Overview
It is the year 680, the eve of the Battle of Karbala; 51 lunar years have passed since the death of the Prophet, and his community is in disarray, its leadership having been usurped by the Prophet's erstwhile enemies, the Umayyad clan of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca. Mu??wiya's son Yazid has been appointed by Mu??wiya as his successor, turning the caliphate into a hereditary kingship. Yazid is demanding that Husain ibn Ali pledge allegiance to him - something the Imam cannot do on moral grounds. In a small village not far from where the eventual tragedy of Karbala unfolds, a band of three teenage boys attempt to join the Imam in his resistance with a small group, trying to escape the clutches of a cowardly chief and his ruthless henchmen. The moral choices presented to the three teenagers by the situation that they are confronted with strain their friendship. This forces them to make the kinds of moral choices for which Imam Husain took a stand and for which he was martyred.
- | Author: Layla Qurbani
- | Publisher: Lantern Publications
- | Publication Date: Aug 01, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 156 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1922583294
- | ISBN-13: 9781922583291
