اَ نَّ اَصۡحٰبَ ا لۡکَہۡفِ وَ الرَّ قِیۡمِ ۙ کَانُوۡا مِنۡ اٰیٰتِنَا عَجَبًا ﴿۹﴾
The men of the cave and of the jungle’s side were a wonderful sign of Ours.
[Kanz-ul-Iman (Translation of Quran)] (Part 15, Surah Al-Kahf, verse 9)
Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ granted the blessed head capability to speak and the blessed head spoke out remarkably: اَعۡجَبُ مِنۡ اَصۡحَابِ الۡكَهۡفِ قَتۡلِيۡ وَحَمۡلِيۡ ‘My murder and roaming around with my head is stranger than the event of the Ashaab-e-Kahf.’ (Sharh-us-Sudoor, pp. 212)
Sar shahidan-e-mahabbat kay hayn nayzaun per buland
Aur oonchi ki Khuda nay ‘izz-o-shan-e-Ahl-e-Bayt
Dear Islamic brothers! After mentioning above narration in his book ‘Sawanih Karbala’, ‘Allamah Maulana Na’eemuddin Muradabadi عَـلَيْهِ رَحۡمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـهَادِی has commented, ‘In fact, this is true because in case of Ashaab-e-Kahf, unbelievers committed the oppression whereas in case of Sayyiduna Imam Husayn رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ, the Ummah of his Grandfather (the Holy Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰى عَـلَيْـهِ وَاٰلـِهٖ وَسَـلَّم) invited him as a guest then deceitfully deprived him of even drinking water.
The households and companions of Sayyiduna Imam Husayn رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ were martyred before his eyes and then he was also