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Imam Hossain, Candle in the winds

 

Imam Hossain (PBUH) was a heavenly candle in the stormy winds of this world whose Light saved the gloomy path of humanity from ignorance and darkness, and brightened the alleyway of life and belief. Drops of the melted candle of his heavenly body, irrigated the sapling of Islam. His celestial movement has been training devoted believers who, with their tears have been keeping his memory and the tree of faith alive.

Imam Hossain was the third infallible Imam, appointed by Allah, the son of Ali and Fatima, the daughter of Mohammad (PBUT). He, with his family and few companions, stood against the multitude of equipped transgressors, and courageously resisted to their last breath. They knew, from the start, that they were going to be martyred, that day the Aashoora, in the land of Karbala; the Prophet, many years before, had prophesied about it. His movement was neither a revolution to occupy the government, nor a movement to gain power, but rather it was a unique, one of a kind, movement in history which occurred in order to warn human and to correct the course of humankind. He, for enlightenment of monotheists, started his movement, for reviving Divine human values. Continual mourning of the Shi'ah, on anniversary of the Aashoora every year, reminds humanity that Aashoora is an everlasting, destiny-making and meaningful epic, and it is not just another forgotten page of history.

Deceits of the power-hungry brought about circumstances by which, after Ali, none of the rightful infallible Imams -the Prophet's Successors appointed by God- openly ruled the government of Muslims, and as the result today, the world is suffering from inequalities, injustices, inhumanities and … .

But, will it always be this way? Humanity is eagerly and anxiously awaiting the Appearance of the Saviour of humankind, the last infallible Imam, the final bridge between the Creator and the created, the one whom followed by his emergence, pure ones such as Jesus (PBUH) -with God's permission- shall return to assist and help him. After Mahdi's Appearance, Imam Hossain (PBUT) shall also return and so will the ones who, in any way, caused his martyrdom. Those so-called humans shall face the Divine justice of Mohammad and his progeny (PBUT) in this world before their everlasting life in Hell. According to Qur'an, they shall say:

 

They shall say: Our Lord! You have made us to die twice, and You have given us life twice; now that we are confessing to our sins, is there a way out?

 

(Qur'an, Surah Mo'men, Verse 11)

 

That which was done against Imam Hossain (PBUH) was the most heart-breaking crime against the best creations of the Creator, in addition to that, it was the darkest crime against humanity. Like Eblis (the lord Shaitaan) who stood against Adam and did not recognize Adam's Divinely bestowed position, those who stood and are standing against the Ahl-Ol-Bait, and did not accept and are not accepting the heavenly bestowed exalted position of the Ahl-Ol-Bait, have actually been standing against Allah and His command, therefore, they have been blocking human's path to eternal bliss. Thus, their sin -which they have chosen to commit- is unforgivable and if one dies with this sin and belief, there shall be no way out of God's punishment ... .