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

Charles Dickens - (1812-1870) English novelists of the Victorian period

"If Hussain 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."

Thomas Carlyle -- (1795-1881 ) Famous British historian

"The best lesson which we get from the tragedy of Karbala is that Hussain 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 Hussain despite his minority marvels me!"

Mahatma Gandhi- (1869 - 1948) lawyer, leader of the uprising in India

In a statement published in 'Young India ,'1924:

"I wanted to know the best of the life of one who holds today an undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind .... I became more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of Hussain the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission to save Islam. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle.