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Publisher’s Foreword i
Introduction iii
Critical Juncture in The Life of Mankind 1
Days of Separation 1
Ashura is Among the Days of Separation 1
First class 2
Second class 3
Third class 5
Comparison Between the First and Second Class 6
The Story of How Umar Ibn Sa\'ad Tried to Escape 7
Fighting Husayn (as) 7
The Story of How Al-Hurr Tried to Escape Fighting Husayn (as) 9
A Return to Umar Ibn Saad at the Point of Separation 10
Comparison Between the Second and Third Class 11
Another Comparison Between Al-Hurr and Zuhayr 16
Aversion and Inaction 17
Shock and Hesitation 17
Willingness to Meet Husayn (as) 18
Response and Acceptance 18
Analysis of Al-Hurr\'s Unusual Stand 18
Conclusion 21
Meditations on Husayn’s Speech on The Day of Ashura 23
1.“You Have Drawn the Sword with which 23
We Armed You, Against us.” 23
2. ‘And You Ignited The Fire Which We Kindled Against our Enemy and Your Enemy, Against Us.’ 25
3. “You Have Joined Hands With The Forces of Your Enemies Against Your Allies.” 27
4. “They Have Not Established Any Justice Among You, Nor Do You Expect Any Good From Them.” 29
5. “Woe to You! are You Heading Towards These People and Forsaking us? 30
6. “O Slaves of (This) Nation and Strangers!” 30
7. “Away with You, O Slaves of The Nation and 31
Strangers to The Parties!” 31
8. “An Old Treachery That was Part and Parcel of Your Forefathers” 32
Political Goals of Imam Husayn (as)\'s Uprising 35
The Imam Talks About His Death in Iraq 38
Where Military Campaigns Fail, Armed Struggle Succeeds. 41
1.Freeing the people\'s will 41
2. Stripping the Ruling System of Legitimacy 49
Husayn (as)’s Letter from Karbala to His Brother, Muhammad 53
The Reason the Letter Was Written 53
Devotion to God and Withdrawing from The World 54
What are the World and The Hereafter? 55
How can a Person be Among the People of The Hereafter While Living in This World? 55
From The Hereafter to The Hereafter 57
Incentives and Barriers 58
‘As If the World Has Never Been’ 59
As If the Hereafter Has Always Been 61
The Results That Follow The Two Viewpoints 64
The Outcome of The Second View 65
Expelling The World from The Mind and Replacing It with The Hereafter 65
First point 66
Second Point 68
Defying Death on The Day of Ashura 71
How Do We Deal with Death? 71
How Do People Face Death? 72
Fear of Death 72
The Stand 74
Changing from a Position of No Stand to That of a Contrary Stand 75
The Last Stage of Apostacy 77
Realignment on the Opposing Side and A Turnabout 77
Three States in Man’s Life 78
The first state 78
The second state 78
The third state 79
The Effects of Fear of Death on Society 80
Educative Methods for Fighting This Situation 80
First Method 80
Second Method 81
Some Scenes of Confronting Death in Al-Taff 82
His Companions’ Reply 84
Some Instances of Loyalty in The Supplication: Ziyarat al-Warith 87
First Aspect: Salutation 87
Second Aspect: Testimony 88
Third Aspect: Stand 90
Repudiation: The Other Face of Loyalty 92
The Groups That are Cursed in Ziyarat al-Warith 97
What Conflicts of Civilization Do to Man? 99
The First Day of Separation 100
The Second Day of Separation 102
The Third Day of Separation 102
Loyalty And Repudiation in the Supplication of Ziyarat Ashura 121
Loyalty and Repudiation: The Most Prominent Features 121
of The Day of Ashura 121
The Three Peculiarities of the Al-Taff Battle Theatre 123
An Inherited Theatre 124
A Separating Theatre 127
A Legator Theatre 130
Emotional Co-Existence with The Al-Taff Tragedy as Expressed in Ziyarat Ashura 133
Scenes of Loyalty and Repudiation in Ziyarat Ashura 134
Loyalty, Repudiation and Hostility 135
Greetings of Peace and Cursing 136
Peace and War 136
Association and Disassociation 137
Distress and Vengeance 140
Loyalty and Repudiation are Two Faces of The Same Question 141
Loyalty and Repudiation: Blessing and Honour That God Bestowed On Man 143
Generalizations of Loyalty in Ziyarat Ashura 148
Generalizations of Repudiation in Ziyarat Ashura 149
Monotheism and Purity of Faith Depicted In Loyalty 150
Loyalty comes under the concept of Monotheism 151
Monotheism and Purity of Faith Depicted in Repudiation 155
Two Loyalties Cannot Meet in The Heart of a Faithful Person. 157
Ascension Points of Loyalty and Repudiation in Ziyarat Ashura 159
Honour and Distinction 161
Avenging The Death of Husayn (as) 161
To be in the Company of the Ahl Al-Bayt (as) and Attain a Good Standing with Them 162
The Company of the truthful 162
The Laudable Station 164
Sincerity to God in Life and Death 165
Unlimited Reward from God 165
Stairways For Getting Proximity to God 169
Imam Husayn (as)’s Portrayal of Islamic Society During Umayyad Rule 171
1. The Condition of The World at That Time 172
2. The Peoples Disregard for Truth and Their Inclination Towards Falsehood 175
3. Need for Aversion to The World and Desire to Meet God 176
The Four Unchangeable Aspects of Imam Husayn (as)’S Uprising 177
1. Inevitability of Martyrdom 177
2. Certainty of Victory 179
3. Relationship Between Victory and Martyrdom 184
4. This Victory will not Be Repeated in History 185
Loyalty and Repudiation on the Day of Ashura 189
Conflict of Loyalty 189
Monotheism and Polytheism in Loyalty 189
Ferociousness of the Conflict of Loyalties 190
The Theatre of Conflict Entails a Stand and Rejects Onlookers 190
Elements and Instance of Loyalty 191
1. Obedience and Submission 191
2. Love and Sincerity to God the Glorious 191
3. Helping God, His Messenger (s) and the believers 191
Direction in Loyalty 192
Repudiation 194
An Analysis of the State of Challenge and Confrontation Between Monotheism and Polytheism 195
Loyalty Is Within the Domain of Monotheism 197
True Guardianship Is Only by God\'s Permission, Within the Domain of His Guardianship and By His Appointment 198
The Role and Importance of Guardianship in the Life of the Community 199
Arrogance and Abasement 201
Features of the Conflict Between Truth and Falsehood 202
The Incident of Al-Taff: A Touchstone for Loyalty and Repudiation 208
The First Speech of Imam Husayn\'s (as) Uprising 213
1. Listen! Anyone Who Will Sacrifice His Life For our Sake 214
2. \'Who Will Sacrifice? 215
3. \'For Our Sake\' 217
4. Sincerity 218
5. Reconciling Oneself 219
6. Meeting God 221
7. Let Them Set Out 223
8. \'With Us\' 224
9. \'If God Wills\' 226