Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

FUNDAMENTALS OF KNOWING GOD

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• Preface
• Introduction
• Section One: Proving God
• Chapter One: Proof of God in Greece
• Introduction
• Proof of God in Greece
• Chapter Two: Proof of God in Religion
• 1) Religion of Judaism
• 2) Religion of Christianity
• 3) Religion of Islam
• Section Two: Philosophical Theology (Knowing God)
• Chapter One: Period of Fantasy
• Chapter Two: Period of Commencement of Philosophy
• Chapter Three: Theology of Socrates
• The General Principles of Socrates’ Theology
• Chapter Four: Theology of Plato
• Universal principles of Plato’s Theology
• Chapter Five: Theology of Aristotle
• A) Imagination or Notion of God
• B) Imagination of Existence
• C) Proof of God
• Universal Principles of Aristotle’s Theology
• Section Three: Divine Theology
• First Stage: Definition (of God) in Divine Theology
• Chapter One Birth-Place of Definition (of God)
• Chapter Two: Outcome of Definition (of God)
• 1-Characteristics of Innate Disposition ‘Fitrat’)
• A) Fitrat (Innate Disposition) is Not a Belief
• B) Fitrat is Not Inclination towards God
• C) ‘Fitrat’ is Not Ability to Know God
• 2-Innate ‘Ma’refat’ is a Comprehensive and Clear
• ‘Ma’refat’ not Abstract and Ambiguous
• 3-Before Becoming Reminded, Innate
• Ma’refat is Simple not Absolute
• 4-‘Fitrat’ is the Make of God
• 5-The Focal Point of Innate Ma’refat is the Heart not Mind
• Fitrat (Innate Disposition) and Imagination of God
• 1-Positive Theology (Conceptual)
• 2-Negative Theology (Transcendence [of God])
• 3-Innate Theology (Heartily)
• Second Stage: Reminding and Argumentation in Religious Theology
• Chapter One: Severance
• General Guidance and Special Guidance
• Chapter Two: Signs (‘Ayata’)
• Chapter Three: Argumentation
• A) Special Argumentation
• B) Disputation (‘Jedal’)
• Good Disputation and Its Conditions
• First Condition
• Second Condition
• Third Condition
• Fourth Condition
• Fifth Condition
• Chapter Four Worship
• Third Stage: Submission in Divine Theology
• Chapter One: Obstacles and Stimulations of Submission
• 1-Will Power and Driving Force
• 2-Relation of Ethics and Will-Power with Belief and Deed
• 3-Obstacles of Submission in Quran
• A) Moral Vices
• B) Committing Sings
• C& D) Satan of Jinn and Men
• To Sum Up
• Chapter Two: Outcome of Submission
• (1) Meaning of Faith
• (2) Spirit of Faith is the Make of God
• (3) Faith and Heart
• (4) Faith and Action
• (5) Faith and its Degrees
• Gist of the Discussion
• (A) Fundamentals of Greek Philosophical Theology
• (B) Fundamentals of Divine Theology
• THE END
• Notes