As a mark of respect for Hussein ibn Ali (as) and for all those who lost their lives on that tragic morning of 10th Muharrem I will not be posting any new posts for 40 days.
However I will leave you with one final prayer, recited by Imam Hussein himself on the morning his precious soul departed this world.

O God, I put my trust in You in every tribulation.
You are my hope in every distress.

You are my trust and provider in every affair that falls upon me
Regardless of how much the heart may weaken, strategies fail,
Friends abandon and the enemy joyfully celebrate.

I have desired it under Your kingdom;
I complain to You out of my desire for You alone and none else.
Give me relief and dispel the calamity for You are the Master of all bounties,
the Owner of all benevolence and the Ultimate Destination of all desires.

Time you are a shameful partner for a friend;
With the passage of dawn and sunset,
How many companions and supporters will be killed?
But time will not be content with my substitute;
The final affair rests with the Majestic One,
For every living being journeys back to Him along the path.


Imam Hussein (as) – Night of Ashura’

(Kitab Maqtal Al-Husayn – Abu Mikhnaf)

You struggle to see the light within the darkness
The ray of hope glistening the stream
You isolate yourself in a ritual prayer
Hoping to seek a revelation to reassure your belief
And then you wait an agitated silence
Convincing the self you have reached the point of ascension
But deep within the layers of pride and self glorification
You try to block off reality
That you are ten steps back from where you started.
tempest