Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

The Qur’an As Reflected In Nahj Al-Balaghah

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Transliteration Symbols
• Preface
• Introduction
• Notes
• Chapter 1: The Status of the Qur’an in Religious Society
• The Qur’an as the only heavenly book at the disposal of mankind
• The Qur’anic mode of speech
• The Apostle (S) and explanation of the Qur’an
• Mentioning two points
• The role of the Qur’an in life
• The Qur’an as the universal source of guidance
• An example of the general ways of the Qur’an
• Manifestation of divine grace in the establishment of the Islamic government
• The solution to social problems lies in following the Qur’an
• Organizing social affairs according to the guidelines of the Qur’an
• The role of an objective in social life
• Self-sufficiency lies in following the Qur’an
• The Qur’an as a panacea for the most serious maladies
• The wisdom behind some calamities
• Outward and real respect for the Holy Qur’an
• The Qur’an as the true light
• Qur’anic lamps and reflections
• Deliverance of the followers of the Qur’an on the Day of Resurrection
• Admonition and reminder
• The secret of success and the role of the Qur’an
• Ibrahim (‘a) as a model of submission and servitude in the Holy Qur’an
• Notes
• Chapter 2: Understanding and Interpreting the Qur’an
• The main problem
• The advice of ‘Ali (‘a) in dealing with the Qur’an
• Speculative interpretation [tafsir bi ’r-ra’y]
• The instruction of ‘Ali (‘a) to avoid speculative interpretation
• Two perspectives on the Qur’an and religious teachings
• The necessity of acquiring competence in understanding and interpreting the Qur’an
• Different degrees of meaning and understanding of Qur’anic concepts
• Confining the Apostle (S) and infallible Imams’ (‘a) interpretation of the Qur’an to the exposition of laws
• Acquiring the knowledge provided by the Ahl al-Bayt (‘a) as a prerequisite in understanding and interpreting the Qur’an
• Interpreting the Qur’an by means of the Qur’an
• Observing the principles and rules of intellectual discourse in understanding the Qur’an
• The understanding of exegetes commensurates with their competence
• The necessity of paying attention to the linguistic contexts
• The existence of literary beauties in the Holy Qur’an
• Notes
• Chapter 3: The Qur’an and the Cultural Onslaught
• The contradictory nature of truth and falsehood
• The alleged inaccessibility of the truth of religion
• Inculcation and repetition as a key weapon of the devils
• Citing the allegorical verses [mutashabihat] of the Qur’an as another way of confronting the Qur’an
• The wisdom behind the existence of allegorical verses [mutashabihat] in the Qur’an
• Amalgamation of truth and falsehood as another weapon of the deviators
• “Different interpretations” as a weapon in confronting the Qur’an
• Motives of the opponents of religious culture according to the Qur’an
• The Qur’anic stance vis-à-vis sedition [fitnah] in religion
• 1. Armed sedition
• 2. Cultural sedition
• The warning of the Qur’an against cultural sedition
• Polytheism [shirk] under a new garb
• The prediction of the Qur’an about the emergence of sedition in religion
• The prediction of fitnah after his demise by the Apostle (S)
• 1. Financial fitnah
• 2. Ideological fitnah
• 3. False justifications as the most dangerous fitnah
• Obscuring the atmosphere with the aim of misleading public opinion
• Distorters of religious teachings according to ‘Ali (‘a)
• Pseudo-Muslim materialists’ treatment of the Qur’an
• Imam ‘Ali’s (‘a) warning to the people
• The motive of pseudo-learned ignoramuses in distorting religious teachings according to ‘Ali (‘a)
• Notes