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A Few Words About This Book by Ayatullah
Al-Uzma Makarim Shirazi
Biography of Ayatullah Al-Uzma Makarim
Shirazi
Introduction
Question 1
1. What
is the purpose of mankind’s creation?
Question 2
2. Why
did Allah (s.w.t.) not create mankind perfect from the onset?
Question 3
3. What
is the purpose of the perfection of man?
Question 4
4. Why does Allah (s.w.t.)
test people?
Question 5
5. Is the
‘prosperity’ or ‘wretchedness’ of mankind, inherent?
Question 6
6. What
is the difference between Islam and «man?
Question 7
7. What
is meant by ‘Shaytan’ in the Noble Qur`an?
Question 8
8. What is the
reality of the Jinn?
Question 9
9. What is the
reality of Angels?
Question 10
10.
What is ‘Raj'at (the Return)? Is its occurrence possible?
Question 11
11. What is the
philosophy of Raj'at?
Question 12
12. What
is the reality of Tawakkul and what is its philosophy?
Question 13
13. What
is the philosophy behind Du'a and Invocations?
Question 14
14. Why is it that our Supplications
Occasionally Remain Unanswered?
Question 15
15. What is Islam’s perspective with regards
to Jabr (compulsion) and Ikhtiyar (free-choice)?
Question 16
16. Is
the theory of evolution inconsistent with theism?
Question 17
17. Is
the theory of evolution of species inconsistent with the viewpoint of the Noble
Qur`an with regards to the creation of Prophet Adam (a.s.)?
Question 18
18. What is the Reality
of Dreams?
Question 19
19. What
is meant by ‘The Courses’ (Sunnat) of Allah’?
Question 20
20. Does
‘Injury by an Evil Eye’ Possess any Reality?
Question 21
21. Does
‘Good Omen’ and ‘Evil Omen’ Possess any Reality?
Question 22
22. Is Qisas
(the Law of Retaliation) against the Norms of Intellect and Human Sentiments?
Question 23
23. Is the Punishment of Amputation of the Hands,
Rough and Violent?
Question 24
24. Were all the Companions of the Noble Prophet
(S.) Upright and Righteous?
Question 25
25. Why is it that some of the Oppressors
and Sinners are Drowned in Comfort and Bounties and do not Witness any Punishment?
Question 26
26. Why is it that Nations, Devoid of Faith
and Belief, Possess a Life of Ease and Comfort?
Question 27
27. If Every Person’s Sustenance has been Decreed,
then why are Some (found to be) Hungry?
Question 28
28. What
are the reasons for the backwardness of the Muslims?
Question 29
29. What is the
incident of Fadak?
Question 30
30. Was Abu Talib a Muslim?
Question 31
31. What
is the Criterion with regards to the Greater Sins?
Question 32
32. Why is it Necessary to Utter Allah’s Name
at the Time of Slaughtering (Animals)?
Question 33
33. How does Islam
view Monasticism?
Question 34
34. What
do ‘Spiritual Vision’ and ‘Mystical Intuition’ Mean?
Question 35
35. How can ‘Allotment of Sustenance on the
Part of Allah’ and ‘Working for One’s Livelihood’ be Consistent with one Another?
Question 36
36. Is Naskh
(Abrogation) Permitted in the Religious Laws?
Question 37
37. Is it
Correct to Label Days as Auspicious and Inauspicious?
Question 38
38. Is
the Incident of the ‘People of the Cave’ Corroborated by Present-Day Science?
Question 39
39. What is Intended
by the Seven Heavens?
Question 40
40. Is the Annihilation of the Solar System
during the Countdown towards the Day of Judgment Consistent with our
Present-Day Knowledge?
Question 41
41. What
is Magic and how does Islam view it?
Question 42
42. What is
the aim of Taqiyyah (Dissimulation)?
Question 43
43. What
is the Myth of Gharaniq or ‘The Satanic Verses’?
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