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KARBALA
AND THE MEANING OF ASHURA
"Servant of God," he answered, "wise decisions
are not hidden from me.
yet the commands of God, the Exalted, cannot be resisted. By God, (my
enemies) will not leave me till they have torn the very heart from the
depths of my guts. If they do that, God will cause them to be dominated
and humiliated until they become the most humiliated of the factions
among nations."
“People
who want to please anyone
but God will not be successful.”
Karbala -
A Short Chain of Events ~
Ramzan Sabir (references) LAMENTATIONS Sermon of Lady Zaynab in the court of Yazid From: Bala-ghatun Nisa' - by Abul Fazl Ahmad bin Abi Tahir, (208- 280 A.H.). and Chapter 32 of: A Probe into the History of Ashura by Dr. Ibrahim Ayati Karbala and
Ashura ~ Ali Hussain Jalali
a brief yet documented narrative of events that took place in Medinah,
Mecca, Karba-la’, Kufah, and Syria, and began in Rajab, 60 A.H. (680
CE) and ended in Muharram 61. These events represented the ever
greatest revolution against tyranny and oppression.... DETAILED ACCOUNTSummary: "One feels constrained to mention here that this and other such traditions were forged by camp-followers of the Umayyads, after the martyrdom of Imam Husayn, as a part of their campaign to turn the 10th of Muharram into a day of rejoicing." (Read whole aarticle for context.) EXTENSIVE
RESOURCES FOUND ON WIKIPEDIA
Upon her (AS) death she said: "By God I am alive while I have nothing but contempt for this world. I detest your men. After I tried to show them who their real enemy was and they did not listen, I put them aside." "How ugly are the sharp edges of swords when they are broken and then play with people's efforts and struggles which so many have undertaken, destroying the fortifications, breaking spears, making devious decisions and standing on the precipice of material and personal self-desires. What a terrible future they are preparing for by causing the wrath of God and thereby bringing about permanent torment for themselves." ... "God says, ' If citizens are faithful and avoid wrong deeds, We will give blessings from heaven and earth to them. But they deny the truths so we captivated them for their deeds. From those who oppressed, the results of their actions will be returned to themselves. They cannot change the traditions of history. ' ... "It is then that the destroyer of rights will lose and those who will come in the future will find and realize the terrible results of what the ancestors have done. So you should be satisfied with your daily affairs and live in peace prior to the storm and terrible revolts." For then, the sharp swords of the dominations of the oppressors, anarchy and the rule of tyrants will overcome you. The oppressors will enslave you. No public assets except a small quantity will remain.. They will cultivate with force what you have planted with love. At that time you will only sigh for there will be nothing that you can do because you were blind and could not see the truth. They will oblige you because you have turned your faces from the right way and you did not accept it." Imam
Husain And His Martyrdom ~
By Abdullah Yusuf Ali Tahrif ~ Investigating Distortions in Islamic Texts OTHER
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