Is par bhi zulfiqaar 1 jo chalti rahi to phir daaman jhaaRna is an expression the means giving away everything he had (in addition to the obvious meaning of dusting off sand from clothes) … thus asGhar was the final offering, husain had given away everything that he had to give, demonstrating that this is the reward to be expected in the (difficult) path of truth/justice. The first misra in this she’r borrows from mir anis, “shabbir uTh khaRe hue daaman ko jhaaR kar”. An arrow was shot at the infant’s throat, killing him. Towards the end of the battle, it is said that he brought out his infant son and asked the enemy that this innocent be given water. Husain and his party were denied access to water. Haq 5 bolne ka ajr 6 hai kya kya dikha diya 1.husain’s infant son 2.bury 3.hem of the robe 4.dust off 5.truth 6.compensation, reward It is said that husain offered his eighteen year old to go first, rather than risk the life of any of his followers, thus demonstrating his consideration for the dignity of their lives.ĪsGhar 1 ke dafn 2 se uThe daaman 3 jo jhaaR 4 kar Time honoured battle traditions (which the arabs followed at the time) were such that opposing armies would face off and individual hero bouts would be the first encounters. Also see ‘husain’ by shaz tamkanat.īeTe ki pahl 1 kar ke shahaadat 2 ki raah 3 meNĪnsaar 4 ke viqaar 5 ka rutba 6 baRha diya 1.initiate, start 2.martyrdom 3.path 4.friends, followers 5.dignity 6.status
It is said that when he saw that some were hesitant, he asked that all lights be extinguished so that people could leave in the darkness without losing their dignity.
The enemy is only after me and my life, you have yours, feel free to leave and save yourselves. He gathered his followers in a tent on the night before the final battle and urged them to leave. Husain and his followers were surrounded and he was certain to be killed. Har ek ki aabru 5 jo bacha le vo tareeqa 6 dikha diya 1.extinguish 2.tent 3.tenth day of moharram 4.night (before the tenth day) 5.respect, dignity 6.method, way Gul 1 kar ke sham’a Khaime 2 meN aashoor 3 ki shab 4 ko Instead of finishing them off, husain offered them water and nourishment demonstrating the apex of humanism. The advance party rode fast to catch up and when they did, they were hungry and thirsty and very vulnerable. The sent an advance party under a commander by the name of ‘hur’ to stop husain and his followers. Husain and his caravan were on their way to kufa with yazid’s large army following them. Insaaniyat 4 ki auj 5 ka chehra dikha diya 1.satiate 2.thirst 3.army of the enemy 4.humanity, humanism 5.apex, peak Sairaab 1 kar ke tishnagi 2-e fauj-e-adu 3 ko This was a demonstration of the courage to face death in the path of truth/justice. While offering peaceful alternatives, husain refused to pay homage in the face of certain death. Yazeed demanded that husain accept his legitimacy and pay homage. YuN raah-e-haq 3 ki maut ka jalva 4 dikha diya 1.homage demanding 2.refusal 3.path of truth/justice 4.manifestation This she’r is quoted from josh malihabadi.īai’at-talab 1 yazeed ka inkaar 2 jo kiya Thus husains martyrdom and beheading turns the tables on kings/emperors and cuts their head off. In the narrative of karbala and in josh’s writings the jugular vein of husain is portrayed as the sharp knife that cut the dagger with which he was beheaded. Jo kaaTta hai gardan-e shaahaan 1-e haq-shikan 2Īpne rag-e-gulu 3 ko vo Khanjar bana diya (josh malihabadi) 1.kings, emperors 2.truth/justice breaking/violating 3.vein of the neck, jugular shahed (1944-living), retired engineer, unschooled in urdu, maintains this website as an effort to learn. Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion.