All his life...

All his life, right from his infsney, Abbas moved most closely with Husain, practically as a faithful slave to his loving master, or a dutiful son to a respectable father, exactly as Ali moved with the Holy Prophet. The ways of heaven are obvious but to the awakened minds of those who believe in Him, His Might, His Wisdom and His Ever- Fulfilled Will.

When God wants His will to be fulfilled on earth, He sends down His own agencies, ha they angels or men, duly fitted by Himself to serve His purpose. Apostles of God when assigned any taskful allotment of any mission, ware given the help by another one like them to assist them. Mosas was commended to proceed against Pharaoh and he was given an assistant in his brother Aaron.

The Help Prophet Muhammed was to deal with the pagan and the heathen world and he was given en assistant in his brother Ali and Hosaim now having been sant to face the devils in human frames and to re-establish Gid's Religion, offering the Greatest Sacrifice (the 'Zibhe Azeem' ) ever offered on earth, he was given Abbas his brother duly fitted with all the qualities necessary to fulfil the divine purpose at Karbala.

The Kulifate thrust upon Ali THE THIRD KALIFATE ended in chaos, turmoil and the murder of the kaif Othman. There was unrest among sPa people all over the empire. Ma'aviah the governor of Syria appointed by Omar 30 A.H., took full advantage of the patronage of the Omayyids by the third kalif and had astablishad himself stongly at Damascus and had made the place a stronghold of his own.

An amazing situation was created that the Kalifate aftes which people ran and for which there was so much of dispute and tension, now was ronning after Ali imploring him to accept it. There waa no question of any election, nomination or co-optation now; the whole nation was now at Ali's door, imploring him to be gracious enough rn accept their Kalifate. Ali repeatedly refused but the public as a whole would not accept any excuse from him.

The great historian Oakly in his famous work the History of the Saracens and other historians too, say that Ali said :- "If you excuse me and elect another , whomsoever you may think fit choose, shall most submissively Vield obe- dience to him, if not, and I must with your wish to accept the offer,I must say frankly at the outset that I shall conduct the administration quite indepcn dently and I shall deal with all of you according to the Holy Book of the Lord and to the best of knowledge and judgment.” Ok.

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