Abad wa-llah ma nansa Husayna
ʾAbad wa-llāh mā nansā Ḥusaynā (Arabic: أَبَد وَالله ما نَنْسیٰ حُسَینا) (By God, we will never forget al-Husayn (a)), is a rhythmic phrase recited in mourning for the martyrdom of Imam al-Husayn (a), including the Tuwairij Mourning.[1]
Some poets have used this hemistich in composing religious poems[2] and as a refrain.[3] Also, eulogist such as Nazar Qatari and Basim al-Karbala'i have included this phrase in their eulogies.[4]Sometimes it has been rendered as "Abad wa-llah lan nansa Ḥusaynā" (Arabic: أَبَد وَالله لَنْ نَنْسیٰ حُسَینا), using lan instead of mā. While mā is a simple negation equivalent to “not,” lan conveys a stronger, future-oriented negation—emphasizing that we will never forget Husayn (a).
It is also reported that Iraqi mourners have used this phrase as a slogan when facing obstacles and threats against the mourning ceremonies of Imam al-Husayn (a), including clashes with the forces of the Ba'athist government in the Safar Uprising in Iraq (1977)[5] or ISIS attacks against mourners.[6]
Notes
- ↑ See: "Rakḍat Ṭuwayrīj..naẓra tārīkhiyya", Holy Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a); Anṣārī, "Daste-yi Ṭuwayrīj; daste-ī be bolandā-yi chārdah qarn". Read Online
- ↑ See: "Ṭarīq al-ʿishq-abadan wa Allāh mā nansā Ḥusaynā", Bar bal-e Arbaeen. Read Online; "Abad wa Allāh mā nansā Ḥusaynā", Hadith-e Ashk. Read Online
- ↑ "Abad wa Allāh lan nansā Ḥusaynā", al-Qasa'id al-Wala'iyya. Read Online
- ↑ See: Fallāḥ, "Maddāḥī shab-e haftom-e Muḥarram", Shenoto. Read Online; "Maddāḥī besyār zībā Muḥarram jadīd Nazar Qatari", Aparat. Read Online; "Abadan wa Allāh lan nansā Ḥusaynā", Serat-e Eshgh. Read Online
- ↑ Abū Zayd al-ʿĀmilī, Muḥammad Bāqir al-Ṣadr, pp. 322–323; Muḥaddithī, Farhang-i ʿĀshūrā, p. 42.
- ↑ Kūrānī al-ʿĀmilī, Jawāhir al-tārīkh, vol. 1, p. 6.
References
- "Abad wa Allāh lan nansā Ḥusaynā". al-Qasa'id al-Wala'iyya. Date of insertion: 23 Esfand 1387 Sh. Date of access: 20 Mehr 1404 Sh.
- "Abadan wa Allāh lan nansā Ḥusaynā (maktūba)". Shabakat Rafed. Date of access: 20 Mehr 1404 Sh.
- "Abadan wa Allāh lan nansā Ḥusaynā". Serat-e Eshgh. Date of access: 29 Mehr 1404 Sh.
- "Abad wa Allāh mā nansā Ḥusaynā". Hadith-e Ashk. Date of insertion: 5 Khordad 1392 Sh. Date of access: 29 Mehr 1404 Sh.
- Abū Zayd al-ʿĀmilī, Aḥmad. Muḥammad Bāqir al-Ṣadr: al-Sīra wa l-masīra fī ḥaqāʾiq wa wathāʾiq. Beirut, Muʾassisat al-ʿĀrif li-l-Maṭbūʿāt, 1428 AH.
- Anṣārī, Hādī. "Daste-yi Ṭuwayrīj; daste-ī be bolandā-yi chārdah qarn". Khabaronline. Date of insertion: 7 Shahrivar 1399 Sh. Date of access: 19 Mehr 1404 Sh.
- Fallāḥ. "Maddāḥī shab-e haftom-e Muḥarram". Shenoto. Date of access: 29 Mehr 1404 Sh.
- Kūrānī al-ʿĀmilī, ʿAlī. Jawāhir al-tārīkh. Beirut, Dār al-Maḥajja al-Bayḍāʾ, 1427 AH.
- "Maddāḥī besyār zībā Muḥarram jadīd Nazar Qatari". Aparat. Date of access: 29 Mehr 1404 Sh.
- Muḥaddithī, Jawād. Farhang-e ʿĀshūrā. Qom, Nashr-e Maʿrūf, 1417 AH.
- "Rakḍat Ṭuwayrīj..naẓra tārīkhiyya". Holy Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a). Date of insertion: 22 Aban 1392 Sh. Date of access: 12 Aban 1404 Sh.
- "Ṭarīq al-ʿishq-abadan wa Allāh mā nansā Ḥusaynā". Bar bal-e Arbaeen. Date of insertion: 4 Aban 1396 Sh. Date of access: 20 Mehr 1404 Sh.
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