Islamic Books

Q.1 What does the word "Savior" mean, and what are its implications?    The word's meaning is clear, and its root is explained in the "Dictionary of Etymology" as follows:    Probably...

Q.28 Why have natural laws been suspended for the sake of this particular person? Is it not possible that the role of filling the world with justice and equity could be left to a leader...

Q.30 Even if the existence of Al-Mahdi (as) is theoretically possible, how can we believe in his actual existence in the absence of any scientific or religious proofs? If there are only...

The Narrations:    The narrations are based on Qur'an and ahadeeth, therefore we will first discuss the Qur'an, and secondly the ahadeeth. ( 85 ) First:    There...

Q. 31 Assuming the theoretical possibility of Al-Mahdi's (as) miraculous existence, this still does not establish that he does, in fact, exist. A few sayings of the Prophet (saws) are...

Lesson Four Resurrection, a Manifestation of Divine Justice    The question of divine justice — a question which has numerous dimensions — must be raised at this point.    We observe that in this...

Lesson Five Man's Essential Nature as Evidence for Resurrection    If we look at religion from the viewpoint of the history of human society, we will see that at every stage of human thought, in the...

Lesson Seven Resurrection Prefigured in This World    We are witnesses to a ceaseless process of motion and change in the world; everywhere we see impressive scenes of the renewal of life. If we step...

Lesson Eight The Autonomy of the Spirit as a Proof of Resurrection    The existence and independence of the spirit can also be adduced as a decisive and convincing proof of life after death. Numerous...

Lesson Nine The Sovereignty of the Spirit    We are aware of two realities in our being one the external compound that is our body, fully accessible to empirical science, and the other, consisting...

Lesson Eleven The Evidence of Experience, (Continued)    Man's ever-increasing curiosity first began to exercise itself on objects that were far removed from him — the stars. Now it is his normal...

Lesson Thirteen The Resurrection of Man in Both His Dimensions    Now let us see what the nature of life will be in the hereafter. Will resurrection be exclusively corporeal, so that man is restored...