The following are excerpts from a speech delivered by Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, commemorating the death of Imam Hussein. The speech aired on Al-Manar TV on December 26, 2009.
Hassan Nasrallah: What a heart! What a spirit! What forbearance! What redemption! What loyalty! What sacrifice! What devotion! All these emotions, this pain, and this sorrow in the heart of one man, Al-Hussein Abu Abdullah, and in the heart of one woman, Zaynab... But what was the reaction? The man who bore all this pain in his heart raised his arms to the heavens and said: Are you satisfied, God? Take as much as you want until you are satisfied...
Crowd: Hussein, we respond to your call!
Hussein, we respond to your call!
Hussein, we respond to your call!
Hussein, we respond to your call!
Hassan Nasrallah: That man raised his arms to the heavens and said: Are you satisfied, God?