The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page v
CONTENTS VOLUME II. ARABIC, THE MOTHER OF TONGUES. . ARE LANGUAGES THE INVENTION OF MAN?. . . . . . . . . . . ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE BOOK MINAN-UR-RAHMAN …………………………………. . . WHY ARABIC IS SUPERIOR TO OTHER LANGUAGES?. . CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HOLY QUR'ÂN………………………………. . . SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ARABIC . . . . . . . . . . . . FACULTY OF SPEECH IS THE BASIC REALITY OF MAN. TWO ASPECTS OF THE MERCY OF GOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . THE CONNOTATION OF SOME ARABIC WORDS. . . . . . THE WORD 'FATHER' IS DEROGATORY TO GOD. . . . . . . . . 2 . 4 . 6 . 11 . . 15 . . 18 . 21 . 25. REVELATION, INSPIRATION, VISION AND DREAM. . . . . . . . . . . 31. THE HIDDEN WORLD OF REVELATION . . 32. MAN'S ABILITY TO RECEIVE REVELATION. . . . . . 37. NON-PROPHETS CAN ALSO RECEIVE REVELATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38. REVELATION: THE HIGHEST STAGE OF DIVINE UNDERSTANDING . 40. THE NECESSITY OF REVELATION. . . . . . . . . . . . 43. WHAT IS REVELATION?. . . . . . . . 47. REVELATION PROVIDES COMFORT IN DISTRESS. . 50. REVELATION IS A MEANS OF SALVATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . 52. FINE THOUGHT IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH REVELATION. . . . . . . . . 55. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN CREATION AND COMMAND. . . 56. REVELATION AND PSYCHIC PHENOMENA . . . . . . . . . . 62. MAN'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNIVERSE IS DEFECTIVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63. HOW REVELATION IS RECEIVED. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66. VARIOUS FORMS OF REVELATION . 67. THE ABILITY TO RECEIVE REVELATION . 72. MAN POSSESSES A DIVERSITY OF INTELLIGENCE. _ . 74. A RECIPIENT OF GRACE MUST HAVE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH. THE ALMIGHTY . 76. THREE HALLMARKS OF DIVINE REVELATION. . . . . . 79. SATANIC REVELATION IS A REALITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81. CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUE REVELATION . . . . 84. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SATANIC AND DIVINE REVELATION . . . . 86. THE FUNCTION OF REASON. . . . . . . . 96. THE LAW OF NATURE DEMANDS REVELATION . . 107. V