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Author Ayoub, Mahmoud.

Title Redemptive suffering in Islām : a study of the devotional aspects of ʻĀshūrāʼ in twelver Shīʻism / Mahmoud Ayoub.

Publication Info. The Hague : Mouton, 1978.

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Description 1 online resource (302 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Religion and society ; 10
Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; 10.
Note A Revision of the author's thesis, Harvard, 1975.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents ""PREFACE""; ""TRANSLITERATION AND ABBREVIATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1. THE HOUSE OF SORROWS (Bayt al-AhÌ£zÄ?n)""; ""1. The merit of suffering for the pious""; ""2. The participation of ancient prophets in the suffering of the Holy Family""; ""3. The privation and poverty of ahl al-bayt and their favor with God""; ""4. The suffering and death of FÄ?tÌ£imah, the radiant one, mistress of the House of Sorrows""; ""2. THE PROOFS OF GOD (HÌ£ujaj AllÄ?h)""; ""1. The creation and substance of the imÄ?ms""
""2. The place of the imÄ?ms in human history and their relationship to divine revelation (waḥī)""""3. The personality of the imÄ?m and signs of his imamate""; ""3. THE MASTER OF THE YOUTHS OF PARADISE (Sayyid ShabÄ?b Ahl al-Jannah)""; ""1. HÌ£usaynâ€?s birth and childhood""; ""2. HÌ£usaynâ€?s virtues and later years""; ""4. THE WRONGED MARTYR (al-ShahÄ«d al-MazÌ£lÅ«m)""; ""1. The historical background""; ""2. Early accounts and interpretations of HÌ£usaynâ€?s martyrdom""; ""3. Later developments and pietistic interpretations""; ""5. THE SIGH OF THE SORROWFUL (Nafas al-MahmÅ«m)""
""1. The merit of weeping for HÌ£usayn""""2. The ta(zÄ«yah celebration: its growth and general characteristics""; ""3. The place of lamentation poetry (marÄ?thÄ«) in the MuhÌ£arram cultus""; ""4. The zÄ«yÄ?rah ritual and its place in ShÄ«(Ä« piety""; ""6. AT THE POOL OF AL-KAWTHAR ((AlÄ? HÌ£awdÌ£ al-Kawthar)""; ""1. Intercession: the reward of suffering""; ""2. The day of the great thirst""; ""3. The faithful remnant""; ""4. FÄ?tÌ£imah: the mistress of the Day of Judgment""; ""5. al-MahdÄ«, the final avenger""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""APPENDICES""
""A. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 1: �THE HOUSE OF SORROWS�""""B. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 3: �THE MASTER OF THE YOUTHS OF PARADISE�""; ""C. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 4: �THE WRONGED MARTYR�""; ""D. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 5: �THE SIGH OF THE SORROWFUL�""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX OF NAMES""; ""SUBJECT INDEX""
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Subject Tenth of Muḥarram.
Tenth of Muḥarram.
Shīʻah -- Doctrines.
Shīʻah -- Doctrines.
Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Redemption -- Islam.
Redemption -- Islam.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
ISBN 9783110803310 (electronic book)
3110803313 (electronic book)
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