Ashura: Encyclopaedic Dictionary Curriculum The act of creation has

The act of creation has a purpose and that purpose is worship

A person's purpose in any good deed must be gaining His pleasure and nearness

sorrow and outrage for the cruel and unjust ways they were all treated by the reigning Abbāsid caliphs of their respective times

and The Tarāwīh Prayer

Ashura: Encyclopaedic Dictionary Curriculum The act of creation hasThis is the first Encyclopaedic dictionary in English which defines both for laymen as well as scholars the names and concepts associated with this historic day, and the events that happened before and after it. This book is a must read for anyone who wants to understand this epoch making event which, to this day, continues to influence not only the Shia community but also other faith groups who venerate Husayn as the martyr who laid down his life to