Understanding Karbala

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.

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