Are you dealing a blow to my uncle?

Are you dealing a blow to my uncle?" He hit the boy who lift his arm to protect his head causing it to be severed. The boy shouted, "0 uncle!" and fell into his uncle's lap. Hussain embraced him and said, "0 nephew! Be patient at what has befallen you and consider it as a blessing for Allah, the Exalted will reunite you with your noble ancestors". He then raised his hands in supplication and said, "0 Lord!

If You had granted them enjoyment for a while, cause them to divide among themselves, disperse them into sects following different ways, do not let the rulers be pleased with them for they called on us so that they may be among our partisans, instead they transgressed against and killed us". Harmalah released an arrow towards the boy, whilst he was in his uncle's lap, and slew him. Imam Hussain, fatally wounded, was left lying for a considerable time.

What prevented them from finishing him off sooner was the fact that every tribe was relying on the other to do the job i.e. each tribe hated to be seen as the one which killed Hussain. Shimr yelled, "Why are you standing idly by? The man is critically wounded. Attack and finish him off".

Zar'a bin Shariek hit him on the shoulder blade; al-Hosein shot him in the mouth; another hit him on the shoulder, Sinan bin Anas lodged his spear in the area of the collarbone, then in his chest; he also shot him with an arrow in the throat, Saleh bin Wahab stabbed him in the loin. Hilal bin Nafi' was reported as saying, "I was standing near Hussain as he was on the brink of dying. By God, I never saw a person getting killed with own blood all over his body in a better state than Hussain.

His face was exuding with light and awe! I was so overwhelmed by the radiance of his face that I refrained from contemplating killing him! He asked for water; they did not give him any to drink".

* The torrent stem, keep him at bay* * Hold your own, and win the day.* * Hussain observed him, did not move* * Beckoning the renegade; to act and prove.* * Face to face when Hussain he saw* * The foe was overwhelmed, with awe.* * Ravished he was by the dazzling scene* * Such angelic face had never seen* * With celestial sheen his visage bestowed* * In propitious lustre glistened, glowed* * So intense was the divine hue* * His sight could not endure to view.* * By the glorious sight he was dazed* * But looked on still; gaped and gazed.* Previous…