SPIRITUALITY OF THE SHIISM AND OTHER DISCOURSES

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First Pages a1
FOREWORD 1
INTRODUCTION 3
…AND WE GAVE HIM WISDOM [HIKMAH] AND RESOLVING SPEECH [FASL AL-KHITĀB] 0
THE WORKS OF EVERY PERSON ARE MANIFESTATIONS OF HIS WEALTH 5
FROM THE BLESSED TONGUE OF THE MASTER HIMSELF 7
COMPLETION DATE OF “TAFSĪR AL-MĪZĀN” AND RECOMMENDATION TO THEOLOGY STUDENTS [TULLĀB] 0
A GREAT MASTER OF ‘ALLĀMAH TABĀTABĀ’Ī: SAYYID HUSAYN BĀDKŪBEH’Ī 9
MASTER TABĀTABĀ’Ī’S EDUCATION IN MATHEMATICS 0
A TURK FROM TABRĪZ, LIVING IN QUM, ISTIKHĀRAH WITH THE QUR’AN 10
‘ALLĀMAH’S GREAT MASTER: HĀJ MĪRZĀ SAYYID ‘ALĪ QĀDĪ TABĀTABĀ’Ī 11
MĪRZĀ-YE SHĪRĀZĪ AND MĪRZĀ HUSAYN QĀDĪ—HALLOWED BE THEIR GRAVES 12
TELLING OF A DREAM AND THE RESULTING STATEMENT OF THE LATE ĀYATULLĀH ĀMOLĪ REGARDING ‘ALLĀMAH TABĀTABĀ’Ī 13
MASTER ‘ALLĀMAH TABĀTABĀ’Ī’S “RISĀLAH MUHĀKIMĀT” 14
‘ALĪ WA AL-FALSAFAH AL-ILĀHIYYAH, A WORK BY ‘ALLĀMAH TABĀTABĀ’Ī 0
THE CHAIN OF EXPONENTS OF THE PRACTICAL MYSTICISM OF ‘ALLĀMAH TABĀTABĀ’Ī 15
THE MEETING OF HĀJ SAYYID ‘ALĪ SHŪSHTARĪ WITH MULLĀ QULĪ JAWLĀ 0
HUMANS BEFORE THIS WORLD, IN THIS WORLD, AND AFTER THIS WORLD 16
THE AIM OF DIVINE AMBASSADORS IS EDUCATING AND EDIFYING HUMANITY 17
THE MOST NOTEWORTHY OEUVRE OF ‘ALLĀMAH TABĀTABĀ’Ī, BOTH PROSE AND POETRY 18
DISCOURSE ONE: THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE SHĪ‘ISM 23
THE METHOD OF APPREHENDING TRUTH 0
METHOD OF THE GUIDANCE OF THE SUPERIOR [TARĪQ-E IRSHĀD-E MAWLAWĪ] 25
THE RATIONAL METHOD 27
ADVANTAGES OF THE RATIONAL METHOD IN ISLAM 29
PROPHETS: THE EPITOME OF DIVINE MANIFESTATION 32
EMERGENCE OF INCARNATION [HULŪL] IN THE CHURCH 33
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS UNFORTUNATE SITUATION 36
ISLAM’S RECOMMENDATION TO ITS FOLLOWERS 38
DESPAIR OF MUSLIMS BEFORE THE WEST 40
INCEPTION OF THE DEVIATION FROM THE PATH OF THE PROPHET (S) 42
EXPEDIENCE IN THE PLACE OF TRUTH 44
CONSUMMATION OF CALIPH IMMUNITY AND AUTONOMY, AND RAMIFICATIONS THEREOF 47
REPERCUSSIONS OF THE AUTONOMY OF THE JUDGMENT AND RULINGS OF THE CALIPHS 49
ALTERATION OF TEACHINGS AND PRECEPTS 51
PROSCRIPTION OF LOGICAL ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE 55
SPIRITUAL AND ESCHATOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT 58
ACTIVITIES OF THE SHĪ‘AHS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 60
DISCOURSE TWO: TRUSTEESHIP AND LEADERSHIP 63
INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMY 0
DOMAIN OF TRUSTEESHIP AND LEADERSHIP 65
CREATION LEADS ITS ELEMENTS TOWARD PERFECTION 66
NECESSITY OF WILĀYAT AND LEADERSHIP 68
VARIABLE AND IMMUTABLE PRECEPTS 70
IS THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY SIMILAR TO THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY? 73
THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OR DECLINE OF NATIONS 75
IS ISLAM SILENT REGARDING GOVERNMENT? 79
LEADERSHIP IN THE AGE OF THE IMĀM’S ABSENCE [‘ASR-E GHAYBAT-E IMĀM] 81
DISCOURSE THREE: THE MOTIVE BEHIND CREATION 85
ANALYSIS OF THE QUESTION 0
PURPOSE IN ALL ELEMENTS OF EXISTENCE 87
UNIVERSAL MOTIVE AND IDEAL 88
THE MOTIVE OF GOD IN CREATING THE WORLD 89
DISCOURSE FOUR: THE ROLE OF THE SUPERNATURAL IN SOCIETY 91
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIFE AND THE SUPERNATURAL [MĀWARĀ’ AL-TABĪ‘AH] 92
LAW REQUIRES EXECUTIVE SUPPORT 93
THE ROLE OF THE RESURRECTION [MA‘ĀD] IN OUR LIVES 95
THE EFFECT ON THOUGHT AND MORALITY 97
ANALYSIS OF BELIEF [I‘TIQĀD], DISPOSITION [AKHLĀQ], AND ACTION [‘MAL] 98
APPEARANCE OF DISPOSITION AND ITS RELATION TO FAITH AND ACTION 100
DISPOSITION REQUIRES PRACTICAL SUPPORT 102
DISCOURSE FIVE: IS ISLAM STILL PRACTICABLE TODAY? 105
ARE ALL ISSUES SUBJECT TO CHANGE? 0
EVERY STATEMENT AND EVERY DETAIL HAS ITS PROPER PLACE 106
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ISLAMIC AND HUMAN LAWS 108
THE STRUGGLE AGAINST DEVIATION 109
DISCOURSE SIX: THE SOCIAL STATUS OF WOMEN 111
WOMAN, A HUMANLIKE ANIMAL! 0
WOMAN, LIBERATED IN CHAINS! 113
WOMEN AND ISLAM 115
THE COMMON FOUNDATIONS OF ISLAMIC LAWS 117
THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN ISLAM 120
COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND MEN 122
RULE OF REASON OR SENTIMENTS? 126
DISCOURSE SEVEN: WHY DID THE PROPHET MARRY SO MUCH? 129
REASONS FOR THE PROPHET’S MARRIAGES 131
THE WIVES OF THE PROPHET 132
DISCOURSE EIGHT: SHORT TERM MARRIAGE 135
DISCOURSE NINE: THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF OWNERSHIP 151
THE GROUNDS FOR STRUGGLES AND ENDEAVORS 0
IS OWNERSHIP INSTINCTIVE [FITRĪ]? 152
OWNERSHIP OF WORK 153
MONEY, INDICATOR OF OWNERSHIP 154
USURY OR NEGATION OF OWNERSHIP 155
USURY, THE ROOT OF CLASS DIFFERENCES 156
DISCOURSE TEN: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, CAUSE OF HUMANITY’S DECLINE 159
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT, THE MOST IMPORTANT TYPE OF WORSHIP 160
THE CORRUPTING EFFECTS OF FREEDOM OF THE USE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 161
ISLAM’S CRUSADE AGAINST ALCOHOL 162
DISCOURSE ELEVEN: WHY MUST THE HAND OF A THIEF BE SEVERED?! 165
RESPECTING THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS 0
MUST MERCY BE SHOWN WITH REGARD TO PUNISHMENT OF A THIEF? 166
MUST THE SOCIETY BE SACRIFICED FOR THE INDIVIDUAL OR VICE VERSA? 167
DOES SEVERING THE HAND OF A THIEF SLOW THE WHEELS OF THE ECONOMY? 168
PRISON, THE COLLEGE OF THIEVES 169
DISCOURSE TWELVE: MUHAMMAD (S) IN THE MIRROR OF ISLAM 171
ISLAM AND OTHER RELIGIONS 0
AUTHENTICITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL [ISĀLAT-E FARD] AND WORLDVIEW 173
THE WORLDVIEW OF ISLAM 174
1. THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY 175
2. THE PRINCIPLE OF REALISM 0
3. THE PRINCIPLE OF BALANCE BETWEEN MATTER [MĀDDAH] AND SPIRIT [MA‘NĀ] 179
4. KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF ISLAM 184
1. THE METHOD OF INSTRUCTION 186
2. THE METHOD OF REASON 0
3. THE METHOD OF EDIFICATION AND PURIFICATION 187
IS ISLAMIC MYSTICISM DERIVED FROM ITS HINDU COUNTERPART? 188
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ISLAMIC MYSTICISM AND OTHER VARIETIES 190
THE CORRUPT RESULTS OF HINDU MYSTICISM 0
BACK TO THE ISLAMIC METHOD 191
AN OUTLINE OF THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY 192
SUPERIORITY OF THE TAWHĪD OF ISLAM 195
DIVINE GUIDANCE 196
DISCOURSE THIRTEEN: ABOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF IMĀMS 199
FIRST TYPE OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE 0
PRACTICAL EFFECTS OF IMAMATE KNOWLEDGE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH OBLIGATION 200
SECOND TYPE OF IMAMATE KNOWLEDGE: NORMAL KNOWLEDGE 202
THE MOVEMENT OF SAYYID AL-SHUHADĀ’ (‘A) AND ITS OBJECTIVE 203
THE DEATH OF MU‘ĀWIYAH AND CALIPHATE OF YAZĪD 204
REFUSAL OF A LIFE IN DISGRACE, CONSENT TO THE RED DEATH (THE DEATH OF A MARTYR) 206
THE IMĀM INDICATES HIS DUTY 207
VARIANCE OF THE IMĀM’S METHOD THROUGHOUT THE REBELLION 0
DISCOURSE FOURTEEN: THE PURPOSE OF COVENANTS 211
AUTHENTICITY OF MATTER 0
AUTHENTICITY OF MATTER AND SPIRIT 212
DISCOURSE FIFTEEN: JURISTIC AUTHORITY [IJTIHĀD] AND FOLLOWING [TAQLĪD] ACCORDING TO THE SHĪ‘AH 215
THE RELIGIOUS ORIGINS OF IJTIHĀD AND TAQLĪD 0
TAQLĪD DUE TO INABILITY OR LACK OF OPPORTUNITY TO SPECIALIZE IN DEDUCTION 218
THE OPPOSITION TO BLIND IMITATION 220
DISCOURSE SIXTEEN: A SHORT STUDY OF CHRIST AND THE GOSPEL 223
WRITERS OF THE FOUR GOSPELS 224
DISCOURSE SEVENTEEN: ADHERENCE TO SUPERSTITIONS 227
IS THERE ANYTHING BEYOND THE SENSES AND EXPERIENCE? 228
IS FOLLOWING RELIGION IMITATION? 230
DISCOURSE EIGHTEEN: ARE DREAMS TRUE? 233
WHAT DOES THE QUR’AN SAY? 0
IS THE SOUL LINKED TO DREAMS? 234
CLEAR AND UNCLEAR DREAMS 235
DISCOURSE NINETEEN: MIRACLES 237
MIRACLES ACCORDING TO THE QUR’AN 238
PART ONE: THE QUR’AN VALIDATES THE GENERAL LAW OF CAUSALITY 0
PART TWO: THE QUR’AN VERIFIES MIRACLES 239
DISCOURSE TWENTY: THE ACCOUNT OF SHAQQ AL-QAMAR AND THE EVENING STAR 243
RESPONSE TO THE CRITICS OF SHAQQ AL-QAMAR 244
DID THE EVENING STAR DESCEND UPON THE HOUSE OF ‘ALĪ (‘A)?! 245
DISCOURSE TWENTY-ONE: CLARITY, AMBIGUITY, AND INTERPRETATION IN THE QUR’AN 247
THE MEANING OF THESE WORDS 0
THE TERMS MUHKAM AND MUTASHĀBIH ACCORDING TO THE QUR’AN 248
MUTASHĀBIH VERSES INDICATE A SPECIFIC INTENT 250
WHY ARE SOME VERSES MUTASHĀBIH? 0
FOLLOWING MUTASHĀBIH VERSES 251
WHAT IS TA’WĪL (INTERPRETATION)? 252
SEVERAL PROOFS FROM THE QUR’AN 254
EPILOGUE: A MESSAGE TO THE CONFERENCE HELD IN HONOR OF TUSTARĪ 261

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