Hussain Quotes

• Imam Hussain's sacrifice is for all groups and communities, an example of the path of rightousness.

  Edward Gibbon

  Sacrifice, Community, Groups

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• 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 me!

  Thomas Carlyle

  Intellectual, Victory, Tragedy

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• If Husain (as) 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.

  Charles Dickens

  Children, Wife, Islam

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• I learnt from Hussein how to achieve victory while being oppressed.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Intellectual, Victory, Hussein

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• I learned from Hussain how to be wronged and be a winner, I learnt from Hussain how to attain victory while being oppressed.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Victory, Winner

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• 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.

  William Muir

  Fate, Long, Tragedy

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• In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Hosein will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader.

  Edward Gibbon

  Intellectual, Age, Climate

  Edward Gibbon, M. Guizot (François) (1854). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.529

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• US special forces are closing in on Saddam Hussain but they're afraid to go in. He's hiding out in Tony Martin's farmhouse.

  Patrick Kielty

  America, Special, World

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• The previous generation, such as Alec Stewart and Nasser Hussain, lost to Australia on many occasions.

  Andrew Strauss

  Australia, Generations, Lost

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