Imam Hussain

No person can describe with full justice the deeds of seventy-two brave heroes against a twenty-thousand of the enemy. No brain can imagine the least of the tortures that these may have suffered. All combatants could be surrounded by the enemy from four sides, but these had the enemy on eight sides, the scorching sun above, the burning sand below, and hunger and thirst within

The Night Of Martyrdom

T o save Islam's great laws
All the memory of martyrdom
A new passions rise;
A bitter, sobbing, wailing cry,
G oes up unto the skies;
With each new year the latent grief.
P ent up, breaks out again,
And Heaven returns the impassioned cry,
Ya Hussain, Ya Hussain, Ya Hussain, Ya Hussain.

- Ethel M. Pope

An Ode

T ell me friends what shall you say,
On the awful Judgment Day,
W hen Mohammad asks you where,
Are those trusted to your care?
D earer than thousand lives?
Bound by many a fastening chain
S ome in dungeons dark remain,
On Karabala’s barren strand
O thers lie, a reaking band.
Torn with wounds and stain’d with mud
W eltering in their own heart's blood.
When before the Judgment seat
Y ou the Holy Prophet meet,
He shall ask, if thus you show
T he gratitude you justly owe,
For all the benefits bestows
B y whom bounty freely flows.

- W.C. Tailor

“The Kerbala tragedy is a historical event of human martyrdom if such important that it can never be forgotten. It shall continue to influence the lives of billions of men and women if the world throughout the ages. The event is commemorated in India with complete reverence. Not only Muslims participate in the rites, But also the non-Muslims put great interest therein equally well.?o:p>

-Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Imam Hussain Fought to quench his worldly desire,( as alleged by certain Christian critics) Then I do not understand why his sisters, wives and children accompanied him, It stands to reason therefore that he sacrificed purely for ISLAM?o:p>

- Charles Dickens

If ignorant prejudice does not blur our vision, we cannot fail to appreciate whatever religion we may profess the sacrifice of the martyrs of Karbala in the cause of Truth and Justice, for the appeal of truth and justice is universal, It is not bound by geographical or creedal limitations.?o:p>

Let the whole world then join in common love and reverence to glorify the name of this perfect man Imam Hussain (a.s) and let the anniversary of this grandest and sublimest event in the History be fittingly celebrated. As to keep green the commemoration of this great sacrifice is to water the roots of love and peace, Truth and Honesty, Liberty and Fidelity amongst the entire Humanity.?o:p>

- Pandit Ragunandan Prasad, B.A.

Ali Ko Kaliq-e-Akbar Ka Aina Kehte Hain,
Hassan ko Qalb-e-Risalat Ka Chai`n Kehte Hain,
Loota Kar Ghar Jo Aapne Deen-e-Khuda Ki Lajj Rakh Li...
Zaban-e-Ishq Mein Usse HUSSAIN Kehte Hain.

Indeed, HUSSAIN is the king and the king of kings,
He Himself is the Religion and one who gave refuge to religion.He gave his head in the way of GOD but did not surrender to Yazid Verily the foundation of ISLAM is HUSSAIN

In A Distant age and climate the tragic scence of
the death of the Hussain will awaken the sympathy
of the coldest read. - Gibbon

Haider Ke Ghulamon Ki To Taqdeer Hai Jaanat,
Jannnat Ki Zaroorat Ho Jisay Mangay Duaa Woh
Hamare Liye azadari-e-HUSSAIN Hai Jannat.

Maa hai Faatemah (s.a), Jad hai payambar (saw) Hussain ka,
Hai kaun Kaayenaat mei hamsar Hussain ka ??
Dil mei Khuda ka khauff nahi hai Yazeed ko,
Usko agar dar hai, tou dar Faqat Hussain ka .........

For is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries; and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood; for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates (furat).
Jeremiah 46:10 Bible The Holy Bible

KAISAY BATAIN AUR HAI KIYA KIYA HUSSAIN KA,
MAKKA HUSSAIN KA HAI MADINA HUSSAIN KA.
HASRAT SE DEKHTI RAHI MAKKAY KI SARZAMEEN,
KARBAL KI SARZAMEEN PE SAJDA HUSSAIN KA.
MATAM PE BHI HUSSAIN K UN KO HAI AITARAZ,
KHA KHA K PAL RAHE HAIN JO SADQA HUSSAIN KA.
PAKEEZA HO NAZAR TO NAZAR AAE GA NAZAR,
QURAN K AAENAY MAIN HAI CHEHRA HUSSAIN KA.