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The Day of Ashura: A Microcosm of the
Human Condition
1
Maryam Naqvi (Pakistan) , Dr. Mahdi Islami (Iran)
2
Reccive: 02/09/2016 Accept: 05/11/2016
Abstract
1. Choice: the cause of felicity or adversity
2. The reasons of Imam Hussain’s mission
3. The true nature of Imam Hussain followers and Yazid’s army
4. Imam Hussain’s companions: two examples
5. A martyr’s blood: the cause of immortality
6. Keeping alive the truth of the Day of Ashura and the
message of Imam Hussain
7. Every human's role in creating history
Keywords: Ashura, Microcosm, Human Condition

1. Choice: the cause of felicity or adversity
From the creation of the first human to the present
population of seven billion, there is undoubtedly a universal
agreement that humans are unique from other creation. God
has created humans with a special capacity for intellect.
Unlike angels who are governed by command, or animals
governed by instinct, humans have the unique ability to use their
reason to make individual decisions. When the intellect governs
a human’s life, the soul strives towards Justice, thus allowing one
to manifest one’s true nature. It is one’s choices that ultimately
lay out the path for the future with the bricks of history.
The successes and failures of people and of civilizations are conducted
through a series of choices. In the moment, many choices feel confined to
the present. It is not until years later that one can understand how certain
decisions shook the earth and will continue to echo through time.

1. Ma in Department of Islamic Studies, Al-Mustafa Internatonal
University, Qom, Iran, marryamx@gmail.com
2. PhD in Department of Literature Mysticism, Al-Mustafa Open
University, Qom, Iran, mehdiislami2010@gmail.com