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Self Building An Islamic guide for Spiritual Migration towards God AUTHOR(S):  Ayatullah Ibrahim Amini PUBLISHER(S):  Ansariyan Publications - Qum A detailed description of special deeds as performed by God's most devoted sincere servants during their lives, the self-restraint and asceticism practiced by them during these worships, and the spiritual purification achieved by them. Original Persian title: Khud Sazi wa Tahzib wa Tazkiyeh Nafs. Translator’s Foreword In the Name of God the Beneficent, The Merciful The human being is the most complicated and astonishing creation of God-Almighty, the creation who in addition to having its primordial animalistic desires also possesses their peculiar nature and spiritual personality. The creation that has been assigned the Divine Viceregency upon earth,  1  accepted the Divine Trust  2  when heavens, the earth and the mountains shrank from bearing it, and in its upward hea...
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Arbaeen of Imam Husayn

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Arbaeen of Imam Husayn By Shaykh Saleem Bhimji www.al-mubin.org What follows in this piece is a brief look at the “Arba‘een” [the commemoration of 40 days after the tragic events of Karbala] of Imam al-Husayn, peace be upon him. The article concludes with the Arabic text of Ziyarat Arba‘een with full English translation and a brief exposition on certain passages of this powerful and moving visitation. Insha-Allah, a more comprehensive understanding of this ziyarat will be presented in the future. ***** There are very few mass gatherings in the world today which are entire peaceful and which do not result in the loss of life, and in fact, according to Wikipedia – “the Free Encyclopedia” - of the five gatherings globally seeing over 10 million people, four were in Karbala: 1. An estimated 21 million people visited the shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala, Iraq during Arba’een on 14 January 2012. 2. An estimated 15 million people visited the shrine of Imam Hussein in Ka...
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