Woman is the Radiance of God… and now her Blood Runs Through the Streets of Tehran.
The great Persian poet Rumi wrote, “Woman is the radiance of God, she is not created, she is your creator…” In the streets of Tehran for the last week, women are the radiance of the street. A’isha led her troops into battle over an election that was unjust in the eyes of those who looked to her for guidance after the death of the Prophet Muhammad.
There is war in the streets of Tehran. A war between youth and the establishment. Democracy and Theocracy. Islam is compatible with democracy, but it is not compatible with despotism and the slaughter of the innocents. A hadith narrated on the authority of ‘Abdullah and Sahih Bukhari says:
It is narrated on the authority of ‘Abdullah that a woman was found killed in one of the battles fought by the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). He disapproved of the killing of women and children.
Neda was observing her country changing when she was slaughtered by the government that was supposed to protect her. She was killed in the war during the streets. Someone murdered her. Someone representing the government and their Shari’a gutted her in the streets of Tehran. Neda, the observer, the face of the protesters, the beauty of youth, gone forever. Neda is now the face of Iran. If Iran was a shahida, her name would be Neda.
“O Allah! Make right for me my faith, which is the foundation of my life.
Make right for me the world in which I live.
Make right for me the eternal home to which I will return.
Make life for me an increase in all that is good and make death a comfort for me from all that is evil.”
(The Holy Qur’an)
If the world needed any further proof of the total bastardization of Islam by the Islamic Republic’s leaders and the slaughter of its citizens and the total disregard for human life, it can be found in Neda’s eyes. Neda’s eyes as she lay dying in the streets, an innocent victim of a regime awash in blood. Allahuakbar, God is great! Let the Iranian people reclaim Islam.
Reclaim it as seen through Neda’s eyes awash with blood… in the streets of Tehran.
June 20, 2009 at 11:30 pm
inailahiwainailayhirajoon! Neda is a shahida and will be granted paradise, may allah bless her soul..this is not Islam…Islam is a religion of peace and beauty and what these people are doing is against Islam..
June 21, 2009 at 2:16 am
May Allah grant her the highest of paradise for dying as a martyr.
May The Angels wrap her in the finest of cloths and bathe her with the finest of oils. May they carry her to Jannah while praising her name and her faith.
May Allah curse those who murdered her.
May Allah’s curse be against them every day for the rest of their lives.