The Message of Karbalaa

The Message of Karbalaa
The sunset of 10th Moharram in the year 61 H brought down with it the conspiracies being hatched against the principles of Islaam and frustrated the hopes of Satan and left in its wake the greatest and everlasting message of tremendous love, unparalleled obedience to the Will of Allah and ever hope-giving tradition of sacrifice to uphold the justice and sheer resistance against tyranny.This day, faith stood against the ignorance. This day the Prince of the Youth of Heaven confronted the tyrannical, hegemonic and hereditary prince of the lowest of the lows. This day Sayyed ush Shuhada Imam Hussain (as)
uncovered the darkest and most ugly face of Yazeed (may Allah’s everlasting curse be on him) for the generations to come. Same Yazeed who tried to demolish and corrupt the Most Noble Prophet’s (saw)
divine code.
This day Hussainiyat defeated Yazeediyat. On Ashura, Imam Hussain (as) along with his impeccable family members and most loyal companions laid down his life in the way of Allah (swt)
so that the religion of his grandfather (saw)
may be rescued from the most wretched and corrupt Yazeed and his lot. The sacred blood of the family of Prophet (saw) and the companions washed away all the impurities from the soul of Islaam and breathed in it the everlasting spirit of steadfastness and uprising against corruption, injustice and deviation from the Will of Allah (saw).
The falling standard of Islaam was raised again by Hussain (as)
and his companions by sacrificing all of their belongings which showed that the religion and the will of God have the precedence. All the revolutionary movements of today are consciously or unconsciously inspired by the incident of Karbalaa. In the whole world whenever an oppressor rises with Yazeedi ambitions against humanity, naturally there raises the Hussaini element to barricade it. Martyrdom has the capacity of sending the darkness back to dungeons from the society, and if these martyrdoms are from those people of whom Quran says,“Allaah only wills to remove all impurity from you, O the People of the Household of Prophet (s), and by cleansing you make you utterly pure”(Surah Ahzaab verse 33)
Then such personalities are the un-yielding divine beacons of light in the darkness and falsehood, divine hope in the face of destitution.The tragic incident of Karbalaa possesses countless lessons and messages, such as:1. Fear of God (taqwa),
means we should judge our deeds in the divine standards.2. To scarify all the belongings including life for the glory of Islaam.3. By enjoining the good and forbidding the evil in the society, leading to an equal and just system.4. Hurriat - rejecting the oppression openly.5. The companions of Imam Hussain (a)
are the symbols of submission to Allaah and Imam.6. The companions of Yazeed are the symbols of prolonged worldly desires and being opportunist.7. It is important to recognize what we are doing, because mosques and Kaaba was filled with the pilgrims yet those who stood by the truth and Islaam were few.8. It is important to recognize Imam of the time, because those who were not with Hussain (as)
were either with Yazeed or were silent listeners and the end of both is the death of ignorance.9. The people of Kufa are symbolic representation of those who prefer contemporary benefits over deen.10. During the incident and afterwards the character of women of Karbalaa is worth mentioning. Particularly the women of Prophet’s Family are the role model for the women of every nation and religion. In the time of calamity and catastrophe, they glorified Islaam , condemned the oppressors and kept on advising the society. In this way they gave life to the mission of the revelation of divine guidance to the humanity .Which is the mission of all the prophets and the Most Noble Prophet Mohammad (saw).
In the end we remind ourselves and the conscious humanity, that what were the meanings of the call raised by Imam Hussain (as),
when he was very near to breath his last? He asked, ” is there any helper who can help us?”To whom Imam was calling? As we know that if someone loses his loved ones , he loses the desire of being alive, while Imam was bearing not only the severe wounds but also the sorrows of the deaths of his relatives and companions, then what sort of help he was seeking? Who was the addressee? If we ponder over it, imam uses the words of “help us”, which is an indication to the divine duty of every thoughtful human to establish the just and peaceful society. Exactly the mission of all the prophets, the mission of our Prophet Mohammad(s), Ali ibn Abi Talib (as)
and Fatima (sa).
We can understand this help seeking, from Quran where Allah (swt) says,“Help Allaah and Allaah will help you, and strengthen you on earth”.The philosophy of the words of Imam is same, and we are the potential addressees. If we can understand, this is the methodology, the solution and indication of the role model for whenever Yazeediat tries to hide its malicious intentions under the cover of humanity and religion, the nation and societies should rise with the Hussaini revolution and should de-track the fallacious waves in such a manner that they eat up their own arks. In our times, Yazeediat in the hide of dictatorship and democracy is pitched against the divine system. It is the need of the hour that by understanding the call of Imam, we recognize those elements and systems of society who are Hussaini. And then see ourselves where do we stand? If we are in the Hussaini camp then its good, otherwise we have to adopt Hurriat and leave the short term benefits. We have to nurture the fear of God and rather than protecting the kingdom and personalities we should unite together for the establishment of the just and peaceful society. Indeed there is guidance for the righteous and God fearing