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To the dismay of the Umayyads, Imam
“Hussain... emerged with exemplary fortitude,
moral fiber and aplomb, Hussain has emerged as the
most revered and meritorious martyr the world has
produced, who established the highest standards of
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excellence which humanity prides itself.”
For those who thought the true Islam of the
Prophet had been destroyed, they attempted to
record history on their own terms. While ripping
the pages of Imam Hussain’s mission from history,
they did not realize that every drop of a martyr’s
blood became the ink with which history would
immortalize them.
Dr. Ibrahim Ayati reminds us that “at the time of the
occurrence of the tragedy of Karbala there were a very
limited number of Ahlul Bayt and the Shi'ah who could
evaluate the importance of this event, speak about the
effect which it was likely to have on future history and
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remove the misunderstanding of the people.”
This being so, the message of Imam Hussain did
not begin and end in Karbala. It was the choices of
those who survived that spread his message.
Some of the most important choices were made by
those who did not die, who had the choice of either
spreading the truth of what had happened against the

1. Mutahhari, https://www.al-islam.org/truth-about-al-Hussain-s-
revolt-ayatullah-murtadha-mutahhari.
2. Ayati, https://www.al-islam.org/probe-history-ashura-dr-
ibrahim-ayati.