Karbala, Ay Karbala! (Collected Marthiyas) کربلا، اے کربلا! (مجموعۂ مراثی)

This is a collection of fourteen long elegiac poems (Marthiyas) on the theme of martyrdom by one of the leading modern Urdu poets. It celebrates the memory of the saints and heroes of early Islam, namely Fatima and Imam Ali (the Prophet's daughter and son-in-law), Imam Husain and the martyrs of Karbala.Explaining the contemporary relevance of the tragedy of Karbala and the struggle of Imam Husain as a deeply inspiring literary theme, Waheed Akhtar, writes: "Karbala was apparently a brief battle