
This book elaborates on concepts such as recognition of Allah (SwT), His names, and operative and descriptive attributes. On each of these topics, it rebuttals views held by other schools of thought within Islam, both historic and contemporary, and provides evidence from the Holy Quran, the Sunnah and traditions from the Holy Household to support its position.
- Afflictions, Calamities, Ills and God as Being Wise
- Philosophical Analysis of the Issue of Evil
- Another Philosophical Analysis of Evils
- Educative Analysis of the Evils Issue
- Artificial Calamities of Tyrannical Systems
- Allah is Just and Does Not Oppress
- Avoiding Confusion
- Justice in the Holy Quran
- Justice in Islamic Legislation
- Justice in Narratives of Ahl al-Bayt Imams (as)
- Who Correctly Justifies a Servant’s Penalty?
- Mandating Beyond One’s Tolerance
- Pre-Actions Ability
- Al-Ilahiyyat Volume 1
- Author's Foreword
- Author's Foreword For The New Edition
- Chapter 1: General Principle Precepts
- Chapter 2: Ways To Knowing Allah
- Ways To Know Allah
- First Proof: Order Proof
- Second Proof: Possibility Proof
- Third Proof: Matter Creation Proof
- Chapter 3: Names And Attributes
- Chapter 4: Self-Positive Attributes
- Knowledge
- What is Knowledge?
- Inclusive Definition
- His Knowledge, Glory to Him, of Himself
- His knowledge, Glory to Him, of Himself
- His knowledge, the Glorified One, of Things before Creating Them
- His Knowledge, Glory to Him, of Things After Creating Them
- Levels of His Knowledge, Glory to Him
- His Knowledge, Glory to Him, is Presential, not Incidental
- His Knowledge, Glory to Him, of Details
- Deniers’ Misconceptions
- The Holy Quran and the Expanse of His Knowledge, the Most Exalted One
- Statements by Imam Ali (as) About the Knowledge of the Most Exalted One of Details
- Potence
- Defining Potence
- Indications of His Might
- Dominance of the Almighty’s Might Over Everything
- Evidences of Advocates of the Generality of Divine Might
- Expanse of His Might, Glory to Him, in Another Sense
- Religious Texts and the Expanse of His Might, Glory to Him
- Questions and Answers
- Misconceptions of Those Who Deny Might’s Generality
- Life
- Hearing and Seeing
- Realization
- Freewill
- What is the Reality of Freewill?
- Explaining Particularity of Divine Freewill
- Freewill in the Sunnah
- Perpetuity and Eternity
- Knowledge
- Chapter 5: Operative Positive Attributes
- Speech
- Truthfulness
- Wisdom
- Wisdom (Al-Hakeem): Above Doing What Should Not Be
- What is Rationally Good or Ugly
- About Applying Labels of Goodness and Ugliness
- Are Rational Good and Ugly Things Common?
- What Criterion for Judging Actions as Being Good or Ugly?
- Evidences of Advocates of Rational Judgments of What is Good and What is Ugly
- Asharis’ Evidences for Denying Rational Goodness and Ugliness
- Goodness and Ugliness According to the Holy Quran
- Outcomes of What Reason Deems to be Good or Ugly
- Knowledge as a Must
- Necessity of His Actions, Praise Belongs to Him, Being Above Sporting
- Servants Must Bear Obligations
- Necessity of Sending Prophets
- Necessity of Looking into Evidence of One Claiming to be a Prophet
- Knowledge of the Truth of the Claim of Prophetic Mission
- Conclusiveness, Perpetuation of Islam’s Rulings
- Ethics Remain Unaltered
- Wisdom During Hard Times of Trials and Tribulations
- Allah is Just, Does Not Wrong Anyone
- Fruits of Determining What is Rationally Good or Ugly
- Chapter 6: Descriptive Attributes