The Final Lament of Reyḥānat al-Ḥusayn, Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (PBUH)
Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (PBUH)
Lady Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (p), upon seeing the blessed head of her father said:
"O father! Who stained your beard with your own blood"
Lady Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (p), upon seeing the blessed head of her father said:
"O father! Who was the one who cut your blessed throat?"
Lady Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (p), upon seeing the blessed head of her father said:
"O father! Who made me an orphan at such a young age?"
Lady Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (p), upon seeing the blessed head of her father said:
"O father! After you, who is left that we can hope in"
Lady Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (p), upon seeing the blessed head of her father said:
"O father! Who will care for this orphan girl of yours until she grows up?"
Lady Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (p), upon seeing the blessed head of her father said:
"O father! Who will help the distressed, bareheaded women?"
Lady Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (p), upon seeing the blessed head of her father said:
"O father! Who will defend the widowed and captive women?"
Lady Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (p), upon seeing the blessed head of her father said:
"O father! Who will show mercy to these tearful eyes?"
Lady Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (p), upon seeing the blessed head of her father said:
"O father! Who will care for the orphan girls in foreign lands?"
Lady Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (p), upon seeing the blessed head of her father said:
"O father! Who will care for the disheveled hair of your daughters?"
Lady Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (p), upon seeing the blessed head of her father said:
"O father! After you, I feel utterly lost and hopeless!"
Lady Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (p), upon seeing the blessed head of her father said:
"O father! I wish I could have been sacrificed in your place!"
Lady Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (p), upon seeing the blessed head of her father said:
"O father! I wish I had been blind before this day!"
Lady Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (p), upon seeing
the blessed head of her father said:
"O father! I wish I was buried in the ground
than to see your beard soaked in blood!"
Lady Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (p), upon seeing the blessed head of her father said:
“O Father! After you, I’ve been left alone and abandoned!”
Lady Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (p), upon seeing
the blessed head of her father said:
“Then she placed her lips on her father Imam Husayn's lips”
Lady Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (p), upon seeing the blessed head of her father said:
“She wept intensely until she fainted”
Lady Ruqayyah al-Murtaqa (p), upon seeing the blessed head of her father said:
“When they moved her, they found she had already departed from this world.”
