Karbala Key to the Iranian Nation’s Victories

By: Kayhan Int’l

The month of mourning softens our hearts, moistens our eyes, and enlightens our minds with discourses of the greatest ever tragedy to have ever afflicted any person or group.

Muharram in which our beloved martyred leader of the Islamic Revolution is to be laid to rest, freshens up our memories every year regarding the heroic stand of Imam Husain (AS), who refused to give his hand in allegiance to a tyrant, by preferring the glory of martyrdom to an abject life under an oppressive and corrupt system. 

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei as a devoted disciple of Martyr of Karbala preferred to drink the elixir of martyrdom rather than seek the safety of bunker when all indications pointed out that the devilish US-Israel duo intended to attack Iran any time.

From the heroic path blazed by the Grandson of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) the Iranian people stand united and has defeated the combined might of the US and the illegal Zionist entity.

Thanks to the Majalis-e Aza or mourning ceremonies, where the faithful gather in great number to listen to, and participate in, the marsiya of elegiac poetry, noha or lamentation, matam or the rhythmical beating of chests in mourning, every year our spirit is rejuvenated.

These dynamic ceremonies have ensured that successive generations continue to commemorate the world’s most heartrending tragedy so as to practically implement its lessons in daily life.

This is indeed the key to our success in the wars on the battlefields and the talks at the diplomatic tables, where our devilish enemies, although defeated, are ever intent to deceive us, rather than manly deal with us.

No wonder, Muharram and its life-inspiring rituals transcend geography, political boundaries, economic sanctions, and historical developments, to triumph over the forces of Yazid in every age and place.

These ceremonies have generated revolutions, shattered empires, and ushered in technological transformations, to the extent that not just Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain, and the Indo-Pak Subcontinent, the message of Karbala resonates all over the world.

Trump, Netanyahu, and other dastardly devils have no future like Yazid are destined for the fires of hell.

The memory of Imam Husain (AS) thus serves as a perpetual reminder that power must never prevail over justice and that moral courage sometimes demands sacrifice.