Contrast does not mean opposition or disintegration;it is an essential part of texts. A writer or a speaker resorts to theuse of contrast in order to give a vivid image of a scene or anidea. This means that when a speaker uses two oppositeexpressions, the intention is to convey a vast and clear messageof the text. When one says "black", for instance, this calls tomind the thought of "white" and this perception may haveramifications far from the intention of the sender of the message,so the speaker resorts to contrast in a similar context to showmore comprehensive sides for the specific required meaning.This paper, therefore, is devoted to the study of contrast in ImamHassan's prayers to shed light on a text from the early Islamic erabefore the spread of jargon and error in Arabic language. Threetypes of contrast are examined in three sections: Contrast inmentioning the traits of Almighty God, contrast in thecomparison between Almighty God and others of His creaturesand contrast in the features of man. The study concludes thatImam Hussein depends in his concepts on the Holy Qur'an andthe reason is that he was close to revelation of the Holy Qur'anand he was brought up by Prophet Mohammad as well as hisparents. The contrast in his prayers was an image of his age,between his father's death and his own death.