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Yazids are yet all about Within us and also without His tribe does not die Ye, waters of old lady Furat Tell us how Husain fought Tell us how he won For again have we to win And leave an example behind That the message of Muhammad The sacrifice of Husain Shall not be in vain Islam, Allah's noblest gift 68 Has to be earned again and again.* * Lalljee, The Martyrdom of Imam Husain, pp. 60-63. L. 19. ?The Faithful Few?

refers to Imam al-Husain's companions who were relatively much less than the number of the enemy's army, which reportedly exceeded 30,000. L. 21. ?The Last Prophet? refers to the . L. 53. Yaz?d b. Mu`?w?yyah symolizes a very notorious and detestable figure. He was the cruel monarch of the Umayyad dynasty. Soon after his gaining power, he ordered his agent in Medina to gain Imam Husain's alliance by force.

As this was all in contradiction to the contents of the peace treaty signed by Mu??w?yyah and Imam Hassan, Imam al-Husain rightly refused to recognize Yaz?d as a Muslim ruler. Hence, the Imam left Medina for Mecca in defiance to the unjust force exerted. As the people of al-Kufa had invited Imam al-Husain, he intended to go there. En route to and near Kufa, it was at Karbala where Yaz?d's agents and henchmen made Imam al- Husain stop.

In fact, Yaz?d ordered his forces to surrender, fight, and slay Imam al-Husain and his companions therein. L. 66. ?Ya, Muhammad Mustapha?. ?Ya? is an Arabic vocative or attention-getter, corresponding roughly to English O, Oh, or Lo. Mustapha, or Mustafa, ?lit. Chosen, selected, preferred, favorite, is another laqab (designation or appellation) of the . 69 L. 72. ?Yazids? signifies those who are like Yazid in character.

Although proper names are regarded as inherently definite, and non-count, in such secondary uses they quality as a set-, or category-denoting noun, hence they may take a plural marker. L. 75. Furat, or Fur?t, [English Euphrates] is one of the two major rivers of Iraq where the city of Karbala is located on. It symbolizes the thirst Imam al-Husain and his companions endured as well as the battle occurred thereby at Karbala.

According to numerous Islamic hadiths, it is regarded as a Paradise river imbued with virtues for whoever gets consecrated with it. Also recommended is to perform ghusl [i.e., washing the whole body in a prescribed way for religious or ritual purposes] with its water prior to performing ziarat, viz. pilgrimage, to Imam al-Husain's sacred sanctuary. 70 Previous…