Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Islamic Correspondence Course Volume ١

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

• Lesson 1: Why Religion?
• 1. Why Study Religion?
• (A) LOVE OF KNOWLEDGE
• (B) THE SENSE OF THANKFULNESS
• (c) PREVENTING POSSIBLE DANGER
• 2. Some Necessary Qualities of Religion
• Lesson 2: Ways of Knowing God
• First Method: The Inner Way
• Second Method: Experiment Beyond Sensation
• NATURE & SCOPE OF THIS METHOD
• Lesson 3: Designs in The Universe
• Lesson 4: More About God
• 1. The Eternal Need for God
• 2. God Occupies No Space
• 3. Is God Visible?
• 4. God is in Need of Nothing
• 5. God's Omniscience
• THE BASIS OF GOD'S KNOWLEDGE
• THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CREATOR & MAKER
• Lesson 5: The One & Only God
• Lesson 6: Tawhid & Sifat
• 1. Tawhid - Monotheism
• The Message of Tawhid
• 2. Sifat - the Attributes of God
• (A) THE POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES (AS-SIFAT ATH-THUBUTIYYAH)
• (B) THE NEGATIVE ATTRIBUTES (As-SiFAr AS-SALBIYYAH)
• Lesson 7: The Justice of God
• 1. God's Justice
• 1. Ignorance
• 2. Need
• 3. Weakness or Compulsion
• 2. What is Justice?
• Lesson 8: Prophets & Human Guaidence
• 1. The Purpose of Life
• 2. Human Conscience
• 3. Human Intelligence
• 4. The Divine Guidance
• The Distinctions of the Divine Guidance
• 5. Role of Miracles in Prophethood
• What are Miracles?
• Lesson 9: The Purity of The Prophets
• 1. Why must the Prophets be Ma'sum?
• (A) THE PRINCIPLE OF INSTRUCTION
• (B) CONFIDENCE & ACCEPTANCE
• 2. How can a person be Ma'sum?
• (A) REAL LOVE OF GOD
• (B) THE DEEP & PERFECT INSIGHT OF THE PROPHETS
• Lesson 10: Prophets & Scriptures
• Notes