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'AsHooRA' MEANS THE 'Tenth', i.e., the Tenth day, of the Lunar month of Moharram 61 A.H. on which historic day, Husain surrendered his all in the way of the Lord to save the truth and thus to save humanity from getting beguiled by the Brute on the th...

'AsHooRA' MEANS THE 'Tenth', i.e., the Tenth day, ...

The Hashimites-from the seed of Abu Taleb :- I. Those mentioned in the Ziarate Nahiyah . . 18 2. Those not mentioned in the Ziarat . . 3. Young children . . 3 No. distributed according to the Immediate parentage of the Martyrs: The Holy Imam Husain ....

The Hashimites-from the seed of Abu Taleb :- I. Th...

WHOEVER IS TAKEN unawares or shot dead or suddenly killed be that even for any matter of goodness on the part of the murdered one, other than God's cause, cannot be called a martyr. It can no doubt be said that the assassin had been cruel and the goo...

WHOEVER IS TAKEN unawares or shot dead or suddenly...

THE HOLY QUR'AN asserts in unequivocal terms that Jesus was neither killed nor crucified by the people: 4:157 and 158. Even taking for granted the statement of our Christian brethren the crucifixion of Jesus under the evidence of the Holy Bible of th...

THE HOLY QUR'AN asserts in unequivocal terms that ...

ALTHOUGH THE HOSTS of the Devils numbered in thousands and the supporters of the cause of Truth for which the Holy Imam stood, could be counted on fingers, and the Holy Imam' his numbered devotees, was mercilessly massacred and the ladies' the queens...

ALTHOUGH THE HOSTS of the Devils numbered in thous...

Husain FIRST PREACHED to his enemies, the love of God, the obedience to the Holy Prophet and abstinence from vice and wickedness, and at last asked the people:- "Why do ye kill me?" "Did I commit any sin or crime?" "Did I plunder anybody?" "Did I int...

Husain FIRST PREACHED to his enemies, the love of ...

THE MOMENT THE Holy Imam's head was severed from his body and raised on the point of a lance, the severed head began glorifying God, aloud in clear words saying :- "Allaho Akbar' (i.e., God the Greatest)." Thus Husain won an everlasting victory over ...

THE MOMENT THE Holy Imam's head was severed from h...

THE DEVIL'S ARMY marched with severed heads of the martyrs raised on their lances. Among the heads, were the head of the baby son of Husain, Ali-e-Asghar. It is now left to the tender hearts of gentle women to imagine in their own places, what would ...

THE DEVIL'S ARMY marched with severed heads of the...

EVEN DURING THE most miserable journey, the severed head of the Holy Imam manifested several miracles which guided several good-hearted Christians and Jews to embrace Islam, most of whom after embracing the Truth attacked the brutes and were ultimate...

EVEN DURING THE most miserable journey, the severe...

THE NEXT MOVE of the brutes was towards the Holy camp which now contained only the helpless wailing ladies, the crying children, and Ali-az-Zainul-abideen the ailing son of the Holy Imam lying unconscious with high fever. They plundered the camp, set...

THE NEXT MOVE of the brutes was towards the Holy c...

AFTER ABBAS, CAME the turn of Ali-e-Akbar, to go to the battlefield. It is reported that this eighteen-year-old son was so very much loved by one and all in the camp that the account of his taking leave of his mother, aunts, sisters, brothers and oth...

AFTER ABBAS, CAME the turn of Ali-e-Akbar, to go t...

Last LATER ANY one in the surroundings should say that he was neither called nor given any opportunity to serve the cause of defending the Truth by helping the Holy Imam who was fighting for it, Husain now standing all alone, bleeding from innumerabl...

Last LATER ANY one in the surroundings should say ...

WHEN THE HELPLESS Imam stood all alone in the field surrounded by the enemies, he was summoned by a call from his sister Zainab in his camp. When he went into the tent, he found his baby son Ali-e-Asghar, dying of thirst in his cradle and the poor mo...

WHEN THE HELPLESS Imam stood all alone in the fiel...

WHEN ABBAS, THE Lion-Hearted son of Ali, went into the field, his fight very much resembled the fight of his father Ali, the Lion of God. Abbas' fight can never be described in a line or two. Anis and Dabir, the two famous Urdu Poets, have beautifull...

WHEN ABBAS, THE Lion-Hearted son of Ali, went into...

WHEN THE YOUNG Qasim aged about fourteen years, son of Imam Hasan, sought permission to go, it is reported that Husain remembered the wish of his late brother Hasan that one of his daughters be wedded to his son Qasim. At the same time Qasim presente...

WHEN THE YOUNG Qasim aged about fourteen years, so...

THUS THE BATTLE of Truth against Falsehood began. One after another of the godly ones from the Holy Imam's side went into the field and laid down his life after exhibiting wonderful bravery, courage, valour and prowess. It looked as if the thirst, hu...

THUS THE BATTLE of Truth against Falsehood began. ...

WHEN DEVOTEE AFTER devotee fought and fell, in defence of the Holy Family, Husain's sister, Zainab, called her two young sons, Aun and Muhammad aged to and 9 years respectively, who were with the Holy Imam, and asked them: "What ! death has come to s...

WHEN DEVOTEE AFTER devotee fought and fell, in def...

AT LAST WHEN it became sure that the devilish forces were bent upon a wholesale massacre, Husain spoke out aloud addressing the men of the Yazidian forces in an apostolic tune. "0' people! Do ye recognise me? By God tell me?" The reply from the enemy...

AT LAST WHEN it became sure that the devilish forc...

WHILE THE HUNGRY and thirsty devotees of God in the Holy Imam's camp spent the night in prayers and the devotional supplicative services to God, the soldiers in the Yazidian ranks in the opposite camp spent the whole night in drinking, feasting and m...

WHILE THE HUNGRY and thirsty devotees of God in th...

AT THE BREAK of the dawn of the fateful day, loth Muharram 61 A.H. (October 68o A.D.), Husain called his son Ali (Ali-eAkbar) who resembled the Holy Prophet the most, and said: "Ali, my dear! Let me hear thy 'Azan' (the call for prayer) for the last ...

AT THE BREAK of the dawn of the fateful day, loth ...

HUR, THE COMMANDER of Yazid's regiment, who had obstructed Husain's way near Kufa, was also present in the enemy's forces in Karbala. He spent all his time in repenting for having obstructed the way of the son of the Holy Prophet. The enemy's officer...

HUR, THE COMMANDER of Yazid's regiment, who had ob...