Guardianship_Monotheism_and_Guardianship_Exegesis on Verse on Guardianship_

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A Course on the Knowledge and Science of Islam
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Knowing the Imams

Volume 5

Guardianship
(Monotheism and Guardianship—

Exegesis oftheVerse on Guardianship)

Allamah Sayyid Muhammad

Husayn Ilusaym Tihrani

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A Course on the Knowledge and Science of Islam
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He is Omniscient
Knowing the Imams

Volume 5
Guardianship
(Monotheism and Guardianship—
Exegesis of the Verse on Guardianship)
cAllamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Husayni TihranI
Translated by Rahim P. Dawlati and Salim Rossier
Editor: Seyyed Khalil Toussi
Series editor: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
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Allamah Hajj Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Husayni Tihrani
Knowing the Imams, Volume 5
• 1. Islam. 2. Shiism. I. Title II. Author
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ISBN 10:1-56744- 562-4
ISBN 13: 978-1- 56744-562- 6
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A Course on the Knowledge and Science of Islam
Knowing the Imams
Volume 5
Including:
1—Linguistic discussion on the meaning of walayah
2—How to attain the status of Guardianship
3—God's Messenger's and the Imams' ontological and legislative
presidence
4—Guardianship is Monotheism, and is essential for the world's sta­
bility and order
5—The Master of the Faithful Ali Ibn Abl Talib's absolute authority;
exegesis of the verse:
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Contents
LESSONS SIXTY-ONE TO SIXTY-TWO 3
Discussion on the Meaning of the Word Walayah 3
cAllamah TabatabaTs Opinion on What Walayah Means 16
LESSONS SIXTY-THREE TO SIXTY-FOUR 27
How God Communicates with the Believer 27
Traveling the Course of Walayah Necessitates Ignoring
Everything except God 29
LESSONS SIXTY-FIVE TO SIXTY-SEVEN 55
The Meaning of God, the Exalted's, Unity 55
All Beings are the Signs and the Manifestation of the Real 57
Man's Journey through the Various Levels of Closeness 63
Avicenna's Opinion on Mystics 70
Qaysari's Commentary on Ibn cArabi's Discussion on
the Perfect Man 72
Shaykh cAbd al-Karim Jill's Discussion of the Perfect Man 73
Summary of Sadr al-Muta’allihln's discussion on
the Perfect Man 77
What Ibn Farid Says about Divine Names and Attributes in the
Perfect Man 80
The Guardianship Is the Base of Any Short-Lasting Requisites
and Effects 83
cAllamah TabatabaTs View on the Guardianship of
the Imams 85
Ontological Presidence and Legislative Guardianship 90
LESSONS SIXTY-EIGHT TO SEVENTY-ONE 103
Guardianship Is Monotheism, and It Is Necessary for the
Stability of the World 105
The Gold-Chain (Silsilat al-Dhahab) Hadiths
on Guardianship 111
The Wahhabis' Deviant Misinterpretation of Monotheism 120
Ibn Hajar's Criticism of Ibn Taymiyyah 132
Criticism of Ibn Taymiyyah by Scholars and Historians 133
Wahhabi Failure in Understanding the Truths of
the Qur’an 145
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The Story of Brigadier-General Qarlb and a
Wahhabi Shaykh 146
The ShaykhI Sect 149
The Problem Caused by Shaykh Ahmad AhsaT, the Founder of
the ShaykhI Sect 155
LESSONS SEVENTY-TWO TO SEVENTY-FIVE 167
The Revelation of the Verse of Guardianship about
Imam Ali 167
Islamic Poetry Dating Back to the Beginning of Islam on the
Imam's Charitable Donation of His Ring 175
Abu al-Futuh's Commentary on the Background to the
Revelation of the Verse 182
What Thaclabl's Exegesis Says about the Revelation of the
Verse on Guardianship 184
Imam Ali Relies on the Guardianship Verse as Evidence in an
Argument Presented to the Hypocrites 203
Imam Ali Refers to the Verse in an Argument Presented to the
Muhajir and Ansar 204
The Shica Hadiths on the Guardianship Verse and the Story of
the Ring 206
The Features and Value of the Ring He Gave Away 206
Fakhr Razl's Challenges to the Explanation and Refutation of
His Arguments 211
Endnotes 222
Index 243
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Lessons Sixty-One to Sixty-Two

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