Fifty Lessons on Principles of Belief for Youths
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Author: Ayatullah Makarim Shirazi
Publisher: Ahlul Bayt World Assembly
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Author: Ayatullah Makarim Shirazi
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- Preface
- Prelude
- Part 1: God and His Attributes
- Lesson 1:Why do we think about God and study ways of knowing the Creator of the universe?
- 1. The Love to be informed about and know the world is deep inside every one of us
- 2. A sense of thankfulness
- 3. The bond between things to our benefit and things to our harm with this example
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 2: The Signs of God in our Daily Life
- 1. Knowing God and the Progress of Science
- 2. Knowing God, Endeavoring and Hope
- 3. Knowing God and the Sense of Responsibility
- 4. Knowing God and Peacefulness
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 3: Two Clear Ways of Knowing God
- The Inward Way
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 4: An Answer to an Important Question
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 5: A True Story
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 6: The Second Way of coming to Know God
- The Outer Way
- The Relationship of Order and Intellect
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 7: Examples From Creation
- The center of administration of the country of your body
- One of the Most Wonderful Parts of the Brain
- Another Wonderful Part of the Brain is the Sense of Memory
- How can an Unconscious nature create a conscious one?
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 8: A World of Wonder in a Small Bird
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 9: Love for Insects and Flowers
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 10: In the World of Infinitely Small Things
- Atoms Give us a Lesson in Monotheism
- Think and Answer
- Appendix to Lesson Ten: How Splendid Are God’s Qualities
- His Qualities
- The Qualities of Majesty and Beauty
- The Most Well-Known Qualities of God
- The most well-known negation of Qualities of God
- Think and Answer
- Part 2: God’s Justice
- Lesson 11: What is Justice?
- 1. Why was Justice selected among all of God’s Qualities, considered to be a principle of religion?
- 2. What is Justice?
- Justice contains two varying meanings
- 3. The Difference between Justice and Equality
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 12: Proof or Reason for The Creator’s Justice
- 1. Goodness and Evil
- 2. Source of Oppression
- 3. The Holy Qur’an and the Justice of the Creator
- 4. Invitation to Justice and Equity
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 13: The Philosophy of Signs and Evil
- 1. Relative Judgment and Limited Knowledge
- 2. Undesirable Events and Warnings
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 14: The Philosophy of Undesirable Events in Life
- 3. A Human Being is nurtured through Facing Difficulties
- 4. Difficulties cause one to turn back to God
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 15: Once Again the Philosophy of Signs and Catastrophes
- 5. Difficulties and Ups and Downs give Spirit to Life
- One reason is the lack of uniformity
- 6. Difficulties one makes for one’s self
- Why in contagious diseases, these people most often suffer?
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 16: The Issue of Predestination and Free Will
- 1. The Roots of the Belief in Predestination
- 2. The Main Error of the Fatalists
- 3. The Social and Political Factors of the School of Fatalism
- a) Political Factors
- b) Psychological Factors: Lazyness and Indifference
- c) Social Factors
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 17: The Clearest Reason for Free Will
- 1. The General Conscience of Human Beings Denies Predestination
- 2. The Contradiction Between the Logic of Predestination and Free Will
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 18: A World of Wonder in a Small Bird: What is the “Middle Way”?
- 1. ‘Conferring’ as opposed to ‘Fatalism’
- 2. The School of the “Middle Way”
- 3. The Holy Qur’an and Fatalism and Free Will
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 19: Guidance and Error are in God’s Hands
- 1. The Parts of Guidance and Error
- 2. An Important Question
- 3. Knowledge of the Eternal is a cause to Arise
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 20: God’s Justice and the issue of Eternity
- Punishment on the Day of Judgment is like this
- Think and Answer
- Part 3: Prophethood
- Lesson 21: Our Need of Divine Leaders
- The Limitations of Our Knowledge
- 1. The Need of Teachings
- 2. The Need for Leadership in the Social and Moral Areas
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 22: The Need of having Prophets who Present The Law
- Who is the best lawgiver?
- The Relationship between Monotheism and Prophethood
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 23: Why are the Prophets Free of Sin and Error?
- How can the Station of Purity be a Honor?
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 24: The Best Way to come to Know the Prophets
- Several Clear Examples
- Miracles Should Not be Confused with Superstitions
- What is the Difference Between Miracles and Extraordinary Deeds?
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 25: The Greatest Miracle of the Prophet of Islam
- The Story of Walid ibn Mughayrah
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 26: A Glance at the Miracle of the Qur’an
- What do the letters stand for at the beginning of some of the Surahs?
- 1. Eloquence
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 27: The World View of the Holy Qur’an
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 28: The Holy Qur’an and Modern Scientific Discoveries
- The Holy Qur’an and the Law of Attraction
- The Discovery of the Orbit of the Earth around the Sun
- Is this not a proof of the Truth of this Book?
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 29: Another Proof of the Rightfulness of the Prophet of Islam
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 30: The Prophet of Islam is the “Seal of Prophecy”
- A Clear Meaning of ‘Seal’
- The Reason for the “Seal of the Prophecy”
- Think and Answer
- Part 4: Imamate (Leadership)
- Lesson 31: When did Imamology Begin?
- 1. Will this Discussion cause Differences?
- 2. What is Imamate?
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 32: The Philosophy of the Existence of Imams (Guides)
- 1. Spiritual Perfection along with Divine Leadership
- 2. Guardian of the Heavenly Laws
- 3. The Political and Social Leadership of the Ummah
- 4. The Necessity of the Final Proof
- 5. The Imam is a Great Intermediate for Divine Grace
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 33: The Conditions and Special Qualities of the Imam
- 1. Infallibility or Being Free From Sin and Error
- 2. Overflowing with Knowledge
- 3. Courage
- 4. Austerity
- 5. Ethical or Moral Attractions
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 34: Who has to Select the Imam?
- 1. Can the Ummah select the successor to the Prophet?
- 2. Did the Prophet not select a Person to succeed him?
- 3. Consensus and Council
- 4. ‘Ali ibn Abu Talib was the most worthy of all
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 35: The Qur’an and Imamate
- 1. The Qur’an says that Imamate comes from God
- 2. The verse on Preaching the Mission
- 3. The Verse on Obedience to the Commanders
- 4. The Verse of Leadership (Wilayat)
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 36: Imamate in the Traditions of the Holy Prophet
- 1. The Tradition of Ghadir
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 37: The Tradition of Manzalah and the Tradition of Yawm Ad-Dar
- The Content of the Tradition of Manzalah
- The Tradition of Yawm Ad-Dar
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 38: The Tradition of Thaqalayn and Noah’s Ark
- The Documentation of the Tradition of Thaqalayn
- The Content of the Tradition of Thaqalayn
- The Tradition of Noah’s Ark
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 39: The Twelve Imams
- The Traditions on the Twelve Imams
- The Meaning of this Tradition
- Does it refer to the first four caliphs and then the Umayyid and Abbasid caliphs?
- The Imams by Name
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 40: The Twelfth Imam, The Great Leader and Peace-Maker of the World
- 1. The End of the Night of Darkness
- 2. The Primordiality and Manifestation of this Great Reviver
- 3. Intellectual Proof
- 4. The Qur’an and the Manifestation of the Mahdi
- 5. Imam al-Mahdi in the Traditions
- 6. But as to Shi’ite Traditions
- Think and Answer
- Part 5: Resurrection
- Lesson 41: One Crucial Question: Is Death considered as One’s End or Beginning?
- Why Do Most People Fear Death?
- 1. The Interpretation of Death as Annihilation
- 2. Black Files
- Two Different Points of View
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 42: Belief in The Resurrection Gives Meaning to Life
- Faith in the Resurrection is an Important Factor in Training
- Can a Person with such Faith be Deceived?
- Can one buy his conscience with bribery?
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 43: An Example of the Trial of the Day of Judgment is within You
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 44: Belief in Resurrection is Manifested in our Primordial Nature
- 1. Love of Survival
- 2. Resurrection Among the Tribes of the Past
- 3. The Existence of the Inner Trial
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 45: The Resurrection and the Scales of Justice
- Free will and Freedom in Decision-Making
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 46: We Have Seen the Resurrection Many Times in this World
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 47: The Resurrection ad The Philosophy of Creation
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 48: The Survival of the Spirit, a Sign of the Resurrection
- 1. A Great World Cannot be Placed Within a Small One
- 2. The External Particularity of the Spirit
- 3. Experienced Proof of the Originality and Independence of the Spirit
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 49: The Physical-Spiritual Resurrection
- Qur’anic Proof of the Physical Resurrection
- Intellectual Proof
- Questions Concerning the Physical Resurrection
- Think and Answer
- Lesson 50: Paradise and Hell are the Embodiment of our Deeds
- Embodiment of Deeds
- Think and Answer