The ladies screamed and sought help From their slain men in slumber...

The ladies screamed and sought help From their slain men in slumber, And from the captives besides every valiant one A free lady fell pleading for help, And so did every girl... They complained from the whips giving them pain. Have ever suiters sought the help from the slain? They feebly fall down from the animals' backs, perturbed, Whenever the she-camels are by the hadis [^10] disturbed.[^11] The ladies pleaded thus: “For the love of Allah!

Please take us to those killed.” When they saw how they had lost their limbs, how the spears had drank of their blood, and how the horses had trampled upon them, they screamed and beat their faces in anguish.[^12] Zainab cried out, “O Muhammad! Here is Husayn in the desert covered with blood, his limbs cut off!

Here are your daughters taken captive and your offspring slaughtered!” These words caused friends and foes alike to weep,[^13] even the horses' tears ran on their hooves.[^14] Then she put her hands under his sacred body and lifted it as she supplicated saying, “O Lord!

Do accept this sacrifice from us.”[^15] This stand demonstrates to us the fact that Zainab was then elevated to the height of sacred responsibility, that of holding a holy covenant, that she would henceforth carry out a sacred revival like the one started by her brother, al-Husayn (‘a), while keeping the difference in mind.

Once al-Husayn (‘a) carried out his responsibility through his martyrdom, the wise lady, Zainab, started her duty that included presenting the sacrifice to the Mighty Lord and promoting his cause. Then she, peace of Allah be upon her, shouldered her other responsibilities. This should not be discounted outrightly, for their noor is one and the same, and so is the substance. She and al-Husayn share their complain Fate decided that they should.

One fell to the swords and to their pain And the other by life's agonies taken captive.[^16] Sukayna[^17] hugged the body of her father al-Husayn (‘a) and kept telling him how she had heard him saying: O my Shi’as! Whenever of water you drink Never from mentioning my name should you shrink.

And whenever you are a stranger on a sojourn, Or see a martyr, me should you remember and mourn.[^18] Only a number of them could collectively remove her from his corpse, forcefully dragging her away.[^19] An orphan girl with being orphaned startled Her heart is filled with pain, Like a bird by an eagle chased, One whose nest is assaulted.