The Lives of the Twelve: A Look at the Social and Political Lives of the Twelve Infallible Imams Part:1 he played a pivotal role

he played a pivotal role in forming the modern Islamic discourse which served as the foundation of the revolution

who established and propagated the spiritual school of Tabataba’i and Tabataba’i’s chain of spiritual masters

In his philosophical work

recommended and discouraged acts

To a bigger world or a smaller one

The Lives of the Twelve: A Look at the Social and Political Lives of the Twelve Infallible Imams Part:1 he played a pivotal roleThe Lives of the Twelve is a pioneering work that details the lives of the Twelve Shia Imams. While most works on the Twelve Imams focuses on the basics of their lives, this text goes into the details of their social and political lives and how they affected change throughout their societies. Through extensive research, Shaykh Mahdi Pishvai has been able to craft together many details which were not widely known before. This is the first time a book