God be with thee.

God be with thee." The messenger in utmost wonder and sorrow left the fatal plain with tears in his eyes for the plight of the Holy Soul. The Final Separation THE DETAILS OF the final separation of the Holy Imam from the helpless ladies and children and other inmates of his camp, parti- cularly from his sisters Zainab and Umme-Kulthoom, are very heart rending and it is impossible for any one to describe the whole sorrowful scene in a paragraph or two of a brief work like this.

The Holy Imam at last bade bood bye to all the helpless inmates of his camp foretelling the calamities that were awaiting them following his martyrdom, and preaching patience to one and all. To Zainab, his sister, he exhorted in particular to bear every hardship and torture with extreme patience and never to curse the enemy for her curse would surely invoke the wrath of God upon the people and what he had done with so much of patience and fortitude would be undone.

Husain hands over the Charge of the Imamat ALI,THE ELDEST Son of Husain called Zainulabideen (i.e., the Grace of the pious), was lying unconscious on his sick bed. Husain went to him and handed over the charge of the sacred office of Imamat to him.

He enumerated the difficulties and the tortures that would befall him immediately following his martyrdom and advised him (who was to succeed as the Fourth Holy Imam) to observe the highest degree of patience and fortitude against every aggression and oppression that would be inflicted on him and his dear ones, and never to get angry or curse the people.

The Parting Advice to zainab and Umme-Kulthoom To ZAINAB AND Umme-Kulthoom, his two sisters, Husain said:- "Our camp will be plundered and set on fire. After I am slain, the series of calamities to you all would bein. Your heads will be stripped of your covering cloths veils. Beware o' My Sisters dear, let not patience under any suffering be lost. Bear every cala- mity in the way of the Lord with patience and fortitude.

Sisters dear, let not what I have done be undone by your impatience." The Hoty Imam at last came into the field bidding goodbye, to all, not to return again to his camp, but to drink the cup of martyrdom to fulfil the covenant with the Lord to save and secure the Truth for all times until the Day of Judgment.