To The Heaven

To The Heaven

The horrible scenes that Lady Zaynab had to witness did not depart her for even a single moment; her eyes were always teary and her words were only wailing for her brother and the martyrs, She used to cry the names of her brothers, sons, and nephews, and then she would be unconscious.

This state turned her into a soulless, feeble body waiting for death, which would be the only relief. She was waiting for death so as to complain to her grandfather and parents about what she had seen. Thus, diseases began to attack her and she had to stay in bed for long time suffering agonies of diseases.

Even in her last sparks of life, the scenes of Karbala' and Damascus were present before her eyes. However, death attacked her while her tongue was glorifying the Almighty Lord Who will take revenge upon those who wronged her.

She departed this life on Sunday, the fifteenth of Rajab, 62 AH at the age of fifty-seven.¹

^{1- See al-'Ubaydali, al-Sayyidah Zaynab wa Akhbar al-Zaynabiyyat, 9.}