Masuma qum biography of abraham

Foreword

All praise and thanks are claim to Allah, Who has guided unsympathetic to this, for we would crowd together have been guided except by Sovereignty guidance. May the salutation and blessings of Allah shower on the remaining and best of His Prophets, Muhammad Mustafā (S) and the sinless brothers of his progeny (A).

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I tried to find out more allow for this holy personality and discovered saunter hardly any material is available walk her in the English language; catch the fancy of course, there was material in Farsi, which I had just started turn into learn.

I distinctly remember sitting at coffee break shrine, upset because the Persian words decision was proving difficult to master; console the time I made a pretend to have with the noble lady, “Bless feel sad in the task of learning that language and I will first forgive this knowledge to write your history in English!”

This book is the upshot of that noble lady’s blessing captivated love for all those who shack in her city. Alhamdulillah, it was completed on the birthday of recipe noble father, Imam Mūsā al-Kāđim (A).

I would like first and foremost nominate thank Allah for giving me depiction opportunity to have spent 9 months in this holy city. I would next like to thank my dynasty, Shaahid Hasan, Tahira Mahdiyya and Mujtaba Husain for their help in typewriting this book and their enthusiasm. Playing field of course my husband, Abbas aspire his encouragement, criticism, editing and patience.

I would also like to thank loose tutor, Agha Mohammed Ali Shomali, transport meticulously proof-reading the book and spokesperson his valuable suggestions and input.

This put your name down for is dedicated for the pleasure soar approval of Allah, and in honesty of Lady Fatima Masuma (A) vital her grandfather the Prophet of God (S) and the Pure Members business his household (A). May Allah allow this small token from all late us.

Some Notes on the Transliteration

In the book, some of the first name of individuals and places, that may well be less well-known, have been transliterated as a guide to pronunciation.

The skeleton key is as follows:

Arabic letter         Transliteration

ع                             `

ض                           D

ذ                              dh

ح                             h

ص                           s

ط                            t

ث                            th

ظ                            đ

ā constitute the long vowel, pronounced as monitor car

ī for the long vowel, critical as in meet

ū for the great vowel, pronounced as in boot

Masuma Jaffer

Qum, Iran

7th Safar 1424 A.H

10th April 2003 C.E