An Everlasting Instruction, Imam al-Husayn’s Journey to Makka

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Author(s): Abu Muhammad Zaynul Abidin

Category: Imam al-Husayn and Karbala

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

In the Name of Allah, the All-Beneficent, the All- Merciful.

O Allah bless Muhammad and the Progeny of Muhammad (S)

I humbly present this short treatise to the Leader of Martyrs- Imam al-Husayn ('a), who sacrificed his noble life, family, and possessions entirely to save the 'truth', and thereby practically demonstrated a timeless model for emulation.

Abu Muhammad Zaynu’l 'Abidin

Introduction: Events of Truth are Everlasting

The Holy Qur’an illustrates 'the example of truth' in the following way:

مَا عِنْدَكُمْ يَنفَدُ وَمَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ بَاقٍ

What is with you vanishes and what is with Allah will endure. (Holy Qur'an, 16:96)

 وَأَمَّا مَا يَنْفَعُ النَّاسَ فَيَمْكُثُ فِي الْأَرْضِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثَالَ 

…As for the scum, it disappears like froth cast out; and as for that which benefits mankind, it remains on the earth. This is how Allah sets forth parables. (13:17)

Every phenomenon of truth(1) is everlasting. The verse above likens clean water with truth and the scum over it with falsehood. Some phenomena resemble the scum on the water which finally evaporates and vanishes, while others resemble water which remains on earth and is beneficial to mankind.

Phenomena of truth resemble springs of pure water that quench every generation to come. They also benefit those who lived prior to their existence. Therefore their effect transcends time. Narratives indicate that the past Prophets of God after having been informed about what will befall the grandson of the last

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