%0 Journal Article %T Purpose and Purposefulness as a Meaning-making Factor in the Ashura Event %J Philosophy of Religion %I University of Tehran %Z 2008-7063 %A Nasri, Abdollah %A Karimi, Zahra %D 2018 %\ 09/23/2018 %V 15 %N 3 %P 739-756 %! Purpose and Purposefulness as a Meaning-making Factor in the Ashura Event %K Ashura %K Imam Hussein (a) %K Meaning of life %K Purpose %K Divine purpose %K Personal purpose %R 10.22059/jpht.2018.211142.1005468 %X Ashura is one of the main events of the history that has received great attention from researchers. Despite this point, this event has been ignored by the researchers of the philosophy of religion and meaning of life. This study is a meaning-oriented endeavor on the Ashura event that examines the role of meaning in the Ashura event. It mentions the purposes and motivations that Imam Hussein (a) had in Karbala.  Purposes such as awakening the Prophet's nation from ignorance and neglect, saving them from materialism, bringing about justice, correction of affairs rather than participation in war, etc. are highly rich and unique in meaning. In this event, the divine purpose and the personal purpose were combined to bring about a novel meaning.   %U https://jpht.ut.ac.ir/article_68839_24d8ba178f1644fe37ff410882de8372.pdf