Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Man and Universe

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• Part 1: Man and Faith
• Chapter 1: Man and Animals
• Awareness and Desire in Animals
• Awareness and Desire in Man
• Basis of the Distinction of Man
• Is Humanity a Superstructure?
• Notes
• Chapter 2: Knowledge and Faith
• Relation Between Knowledge and Faith
• Can Knowledge and Faith Take the Place of Each Other?
• Notes
• Chapter 3: Religious Faith
• Distinctions of Religious Faith
• Effects and Advantages of Faith
• I. Happiness and Delight
• (i) Effort
• II. Role of Faith in the Improvement Of Social Relations
• III. Reduction of Worries
• Chapter 4: School of Thought or Ideology
• Definition and Necessity of Ideology
• Kinds of Ideologies
• In other words, is it absolute or relative?
• Notes
• Chapter 5: Islam - A Comprehensive School
• Causes of Wrong Thinking
• I. Reliance on Conjecture Instead of Sure Knowledge
• II. Bias and Base Desires
• III. Haste
• IV. Traditional Thinking and Looking to the Past
• V- Cult of Personality
• Chapter 6: Sources of Thoughts In Islam
• I. Nature
• II. History
• III. Human Conscience
• Note
• Part 2: Monotheistic Conception of the World
• Chapter 7: Conception of the Universe
• Conception of the World and Perception of the World
• Varieties of World Conception
• Scientific Conception of the World
• Philosophical Conception of the World
• Religious Conception of the World
• How to Judge an Ideology?
• Monotheistic Conception of the World
• Islamic Conception of the World
• Chapter 8: Realistic Conception of the World
• Allah is Absolute Reality and Source of Life
• Integral Characteristics of the World
• (i) Limitation
• (ii) Change
• (iii) Attachment
• (iv) Dependence
• (v) Relativeness
• Attributes of Allah
• Monotheism
• Worship and Adoration
• Definition of Worship
• Spirit of Adoration and Worship
• Chapter 11: Degrees of Monotheism
• I. Unity of the Essence of Allah
• II. Unity of the Attributes of Allah
• III. Unity of the Work of Allah
• IV. Unity in Worship
• Note
• Chapter 10: Man and Unification
• I. Materialistic Theory
• II. Idealistic Theory
• III. Realistic Theory
• Chapter 11: Degrees of Polytheism
• I. Belief in the Plurality of Divine Essence
• II. Plurality of Creatorship
• III. Plurality of Divine Attributes
• IV. Plurality of Worship
• Boundary Between Monotheism and Polytheism
• Unity and Singleness of the World
• Visible and Invisible
• This World and the Next World
• Chapter 12: Profound Wisdom and Divine Justice
• (i) Principle of the self-Existence and Perfection of Allah
• (ii) Principle of Sequence
• (iii) Principle of Generality
• History of the Principle of Justice in Islamic Culture
• Part 3: Revelation and Prophethood
• Chapter 13: Revelation and Prophethood
• Universal Guidance
• Characteristics of Prophets
• (i) Miracles
• (ii) Infallibility
• Immunity from Sins
• Difference Between Prophets and Geniuses
• (iii) Guidance
• (iv) Sincerity of Purpose
• (v) Constructiveness
• (vi) Struggle and Conflict
• (vii) Human Aspect
• (viii) Prophets Having A Divine Legal Code
• Chapter 14: Historical Role of the Prophet
• (i) Education
• (ii) Affirmation of Agreements and Covenants
• (iii) Emancipation from Social Bondage
• Chapter 15: The Object of Prophethood
• Chapter 16: Religion or Religions
• Chapter 17: Finality of Prophethood
• Reasons of the Renewal of Prophethood
• Miracles of the Final Prophet
• Note
• Chapter 18: Miracle of Finality
• Is this occurrence not a supernatural event and a miracle?
• Value and Effect of a Miracle
• Value of a Miracle From the Viewpoint of the Qur'an
• Nature of the Holy Prophet's Guidance
• Chapter 19: The Holy Qur'an
• Great Interest of Muslims in the Holy Qur'an
• Inimitability of the Holy Qur'an
• Various Aspects of the Inimitability of the Holy Qur'an
• Wording of the Holy Qur'an
• Contents of the Holy Qur'an
• Vastness of Meanings
• Allah in the Holy Qur’an
• Man's Relation with Allah
• Qur’an, Tawrat and Injil
• Historical Stories
• The Holy Qur'an and Predictions
• Chapter 20: Distinguishing Features of Islam
• 1. The Methods of Knowing
• (i) Is it possible to identify the truth?
• (ii) What are the Sources of Knowledge?
• (iii) What are the means of Acquiring Knowledge?
• (iv) Subjects of Knowledge
• 2. Conception of the World
• Ideological Aspect
• Chapter 21: The Holy Prophet
• His Childhood
• Abhorrence of Idleness and Lethargy
• Honesty
• Combat with Tyranny
• Family Behavior
• Treatment of Slaves
• Cleanliness and Use of Perfume
• Social Behavior
• Soft as well as Tough
• Worship
• Austerity and Simple Living
• Resolution and Perseverance
• Leadership, Administration and Consultation
• Regularity and Orderliness
• Capacity to Listen to Criticism and Dislike of Flattery and Undue Compliments
• Fight Against Weak Points
• Possession of the Necessary Qualities of Leadership
• Method of Preaching
• Encouragement of Knowledge
• Part 4: Man and the Holy Qur'an
• Chapter 22: Man and the Holy Qur'an
• Merits of Man
• Demerits of Man
• Is Man By Nature Good or Bad?
• Multi-dimensional Being
• Diverse Powers of Man
• Self-Consciousness
• Promotion of Talents
• Development of Body
• Development of Soul
• Man's Effective Role in Building His Future
• (i) Extensiveness of the range of his information
• (ii) Extensiveness of the range of his desires
• (iii) Man has a special self-making ability
• Man's Will and Range of His Freedom
• (i) Heredity
• (ii) Natural and Geographical Environment
• (iii) Social Atmosphere
• (iv) History and Time Factors
• Man's Revolt Against Limitations
• Man and Divine Fate
• Man and Obligations
• (i) Puberty
• (ii) Sanity
• (iii) Knowledge and Awareness
• (iv) Ability and Power
• (v) Power of Choice and free-Will
• Conditions of Validity
• Chapter 23: Human Knowledge
• I. Innate Self-Consciousness
• II. Philosophical Self-consciousness
• III. Universal Self-consciousness
• IV. Class Self-consciousness
• V. National Self-consciousness
• VI. Human Self-consciousness
• VII. Mystic Self-Consciousness
• VIII. Prophetic Self-Consciousness
• Note
• Part 5: Society and History
• Society and History
• Introduction
• What is Society?
• Is Man Social By Nature?
• Is the Existence of Society Real and Substantial?
• Society and Tradition
• Compulsion or Volition
• Note
• Chapter 25: Social Classification
• Singleness or Multiplicity of Societies
• Future of Societies
• Chapter 26: What is History?
• Scientific History
• I. Reliability or Unreliability of Transmitted History
• II. Principle of Causation
• III. Is History Materialistic in Nature?
• Basic Principles of Historical Materialism
• I. Priority of Matter over Spirit
• II. Precedence of Material Needs to Spiritual Needs
• III. Precedence of Action to Thought
• IV. Precedence of Social Existence of Man to His Individual Existence
• V. Precedence of Material Aspect of Society to Its Intellectual Aspect
• Conclusions
• Criticism and Comments of Historical Materialism
• i) Baselessness
• (ii) Revision of Views by Its Founders
• (iii) Demolition of the Principle of Compulsory Harmony Between Infrastructure and Superstructure
• (iv) Nonconformity of the Basis of Class Ideology
• (v) Independence of Cultural Development
• (vi) Historical Materialism Is Self-contradictory
• Note
• Chapter 27: Islam and Historical Materialism
• Comments
• Notes
• Chapter 28: Islamic Philosophy of History
• I. Strategy of Mission
• II. An Ideology's Nomenclature
• III. Favourable and Unfavourable Conditions for Acceptability
• (i) Justice and Injustice
• (ii) Unity And Discord
• (iii) Observance or Disregard of Allah's Command About Exhorting to What is Good and Restraining from What is Evil
• (iv) Moral Depravity and Licentiousness
• Notes
• Chapter 29: Evolution and Change in History
• I. The Racial Theory
• II. The Geographical Theory
• III. Theory of Intellectual Giants
• IV. The Economic Theory
• V. The Divine Theory
• The Role of Personality in History
• Notes
• Part 6: Imamat and Khilafat
• Chapter 30:Imamat and Khilafat
• Leadership
• Imamat and Dialectic Logic
• An Extract From Notes
• Leadership and Protection of Faith
• Notes
• Chapter 31: Imamat - Leadership
• Difference Between Guidance and Leadership
• Imamat of the Holy Imams and the Tradition of Thaqalayn
• Imamat and Hadith of Thaqalayn
• Notes
• Chapter 32: Significance of Imamat
• The Meaning of Imam
• Various Aspects of the Holy Prophet
• Imamat in the Sense of Leadership of Society
• Imamat in the Sense of Religious Authority
• Imamat in the Sense of Wilayat
• A Tradition about Imamat
• Imamat in the Holy Qur'an
• Chapter 33: Imamat and Expounding of Religion
• Government is a Branch of Imamat
• Imam is the Successor of the Holy Prophet in Expounding of Religion
• The Tradition of Thaqalayn
• Prohibition of Recording of Traditions
• Use of Analogy
• Analogy From the Shi'ah Point of View
• No Question of Election in the Presence of an Infallible Imam
• Question of Spiritual Wilayat
• Importance of the Tradition of Thaqalayn
• The Tradition of Ghadir
• Note
• Chapter 34: Scholastic Study of Imamat
• Definition of Imamat
• Rational Argument of the Shi'ah
• Imam Means An Expert in Religious Matters
• Infallibility
• Divine Designation
• Prophetic Texts Relating to Imamat of Imam Ali
• The Event of the Day of Warning
• Meeting of the Head of a Tribe With the Holy Prophet
• The Tradition of Ghadir and Its Continuity
• Question and Answer
• Notes
• Chapter 35: Imamat and the Verse regarding Despair of Unbelievers
• Difference Between Perfection and Completion
• Which Day Is Meant By This Day?
• (i) The Day the Holy Prophet was Raised
• (ii) The Day of the Conquest of Makkah
• (iii) Recitation of Surah al-Baraat by Imam Ali
• Shi'ah Explanation
• (iv) Internal Evidence Existing In the Verse
• Specific (Mohkamat) and Ambiguous (Mutashabihat) Verse
• Question and Answer
• Notes
• Chapter 36: Imamat in the Qur’an
• Special Position of the Verses Relating to the Prophet's Progeny
• The Verse of Tathir (Purification)
• Reason
• Historical Evidence
• What The Gnostics Say?
• The Concept of Imamat
• Imam In Prophet Ibrahim's Progeny
• Prophet Ibrahim's Trials - Command to Migrate to Hijaz
• Command to Slaughter His Son
• Imamat Is A Divine Covenant
• Who is a Wrongdoer?
• Questions and Answers
• Notes
• Chapter 37: Imamat from the Viewpoint of the Imams
• What Kind of a Being is Man?
• First Man in the Qur’an
• Zayd ibn Ali and Imamat
• Questions and Answers
• Note
• Chapter 38: Notes on Leadership and Management
• Style of Leadership
• Notes On Leadership In Islam
• Leadership and Management
• Imamat of Imams
• Notes
• Part 7: Eternal Life
• Life of the Next World
• Source of Belief in the Life of the Next World
• Nature of Death
• After Death
• Barzakh or Purgatory
• Resurrection
• Relation Between This Life and the Next
• Embodiment and Eternity of Human Deeds
• Traditions (Ahadith)
• Common and Uncommon Points of This Life and the Next
• Arguments of the Qur’an