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- Transliteration Table
- A Few Words About This Book by Ayatullah Al-Uzma Makarim Shirazi
- Biography of the Author
- Introduction
- The Prayers
- 1. What is the philosophy behind Wudu and Ghusl?
- 2. What is the Philosophy behind Tayammum?
- 3. What is the manner of washing the face, and wiping the head and the feet in Wudu?
- 4. What is the need to face the Qiblah in prayers?
- 5. What secrets lay behind the changing of the Qiblah?
- 6. What is the philosophy of prayers?
- 7. Why should we offer prayers at prescribed times?
- Fasting
- Khums
- Zakat
- Hajj
- Jihad
- The Rights of Women In Islam
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- 16. What Rights does Islam offer to Women?
- 17. What is the Philosophy of Hijab?
- 18. Why is the Inheritance of Men twice that of Women?
- 19. Why is Blood Money for Women half that for Men?
- 20. What is the philosophy behind the dower for women?
- 21. How does Islam permit the physical punishment of women?
- 22. Why are men permitted to have more than one spouse whereas the women are not?
- 23. What is meant by ‘justice’ as mentioned in the conditions (to be considered) with respect to polygamy?
- 24. What is the philosophy behind temporary marriage?
- 25. Did temporary marriage exist during the time of the Noble Prophet (s.a.w)?
- 26. What is the philosophy behind Muhallil?
- 27. What is the philosophy behind the observance of Iddah?
- Philosophy Behind Some of the Prohibited Acts of Islam
- 28. What is the philosophy behind the prohibition of gambling?
- 29. What is music and what is the philosophy behind its prohibition?
- 30. What is the philosophy behind the prohibition of fornication?
- 31. What philosophy governs the prohibition of homosexuality?
- 32. What is the philosophy behind the prohibition of (consumption of) liquor?
- 33. What is the philosophy that governs the prohibition of (consumption of) pork?
- 34. What is the philosophy behind the prohibition of sexual intercourse during menstruation?
- 35. What is the philosophy for the prohibition of marriage with one’s ‘immediate relatives’?
- The Noble Qur`an
- 36. Has the Qur`an been altered?
- 37. How is the Qur`an a miracle?
- 38. Is the miracle of the Qur`an confined to its eloquence only?
- 39. How do we know they have not brought the like of the Qur`an?
- 40. What do al-Huruf al-Muqatt’ah (The Broken Letters) of the Qur`an mean?
- 41. Has the Qur`an attested the contents of the Torah and the Gospels?
- 42. Was the Qur`an collected during the time of the Noble Prophet (s.a.w) or after him?
- 43. What are the ‘clear’ and the ‘ambiguous’ verses?
- 44. Why are some of the verses of the Qur`an ambiguous?
- 45. Is Bismillah a part of (every) chapter?
- 46. Why is it forbidden to give the Qur`an to a disbeliever?
as far as the issue of 'questioning' is concerned, and permits the Muslims and even the non-Muslims (despite appearing to be general in meaning, this verse, in reality is addressed to the non-Muslims) to pose every kind of question, including those pertaining to various doctrinal, social, ethical and political issues, to those who have knowledge about them.
Exceptions to this rule are misleading questions asked with the intention of spoiling people's faith, distorting constructive ideas, fermenting disturbance and confusion in the minds of the public, mere wrangling, baseless arguments, obstinacy and prejudice. In reality, these are not questions but destructive inhumane plots in the guise of questions.
In any case, since the Noble Qur`an is a colossal encyclopaedia of divine sciences and human affairs, on numerous occasions and in connection with various verses, there are questions that come to the fore - a great number of which, due to lack of applicability in those periods, have remained unanswered in the books of past commentators.
While writing Tafsir-e-Namunah (with the assistance of some accomplished scholars), we strived to propound all these questions - especially those related to present-day issues - and to answer them in detail.
Since it appeared essential that everyone, especially the educated youths, possess the answers to these questions, Hujjatul Islam Agha-e-Husaini and a number of honourable scholars of the Theological Seminary of Qum - whose names appear in the introduction of the book - exerted themselves greatly in extracting these questions and answers from the 27 volumes of Tafsir-e-Namunah and
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