The Message by Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani

• PREFACE
• ARABIAN PENINSULA THE CRADLE OF ISLAMIC CULTURE
• ARABIA BEFORE ISLAM
• CONDITIONS OF ROMAN AND IRANIAN EMPIRES
• ANCESTORS OF THE PROPHET
• BIRTH OF THE PROPHET
• CHILDHOOD OF THE PROPHET
• REJOINING THE FAMILY
• PERIOD OF YOUTH
• FROM SHEPHERD TO MERCHANT
• FROM MARRIAGE UP TO PROPHETHOOD
• THE FIRST MANIFESTATION OF REALITY
• THE FIRST REVELATION
• WHO WERE THE FIRST PERSONS TO EMBRACE ISLAM?
• CESSATION OF REVELATION
• GENERAL INVITATION
• JUDGEMENT OF QURAYSH ABOUT THE HOLY QUR'AN
• THE FIRST MIGRATION
• RUSTY WEAPONS
• THE FICTION OF GHARANIQ
• ECONOMIC BLOCKADE
• DEATH OF ABU TALIB
• ME'RAJ THE HEAVENLY ASCENSION
• JOURNEY TO TA'IF
• THE AGREEMENT OF AQABAH
• THE EVENT OF MIGRATION
• THE EVENTS OF THE FIRST YEAR OF MIGRATION
• SOME EVENTS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND YEARS OF MIGRATION
• THE EVENTS OF THE SECOND YEAR OF MIGRATION
• CHANGE OF QIBLAH
• THE BATTLE OF BADR
• DANGEROUS DESIGNS OF THE JEWS
• THE EVENTS OF THE THIRD YEAR OF MIGRATION
• THE EVENTS OF THE THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS OF MIGRATION
• THE JEWS QUIT THE ZONE OF ISLAM
• THE EVENTS OF THE FOURTH YEAR OF MIGRATION
• THE EVENTS OF THE FIFTH YEAR OF MIGRATION
• THE BATTLE OF AHZAB
• THE LAST STAGE OF MISCHIEF
• THE EVENTS OF THE FIFTH AND SIXTH YEARS OF MIGRATION
• THE EVENTS OF THE SIXTH YEAR OF MIGRATION
• A RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL JOURNEY
• THE EVENTS OF THE SEVENTH YEAR OF MIGRATION
• FORT OF KHAYBER THE CENTRE OF DANGER
• THE STORY OF FADAK
• THE LAPSED 'UMRAH
• THE EVENTS OF THE EIGHTH YEAR OF MIGRATION
• THE BATTLE OF ZATUS SALASIL
• THE CONQUEST OF MAKKAH
• THE BATTLE OF HUNAYN
• THE BATTLE OF TA'IF
• THE FAMOUS PANEGYRIC OF KA'B BIN ZUHAYR
• THE EVENTS OF THE NINTH YEAR OF MIGRATION
• THE BATTLE OF TABUK
• THE DEPUTATION OF THAQIF GOES TO MADINA
• THE PROPHET MOURNING FOR HIS SON
• ERADICATION OF IDOL WORSHIP IN ARABIA
• REPRESENTATIVES OF NAJRAN IN MADINA
• THE EVENTS OF THE TENTH YEAR OF MIGRATION
• THE FAREWELL HAJ
• ISLAM IS COMPLETED BY THE APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR
• THE EVENTS OF THE ELEVENTH YEAR OF MIGRATION
• A WILL WHICH WAS NOT WRITTEN
• THE LAST HOURS OF THE PROPHET

The Origins and Early Development of Shi'a Islam by S. Hussain M. Jafari

• Editor's preface
• Preface
• Conceptual Foundations
• Saqifa: The First Manifestations
• Ali and the First Two Caliphs
• The Re-emergence of the 'Alid Party
• Kufa: Stage of Shi'i Activities
• The Abdication of Hasan
• The Martyrdom of Husayn
• The Reaction after Karbala
• The Struggle for Legitimacy
• The Imamate of Ja'far as-Sadiq
• The Doctrine of the Imamate
• Bibliography
• Notes

Imam Husain's Revolution by Hadi Al-Modaresi

• Foreword
• Introduction
• The Islamic Message
• Who is Imam Husain?
• Who is Yazid?
• Origins of Deviation
• Imam Ali's Reform
• Muawiya's Reign
• Imam Hasan's Policy
• Yazid's Claim
• The Revolution's Motives
• The Revolution's Procedure
• The Revolution's Results

Master and Mastership by Murtada Mutahhari

• Root Word
• Two Kinds of Wala
• Special Form of Positive Wala
• Classes of Special Form of Positive Wala
• Wala of Imamate
• Wala of Leadership
• Wala of Control
• Spiritual Guidance of the Imam

Perfect Man by Murtada Mutahhari

• Perfect Man
• Nature of Man
• Relation of Man with Nature

The Awaited Saviour by M. Baqir al-Sadr and Murtada Mutahhari

• Prologue
• The Saviour's Return
  • Who And What Of The Mahdi
  • Some Objections About The Mahdi
  • Replies To The Objections
• The Saviour's Revolution
  • The Final Victory
  • Expectation of Solace
  • Interpretation of the evolution of history
  • The Human or Natural Approach
  • Two Concepts About Man
  • An ideal society
  • Appendix

Spiritual Journey of the Mystics (Suluk al-Arifan) by Haj Mirza Jawad Agha Maliki Tabrizi

• Dedication
• Translator's Foreword
• Biography of Late Haj Mirza Javad Agha Malaki Tabrizi
• Etiquette and Deeds of the Holy Month of Ramadan
• Effects of Fasting and Hunger
• Types of Fasting
• Classification of Fast observers On the Basis of Their Aims and Intentions
• Special Fasting - the Affairs of Allah's Favourite Saints
• Classification of Fast observers On the Basis of Their Food Consumption
• Classification of Fast observers On the Basis of Eating at Dawn (Saheri) and Fast-breaking (Iftar)
• Etiquette of Eating at Dawn (Saheri) and Fast-breaking (Iftar)
• Some Special Distinctions of the Holy Month of Ramadan
• A Few Reminders
• The Splendour and Eminence of Supplications Compiled by the Ahlul-Bait
• Etiquette of the Holy Qur'an and Supplications
• Etiquette of Recital of the Holy Qur'an
• Understanding of Meanings of the Holy Qur'an
• How to Think and Deliberate Over the Holy Qur'an
• Obstacles in Qur'an's Understanding
• Etiquette and Codes of Prayer
• What is Prayer, and What it Ought to Be?
• Secret of Non-acceptance of the Prayer of Righteous
• Questions and Answers
• Etiquette of Prayer
• Being Hopeful towards Allah and Hopeless from Others
• Importance of Remaining Hopeful towards Allah
• Abstinence from Sinning - Oppression Against People's Lives, Possessions, and Honour
• Factors which Influence Prayer's Acceptance
• Shedding Tears and Crying
• To Offer Thanks, Praise, and Apology
• Deliberation and Persistence
• Praying Away from People's Sight
• Standing Together for Prayer
• Humility and Meekness
• Salutations Upon the Holy Prophet [s] and His Holy Progeny Ahlul-Bait
• Importance of Sending Salutations Upon the Holy Prophet [s] and His Holy Progeny Ahlul-Bait
• Sincerity and Heart's Purity
• Prevention is Better than Cure
• Remembrance and Preference of Others
• Importance of Friendship of a Believer and His Remembrance during Prayer
• Raising Hands Upward in Prayer
• Prostration and its Reality
• Having a Ring in the Hand
• Importance of the Ring
• Paying Alms and Charity
• Suitable Timings
• Response of Sayyid ibne Taoos to Divine Proclamation
• Another Important Point From Sayyid ibne Taoos
• Suitable Place
• Important Thing About the Prayer
• Some Other Deeds of the Holy Month of Ramadan
• Comments About the Etiquette of Prayer
• Comments About the Effects of Deeds
• Fast-breaking (Iftar)
• Eating Before the Dawn (saheri)
• Prayer for Understanding the Nights of Qadr and Fitr
• Night of Power (Lailatul-Qadr) and Appreciation of its Merits
• Witnessing of the Night of Power (Lailatul-Qadr)
• Inviting Others for Fast-breaking (Iftar) and Acceptance of Their Invitations
• The Leadership (Imamat) and Preaching (Va'iz)
• How to Examine Sincerity?
• Etiquette of Preacher and Preaching
• Night of Power (Lailatul-Qadr)
• The Ranks of the Night of Power (Lailatul-Qadr)
• Beseeching Allah for Bestowing Readiness for the Night of Power (Lailatul-Qadr)
• Preparation For the Night of Power (Lailatul-Qadr).
• Selection of the Most Suitable Deeds
• Meditation and Pondering
• Not to be Negligent from Allah
• Resorting (Tawassul) to Ahlul-Bait [a]
• Crying and Shedding Tears
• Some Other Deeds to be Performed During the Night of Power (Lailatul-Qadr)
• Comments About the Prayer's Etiquette
• Comments About the Importance of Ahlul-Bait's [a] Supplications
• A Reminder
• Comments About the Prayers of Others
• The Night of Twenty Seventh of Ramadan
• The Commentary - World Being the House of Illusion (Dar al-Ghuroor)
• How to Farewell the Night of Power (Lailatul-Qadr)
• The Day of Power (Qadr)
• The Last Night of the Holy Month of Ramadan
• Questions and Answers
• Studying Imam al-Sajjad's [a] Affairs
• Self Accounting
• Farewell of the Holy Month of Ramadan
• Comments About the Sense and Perception Among Solid Bodies
• How to Farewell the Holy Month of Ramadan
• The Last Day of the Holy Month of Ramadan

A Bundle of Flowers from the Garden of Traditions of the Holy Prophet (s) and Ahlul-Bayt (a) by Sayyid Kamal Faghih Imani

• Introduction
• Preface
• The Opening Tradition
• Knowing Allah, His Greatness and His Grace
• Prayer and Its Effects
• Midnight Prayers
• Faith in Allah and Attaining his Pleasure
• Piety and Its Necessity in a Muslim
• Invocation
• Ahlul Bayt
• The Love of Ahlul-Bayt
• The Acceptable Characteristics
• The Real Followers of Ahlul-Bayt and Their Qualities
• Sin and Its Effects
• Knowledge and Its Value
• Knowledge and the Virtue of Learning It
• Knowledge and the Virtue of Teaching It
• The Excellence and Importance of Scholars
• Being Attentive to the Hereafter
• Repentance
• Protecting the Honour of Believers
• Righteous Deeds
• Injustice and Transgression
• The Rights of Fellow Muslims
• Greetings
• Enjoining Right and Forbidding Wrong
• The Tongue and Its Evils
• Backbiting and Faultfinding
• Telling Lies
• Companions & Friendship
• Immoral Friends
• Serving People
• Giving Loan
• Helping the Needy
• Donation & Pleasing The Believers
• Charity and Alms
• Regard for Kinship
• Kindness to Parents
• The Rights of Children
• Suckling
• Marriage, a Great Worship
• Encouragement for Marriage
• Marriage Is the Key to Divine Mercy and a Good Temper
• Hasten to Marry
• Intercession and Help in Lawful Marriage
• Wife and Her Dower
• Dower: The Less the Better
• Marriage with Regard to Faith and Honesty
• Man's Intention in Marriage
• Earning a Livelihood
• Wives and Good Treatment to Their Husbands
• Honour Your Wives
• Wife And Pleasing Her Husband
• Admirable Qualities of Wives
• Divorce and Its Effects
• Lowering the Gaze and Guarding the Modesty
• Women and Ornamentation
• Fornication and Its Harmful Effects
• Hygiene in Islam
• Business and Social Relationships
• Fraud in Bargain
• Lusts
• Worldly Possessions and Greedily Compiling Wealth
• This Fleeting World, Its Attractiveness and Poison
• The Neglectful Slaves of this Deceitful World
• Arrogance and Pride
• Moderation in Economic Affairs
• Consultation
• Activity and Idleness
• Martyrs and Martyrdom
• The Expected Mahdi [a] and His Government of Justice
• The Muslim Ummah at the End of the Time
• Lifetime Should Be Well Spent
• Religion and Studying Its Affairs
• Good Temper and Its Good Results
• The Disadvantages of Anger and an Ill Temper
• Asking for Divine Pardon
• Congregation Prayer
• Supplication
• References Material and Tradition Sources

Hesham ibn al-Hakam by M. Reza Atai

• Foreword
• Introduction
• The First University of Shi'a
• Numbers of Students
• Who is Hesham?
• Abu Muhammad or Abul Hakam Hesham ibn Hakam Kendi
• The Business Activities of Hesham
• Characteristics of Hesham
• Remarks of the Scholars Regarding Hesham
• Victorious Champion
• Witticism of Hesham
• Books of Hesham
• The Founder of the Science of the Fundamentals of Religion
• Unfair Accusations
• The First Meeting of Hesham with Imam [a]
• Debates of Hesham: Defending of Wilayah
• Hesham - The Champion with Inductive Reasoning
• Imam - the centre of the existing world
• The Debate of Hesham with the chief of the Kharajites (Khawarej)
• God is Omnipotent
• Debate of Hesham with Nazzam
• The Divine Help
• The debate which became the cause of the death of Hesham
• The Cause of the Death of Hesham