References
1. Sūrat al-A‘rāf 7:59, 65, 73, 85.
2. l 16:36.Sūrat an-Nah
3. This is because to be physical is concomitant with dependence, change and deterioration, and these are properties of possible beings (mumkin al-wujūd), while God is the Necessary Being by essence.
4. This refers to philosophical matter and not to physical or natural matter, and to prove or negate it is only possible through philosophical argument and not by means of sensory test and experiment.
5. Shaykh al-Ṣadūq, Al-Tawḥīd, section (bāb) 3, ḥadīth 3.
6. John 1:1, 14. In this volume, the King James Version of the Bible is adopted for Biblical passages, unless otherwise stated. [Trans.]
7. Epistle of Paul.
8. Sūrat al-Mā’idah 5:17, 72.
9. Sūrat al-Mā’idah 5:73.
10. Sūrat al-Tawbah (or Barā’ah) 9:30.
11. Gustave Le Bon (1841-1931): a French social psychologist, sociologist, and amateur physicist. [Trans.]
12. Nahj al-Balāghah, Sermon 1.
13. Ibid.
14. Shaykh al-Ṣadūq, Al-Tawḥīd, section (bāb) 2, ḥadīth 5.
15. Ibid., section (bāb) 11, ḥadīth 9.
16. In this regard, see the book Al-Ilāhiyyāt fī Madrasat Ahl al-Bayt (‘a) by the author.
17. In this regard, see the book Al-Ilāhiyyāt fī Madrasat Ahl al-Bayt (‘a) by the author.