Noor Al-Ain fi Mashhad Al-Hussain: Difference between revisions

The general structure of the book, like other common Maqtals of Ashura and Imam Hussain, is historical and narrative about his uprising and martyrdom and the events that followed until the return of the [[Caravan of Captives|caravan of captives]] from the Levant. Despite the general similarity, the author of the book has arranged its contents as a popular story<ref name=":1" />, without chapters and titles, and the presented narrations are without source, and the author begins his text by writing "Qal al-Rawi" meaning "the narrator has said".<ref>Islamic Encyclopedia</ref>

Perhaps few books or Maqtals can be found in the history of Karbala and the uprising of Ashura, such as Noor al-Ain, that there is such a consensus among scholars about the widespread distortions in it. As stated in one interpretation, much of the material in the book in question is so unreliable and irrational that it is unlikely that it would have been written by a scientist jurist. In the book “ [[Tahghigh Darbare Rooz-e- Arbaʽeen-e- Hazrat Sayyid al-Shuhada|Tahghigh dar bare Aval Arba’een –e- Hazrat-e- Sayyid Al-Shuhada]]",<ref>Mohammadi Rey Shahri, p.63</ref> [[Ghazi Tabatabai]] also refers to Noor al-Ain or “The Maqtal-e- Esfarayeni”, as a very unreliable book, and says the book is "A Sea of Falsehoods and Lies."<ref>Qazi Tabatabai, p.50</ref>