Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Our Philosophy

Author: Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir Al-Sadr

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

Introduction Supplement 12

Supplement / 1 25

Foreword to Ayatullah's Last Lectures 34

Lecture 1: What is Topical Exegesis? 36

Exegetic Trends 36

Drawback of Split Exegesis 37

Danger of Split Exegesis 37

Topical Style 38

Relation Between Topical Exegesis and Split Exegesis 38

Role of Tradition in Split Exegesis 38

Topical Style of Traditions in Islamic Jurisprudence 39

Role of Topical Exegesis in the Development of Islamic Research 40

Lecture 2: What is Topical Exegesis? 43

Need of the Expansion of juristic Studies 43

Need of Topical Exegesis 44

Cooperation Between Topical and Split Styles 46

Lecture 3: Topical Exegesis 47

Difference Between History and Other Sciences 49

Lecture 4: Norms of history mentioned in the Qur'an 52

Some Examples of Norms of History in the Qur'an 52

Difference Between Punishment in This Life and the Next 53

Necessity of Investigating Historical Events 57

Importance of Discovering Norms of History From the Qur'an 57

Lecture 5: Norms of History in the Qur'an 59

Three Basic Points: 59

Domain of the Norms of History 62

Lecture 6: Field in which norms of History Operate 64

Role of Final Cause in the Science of History 64

The Qur'an Differentiates Between Individual and Collective Acts 65

Lecture 7 :Laws of History in the Qur'an 69

Conjugal Drive is a Historical Norm 73

Natural Need of Man and Woman to Behave Differently 73

Religiousness is a Historical Norm 74

Length of One Day in the Terminology of the Laws of History 75

Lecture 8: Analysis of Social Elements 77

Lecture 9: Man's Role in the March of History 82

Necessity of Harmony between Superstructural and Infrastructural Movements of Society 83

Importance of Choosing an Ideal in the Life of Man 83

Different Kinds of Human Ideals 85

Lecture 10: Selection of Ideal 88

Second Kind of Ideals 90

Third Kind of Ideals 95

Lecture 11: All Proceed towards Absolute Ideal 96

Quantitative and Qualitative Changes 97

Lecture 12: Analysis of Social Elements 104

Basic Contradiction in Man's Existence 105

Short-sightedness of Marx 106

Lecture 13: Effect of Man's Contact with Nature and with other Man 111

Historical Materialism Has No Role in History 111

Lecture 14: Basis of Constant and changeable Laws of Islam  117

(iii) Stage of Disunity and Disintegration 117

Lecture 15: Ayatullah's Heart to Heart Talk to the Religious Scholars 118