The Real Meaning of

People mistaken the phrase 'Everyday is A'shura and everywhere is Karbala' to mean that they should cry everyday. However they do not know the real meaning of this phrase. What did Imam Hussein (as) do at the battlefield? He fought against oppression and tyranny and although he sacrificed a lot, in the end he was the victor. This phrase tells us that we should fight against oppression everyday and treat every land like Karbala, a land where tyranny can be beaten.

The sentence;" everyday is `Ashoura, everywhere is Karbala," has a great connotation which is not understood. People think that they must cry everyday. However, it is not the case. What over role Karbala played on the day of `Ashoura should be replicated on other lands? Karbala was the setting where Imam Husayn and his followers of a few confronted with Yazid's oppression. They countered with the emperor of the time and devoted themselves but did not yield to oppression and defeated Yazid. This should be done everywhere and everyday. Everyday people should think that" today is `Ashoura and we must resist repression"; and here is Karbala and we must play the role played there' because it is not exclusive to certain land or certain people.

Speech
Time: September 26, 1979[ Mehr 4, 1358 AHS/ Dhou'l-Qa`dah 4, 1399 AH ]
Place: Qum
Subject: Comparing Pahlavi regime with the Abbasid and Umayyad states- philosophy of mourning for Imam Husayn) `a (- Need for protecting Islamic Republic with Islamic substance. Audiences: Tehran's Fatimites mourning gathering

Sahife vol. 10, page. 88

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