Divine Flashes of Ḥusayn (Lama'āt Al-Ḥusayn)

This book is the translation of a short collection of sermons, sayings and letters by Husayn ibn ‘Ali over the last six months of his life. The book provides a first-hand representation of Islam in general and Shi‘ism in particular, as it consists of the sayings of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson and the third Shi‘ite Imam (i.e. leader). It provides more insight into political thought and reform in Islam, and depicts the history of the Middle East and the Umayyad caliphs in the seventh century CE. The narrations were compiled from the most authentic books of Sunni and Shi‘ite Muslims, by a great Shi‘ite scholar of the last century, the late Ayatullah Husayni Tihrani (d. 1995).