“For no one the heavens wept for forty days save Yahya and Hussein”
LONDON, Oct. 24 (MNA) – As Muslims around the world are once coming together to commemorate the tragedy of Karbala and the sacrifice of Imam Hussein, it is important we remember those lessons, the Prophet’s progeny sought to teach humanity - opening a path of light onto those who otherwise would continue to be lost in the darkness.
Today I feel we fail to grasp the universality of Imam Hussein’s bravery, his absolute devotion to the Word of God and the stand he made, not for himself or his family, but for mankind. As his body was pierced with a thousand arrows, as he watched his son, his brother, his kin draw their last breath in the land of Karbala, will we not recognize the message embedded in the cries his voice carried to the Heavens?
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