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It was through personal contact, speeches, and
sharing the realities of Karbala that hearts turned
towards the Ahlul Bayt. Lady Zainab saw it as her
“duty to speak more clearly” to the Syrians, who
“were more mistaken and unacquainted with the
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Ahlul Bayt.”
Her presence was not of silence or omission, but
her speak shook those who listened. “Allah preserved
her speech and it was not eliminated” from history,
or from the hearts and minds of the people.
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The truth entered the heart of the people, through
her eloquence and virtue. She reminds the people
in her speech to Yazid: “You have shed the blood
of the sons of the Holy Prophet and have hidden
the brilliant stars on the earth from amongst the
descendants of Abdul Muttalib under the clouds of
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oppression and injustice.”
She reminds the people that those Yazid attacked
were not rebels seeking power, but that they were the
Prophet’s family who yearned to return the ummah to
the values and principles of his teachings. This
created a “tumult in the spirit of the people, shook
their hearts, removed their misunderstanding...invited
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them to realize the value of this sacred rising.”

1. Ayati, https://www.al-islam.org/probe-history-ashura-dr-
ibrahim-ayati.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.