I was chilled with sorrow and watched the tears which were falling from the sad eyes of Mohammad's true disciples …

 

If I had a heart, it would have certainly stopped beating …

 

How could I be, without watching Mohammad's (SBUH&HA) kind face ?!

 

It was as if ‘Ali (SBUH) felt my feeling, he raised his loving face and looked at me with his tearful eyes and I suddenly remembered! I could rely on ‘Ali …

 

Days passed, and nights too ...

 

I saw Over one hundred thousand people leaving Mecca … there was no one left in Mecca except those who were unable to travel …

 

I watched Mohammad (SBUH&HA) staring at my horizon. As if, the entire existence was inside his beautiful eyes …

 

What was he thinking about?!

 

Then, I saw ‘Ali (SBUH) … he had the same look in his eyes. I knew something was going to happen, something very very important …

 

I noticed the Revelation Angel going down …

 

Precious sweat drops appeared on Mohammad's (SBUH&HA) rosy face and he was in the state of receiving Heavenly Revelation … I had seen him like that many times before …

 

The Prophet stopped and ‘Ali (SBUT) and the people around the Prophet could easily hear his Heavenly melody and so could I …

 

The Prophet (SBUH&HA) repeated what the Revelation Angel had brought from Allah:

 

O' the Messenger! Deliver what has been sent to you from your Lord, and if you do it not, then you have not delivered His Messengership. And Allah shall protect you from the people; surely Allah does not guide the disbelieving people.

 

 [Qur’an, Surah Maa'edah (5), Verse 67]

 

I heard The Prophet (SBUH&HA) ordering every one to stop by the Pond of Ghadir in the middle of the Johfah desert …

 

My sun was so hot and bright, I wanted to turn the heat down but I had permission not, from the Lord!

 

Mohammad (SBUH&HA)- the kindest father of  history- ordered every one to stop under my hot sun … I thought that itself was an indication that Allah had commanded him to do something very very important, something vital … because if it was not so, the kind Prophet would have never ordered the people to stop under my burning sun …

 

Then, the Heavenly melody of Adhaan filled the burning air … after the Noon Prayer, I heard the Prophet (SBUH&HA) say many things in his long and beautiful Sermon …

 

He praised Allah the Almighty in the most beautiful manner … I was worshiping the Creator by hearing his celestial words …

 

He said again that if humankind would follow Qur'an and his AhlulBayt (SBUT) together, they would never ever lose the Right Path of Allah, after him … He said that he himself was the Right Path, and after him ‘Ali, and after ‘Ali, ‘Ali's and Fatimah's Chosen descendants throughout the ages were the Right Path …

 

I watched him raising ‘Ali's hand and saying:

 

Whomever I have been his/her lord, then this ‘Ali is his/her lord ...

 

The Prophet (SBUH&HA) said what I had witnessed, he said that the Revelation Angel came down 3 times and told him that if he did not convey that message then the whole Messengership was not delivered …

 

I could read in Mohammad's (SBUH&HA) loving face that he was worried … He knew what I had been observing … he knew that some people were just pretending to be Muslims and they had very dark hearts …

 

He knew about all the things they were going to do to his beloved brother ‘Ali and his darling daughter Fatimah (SBUT) and ...

 

I could see some of those dark-hearted hypocrites standing in a corner, with their faces turned as dark as their hearts from anger and jealousy … and they were planning the darkest plans humankind  had ever planned!!!

 

The Prophet was saying that Allah had chosen ‘Ali (SBUT) as his Successor ... then the Prophet recited God's Words:

 

… This day have I [Allah] perfected for you your religion and completed My favor on you and I am pleased and chosen for you al-Islam as a Religion …

 

[Qur’an, Surah Maa'edah (5), Verse 3]

 

... The Prophet said that ‘Ali (SBUT) was the Imam after him, and that the last Imam would be from them too …

 

He said that the last Imam, Imam Mahdi (SBUH) would be victorious over all oppressors and transgressors ...

 

Then I heard the Prophet asking every one to convey the message of Ghadir to those who were not present, to those who were not yet born, to everyone until eternity …

 

The Holy Prophet presented more details for every thing he said …

 

Then he again asked every one to only call ‘Ali and no one else but ‘Ali, with the Heavenly bestowed title of AmirulMo'menin …

 

I saw Mohammad (SBUH&HA) requesting every one to repeat after him and say:

 

We hear and we obey; O' our Lord !we seek Your forgiveness and towards You, is the Way … All Praise belong to Allah Who has Guided us to this ; and Never could we have found Guidance had it not been for the Guidance of Allah

...

 

 Then the Prophet asked every man to shake his and ‘Ali's hands, and every woman to place her hand in a water container which Ali had  his hand in it, to pledge their loyalty and allegiance …

 

I watched this process taking 3 days … as if the Prophet wanted to make sure, every one would remember the message of Ghadir …

 

I was so shocked  when I saw those who where conspiring against ‘Ali, were the first one's who shook ‘Ali's (SBUH) hand and congratulated him!!!

 

I could not believe the darkness of their hearts!!!

 

When Mohammad was talking about Mahdi (SBUT), I could see a light of hope shining in his beautiful eyes …

 

I had seen the same light in the eyes of every Prophet and Successor before him, when they talked about the one and only Anticipated Saviour …

 

I found out then that Mahdi would be as beautiful and wonderful as Mohammad and ‘Ali (SBUT) …

 

I knew that I had to keep my blue eyes open to see Mahdi (SBUH) …

 

I was overwhelmed with happiness when I heard that some day Mohammad's AhlulBayt (SBUT) would rule and guide the entire earth to the Right Path …

 

But after Ghadir so many dark days passed, and nights too …

 

Every time I wanted to fall apart I saw the Heavenly face of the Imam of each time (SBUT) and I remembered again that Mahdi (SBUH) would come, and waited sorrowful but hopeful …

 

O the Merciful Allah! It was so hard watching every Imam (SBUT) being martyred … why were those people so dark-hearted? … Ahhhhh! Watching ‘Aashoora was so …

 

Then Mahdi (SBUH) was born and I thought that was the end of all pains, all sorrows …

 

But still …

 

Since his Occultation, I have been looking at his beautiful face here and there and remembering his fathers (SBUT) and crying with him …

 

Now I  am still counting the seconds ...

 

I am still anticipating, what about you?