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96 PURE LIFE, Vol.3.No.7, (Safar Al-Muzaffar 1438. Azar 1395. November 2016)
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The freedom to choose and create one’s own
destiny and history lies in one’s own hands. From
the initiation of his journey, to the spreading of his
message, choices have been made through the
principles of truth and sacrifice and the false
promises of lies and power.
It is most important, above all, to understand,
that ultimately History, itself, has a choice, as it is
written by the participants, those who strive to
record the truth and those who attempt to cover it.
Similarly, every person has this choice, every day.
History is a construct, but it is all happening in the
present. It is only confined to the past if we, in the
present, let it. But knowing the history,
learning from it, and acting with our knowledge is
in itself is a responsibility on every human being.

7. Every human's role in creating history
As much as one can analyze the choices that have
been made in the past, it is time to face the choices
that must be made in the present. It is foolish to
believe that history does not have a place in the
now. More often than not, the current situation of
the world is not unfamiliar to history. On the Day
of Ashura, Imam Hussain exclaims “‘O people,
1
take heed.’”

1. "The Sermon of Mina, https://www.al-islam.org/articles/sermon-mina-
al-imam-al-Hussains-everlasting-message-religious-leaders.