FIFTY LECTURES ON THE PRINCIPLES OF FAITH FOR YOUTH

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PREFACE 15
PRELUDE 19
TEN LECTURES ON THEOLOGY 21
FIRST LECTURE SEARCHING FOR GOD 23
Why Do We Think And Study In Order To Know The Creator Of The Universe? 0
1. The love to be informed about and know the world is deep inside every one of us 0
2. A Sense of Gratitude 24
3. The connection of our benefit and loss to this question 0
SECOND LECTURE THE CONSEQUENCES OF KNOWING GOD IN OUR LIVES 27
1. Theism and the Advancement of Knowledge 0
2. Theism, Endeavors and Hopes 28
3. Theism and the Sense of Responsibility 29
4. Theism and Peace of Mind 30
THIRD LECTURE THEISM FROM TWO SECURE PATHS 33
The Approach from Within 0
FOURTH LECTURE THE ANSWER TO AN IMPORTANT QUESTION 37
The Question 0
The Answer 0
FIFTH LECTURE A TRUE STORY 43
SIXTH LECTURE THE SECOND WAY TO KNOW GOD 47
A Way from Without 0
The Relation of Order and Wisdom 48
SEVENTH LECTURE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE ORDER OF CREATION 51
EIGHTH LECTURE A WORLD OF WONDER IN A SMALL FLYING ANIMAL 57
NINTH LECTURE THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN INSECTS AND FLOWERS 61
TENTH LECTURE IN THE WORLD OF MICROCOSMS 67
From atoms we learn Lessons on Monotheism 68
The Wonderful Order 0
The Equilibrium in Forces 69
Each One on its Specific Orbit 0
Atomic Energy 0
FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE TENTH LECTURE HOW SPLENDID ARE THE ATTRIBUTES OF ALLAH 73
His Attributes 0
Divine Beauty and Divine Majesty 74
God’s most Well-Known Attributes 75
TEN LECTURES ON GOD’S JUSTICE 79
FIRST LECTURE WHAT IS JUSTICE? 81
What is Justice? 83
The Differences between Justice and Equality 85
SECOND LECTURE THE REASONS FOR GOD’S JUSTICE 89
Rational Goodness and Unseemliness 0
Ignorance 90
Need 0
Selfishness and Revenge 0
The Qur’an and God’s Justice 91
Invitation to Justice 92
THIRD LECTURE THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND DISASTERS AND EVILS 95
Unpleasant Events and Warnings 98
FOURTH LECTURE PHILOSOPHY OF UNPLEASANT EVENTS IN OUR LIVES 101
Man Matures when he Faces Difficulties 0
Hardships Prepare Man to Return to God 103
FIFTH LECTURE MORE DISCUSSION ON THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND DISASTERS AND EVILS 107
Hardships and Life’s Ups and Downs Enliven Us 0
Self-made Hardships 108
SIXTH LECTURE DETERMINISM AND FREE WILL 113
The Origin of the Belief in Determinism 0
Political Factors 116
Psychological Factors 0
Social Factors 117
SEVENTH LECTURE THE CLEAREST PROOF FOR FREED WILL 119
Man’s Conscience Categorically Rejects Determinism 0
The Religious Opposition to Determinism 121
EIGHTH LECTURE WHAT IS THE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL? 125
Delegation vis-à-vis Determinism 0
The Intermediate School 126
Another Example 127
Determinism and Free Will in the Holy Qur’an 128
NINTH LECTURE GUIDANCE AND MISGUIDANCE ARE IN GOD’S HANDS 131
Kinds of Guidance and Misguidance 0
A crucial and important question 132
TENTH LECTURE GOD’S JUSTICE AND ETERNAL CHASTISEMENT 137
TEN LECTURES ON PROPHETHOOD 143
FIRST LECTURE OUR NEED FOR DIVINE LEADERS 145
The Limitations of our knowledge 0
We Need Prophets for Educational Reasons 148
The Need for Leadership in Social and Ethical Fields 149
SECOND LECTURE PROPHETS ARE NEEDED TO PROVIDE US WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS 153
Rules could solve three types of hardships 154
Who is the Best Legislator? 0
Who Possesses These Features? 156
The Relation between Monotheism and Prophethood 157
THIRD LECTURE WHY ARE PROPHETS SINLESS? 161
Immunity against Sins and Wrongdoing 0
How Could Infallibility be considered a Point of Honor? 164
FOURTH LECTURE THE BEST WAY TO RECOGNIZE THE PROPHET 167
Some Vivid Examples 168
Miracles should not be mingled with Superstitions 169
Differences between Miracles and Other Extraordinary Acts 170
FIFTH LECTURE THE GREATEST MIRACLE OF THE PROPHET OF ISLAM 173
The Eternal Miracle 0
The Story of Walid Ibn Mughirah 176
SIXTH LECTURE A BRIEF LOOK AT THE MIRACLES OF THE QUR’AN 181
Why the Discontinuous letters? 0
Lack of contradiction and unrelated issues 182
Eloquence and Clarity 0
SEVENTH LECTURE THE WORLD VIEW OF THE HOLY QUR’AN 187
EIGHTH LECTURE THE HOLY QUR’AN WITH RESPECT TO THE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES OF OUR TIME 195
The Holy Qur’an on Gravity 196
The Discovery of the Rotation of the Earth around Itself and its Orbit around the Sun 198
NINTH LECTURE ANOTHER PROOF FOR THE LEGITIMACY OF THE PROPHET OF ISLAM 201
TENTH LECTURE THE PROPHET OF ISLAM; THE SEAL OF THE PROPHETS 209
The Real Meaning of the Seal of the Prophets 0
The Reasons why the Prophet is the Last Prophet 210
TEN LECTURES ON IMAMATE 217
FIRST LECTURE WHEN WAS THE ISSUE OF IMAMATE FIRST DISCUSSED? 219
What Does Imamate Mean? 223
SECOND LECTURE THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE EXISTENCE OF IMAMS 227
Spiritual perfection with Divine Leaders 0
Protecting Heavenly Laws 228
The Social and Political Leadership of the Nation 229
The Need to Make the Proof Irrefutable 230
The Imam is a Great Medium for Divine Grace 0
THIRD LECTURE THE IMAMS' SPECIFIC TRAITS 233
Infallibility or Sinlessness 234
Having Great Knowledge 235
Bravery 0
Piety and Austerity 0
Ethical Attractiveness 236
FOURTH LECTURE WHO HAS RESPONSIBILITY TO APPOINT THE IMAM? 239
Did not the Prophet Appoint a Successor? 241
Consensus and Consultation 243
Ali had the Greatest Merit for the Imamate 244
FIFTH LECTURE THE HOLY QUR’AN AND IMAMATE 247
The Qur’an considers Imamate as Appointment by God 0
The Verse on Delivery 249
The Verse on Obedience to Those in Authority 251
The verse on Wilayat 252
SIXTH LECTURE IMAMATE IN THE PROPHET’S TRADITION 257
The Narration of Ghadir 258
SEVENTH LECTURE THE NARRATION OF MANZALAH AND THE NARRATION OF YAWM AL-DAR 265
The content of the Narration on Status 268
The Narration of Yawm al Dar 0
EIGHTH LECTURE THE THAQALAYN AND NOAH’S ARK NARRATIONS 273
The Recording of the Thaqalayn Narration 0
The content of the Narration of Thaqalayn 276
The Narration of Noah’s Ark 277
NINTH LECTURE THE TWELVE IMAMS 281
The Narrations Concerning the Twelve Imams 0
The Content of These Narrations 283
Distinguishing the Imams by Their Names 286
One Who Dies Without Having Known His Imam… 287
TENTH LECTURE IMAM MAHDI, THE TWELFTH IMAM AND THE WORLD’S GREAT REFORMER 291
The End of a Dark Night 0
Innate disposition and Reappearance of the Great Reformer 292
Rational Proof 295
The Holy Qur’an and the Appearance of the Mahdi 297
The Mahdi in the Traditions 298
The Narrations on the Mahdi Relayed by Shi`ah Scholars 300
TEN LECTURES ON ESCHATOLOGY 305
FIRST LECTURE ONE CRUCIAL QUESTION: IS DEATH CONSIDERED AS ONE’S END OR BEGINNING? 307
Why do Most People Fear Death? 0
The Real Reason Behind This Fear 308
The Dreadful Record 309
Two Different Points of View 310
SECOND LECTURE RESURRECTION PROVIDES LIFE WITH MEANING 313
Belief in the Resurrection; an Important Factor of Education 315
THIRD LECTURE AN EXAMPLE OF THE DAY OF RESURRECTION WITHIN OUR SOULS 319
FOURTH LECTURE RESURRECTION WITH RESPECT TO INNATE NATURE 325
Love for Survival 0
Resurrection in History 326
FIFTH LECTURE RESURRECTION IN THE SCALE OF JUSTICE 331
Free will and Freedom in Decision-Making 332
SIXTH LECTURE THE RESURRECTION IN THIS WORLD 337
SEVENTH LECTURE RESURRECTION AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF CREATION 343
EIGHTH LECTURE THE CONTINUITY OF THE SOUL AS A SIGN FOR THE EXISTENCE OF THE RESURRECTION 349
We Cannot Place a Gigantic World Inside a Tiny One 350
The Ability of the Soul to Reflect the Outside World 351
Empirical Reasons for the Fundamentality and Independence of the Soul 352
NINTH LECTURE BODILY AND SPIRITUAL RESURRECTION 357
Bodily Resurrection in the Holy Qur’an 358
Rational Examples for the Resurrection of the Body 360
Questions Related to the Resurrection of the Body 361
TENTH LECTURE PARADISE, HELL, AND THE CORPOREALIZATION OF DEEDS 365
The Corporealization of our Deeds 368

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