You were a stranger and in between the city;
no one remained next to you.
You called out, “Don’t come Husayn;
Kufa won’t be your companion!”
O’ lonely and far from home;
Agha Muslim ibn Aqeel!
In this Latmiyya, Husayn Taheri describes the heartbreaking situation of Hazrat Muslim ibn Aqeel – the cousin and messenger of Imam Husayn (A) – in the city of Kufa.