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حياة الإمام الحسين عليه السلام فقد شقت أجواء التاريخ وهي تحمل النور والهدى لجميع الناس، كما تحمل شارات الموت والدمار للمخربين والظالمين في جميع الأجيال. لقد تفاعلت حياة الإمام الحسين عليه السلام مع أرواح الناس وامتزجت بعواطفهم ومشاعرهم، وهي ندية عاطرة تتدفق بالعزة والكرامة، وتدفع المجتمع إلى ساحات النضال لتحقيق أهدافه وتقرير مصيره. إنها مدرسة الأجيال الكبرى التي تفيض بالخير والعطاء على الناس جميعاً متفقين ومختلفين، فهي تغذيهم بالوفاس والصبر، وتدفعهم الى الايمان بالله، وتعمل على توجيههم الوجهة الصالحة المتسمة بالكرامة وحسن السلوك، كما تعمل على تهذيب الضمائر، وتكوين العواطف، وتنمية الوعي، فهي أجدر بالبقاء من كل كائن حي، بل أحق بالخلود من هذا الكوكب الذي يعيش فيه الإنسان؛ لأنها إطارٌ لأسمى معاني الكرامة الإنسانية....

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ليس في التاريخ من هو أكثر عائدة ولطفاً وفضلاً على الإسلام من الإمام الحسين عليه السلام، فهو المنقذ والمجدد لهذا الدين العظيم الذي أجهزت عليه السياسة الأموية، وتركته جريحاً على مفترق الطرق، تتحداه عوامل الإنحلال والانهيار من الداخل والخارج....

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A man brought the chick of a bird to the gathering of the Prophet and his companions, and they noticed that the parent of the chick was following it, flapping around it. When the man sat down its parent threw itself upon its chick, and did not concern itself with the danger, out of care towards its chick. This astonished the companions. The Prophet Muhammad then turned to his companionsand said: (Are you amazed at this bird? You have taken its chick and it threw itself into danger out of mercy for the chick! I swear by God, your Lord is more merciful to you than this bird is to its chick). Then he turned to the man and asked him to let the chick go....

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(Hope is a mercy for my nation. Where not for hope,no mother would ever feed her child, and no gardener would ever plant a tree. The best of combat is to combat one’s self that is between one’s flanks). The Prophet Muhammad...

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Biographies of four famous Elizabethans: Essex, Marlowe, Raleigh and Donne, within the context of the history of ideas, with reference to poetry, astrology, history, and mythology including the concept of the Goddess....

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I The Elizabethan Age II Essex III Marlowe IV Raleigh V Donne VI The Idea of the Goddess

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This book is the second half of Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau’s landmark text on the history of Kamehameha and the kingdom he established. Written in Hawaiian as a serial column over three years, it ran from October 20, 1866, to October 14, 1869, in two consecutive Hawaiian newspapers: Kuokoa and Ke Au Okoa. Publication of this portion began on February 22, 1868. Due to its length, the account has been published in two parts. Ke Kumu Aupuni1 or “The Foundation of Nationhood,” tells of Kamehameha’s birth, his rise to power and conquest of the islands, his death and that of his son and heir, Kalanikualiholiho, Kamehameha II. This book, Ke Aupuni Mo?i or “The Kingdom,” gives an account of Hawai?i under the reign of Kamehameha’s other sacred son, Kauikeaouli, Kamehameha III, a time of great formation and change. This book presents the work of Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau as he presented it to his own people and his peers, in the language and order in which he wrote it. S. M. Kamakau has been relied upon for nearly 130 years as a singularly important historian and Hawaiian author. Material has been drawn from this and other of his wor...

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Olelo Mua Mai ka moku mua ana mai o ka pawa o ke ao ma kai loa aku o ka lae o Kumukahi a ka wahi ana iho o ke kapa po lipo i na moku hapapa ma o a e o Lehua, a mai ke ki eki ena o luna loa a i ka ha aha ana o lalo iho me na ku ono like ole o ke ao akea nei, he welina ke aloha i na hoa e heluhelu mai nei i keia puke heluhelu a mo olelo kupuna a ke Kakau Mo olelo Hawai i, Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau. O keia ka lua o na puke ma ke ka ina, a o ka hapa hope ia o ka mo olelo ana i kakau ai no ke au ia Kamehameha Na i Aupuni a me kona mau ho oilina, o Kalanikualiholiho, Kamehameha II me Kauikeaouli, Kamehameha III; o ka puke mua o Ke Kumu Aupuni.1 Na Kamakau i ho ili ili maila na hune ike me na mo olelo i waiwai ai keia mau puke, eia na e, na ka limahana o keia au i ho onohonoho hou i kana mo olelo ma ke ano i puka a e ai, no laila, me ka hiki ole ke ho oia i ka pololei loa o ia mahele hana a makou nei, noi hou a ela ka luna ho oponopono, nona iho a no na hoa hana a pau i komo pu i loko o ia pu ali limahana, e ahonui mai ka mea heluhelu ma kahi hemahema ke ike ia ihola, a mai ae i ka ake ake a ia mai o ka hoihoi a me ka nanea ma ka helu...

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Mohammad Amin Sheikho Birth: 1890 A.D (1308 A.H) Death: 1964 A.D (1384 A.H) Precept: Interpretation of the Holy Qur’an Early Years Scholar Sheikho was born in al-Ward district in Sarouja Quarter, one of the historical districts of Damascus, in Syria which was called mini-Istanbul during the period of the Ottoman rule. He was raised in an Arab style house situated opposite the famous public al-Ward Bathhouse. This house stands there to the present day. Scholar Sheikho was still young when his father, the merchant Ismael Sheikho, departed this world. Mohammad Saleem, the only and elder brother of Mohammad Amin, was assigned as a director of the Military School during the Ottoman rule. Education At the age of twelve the boy who was to become the great scholar was enrolled at al-Rashidiya School, he then went on to complete his studies in Amber, the Royal Ottoman Faculty in Damascus. He received many certificates of praise and commendation during the Ottoman rule and then under the reign of King Faisal in Syria. There are many copies of these certificates still preserved in trustworthy hands. Achievements During the p...

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In 1961 the first edition of the English translation of Samuel Kamakau's Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii was published by Kamehameha Schools Press. Many contributed to make its publication possible. A group of Hawaiian scholars was first selected by the trustees of Bishop Museum to translate Kamakau's florid literary style into readable English. The group included Mary Kawena Pukui, Thomas G. Thrum, Lahilahi Webb, Emma Davidson Taylor, and John Wise. Mary Kawena Pukui then reviewed the entire translation, together with Martha Warren Beckwith, who added the footnotes. Dorothy Barrere and Caroline Curtis proofread the manuscript. The resulting book was an immediate success, and soon became a classic of Hawaiian history. Now, thirty years later, the book has long been out of print. Kamehameha Schools is happy to publish a new edition, with significant advantages over the former edition. While the original text has remained unchanged, the new edition combines the very limited original index with the extensive index and appendices prepared by Elspeth P. Sterling and originally published as a separate booklet by Bishop Museum Press. New photogra...

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Many famous chiefs, mentioned in Hawaiian history, were descended from Hana-laa-nui. The ruling chiefs (noho alii) of Hawaii were of that particular lineage (mookuauhau), and with additions from those of the other islands, the genealogy of Hawaii's chiefs and their ancestors was made complete. Umi-a-Liloa [that is, Umi-son-of-Liloa] was a famous chief, and the reason for his fame was that it was he who united all of the districts of Hawaii through wars. The kingdom became his because of his humbleness and because of the prowess of his adopted (hookama) sons and his care of the god Ku-kaili-moku. Umi was of lowly birth (lepo popolo) [on his maternal side], but he rose until the kingdom was his through his victories in battle. Liloa was a ruling chief, a sacred high chief (alii nui kapu). His father, Kiha-nui-lulu-moku, and ancestors were also ruling chiefs. His mother, Wai-o-lea, belonged to an Oahu family of chiefs and so did his grandmother, Neula, and great-grandmother, Laa-kapu. That chiefly family belonged to Ewa. Liloa's wife was named Pinea. She was from Ewa and Koolaupoko [Oahu], and was his mother's younger sister. They ha...

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The Story of Umi. 1 -- The Story of Kiha-a-Pii-lani. 22 -- The Story of Keawe-nui-a-Umi. 34 -- The Story of Lono-i-ka-makahiki. 47 -- Keawe's Reign. 64 -- Hawaii Under Alapai-nui. 66 -- Hawaii Under Ka-lani-opuu. 78 -- Captain Cook's Visit to Hawaii. 92 -- Events of Ka-lani-opuu's Time. 105 -- Kamehameha Wins Half Hawaii. 117 -- Ka-hahana Loses Oahu. 128 -- Kamehameha Wins All Hawaii. 142 -- Last Days of Ka-hekili. 159 -- Kamehameha's Conquest of Maui and Oahu. 168 -- Reminiscences of Kamehameha. 175 -- The Peaceful Transfer of Kauai to Kamehameha. 187 -- Death of Kamehameha. 200 -- Abolition of the Tabus Under Liholiho. 219 -- Hawaii Before Foreign Innovations. 229 -- Rule and Death of Liholiho. 246 -- The Childhood of Kau-i-ke-aouli, Kamehameha III. 259 -- The Career of Boki. 270 -- Kuini Liliha, 1830 to 1831. 297 -- Hawaii Under Ka-ahu-manu. 306 -- Roman Catholicism in Hawaii. 324 -- Premiership of Kinau. 334 -- Troubles Under the Premiership of. -- Miriam Ke-ka-ulu-ohi, 1839–1843. 350 -- A Constitutional Monarchy, 1839–1845. 366 -- Passing of the Chiefs. 379 -- Legislative Problems, 1845–1852. 396 -- Death of Kamehameha III. 4...

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Beginning with the traditional history of the great chief ‘Umi and ending with the death of Kamehameha III in 1854, this volume covers the rediscovery of the Hawaiian Islands by Captain James Cook, the consolidation of the Hawaiian Kingdom by Kamehameha I, the coming of the missionaries and the changes affecting the kingdom during the first half of the nineteenth century. Originally, this history was written by Kamakau in Hawaiian as a series of newspaper articles in the 1860s and 1870s. The English translation is primarily by Mary Kawena Pukui. It offers more than a record of past events. It presents a scholarly interpretation of those events by a Hawaiian historian writing for Hawaiians about their culture and disappearing customs. He lived at a time when access to first-hand information about the ancient culture was still available yet needed explanation because his Hawaiian audience was growing increasingly removed from its own cultural past. He wrote with a remarkable memory, a strong intellectual curiosity and a skill for turning a phrase. Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau was born in 1815 on the island of O‘ahu and died in Honolu...

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The first article, dated December 16, 1920, was entitled “A Tale of Kekuhaupi‘o, the Famous Warrior of the Era of Kamehameha the Great (Written for the readers of Ka Hoku o Hawaii). ” The serial initially focuses on the story of Kekuhaupi‘o, an exceptionally strong and skillful Hawaiian warrior from Ke‘ei, South Kona. As with most noted warriors, he was a master in the ways of battle strategy and in understanding human nature in his enemies and allies alike. Kekuhaupi‘o advocated the importance of continued training to be always prepared for battle. He believed in heeding the omens of the gods of ancient Hawai‘i—spirits from whom victory or defeat was thought to spring. Kekuhaupi‘o was well versed in the many disciplines of Hawaiian warfare, particularly that of lua (a bone-breaking form of wrestling), and a master in the use of weaponry....

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The Young Kekuhaupi‘o. 1 -- A New Teacher. 3 -- The Ailolo Ceremony. 6 -- Luring the Niuhi Shark. 9 -- The Niuhi Shark: Methods of Capture. 11 -- Battling the Niuhi Shark. 13 -- Ailolo Offering and a Lua Contest. 15 -- Ikoi, the Tripping Club, and Delegate Kuhio. 18 -- Demonstrating Ikoi. 20 -- The Ikoi Contest and Return Home. 23 -- Birth of Kamehameha I. 25 -- Kekuhaupi‘o Becomes an Instructor. 28 -- Battle of Kalaeokailio, Kaupo. 30 -- Kalani‘opu‘u Again Takes War to Maui. 33 -- Kalani‘opu‘u Disregards his Kahuna. 35 -- Kekuhaupi‘o’s Adventure with Kamehameha on Maui. 38 -- Disaster at Kakanilua, Maui. 41 -- Slaughter on Maui. 44 -- Kiwala‘o Sent to Sue for Peace. 47 -- On Board Captain Cook’s Ship and the Thundering Cannon. 51 -- First Encounters with Europeans. 55 -- Kamehameha Sails with Cook. 59 -- Training for Battle in Kohala. 62 -- Kekuhaupi‘o Rebukes Kamehameha and Prepares for War. 65 -- Fighting at Hakalau. 68 -- Kekuhaupi‘o Kills Kaihe and Kamehameha Recalled to Kohala. 71 -- The Naha Stone. 75 -- Kamehameha Moves the Naha Stone. 79 -- Kalani‘opu‘u’s Bequests. 82 -- ‘Imakakoloa Sacrificed. 85 -- Kuka‘ilimoku Given to K...