The Two Hundred and Fifty -Year- Old Man

“The Two Hundred and Fifty -Year- Old Man” The Political and Striving Lives of the Infallibles (P.B.U.T.) in the Writings and Lectures of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, His Eminence Ayatollah Khamenei

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  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One: The Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H. & H.H.)
    • Prologue
    • The Mission of the Seal of the Prophets, the Beginning of the Awakening
    • Safeguarding the Islamic System
    • Stabilization of the Islamic State
  • Chapter Two: Imamate
    • Imamate in the Shi‘ite School of Thought
    • The Four Periods of the Imamate Trend
  • Chapter Three: The Commander of the Faithful (P.B.U.H.)
    • The School of the Commander of the Faithful
    • The Era of Silence and Cooperation
    • The Era of the Commander of the Faithful’s Caliphate
    • Establishing Equality and the Islamic Values
    • The Justice of the Commander of the Faithful
    • The Authority, Innocence, and Triumph in the Commander of the Faithful’s Life
    • The Deviators From the Truth (Qāsiṭīn)
    • The Pledge-Breakers (Nākithīn)
    • Those Who Have Left the Faith (Māriqīn)
    • The Difference Between the Government of the Prophet and the Government of the Commander of the Faithful
  • Chapter Four: Lady Zahra (P.B.U.H.)
    • The Spiritual Status of Lady Zahra
    • Her Political and Striving Life
    • Her Scholarly and Spiritual life
  • Chapter Five: Imam Hasan (P.B.U.H.)
    • The Greatest Peace Treaty in the History
    • The Struggle of Right and Wrong
  • Chapter Six: Imam Husayn (P.B.U.H.)
    • Threatening Dangers of Islam and Means of Resisting Them
    • The Purpose of Imam usayn’s Uprising
    • Emergence of the Uprising and Its Results
  • Chapter Seven: Zaynab Kubra’s (P.B.U.H.) Movement and Messengers of Karbala
    • The Epic of Zaynab Kubra
    • The Movement of Imam Sajjad During Captivity
  • Chapter Eight: Social and Political Conditions After the Tragedy of Karbal
    • The Beginning of Shi‘ite Movement
  • Chapter Nine: Imam Sajjad (P.B.U.H.)
    • The Social and Political Conditions
    • The Goals of the Movement of Imam Sajjad
    • The Statements of Imam Sajjad: the Manifestations of Political Struggle
    • The Tactic of the Beginning of the Imams’ (P.B.U.T.) Third Era of Movement
    • The Imam’s (P.B.U.H.) Severe Confrontation With the Court Scholars
  • Chapter Ten: Imam Baqir (P.B.U.H.)
    • The Intellectual and Organizational Construction Period
    • Summoning Imam Baqir (P.B.U.H.) to Sham
    • Political Circumstances at the Time of Imam Baqir’s Martyrdom
  • Chapter Eleven: Last Years of the Umayyad Government and the Imamate of Imam Sadiq (P.B.U.H.)
    • Last Years of the Umayyad Government
    • The Biography of Imam Sadiq, in an Aura of Uncertainty
  • Chapter Twelve: Imam Sadiq (P.B.U.H.)
    • Imam Sadiq’s (P.B.U.H.) Invitation to the Imamate
    • Propagation and the Expression of Religious Laws According to Shi‘ite Jurisprudence
    • The Existence of Secret Politico-Ideological Organizations
  • Chapter Thirteen: The Secret Organization
    • The Secret Organization and Its Role
  • Chapter Fourteen: Imam Kazim (P.B.U.H.)
    • The Period of the Imamate of Abi al-hasan, Musa b. Ja‘far
    • The Tireless Endeavour and Appealing to Taqiyyah
    • Jihad of the Imam and His Struggle and Resistance Against Harun
    • Martyrdom of Imam Kazim
  • Chapter Fifteen: Imam Riḍā (P.B.U.H.)
    • Imam Riḍā and Vice-gerency
    • Imam Riḍā’s Plans in Confrontation With Ma’mn
    • Imam Riḍā’s Martyrdom
  • Chapter Sixteen: Imam Jawad, Imam Hadi, and Imam ‘Askari (P.B.U.T.)
    • Imam Jawad & Establishing Freedom
    • Imam Hadi and Imam ‘Askari’s Fight With Authoritarianism
    • Expanding the Shi‘ite Organizations Throughout the World
  • Chapter Seventeen: Imam Mahdi (P.B.U.H.)
    • The Goal of the Two-Hundred Fifty-Year-Old Man’s Movement
    • The Features of Mahdavi Community
    • Our Duty During the Time of Imam Mahdi’s Occultation