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منذ 3 سنوات
1054

Shi'ah

by:
Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i

Translated by:
Sayyid Husayn Nasr

The Publisher's Foreword 11
Preface 15
The Study of Shi ism 15
Fundamental Elements of Shi ism 21
Present State of Shiite Studies 30
The Present Book 32
The Author 37
Introduction 43
The Meaning of Religion (din), Islam, and Shi' ism 43
PART I : THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF SHI'ISM
Chapter One: The Origin And Growth Of Shi'ism 49
The Cause of the Separation of the Shi ite Minority from the Sunni Majority 53
The Two Problems of Succession and Authority in Religious Sciences 56
The Political Method of the Selection of the Caliph by Vote and Its Disagreement with the Shi' ite View 58
The Termination of the Caliphate of 'Ali Amir al-Mu'minin and His Method of Rule 67
The Benefit which the Shi'ah Derived from the Caliphate of 'All 73
The Transfer of the Caliphate to Mu'awiyah and Its Transformation into a Hereditary Monarchy 74
The Bleakest Days of Shi'ism 77
The Establishment of Umayyad Rule 79
Shi'ism During the 2nd/8th Century 82
Shi'ism in the 3rd/9th Century 84
Shi'ism in the 4th/10th Century 85
Shi'ism from the 5th/11th to the 9th/15th Centuries 86
Shi'ism in the 10th/16th and 11th/17th Centuries 88
Shi'ism from the 12th/18th to the 14th/20th Centuries 89
Chapter Two: Divisions Within Shi'ism 91
Zaydism and Its Branches 93
Isma'ilism and Its Branches 94
The Batinis 97
The Nizaris, Musta'lis, Druzes and Muqanna'ah 98
Differences Between Twelve-Imam Shi'ism and Isma'ilism and Zaydism 100
Summary of the History of Twelve-Imam Shi'ism 101
PART II : SHI'ITE RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
Chapter Three: Three Methods Of Religious Thought 103
First Method: The Formal Aspect Of Religion 108
The Different Facets of the formal Aspect of Religion 108
Traditions of the Companions 109
The Book and Tradition 110
The Outward and Inward Aspects of the Qur'an 112
The Principles of Interpretation of the Qur'an 115
Hadith 118
The Method of Shi'ism in Authenticating the Hadith 119
The Method of Shi'ism in Following the Hadith 120
Learning and Teaching in Islam 121
Shi'ism and the Transmitted Sciences 122
Second Method: The Way Of Intellection And Intellectual Reasoning 124
Philosophical and Theological Thought in Shi'ism 124
Shi'ite Initiative in Islamic Philosophy and Kalam 125
Shi'ite Contributions to Philosophy and the Intellectual Sciences 127
Outstanding Intellectual Figures of Shi'ism 128
Third Method Intellectual Intuition Or Mystical Unveiling 131
Man and Gnostic Comprehension 131
Appearance of Gnosis (Sufism) in Islam 133
Guidance Provided by the Qur'an and Sunnah for Gnostic Knowledge 136
PART III: ISLAMIC BELIEFS FROM THE SHA'ITE POINT OF VIEW
Chapter Four: On The Knowledge Of God 139
The World Seen from the Point of View of Being and Reality; The Necessity of God 139
Another Point of View Concerning the Relation Between Man and the Universe 140
The Divine Essence and Qualities 145
The Meaning of the Divine Qualities 146
Further Explanations Concerning the Qualities 147
Qualities of Action 148
Destiny and Providence 150
Man and Free Will 152
Chapter Five: On The Knowledge Of The Prophet 155
Toward the Goal: General Guidance 155
Special Guidance 157
Reason and Law 159
That Mysterious Wisdom and Consciousness Called Revelation 160
The Prophets-Inerrancy of Prophecy 161
The Prophets and Revealed Religion 162
The Prophets and Proof of Revelation and Prophecy 165
The Number of the Prophets of God 167
The Prophets Who are Bringers of Divine Law 167
The Prophecy of Muhammad 168
The Prophet and the Qur'an 173
Chapter Six: Eschatology 177
Man is Composed of Cpirit and Body 177
A Discussion of Cpirit from Another Perspective 179
Death from the Islamic Point of View 180
Purgatory 180
The Day of Judgment—Resurrection 182
Another Explanation 184
The Continuity and Succession of Creation 188
Chapter Seven: On The Knowledge Of The Imam (Imamology) 191
The Meaning of Imam 191
The Imamate and Succession 192
Hadith Ghadir 199
Hadith Safinah 200
Hadith Thaqalayn 200
Hadith Haqq 201
Hadith Manzilah 202
Hadith Da'wat 'Ashirah 202
Affirmation of the Previous Section 203
The Imamate and Its Role in the Exposition of the Divine Sciences 205
The Difference Between Prophet and Imam 207
The Imamate and Its Role in the Esoteric Dimension of Religion 208
The Imams and Leaders of Islam 213
A Brief History Of The Lives Of The Twelve Imams 214
The First Imam 214
The Second Imam 219
The Third Imam 221
The Fourth Imam 228
The Fifth Imam 229
The Sixth Imam 230
The Seventh Imam 233
The Eighth Imam 233
The Ninth Imam 236
The Tenth Imam 236
The Eleventh Imam 238
The Twelfth Imam 240
On the Appearance of the Mahdi 241
The Spiritual Message of Shi'ism 245
APPENDIX ONE : TAQIYYAH OR DISSIMULATION 249
APPENDIX TWO : MUT'AH OR TEMPORARY MARRIAGE 253
APPENDIX THREE : RITUAL PRACTICES IN SHI'ISM 257
APPENDIX FOUR : A NOTE ON THE JINN 261


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