The Meaning of Ashura: Literature & Poetry

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم
(In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful)

Line-by-Line English Translation

• "عاشورا یعنی تبرا بر علیه مستکبران" - Ashura means rejection of the oppressors.
• "تبری جستن از کیدِ شیطانیِ ستمگران" - Seeking rejection of the devilish schemes of tyrants.
• "عاشورا یعنی اطاعت از حقِ ولایتِ خدا" - Ashura means obedience to the divine right of authority.
• "قیام به اطاعت از، حجتِ ولایت ِ خدا" - Rising in obedience to the argument of God’s authority.
• "عاشورا یعنی تحویلِ حالِ هستِ کمالِ خود" - Ashura means transforming one's being to the perfection of oneself.
• "گرفتنِ عنانِ نفس را، در دستِ تقوای خود" - Taking control of one's desires in the hand of one's own piety.
• "عاشورا یعنی به حق واصل شدن" - Ashura means connecting to the truth.
• "یاورِ حق و دشمنِ باطل شدن" - Becoming a supporter of truth and an enemy of falsehood.
• "عاشورا یعنی راز و نیاز در آخرین وداع" - Ashura means supplication and intimacy in the final farewell.
• "با برپائی نماز ظهر عاشورا در آستانۀ وصال" - With the establishment of the noon prayer of Ashura at the threshold of union.
• "عاشورا یعنی ترجمان مشی قرآن در عمل" - Ashura means the embodiment of the Quran's approach in practice.
• "اُنس به شهادت داشتن چون عسل" - Finding solace in martyrdom like honey.
• "عاشورا یعنی با امام خود، عاشق خدا شدن" - Ashura means becoming a lover of God with your Imam.
• "در طبقِ اخلاص، عاشقانه فدایِ خدا شدن" - Offering oneself devotedly to God on the plate of sincerity.
• "عاشورا یعنی با بصیرت، به خدا رسیدن" - Ashura means reaching God with insight.
• "در صراط مستقیمِ معراجِ حق، به خدا رسیدن" - Reaching God on the straight path of the ascension of truth.
• "عاشورا یعنی، سر خم ننمودن، زیر ظلم دشمنان" - Ashura means not bowing one's head under the oppression of enemies.
• "صبر و فاداری و تشنگیِ مردان و کودکان و زنان" - Patience, loyalty, and the thirst of men, children, and women.
• "عاشورا یعنی با لبیکِ یا حسین"س" کعبۀ حقیقت را یافتن" - Ashura means finding the Kaaba of truth with the response "Ya Hussein."
• "با تأسی از حسین "س" نقشۀ تحققِ دینِ خدا را یافتن" - Finding the plan for the realization of God's religion by following Hussein "s."
• "گل افشان گل محمدی" - Scattering the blossoms of the flower of Muhammad.