The passage of time remains, and women fade, the nights pass, and what remains is -and virtues, whenever we remember them, we are moved by them. May mercy and contentment be upon you.

And the ultimate of speech in the world of existence was, and glory be to Him who remains, and all things perish. So let us pray to the Almighty with trembling hearts, tearful eyes, and disturbed, burning thoughts, and ask God the Great to make Paradise our abode, and contentment and bliss. Indeed, we have been told that He is the Kind, the Merciful, to the end of what he said. And the author of Al-Falah said: -"Indeed, we belong to Allah, and to Him we shall return." From a calamity that struck and a grave matter that overwhelmed us this evening, and the newspaper is under grief, so our foundations are shaken, our tears are shed, and we feel blood in our veins, and we are afflicted with tears. A fire has come, which no amount of tears can extinguish, and a heart-rending calamity has befallen every listener, which does not bring relief. And this was while hopes were bright for the descent of what the ruler of the Nile had mixed with moderation and persistence. We were delighted by the progress of His Highness's health in the path of moderation to perfection. So the senior physicians were summoned to hasten to Helwan to examine this matter. Then this news spread, and as it spread, hearts were heavy and thoughts were anxious. But to eternity, you will not see, except that the demands of fate and the burning of the heart and the tears of the eyes have been fulfilled. It was not yet seven o'clock and seventeen minutes on Thursday evening when the raven of electricity croaked over us, which was more ominous to souls than Al-Basus. Show me who died and his face remembers him. And I heard and a sin lurked in his drop. And in our blessing (Muhammad Tawfiq) the first, the helper of Egypt, who had no equal in this era. His news is such that calamities are insignificant compared to it. He was the father and the ears of hearts - until he said, and the raven of telegrams cawed to all directions to hold mourning ceremonies and expressions of regret. And the tongue of the situation says this.

-Is it the sound of thunder or the blast of the trumpet? The earth has become full of sorrow. -Mankind has been afflicted by its cunning, and the fortresses have increased in their strength. -The mountains have cracked and trembled as if it were a terrified and remembered heart. -With what face does it jest, as if it were a raid that split the fortresses? -Or is that a prophet for the success of time, and who has commanded orders in every commanded one? -He raises the banners of God's religion, manifesting them to the worlds, from whom he is sought and thanked. -And the good opinion of the Divine is victorious, and sincere resolve is limited to kindness. -O embodiment of justice and benevolence, replete with the utmost fairness and virtue.

(64 - Al-Kafi, Part IV)