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May 31, 2024 · Hosein recalls one occasion, when walking home from school during a time of "peace", he got held up by a much bigger, older man from a rival area. When Hosein was unable to give him any...
Husayn and his followers were intercepted by the vanguard of Yazid's army, about 1,000 men led by Hurr ibn Yazid al-Tamimi, south of Kufa near Qadisiyya. [53] Husayn said to them: I did not come to you until your letters were brought to me, and your messengers came to me saying, 'Come to us, for we have no imam.' ...
His left arm was cut off, and a javelin pierced through his breast. After all that agony, when his head was lifted up on a spear, his face was the placid face of a man of God. All the men of that gallant band were exterminated and their bodies trampled under foot by the horses.
- Imam Ḥusayn and His Martyrdom
- Cities and Their Cultural Meaning
- Vicissitudes of Mecca and Medina
- Spirit of Damascus
- Snare of Riches
- Basra and Kufa
- Rivalry and Poison of Damascus
- Ḥusayn The Righteous Refused to Bow to Worldliness and Power
- Driven from City to City
- Invitation from Kufa
When we invite strangers or guests and make them feel part of our family circle, that requires the greatest out-flowing of our hearts to them. The events that I am going to describe refer to some of the most touching incidents of our domestic history in their spiritual aspect. We ask our brethren of other faiths to come and share with us some of th...
The building of Kufa and Basra, the two great outposts of the Muslim Empire, in the 16th year of the Hijra, was a visible symbol that Islam was pushing its strength and building up a new civilization, not only in a military sense but in moral and social ideas and in the sciences and arts. The old effete cities did not content it any more than the o...
The great cities of Islam at its birth were Mecca and Medina. Mecca, the center of the old Arabian pilgrimage, the birthplace of the Prophet, rejected the Prophet's teaching and cast him off. Its idolatry was effete; its tribal exclusiveness was effete; its ferocity against the Teacher of the New Light was effete. The Prophet shook its dust off his...
Islam's first extension was towards Syria, where the power was centered in the city of Damascus. Among living cities, it is probably the oldest city in the world. Its bazaars are thronged with men of all nations, and the luxuries of all nations find a ready welcome there. If you come to it westward from the Syrian desert, the contrast is complete, ...
Meanwhile, Persia came within the Muslim orbit. When Median was captured in the year 16 of the Hijra, and the battle of Jalula broke the Persian resistance, some military booty was brought to Medina - gems, pearls, rubies, diamonds, swords of gold and silver. A great celebration was held in honor of the splendid victory and the valor of the Arab ar...
In Mesopotamia, the Muslims did not base their power on old and effete Persian cities but built new outposts for themselves. The first they built was Basra at the head of the Persian Gulf in the 17th year of the Hijra. And what a great city it became! Not great in war and conquest, not great in trade and commerce, but great in learning and culture ...
But its rival, the city of Damascus, fattened on luxury and Byzantine magnificence. Its tinsel glory sapped the foundations of loyalty and soldierly virtues. Its poison spread through the Muslim world. Governors wanted to be kings. Pomp and selfishness, ease and idleness and dissipation grew as a canker; wines and spirituous liquors, skepticism, cy...
We have brought the story down to the 60th year of the Hijra. Yazid assumed power at Damascus. He cared nothing for the most sacred ideals of the people. He was not even interested in the ordinary business affairs of administration. His passion was hunting, and he sought power for self-gratification. The discipline and self-abnegation, the strong f...
Medina was the center of Ḥusayn's teaching. They made Medina impossible for him. He left Medina and went to Mecca, hoping that he would be left alone. But he was not left alone. The Syrian forces invaded Mecca. The invasion was repelled, not by Ḥusayn but by other people. For Ḥusayn, though the bravest of the brave, had no army and no worldly weapo...
When the Kufa invitation reached the Imam, he pondered over it, weighed its possibilities, and consulted his friends. He sent over his cousin Muslim to study the situation on the spot and report to him. The report was favorable, and he decided to go. He had a strong presentiment of danger. Many of his friends in Mecca advised him against it. But co...
Jun 23, 2024 · In fact, Hosein darts his arm balls into the right-hander by a big margin, almost like a hooping in-swinger. This way, he moves the ball in both directions. Imad Wasim, another specialist powerplay spinner, is the only other left-arm spinner who does that.
Once they reached Karbala, Hussain with his family 72 companions were surrounded by Yazid’s forces of up to 30,000 men. Despite being hugely outnumbered and with limited access to water, Hussain refused to give up. Yazid gave Hussain a final choice. To either support the government, or be killed.
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Among the other reasons for Hosein's success against Uganda is that he kept the length up, and the pace fairly quick, so batters had to keep committing to front foot shots to him.
