As Salaam Alaikum dear readers,
My heartfelt condolences to the entire ummah as we approach Arbaeen of Imam Hussain (A.S) and prepare to give pursa to our beloved Bibi Syeda (A.S) on this sad occasion. May Bibi accept all of our efforts in remembering the holy sacrifice by her beloved family members inshAllah.
It is hard to believe Moharram is almost over! Arbaeen is here already!
Our days to grieve and mourn for our beloved Imam and his progeny on a day to day basis has already passed... Despite the fact that the sorrow and grief of the supreme sacrifice stays with us all year round, I still feel our emotions naturally peak during Moharram/Safar due to the increased participation in Majaalis and Soz. For this reason I feel sad that these months will end soon.
I think each year, the approach of Moharram and Safar help recharge our spirituality and enable us to ground ourselves so to speak. For me it works as a month of spiritual cleansing just like for many Ramadhan is the month to spiritually cleanse ourselves. I believe we are blessed to have so many opportunities by Allah S.W.T to cleanse our body, mind and soul and yet we indulge in acts that hurt our souls and our hereafter!
This time of the month reminds me of the beautiful nauha that I often heard Ali Deep Rizvi recite in Baltimore:
My heartfelt condolences to the entire ummah as we approach Arbaeen of Imam Hussain (A.S) and prepare to give pursa to our beloved Bibi Syeda (A.S) on this sad occasion. May Bibi accept all of our efforts in remembering the holy sacrifice by her beloved family members inshAllah.
It is hard to believe Moharram is almost over! Arbaeen is here already!
Our days to grieve and mourn for our beloved Imam and his progeny on a day to day basis has already passed... Despite the fact that the sorrow and grief of the supreme sacrifice stays with us all year round, I still feel our emotions naturally peak during Moharram/Safar due to the increased participation in Majaalis and Soz. For this reason I feel sad that these months will end soon.
I think each year, the approach of Moharram and Safar help recharge our spirituality and enable us to ground ourselves so to speak. For me it works as a month of spiritual cleansing just like for many Ramadhan is the month to spiritually cleanse ourselves. I believe we are blessed to have so many opportunities by Allah S.W.T to cleanse our body, mind and soul and yet we indulge in acts that hurt our souls and our hereafter!
This time of the month reminds me of the beautiful nauha that I often heard Ali Deep Rizvi recite in Baltimore:
Yeh sada yeh fughan aur yeh majlisen...
maatam aur noha aur gham ki yeh zeenatain...
chahata hai yeh dil yunhi qaem rahay...
aah bharta hai dil kis tarhan yeh kahe..
Alvida Alvida Alvida ae Hussain
InshAllah let us comemorate the upcoming Arbaeen of our Imam (A.S) with our heart and soul and give pursa to bibi for her great loss inshAllah.
More laters,
Zehra
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