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Hal min nāṣirin yanṣurunī (Arabic: هَلْ مِنْ ناصِرٍ یَنْصُرُنی, literally: "Is there any helper to help me?") is a famous sentence attributed to Imam al-Husayn (a) in the last moments of his life on the Day of Ashura. According to Jawad Muhaddithi in the book Farhang-i Ashura, this sentence is a paraphrased quotation and does not appear in historical books in this exact form;[1] however, sources on the Event of Karbala cite similar phrases with the same content.[2]
According to the chroniclers of Ashura, when the companions of Imam al-Husayn (a) were martyred and he was left alone, he uttered these sentences:
- Hal min dhābbin yadhubbu ʿan ḥaram-i Rasūl Allāh?
- Is there any defender to defend the Haram [family/sanctuary] of the Messenger of God?
- Hal min muwaḥḥidin yakhāfu Allāha fīnā?
- Is there any monotheist who fears God regarding us?
- Hal min mughīthin yarjū Allāha bi-ighāthatinā?
- Is there any succorer who hopes in God to come to our aid?
- Hal min muʿīnin yarjū mā ʿind Allāh fī iʿānatinā?
- Is there any helper who hopes for what is with God in helping us?[3]
Prior to this, at the encampment of Bani Muqatil, when Imam al-Husayn (a) asked Ubayd Allah b. al-Hurr al-Ju'fi for help and he made excuses, the Imam (a) asked 'Ubayd Allah to leave that place because if he heard the voice of the Imam's call for help (istighatha) and did not answer, God would destroy him.[4] Some consider the slogan "Labbayk ya Husayn" (Here I am, O Husayn) to be a response to Imam al-Husayn's call for help on the Day of Ashura.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Muḥaddithī, Farhang-i ʿĀshūrā, p. 471.
- ↑ Ibn Ṭāwūs, al-Luhūf, p. 116; Ibn Namā al-Ḥillī, Muthīr al-aḥzān, p. 70.
- ↑ Ibn Ṭāwūs, al-Luhūf, p. 116.
- ↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 5, p. 407.
- ↑ "The slogan 'Labbayk ya Husayn' means answering the call of the Master of Martyrs, Mehr News Agency.
References
- Ibn Namā al-Ḥillī, Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad. Muthīr al-aḥzān. Qom: Madrasat al-Imām al-Mahdī, 1406 AH.
- Ibn Ṭāwūs, Sayyid. Al-Luhūf ʿalā qatlā l-ṭufūf. Tehran: Nashr-i Jahān, 1348 Sh.
- Muḥaddithī, Jawād. Farhang-i ʿĀshūrā. Qom: Nashr-i Maʿrūf, 1376 Sh.
- Ṭabarī, Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-. Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk. Edited by Muḥammad Abū l-Faḍl Ibrāhīm. Beirut: Dār al-Turāth, 1967/1387 AH.
- The slogan 'Labbayk ya Husayn' means answering the call of the Master of Martyrs (Persian). Mehr News Agency. Accessed: 2026/09/17.