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Contents
Dedication 1
About the Author 6
Arabic Translator’s Preface 10
Preface 13
The Character of Imam al-Husayn and ‘Ashura’ 23
Imam al-Husayn ife An Example for Humanity 24
The Lessons of ‘Ashura’ 34
Distinguishing Between Primary and Secondary Duties 50
The Lesson of al-ArbacIn: Commemoration and
the Reality of Martyrdom 55
The Philosophy of the Uprising of 'Ashura’ 58
The Eternal Sun of ‘Ashura’ 59
Sacrificing to Preserve Islam 67
The Uprightness of Imam al-Husayn and Imam
Khomeini 68
Contemplating the Morals of ‘Ashura’ 76
Killing the Prophet’s Son 76
The Moral of ‘Ashura’ 98
What Caused the Incident of Karbala’ 105
Where Do You Stand? 111
The Difficult Task of Distinguishing Truth from Falsehood 137
Narrowmindedness and the Khawarij 139
Obliviousness and Confusion Destroy Righteous Deeds 143
A Last Word in Lamenting the Master of the
Martyrs 146
Dedication
y A JT e want to begin by giving all praise and thanks to Allah
% /% / & for giving us the tawfiq to translate this book. He
V V has guided us and without Him, we would not have been
guided to the straight path embodied by the Prophet Muhammad
and the Ahl al-Bayt
This book is dedicated firstly to Imam Sayyid Ali Hussaini Khamenei,
who made tremendous strides in advancing the cause of Islam. It is
also dedicated to all the scholars, martyrs and believers who worked
tirelessly to promote the pure Muhammadan path.
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them and their loved ones.
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‘ASHURA’ IN THE THOUGHT OF IMAM KHAMENEI
Abbas Abdo Ajrouche
AbdulAmir Mahmoud Beydoun
Ahmad Khalil Hamid
AkbarAli Abdulhussien Jivan
Ali Ahmed Ftouni
Ali Al Haj Hussein
Ali Aoun
Ali Khalil Amid
Ali Melhim Choucair
Alya Victoria Agemy Yazback
Andrew James Kruger
Anees Hasnie
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Assaad Gharib
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Atia Sultana
Band-e-khuda
Dr. Abdallah Sheet
Ehssan Fawaz
Fardous Mohammad Al-Rawes
Farzaneh Najafzadeh
Fatima Mahdi Beydoun
Fatmeh Saad
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Ghulam Sakhi
Haidar Alaouie
Hajj Abdallah Awad
Hajj Abou Kassem El-Cheikh Ali
Hajj Ahmad Ali Amen Shryim
Hajj Ahmad Fouani
Hajj Ahmad Sheet
Hajj Ali Chami
Hajj Ali Kamel Mourad
Hajj Ali Youssef Amin Dabaja
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DEDICATION
1
Hajj Hassan Mahmoud Sobh
Hajji Adiba Hadous
Hajji Amneh Mahmoud Sobh-Ftouni
Hajji Fatima Fawaz Sleiman
Hajji Fatima Nahle
Hajji Iman Elsaghir
Hajji Miri Srour
Hajji Wanda Macki
Hajji Zahiya Jawad
Hajji Zeinab Salman Makki
Hajj Mohamad Hussein Shebley
Hajj Mohamad Ibrahim Ghasham
Hajj Mohamed Hamoud Macki
Hajj Moslem Srour
Hajj Sami Ali Ftouni
Hajj Wajih Sleiman
Hajj Youssef Ali Amin Dabaja
Hassan Gholam Afsari
Hussein Al-Ghraibawi
Imane Srour
Imtithal Dourra
Itaf Farran
Izzat Aoun
Kassem Berry
Kazim Unissa Begum
Khadije Aoun
Khalil Ahmad Hamid
Khanum Rabab binte Agha Asadullah Kirmani
Latifejomaa
Mahmoud Tiba
Majid Salemeh
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‘ASHURA’ IN THE THOUGHT OF IMAM KHAMENEI
Mariambai Binte Jaffer Ali
Mir Muhammad Ali Khan Naqvi ibne Mir Asadullah Khan Naqvi
Mohamad Midani
Mounir Yamout
Munawwarjehan
Najah Sleiman
Nawal AbdulAmir Beydoun
Randa Mahmoud Alzaghir
Razia Sultana
Sayed Abdullah Saleh
Sayed Assam Saleh
Sayyid Mustapha Shukr
Sayyida Aziz Fatma
Sh. Mahmoud Farhat
Shaheed Ibrahim Hadi
Shaheed Sayyid Khaled Mahmoud Abdallah Saleh
Shandar Fatima
Syed Abid Raza Ibn Syed Hakeem Raza
Syed Ali Hadi Naqvi Johar sirsivi
Syed Mehdi Hussain Rizvi
Syed Mohammad Hadi Jaffry
Syed Mohammed Momin Naqvi
Syed Munawwar Raza Naqvi
Syed Mustafa Ali Moosavi
Syed Nawab Raza Kazmi
Syed Zawar Haider Abidi Ibn Syed Firasat Hussain
Syeda Aale-e-Zehra Binte Syed Sibt-e-Hamid
Syeda Tauqeera Khatoon
Tahereh Najafzadeh
Turfah Kassem Sobh
Zaheer Hasan Ibne Humayun Mirza
Zakia Sultana
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