Every day is Ashura, and every land is Karbala! These are great, immortal words, mostly misunderstood and misused. Some think it means lamenting every day, but it isn’t so! What was the role of the land of Karbala on the Ashura Day? All lands should be like that! The part or role of Karbala was this: The Master of the Martyrs accompanied by a few men rose up against the tyranny and oppression of the cruel regime of Yazid, against the emperor of the time, fought him but as their number was too small, they sacrificed themselves and were all killed, thus they did not submit to cruelty and this meant a defeat for the oppressor. And, the motto Every day is Ashura means that we all must stand and fight oppression every day if it so exists, the command is unlimited in terms of time and location or place. The Karbala event occurred on a site that was limited in dimension and number of challengers - 70 plus persons. But this is symbolic. All lands should perform the role that Karbala did, that is, people must resist oppression whenever and wherever it occurs, and fight it without regard to forces available.” Imam Khomeini (ra)...... #angel
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 04:35:29 +0000
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