This is a historical event...

This is a historical event, which shall not be forgotten

till the Day of Judgment. In her speech Zahra (a.s) first of all praised

Almighty God describing His attributes and then sent salutations and

greetings to her late father, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) of Islam,

Muhammad (s.a.w.s.). Thereafter she told the people that Muhammad

(s.a.w.s.). My word has been one and the same from first to last. It has

never altered. I have never adopted any unfair attitude. The Holy

Prophet (s.a.w.s.) had come to show the true and the right path to you

all and he had always been most kind to you all. All of you know very

well that he was my father and not of anyone among you. Ali (a.s) is the

than us? My father fulfilled the duty of divine messengership and kept

enemies awed. When the polytheists dared to confront the Muslims, my

husband attacked them vehemently and

fearlessly and cut down the necks of many of the leading enemies of

By speaking thus Zahra (a.s) intended to break down the idols seated in

their hearts and minds so that the egotists would come to senses and the

dark night of ignorance may end and the dawn of light and intelligence

might come up and the truthful slogan of “There is no god but Only One

of the well of moral degradation which could break and drown you all at

any moment. Tribes living nearby had made you toys to play with and were

kicking you around. You were drinking water from pits wherein a little

rainwater was collected with camel droppings all around and there were

stinking bodies of dead animals nearby. You were constantly living a

life of terror and you almost always feared that a neighboring tribe

would suddenly attack you. In such a humiliating condition, Almighty

Allah relieved you from this degradation and disgrace and removed a

constant risk from you, broke the pride of egotists and ended all the

conspiracies of the People of the Book against you and drove away all

Arab wolves. Whenever they forced a war upon you, my father cooled that