Chapter 46
And angels shall enter unto them
From every gate
Saying Salāmun ‘Alaykum (peace be upon you)
For that you persevered in patience!
Excellent indeed is the final home!’
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Ar-Ra'ad 13:23-24
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Earth – March 31, 2003
Imam Ali Mosque, Najaf, Iraq
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“Thee alone do we worship,” the Grand Ayatollah prayed, “and thee alone we seek for help.”
Holy beads slipped through his fingers, the deeply ingrained ritual helping his mind expand beyond the four walls of the tiny room where demons posing as Saddam Fedayeen had locked him in the back of the mosque. Although he was not as capable of waging jihad against the Evil One as the Prophet Muhammad had been, peace be upon him, he could detect the smaller demons still lurking in his mosque.
A pleasant tingle of electricity permeated t
