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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...

Shi'ah by: Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabata...

The Spiritual Message of Shi'ism The message of Shi'ism to the world can be summarized in one sentence: "To know God." Or in other words, it is to instruct man...

The Spiritual Message of Shi'ism The message of...

A Brief History Of The Lives Of The Twelve Imams The First Imam Amir al-mu'minin 'Ali 1 —upon whom be peace— was the son of Abu-Talib, the Shaykh of the...

A Brief History Of The Lives Of The Twelve Imams ...

The Fourth Imam Imam Sajjad ('Ali ibn Husayn entitled Zayn al-'Abidin and Sajjad) was the son of the third Imam and his wife, the queen among women, the daughter of...

The Fourth Imam Imam Sajjad ('Ali ibn Husayn enti...

Hadith Haqq Umm-Salamah has said, "I heard from the Prophet of God who said, 'All is with the Truth (haqq) and the Qur'an, and the ( 202 ) Truth and...

Hadith Haqq Umm-Salamah has said, "I heard from t...

Another Explanation In discussing the outward and inward meaning of the Qur'an, we pointed out that the Islamic sciences are explained in the Qur'an through different means and that these...

Another Explanation In discussing the outward a...

Another Point of View Concerning the Relation Between Man and the Universe The path chosen in the previous section to prove the existence of God is a very simple and...

Another Point of View Concerning the Relation Bet...

Destiny and Providence The law of causality reigns throughout the world of existence without any breach or exception. 1 According to this law, each phenomenon in this world depends for...

Destiny and Providence The law of causality reign...

The Prophet and the Qur'an It was demanded of the Prophet, as it had been of other prophets, that he produce a miracle. The Prophet himself also confirmed the power...

The Prophet and the Qur'an It was demanded of t...

The Prophets and Revealed Religion What the prophets of God received through revelation and as a message from God and conveyed to mankind was religion (Din), 3 that is, a...

The Prophets and Revealed Religion What the proph...

The Transfer of the Caliphate to Mu'wiyah and Its Transformation into a Hereditary Monarchy After the death of 'Ali, his son, Hasan ibn 'Ali, who is recognized by the Shi...

The Transfer of the Caliphate to Mu'wiyah and Its...

Shi'ite Contributions to Philosophy and the Intellectual Sciences In the same way that from the beginning Shi'ism played an effective role in the formation of Islamic philosophical thought, it was...

Shi'ite Contributions to Philosophy and the Intell...

CHAPTER TWO DIVISIONS WITHIN SHI'ISM Each religion possesses a certain number of primary principles, which form its essential basis and other principles of secondary importance. When the followers of a...

CHAPTER TWO DIVISIONS WITHIN SHI'ISM Each reli...

The Principles of Interpretation of the Qur'an At the beginning of Islam, it was commonly believed by some Sunnis that if there was sufficient reason one could ignore the outward...

The Principles of Interpretation of the Qur'an ...

The Political Method of the Selection of the Caliph by Vote and Its Disagreement with the Shi'ite View Shi'ism believes that the Divine Law of Islam (Shari' ah), whose substance...

The Political Method of the Selection of the Cali...

The Present Book It was to overcome this deficiency that in 1962, Professor Kenneth Morgan of Colgate University, who pursues the laudable goal of presenting Oriental religions to the West...

The Present Book It was to overcome this deficien...

Fundamental Elements of Shi'ism Although in Islam no political or social movement has been separated from religion, which from the point of view of Islam necessarily embraces all things, Shi'ism...

Fundamental Elements of Shi'ism Although in Islam...

In The Name Of Allah; Most Merciful And Compassionate INTRODUCTION This book, which we have called Shi ite Islam, 1 seeks to clarify the true identity of Shi' ism which...

In The Name Of Allah; Most Merciful And Compassion...

Shi'ah by: Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i Translated by: Sayyid Hussayn Nasr THE PUBLISHER'S FOREWORD In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful This is one of the valuable works...

Shi'ah by: Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i Trans...