Imam Hussein, the Highest of Martyrs, in the View of Some Orientalists and Intellectuals (2)

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Imam Hussein, the Highest of Martyrs, in the View of Some Orientalists and Intellectuals (2)

The great personality of Imam Hussein and his act of bravery in Karbala have been frequently debated by the intellectuals and thinkers of different nationalities. A series of these opinions will be chronologically available on our website for the respected viewers.
This one, however, deals with the ideas of two scholars

Tabari, the well-known Historian


Tabari says, in his history book: “When the news of Imam Hussein’s Martyrdom reached Abdullah-bin-Zobayr, he said the Imam chose the death with high esteem over the life with humiliation. May God bless Hussein and hold his killer with humiliation! The curse of God be upon those who ordered that he must be killed and consented with that.               


                                                                                                      (Tabari History PP.3, 346)


Monsieur Merbien, a German Scientist


Monsieur marbien, a German Scientist says in this regard: “Yazid outwardly killed Hussein and his companions but in reality Hussein killed Yazid and Omayyad more than a thousand times. Yazid killed them all in one day but Imam Hussein kills Yazid and his men every day in the slaughter house forever.