Spirituality of the Shi‘ism and Other Discourses

BOOK ID

Author(s): Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn at-Tabatabai

Translator(s): Abu Dharr Ahmadi

Publisher(s): ABWA Publishing and Printing Center

Category: General Spirituality Miscellaneous information: Spirituality of the Shi‘ism and Other Discourses

Author: ‘Allāmah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabātabā’ī

Translator: Abū Dharr Ahmadī

Prepared by: Translation Unit, Cultural Affairs Department; The Ahl al-Bayt (‘a) World Assembly

Editor: Ashraf Carol Eastman

Proofreader: Majid Karimi

Publisher: ABWA Publishing and Printing Center

Featured Category: Spirituality

point

This text presents a series of twenty-one discourses related to the spirituality of Shi'ism and various key interesting topics in Islam.

Transliteration Symbols

Symbol

Transliteration

Symbol

Transliteration

’

‘

ه_

ﻯ

Long Vowels

ﹷ

اﻯ

ﹻ

او

ﹹ

Persian Letters

Symbol

Transliteration

Symbol

Transliteration

ﭺ

ﮊ

ﮒ

Foreword

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful

The invaluable legacy of the Household [Ahl al-Bayt] of the Prophet (may peace be upon them all), as preserved by their followers, is a comprehensive school of thought that embraces all branches of Islamic knowledge. This school has produced many brilliant scholars who have drawn inspiration from this rich and pure resource.

It has given many scholars to the Muslim ummah who, following in the footsteps of Imāms of the Prophet’s Household (‘a), have done their best to clear up the doubts raised by various creeds and currents within and without Muslim society and to answer their questions. Throughout the past centuries, they have given well-reasoned answers and clarifications concerning these questions and doubts.

To meet the responsibilities assigned to it, the Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly (ABWA) has embarked on a defense of the sanctity of the Islamic message and its verities, often obscured by the partisans of various sects and creeds as well as

p: 1