IMAM HUSSAIN's SERMON AT FORENOON OF ASHOORA

"MAY GRIEF AND EVIL BEFALL YOU, YOU WRETCHED BUNCH! YOU DISTRESSFULLY CALLED UPON US TO COME TO YOUR RESCUE AND WE RESPONDED FULLY, YOU UNSHEATHED YOUR SWORDS AGAINST AND PUSHED US INTO THE FIRE WHICH WE SET ALIGHT FOR OUR ENEMY AS WELL AS YOURS. YOU, THEREFORE,PLAYED INTO THE HANDS OF YOUR ENEMY AGAINST YOUR MASTERS (THE FRIENDS OF GOD).WITH OUT JUSTICE THE ENEMY ADMINISTERED AMONGST YOU AND WITH OUT HOPE YOU PLACED IN THEM. WOE UNTO YOU! YOU ABANDON US WHILE THE SWORD IS STILL BLEMISHED, ONSELF IS COLLECTED, AND THE MIND IS YET TO BE MADE UP. YET, YOU RUSHED LIKE THE CREEPING BIRD AND FELL OVER YOUR SELVES LIKE BUTTERFLIES CROWDING ON A FLOWER, THEN YOU WRECKED IT; TO HELL WITH YOU! OH YOU SLAVES OF THE BOND MAID! AHZAAB OUTLANDERS, FORESAKERS OF THE BOOK (ALLAH), DISTORTERS OF FACTS, BUNCH OF EVIL, BLOW OF SATAN, EXTINGUISHERS OF NORMS! WOE UNTO YOU! HAVE YOU CHOSEN TO SUPPORT THOSE, AND LET US DOWN? YES, BY THE ALMIGHTY THIS EMANATES FROM AN OLD INTRINSIC TREACHERY, FED TO YOUR ORIGINS AND HANDED DOWN TO YOU; THEREFORE, YOU ARE LIKE A MALIGNANT FRUIT- DISTRESSING TO LOOK AT AND SICKENING WHEN EATEN."