Quotes

My faith is that the progress of Islam does not depend on the use of sword by its believers, but the result of the supreme sacrifice of Hussein, the great saint.

Mahatma Gandhi )1869 – 1948(, pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India

"If Hussein fought to quench his worldly desires, then I do not understand why his sisters, wives and children accompanied him. It stands to reason therefore that he sacrificed purely for Islam."

Charles Dickens )1812 – 1870( was an English novelist

In order to keep alive justice and truth, instead of an army or weapons, success can be achieved by sacrificing lives, exactly what Imam Hussein did.

 Rabindranath Tagore )1861-1941(Bengalipoet, novelist, musician, painter and playwright and  first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913

Imam Hussein's sacrifice is for all groups and communities, an example of the path of righteousness.

Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru )1889- 1964(, Indian statesman and the first prime minister of India

I congratulate Muslims that from among them, Hussein, a great human being was born, who is reverted and honored totally by all communities.

Mrs. Sarojini Naidu   )1879- 1949( known as The Nightingale of India, a child prodigy, freedom fighter, and poet

The tragedy of Karbala decided not only the fate of the caliphate, but of the Mohammedan kingdoms long after the Caliphate had waned and disappeared.

Sir William Muir )1819 – 1905( was a Scottish Orientalist

"Hussein accepted and set out from Mecca with his family and an entourage of about seventy followers. But on the plain of Kerbela they were caught in an ambush set by the caliph, Yazid. Though defeat was certain, Hussein refused to pay homage to him. Surrounded by a great enemy force, Hussein and his company existed without water for ten days in the burning desert of Kerbela. Finally Hussein, the adults and some male children of his family and his companions were cut to bits by the arrows and swords of Yazid's army; his women and remaining children were taken as captives to Yazid in Damascus. The renowned historian Abu Reyhan al-Biruni states; “Then fire was set to their camp and the bodies were trampled by the hoofs of the horses; nobody in the history of the human kind has seen such atrocities.

Peter J. Chelkowski Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

"a reminder of the blood-stained field of Kerbela, where the grandson of the Apostle of God fell at length, tortured by thirst and surrounded by the bodies of his murdered kinsmen, has been at anytime since then sufficient to evoke, even in the most lukewarm and heedless, the deepest emotions, the most frantic grief, and an exaltation of spirit before which pain, danger and death shrink to unconsidered trifles."

Edward G. Brown )1862 – 1926(, British orientalist

“In a distant age and climate the tragic scene of the death of Hussein will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader."

Edward Gibbon   )1737-1794( English historian and Member of Parliament

The best lesson which we get from the tragedy of Karbala is that Hussein and his companions were the rigid believers of God. They illustrated that numerical superiority does not count when it comes to truth and falsehood. The victory of Hussein despite his minority marvels me!

Thomas Carlyle )1795 – 1881( Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher during the Victorian era