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The Shi’ite Creed

The Shi’ite Creed
  1. PUBLISHER’S FOREWORD
  2. HISTORICAL NOTE
    1. I. The Author
    2. II. The Book
  3. PREFACE
  4. ABBREVIATIONS
  5. INTRODUCTION
    1. THE AUTHOR AND HIS WORKS
  6. CHAPTER I - ON THE NATURE OF THE BELIEF OF THE IMAMIYA CONCERNING tawhid (THE UNITY OF GOD)
  7. CHAPTER 2- CONCERNING THE ATTRIBUTES (sifat) OF (HIS) ESSENCE (dhat) AND THE ATTRIBUTES OF (HIS) ACTIONS (af`al)
  8. CHAPTER 3 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING taklif (RESPONSIBILITY, OBLIGATION)
  9. CHAPTER 4 - THE BELIEF IN RESPECT OF HUMAN ACTIONS
  10. CHAPTER 5 - THE BELIEF REGARDING THE DENIAL OF BOTH CONSTRAINT (jabr) AND DELEGATION (tafwid)
  11. CHAPTER 6 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING (ALLAH’S) INTENTION (irada) AND WILL (mashi’a)
  12. CHAPTER 7 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING DESTINY (qada’) AND DECREE (qadar)
  13. CHAPTER 8 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING MAN’S ORIGINAL NATURE (fitra) AND HIS TRUE GUIDANCE (hidaya)
  14. CHAPTER 9 - THE BELIEF IN THE CAPACITY (OF HUMAN BEINGS [al-istita’a])
  15. CHAPTER 10 - THE BELIEF REGARDING THE SOURCE OF CREATION (mabda’)
  16. CHAPTER 11 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING ABSTENTION FROM DISPUTATION (jadal) AND CONTENTION (mira’) ABOUT ALLAH
  17. CHAPTER 12 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE TABLET (lawh) AND THE PEN (qalam)
  18. CHAPTER 13 - THE BELIEF REGARDING THE CHAIR (kursi)
  19. CHAPTER 14 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE THRONE (`arsh)
  20. CHAPTER 15 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING SOULS (nufus) AND SPIRITS (arwah)
  21. CHAPTER 16 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING DEATH (mawt)
  22. CHAPTER 17 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE QUESTIONING (musa’ala) IN THE GRAVE
  23. CHAPTER 18 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING RESURRECTION (raj`a)
  24. CHAPTER 19 - ON THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE RETURN (ba`th) AFTER DEATH
  25. CHAPTER 20 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE POND (al-Hawd)
  26. CHAPTER 21 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING INTERCESSION (ash-shafa`a)
  27. CHAPTER 2 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE PROMISE (al-wa`d) AND THE THREAT (al-wa’id).
  28. CHAPTER 23 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING WHAT IS WRITTEN AGAINST THE SLAVE.
  29. CHAPTER 25 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING PURGATORY (al-A`raf).
  30. CHAPTER 26 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE BRIDGE (as- Sirat).
  31. CHAPTER 27 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE PASSES WHICH ARE ON THE ROAD TO THE GATHERING-PLACE OF RESURRECTION (mahshar)
  32. CHAPTER 28 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE RECKONING (al-hisab) AND THE SCALES (al-mawazin).
  33. CHAPTER 29 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE GARDEN (al-janna) AND THE FIRE (an-nar)
  34. CHAPTER 30 -THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE MANNER OF THE DESCENT OF REVELATION (nuzulu’l-wahy) FROM ALLAH IN THE SHAPE OF BOOKS, COMMANDS (al-amr) AND PROHIBITIONS (an-nahy)
  35. CHAPTER 31 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE REVELATION OF THE QUR’AN IN THE NIGHT OF POWER
  36. CHAPTER 32 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE QUR’AN
  37. CHAPTER 33 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE EXTENT (mablagh) OF THE QUR’AN
  38. CHAPTER 34 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING PROPHETS (anbiya’) AND APOSTLES (rusul) AND IMAMS (hujaj) AND ANGELS (mala’ika)
  39. CHAPTER 35 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE NUMBER OF PROPHETS (anbiya’) AND VICEGERENTS (awsiya’)
  40. CHAPTER 36 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING INFALLIBILITY (`isma)
  41. CHAPTER 37 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE DENIAL OF EXCESS (ghuluww) AND DELEGATION (tafwid)
  42. CHAPTER 38 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING EVIL-DOERS (zalimoun)
  43. CHAPTER 39 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING DISSIMULATION (taqiya)
  44. CHAPTER 40 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE ANCESTORS OF THE PROPHET
  45. CHAPTER 41 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE ALIDS (`alawiya)
  46. CHAPTER 42 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING REPORTS (akhbar), DETAILED (mufassira) AND SUMMARY (mujmala)
  47. CHAPTER 43 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING PROHIBITION (hazr) AND PERMISSION (ibaha)
  48. CHAPTER 44 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING THE REPORTS REGARDING MEDICINE (at-tib)
  49. CHAPTER 45 - THE BELIEF CONCERNING TWO DIVERGENT TRADITIONS (ON A SINGLE QUESTION)
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