 Simon Ottley, the professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge, writes Then Hossein mounted his horse and took the Quran and laid it before him And, coming up to the people, invited them to the performance of their duty Adding, O God, thou art my confidence in every trouble and hope in all adversities He next reminded them of his excellences, the nobility of his birth, the greatness of his power At his high decent and said, consider with yourselves whether or not such a man As I am is not better than you, I who am the son of your prophet's daughter Beside whom there is no other upon the face of earth Ali was my father, Ja'far and Hamza, the chief of martyrs were both my uncles And the apostle of God upon whom be peace said, both of me and my brother That we were the chief of the youth of paradise If you will believe me, what I say is true For I, God, I never told a lie in any since I had my understanding For God hates a lie If you do not believe me, ask the companions of the apostle of God He he named them, and they will tell you the same Let me go back to what I have They ask, what kinder him from being ruled by the rest of his relations He answered, God forbid that I should set my hand To the assignation of my right after solvish man I have recourse to God from every tyrant that doth not believe in the day of account