An introductory treatise on Islamic beliefs, laws and ethics as well as the early history of the faith in fifty lessons.
- Islam: Faith, Practice & History
- Preface
- Part 1: Beliefs
- Lesson 1: Why Religion?
- 1. Why Study Religion?
- 2. Some Necessary Qualities of Religion
- (a) It must satisfy the intelligence and intellect of human beings.
- (b) It must teach and demonstrate dignity of human beings.
- (c) It must be a complete guide to develop the body, mind and spirit of humans as a whole.
- (d) It must conform with human nature.
- (e) It should not be a tool in the hands of oppressors to suppress the masses.
- Question Paper For Lesson 1
- Lesson 2: Ways Of Knowing God
- Lesson 3: Design In The Universe
- Lesson 4: More About God
- Lesson 5: The One & Only God
- Lesson 6: Tawhīd & Sifāt
- Lesson 7: The Justice Of God
- Lesson 8: Prophets & Human Guidance
- Lesson 9: The Purity Of The Prophets
- Lesson 10: Prophets & Scriptures
- Lesson 11: Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
- Lesson 12: Al-Qur’ān :The Miracle of Islam
- Lesson 13: The Last Message & The Last Prophet
- Lesson 14: The Imāmat: Succession to the Prophet
- Lesson 15: Amir Al-Mu’minīn ‘Ali: The Chosen Successor of the Prophet
- Lesson 16: Khilāfat & Consultation (a review of Saqifah)
- Lesson 17: Twelve Caliphs Or Imams
- Lesson 18: The Twelfth Imam: Muhammad al-Mahdi (a.s.)
- Lesson 19: The Return & Resurrection (Al-Ma‘ād & Al-Qiyāmah)
- Lesson 20: After Death
- Lesson 1: Why Religion?
- Part 2: Laws and Ethics
- Lesson 21: The Shari‘a
- Lesson 22: Sources Of The Sharī‘a
- Lesson 23: Ijtihād, Taqlid & Ihtiyāt
- Lesson 24: More About The Sharī‘a
- Lesson 25: Islam’s Spiritual Program (1)
- Lesson 26: Islam’s Spiritual Program (2)
- Lesson 27: The Islamic Community (1)
- Lesson 28: The Islamic Community (2)
- Lesson 29: The Islamic Community (3)
- Lesson 30: Islamic Economic System (1)
- Lesson 31: Islamic Economic System (2)
- Lesson 32: Islamic Economic System (3)
- Lesson 33: Family Life In Islam (1)
- Lesson 34: Family Life In Islam (2)
- Lesson 35: Family Life In Islam (3)
- Part 3: History
- Lesson 36: The Prophet of Islam (Muhammad al-Mustafa)
- Lesson 37: The Best Of All Women (Fātimatu ’z-Zahrā’)
- Lesson 38: The First Imām (‘Alī bin Abi Tālib)
- Lesson 39: The Second Imām (Hasan bin ‘Ali)
- Lesson 40: The Third Imām (Husayn bin ‘Alī)
- Lesson 41: The Fourth Imām (‘Alī ibn al-Husayn)
- Lesson 42: The Fifth Imām (Muhammad ibn ‘Alī)
- Lesson 43: The Sixth Imām (Ja‘far bin Muhammad)
- Lesson 44: The Seventh Imām (Musa ibn Ja‘far)
- Lesson 45: The Eighth Imām (‘Alī ibn Musa)
- Lesson 46: The Ninth Imām (Muhammad bin ‘Alī)
- Lesson 47: The Tenth Imām (‘Alī ibn Muhammad)
- Lesson 48: The Eleventh Imām (Hasan bin ‘Alī)
- Lesson 49: The Twelfth Imām (Muhammad al-Mahdi)
- Lesson 50: Guidance in Occultation & the Message of Shi‘ism
