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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 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 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...

THE NIGHT FOLLOWING the ninth day of Muharram presented a unique spectacle which has no parallel in the history of the world. A detailed description of the scene of that night in Karbala, requires at least a separate chapter. However, only a few impo...

THE NIGHT FOLLOWING the ninth day of Muharram pres...

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 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...

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...

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 ...

THE HOLY IMAM sent for the enemy's Commander Ibna-i-Sa'd and proposed three honourable conditions:- "Leave me, and I shall quit the Muslim Empire with my whole family and children, and live in some non-muslim lands. I shall go away to Yeman or to Ira...

THE HOLY IMAM sent for the enemy's Commander Ibna-...

HAVING DESPATCHED HIS sons, Muslim, discarded by one and all in Kufa and hunted by the men of Ibne Ziad, wandered in Kufa, as a homeless destitute without any shelter or shade to lay his head or even to rest awhile against the scorching sun. None dar...

HAVING DESPATCHED HIS sons, Muslim, discarded by o...

AT LAST ON the 7th Muharram 61 A.H. (October 68(:) A.D.) the Commander of Yazid's forces received orders to cut off all sources of supply to the Holy Imam's camp and not to allow even a drop of water to reach any of the inmates therein. It can better...

AT LAST ON the 7th Muharram 61 A.H. (October 68(:)...

WHEN THE WHOLE plain of Karbala was full with Yazid's regiments and the Holy Imam's camp was totally surrounded by the enemy's forces, Ibne-i-Sa'd the Commander of the Brute's armies met Husain on the banks of the River and demanded 'Bait' on behalf ...

WHEN THE WHOLE plain of Karbala was full with Yazi...

THE BRUTE IBNE-ZIAD at Kufa got the information of Husain's getting out of the control of Hur and also learnt that the.helpless Imam had camped near the River Euphrates. Regiment after regiment began to pour in on the plain of Karbala from all sides ...

THE BRUTE IBNE-ZIAD at Kufa got the information of...

THE REPORTED STRENGTH Of the brutal forces that were sent by Yazid to martyr the Holy Imam at Karbala. According to Abu-Mikhnaf the total strength of Yazid's army at Karbala was 80,0oo of Kufees excluding the Syrians and the Hijazi forces. The first ...

THE REPORTED STRENGTH Of the brutal forces that we...

THE HOLY IMAM gathered the people of the surrounding places, the owners of the plain of Karbala, and purchasing the land from them gifted the same to the people. Addressing the males among them he said:- "On the Tenth day of this month ye shall see u...

THE HOLY IMAM gathered the people of the surroundi...

AT A PLACE near the Euphrates, the Holy Imam's steed suddenly stopped and inspite of the unusual spurrings, the animal did not move; but raised its head towards heaven, as if to say that it was helpless and could not step forward any more. Husain cha...

AT A PLACE near the Euphrates, the Holy Imam's ste...

As THE CARAVAN of the Holy Imam proceeded, suddenly the men in the forefront cried aloud 'Allah° Akbar' (God the Greatest). Husain smiled and asked what the matter was and what had made the people glorify God all of a sudden; what was the occasion fo...

As THE CARAVAN of the Holy Imam proceeded, suddenl...

THE HOLY KA'BA, a Sanctuary, the Holiest of the Holy Places of Islam, a Sanctuary wherein no creature animate or inanimate could be disturbed wherein even a confirmed convict could not be killed, nor even a plant be plucked out. If the sanctity of th...

THE HOLY KA'BA, a Sanctuary, the Holiest of the Ho...

THE TWO . YOUNG souls in their concealed march from Kufa, travelling during nights, lost their way in the desert. Once they were arrested and imprisoned but the pitiful guard of the prison, allowed them to escape and at last they were found by the go...

THE TWO . YOUNG souls in their concealed march fro...