Muhammad Jawad and the Sword of Ilya

Muhammad Jawad and the Sword of Ilya is now available from Lantern Kids. This thrilling Islamic fantasy adventure follows ten-year-old Muhammad-Jawad from strange noises beneath his house into a world of a talking bird, a glowing Qur’an, and a sky-portal to a forbidden realm on the brink of darkness. It is a story of courage, sincerity, and the battles fought within the heart.

An Honourable Betrayal

An Honourable Betrayal has also launched this Muḥarram. A political thriller rooted in the moral vision of Shia Islam, the novel explores power, conscience, silence, betrayal, and the price of standing with truth. In a month where we return again and again to the question of loyalty to justice, this book asks what honour really demands when the world around us chooses compromise.

Granny’s Arbaeen Apples

Granny’s Arbaeen Apples is now online. Every year, Granny’s apple tree ripens in time for Arbaeen, and its golden apples are served to the zuwār of Imam Husayn (ʿa). When Sama and Saed pick the apples too early, Granny helps them transform a loving mistake into something beautiful for the walkers of Arbaeen.

Footprints of Light

Footprints of Light: Tarbiyah in the Teachings of Shaykh Ali Safaei Haeri is now online. Through deeply personal memories from those who knew him, this book presents Shaykh Safaei Haeri’s method of Islamic mentorship in lived form: nurturing hearts before correcting actions, transforming perspectives before changing behaviour, and building lasting faith rather than temporary enthusiasm.

Al-Amālī by Shaykh al-Ṭūsī

Al-Amālī is nearing completion, with final editing now in process. This is one of the most important classical Shia works we have undertaken: a major two-volume collection of narrations, theology, ethics, devotion, and spiritual instruction.

The translation is complete, editing is ongoing, and proofreading remains to be completed. We still need support to finalise this work and bring it into print with the care and quality it deserves.

Maʿālim al-Madrasatayn, Volume 1

Maʿālim al-Madrasatayn, Volume 1 is also almost complete. The full table of contents is now available on our website, giving readers a clearer view of the scope and importance of this major work by ʿAllāmah Sayyid Murtadha ʿAskarī.

We hope this project will open the door to more translations of ʿAllāmah ʿAskarī’s works for English-speaking readers seeking to understand Islamic history, authority, and the school of the Ahl al-Bayt (ʿa).

Like Maryam

Like Maryam, a biography of the life of Lady Fiḍḍah, the devoted companion and servant of Sayyida Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ (ʿa), is also almost ready. The book is now undergoing final editing and proofreading. We are excited to bring this remarkable life to English-speaking readers, especially at a time when our communities need access to more biographies of righteous women in the Islamic tradition.

Threads of Compassion

Threads of Compassion: Healing Hands in Lady Zainab’s Neighborhood is now updated on the site. This gripping real account follows Ehsan Javidi, a nurse who takes on the extraordinary task of establishing a hospital in the aftermath of the liberation of Al-Bukamal, serving families caught in the human wreckage of war with conviction, tenderness, and true servitude.

Help us complete the next stage

Lantern Publications remains a small project with a large vision: to bring serious, beautiful, spiritually grounded Shia books into English, and to make them accessible to families, readers, educators, libraries, and institutions.

Every title requires translation, editing, proofreading, design, printing, distribution, and long-term care. If you are able to support the completion of major works such as Al-Amālī or Maʿālim al-Madrasatayn, your contribution will help bring beneficial knowledge into the hands of readers for years to come.