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- Foreword
- Introduction
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- …and We gave him wisdom [hikmah] and resolving speech [fasl al-khitab]
- The works of every person are manifestations of his wealth
- From the blessed tongue of the master himself
- Completion date of “Tafsīr al-Mīzān” and recommendation to theology students [tullāb]
- A great master of ‘Allāmah Tabātabā’ī: Sayyid Husayn Bādkūbeh’ī
- Master Tabātabā’ī’s education in mathematics
- A Turk from Tabrīz, living in Qum, istikhārah with the Qur’an
- ‘Allāmah’s great master: Hāj Mīrzā Sayyid ‘Alī Qādī Tabātabā’ī
- Mīrzā-ye Shīrāzī and Mīrzā Husayn Qādī—hallowed be their graves
- Telling of a dream and the resulting statement of the late Āyatullāh Āmolī regarding ‘Allāmah Tabātabā’ī
- Master ‘Allāmah Tabātabā’ī’s “Risālah Muhākimāt”
- ‘Alī wa al-Falsafah al-Ilāhiyyah, a work by ‘Allāmah Tabātabā’ī
- The chain of exponents of the practical mysticism of ‘Allāmah Tabātabā’ī
- The meeting of Hāj Sayyid ‘Alī Shūshtarī with Mullā Qulī Jawlā
- Humans before this world, in this world, and after this world
- The aim of divine ambassadors is educating and edifying humanity
- The most noteworthy oeuvre of ‘Allāmah Tabātabā’ī, both prose and poetry
- Discourse One: The Spirituality of the Shi‘ism
- The method of apprehending truth
- Method of the guidance of the superior [tarīq-e irshād-e mawlawī]
- The rational method
- The advantages of this approach in the lofty teachings of Islam are as follows:
- Prophets: the epitome of divine manifestation
- Emergence of incarnation [hulūl] in the Church
- Responsibility for this unfortunate situation
- Islam’s recommendation to its followers
- Despair of Muslims before the West
- Inception of the deviation from the path of the Prophet (S)
- Expedience in the place of truth
- Consummation of caliph immunity and autonomy, and ramifications thereof
- Repercussions of the autonomy of the judgment and rulings of the caliphs
- Alteration of teachings and precepts
- Proscription of logical argumentation and debate
- Spiritual and eschatological development
- Activities of the Shī‘ahs for establishment of righteousness
- Discourse Two: Trusteeship and Leadership
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- Individual autonomy
- Domain of trusteeship and leadership
- Creation leads its elements toward perfection
- Necessity of wilāyat and leadership
- Variable and immutable precepts
- Is the Islamic society similar to the democratic society?
- The role of government in the development or decline of nations
- Is Islam silent regarding government?
- Leadership in the Age of the Imām’s Absence [‘asr-e ghaybat-e imām]
- Discourse Three: The Motive behind Creation
- Discourse Four: The Role of the Supernatural in Society
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- The relationship between life and the supernatural [māwarā’ al-tabī‘ah]
- Law requires executive support
- The role of the Resurrection [ma‘ād]95 in our lives
- The effect on thought and morality
- Analysis of belief [i‘tiqād], disposition [akhlāq], and action [‘mal]
- Appearance of disposition and its relation to faith and action
- Disposition requires practical support
- Discourse Five: Is Islam Still Practicable Today?
- Discourse Six: The Social Status of Women
- Discourse Seven: Why Did the Prophet Marry So Much?
- Discourse Eight: Short Term Marriage
- Discourse Nine: The General Framework of Ownership
- Discourse Ten: Alcoholic Beverages, Cause of Humanity’s Decline
- Discourse Eleven: Why Must the Hand of a Thief be Severed?!
- Discourse Twelve: Muhammad (S) in the Mirror of Islam
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- Islam and other religions
- Authenticity of the individual [isālat-e fard] and worldview
- The worldview of Islam
- Is Islamic mysticism derived from its Hindu counterpart?
- The difference between Islamic mysticism and other varieties
- The corrupt results of Hindu mysticism
- Back to the Islamic method
- An outline of the spiritual journey
- Superiority of the tawhīd of Islam
- Divine guidance
- Discourse Thirteen: About the Knowledge of Imams
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- First type of their knowledge
- Practical effects of Imamate knowledge and its relationship with obligation
- Second type of Imamate knowledge: normal knowledge
- The movement of Sayyid al-Shuhadā’ (‘a) and its objective
- The death of Mu‘āwiyah and caliphate of Yazīd
- Refusal of a life in disgrace, consent to the Red Death (the death of a martyr)
- The Imām indicates his duty
- Variance of the Imām’s method throughout the rebellion
- Discourse Fourteen: The Purpose of Covenants
- Discourse Fifteen: Ijtihad and Taqlid according to the Shi‘ah
- Discourse Sixteen: A Short Study of Christ and the Gospel
- Discourse Seventeen: Adherence to Superstitions
- Discourse Eighteen: Are Dreams True?
- Discourse Nineteen: Miracles
- Discourse Twenty: The Account of Shaqq al-Qamar and the Evening Star
- Discourse Twenty-One: Clarity, Ambiguity, and Interpretation in the Qur’an
- Epilogue: A Message to the Conference held in Honor of Tustari
Spirituality of the Shi‘ism and Other Discourses
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Author(s): Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn at-Tabatabai
Translator(s): Abu Dharr Ahmadi
Publisher(s): ABWA Publishing and Printing Center
Category: General Spirituality Miscellaneous information: Spirituality of the Shi‘ism and Other Discourses
Author: ‘Allāmah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabātabā’ī
Translator: Abū Dharr Ahmadī
Prepared by: Translation Unit, Cultural Affairs Department; The Ahl al-Bayt (‘a) World Assembly
Editor: Ashraf Carol Eastman
Proofreader: Majid Karimi
Publisher: ABWA Publishing and Printing Center
Featured Category: Spirituality
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This text presents a series of twenty-one discourses related to the spirituality of Shi'ism and various key interesting topics in Islam.
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Foreword
In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful
The invaluable legacy of the Household [Ahl al-Bayt] of the Prophet (may peace be upon them all), as preserved by their followers, is a comprehensive school of thought that embraces all branches of Islamic knowledge. This school has produced many brilliant scholars who have drawn inspiration from this rich and pure resource.
It has given many scholars to the Muslim ummah who, following in the footsteps of Imāms of the Prophet’s Household (‘a), have done their best to clear up the doubts raised by various creeds and currents within and without Muslim society and to answer their questions. Throughout the past centuries, they have given well-reasoned answers and clarifications concerning these questions and doubts.
To meet the responsibilities assigned to it, the Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly (ABWA) has embarked on a defense of the sanctity of the Islamic message and its verities, often obscured by the partisans of various sects and creeds as well as
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