Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Investigations And Challenges

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

• Publisher’s Foreword
• Note
• Preface
• Notes
• Chapter 1: Our Responsibility in the Sphere of Culture (Part 1)
• Responsibility Conscious or right-seeking man
• The Principle of Balance between Responsibility and Capability
• The Extent of Capability and Responsibility in the Sight of University and Seminary Professors
• The Present Cultural and Moral Degeneration
• Preservation of the Relative Balance between Elements of Guidance and Deviation in Every Age
• Most of the Great Transformations Owed to the Ideas of Thinkers
• Importance of the Cultural Revolution
• The Role of Cultural Movements in the Perpetuity of the Revolution
• Notes
• Chapter 2: Our Responsibility in the Sphere of Culture (Part 2)
• The Most Serious Menace of the Monarchial Reign
• Imam Khomein’s (r) strategy in initiating political change
• The Degree of Conviction of The Officials of The Islamic System to the Pristine Precepts and Values of Islam
• Program of the Enemies of the Revolution in Undermining the Islamic Values
• The Enemy’s Infiltration In to the Executive and Planning Organs in the Country
• Summary and Conclusion
• Notes
• Chapter 3: Religious Pluralism (Part 1)
• The Great Crisis of our Age
• Pluralism, Indulgence and Negligence: Tools at the Hands of the Crisis-Mongers
• Our Heavy Responsibility to the Youth
• A Critique of the First Proposition of the Pluralists
• The Pluralists’ Resort to another Basis
• The Third Attempt to Prove Pluralism
• Notes
• Chapter 4: Religious Pluralism (Part 2)
• Involvement of the Psychological Factor in the Emergence of Pluralism
• The Social Factor in the Emergence of Pluralism
• Assessing the Psychological Motive in Presenting Pluralism
• Assessing the Social Factor in Presenting Pluralism
• Historical Account of Islam’s Treatment of Non-Muslims
• First Interpretation of Religious Pluralism
• Assessment
• Second Interpretation of Religious Pluralism
• Assessing the Second Interpretation
• Third Interpretation of Religious Pluralism
• Assessing the Third Interpretation of Religious Pluralism
• Notes
• Chapter 5: Religious Pluralism (Part 3)
• A Review of the Psychological Motive in Presenting Pluralism
• Our Responsibility toward Freedom of Religion and the Ruling on the Followers of Other Religions
• A Psychological Point
• Explaining Pluralism by Using the Similitude of a Prism
• The Theory on the Unity of Truth in the Realm of Religious Knowledge
• The Difference of the Maraji‘ At-Taqlid’s Religious Edicts as Nothing to do With Pluralism
• Absence of Difference in the Domain of the Essentials and Fundamentals of Islam
• Difference in the Domain of the Disputable Matters in Islam and its Explanation
• Negation of Pluralism in the Declarative Accounts and Acceptance of it in Ethical and Moral Issues
• Critique of Pluralism in the Realm of Ethics and Moral Values
• Moral Decrees of Islam as Consonant with the True Expediencies and Corruptions
• Summary
• Notes
• Chapter 6: Religious Pluralism (Part 4)
• The Relationship between Pluralism and Liberalism
• A Review of the Motive behind the Emergence of Religious Pluralism
• Founding the Universal Unified Religion
• An Examination of the Theory of Founding the Universal Unified Religion
• Presenting the Common Moral Principles as Constituting the Universal Unified Religion
• A Summary of the Critique of the Theory of Universal Unified Religion
• Notes
• Chapter 7: The Limits of Attraction and Repulsion (Peace and Violence) in Islam (Part 1)
• A Historical Example of Repulsion in the Laws of Islam
• Islam’s Injunction on Attraction and Repulsion in Behavior
• Examples of Islamic Attractive Behaviors
• Summary of the Discussion
• Notes
• Chapter 8: The Limits of Attraction and Repulsion (Peace and Violence) in Islam (Part 2)
• Three Types of Questions about Attraction and Repulsion in Islam
• The Development of Man Depends on Attraction and Repulsion
• Self-Purification as Attractions and Repulsions Necessary for the Perfection of the Soul
• An Outstanding Example of Spiritual Attraction and Repulsion
• Spiritual Ailment and Wellbeing
• Summary of the Discussion
• Question and Answer
• Notes
• Chapter 9: The Limits of Attraction and Repulsion (Peace and Violence) in Islam (Part 3)
• A Review of the Previous Discussion
• The Reference in Identifying the Useful and Harmful Elements in the Spiritual Perfection of Man
• The Overall policy of Islam in the Affair of Propagating Religion
• 1. Using Evidence and Preaching
• 3. Debate and Argumentation
• The Reason behind Refraining from Repulsion in the Islamic Call
• How Islam Deals with Personal and Private Behaviors
• The Islamic Approach of Dealing with Social Behaviors
• Penal laws as the Factor in Fostering Social Order
• Repulsion as the Natural Essence of the Penal Laws
• Assiduousness in Distinguishing between Personal and Social Dimensions of Action
• Islam’s Attitude toward the Non-Muslim Countries and their Citizens
• The View of Islam on Violent Actions and the Power of Repulsion
• Summary of the Discussion on Attraction and Repulsion in Islam
• Question and Answer
• Another Question and Answer
• Notes
• Chapter 10: The Mutual Relationship between the People and the Government (Part 1)
• The Interrelatedness of Right and Duty
• Types of Interrelatedness among Concepts
• Two Types of Relationship between Right and Duty
• The Relationship between Right and Duty from the View Point of Imam Ali
• Right and Duty in Relation to God
• The raison d’être of Government
• The Right and Duty of Government in Relation to Providing Security and the Like
• Another Philosophy Means another Set of Duties
• The Impact of the Fundamental Difference in Determining the Rights and Duties of the People and the Government
• Ensuring the Spiritual Welfare as the most Fundamental Duty of the Government
• Questions and answers
• Notes
• Chapter 11: The Mutual Relationship between the People and the Government (Part 2)
• A Review of the Previous Discussion
• The Relationship between Right and Justice
• The Criterion in Determining Right the Viewpoint of the Natural Law and the Positivist Law
• The Viewpoint of Islam on the Criterion of Determining Right
• The Fundamental Difference between Islam and the West on the Criterion of Determining Rights
• The Religious Law’s Remarks on Dealing with the Relationship of Actions with Welfare and Corruption
• The Exigency of Facilitation
• God as the sole original bidder and forbidder
• Questions and answers
• Notes
• Chapter 12: The Mutual Relationship between the People and the Government (Part 3)
• The Different Approaches in Discussing the Mutual Relationship between the People and the Government
• Descriptive Study of the Mutual Relationship between the People and the Government in Islam
• Descriptive study of the Mutual Relationship between People and Government in the Democratic system
• To be a Mercenary of the Capitalists as the Real Role of the Governments in the Western Democracy
• Question and Answer
• Notes
• Chapter 13: The Mutual Relationship between the People and the Government (Part 4)
• A Review of the Discussion in the Previous Session
• A Comparison of the Mutual Relationship between the People and the Government in Islam and the West a Descriptive Approach
• The Government People Relationship in Western Thought
• First Criticism to this Theory
• Second Criticism
• Third Criticism
• Fourth Criticism
• A Summary of the Criticisms to this Theory
• The Government-People Relationship in the Islamic Thought
• Questions and Answers
• Notes
• Chapter 14: The Mutual Relationship between the People and the Government (Part 5)
• The Status of the People and the Ruler in Islamic Political Thought
• Islamic Political Thought: The people and the Ruler as Responsible before God
• A Summary of the Discussion
• Examples of the Mutual Rights Between the People and the Government in the words of the Commander of the Faithful
• Notes
• Chapter 15: The Mutual Relationship between the People and the Government (Part 6)
• A Review of the Discussion in the Previous Session
• The View of Islam on the People and the Government
• Ensuring the Spiritual Welfare as the Duty of Government and the Right of People in the Islamic Government
• The Duties of the Ruler and the People from the Viewpoint of the Commander of the Faithful
• Questions and Answers
• Notes
• Chapter 16: Faith as the Essence of Invitation of the Prophets (Part 1)
• Introduction
• Faith as the Main Axis of the Invitation of the Prophets
• The Correct Method of Conducting Research on this Issue
• The Axis of the Invitation of the Prophets (‘a) from the Viewpoint of the Qur’an
• Denial as the Prime Origin of Deviation
• The Unbelievers from the Viewpoint of the Qur’an
• Some Fundamental Questions on the Issue of Faith
• Question and Answer
• Note
• Chapter 17: Faith as the Essence of Invitation of the Prophets (Part 2)
• The Truth of Faith
• The Qur’an and the Alleged Contradiction between Knowledge and Faith
• The Correct Theory on the Truth of Faith
• Faith’s Relationship with Knowledge and Freewill
• Two Contributory Factors in the Enhancement and Strengthening of Faith
• Summary of the Discussion
• Notes
• Chapter 18: Faith as the Essence of Invitation of the Prophets (Part 3)
• The Jurisdiction of Faith in the Qur'anic Verses
• Belief in all the Prophets as a Requisite of True Faith
• Other Viewpoints on the Jurisdiction of Faith
• The Relationship between Faith and the Acceptance of the Prophets Historically
• Note
• Chapter 19: Faith as the Essence of Invitation of the Prophets (Part 4)
• A Review of the Previous Discussion
• “Prophetic Experience” and “Hermeneutic Interpretation” as Misgivings Aimed at Weakening the Faith
• A Concise Reply to these Two Misgivings
• The Alleged Contradiction between Revelation, and Knowledge and Reason
• The Qur’an and the Nine Ptolemaic Spheres
• The Qur’an and the Theory of Evolution of Species
• Allegory and Metaphor in the Qur’an
• Reply to this Misgiving
• Summary
• Question and Answer
• Transliteration Symbols