Understanding Karbala

Author: Allamah Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi

Translator: Sayyid Athar Husain S.H. Rizvi

Publisher: Ansariyan Publications - Qum

This text is basically a collection of articles published in different periodicals over the years and a radio speech, but they were arranged by the author himself in this present book form and published originally in Urdu.

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Chapters

  1. Translator’s Foreword
  2. Preface to the Second Edition
  3. Preface to the First Edition
  4. How Imam Hasan and Imam Husayn (a.s) saved Islam from Destruction
  5. “And We Ransomed him with a Great Sacrifice”
  6. Prophecies Regarding the Tragedy of Karbala’ from Ancient Books
  7. Why the Martyrdom of Imam Husayn (a.s) became Immortal?
  8. Effect of Husayn’s Martyrdom on the Principle of Caliphate
  9. Azadari and Innovation
  10. Azadari of Husayn (a.s) from the Islamic Point of View
  11. Banu Umayyah in the View of the Holy Qur’an
  12. Who were the killers of Imam Husayn(a.s)?
  13. Conclusion
  14. Appendix 1: Mischiefs of the Daily Hilal
  15. Appendix 2: A ‘Revolutionary’ Book: Caliphate of Muawiyah and Yazid
  16. Appendix 3: Martyrdom of Imam Husayn (a.s) and the Muslim and Jewish Calendars
  17. Appendix 4: Fasting on Ashura
  18. Appendix 5: The Illustrious Period of the Imamate of Imam Zainul Aabidin (a.s)

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