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Sattar Qadam Ka Fasla

Syed Raza Abbas Zaidi · 2017

Bibi Zainab watches from a short distance as her brother Imam Hussain faces his final moments in the desert of Karbala. She describes the unbearable pain of being unable to reach him.

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Haye. Haaye Shaam E Ghareeba'n. Haye Zainab.. Haye Zainab Ne Dekha Wo Manzar Ke Hua Dil Betaab. Ek Sawaar Aaya Idhar Daalke Chehre Pa Naqaab. Badh Ke Zainab Ne Basad Jao Hasham Tok Diya. Baazu Pe Tham Ke Haath Usko Wahi Rok Diya. Boli Ab Lootne Wale Yaha'n Kya Payenge. Dekhiye Bachhe Mere Khauf Se Mar Jayenge. Yak Ba Yak Noor Ke Khaane Mein Jo Chehra Dekha. Ghum O Andoh Bhara Sakht Ka Yaara Na Raha. Cheekh Ek Maar Ke Wo Baap Ke Qadmo Pe Giri. Hosh Jab Aaya To Ro Ro Ke Baya'n Karne Lagi.

Alas, the evening of the strangers (Shaam-e-Ghareeban). Alas, Zainab... Zainab witnessed a scene that made her heart restless. A rider came this way with a veil over his face. Zainab stepped forward with great courage and stopped him. Grabbing his arm, she halted him right there. She said, "O looter, what will you find here now? Look, my children will die of fear." Suddenly, when she saw the face in the light, she could not bear the intense sorrow and grief. Letting out a scream, she fell at her father's feet. When she regained consciousness, she began to narrate, weeping.

Sattar Qadam Ka Fasla, Bhai Behen Mein Tha

There was a distance of seventy steps between the brother and the sister.

Zainab Lipat Ke Baap Se Deti Rahi Sada

Clinging to her father, Zainab kept calling out.

Zaalim Mere Hussain Ke Seene Pe Tha Sawaar Gin Gin Ke Kar Raha Tha Wo Pyaase Gale Pe Waar Hasta Tha Baar Baar Laee'n Mere Bayn Par Khanjar Chala Raha Tha Meri Simt Dekh Kar Aankho'n Ke Saamne Mere Bhai Ka Sar Kata

The tyrant was mounted upon my Hussain's chest, striking his thirsty throat with calculated blows. The wretched one laughed repeatedly at my lamentations, wielding his dagger while looking in my direction. Before my very eyes, my brother's head was severed.

Har Waar Par Sadayein Di Zehra Ke Chayn Ne Ghazi Ko Tera Baar Pukara Hussain Ne Jaane Batool Ko Bhi Bachane Na Aaoge Bhai Hamari Laash Uthane Na Aaoge Bhai Ki Har Sadaa Pe Tadapta Tha Bawafa

With every blow, the comfort of Zehra (Zainab) cried out. Hussain called out to Ghazi (Abbas) thirteen times. "Will you not come to save the soul of Batool (Zainab)? Brother, will you not come to lift our bodies?" At every call of his brother, the loyal one (Abbas) writhed in agony.

Kya Kya Na Dekha Aapki Zainab Ne Baba Jaa'n Khanjar Rawa'n Tha Halq Pe Khoo'n Halq Se Rawa'n Takti Thi Apna Rukh Mai Chupaye Rida Ke Saath Khanjar Wo Saaf Karta Tha Sheh Ki Abaa Ke Saath Bhai Tha Mera Khaak Par Be Jaa'n Pada Hua

What did your Zainab not witness, dear father? The dagger was moving on his throat, and blood was flowing from his throat. I watched, hiding my face with my veil. He was wiping the dagger on the King's (Hussain's) cloak. My brother lay lifeless on the dust.

Bosa Gahe Rasool Ko Jab Zibha Kar Chuka Zulfo Se Sar Utha Liya Mere Hussain Ka Is Baat Par Bhi Zalimo Ke Dil Nahi Bhare Saydaniyo'n Ki Maut Ke Asbaab Yu Kiye Sar Ko Dar E Khayam Pe Laakar Gira Diya

When he had slaughtered the one whom the Prophet used to kiss, he lifted my Hussain's head by his hair. Even after this, the tyrants' hearts were not satisfied. They created such causes for the death of the noble ladies; they brought the head and dropped it at the door of the tents.

Seene Mein Uske, Pehlu Mein, Aankho'n Mein Teer The Peshani Par Bhi Teer The Uske Lage Hue Baba Najaf Ki Simt Pukara Hai Aapko Us Waqt Yaad Karte The Hum Dono Baap Ko Mai Kya Kahu Ke Kaise Wo Sajda Adaa Hua

In his chest, in his side, in his eyes, there were arrows. Arrows were also embedded in his forehead. Father, he called out to you towards Najaf. At that moment, we both remembered our father. How can I describe how that prostration (Sajda) was completed?

Jee Bhar Ke Teer Jis Ghadi Barsa Chuke Laee'n Baalo Se Jism Shaah Ka Zakhma Chuke Laee'n Talwaar Aazmate The Us Tanha Jaan Par Zakhmo Pe Garm Ret Girate The Aan Kar Patthar Wo Marta Raha Patthar Jise Mila

When the wretched ones had rained arrows to their heart's content, and had wounded the King's body with spears, they tested their swords on that lonely soul. They came and poured hot sand onto his wounds. Whoever found a stone kept throwing it at him.

Hote The Zakhmi Jis Ghadi Amma Ki Ungliya'n Rokar Ye Bayn Karte The Shabbir Natawa'n Aye Shimr Mera Sar Jo Tu Chahe Kaat Le Amma Ka Haath Mujhko Gale Se Hatane De Lekin Laeen Shimr Ka Khanjar Nahi Ruka

When Mother's fingers were being wounded, the weak Shabbir (Hussain) would lament, weeping: "O Shimr, if you want to cut my head, then do so, but let me remove Mother's hand from my throat." But the wretched Shimr's dagger did not stop.

Jaate Hue Bhi Dil Mein Sakina Ka Tha Khayaal Wada Ye Humse Leke Gaya Tha Tumhara Laal Rakhiyo Sambhal Kar Ye Amanat Hussain Ki Marte Samay Kuch Aisi Thi Halat Hussain Ki Bus Baar Baar Haaye Sakina Pukarta

Even while departing, his heart was filled with thoughts of Sakina. Your son had taken this promise from us: "Keep this trust of Hussain safe." At the time of his death, such was the state of Hussain, that he was only calling out, "Alas, Sakina," again and again.

Akbar Ajeeb Shaam E Ghareeba'n Ki Thi Ghadi Rokar Ali Se Kehti Thi Zehra Ki Laadli Baba Mai Chaah Kar Bhi Na Us Waqt Mar Saki Jis Dum Badan Se Rooh Ki Parwaaz Dekhi Thi Mai Dekhti Rahi Mera Bhai Chala Gaya Mai Bhai Bhai Kehti Thi Laasha Bahan Bahan

Akbar, it was a strange moment of the evening of the strangers. Zehra's beloved (Zainab) said, weeping to Ali: "Father, even if I wanted to, I could not die at that moment when I saw the soul depart from his body. I kept watching as my brother left. I kept crying 'Brother, Brother,' and the body (lay there) 'Sister, Sister'."

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