Misbah-uz-Zulam, Roots of the Karbala’ Tragedy

Tragedy Of Karbala’ Demands Close Attention

It should be clear that the incident of Karbala’ is such a tragedy that has attracted the attention of writers, philosophers, historians and all intellectuals. From the aspect of religion and ethics, it is such an incident in Islam that its equal is not found. Rather, if it is compared to other such incidents that are often recorded in war poems, we shall see that it does not have any equal. Since it is a factual incident, it is very much clear which people constituted the opposing groups and which group was on the side of Yazeed and which one sided with Imam Husayn (a.s.).