Written by: Sajjad Jaffer
Lead Reciter: Sajjad Jaffer
Inspired by: Raj Dulaara Zahra Ka (Datchu’s Recitations in Dar-es-salaam
                                                                          (1980’s and 1990’s))

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Granddaughter of Rasulullah
Sister of Husayn, Zainab-e-Kubra

1.               
How could they insult your integrity
Stripping off your veils for all to see
The menace in their eyes, such insanity
Oh why could they not just let you be

2.              
Before you left for Kufa you did plead
For your loved ones to be buried
But the enemy did not take heed
And this journey of tears did proceed

3.              
You were made to walk without your veil
From the place your loved ones were assailed
Through Kufa and Shaam, a burdened trail
But you held strong and the truth prevailed

4.              
Your nephew Sajjad faced hostility
He was whipped and beaten constantly
Yet he still opposed Yazid's decree
And he stood for Islam with morality

5.              
In the court of Yazid your silence ceased
He quoted Quran with his tongue najis
As you spoke out his smile deceased
And Yazid could no longer sit in peace

6.              
Ruqayya lay weeping on the ground
Suddenly she did not make a sound
When the time for Fajr did come round
She did not arise, the silence profound