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 Hussein, the great saint.
Charles Dickens “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.”
Dr. Rajendra Prasad The sacrifice of Imam Hussein is not limited to one country, or nation, but it is the hereditary state of the brotherhood of all mankind.
Dr. Radha Krishnan Though Imam Hussein gave his life almost 1300 years ago, but his indestructible soul rules the hearts of people even today.
Swami Shankaracharya It is Hussein’s sacrifice that that has kept Islam alive or else in this world there would be no one left to take Islam’s name.
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 Hussein did. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Imam Hussein’s sacrifice is for all groups and communities, an example of the path of righteousness.
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu I congratulate Muslims that from among them, Hussein, a great human being was born, who is reverted and honored totally by all communities.
Reynold Alleyne Nicholson “Hussein 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 Hussein as a martyr and Yazeed as his murderer.”
Edward G. Brown “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.” Ignaz Goldziher
Edward Gibbon “In a distant age and climate the tragic scene of the death of Hussein will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader.”
Thomas Carlyle “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!”
Dr. K. Sheldrake “Hussein marched with his little company not to glory, not to power or wealth, but to a supreme sacrifice and every member of that gallant band, male and female, knew that the foes were implacable, were not only ready to fight but to kill. Denied even water for the children, they remained parched under a burning sun, amid scorching sands yet no one faltered for a moment and bravely faced the greatest odds without flinching.”