Hamid Dabashi - Shiʻism: doctrines, thought, and spirituality
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Seyyed Hossein Nasr Hamid Dabashi Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr
State University of New York Press
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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1988 State University of New York
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shi'ism: doctrines, thought and spirituality.
Includes index. 1. Shi'ah. I. Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. II. Dabashi, Hamid, 1951- . III. Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza, 1960 BP1935.S527 1988 297'.82 87-10258 ISBN 0-88706-689-5 ISBN 0-88706-690-9
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To the blessed memory of our revered teachers
Sayyid Abu'l-Hasan Rafi'i Qazwini Sayyid Muhammad Kazim 'Assar Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i
May God's Mercy be upon their souls
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CONTENTS
Preface
xi
Note to the Reader
xii
Acknowledgments
xiii
List of Abbreviations
xvi
Introduction (Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
1
I. Origins
Chapter 1 Shi'i View of Religion in General and Shi'ism in Particular
10
'ALLAMAH TABATABA'I
11
Chapter 2 The Roots of Shi'ism in Early Islamic History
14
MAHMUD SHAHABI
15
Chapter 3 The Shi'i Interpretation of the Qur'an
20
'ALLAMAH TABATABA'I
21
MURTADA MUTAHHARI
25
Chapter 4 The Shi'i Interpretation of Hadith Literature
34
'ALLAMAH TABATABA'I
35
S. M. WARIS HASAN
36
Chapter 5 The Nahj al-Balaghah and the Teachings of the Imams
44
SYED HUSSEIN M. JAFRI
45
IMAM 'ALI
49
Chapter 6 Doctrinal Divisions Within Shi'ism
54
'ALLAMAH TABATABA'I
55
II. The Shi'i Position vs. Other Divisions Within Islam
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