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Islamic Thought (Ma‘arif Islami) Book Two

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

• Publisher’s Foreword
• Foreword
• Reference
• Preface to the Farsi Edition
• References
• Chapter One: Prophethood
• Section One: The Necessity of Prophethood 
• General objectives
• Introduction
• The necessity of prophethood from the Islamic theological perspective
• Some notes
• References
• Section Two: The Contributions and Blessings of the Prophets
• General Objectives
• The Prophets and Morality
• The prophets and knowledge
• 1. The prophets (‘a) and knowledge
• 2. The prophets (‘a) and empirical sciences
• A. Science and religion are two opposing poles
• B. Science and religion are two parallel lines that do not intersect each other
• C. Science and religion are complimentary
• The prophets and social justice
• The prophets and mysticism
• An example of the manifestation of the blessings of the prophets
• References
• Section Three: Revelation and Miracle
• General Objectives
• Revelation
• Miracles
• Miracles as proof of the truthfulness of the prophets (‘a)
• The Qur’an as the eternal miracle
• Finality of prophethood
• References
• Chapter Two: Imamate and Leadership 
• Section One: Period of the Presence of the Imāms (‘a)
• General Objectives
• Introduction
• Shī‘ism
• The necessity of Imamate
• Imamate as a matter of appointment [manṣūṣ]
• The Tradition of Ghadīr [Ḥadīth al-Ghadīr]
• The Role of the Imāms (‘a)
• Philosophy of Occultation [ghaybah]
• A question
• Imamate and the duty of the faithful [mu’minīn]
• References
• Section Two: Period of Occultation
• General Objectives
• Introduction
• Religious authority
• Salient features of ijtihād
• Sources of ijtihād
• Leadership
• 1. Rational proof
• 2. Textual proof
• Dimensions of the theory of wilāyah al-faqīh
• References