Tragedy of Al-Zahra (AS)

By: Sayyid Hayder al-Hilli (d. 1304 A.H.)

The great poet and man of letters and one of the most prominent poets of Iraq of his time, namely Sayyid Hayder al-Hilli, has said the following in one of his poems:

No, by your pardon, the folks did no pardon implement,

Nor, by your clemency, were the folks at all clement:

What your mother carried they did cause to miscarry,

And your grandfather’s son with arrow to death did they carry

Taken From: Adab Al-Taff, Vol. 8, p. 26. Sayyid Hayder al-Hilli, Dawan.