Ziyaratu Ashrua: An Analytical Study of the Reports of the Pilgrimage to Imam al-Husayn, peace be upon him, on the Day of Ashura - written by Ayatullah Shaykh Ja'far Subhan, translated by Afzal Sumar - edited by Mrs Tehseen Fatema Meralli.
Now hosted on www.al-mubin.org with permission of the translator.
A concise treatise of authentic traditions regarding the right to Divine leadership (Imamate) of the Twelve Imams -Compiled by the late Ayatullah al-Mirza Jawad al-Tabrizi and Translated by Afzal Sumar.
Now hosted on www.al-mubin.org with permission of the translator.
"O you who have faith! Why do you say that which you do not do? Indeed, it is very despicable in the sight of God when you say that which you do not do."
The above passage, interestingly enough, is in fact a verse of the Noble Qur'an. Imagine that! In a book which has been sent as a code of guidance and which, some think, raises the believers to the level of being "untouchables" and "the chosen ones of God" – rather than incessantly heaping praise on the believers, God takes the time to "rebuke" those who claim to follow His way when they are caught with their "hand in the cookie jar"!
One of the human conditions which this Divinely-gifted Book shares with us is that of procrastination. What the experts define as a behavior that is "characterized by deferment of actions or tasks to a later time", psychologists often cite procrastination as a mechanism for coping with the anxiety associated with starting or completing any task or decision. Researchers in psychology have three criteria they use to categorize procrastination and state that for a behavior to be classified as procrastination, it must be: counterproductive, needless, and delaying.
