Abstract:
Ashura poetry enjoys a long history in Arabic literature, as it started since the martyrdom of Imam al-Husayn. It has been on the increase over time. Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri (1279-1376 Sh/ 1900-1997) was one of the mist famous traditionist and revolutionary Arab poets whose poetical works take seven thick volumes. In his Ashura-themed poems he highlights Imam al-Husayn's character of combating tyranny, favoring self-esteem, and being courageous. In this way, he echoes Imam al-Husayn's sublime aims and sheds light on the Umayyads' and Yazid's oppressions.
Machine summary:
A Reflection on the Most Important Themes of the Epic "Ashura" composed by Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri Dr. Mehdi Khorrami Sarhuzaki 1 Dr. Seyed Mehdi Nouri Kizqani 2 Halimeh Qodrabadi 3 Date of Receipt: 22/08/1402 Date of Acceptance: 23/12/1402 Abstract Ashura poetry has a long history in Arabic literature.
Some have stirred emotions in the form of the most sorrowful elegies and have relied more on emotional and spiritual aspects; some have the character of maqtal, historiography, and the recording of events; others, like late and contemporary poets, both Arab and Persian, possess a critical stance toward mourning and weeping in their compositions and have viewed and presented Ashura from its epic and revolutionary angle so that it serves as a model for fighting oppression, oppressors, and poverty-creators, and for defending truth, justice, humanity, and freedom; they have criticized the fact that Shiites and Muslims should not merely settle for weeping and mourning the Ashura incident but should take lessons of social commitment, effort, and political activism (Mohaddesi, 1387: 274).
In the Ashura qasida, Jawahiri explicitly refers to the lesson of dignity and invincibility of the Husayni school and its followers and In the very opening of this chant, he says: {Refer to the attached table file} The mentioned verse expresses that dignified souls do not accept humiliation and even prefer death over living under the burden of oppression.
Jawahiri, in one of the verses describing Yazid, says: {Refer to the attached table file} The poet states that when Yazid heard the news of the killing of Imam Hussain7, he regretted his actions.
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