A beautiful book about the life of Amir al-Muminin Aliyibni Abi Talib (a).
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim
ABOUT THIS BOOK
The life of Amir al-Muminin Aliyibni Abi Talib (a.s.) can be divided into five parts:
1-From birth to infancy;
2-From Beset to Hijra;
3-From Hijrah to the death of the Prophet (pbuh);
4-From the death of the Prophet (pbuh) to the caliphate;
5-From the Caliphate to martyrdom.
In these five chapters, the ordinary life of Imam Ali (a.s.) has been reflected on the basis of reliable documents, no exaggeration and unreasonable doubts have been included, and conclusions have been drawn by referring to authentic and reliable sources.
After publishing the book "Furuği Abadiyyat" ("Light of Eternity"), which describes a complete period of the life of the Holy Prophet (pbuh), I decided to publish the life of the first leader of the world's Shiites - Hazrat Aliyibni Abitalib (pbuh) based on the layout of that book. Fortunately, I succeeded and the four parts of his life were published in two volumes. But the emergence of some atheistic and deviant ideologies in the free political space of the Islamic Revolution made my mind to fight against these evils, especially Marxism, and such things prevented me from serving the holy path of the leader of the pious, Hazrat Ali (a). But after a while, I found an opportunity again and started writing the fifth and sixth parts, which cover the most sensitive and interesting periods of that saint's life. Thus, I analyzed the life of that great imam on the basis of authoritative documents and presented it in accordance with the cultural and educational requirements of the time.
NOTES
I would like to mention a few things here. This book talks about the ordinary and personal life of Imam Ali (a.s.), but also his virtues such as knowledge, piety, asceticism, etc., as well as his sermons, treatises and letters, advice and short sayings, scientific debates and exchanges of ideas based on evidence, the lives of his companions and friends, his miraculous deeds and miracles, his astonishing accidents, etc. such issues are not explored in this book. (Each of these topics is stated in a separate book.)
I openly admit that I have not been able to write even half of the enlightened life of that saint in this book. However, I am proud that I am among the lovers of Ali (a), even with this worthless work, I have hope for the grace of that saint.
Finally, I would like to thank the "World Ahlul-Bayt (Alaihimussalam) Society" for printing this book in a very beautiful and pleasing manner and leaving it at the disposal of the lovers of Ahlul-Bayt (a.s.) and those who love this innocent and pure dynasty.
Jafar Subhani
Qum, Imam Sadiq (a.s.) institution, 1419
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