shia teachings

Islam falls in the category of monotheistic creeds whose adherents believe in the Oneness of God. This concept is referred to in Islam as Tawhid, and it is so important and so vast that volumes of books have been written about it. `Allama al-Majlisi, for example, dedicates two entire volumes of his encyclopedic work Bihar al-Anwarto this most important tenet of Islam. Tawhid instructs Muslims that: there is only one God, one truth, one straight line between two points: God and His servants, one

There is no difference of opinion amongst Muslims that the ' Religion' of God is Islam; that the only way to know Islam is through the Book of God and the Sunnahof The Holy Prophet) pbuh hf (; that the Book of God is what is known as The Qur'an, without any addition or subtraction. And what difference is there, is in the interpretation of some of the verses of Qur'an; and in believing or not believing some of the Sunnahas genuine; or in its interpretation.
This difference of approach has led

1. Introduction
The universal wilayatis in a way linked to the knowledge that Almighty Allah has bestowed upon the person holding the wilayat. The universal wilayatof Imam 'Ali, for example, is described in the Qur'anby the words" the person who has knowledge of the Book."
What is 'ilmu 'l-ghayb? Our means of gaining knowledge are through the senses that Allah has created in us." And Allah brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers while you did not know anything; and He made for you the

 The World Seen from the Point of View of Being and Reality ; The Necessity of God

Consciousness and perception, which are intertwined with man's very being, make evident by their very nature the existence of God as well as the world. For, contrary to those who express doubt about their own existence and everything else and consider the world as illusion and fantasy, we know that a human being at the moment of his coming into existence, when he is already conscious and possesses perception

Based upon our stand on Justice and Grace is our view that:
" Whatever God has promised as reward for a good work, He will fulfilit; but whatever He has threatened as punishment for a bad work it is upon His discretion: If He meted out the punishment, it will be by His Justice; if He forgives it, it will be by His Grace."
) Shaykllal- Saduq, 'I'tiqadat' (
We are confronted both by Kharijitesand Mu'taziliteson one side and Ash'ariteson other side. Mu'tazilitesand Kharijitessay," That it is

In this lesson we shall discuss in brief some Shia theories in the context of kalaam, of the sort that are common between Muslim scholastic theologians.

During the discussion of the Mu’tazilte School, we have already mentioned that they maintain that their beliefs are based on five fundamentals, i.e. monotheism, justice, promise and threat, the middle position and enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil.  We have also said that what distinguishes these fundamentals from other