The Lives of the Twelve: A Look at the Social and Political Lives of the Twelve Infallible Imams Paperback – September 13, 2018

This is an excellent series. Each part of the series covers 3 imams and the chronology of the books gives a nice understanding the course that imamah took and historical context for each imam. You also get a great sense of each Imam’s contribution to Islam and their personalities and personal struggles.

Detailed narration of the political and social aspects of the lives of the twelve infallible Imams. Sayyid has done an amazing translation from farsi to english which makes this book an easy read. This is a great resource to learn about the lives of our Imams. Alhamdolillah

A beautiful translation rendered into English in a cogent and readable manner. The translator accomplished a great feat with this translation and is a must read for anyone who wants to understand early Islamic history after the Prophet's demise.

This is a great insight into the lives of the Imams from a different perspective. Much needed to read in today's time.

This work by Mahdi Pishvayi is an important work of the summary of the lives of the twelve Shi'i Imams. Few works are similar to it: It is detailed, well-referenced and contains strong analysis covering all of the Imam's lives from birth until death. Sayyid Ali Musawi's translation is solid and accessible which is rare in today's Persian-English translated works. Twelver-Shi'is will benefit from this strong work, aiding them in their knowledge of the contributions of their divine leaders. Non-Shi'is will find a very useful work to reference and understand the twelve Imams from the perspective of Twelver-Shi'ism.

Good translation!

Well-written, provides valuable insight into the lives of the Imams... easy to follow translation!

The extensive use of (s) and (‘a) are very unnecessarily overused and I cant focus at all with them standing in front of every mention of either the prophet or the Imam. 5 stars nonetheless