• Dedication
• Note
• Publisher’s Preface
• Prologue: Eternal Struggle Between Right And Wrong
• Introduction
• Part 1: Husayn And His Foes, Martyrdom
• Abu Sufyan
• Mu’awiyah and Yazid
• Ali, Husayn’s Father
• Imam Husayn Son of Imam Ali
• Islam’s Message to Humanity
• Origins of Deviation
• Falsification of Hadith and Distortion of The Sunna
• Yazid Appointed as Supreme Ruler
• The Noble Motives Behind Imam Husayn’s Revolution
• The Revolution’s Process
• Husayn in Mecca
• Muslim Swears Oath of Allegiance for Husayn
• Hani Ibn Urwah
• Muslim’s Uprising
• Al-Mukhtar Jailed
• Muslim at the House of Taw'a
• Muslim Meets Ibn Ziyad
• Qasr Muqatil
• The Kufian Hosts
• Efforts to Secure Water
• Conditional Respite Granted
• Another Confrontation at Watering Place
• Firm Resolution
• Love and Devotion
• Ashura
• The First Lady Martyr
• Al-Abbas is Martyred
• Martyrdom of The Imam
• Husayn’s Horse
• Al-Husayn Marauded
• Notes
• Part 2: A Summary of Post-Martyrdom Events
• The Steed
• The Severed Heads
• Leaving Karbala’
• At Kufa
• Zainab’s Speech
• Fatima Delivers a Speech
• As-Sajjad Delivers a Speech
• The Burial
• At The Governer’s Mansion
• Al-Mukhtar At-Thaqafi
• The Sacred Head Speaks
• Al-Ashdaq
• Abdullah Ibn Ja’far
• The Captives Taken to Syria
• In Syria
• Husayn’s Severed Head
• A Syrian Encounters Fatima
• Zainab Delivers Another Speech
• At The House of Ruin
• Back to Medina
• The Severed Head Rejoins Body
• The Arba’een
• In Medina
• Notes
• Part 3: The Revolution’s Outcome
• The Harra Incident
• What Happened in Mecca?
• Al-Husayn’s Grave
• Performing Ziyarat to Husayn’s Shrine
• Notes
• Part 4: Husayn’s Successors - Nine Infallible Imams
• 1) Imam Ali Ibn Al-Husayn Zain Al-Abidin (as)
• 2) Imam Muhammad Al-Baqir (as)
• 3) Imam Ja’far As-Sadiq (as)
• 4) Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (as)
• 5) Imam ‘Ali Ar-Rida’ (as)
• 6) Imam Muhammad At-Taqi (as)
• 7) Imam ‘Ali An-Naqi (as)
• 8) Imam Hassan Al-'Askari (as)
• 9) The Awaited One, Imam Al-Mahdi (as)
• Notes
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Appendix: Arabic Poems Eulogizing Imam Husayn’s Martyrdom
• Glossary of Islamic Terms
• ا،أ، آ، ع , A
• ب , B
• The Basmala as Portrayed in Early and Medieval Islamic Sources
• A Grammatical Breakdown and Exegetical Explanation of the Basmala
• Origin of the Attribute ar-Rahman
• د، ذ , D
• ع , E
• ف , F
• Some mysteries about Surat al-Fatiha
• Notes
• غ , G, Gh
• Prophet’s Historic Ghadir Sermon
• ح،ه H,
• إ،ع , I
• The 14 Infallibles
• After The Prophet’s Demise
• Property of Fadak
• Digression: Jews of Medina
• Khutba of Fatima Zahra (as) Demanding Fadak
• Fatima Further Oppressed
• Fatima’s Death
• What is Fatima’s Mushaf?
• Mushaf’s Contents
• The Imams (ع ) and Fatima’s Mushaf
• Is Fatima’s Mushaf The Holy Qur’an?
• ج , J
• ك،خ K, Kh,
• ل , L
• م , M
• ن , N
• P
• ق , Q
• ر , R
• س،ص , S
• ت، ط، ذ , T
• أ، ع , U
• و , W
• ز،ض، ظ , Z