Our Belief
(A Brief Description of Islam, as the) Shiite Believe

Ayatullahelozma Naser Makarem Shirazi

Table of Contents

PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE
1- The Omnipotent's Existence
2- The Attributes of His Glory & Beauty
3- The Infinite Essence of God
4- God Has No Material Body and No Eye Can Ever See Him
5- Monotheism Is the Very Soul of All the Islamic Commandments
6- The Branches of Monotheism
7- The Miracles
8- The Angels
9- Worship No One but Allah
10_ No One Can Ever Know the Depths of His Substance
11_ Neither Suspension nor Comparison
CHAPTER TWO
12_ The Philosophy of the Prophethood
13_ The Symbiosis Between the Followers of Divine Religions
14_ The Prophets Are Innocent For' Life
15_ They Are God's Obedient Servants
16_ Miracles and the Knowledge of the Unseen
17 _ The Intercession of the Prophets
18_ The Question of Resorting
19_ The Principles of All the Prophet's Missions Are One
21_ The Prophets and Their Reforms in All Aspects of Human Life
22_ Racial and Tribal Advantages Rejected
23 _ Islam and the Human Nature
CHAPTER THREE
24_ The Philosophy of the Revelation of Divine Books
25_ Quran, Is the Greatest of the Miracles of Our Prophet
26_ Quran Is Not Altered at All
27_ Quran and the Spiritual and Physical Needs of Human
28_ Recitation, Contemplation, and Action
29_ The Deviating Discussions
30_ Rules and Regulations of Commentating Quran
31_ The Danger of Self Commentaries
32_The Prophet's Methodical Way, (Sunnat) Is Taken From The Book of God. (Qruan)
33_ The Saint's, (Imam) Methodical Way (Sunnat)
CHAPTER - FOUR
34 _ WITHOUT RESURRECTION, LIFE IS VOID
35 _ THE REASONS FOR THE RESURRECTION ARE CLEAR ENOUGH
36 _ RESURRECTION IS CORPOREAL
37 _ THE STRANGE WORLD, AFTER DEATH
38 _ RESURRECTION AND THE RECORD OF OUR DEEDS
39 _ THE WITNESSES IN THE FINAL JUDGMENT
40 _ THE PASSAGE-WAY, (BRIDGE) AND THE SCALE TO WEIGH DEEDS
41_ INTERCESSION IN DOOMSDAY
42_ THE WORLD OF THE DEAD (BARZAKH)
43_ THE CORPOREAL AND INCORPOREAL REWARDS
CHAPTER FIVE
44- THERE IS ALWAYS AN IMAM
45_ THE REALITY OF IMAM�T
46_ IMAM MUST BE INNOCENT
47_ IMAM IS THE GUARDIAN OF THE LAW
48_ IMAM MUST BE APPOINTED OPENLY AND CLEARLY BY THE PROPHET
50_ THE SHIITE IMAMS ARE APPOINTED BY THE PROPHET HIMSELF
51_ IMAM ALI'S DESIGNATION BY THE PROPHET
52 _ EACH IMAM EMPHASIZES HIS SUCCESSOR
53_ NONE OF THE PROPHET'S COMPANION COULD EXCEL IMAM ALI
54_ THE PROPHET'S COMPANIONS AT THE COURT OF WISDOM AND HISTORY
55_ IMAM TAKES HIS KNOWLEDGE FROM THE PROPHET
CHAPTER SIX
56- THE RATIONALE GOODNESS AND BADNESS
57 _ GOD'S JUSTICE
58_ MAN'S FREEDOM
59_ WISDOM SERVERS AS A REFERENCE IN OUR RELIGIOUS JURISPRUDENCE
60_ MORE ABOUT GOD'S JUSTICE
REJECTION OF WHAT YOU CANNOT DO
62_ THE EXISTENCE IS RULED BY THE BEST OF ORDERS
63_ THE FOUR SOURCES OF OUR RELIGIOUS JURISPRUDENCE
64_ THE DOORS OF RESEARCH ARE ALWAYS OPEN
65_ THERE IS NO VACANCY FOR LAW
66_ PRECAUTIONS IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS (DISSEMBLANCE)
67_ THE PROHIBITED DISSEMBLANCE
68_ THE ISLAMIC WORSHIP
69_ JOINING THE PRAYERS
70_ THE PROSTRATION UPON THE EARTH
71 _ VISITING THE TOMBS OF THE APOSTLES AND IMAMS (PILGRIMAGE)
72_ THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MOURNING CEREMONIES
73_ THE TEMPORARY MARRIAGE
74_ A BRIEF HISTORY OF SHIITE
75_ THE SHIITE'S GEOGRAPHY
76_ THE LEGACY OF THE PROPHET'S HOUSEHOLD
77_ THE TWO IMPORTANT BOOKS
78_ THE ROLE OF SHIITE IN ISLAMIC KNOWLEDGE
80_ THE LAST WORD