Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

London Lectures

Author: Thomas McElwain
Publisher: ABWA Publishing and Printing Center
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• Lecture 1: The Bible in a Nutshell
• There is only one God
• God is not a man or the Son of man
• The Son of man cannot save you
• God does not change
• God reveals His message to humankind through His servants the prophets
• Many people will not believe the message of God through Muhammad (as)
• God made Abraham (as) a guide for all nations, in the following words spoken to him
• Moses (as) prayed for a divinely appointed guide to come after him
• Moses (as) invoked the name of Ali (as) in speaking to the Pharaoh
• David (as) prophesied the coming of Islam
• God will forgive those who pray towards His house, according to the petition of Solomon (as)
• God will take vengeance on the wicked and reward His worshippers on the day of judgement, as He promised Moses (as)
• Of nearly one hundred texts mentioning the Gospel, only one actually tells us what the message of the Gospel contains, the Gospel in a nutshell
• Lecture 2: The Fragrance of Islam
• Tawheed or the Unity of God
• The Justice of God
• The Apostleship
• Divine Guidance
• The Day of Judgement
• Prayer in Prostration
• Fasting
• Pilgrimage
• Charity
• Holy War
• Enjoining the good and opposing evil
• Respect for the godly and avoidance of the wicked
• Lecture 3: The Family of Abraham (as): A Social, Economic, Political and Religious Model
• 1. Definitions and Goals
• 2. A blessing for all families of the earth
• 3. Taqiyya: preserving the family from the evils of society
• 4. Compromise: preserving peace within the family
• 5. Reproduction: a central reason for living in families
• 6. Circumcision: defining social boundaries
• 7. Hospitality: the family meeting society
• 8. Divine Guidance: confronting convention with obedience to God
• 9. Summary
• Lecture 4: The Sacrifice of Abraham (as), What Is All the Fuss?
• Lecture 5: Daniel (as): A Young Muslim Refugee and How He Coped
• 1. The Permitted Diet
• 2. Idolatry
• 3. Prayer in Prostration
• Lecture 6: The Book of the Gospel Rediscovered
• The True Book of the Gospel: Matthew 23
• Lecture 7: The Gospel: The Secret the Church Never Told
• Lecture 8: The Word Muhammad in the Bible
• Lecture 9: The Word ‘Ali in the Bible
• Lecture 10: Ghadeer in the Bible
• Lecture 11: Hussein (as) and Psalm 74