Transliteration Symbols
| Symbol | Transliteration | Transliteration | |
| ء | ’ | a
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ب
|
B | t | |
ث
|
th | j | |
ح
|
h | kh | |
د
|
D | dh | |
| ر | R | z | |
| س | S | sh | |
| ص | s | dh | |
| ط | t | ẓ | |
| ع | ‘ | gh | |
| ف | F | q | |
| ك | K | l | |
| م | M | n | |
| هـ | H | w | |
| ي | Y | ah | |
| Long Vowels | |||
| آ | A | a | |
| اي | I | i | |
| او | U | u | |
| Persian Letters | |||
| Symbol | Transliteration | Transliteration | |
| پ | P | ch | |
| ﮊ | Zh | g | |
- The Qur’an As Reflected In Nahj Al-Balaghah
- Transliteration Symbols
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Status of the Qur’an in Religious Society
- The Qur’an as the only heavenly book at the disposal of mankind
- The Qur’anic mode of speech
- The Apostle (S) and explanation of the Qur’an
- Mentioning two points
- The role of the Qur’an in life
- The Qur’an as the universal source of guidance
- An example of the general ways of the Qur’an
- Manifestation of divine grace in the establishment of the Islamic government
- The solution to social problems lies in following the Qur’an
- Organizing social affairs according to the guidelines of the Qur’an
- The role of an objective in social life
- Self-sufficiency lies in following the Qur’an
- The Qur’an as a panacea for the most serious maladies
- The wisdom behind some calamities
- Outward and real respect for the Holy Qur’an
- The Qur’an as the true light
- Qur’anic lamps and reflections
- Deliverance of the followers of the Qur’an on the Day of Resurrection
- Admonition and reminder
- The secret of success and the role of the Qur’an
- Ibrahim (‘a) as a model of submission and servitude in the Holy Qur’an
- Chapter 2: Understanding and Interpreting the Qur’an
- The main problem
- The advice of ‘Ali (‘a) in dealing with the Qur’an
- Speculative interpretation [tafsir bi ’r-ra’y]
- The instruction of ‘Ali (‘a) to avoid speculative interpretation
- Two perspectives on the Qur’an and religious teachings
- Religious pluralism or denial of religion in the garb of “different interpretations”
- The necessity of acquiring competence in understanding and interpreting the Qur’an
- Different degrees of meaning and understanding of Qur’anic concepts
- Confining the Apostle (S) and infallible Imams’ (‘a) interpretation of the Qur’an to the exposition of laws
- Acquiring the knowledge provided by the Ahl al-Bayt (‘a) as a prerequisite in understanding and interpreting the Qur’an
- Interpreting the Qur’an by means of the Qur’an
- Observing the principles and rules of intellectual discourse in understanding the Qur’an
- The understanding of exegetes commensurates with their competence
- The necessity of paying attention to the linguistic contexts
- The existence of literary beauties in the Holy Qur’an
- Chapter 3: The Qur’an and the Cultural Onslaught
- The contradictory nature of truth and falsehood
- The alleged inaccessibility of the truth of religion
- Inculcation and repetition as a key weapon of the devils
- Citing the allegorical verses [mutashabihat] of the Qur’an as another way of confronting the Qur’an
- The wisdom behind the existence of allegorical verses [mutashabihat] in the Qur’an
- Amalgamation of truth and falsehood as another weapon of the deviators
- “Different interpretations” as a weapon in confronting the Qur’an
- Motives of the opponents of religious culture according to the Qur’an
- The Qur’anic stance vis-à-vis sedition [fitnah] in religion
- The warning of the Qur’an against cultural sedition
- Polytheism [shirk] under a new garb
- The prediction of the Qur’an about the emergence of sedition in religion
- Obscuring the atmosphere with the aim of misleading public opinion
- Distorters of religious teachings according to ‘Ali (‘a)
- Pseudo-Muslim materialists’ treatment of the Qur’an
- Imam ‘Ali’s (‘a) warning to the people
- The motive of pseudo-learned ignoramuses in distorting religious teachings according to ‘Ali (‘a)