
The purpose of this book is to demonstrate, through Qur’anic analysis, that the sublime attribute of Allah (SwT) is the act of creation. Using various verses, it is illustrated that the best of Allah’s creation are His prophets, whom He endowed with His eternal light. This light is transmitted through the messengers, from Adam to Muhammad, and eventually to the guardians of the final message, the Ahlul Bayt. The author aims to show that through this transference, the initial cause behind creation manifests as the most perfect effect, thus completing the cycle of life.
- Essence of the Holy Qur’an: The Eternal Light
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Genuineness of the Holy Qur’an in its Text and Arrangement
- 1. Definition of the Qur’an
- 2. No religious document is as genuine as the Holy Qur’an
- 3. The importance of the Qur’an declared by its divine author and upheld by believers
- 4. The Qur’an was arranged and written in complete book form during the life of the Holy Prophet
- 5. The issue should not be confused with the question of varieties of recitation which do not mean addition or alteration
- 6. Criterion
- 7. There is no dispute or doubt in which the Qur’an in our hands is the same version which received the official assent of the third caliph ‘Uthman
- 8. The Qur’an claims several stages of its existence
- 9. Unique Method – Tasrifi
- A. Origins of doubt – the background
- B. Evidence
- C. Traditions
- Appendices to Chapter 1
- Chapter 2: The Existence of God
- Angles of Approach
- Universal predicative term “Existence”
- Qur’anic Approach
- Law of Causation
- Uncaused Cause, Infinite Absolute One
- Atheist
- Absolute One, Self-consciousness and Unlimited Attributes
- The Relation of Conscious Creative Will and Might to the Created Man Ibda‘
- Self-love, Self-expression
- Meditate His Bounties
- Chapter 3: Revelation
- Unique in Oneness
- The Arc of Descent and Ascent
- Absolute and Relative Reality
- Finite in Relation to Finites and in Relation to its Various Aspects
- Revelation Qur’anic terms, Atom, Soul, Ego, Appetite, Self-consciousness
- Descent and Ascent
- Sense: Basis of Imagination and Memory on which Intellectual Faculty is Based – A Gift
- Revolving Process of Creation and Reasoning – Belief in Bada‘a a-Naskh
- Nature of Divine Knowledge and Planning
- Prayer and Supplications (Du‘a)
- Human Responsibility, Earning Kash, Divine Measuring
- The Journey of Movement – Eternity to Eternity
- Hold of the Absolute One: Immaterial Entities Control Material Realm
- Balance in the Mechanism of the Material Realm
- Grouping of Departed Souls
- Continuity in Creation: Rational Approach to the Qur’an and Apostolic Statements
- Creative Intellect: Arc of Descent and Arc of Ascent and Innumerable Spheres
- Super-conscious Source Revelation – Angelic-Satanic Mixed
- The Infallibility of the Last Prophet (the Prophet of Islam) and Other Prophets (Part One)
- Story of Prophet Jonah, Israelites’ Misinterpretation (Part Three)
- Vicegerency of Adam
- Satanic Activity and Divine Warning
- The Tree of Total Submission – Paradise Lost
- Adam Settled on Earth
- Christian and Jewish Conception of Infallibility
- The Continuity of Infallibility (Part Four)
- Christian Prediction of the Holy Prophet of Islam
- Islam
- Purity of Lineage of Prophet Muhammad and the Declaration of Abu Talib
- Rahamatin lil-‘alimin (Mercy to all the worlds)
- The Conception of the Fallibility of the Prophet is an Evil Innovation
- Views about the Holy Prophet
- Summary
- Appendix to Chapter 3: The Idea of Cause and Effect
- Chapter 4: Occultation Divine
- Secrecy of the birth of the 12th Imam al-Mahdi, al-Qaim
- Minor Occultation and Deputies
- Major Occultation
- Appearance of al-Qaim
- Ponder of the Qur’an
- Pseudo-religious movements
- Apostates
- The Great Divine Kingdom -Mulkan Azima (5:54)
- Divine Consent
- Criticism against the Qur’an and Apostolic Statements
- The Development of Shi‘ah Thought After Minor Occultation
- Chapter 5: Evidence relating to the birth of the 12th Imam, Sunni scholars and apostates