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The Day of Ashura: A Microcosm of the Human Condition / 95

As Dr. Ibrahim Ayati states, “Contrary to what is
imagined by most of the people that with the passage
of time history forgets the historical accounts and
conceals the facts, it actually reveals the realities as
the time passes and removes for the future comers the
impediments which are experienced by the
contemporaries so that they may become more fully
1
acquainted with the historical realities.”
Many may choose to write history for their own
gain through propaganda and falsehood. Though
this may fool some in the moment, history makes
sure this disguise does not last forever.
The truth had been revealed, that the followers
of Hussain sacrificed their lives purely for the sake
of Islam, and ignited a fire of love in the hearts for
generations to come.
It is evident through our analysis that “Al-Hussain’s
revolution represent[s] the eternal human dialectic
between good and evil, between nobility and baseness,
between political expediency and moral idealism,
between the tribal ethos and the rational conscience
which aspires to the formation of an integrated ummah,
between mercenary man and a man of principle.”
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The Day of Ashura clearly encompasses the
juxtaposition of the potential for the human
condition.

1. Shams Ad-Din Al-Amili, https://www.al-islam.org/revolution-
imam-al-Hussain-shaykh-muhammad-mahdi-shams-ad-din-al-amili.
Ayati, https://www.al-islam.org/probe-history-ashura-dr-ibrahim-ayati.
2. Shams Ad-Din Al-Amili, Ibid.