Farewell The Best of Men
Posted on 25 August 2010 by Suhail
My father and I in May of this year
My father, Ghazi Abdulrahman Algosaibi – poet, technocrat, diplomat, author, novelist, Arab icon – died peacefully on Sunday the 15th of August at 10:30 am in King Faisal Specialist Hospital, in Riyadh.
He was surrounded by his wife, his four children, and one grandchild. Of course a blog post like this cannot do my father justice – a thousand blog posts probably could not do that. This post is more about me expressing myself, and maybe trying to heal some of the pain and grief, by writing about it.
I’ve never known such intense emotional pain. I did not know it was possible to feel so much grief. The pain is so intense it manifests itself physically. More than one friend, whose father passed away, told me that my father had told them that Freud said that a man does not become a man until his father died. They told me how much of an impact that had on them.
I wish I had never become a man.
I always thought I’d have my father around for a long time. I was looking forward to spending more time with him in his retirement. Things don’t always end up the way you want them to.
Still, I’m lucky and thankful to have had a father like him. He really was the best of men. God rest his soul. What will I do without him? I don’t want to be a man. Not so soon. I still had so much to learn from him. God rest his soul.
The burial
My father had told me more than once that he wanted to be buried where he died, and that he wanted to be buried right away. So when he passed we made the arrangements immediately. He was buried right after the Asr (afternoon) prayer on the same day.
The prayer took place in the Imam Turki Mosque. HRH Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz, Deputy governor of Riyadh, graciously attended the prayer. After Salat Almayyet (Prayer For The Deceased) I was practically mobbed, with people giving me their condolences. By then the word had spread and I guess half of Saudi had heard the news. It was already on the major news channels.
I must have been greeted by several hundred people. I stood there for about 20 minutes receiving condolences. By the time it was done everyone had already gone to the graveyard. I didn’t even have a car to take me there. I eventually found Obaid, my father’s old driver, and was kindly joined by man who recognised me and offered his help.
On the way there I called my brothers asking them where they were, and they told me they were in the graveyard waiting for me. The crowd there was getting restless. They included several VIP’s and some of my father’s friends. I told my brother Faris not to burry my father until I arrived! And God bless him for insisting to wait for me, as everyone there wanted to get on with it. He put up with some intense pressure. People were fasting and it was very hot!
I arrived just in time as they were just about to take the body out of the ambulance to be buried. My brothers and I (along with about a dozen well-intentioned volunteers) carried the body to the grave, where I jumped in and laid the body down gently. This time 3 other people were in the grave with me. After we buried his body, the family members formed a line and again we received condolences from everyone who attended.
That same evening we flew to Bahrain, and started the Azza (condolence reception) the next morning.
The Media
Shortly after my father passed we called some close family members, and started sending out SMS’s. And from there the news spread like wildfire. The calls started to come in almost immediately. One of the things that took us by surprise was how aggressive the media was in trying to get quotes and comments from us. It was really shameful.
I received a call from an editor of a Saudi newspaper asking for a quote. And saying that he wanted to send a photographer to my father’s house and take some photos. He wanted to take photos of my father’s office and library as well as other parts of the house, and he asked if a driver could meet us there. We hadn’t even buried him yet!
At the mosque there must have been a dozen photographers there, and one or two film crews. My mother and sister attended the prayer in the women’s section, and they were jumped by a woman from a newspaper asking for a comment. It really was disgusting, shameful behaviour really.
They both declined, too grieved to even talk to anyone. The woman tried again several times, calling my mother on her mobile. It really was too much.
The calls asking for comments and quotes have not stopped since. I didn’t know the Saudi press was so obtrusive. I guess in a way it’s understandable, as this is the story of the year, and my father really was popular. I guess in a way we should be thankful that we are not in the West. Because in the West when a big celebrity dies the media stand at your front door, follow you around and have a helicopter hovering around all the time. I guess it’s all relative. Still, we cannot help but feel that our privacy has been invaded.
An outpouring of emotions
On another note, my family and I would like to thank all the well-wishers who either came to the Azza, called, sent us letters, emails, Tweets, telexes, Facebook messages etc. We are very touched by the outpouring of emotions. I noticed that over a dozen or so people changed their Facebook profile photo to that of my father.
I lost count, but I’d say maybe one out of four or five people (of the thousands that came) told me that my father helped them in one way or another. I received a call from someone who was crying. He said “Suhail you don’t know me, and I don’t know you, and I never met your father, but he was a great man and a great loss to our country.” The poor man could not hold back his tears. I ended up trying to console him.
My family would also like to thank the Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud for calling. It was so kind and considerate of him. He had such nice things to say about my father. He also advised me and my siblings to stay strong and united, and to not let the devil come between us. He reiterated this when my brother’s and I went to see him a few days ago.
I’d also like to thank HM King Hamad bin Issa Al-Khalifa for taking the time to come to give his condolences. A gesture my mother, siblings and I will never forget as long as we live. Special thanks also go to HRH The Crown Prince and HRH The Prime Minister, who also attended the Azza in Bahrain. Words cannot describe how thankful and appreciative we are.
Most of all, I’d like to thank my father’s fans and supporters, who came in their thousands. There are no words that can describe how deeply touched we are by all the support. I even heard that already seven people have gone to Umra in my father’s name. God bless you all.
I miss my father terribly.
I’ll try to be worthy of his name.
اي كلمه في حقه قليله غازي القصيبي شخصا لن يتكرر واكررها الف مرا لن يتكرر فقدانه خساره كبيره لوطنه واهله وكل من احبه الله يسكنه فسيج جناته يارب
رحمه الله رحمة واسعه .. لو كان ضيفنا لأكرمناه خير كرم، وهو الآن ضيف اكرم الأكرمين وملك الملوك، اللهم اكرم مثواه وتقبله فيمن عندك من عبادك الصالحين المقربين.
كم ادمى قلوبنا فراقك يا ابا سهيل.
You are inshAllah worthy of his name. You’re all worthy of his name inshAllah.
Not gonna say much but me, my sister and our whole family see your Dad as a great man and we were so sad for your loss which we consider ours.
He is always in my prayers..
Bless you all..
My dear brother Suhail,
My sincere and deepest condolences to you and the family for losing such a great man who’s legacy will be remembered for generations to come. During our London years, he was considered as our role model, mentor, big brother and even a”father” in some instances. London had a special flavor with him being around. Unfortunately, I was abroad when news came out and was impossible to make it on time for the Azza. I tried calling via a mobile number given to me as your number but could not get through. May God bless him, especially in the holy month of Ramadan, and rest his soul in peace and eternal havens.
الله يرحم ابا يارا ويسكنة فسيح جناته
وانتي يا صديقنا العزيز سهيل عرفناك في كتابات والدك عندما يتطرق للكلام عن عائلته فاصبحت صديقنا من خلال تلك التعليقات التي كان والدكم العزيز يتطرق اليها في كتاباته
ولقد طعتنتي بخنجر في كلامك هذا ويعلم الله كم احسسنا بفقد هذا الغازي الذي احبنناها لانه يستحق حبنا واعجابنا به
ولكن هي الحيااة والاقدار
دمت ورحم الله اباك واستاذنا الحكيم ابا يارا
Oh dear Suhail!
I am so deeply saddened by your loss- your great father “Allah rest his soul”. We are with you during this time of grief. I am not in place to tell you who is your father, what he taught us, what he wrote to inspire us, what he did to help us. Words cannot really express my real feeling…
Dad, Abu Suhail….
you were an ideal father to everyone. You did everything in your capacity to impart everyone good health, a wonderful life and good teachings. You were always there to teach us and take care of us. Even though you led a simple life yourself, yet you always tried to give us what we aspired for, asked for. I really looked up to you when it came to choosing principles of life. You lived a life of commitment and sacrifice and you showed what it takes to be great father to everyone. I feel really bad that Allah took you away from all of us so soon, just when it was time for you to enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Mr. Suhail..(brother)
It was like a nightmare when I heard the aching news about the tragic end of “the best of men” and truly dazed when I knew that he is your father. I truly did not know what to really say, is this the right moment to tell Suhail-the great man who always enthuses, guides, gives advices and makes me smile every Sunday over the radio when I am commuting back to home from work- about how I truly like his father and much interested in his great works and unique personality…I cannot really forgive myself of such fail to notice.
Suhail, please no blame and let me say it loud and clear “you are the chip of the old block”, yes I never met or even wrote to someone whose father is so popular, most of such keep themselves unexposed or even never allot time to speak to other ordinary people and allow them to share moment as you did. I may be so general but this is the reality. Please please allow me to say this Dr. Ghazi still alive, he is in our heart and we can see him in you- the strong and brave man who will honored and embody his father life and great history and achievements and most importantly his personality that we loved and always will do.
Me
I wish I could hold on and take it easy on myself but such tragic moment has real impact on me. I said too many things and I may exaggerate my feeling, but really what you wrote touched me so much. I am not trying to make thing worse in here, but when you insisted on to wait for you to bury the body of the greatest man was truly like moment of which I cannot stop thinking when my father was buried in my absence. I knew how hard such moment is but I will be prude to be close to and touch him in the last place in which he slept in peace.
End of Mind
We will really miss you Dr. Ghazi! I still cannot believe that now I shall not find you in this mortal world. However, you will be in our heart and soul.
Suhail, please accept my heartfelt sympathy on the passing of your father.
Regards
Abu Nadeen
عمري 20 سنة,في مراهقتي كنت أنام على أشعار غازي, و تربيت على فلسفة غازي, و غصت في أعماق روايته, قرأتها مرات و في كل مرةأنهي فيها كتاب أتمنى فقط لو أقابلهـ..
والدي من الناس المعجبين بغازي, و كان يردد دائما: ياليت بـعشرة مثل غازي في هالـديرة, لا أنسى أيام غازي في وزارة الصحة كان دائما أبي يختال فخورا, لدرجة و أنا صغيرة كنت أعتقد هذا الغازي صديق مقرب..
حزنا على غازي كثيرا, الصغير و الكبير, تسمرنا أمام الشاشات, كان يوم الدموع و الحزن بحق..
تـقبل أحر التعازي منيّ في فقيد الوطن, الاستثناء غازي..
موفق أخوي سهيل..
السلام عليكم اخي سهيل
عظم الله اجرك في مصابكم و مصابنا
, أرسلت لي صديقة “برودكاست” قصيدة الرثاء
!فقلت لها ” الله يطول بعمرة”
, دريت متأخر العصر و صحت علية حسيت احد اعرفة , و من كم سنة حطيت ببالي شخصين اشوفهم فيروز و غازي القصيبي الله يرحمة
رجعت البيت .و أنا ضايق صدري أكثر
, كان ودي أصلي علية ,و يوم شفت العزا بالبحرين ضاق صدري بعدين صار العزا بالرياض , قصيت العنوان الي بالجريدة و قلت بروح ان شاء الله بكرا و أنا بالطريق لبيت العزا دقت علي صاحبتي الي راح تروح معاي العزا و ما كنت ابي اروح بلحالي لانه صاحبتي اهلها يعرفونه الله يرحمة , دقت علي و قالت لي ترا مافي عزا نساء
أحسة أثر في تفكيري بذيك الفترة الصغيرة و صرت ما استمتع بقرأة كتب لغيرة الا القليل منهم
أول كتاب قريتة له كان عمري 13 سنة
, و صفحتي عالفيس بوك مكتوب كتابات غازي القصيبي كأفضل الكتب لدي , أحترت أي رواية أو كتاب أفضل فكتبت “كتابات” لأنها أشمل .
و صورتة بالبروفايل , أدعي الله يرحمة و يسكنة فسيح جناتة .
.سوري عالاطالة بس أول مرا اتأثر بأحد ما شفتة
و هنيئاً لك لأنك تحمل اسمة , و غازي – الله يرحمة- عايش بقلوب كثيرين ما مـــات, و كتاباته بتكلم الأجيال الي ما لحقوا علية
الله يصبركم و يغفر له و آنسة بقبرة يا رب
“I wish I had never become a man”….
You got my moral support, dear sir, for that it’s all I have! Thanks for sharing this with us! I felt every word of it, and each sentence touched my heart very deeply as I know how much courage it needs to write about this so genuinely! I pray for you, your family, and his good soul!
عظم الله أجركم و أحسن عزائكم و غفر له ورحمه
غفر الله له ،أبكاني
و أبكانا جميعا
قبل أشهر حين انتشرت اشاعة وفاته أذكر اني ابتسمت ساخرة و قلت غازي لا يموت بهذه الطريقة
ليس سرا ولا خفية
ستبكيه البلاد ويبكيه العباد
و نهرت نفسي وقتها ودعوت له بطول البقاء
بعض الناس و الدكتور غازي منهم لا تتسرب أخبار وفاتهم خفية لكنها تحدث انفجارا
الله يرحمه ويسكنه فسيح جناته سيبقى أبدا في قلوبنا جميعا
الرمز ، و القدوة ، و الرجل الذي فاضت الطيبة من عينيه فعرفناه بها
عظم الله اجرك يا أخي سهيل المصاب كبير .. و عزاؤنا نحن بك وبأخوتك
و كلنا نستبشر بهذا الحب الذي أبداه الجميع لوالدكم رحمه الله ،، والرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم قال ” أنتم شهداء الله في الأرض ” فالناس أجمعت على حب هذا الرجل و احترامه و الناس بكته و دعت له جميعا
نسأل الله له الرحمة و المغفرة و ان يجمعنا به و الصالحين و الشهداء في جنات النعيم حيث لا فراق بعد ذلك أبدا ..
نذكر قوله رحمه الله
ـ( أعود في الفجر
أشق صدور الخيل
و ذاك لو يدرى
لبسمةٍ من عيون ” سهيل ” ) ـ
من قصيدته (سهيل) في ديوان الحمّى
و قوله في كتابه قصائد أعجبتني
عن البيت ـ( فإن سهيلاً بدا ليا)ـ
ظلّ يطنّ الاسم كالنحلة في ذاكرتي و عقلي الباطن حتى حين رزقت بأول أبنائي الذكور كان (سهيل) أول اسمٍ يتبادر إلى ذهني
He made us all members of his family , he dealt with us all as his sons and daughters .
We all lost a great father by his loss , but we know nothing compares to your grief & we all appreciate it .
But it may be a condolence to know that thousands of people are praying for him in this holy month where prayers are answered .
Everybody leaves this world eventually, but not everybody leaves with all of this love surrounding him . I am sure his soul is resting in peace now , inshallah .
عظم الله أجركم ، و ألهمكم الصبر و السلوان و أحسن عزاءكم
و تغمد الفقيد بواسع رحمته و أسكنه فسيح جناته
May Allah Almighty have mercy on him and shower him with blessings..
Dear Suhail
You Don’t know me, and I Don’t know you personally
But we carry the same family name ((Algosaibi))
I’m so sad on death of your father, And God alone knows who is your father in my heart
Your father is of the Log me in king saud University after God
He helped me into it ..
I will never forget what he did for me as long as you alive
God made it in the balance of good deeds enshaallah
** Kinship between us is
Nora Abdul Rahman Algosaibi ((your aunt)), the wife of my grandfather ((Yusuf Mohammed Abdullah Al-Gosaibi))
Yusuf is my grandfather to my father ((Omar Youssef Algosaibi))
allah yrhaamhom enshaallah,,
and I apologize if There are Error in my words
My English is not good..
Last Sorrows Enshaallah
and If you want to add me on facebook,, This is my Name
(( Afaf Al-Gosaibi ))
(( I hope that we become friends ))
your Sister: Afaf Omar Youssef Al-Gosaibi..
علو في الحياة وفي الممات && لحق أنت إحدى المعجزات
إن كنتم تحملون اسمه, فنحن نحمله في قلوبنا رمزاً
سبعون عاماً أجبر بها العالم أن يلتفت إليه ,وأن نلف حواليه
ندعوا الكريم المنان أن يهبنا ألف غازي كما كان غازينا بيننا ,
عظم الله أجرنا وأجركم وربط الله قلوبكم وألهمكم وألهمنا الصبر والسلون ..واللهم أجعل قبره الآن الآن الآن روضة من رياض الجنة
وأجعل الفردوس نزله
جف الكلام!
Suhail
Your dad was an ispiration for a lot of Arabs. There aren’t many sincere leaders in our Arab world that can match Dr. Ghazi. His dedication to humaniny, to fighting backwardness of the arab societies and standing up against the forces of evil will be marked in our history. We have lost an irresplaceble gaint truely. Our wishes are for you and the family to overcome the sorrow.
I have never lost anyone… so there is not much I can say. Neither am I good with words…
But I am sure I am his number one fan as he is my number one writer.
It’s strange how it hurts deeply to lose someone I have never met. How someone u have never met could change & influence your life so much!!
I adore his novels.
I keep on googling all his books, wishing I could find something written by him I haven’t read.
This might sound weird but I miss reading his books.
anyway I hear that pain eases with time, it will hurt less every day, until u reach a point where it doesn’t hurt that much & u are able to smile when memories of him rush through your head.
wish u the best.
اخ سهيل..كم كنت اتمنى التواصل مع الفقيد رحمة الله عليه منذ عدة سنين فقد كان بمثابة الأب الروحي لي..حيث انه كان قدوة والدي الحبيب فبتالي قدوتي..يعلم الله فقط حجم المحبه التي كنت ومازلت احملها..عظم الله اجرك واجرنا جميعا..وغفر لفقيدنا الغالي..اللهم اجمعنا به في الفردوس الاعلى
ترفق بي يا غازيا عقلي وقلبي فأنا لم اشبع منك بعد..وكن داخل اروقة مزاجي
عرفتك في طفولتي ومنذ ربت على رأسي ..انتخبتك ملكا لخيالاتي
شهدت عروبتك فتيا وتابعت انجاز بعد انجاز
سلمت عليك شابا ووعدت نفسي ان انهل طول عمري…خطواتك دربي واعجازي
تمهل رويدا… فأنا مازلت أكتب اول حرف…من شعر انت ملهمه ..لعمري هل ماتت اشعاري
توقف قليلا اريد اللحاق بك فأنت سريع الخطى وأنا..الهث عل اشم انفاسي
اتتركني الان بعد ان رسمت عهدا ..ان لم اكن غازيا سأشد بجانبك عظيم الرواسي
تائه انا في بحرك فقدت شعاع النور …وفقدت احساسي
اذهب عني واكمل نجاحاتك الى جنات الخلد ..واتركنى ادعو الله يجمعنى يوما بأحبابي
عظم الله أجرنا في وفاة والدنا وغازي قلوبنا..ولا تقل أبي يا سهيل بل أبونا كلنا.
أدعو لك وللوالدة وليارا وهديل بالصبر والسلوان جميعا
نعزيكم ونعزي انفسنا بوفاة فقيد الامة الدكتور الفاضل غازي القصيبي
تقبله الله بواسع رحمته وجزاه خير الجزاء على كل اعماله الخالدة في كل ما انيط به من مهام
وجزاه الله خيرا على ما آثرى به مكتباتنا من روايات ودوواين وكتب
أشكركم جميعا على الكلمات الطيبة ، الرقيقة، الحنونة. و جزاكم الله ألف ألف خير
Thank you all for your kind words, and God bless you all.
im so sorry for ur lost , May Allah Almighty have mercy on him and shower him with blessings
and may he rest in peace
your father was really great person . and he will still live amongst us through his writings and work..
nshallah you will prove to be worthy of his name , and for sure he would be proud of you and your siblings
may allah be with your mother and give her strength
again im so sorry for your lost..
Dr. Ghazi will stay in our hearts forever.
My life has changed since day one I read Dr. Ghazi.
I was decided not to say a single word but good bye my father.
اللهم اغفر له وارحمه رحمة واسعة في هذا الشهر الفضيل
Deep consolation to ourselves…
I am sorry for your loss
He will be missed and remembered as one of the icons of humanity
He leaves us with a rich treasure of life experiences and inspirational knowledge that brings out a “Ghazi Algosaibi” in each one of us
and that is how a man truly lives forever.
Dear Suhail,
We are sorry about your loss, no words that I could write can relief your pain. Your father may his soul rest in peace will always be remebered as a great man not only in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain or the Arab world but a loss to the human race.
Dr. Ghazi Al Gosabi shall always be remembered as a kind and generous, father to all who have cross his path.
Our hearts bleed with grieve of our loss and pray to god that our father’s souls rest in peace.
لله ما اعطى ولله ما اخذ وانا على فراقه لمحزونون ..غازي القصيبي رحل وترك لكل سعودي ومواطن عربي ميراث ادبي وشعري ..ترك اثر في كل من استفاد من انجازاته .. ترك اثر لكل من قرأ كلماته..ما زال يعيش في كل نفس ومازالت انفاسه تعطر الاجواء واثار اقدامه غرست اساسات بنى عليها صروح لهذا الوطن..مات اخر الفرسان الاحلام واخر المجاهدين لاصلاح هذا الوطن
ارقد بامان الله وبرحمة الله
رحمه الله واسكنه فسيح جناته ورفع قدرها بالاخره كرفعته في
الدنيا
قليله هي الكلمات التي توفيه حقه
May Allah bless him. Everyone loves your father with no exception. He was a treasure.
farewell Dr. Ghazi – a big man who died big ! may god bless his soul and his family’s soul although his is still alive between the lines of his books and in the heart of his poems .
I can see the sadness in your words.
May Allah bless his soul. He’s really role-model for many many people.
May Allah keep you strong and united all.
My warm regards.
الان يبث برنامج على قناة الكويت الأولى عن سيرة الراحل معالي الدكتور غازي القصيبي
I would like to express my sincere condolences on the recent passing of your father. You were truly fortunate to have a man such as your father in your life. He was a great man, and many people here in Saudi Arabia remember him. It was not that long ago that my own father passed away, so I have some idea of what you and your family are going through. No comfort is quite enough to replace the loss.
Please pass my deepest sympathies on to your family.
Very sincerely,
رحيل الدكتور غازي القصيبي كان وقعه علينا عظيم
رغم عدم التقائنا الشخصي به
ولكن تأثرنا بشخصيته من خلال ابداعاته وصموده واخلاصه وشرفه
كان مشرف لنا ويدعوا للتفائل بوجود امثاله
اللهم اسكنه فسيح جنانك
غفر الله له واسكنه فسيح جناته
ونعم الرجل المخلص
عزيزي سهيل
اولا تقبل تعازي التي جاءت متأخرة بسبب ذهولي من الخبر المؤلم . لي رجاء أرجو أن أجد الاجابة اذا كنت لاتمانع ، أتساءل عن شخصية هديل التي جاء ذكرها في القصائد الاخيرة حيث ادعى الكثيرون انها ابنة الشاعر الفقيد . امنياتي الطيبة لكم جميعا
غدير، لم يكون للمرحوم بنت إسمها هديل، و الشعر الذي انتشر -ماعدا أول بيتين- ليس من تأليف المرحوم.
مع التحية، سهيل
الله يرحمه ويدخله جنات الفردوس الاعلى , لقد احبه جميع الناس صغارا وكبارا
Allah yir7amah.. He might have passed away,but hislegacy will go on forever inshaÁllah…
ps. came accross this blog entry about your father, which i found expressive of what a lot of your father’s fans felt:
http://meccawy.com/site/?p=1001
my sincerest condolences,
Hilal
الله يرحمو يارب و يدخلوو فسيح الجناات انسان جدا رائع وبصراحة و الحق يقال انه لن يتكرر شخص مثله ابداا طول العمر
الله يرحمه يارب
سهيل .. خالص الشكر للرد ، توقعت ذلك لأن في أبيات القصيدة المنتشرة ما لا يناسب اسلوب الفقيد وطريقته في التعبير عن نفسه . والبركة فيكم في المحافظة على تراثه وما ترك من مؤلفات ،
رحمه الله واسكنه فسيح جناته ..
أخي الاستاذ سهيل
عظم الله أجركم ورحم والدكم العظيم العملاق
كان ولايزال مثلي الاعلى منذ سمعته لاول مرة وانا طفل في الرابعة الابتدائية منذ خمسة وثلاثون عاما
كم لك أن تفخر أخي سهيل أنت وأخوتك بهذا العملاق بهذا الرجل النادر رمز النزاهة والتواضع والاخلاص والابداع والتميز
أخي سهيل والدكم العظيم والد وملهم لملايين المحبين الذين عرفوه عن بعد وأحبوه بصدق
أعزي نفسي وأعزيكم فيه رحمه الله كم كنت أتمنى مقابلته رحمه الله وبعد قصيدة حديقة الغروب التي كتبها قبل خمسة أعوام شعرت بالحزن والتأثر لنبرة الوداع في تلك القصيدة كتبت له رسالة مطوله ولكني لم أرسلها للاسف ،وحين علمت بمرضه اصابني القلق على قامة شامخة مثل والدكم الكريم
رحمه الله واسكنه جناته
هذه الابيات المتواضعه من كتابتي في رثائه حاولت نشرها في الصحف ولم أتمكن
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واغازياه ولف الحزن أعماقي 000 واسترسل الدمع دفاقا بأحداقي
يافارس الصدق والافعال شاهدة 000 يامنبر المجد في وجداننا باقي
ياشاغل الناس طبت اليوم مرتحلا 000 ماذا احدث في تأبين عملاق
أبكي ويبكي كل حرف أسطره 000يستصرخ الدمع مرسوما بأوراقي
هذا هو الحب يامن كنت منبعه000هذا هو النبض لو يتلوه خفاقي
محبكم
د.محمد عبدالله الطلحي الرياض
Lieber Suhail,Liebe Familie Aalgosaibi,
ich kenne deine Familie schon sehr lange. Du wirst dich daran siche nicht erinnern da du noch sehr klein warts,als du mit deiner Mutter Sigrid in Deutschland bei deine Grosseltern warst.Ich habe deinen Vater auch mal kennenlernen dürfen, und er hat damals einen sehr grossen menschlichen Eindruck bei mir hinterlassen. Ich kann euren grossen schmerz gut nachemfinden.Wo ihr in so kurzer Zeit zwei grosse verluste ertragen musstet.Denn deine Großmutter hat uns ja auch verlassen.Ich wünsche euch kraft und liebe über diesen schmerz hinwegzukommen.
In gedanken bin ich bei euch und deiner Mutter.
Norbert
وداعاً أيها الملهم الكبير، رحلت جسداً وسيبقى أثرك بيننا شامخاً وذكراك محلّقةُ في مكانٍ مرصود في ذاكرة وطننا. رحلت جسداً ولكن رقة شعرك في غزله وتغنيه بالحب وصلابته في ثورته على الظلم والطغيان سيبقيان نُصُباً تذكارية لعقلِ حرٍ مرفرفٍ أنتجته ثقافتنا، وسيبقى معها أدبك الفذ وحس دعابتك الذي يضحك العقل والفؤاد ورواياتك وأكاذي…ب أبي شلاخ.. كلها ستبقى ما بقي في الجزيرة إنسان. فارقتنا باكراً يا أبا يارا.
سهيل:
عندما رأيتك تذكرت بيت شعبي للشاعر خالد الفيصل عندما قال:
ياشبيه صويحبي حسبي عليك…كل ما شفت زولك قلت ذاك
وكان يقصد بهذا البيت عندما كان يرى بعيون صاحبه وجه حبيبته التي هي أخت صاحبه..
فأنا عندما رأيتك كأنني أرى وجه حبيبي وأبي الآخر في عيونك ..
وداعاً ايُها الأب ..رحلت بجسدك ولكن سوف تضل روحي تعانقني حتى اللقاء عند كرامة ربك..
My sincere condolences to you and your family. Your tribute here to your father already says that you are a worthy son.
I can relate personally to losing one’s father, as mine just passed in February; and professionally, as a psychiatrist who helps with normal grief reactions (almost the same as clinical depression, but for the persistent self condemnation, not just self recrimination), and abnormal ones (longer than 2 years, unusually severe, more than passive suicidal ideation).
I can well imagine how difficult it must have been to go through these times of loss and mourning with the negative side of fame. Fortuanately it seems the positives outweighed them for you.
My worst grief came 1 month after my father died. The protective shock of the death had worn off, and I just felt myself sinking into a black hole, despite my awareness and efforts not to. It took me 3 days at the bottom of the well to start to turn it around, and about another 3 to get back to normal grieving–as painful as that is.
“Anniversary reactions” of new mourning are common, and so are the inevitable sudden reminders, inexplicable feelings of sadness, and non-linear process of grieving.
I wish you and your family the ease of your memories and shared loss to aid in this most difficult of experiences.
Thank you Chiara and God bless.
Please accept my deepest condolences to you and your family. Our country’s most precious gifts are your father and the oil. I cried twice in my life, the second one was for your father. I understand nothing will make you feel better but at least this will make me feel better.
Every man dies Suhail, not every man really lives.
My sincere and deepest condolences to you and your family on the loss of your father. May God bless him and rest his soul in peace. May your memories comfort you and give you strenght. Dalia
أخي العزيز سهيل
أحسن الله عزائكم وعظم الله اجركم في وفاة الاب غازي القصيبي . الله يرحمه ويسكنه الجنة انشاء الله . كان والدا للجميع وافضاله على الجميع . كان له الفضل في انتسابي لجامعة الملك فهد للبترول والمعادن عندما كنت ادرس في اكاديمية الملك فهد بلندن . الله يرحمة يارب ويغفر له يارب ويسكنة الجنة..
I am really sorry to hear about your loss Mr.Suhail
Please accept my deepest condolences to you and your family. This is a hard loss i am sure. I never knew your father but i did heard about him allot. i am sure he was a great man and a great father.
May God bless him and rest his soul in peace.
My Sincerest condolences
Our deepest condolences to you and your family. I read your article. Truly a great man, this blog still inspires all of us !