Khaberni - Former President of the Bar Association and current veteran Member of Parliament, Saleh Al-Armouti, remembered today, Thursday, his late life partner Umm Imad in a message of longing he posted on his Facebook page. Here is the text:
The absence has been long, the pain and sorrow of separation intense
16/10/2025
In the anniversary of your departure, I find nothing to say but what I have previously expressed through seven letters on the same occasion. And today I speak of you, my lady of high honor and supreme stature, the cornerstone of our home, beloved and precious Umm Imad, you, the beacon of goodness, love, blessing, and boundless generosity, my soulmate, my lifelong companion and friend, missed today and every day, indeed, with every breath I take. Here we are, eight long barren years since you left us, how swiftly the hours in a day pass, the days in a month, the months in a year, and the years in a lifetime.
Your departure shook me, your loss inflamed my heart, leaving a bleeding wound within me; my bones have weakened, and my head has grown grey with the sorrow of your absence.
Oh you, whom my heart loved and agonized over the separation, glory to the Overcomer of mortals with death, for your departure has embittered my life and journey.
You, who dwelt and reigned over my heart and soul with tranquility, dignity, and grace
You, whom my heart loved and loved none but you for eternity, until God inherits the earth and all upon it, are the epitome and role model of faith, ethics, manners, tolerance, loyalty, piety, chastity, purity, and clear-heartedness, selflessness, sacrifice, and redemption. I yearn for your lovely visage, your dignified laugh, your sweet smile that remains a sustenance for my heart, and your gazes filled with the love and adoration of a devoted lover, perfected in dignity and grandeur, the best treasure added to a man's account is a virtuous wife, you, the pure, pious, religious, the person of morals, loyalty, and generosity.
Oh, woe to my heart, how hard is your separation, my heart's nightingale, your separation is bitter, more bitter than aloes I taste every day and night, in every movement and stillness, eight years have passed, oh woe me from the loneliness of the road, the length of the journey, and the absence
My grief for you, oh owner of the pure soul, is eternal... and my night sleepless, and my thoughts scattered, but God is to be praised and worshipped
The mosque we used to walk to for the dawn prayer misses you, the house that gathered us under one roof, which you lived in only for a few months, misses you, the children and grandchildren miss you, and the whole family misses you, surrounding me day and night, may God preserve them.
We glimpse your shade in every corner of the lonely, dark house due to your parting.
Looking at our children, I see in each one of them traits of your features and virtues.
And speaking of you, my journey's companion, is a discourse of virtue and dignity, you preached us to fear God, so we remain steadfast on the covenant.
We lived together in this world, experiencing its bitterness before its sweetness, and you were patient, content, light-hearted, and pleasant.
And I have wept for you, my beloved, with all my heart, and continue to weep for you.
Alive is my beloved Munira, and I send her a garden from the flowers of my heart in bloom
After your departure, I abandoned our room, unable to bear entering it after you, and became aimless, speaking to myself, the absence has been long, my beloved, and the lover yearns for his beloved, how will we meet, my precious one? The world has darkened before me because of our separation.
I feel your presence beside me, accompanying me every day, every hour, continuously.
Ah, how difficult is your departure and separation from me.
I suppress my grief and suffering, oh jewel of women, you who eagerly awaited my return home, how beautiful and magnificent it was when your phone rang, and I heard your voice and words free of concerns, all wishing well and safety, and you telling me, "We are waiting for you, do not delay," and how beautiful to enter the house and find you either prostrating before God, reading the Quran, or preparing to motivate me to maintain family ties and visit the distressed.
So, may people forgive me for my eternal and everlasting love for you
My beloved, precious wife
I dedicate to you all my good deeds
And truly, we are grieved by your departure and say nothing but what pleases our Lord; we belong to God, and to Him we shall return
May God be pleased with you, and may God have mercy on you, my precious one, may God shelter you in His shade on the day when there is no shade but His, and peace be upon you in the highest heavens, and God's mercy and blessings.
