Dedication

Publisher’s Preface

Prologue: Eternal Struggle Between Right And Wrong

Introduction

Part 1: Husayn And His Foes, Martyrdom

Part 2: A Summary of Post-Martyrdom Events

Part 3: The Revolution’s Outcome

Part 4: Husayn’s Successors - Nine Infallible Imams

Conclusion

Appendix: Arabic Poems Eulogizing Imam Husayn’s Martyrdom

Glossary of Islamic Terms

ا،أ، آ، ع, A

ب, B

د، ذ, D

ع, E

ف, F

غ, G, Gh

ح،ه H,

إ،ع, I

ج, J

ك،خ K, Kh,

ل, L

م, M

ن, N

ق, Q

ر, R

س،ص, S

ت، ط، ذ, T

أ، ع, U

و, W

ز،ض، ظ, Z

This book contains a brief yet documented narrative of an incident that
took place in Karbala’’, Iraq, in 61 A.H. (After Hijra, or Hegira)/680
A.D. It has stamped the history of the Muslim nation ever since, and it
will continue to do so till the reappearance of the Awaited One, the
Mahdi from among the offspring of Prophet Muhammad. It refers to a
revolution against tyranny and oppression led by Imam al-Husayn son of
Imam Ali ibn [son of] Abu [father of] Talib and grandson of Prophet
Muhammad.


Karbala and Beyond

أ، ع, U
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**\`Ulama or Ulema or \`Ulema علماء:** plural of \`*alim*,
scholar-theologian, learned, knowledgeable in Islam

**Umma or Ummah أمه:** nation, group of people, a community. It is used
in reference to the community of Believers

**Umm al-Mu'mineen or Um al-Mu'mineen أم المؤمنين: “**mother of the
Believers” or of the faithful. This was the title of each of the
Prophet's wives; (Sura 33 Ayah 6 stipulated that they could not marry
after the Prophet's death because all of the believers were their
spiritual children).

**Umra عمره:** minor pilgrimage; pilgrimage to Mecca during any time
other than the prescribed (first ten) days of the month of Thul-Hijja

**Urf عرف:** custom, radition, social usage; **عرف سائد** : prevailing
custom; **عرف عام**: general custom; **عرف متوطد**: established custom;
**مهنه :عرف** trade usage

**Urwa عروه**: tie, link, bond

**Usool** **or Usul** **أصول:** the basics of jurisprudence

**Uzza عزى:** a chief goddess according to the beliefs of pre-Islamic
Arabs, i.e. during the days of *jahiliyya*


