\n -saww named the baby \u2018Zainab -asws \u2019 which...

\n -saww named the baby \u2018Zainab -asws \u2019 which means \u2018father’s adornment\u2019. Imam Ali -asws and his -asws \u00a0daughter -asws \u00a0were so close, so germane attached that even the alphabetical distance of ‘Alif cannot set them apart. It is for this reason that in Arabic ‘Zainab’ is written without the alphabet ‘Alif in between.

Amir-ul-Momineen -asws was the adornment of excellences and Syeda Zainab -asws was his -asws \u00a0adornment.Syeda Zainab -asws had brothers -asws who were the youths of paradise namely Imam Hasan -asws , Imam Hussain -asws \u00a0and a sister -asws \u00a0who was a year younger Syeda Umm-e-Kulsoom -asws .

Syeda Zainab -asws had many titles of which we have listed some below; \n \u00a0 Waliyatul Allah -azwj \n Syeda Zainab -asws has the title of \u2018Waliyatul Allah\u2019 -azwj and is vested with authority on the universe and moreover she -asws \u00a0 also has the authority over this authority. Her -asws authority is such that in Kufa, when she -asws wished to deliver a sermon, the whole atmosphere was rife with shrieking noises and loud sounds. Men and animals, both were making a lot of noises.

Nobody could have quelled such a noisy mob. Man may become dumb of fear of tyranny but same cannot be said with animals. Imam Ali Ibn Hussain -asws said;\u00a0“The moment my aunt Zainab -asws gesticulated at the people, then their breathing slowed down and bells which were dangling in the necks of animals stopped ringing……..” [3] \n These words of the Holy Imam -asws clearly shows the extent of authority, which Syeda Zainab -asws wields over this Uni\u00adverse.

Her -asws \u00a0 mere gesture was enough to quell the bedlam. \n Aminatul Allah -azwj \n Divine secrets can be inquired by either the Holy Prophet -saww or Imams -asws Other than infallibles -asws none can carry any such divine secrets. Imam Hussain -asws assigned the secrets of Divine leadership and vicegerency to Syeda Zainab -asws . Because a fallible human cannot bear the secrets of Imamat.

Syeda Zainab -asws was pure \u2018Noor\u2019 and infalliable.\u00a0 One of the Divine trusts is the office of Imamat. Syeda -asws saved and protected the Imam Zainul Abideen -asws \u00a0 several times, when infidels set fire to their tents on the eve of 11 th of Moharram and in the courts of Ibn Ziad la and yazeed la . Syeda Zainab -asws indeed was the successor to Syeda Fatima Zahra -asws\u00a0 and hence had the title \u2018Sani-e-Zahra\u2019 .