115. The International Martyr

115. ﺷﻬﯿﺪ ﺑﯿﻦ اﻟﻤﻠﻞ

واﻋﻆ ﺷـﻬﯿﺮ و ﺧﻄﯿﺐ ﺑﯽ ﻧﻈﯿﺮ آذرﺑﺎﯾﺠﺎن، ﻣﺮﺣﻮم ﻣﯿﺮزا ﺣﺴﻦ ﻧﺎﺻﺮزاده، ﻣﺘﻮﻓﺎي 11 ﺷﻮال 1400 ﻗﻤﺮي، ﺑﺮاﺑﺮ 31/5/59 ﺷﻤﺴﯽ، ﺑﺮ ﻓﺮاز ﻣﻨﺒﺮ ﻧﻘﻞ ﻓﺮﻣﻮد:

روز ﻋﺎﺷﻮراﯾﯽ ﺑﻪ ﻣﻨﺰل ﯾﮏ ﺧﺎﻧﻮاده ﻣﺴﯿﺤﯽ دﻋﻮت ﺷﺪم. وﻗﺘﯽ وارد ﻣﺠﻠﺲ

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ﺷـﺪم، دﯾـﺪم ﺻﺪﻫﺎ ﺑﺎﻧﻮي ﻣﺴـﯿﺤﯽ در ﻣﺠﻠﺲ ﺣﻀﻮر دارﻧﺪ و ﻗﻨﺪاﻗﻪ ي ﺑﭽﻪ ي ﺷـﯿﺮﺧﻮاره اي را در وﺳﻂ ﻣﺠﻠﺲ ﮔﺬاﺷـﺘﻪ اﻧﺪ و اﯾﻦ ﻣﺠﻠﺲ ﺑﺮاي ﺷﻔﺎي آن ﺑﭽّﻪ ﺑﺮﮔﺰار ﺷﺪه اﺳﺖ ﮐﻪ دﮐﺘﺮﻫﺎ ﺟﻮاب ﮐﺮده اﻧﺪ.

ﻣﻘـﺪاري از آﯾـﺎت و اﺣـﺎدﯾﺚ و ﻣﺒﺎﺣﺚ اﺧﻼﻗﯽ ﻣﻄﺮح ﮐﺮدم، ﻫﻨﮕﺎﻣﯽ ﮐﻪ وﻗﺖ روﺿﻪ ﺷـﺪ، ﺑﺎ ﺧﻮد ﻓﮑﺮ ﮐﺮدم ﺑﺮاي اﯾﻦ اﺟﺘﻤﺎع ﻣﺴـﯿﺤﯿﺎن ﭼﻪ روﺿﻪ اي ﺑﺨﻮاﻧﻢ؟ ﯾﺎدم آﻣﺪ ﮐﻪ ﻣﺎ ﯾﮏ ﺷـﻬﯿﺪ ﺑﯿﻦ اﻟﻤﻠﻞ دارﯾﻢ و او ﺣﻀﺮت ﻋﻠﯽ اﺻﻐﺮ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم اﺳﺖ، زﯾﺮا در ﻫﯿﭻ دﯾﻦ و آﯾﯿﻨﯽ ﺑﭽّﻪ ي ﺷﯿﺮﺧﻮاره ﻣﻘﺼّﺮ ﻧﻤﯽ ﺑﺎﺷﺪ.

روﺿﻪ ي ﺣﻀﺮت ﻋﻠﯽ اﺻﻐﺮ ﺧﻮاﻧﺪم، ﺑﺴﯿﺎر ﮔﺮﯾﺴﺘﻨﺪ و ﻣﺠﻠﺲ ﺑﺎﺣﺎﻟﯽ ﺷﺪ.

ﻓﺮدا ﺻﺒﺢ ﺻﺎﺣﺐ ﺧﺎﻧﻪ ﯾﮏ دﺳﺖ ﻟﺒﺎس ﮐﺎﻣﻞ ﺷﺎﻣﻞ: ﻋﻤﺎﻣﻪ، ﭘﺎرﭼﻪ اي ﻗﺒﺎ، ﭘﯿﺮاﻫﻦ، ﺟﻮراب و ﮐﻔﺶ ﺑﺮاﯾﻢ آورد و ﮔﻔﺖ: ﻧﺬر ﻣﺎ ﻗﺒﻮل ﺷﺪ.

115. The International Martyr

The renowned preacher and unparalleled orator of Azerbaijan, the late Mīrzā Ḥasan Nāṣirzādah, who passed away on 11 Shawwāl 1400 AH (corresponding to 31/5/1359 Shamsī), narrated the following from the pulpit:

One ʿĀshūrāʾ day, I was invited to the home of a Christian family. When I entered the gathering, I saw hundreds of Christian women present, and in the center of the room, they had placed a cradle with an infant inside. The gathering had been organized for the healing of that child, whom the doctors had given up on.

I began by speaking about verses of the Qur’an, narrations, and ethical topics. When the time came for reciting a maqtal (elegy), I wondered what kind of elegy I could read for this gathering of Christians. Then I remembered: we have an international martyr — and he is Hazrat ʿAlī Aṣghar (a.s.) — for in no religion or creed is an infant held guilty.

I recited the elegy of Hazrat ʿAlī Aṣghar (ʿa), and they wept profusely. The gathering became deeply emotional.

The next morning, the host brought me a full set of clothing — including a turban, a piece of fabric for a cloak, a shirt, socks, and shoes — and said: “Our vow was fulfilled and accepted.”