Ā𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘯
Size: 18" x 18" // Medium: Watercolours on Arches Watercolour Paper + Calligraphy
Chehlum is the 40th day from the 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘵, the Martyrdom, of Husain AS . Let us repeat “Ā𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘯, Ā𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘯”, as we shed tears of blood upon recalling the agony that befell RasulAllah’s SAW children.
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Aah! I am in agony of what has befallen RasulAllah’s SAW children. 𝘈𝘢𝘩! 𝘐 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘭-𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭 AS 𝘈𝘢𝘩! 𝘐 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯. 𝘈𝘢𝘩! 𝘐 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 [𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯] 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘴. 𝘈𝘢𝘩! 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴’ 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘢𝘩! 𝘐 𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯. 𝘈𝘢𝘩! 𝘐 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘢𝘩! 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘡𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣 AS 𝘴𝘰𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘮’𝘴 AS 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘥.
- Majlis of Syedna al-Mu'ayyad al-Shirazi. Eng. Translation by @aljamea_tus_saifiyaha
Imam Ahmad al-Mastur SA , explaining the murabba’aat or fourfold orders states that most natural groupings have been established by Allah TA in fours. Within this painting, ‘Ā𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘯’ is repeated four times in Arabic from the epicentre of a circle signifying the cosmos, to form a four-fold pattern resulting in a ‘circularity over squareness of four foldness’. The number four signifies the material dimension and the unfolding of matter. The four Alifs placed in four directions signify that all fourfold orders lament the tragedy of Karbala and it is through this grief that one is able to transcend the material dimension into a state of higher consciousness that is beyond the fourness of dimension.