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33. Just and the correct use of Weights and Measures, was ordered.
34. Cleanliness of body, thought, conduct and character was made compulsory.
35. Varieties of food and drinks and the limits of eating and drinking fixed.
36. Strictly regulated fasting was prescribed and de- clared compulsory.
37. Protection of travellers and helping them as much as possible, made obligatory and highly com- mendable.
38. Patronage of orphans and the destitutes declared as one of the great virtues and a strongly com- mended quality.
39. Compulsion in faith strongly deprecated and strictly prohibited.
40. Man was given the liberty in the choice of his faith, with personal responsibility for a correct decision.
41. Reformation through many other characteristics and exclusively distinctive commandments was en- forced through which human society was re - volutionised and greatly profited.
The above facts justly warrant every intelligent and impartial reader with his scholarship, logical reasoning and the sense of justice, to fearlessly declare that the Man who could bring about such a wonderfu revolution in the ideology of the people totally lost in the barbaric paganism, and effected such a miraculous transformation in every sphere ofthe practical life ofmankind, which for the greatest statesmen, or even for the strongest of the dictatorial monarchs, could have been nothing short of an impossibility, within the short span of only 23 years, must be the Wonderman, the Greatest Benefactor of Humanity ; and he could be none else other than the Greatest of the Apostles of the Almighty Lord. In fact, it was God s will, which none could ever resist that was done on the earth, to finally guide mankind for aLl times, which He had mercifully promised to do. This is what the Last Prophet of God, gave effect to, and if this godly service is undone, he who


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does it, will be none but Satan, even, if the individual appears in human frame. And one who fights such a devil will naturally and necessarily be the greatest hero of humanity with the maximum divinity endowed in him, though he may not be a prophet, he must necessarily be a Deputy of an apostle of God. This is the point to be remembered in judging the personality of Husain, the King of Martyrs.

Islam the Universal Religion for Mankind

THE CONCEPTION OF God in Islam is unique in its strict unitarian aspect. The jurisdiction of God, is not restricted or limited to any section of hunianitv or to any part of the world. God according to Islam is the 'Rabbul- Aalameen' (i.e., The Lord of the Worlds i.e., the Absolute Monarch of the whole Universe).
Prophets sent before the Holy Prophet Muhammad, were not for the human race as a whole, they were for particular peoples in various parts of the earth.
Even Jesus, the immediate predecessor of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, about his own self, had said:-
"I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the House of Israel."
Math. 15- 22- 26
But Muhammad the Holy Prophet, the Last Apostle of God was not to guide any particular tribe, community or any part of the human race, but for mankind as a whole, and the religion Islam was revealed to be current for all times until the Day of Judgment. The Holy Prophet Mubammad had been sent as the Rahmatwun- lil Aalameen' (i.e., the Mercy unto the Worlds or the Universe).
"We have sent thee an Apostle for mankind." 4:19 " Say 0' ye people, I am the Apostle of God unto you all" 7:158
"We sent thee not but a Mercy unto the Worlds." 21 :107
"We sent thee not but unto mankind as a whole." 34 :z8
No creed preached by any religious leader or apostle prior to the Holy Prophet, was ever given any name, for it was incomplete and no imperfect thing, is ever given any name. Since the religion preached by the Holy Prophet, was the divinely perfected code of discipline for human life on earth, it was named Islam and was


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prescribed for the human race for all times till the end of the world.
" This day have I perfected for you your religion and corn- pined My bounties on you and pleased Islam to be your religion." 3:3
"Verily the religion with God is Islam and whosoever seeketh . a religion other than 12am, it shall never be accepted of him. 3:18, 4:125, 2:112

The Holy Qur'an- the Word of God

THE CODE OF control, regulation and the discipline of the human life on the earth, called the Holy Qur an, is not a Book edited by any mortal. It does not contain legends and stories or any collec- tion of folklore on the life of the Holy Prophet or about the faith Islam. It is the very Word of God which was recorded then and there as it was revealed to the Holy Prophet through the Messenger Angel Gabriel, which is a complete Book, sent down for the use of the pious ones in the human race as a whole, for all times in all parts of the world.
" This is the Book, there is no doubt therein, a guide for the pious ones." 2:2

To Destroy Islam is to Destroy Humanity

WHEN IsLAM IS the divinely revealed religion for the human race as a whole, as the only religion acceptable to God (3:84), none but the Devil alone would aim to destroy or corrupt it, and the one who aims to do it, would be the worst enemy of mankind. He would naturally be the devil in human form. And the one who saves the religion from being destroyed or getting corrupted, would un- doubtedly be the Greatest Benefactor and the Saviour of Truth and humanity as a whole. It has been clearly announced by the Lord in the Holy Qur an that the one who saves a single human life, has saved humanity as a whole.
"Whosoever killeth a person without its being in return for killing a man, it is as though lie hattb killed mankind as a whole, and whosoever saveth a life, it is as though he hath saved the life of mankind as a whole. 5:32

The Fate of the Apostolic Missions, Previous to the Holy Prophet Muhammad

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against every such godly mission was also counteracting against any lasting effect. Most of the apostles were killed. The sacred heavenly scriptures which were given to those apostles were either corrupted or made totally extinct. Fabricated stories from the folklore of the various people, were used as sacred scriptures and mankind was misled by imposters.

Divine Measures to Secure the Final Word of God for Ever

THE- ALL-KNOWING CREATOR Lord of the Universe, with His infinite knowledge, knew about the utter darkness which would shroud the human world, and had also determined the panacea for it,in tile mission of the Last of His apostles about Thorn Jesus had declared that the Comforter who would come after him will abide for ever. John 14:16.
As all the previously revealed scriptures had been either cor- rupted or were made extinct, the Almighty Lord willed that the Holy qur an, His Final Word, shall be preserved for ever, beyond the reach of any satanic hands with any questionable intention to meddle with it. The Lord has declared:
"Verily We sent down the Reminder (The Qur'an) and Verily, We (Ourselves) shall be its Guardian." Holy Qur'an 15:9
To preserve the Holy Qur'an in its original purity both in its verbal form as well as its meaning, and to keep the divine guidance always current and ever available to every seeker after truth, the Holy Prophet Muhammad was not sent alone into the world. As Aaron was given to Moses to assist him and to succeed him, along with the Holy Prophet, his cousin Mi, son of Abu-Taleb, from the same holy family of Abraham, was given his advent, to be his Vicegerent and his Successor. Thus was started the line of the Holy Imams (i.e., the Divinely Commissioned Guides) who were destined to be the authentic custodians of the Holy Qur'an, and as the fountainheads of the correct knowledge of the Word of God, to guide mankind towards the correct belief and the proper practice of the Faith.
If these guides, the Holy Imams, had been from any family, other than the family of Muhammad, it would have been mis- construed as another authority parallel to that of the Holy Prophet. The grace of the Lord, avoided this confusion and established one


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single authority of the Last of His apostles, as the unique one, with the unity of purpose. Hence it was divinely destined that the line of the Divine Guides called the Jmams, to succeed the Last Apostle, also, to be from the same stock of the Holy Family of Abraham, and this was also the covenant with Abraham.
" And as for Iskmael, I have heard thee ; Behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and I will multi- ply him exceedingly, TWELVE PRINCES shall he beget and I will make him a great nation. Gen. 18 :20
Both the Holy Prophet Muhammad and his Vicegerent Ali were brought into the world from one and the same family, with whom the Lord had established an Everlasting Covenant (Gen. 17 :7, 8).
Muhammad to be the Promised Last Apostle, the 'Comforter' the ' Spirit of Truth' the ' Holy Ghost', and the 'Maetrea' prophesied by Buddha, and Ali his cousin, his adopted son, his son-in-law and his Vicegerent to be the starter of the line of the Promised Twelve Princes or the Twelve Holy Imams in the seed of Abraham, through Ishmael.
The family ABRAHAM and the Promised Last Apostle MUHAMMAD and the Twelve Princes (The Holy Imams)


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The Divinely Planned Measure for an Everlasting Guidance to Humanity

IT IS QUITE obvious that the Divine Plan was to associate the lives of most of the leading apostles of God, with some tragic ends, for it is an acknowledged fact of the phenomena of human psychology that human sympathy always goes without fail, to the victims of an unprovoked aggression. It was obviously destined to rouse the sympathy and the support of the whole human world for the Truth for which the martyrs had sacrificed their lives. It will be seen that most of the apostles of God and all the divinely chosen guides called the Imams, excepting the Twelfth one, were martyrs. The story of Jesus is made attractive by its being narrated by the people of the Christian church associating it with the alleged crucifixion along with the other sufferings of his at the hands of the Jews.
Muhammad, the Last Apostle of God, left this world having been poisoned by one of the Jewesses of Khaiber.
Lady Fatema, the Lady of Light, the beloved daughter of the Holy Prophet, the wife of Au the First Holy Imani, the mother of Hasan and Husain the Second and the Third Imams, who had her advent to be a Model of the correct Islamic womanhood on the earth, was killed by the fall of the door of her abode, caused by some tyrant.
This Holy Lady suffered so much at the hands of the people after the departure of her father, the Holy Prophet, that she once addressing the holy soul of her departed father, said:-
"0' Father dear! after thy departure, fell on me such cala- mities that if they had fallen on the bright days the days would have turned into dark nights."
Ali-al-Murtaza
The Vicegerent of the Holy Prophet, the First divinely chosen Imam, was martyred while in prayer in the Mosque at Kufa.
Hasan-al-Mujtaba
The First son of Mi and Fatema, the first grandson of the Holy Prophet Muhammad and the Second Holy Imam, was martyred by poison. He was made to leave this world von iitting blood with bits of his liver.


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Husain-Shaheede Karbala
The Second son of Au and Fatema, the second grandson of the Holy Prophet and the Third Holy Imam, was butchered at Karbala along with his faithful devotees, by Yazid son of Ma aviah, a very brief narration of whose great martyrdom forms the subject of this brief work.
Ali-az-Zainulabideen
The eldest son of 1-Tusain. the Third Imam, and himself the Fourth Imarn was poisoned by the Omayyid Kalif Walid bin Abdul Malik.
Muhammad al-Ba quir
The son of Ali az-Zainulabideen the Fourth Imam, and himself the Fifth Imam, was poisoned by Hisham bin Abdul Malik. Jafer-as-Sadiq The son of Muhammad-al-Baquir the Fifth Imam, and himself the Sixth Imam, was poisoned by Mansur.
Musa-al-Kazim
The son of Jafer-as-Sadiq the Sixth Imahi and himself the Seventh Imam, was poisoned by Haroon-ar-Rasheed.
Ali-ar-Riza
The son of Musa-al-Kazirn the Seventh Imam, and himself the Eighth Imam, was poisoned by Mamun- ar Rasheed.
Muhammad-at -Taqi
The son of Ali-ar-Riza the Eighth lmam, and himself the Ninth Imam, was poisoned by Mo'tasim.
Ali-an-Naqi
The son of Muhammad-at-Taqi the Ninth Imam, and himself the Tenth Imam, was poisoned by Mo'tasim.
Hasan-Al-Askari
The son of Ali-an-Naqi, the Tenth barn, and himself the Eleventh Imam, was poisoned by Mo'tamad.


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Muharnrnad-al-Mahdi
The son of Hasan-al-Askari, the Eleventh Imam, and himself the Twelfth and the Last of the divinely commissioned Imams, was aimed at to be killed by Mo' tamad, but by the Divine Will, disappeared, and at the Will of the Almighty, he is alive. This Last Guide in the seed of Abraham through Ishmael is kept alive and is awaited to reappear at God s Will, as is the belief about Jesus the Last One in the seed of Abraham through Isaac.
There are two facts which are obviously wonderful for everyone who comes across the lives of the Holy Fourteen, (i.e., the Holy Prophet, his daughter Fatema and the Twelve Imams):
1. The Holy Prophet is known as the unlettered one, i.e., the one who did not have any education under any mortal in this world and so was every one of the Holy Fourteen, but every one of them was a fountainhead of knowledge of the highest order.
2. None of the Holy Ones, save the Fourteenth, (i.e., the Twelfth Imam) died of any natural death, for all the thirteen were martyred either secretly by poison or openly killed. Only the Fourteenth has been spared since he has been divinely secured and kept alive for the guidance of mankind to the end of the world.
As Islam stands for the uplift of humanity as a whole, any sacrifice for it would naturally be for the cause of the whole of the Human race. As it is impossible to accommodate in this brief work here, all the heart-rending details of the greatest sacrifice offered by Husain, only a few leading events are mentioned in these few pages which will suffice to give any intelligent reader, a view of the situation in which Husain surrendered his all to fulfil the Lord s Covenant to save Humanity from getting astray after the departure of the Holy Prophet.

The other reference used

HAVING MENTIONED IN the foregoing pages, the blessings, which the Holy Prophet Muhammad had brought for mankind, it is needless to repeat the same. Only the relevant events directly con nected with the great sacrifice are, as a necessity, referred to here for the guidance of the readers.


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Husain's Mother Why the Last Apostle of God was given only a Daughter and not any son to survive?

THE HOLY PROPHET Muhammad had two Sons and a daughter, but Sons he did not need, for his apostleship had to conclude with his ministry, and if any son of the Holy Prophet had survived, it would have given the chance to the people to hail the son of the Prophet also to be another prophet of God, whereas there was no prophet to come after him. It may be said that this was the reason of the male issues of the Holy Apostle leaving this world, in their very infancy. But the Holy Prophet needed a daughter of his own purity of spirit and body, to reflect the divine light of guidance in her ideal character arid present an authentic model of the correct Islamic womanhood to the world. Hence Fatema, the Lady of Light, was born to the Holy Prophet, who, for her godly qualities, is known in the Islamic World by the following epithets :-
1. Az-Zahra - The Shining.
2. Al-Batul - The Liberator of Sinners.
3. A1-Azra - The Clean, the Pure.
4. Sayyeddatun-Nisa - The Chief of Women.
5. Afzalun-Nisa- The Superior-most of women.
6. Kkairun-Nisa- The Best of Women.
7. Mariam al Kubra - The Senior Mary.
Mary, the mother of Jesus, was the mother of only one heavenly guide to the children of the House of Israel, whereas Lady Farenia besides her being the daughter of the Holy Apostle of God, was the mother of the Eleven Divinely Commissioned Guides, (i.e., the Holy Irnams). It is a unique instance in the history of the world that the issues of a single pair to have Eleven Heavenly Guides, consecutively one after another.
8. Al-Muharaka - The Blessed one of God.
9. As-Sadiqa - The Truthful.
10. Al-Muhaddisa - The one who talked to her mother from the womb of her mother even prior to her birth.
(When God could make Jesus talk from the cradle when he was just born, there cannot be any wonder if the Almighty causes another one blessed by Him, to act in a similar manner).