Imam Ali: A Beacon of Courage

This biography of the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet, and the first Imam, furnishes a penetrating insight into the character of this great personage. It employs historical events as so many vehicles by which this insight can be opened up for the reader. The religious and literary influence of Imam Ali has long been recognised in the Muslim world, but this is one of the first works on the Imam published in the West which demonstrates and explains that influence.