{"id":2141,"date":"2021-11-23T17:21:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T17:21:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-11-23T17:21:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T17:21:20","slug":"brief-summary-of-lady-zaynabs-a-sermon-in-damascus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/2141\/brief-summary-of-lady-zaynabs-a-sermon-in-damascus\/","title":{"rendered":"Brief Summary of Lady Zaynab\u2019s (a) Sermon in Damascus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brief Summary of Lady Zaynab\u2019s (a) Sermon in Damascus<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Brief Summary of Lady Zaynab\u2019s (a) Sermon in Damascus: <\/strong>The great speech of Lady Zaynab has been an extension of the uprising of Karbala and a good representation of its values and goals. Lady Zaynab referred to the false elation of Yazid who thought of himself as<\/p>\n

victorious in that encounter. She uncovered the truth that his military<\/p>\n

superiority was transient and that Almighty Allah let the unbelievers enjoy<\/p>\n

bliss in this world so that their sons will increase and, thus, they will have a<\/p>\n

painful chastisement on the Day of Resurrection. She proved that all Yazid\u2019s endeavors to eradicate the immortal good mention<\/p>\n

of the Ahl al-Bayt would fail, because they represent the right, which will<\/p>\n

inevitably triumph.<\/p>\n

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The great speech of Lady Zaynab has been an extension of the uprising of<\/p>\n

Karbala and a good representation of its values and goals. Let us now refer to<\/p>\n

some goals that the speech achieved:<\/p>\n

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1) Lady Zaynab referred to the false elation of Yazid who thought of himself as<\/p>\n

victorious in that encounter. She uncovered the truth that his military<\/p>\n

superiority was transient and that Almighty Allah let the unbelievers enjoy<\/p>\n

bliss in this world so that their sons will increase and, thus, they will have a<\/p>\n

painful chastisement on the Day of Resurrection.<\/p>\n

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2) She reproached Yazid for taking the harem of the Prophet\u2019s Household as<\/p>\n

captives. While it was the Holy Prophet (s) who freed Yazid and his unbelieving<\/p>\n

family on the Conquest of Mecca while they were captives of the Islamic armies.<\/p>\n

Instead of thanking the Prophet (s) who saved him from slavery, Yazid rewarded<\/p>\n

his family very badly.<\/p>\n

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3) She referred to the hereditary, educational, and psychological motives beyond<\/p>\n

Yazid\u2019s slaying the Prophet\u2019s family. She referred, as an instance, to his<\/p>\n

grandmother, Hind, who chewed the liver of Hamzah out of her limitless malice<\/p>\n

against the Prophet and the Hashemites, She also referred to Yazid\u2019s grandfather<\/p>\n

Abu Sufyan who was the leading enemy of Islam and who led campaigns against the<\/p>\n

Prophet and his Divine Mission. Not forgetting Yazid\u2019s father, Lady Zaynab<\/p>\n

referred to Mu\u2019awiyah who slew innocent Muslims and violated all what Allah has<\/p>\n

deemed respected.<\/p>\n

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4) She disapproved of Yazid\u2019s citing poetic verses in which he wished his<\/p>\n

forefathers whom were killed at the hands of Imam \u2018Ali, as well as Muslim<\/p>\n

warriors, during their conflicts against the holy Prophet to be witnessing him<\/p>\n

so that they would take revenge upon the Holy Prophet. She also asserted to<\/p>\n

Yazid courageously that he would certainly face the same fate of those cursed<\/p>\n

forefathers.<\/p>\n

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5) She shed light on an important point; the tyrant, by slaying Imam al-Husayn<\/p>\n

and his pure family members and companions, has in fact slain himself, none<\/p>\n

else. The souls of the martyrs are pure, alive, abiding, and covered by auras of<\/p>\n

glory. Disgrace and loss would be Yazid\u2019s only.<\/p>\n

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6) She mentioned those who paved the way to Yazid to hold such a position with<\/p>\n

words of scolding as she added them to Yazid. This point should be studied<\/p>\n

carefully.<\/p>\n

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7) She referred to her high standing and unreachable honor as another way of<\/p>\n

making little of the tyrant. Despite all the misfortunes that inflicted on her<\/p>\n

and weakened her, she showed her power and scolded the tyrant so harshly that he<\/p>\n

could not find any answer.<\/p>\n

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8) She proved that all Yazid\u2019s endeavors to eradicate the immortal good mention<\/p>\n

of the Ahl al-Bayt would fail, because they represent the right, which will<\/p>\n

inevitably triumph.<\/p>\n

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Thus, days have proved that Imam al-Husayn and his party were the triumphant,<\/p>\n

while Yazid and his party have been always the losers. At any rate, the speech<\/p>\n

of Lady Zaynab includes tens of lessons not all of which can be contained in<\/p>\n

this brief study. It is quite enough to say that this speech was one of the<\/p>\n

deathblows that snapped the Umayyad State.<\/p>\n

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Having seen the collapse of his pride and arrogance, Yazid could not find any<\/p>\n

words to answer except citing a poetic verse not related to the subject in any<\/p>\n

extent. Moreover, the political atmospheres were over-clouded against him whose<\/p>\n

perplexity, owing to the scandalous situation that Lady Zaynab put him in,<\/p>\n

disabled him to do anything. He once tried to find himself excuses for his crime<\/p>\n

and, at other times, tried to make a comparison between the Imam and himself.<\/p>\n

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