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USA: Oye! Times readers Get FREE $30 to spend on Amazon, Walmart…The Battle of Karbala took place on Muharrum 10, in the year 81 of the Islamic calendar (A.D. October 10, 680) in Karbala, in present day Iraq. On one side of this highly uneven battle were a small group of supporters and relatives of Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) grandson Husain Ibn Ali (R.A), and on the other side was a large military detachment from the forces of Yazid 1, the Umayyad caliph, whom Husain had refused to recognize as caliph, in the path of Righteousness Husain (R.A) and all his supporters were killed, including Husain's six months old infant son and the women and children were taken as prisoners.
Karbala was a battle of truth against falsehood, humanity against villainy, righteousness against evil, justice against corruption. The much loved grandson of the Prophet (PBUH) stood in the scorching heat of Karbala along with his companions, devoid of water but determined to defend Islam against corruption. His loved ones, including his six month old son, fell martyr one after the other. In spite of this he repeatedly invited the other party towards righteousness and forbade them from evil and immorality, but it all fell on deaf ears. When the time arrived for him to march ahead all alone, he did it in a fashion which was reminiscent of his illustrious father Hazrat Ali (R.A.). Since the martyrdom of Imam Husain (R.A) the event of Karbala has been a unifying force for Sunnis and Shias over the millennium. It has moved even many non – Muslims.
[b]Tragedy of Karbala[/b] is not a normal story which can be made into a film. No sane Muslim of this world would allow the making of a film on the tragic story of Karbala.
This is the most tragic episode for Humanity and is a learning topic for all the people of this world.
Renowned people of this world have been saying about Imam Husain (AS) the hero of Karbala:
[b]Reynold Alleyne Nicholson[/b]
(1868-1945) Sir Thomas Adams Professor of Arabic at the University of Cambrcomment_IDge.
“Husayn fell, pierced by an arrow, and his brave followers were cut down bescomment_IDe him to the last man. Muhammadan tradition, which with rare exceptions is uniformly hostile to the Umayyad dynasty, regards Husayn as a martyr and Yazcomment_ID as his murderer.”
[A Literary History of the Arabs, Cambrcomment_IDge, 1930, p. 197]
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Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru[/b] –
“Generations down line since the tragedy of Karbala have been deeply effected by the innocence of Imam Husain and his men. It has always been and will be a source of learning the ethics to lead a noble life”.
[b]Pandit Chander Prakash[/b] –
“Lord Krishna in Bhagwat Gita’s chapter 12 has mentioned 14 qualities to be found in man for him to become the ‘Apostle of God’”. Panditji sacomment_ID, “Accumulation of all the 14 qualities are only in Imam Husain, as described by Lord Krishna in Bhagwat Gita”.
Swamy Kaljuganand on his teachings of Karbala has given some points, which are as under –
I. All the humans are brothers irrespective of cast, creed, and colour.
II. No discrimination according to wealth and birth. All are creation of God.
III. Follow the truth until death.
IV. Face the cruel and fight against cruelty.
[b]Raghupati Sahay ‘Firaq’ Gorakhpuri[/b] –
“Name of Husain is nectar for humanity. This name wettens my eyes and I fall short of words to describe his everesting personality”.
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