Alam: The Sacred
The Arabic word for flag “Alam, meaning, direction signs, or standard.” Alam “has a significant meaning in the Islamic war, because it is a case, a warehouse for the unique identification of different” tribes “or now” represents battalions “that followed the army and in particular the” Alam “by the commanders in the middle of the battle raging. Padding Alam “in enemy territory to fight, with or without the means to win. After the battle of Karbala (680 AD/61AH) was a new interpretation, the word” Alam as the emblem or the attached copy of the holy banner of the Prophet’s grand-son, Hazrat Imam Hussain, who was martyred along with 75 parents in the struggle against Yazid. The cause of the battle was to restore Islam in its true form. P> Traditionally Abbas, also known as (Abbas Alam Bardar “), the half-brother of Imam Hussain was the responsibility of the flag bearer at the Battle of Karbala given. On the tenth day of Muharram, he was martyred by Yazid’s army, in an attempt to get water from the Euphrates. The banner was taken by Hazrat Imam Hussain, he watched until the end of the battle, but was then sacked by the enemy. This banner has been transferred to Noman Bashir Bin Imam after the family was released from prison left Damascus to Medina. green was the favorite color of the Prophet, if the banner. But the battle of Karbala, a new color red symbolizes passion and immense sacrifice infused, and black color, a symbol of mourning began to be used, and “Alam” means a flag from “religious.” ;
