{"id":231,"date":"2019-08-31T19:50:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/231\/he-named-you-abbas\/"},"modified":"2019-08-31T16:18:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T15:18:27","slug":"he-named-you-abbas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/231\/he-named-you-abbas\/","title":{"rendered":"He named you Abbas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>\u00a0Every arrow they struck you with;<br \/>\nevery spear with which they hit.<br \/>\npierced my heart, as I watched you ride;<br \/>\nmy tears from the enemy how can I hide?<br \/>\nYour right arm symbolized a mighty shield;<br \/>\nyour left arm depicted my Zainab`s veil.<br \/>\nScenting your withering fragrance, Sakina shall be restless<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">how may I narrate the act so inhumane and ruthless?<br \/>\nHow to you niece must I convey?<br \/>\nthat her veil from her head shall be seized this day?<br \/>\nAfter you my brother, no stamina I see;<br \/>\nbeauty of Haider; donot abandon me!<br \/>\nThe day you were born; how father weeped &#8230;<br \/>\nwith his hand from your arm the dust he sweeped.<br \/>\nHe named you Abbas &#8211; the hashemite moon;<br \/>\nto assist me today at this blazing noon.<br \/>\nO pillar of loyalty and trust !<br \/>\nafter you to whom the flag must I entrust ?<br \/>\nYour blood has beautified this barren land;<br \/>\nmessage of love it has taught the sand.<br \/>\nAbbas, my brother I fear to fall;<br \/>\nas `brotherless` to me the enemy does call.<br \/>\nMy feet cannot take me back alone;<br \/>\non my back I sense a weighty stone.<br \/>\nBefore I leave O brother speak &#8230;<br \/>\nI am aware of your state and that your health is weak.<br \/>\nMy ears yearned to listen from your lips a word;<br \/>\nduring your lifetime, the title `brother` I never heard.<br \/>\nBless me Abbas, call me once;<br \/>\nupon this the standard bearer made a faint utterance.<br \/>\nHussain kissed his forehead;<br \/>\n&amp; towards the tents, empty handed he head.<br \/>\nIn one hand the flag and another on his back;<br \/>\nit seemed as though never ending was the track.<br \/>\nSakina`s eyes sparkled with glee;<br \/>\n` My uncle has returned, come all and see! `<br \/>\nThe children all gathered around the path;<br \/>\nthirst is to be quenched they happily thought.<br \/>\nAs the flag drew nearer; their eyes went wet,<br \/>\nthey saw Hussain without his precious asset.<br \/>\n` I shall never ask for water, my uncle return `<br \/>\nthis sight has made my heart forever burn.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shiastudies.com\">shiastudies.com<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nOpen your eyes; unto whom my love I confine; <br \/>\n&nbsp;exchange  a glance with me; my strength &amp; spine! <br \/>\n&nbsp;The oppressors rejoice,  their trumpets they blow; <br \/>\n&nbsp;gleaming joy from their faces does show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7406,7915],"tags":[8215,7556],"class_list":["post-231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-muharram","tag-abbas","tag-shiastudies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}