In your name, O Allah, and glory be to Thee

And peace and blessings upon the Prophet and his noble progeny

Indeed, She is Fatimah! Fatimah al-Zahra! How great her status and lofty her rank! God is pleased when she is pleased and displeased when she is displeased! It is thus important and prudent for us to study her illustrious life and to emulate her great character and lifestyle.

She epitomizes the resplendent feminine element of the venerable five from the Ahl al-Bayt (‘a), from whom Allah removed all filth and purified with a thorough purification. She reached the highest pinnacle of virtues and merits, and her Lord paired her with Ali, the Master of the Faithful (‘a). He chose her to be the matriarch for the remaining of the twelve infallible Imams from the household of the Prophet, may they be showered with the greatest of all blessings.

This institute, namely the ‘World Organization for Islamic Services’ (WOFIS), is proud and honoured to have provided services, to the best of its ability, to various Islamic cultural centres and individuals all around the globe for the past fifty years, by striving to author, translate and publish works in various languages. Additionally, we respond to queries and answer requests pertaining to all subjects related to Islamic sciences.

The Institute has also been successful in carrying out numerous noteworthy projects that even those with greater resources would find daunting, like translating the book al-Kafi into English. This is a great corpus of hadith from the Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them. One of the other works that have been translated is the exceptionally brilliant contemporary commentary of the Qur’an, al-Mizan fi Tafsir al-Qur’an.

For a long time, this institute has been eager to publish a treatise about the great lady, the Mistress of all Women of the World (‘a), but this aspiration was not fulfilled and the opportunity never came. Now, however, by the grace of Allah the Almighty, and His assistance, we have been fortunate to acquire an English translation of the book “Fatimah al-Zahra (‘a) - From the Cradle to the Grave” by the great scholar and erudite savant, al-Sayyid Muhammad Kazim al-Qazwini, may Allah bless him.

This translation has been carried out by our esteemed brother Tahir Ridha Jaffer who brought it to us for publication and we gladly accepted it as this was the singular opportunity that we had been seeking to fulfil our long-held aspiration.

Our gratitude firstly to Allah, the Almighty, and then to the respected translator. May Allah bestow upon us and upon him divine succour and triumph, and may He grant us success through the acceptance of this effort by the illustrious and pure lady al-Siddiqah al-Batul, blessings, and salutations upon her. Indeed, He is near and responds.

World Organization for Islamic Services (WOFIS)

5/8/1436

24/5/2015

Tehran – Iran.