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... IMĀMATE ( 174-218 ) ( 1 ) The Imāmate is necessary ( 174-178 ) ཤྩ སྦྱ ༔ ཤྩ 62 62 64 68 ( 4 ) The Imām must be the best of the people of his age ( 189-190 ) 69 ( 5 ) The Imāms after Muḥammad are ' Alī ( 191-209 ) , and his eleven ...
... IMĀMATE ( 174-218 ) ( 1 ) The Imāmate is necessary ( 174-178 ) ཤྩ སྦྱ ༔ ཤྩ 62 62 64 68 ( 4 ) The Imām must be the best of the people of his age ( 189-190 ) 69 ( 5 ) The Imāms after Muḥammad are ' Alī ( 191-209 ) , and his eleven ...
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... imāmate of the Imāms and the return ( ma'ād ) are investigated . 8. AND THE DOCTORS HAVE ALL AGREED IN CONSIDERING INCUMBENT THE KNOWLEDGE ( maʼrifa ) OF ALLĀH THE MOST HIGH AND OF HIS POSITIVE AND PRIVATIVE QUALITIES AND OF WHAT IS ...
... imāmate of the Imāms and the return ( ma'ād ) are investigated . 8. AND THE DOCTORS HAVE ALL AGREED IN CONSIDERING INCUMBENT THE KNOWLEDGE ( maʼrifa ) OF ALLĀH THE MOST HIGH AND OF HIS POSITIVE AND PRIVATIVE QUALITIES AND OF WHAT IS ...
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... Imāmate , " or traditional , such as ( the knowledge of ) the religious ordinances ; ( b ) and supposition is like ( finding ) the direction of the qibla ; ( c ) and deed is like worship . 138. OTHERWISE HE WOULD BE AN INCITER ( mughrī ) ...
... Imāmate , " or traditional , such as ( the knowledge of ) the religious ordinances ; ( b ) and supposition is like ( finding ) the direction of the qibla ; ( c ) and deed is like worship . 138. OTHERWISE HE WOULD BE AN INCITER ( mughrī ) ...
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... and insanity and dumbness and imperfection of mind , for in all this there is imperfection which would cause him to lose his place in men's hearts . SECTION VI 174. Concerning the Imāmate . AND IT CONTAINS PROPHECY 61.
... and insanity and dumbness and imperfection of mind , for in all this there is imperfection which would cause him to lose his place in men's hearts . SECTION VI 174. Concerning the Imāmate . AND IT CONTAINS PROPHECY 61.
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... Imāmate , which follows Prophecy , and is a branch of it . Now " THE IMĀMATE IS A UNIVERSAL AUTHORITY IN THE THINGS OF RELIGION AND OF THE WORLD BELONGING TO A PERSON " " And its being universal is the division ( fasl ) which ...
... Imāmate , which follows Prophecy , and is a branch of it . Now " THE IMĀMATE IS A UNIVERSAL AUTHORITY IN THE THINGS OF RELIGION AND OF THE WORLD BELONGING TO A PERSON " " And its being universal is the division ( fasl ) which ...
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Page 5 - Verily in the creation of the Heavens and of the earth, and in the succession of the night and of the day, are signs for men of understanding...
Page 7 - Prophet," he instinctively cried out : " Verily, I believe that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His Prophet.
Page 20 - We created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six days."2...
Page 86 - They will not cease to war against you until they turn you from your religion, if they be able : but whoever of you shall turn from his religion and die an infidel, their works shall be fruitless in this world, and in the next: they shall be consigned to the fire; therein to abide for aye.
Page 83 - The resurrection of the body is clearly proved by the Quran. Thus, " They say, ' Who will bring us back ?' Say: 'He who created you at first.'" (Sura xvii. 53). " ' Who shall give life to bones when they are rotten ? ' Say : ' He shall give life to them who gave them being at first, for in all creation is He skilled.
Page 67 - Muhammad is no more than an Apostle ; other apostles have already passed away before him ; if he die, therefore, or be slain, will ye turn upon your heels?
Page 79 - Its dictates are to be obeyed without question : "0 ye who believe ! Obey Allah, and obey the messenger and those of you who are in authority ; and if ye have a dispute concerning any matter, refer it to Allah and the Messenger.
Page 60 - TO HAVE PRECEDENCE OVER A SUPERIOR (al-fadil). ALLAH THE MOST HIGH SAYS, "is HE THEN WHO GUIDETH INTO THE TRUTH THE MORE WORTHY TO BE FOLLOWED, OR HE WHO GUIDETH NOT UNLESS HE BE HIMSELF GUIDED ? WHAT THEN HATH BEFALLEN YOU THAT YE SO JUDGE ?" (10: 36). 171. It is necessary (wajib) that the Prophet possess all the qualities of perfection and superiority, and it is necessary that he be in that respect superior to and more perfect than every individual of the people of his age. For it is evil, both...
Page 93 - His qualities do not resemble that quality of created things, just as His essence does not resemble the essences of created things. "And we witness that He speaks, commanding, forbidding, praising, threatening, with a speech from all eternity, prior, subsisting in His essence not resembling the speech of created things. It is not a sound which originates through the slipping out of air, or striking of bodies; nor is it a letter which is separated off by closing down a lip or moving a tongue. And...
Page 37 - They who look not forward to meet us say, ' If the angels be not sent down to us, or unless we behold our Lord . . .' Ah ! they are proud of heart, and exceed with great excess !