In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the MercifulThe story of Karbala, a plain in what is now Iraq, is a story that is over a thousand years old, yet it is a story that lives on in the lives and hearts of those who care about truth, virtue, honor, respect, and dignity. It is a story that radiates light into a world of darkness. It is the story of the Radiance of Husain.
Allameh Sayyid Muhammad-Husain Husaini-Tehrani, who was a living example of what it meant to be a human being in this day and age for all of those who were privileged to know him, compiled a collection of the sayings of Imam Husain, peace be upon him. It was his wish that these sayings, speeches, mottoes and slogans would be translated in a free and flowing way, and made available as the signposts of guidance and contemplation for all of those who seek the truth. As he, an eminent scholar, refrained from making a commentary or explanation of these speeches, so I will refrain from doing so as well, except inasmuch as some otherwise obscure phrase or detail might need explanation.
Rather, we shall leave the words of Imam Husain, peace be upon him, and the depiction of his actions, to stand alone in their brilliance, to attract us to him, and to attract us to our own inner selves.
Allameh Sayyid Muhammad-Husain Husaini-Tehrani, who was a living example of what it meant to be a human being in this day and age for all of those who were privileged to know him, compiled a collection of the sayings of Imam Husain, peace be upon him. It was his wish that these sayings, speeches, mottoes and slogans would be translated in a free and flowing way, and made available as the signposts of guidance and contemplation for all of those who seek the truth. As he, an eminent scholar, refrained from making a commentary or explanation of these speeches, so I will refrain from doing so as well, except inasmuch as some otherwise obscure phrase or detail might need explanation.
Rather, we shall leave the words of Imam Husain, peace be upon him, and the depiction of his actions, to stand alone in their brilliance, to attract us to him, and to attract us to our own inner selves.
Who is this Husain, that all the world is enthralled with him
What candle is this, that all circle around it, like moths to the fire?
What candle is this, that all circle around it, like moths to the fire?
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