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Sciences of the Quran ('Uloomul-Quran)

Author: Sheikh Mansour Leghaei
Publisher: www.ihic.org.au
Category:

• Chapter One: Revelation, its stages, the author of the Quran
• The Name and the Meaning of the Quran
• Revelation
• Revelation in the Quran
• Possibility of Revelation
• Types of God`s Revelation to Man
• Time and Place of Revelation
• The Quran is the verbatim Words of God
• The Proofs
• The Revelation, the Elham, Hadith Qodsi and Prophetic Hadith
• Assignment
• Notes
• Chapter Two: Semantic Issues I (Mabahethul-al-Faath)
• Was the Quran revealed gradually and all at once?
• Analysis of the above claims
• Is there any philological difference between `Enzal` and `Tanzil`?
• Chapter Three: Ayah, Surah, History of the Collection of the Quran
• Introduction
• Ayah
• Identification of the Ayah
• Number of Ayaat
• Surah
• Number of the Surahs
• Names of the Surah
• Longest and Shortest Surahs
• The First and the Last Surah
• The Order of the Surahs
• The History of the Collection of the Quran
• The Proofs of the First Opinion
• Response
• Response
• The Proofs of the Second Opinion
• Unification of the Accents of the Quran
• Notes
• Chapter Four: A Myth Called Distortion of the Quran I
• Introduction
• Types of Distortion
• The argument is about whether any Word, Ayah or Surah of the Quran is omitted or changed?
• The Proofs of the un-distortion of the Quran
• God has promised to safeguard it
• Authentic Narrations
• Rational proof
• The history of Quran and its extra protection
• Miracles of the Quran
• Unique methods of the Quran for Its protection
• Notes
• Chapter Five: A Myth Called Distortion of the Quran II
• A) The Myth of Distortion of the Quran in the Sunni Narrations
• 1. Companions had different qurans!
• Are the different versions of the Quran of the Companions not an indication of distortion of the Quran?
• 2. The Quran Was Compiled After the Prophet (P)
• 3. Abrogation of recitation
• B) The myth of distortion in the eyes of the Shi`a scholars
• Category 1 – Narrations that are undoubtedly fabricated
• Narrations from Ahmad Ibn Mohammad AsSayyari
• Category 2 – Narrations in which the Quran is Mistaken with Holy Narrations (Hadith al-Qodsi)
• Category 3 – Mixing the Quran with the Interpretation of the Quran
• Category 4: Narrations that Noori interpreted them to mean verbal distortion of the Quran
• Category 5: Narrations that indicate the Quran is of three or four sections
• Category 6: Different recitations
• Category 7: Rare Narrations
• The Final Note
• Notes
• Chapter Six: The Science of the Signs of the Arabic Alphabets & Makki and Madani
• The Science of the Signs of Arabic Alphabets Putting `dots` and articulation
• Putting dots on the words of the Quran
• The Science of Symbol of Vowels
• The science of recitations of the Quran
• The Historical Stages of the Recitation of the Quran
• Question and Answer
• The Present Recitation of the Quran
• Note
• The Science of Makki & Madani
• Definition
• Problems of this classification
• Methods of Identification
• Chart 1: Percentage of the subjects of the Quran
• Chart 2: Trend of the subjects during the 23 years of revelation
• Chapter Seven: The Science of the Context of the Revelation [Asbabu-Nozoul]
• The Benefits of the Science of Asbabu-Nozoul
• Generic term not a specific context
• Problems of indicating Asbabul-Nozoul
• Notes
• Chapter Eight: The Science of Abrogation
• Introduction
• Significance
• Definition
• The Wisdom of Abrogation
• Possibility of Abrogation in the Quran
• Conditions of Abrogation
• Types of Abrogation
• Number of the Abrogated Ayaat
• Why Abrogated Ayaat are still in the Quran
• The Only Abrogated Ayah in the Quran
• Notes
• Chapter Nine: The Science of the Miracles of the Quran
• Definition of the miracle
• Some useful points in the above Ayaat
• Unsuccessful Challenges
• Dimensions of the Miracles of the Quran
• 1. Rhetorical Miracle
• Examples of the rhetorical miracles of the Quran
• 2. Sublime Teachings and Educational Miracles of the Quran
• 3. Unification and the Harmony of the Quran
• 4. The Unseen News of the Quran
• 5. The Scientific Miracles of the Quran
• Notes
• Chapter Ten: The Science of the Clear and Unclear Ayaat (al-Mohkam & al-Motashabeh)
• Significance
• Definition
• Divisions of the Quran into Muhkam and Mutashabeh
• Is there any Unclear Ayah in the Quran?
• 1. There is no unclear Ayah in the Quran
• 2. The entire Quran is ambiguous
• 3. There are clear and unclear Ayaat in the Quran
• The Number of the Unclear Ayaat
• The Most Ambiguous Ayaat of the Quran
• 1. Recitation of Pause
• 2. Recitation of Conjunction
• 3. Both Recitations are correct
• Why the recitation of conjunction must be preferred?
• Why there is ambiguity in the Quran?
• Chapter Eleven: Analysis of Some of the Unclear Ayaat (Paradoxical Ayaat)
• 1. Monotheism or Pluralism (the Paradox of I or We)
• 2. Determinism or Free Will
• 3. Who Guides Who Misleads – God, Man or Satan?
• 4. Paradoxical Statement Due to Different Conditions
• 5. Paradoxical Statements Due to Variety of Aspects of a Narration
• 6. Paradox Due to the Arts of Rhetoric
• Notes
• Chapter Twelve: The Science of the Tafsir
• Etymology of Tafsir
• Why does the Quran need interpretation?
• The forbidden Tafsir: Self-Opinion Interpretation
• Ta`wil and its meaning
• Is Ta`wil the prohibited self opinion Interpretation of the Quran?
• Examples
• The Basic Sciences necessary for the Tafsir of the Quran
• 1. Philology (Fiqhu-Logha)
• 2. Syntax (al-Nahw)
• 3. Morphology (Tasrif)
• 4. Etymology (Eshteqaq)
• 5,6,7. Rhetoric (al-Ma`ani, al-Bayan and al-Badee`)
• 8. The Science of Recitations
• 9. Principles of Islam (Usoolu-Deen)
• 10. Principles of Jurisprudence (Usoolul-fiqh)
• 11. Jurisprudence (Fiqh)
• 12. The Science of the context of revelation (Asbabu-Nozoul)
• 13. The Science of Abrogation (Naskh)
• 14. The science of Hadith
• A Glance at the most important books of Tafsir
• a. Narrative Tafsir
• b. Theological Interpretation of the Quran
• c. Rhetorical Tafsir
• d. Mystical Tafsir
• e. The Most Important Shi`a Tafsir
• Hermeneutics of the Quran
• Ten Selected Gems from the Holy Quran
• 1. Surah al-Hamd
• 3. Bismillah Rahman Raheem
• 4. Ayatol-Kursi
• 5. Ayah for Monotheism in Actions
• 6. Ayah forTaqwa
• 7. Ayah for Noble Character
• 8. Ayah for Shame
• 9. The key to seeing hell and heaven
• 10. The most hope-giving Ayah of the Quran
• Notes
• The Final Word
• Note