Imam Husayn and His Martyrdom

• Introduction
• Preface
• Sorrow as a Bond of Union
• How Martyrdom healed divisions
• Commemoration of great virtues
• Plan of discourse
• Geographical Picture
• Abundant water & tragedy of thirst
• Karbala’ and Its Great Dome
• Cities and their Cultural Meaning
• Vicissitudes of Mecca and Medina
• Spirit of Damascus
• Snare of Riches
• Basra and Kufa: town-planning
• Rivalry and poison of Damascus
• Driven from city to city
• Invitation from Kufa
• Journey through the desert
• Call to Surrender or Die
• Water cut off; Inflexible will, Devotion and Chivalry
• The Final Agony; placid face of the man of God
• Heroism of the Women
• Lesson of the Tragedy
• Explorers of Spiritual Territory