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Redemptive Suffering in Islam:

A Study of the Devotional Aspects of Ashura in Twelver Shi'ism
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Walter de Gruyter, Jan 1, 1978 - Religion - 302 pages
  

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A beautiful book. As sad, haunting, and powerful as any marsiya. A wonderful tribute. Read full review

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Contents

TRANSLITERATION AND ABBREVIATIONS
13
INTRODUCTION
15
1 THE HOUSE OF SORROWS Bayt alAḥzān
23
1 The merit of suffering for the pious
25
2 The participation of ancient prophets in the suffering of the Holy Family
27
3 The privation and poverty of ahl albayt and their favor with God
37
4 The suffering and death of Fāṭimah the radiant one mistress of the House of Sorrows
48
2 THE PROOFS OF GOD Ḥujaj Allāh
53
its growth and general characteristics
148
3 The place of lamentation poetry marāthī in the Muḥarram cultus
158
4 The zīyārah ritual and its place in Shīī piety
180
6 AT THE POOL OF ALKAWTHAR Alā Ḥawḍ alKawthar
197
the reward of suffering
198
2 The day of the great thirst
205
3 The faithful remnant
210
the mistress of the Day of Judgment
212

1 The creation and substance of the imāms
54
2 The place of the imāms in human history and their relationship to divine revelation waḥī
57
3 The personality of the imām and signs of his imamate
65
3 THE MASTER OF THE YOUTHS OF PARADISE Sayyid Shabāb Ahl alJannah
69
1 Ḥusayns birth and childhood
70
2 Ḥusayns virtues and later years
85
4 THE WRONGED MARTYR alShahīd alMaẓlūm
93
1 The historical background
94
2 Early accounts and interpretations of Ḥusayns martyrdom
97
3 Later developments and pietistic interpretations
120
5 THE SIGH OF THE SORROWFUL Nafas alMahmūm
141
1 The merit of weeping for Ḥusayn
142
5 alMahdī the final avenger
216
CONCLUSION
231
APPENDICES
235
THE MASTER OF THE YOUTHS OF PARADISE
241
THE WRONGED MARTYR
245
THE SIGH OF THE SORROWFUL
249
NOTES
259
BIBLIOGRAPHY
289
INDEX OF NAMES
293
SUBJECT INDEX
297
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About the author (1978)

Ayoub was born in South Lebanon and received his doctorate from Harvard University. He is professor of Islamic Studies and Comparative Religion at Temple University, Philadelphia.

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