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Hussain was a 7th century revolutionary leader who made the ultimate stand for social justice in the face of corruption and tyranny. He gave everything, including his life, for the dignity of his society.

People from All around the globes and all times have something to say about Hussain Ibn Ali(a.s). Following are the some of the great qoutes from great peoples.

Charles Dickens (English novelist)

If Husain had fought to quench his worldly desires.. then I do not understand why his sister, wife, and children accompanied him. It stands to reason therefore, that he sacrificed purely for Islam.

Thomas Carlyle (Scottish historian and essayist)

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

Sir William Muir (Scottish orientalist)

The tragedy of Karbala decided not only the fate of the Caliphate, but also of Mohammadan kingdoms long after the Caliphate had waned and disappeared. (Annals of the Early Caliphate, London, 1883, p.441-442)

Reynold Alleyne Nicholson

Hussain (AS.) fell, pierced by an arrow, and his brave followers were cut down beside him to the last man. Muhammadan tradition, which with rare exceptions is uniformly hostile to the Umayyad dynasty, regards Hussain (AS.) as a martyr and Yazid as his murderer. [A Literary History of the Arabs, Cambridge, 1930, pl97]

Ignaz Goldziher (Hungarian orientalist)

Weeping and lamentation over the evils and persecutions suffered by the Alid family, and mourning for its martyrs: these are things from which loyal supporters of the cause cannot cease. ‘More touching than the tears of the Shia has even become an Arabic proverb(Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law, Princeton, 1981, p.179)

Dr. Radha Krishnan

Though Imam Hussain gave his life years ago, but his indestructible soul rules the hearts of people even today.

Mahatma Gandhi

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 Hussain (A.S.), the great saint.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

Imam Hussain (AS.) sacrifice is for all groups and communities, an example of the path of righteousness.

Edward G. Brown (Professor at the University of Cambridge)

"a reminder of that blood-stained field of Karbala, where the grandson of the Apostle of God fell, at length, tortured by thirst, and surround by the bodies of his murdered kinsmen, has been at any time since then, sufficient to evoke, even in the most lukewarm and the heedless, the deepest emotion, the most frantic grief, and an exaltation of spirit before which pain, danger, and death shrink to unconsidered trifles(A Literary History of Persia, London, 1919, p.227)"

Rabindranath Tagore

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

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

The sacrifice of Imam Hussain (AS,) is not limited to one country, or nation, but it is the hereditary state of the brotherhood of all mankind.

Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

Congratulate Muslims that from among them, Hussain (AS.), a great Human being was born^ who is reverted and honored totally by all communities

Edward Gibbon (English historian and Member of Parliament)

"In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Hosein will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader (The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, London, 1911, volume 5yp. 391-392)"