Candles and Love: Shame-Ghariban in Iran

Images: Candles lit for Imam Hussain, his household, and companions on “Shame-Ghariban” or “Evening of the Dispossessed”. People all over Iran light candles in streets to remember the tragedy of Karbala on the 10th of Muharram.
From Tabnak.ir

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Remember Hussain

An inspiring video. The description says: This is a tribute to Imam Hussain and an invitation to everyone in the world to stand up for truth and justice and to strive together to make our world a better place.

Muharram
More than 13 hundred years have passed since …Imam Hussainthe grandson of the [...]

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Latmiya – Zayn al-’Abidin and Karbala

The below short latmiya (devotional elegy) is about Imam Zayn al-’Abidin’s suffering in the historic tragedy of Karbala. He is the son of Imam Husayn and, among other things, is well known for his inspiring supplications, collected in the book Sahifa-e-Sajjadia. He had fallen deadly ill in Karbala and was taken captive after the oppressors [...]

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Marsiya Imam Hussain by Faiz

Here is a marsiya composed by Faiz Ahmed Faiz that describes the scene on Shab-e-Ashur (night before the 10th Muharram) and the day of Ashura (10th Muharram) ending with Imam Hussain’s sermon and martyrdom. (The name Shabbir in the marsiya refers to the Imam). English translation by S. G. Abbas.
MARSIYA Faiz Ahmed Faiz
raat aa’ee hai [...]

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Horr: A Free Person

Horr illuminates the path to liberation of the self from the bondage of false ideologies and oppressive systems.
Excerpts from Dr. Ali Shariati’s piece entitled “Horr” (source):
“Horr was the name of one of the high-ranking commanders of the army of Omar-e-Sad who faced the grandson of the Prophet of Islam, Hussain-ebn-Ali, with orders from Yazeed-ebn-Muawiah to [...]

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