"With no doubt Al Hussain was one of the greatest rebels, for correcting the path of rulers who deviated from the right path. He, by his stance honorab...

Without the support from religion--remember, we talked about it--no father, using only his own resources, would be able to bring up a child.
~ Leo Tolstoy ~












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"He was nine years old; he was a child; he he knew his own soul, it was precious to him, he guarded it as the eyelid guards the eye, and without the ke...
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