IMAMATE AND INFALIBILITY OF IMAMS IN THE QURAN

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First Pages a1
Publisher’s Introduction 1
Preface 15
CHAPTER ONE 23
Imamate in the Qur’anic Verse of Ibtila’ 25
Part One 26
The Prominent Status of Imamate 0
The Relationship between Trying and the Position of Imamate 0
Ibrahim’s Tests and Trials 28
Does Imamate to which this Qur’anic verse refers mean the same as Prophet Ibrahim’s prophet hood? 0
What does Imamate mean? 29
Part Two 30
Imamate does not include the unjust 0
Part Three 33
The Status of Imamate in the Words of Imams 0
CHAPTER TWO 41
Imamate in the Qur’anic Verse of Mubahalah 0
The Christians of Najran and Their False Claim 43
One: Those Accompanying the Prophet (S.A.W.) as in the Verse of Mubahalah 44
Can “our souls” be referred to the Prophet (S.A.W.)? 45
Two: The Aim of the Presence of the Prophet’s Family in Mubahalah 46
The Highest Status of Prophet’s Family in the Verse of Mubahalah 48
Three: Whom Did the Prophet Bring along to Mubahalah? 50
Traditions (Hadiths) on the Participation of the Members of the Prophet’s Family in Mubahalah 0
Four: Ali, peace be on him, is the Prophet’s soul 66
akhr al–Razi’s Comments on the Verse of Mubahalah 67
The Narrations that Consider Ali (p.b.u.h.) as the Prophet’s Soul 69
Five: Questions and Answers about the Verse 72
A) Comments on al–Alusi’s View 0
B) Stating the Shi’ites’ Argument 73
Al–Alusi Answers the Shi’ites 0
Responding to al–Alusi’s Claim 74
Al–Alusi’s Second Answer to the Shi’ites’ Argument 75
Refuting al–Alusi’s Claim 76
Al–Alusi’s Third Claim 77
Responding to al–Alusi’s aforementioned Claim 0
A Word with Fakhr al–Razi 78
Responding to Fakhr al–Razi 0
A Word with ibn Taymiyyah 80
Refuting ibn Taymiyyah’s Claim 81
CHAPTER THREE 85
Imamate as Envisaged in the Verse of Aulu al–Amr 0
The Impeccability of the Prophet (S.A.W.) in All Commands and Prohibitions 87
Obedience to Those in Authority Aulu al–Amr 88
What the Term Aulu al–Amr Means 0
To Whom Aulu al–Amr Is Ascribed 89
Religious Scholars are not Meant by “Aulu al–Amr” 99
Aulu al–Amr, and the Traditions of “Manzilah”, “Ita’ah” and “Thaqalayn” 107
Hadiths on “Aulu al–Amr” in Shi’ite and Sunnite Sources 112
CHAPTER FOUR 119
Imamate As Envisaged in the Verse of Wilayah 0
The Use of “انما” (only) for Restriction 122
An Investigation into the Meaning of “Wali” 123
A Few Basic Points to Notice 125
The Meaning of Ruku’ 127
The Occasion of the Revelation of the Verse of Wilayah 128
Questions and Answers on the Verse of Wilayah 130
Question One: Doesn’t the word “Wali”, in the verse, mean “friend”? 0
Question Two: That the verse has been revealed on the occasion of Ali’s paying the poor–rate while he was bowing down should be proved 133
Question Three: Does the word انما only indicate restriction? 137
Question Four: Is referring to Ali (p.b.u.h.) as “those who believe” – in the verse of wilayah – used figuratively? 138
Question Five: Did Ali (p.b.u.h.) possess a ring to give in the cause of God? 139
Question Six: Is giving of the ring congruent with complete absorption in prayers? 0
Question Seven: Does giving something during the prayer, invalidate it? 0
Question Eight: Can recommended Sadaka be called Zakat? 140
Question Nine: Is giving poor–due while bowing in prayer a highly praised act? 142
Question Ten: Does the content of this verse contradict that of the verse before it? 0
Question Eleven: Doesn’t the restriction in the verse invalidate the Imamate of the Infallible Imams? 144
Question Twelve: Did Ali (p.b.u.h.) have the office of guardianship in the lifetime of the Prophet (S.A.W.)? 145
Question Thirteen: Considering the verse of Wilayah, can we consider Ali (p.b.u.h.) as the fourth caliph? 146
Question Fourteen: Did Ali (p.b.u.h.) invoke the verse of Wilayah to support his claim? 0
CHAPTER FIVE 149
Imamate in the Qur’anic Verse of Sadiqin 0
A Discussion on the Vocabulary of the Verse 152
Literal Usage 0
Examples of Qur’anic Usage of the Word Sidq 153
The Relationship of This Verse with the Preceding One 155
The Relationship of the Holy Verse with the Imamate of the Infallible Imams 0
Scholars and Interpreters’ Remarks 156
A) Allamah Behbahani 0
B) Fakhr al–Razi’s Remarks 158
Responding to Fakhr al–Razi 159
Traditions of the Shi’ites and the Sunnis on this Verse 161
Responding to These Traditions 163
CHAPTER SIX 165
Imamate in the Qur’anic Verse of Tatheer 0
The Word انما Indicating Restriction 168
“Iradeh” in the Verse of Tatheer has Ontological, not Legislative Connotation 0
Evidence for the Idea that “desire” in the Verse of Tatheer has Ontological Connotations 169
Ahl al–Bayt in the Verse of Tatheer 172
The Purport of the Qur’anic Verse 173
The Context of the Verse of Tatheer 174
Narrations Concerning the Verse of Tatheer 179
Classification of the Narrations on the Verse of Tatheer 183
1– The Traditions which say that “the Ahl al–Bayt” means the Five pure People 0
2– Expressions in Hadith al–Kisa Used in the Interpretation of the Verse of Tatheer 185
3– Recitation of the Verse of Tatheer at the Door of Ali and Fatimah’s House 195
4– The Qur’anic Verse was Revealed in Favour of the Five Pure People 197
Two More Notes about the Verse of Tatheer and Hadiths Related to it 198
Questions and Answers about the Qur’anic Verse of Tatheer 201
CHAPTER SEVEN 217
Imamate in the Verse of Ilm al–Kitab 0
The Testimony of the Most Exalted God 220
Who Is Meant by “the One Who Has Knowledge about the Book?” 0
The Guarded Tablet, and the Facts of the Universe 222
“The Purified Ones” and Their Knowledge of “the Guarded Tablet” 223
Who Are the Purified Ones? 225
The Verse of Tatheer and the Prophet’s Family 0
Asaf ibn Barakhya and His Knowledge of Some of the Book 226
Bibliography 231

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