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Table of Contents: The Doctrine of Monotheism (Full Text)

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Table of Contents

  1. About the Book–
  2. Transcription Table10
  3. Introduction12
  4. Notes on this Book14
  5. The Essential Role of Narration in All Religions15
  6. Judaism and Christianity in Regard to Authentic Narration – Textual Criticism, Bart D. Ehrman, and His Critics15
  7. Islam in This Regard19
  8. The Islamic Sources: Qur'an, Sunnah, and Consensus25
  9. The Narrators of the Islamic Source Texts and the Meaning of the Term ahlu s-sunnati wa-l-jama'ah29
  10. The Emergence of Schisms – The Hadith on the Firaq/Sects30
  11. The Increasing Alteration of Religious Doctrines in General33
  12. The True Message of Monotheism in Islam and the Widespread Misunderstanding About It35
  13. Monotheism in Worship as the Foundation of Islam37
  14. The Explanation of the Word Islam by the Prophet37
  15. The Difference Between the Foundation of Islam and the Laws Built Upon It38
  16. The Possibility of Excuse Due to Ignorance38
  17. The Differences in Legal Rulings Among the Various Prophets39
  18. The Fact that the Call is First Made to Tawhid and Only Thereafter to the Individual Rituals, Commandments, and Prohibitions42
  19. Tawhid/Monotheism is the Foundation of Islam44
  20. The Meaning of the Declaration of Faith in the Early Sources of Islam and the Misunderstanding About It46
  21. The Pre-Islamic Idolaters Believed in a Single Creator47
  22. The Qur'an Verse: “Has He Made the Worshipped Ones into a Single Worshipped One?”48
  23. The Call of the Prophets and the Response of Their Peoples50
  24. The Verse: “So do not Attribute to Allah Equals While You Know [Better].”51
  25. The Verse: “Make for Us a Worshipped One (Ilah) Just as They Have Worshipped Ones (Alihah)”53
  26. The Verse: If You Asked them, “Who Created the Heavens and Earth …”54
  27. The Claim That Polytheism Is Always Associated with the Idea of a Second Deity56
  28. The Meaning of the Two Terms Rabb and Ilah58
  29. On the Further Division of Tawhid into ar-Rububiyyah, al-Uluhiyyah, and al-Asma'u wa-s-Sifat59
  30. The Call to the Original Monotheism: Then and Now62
  31. The Call of the Prophets and the Reaction of the People62
  32. The Time of Estrangement63
  33. The Meaning of the Word “Islam”65
  34. The Importance of Terms in Religion and the Word Islam in Particular65
  35. The Linguistic Meaning of the Word “Islam” and the Root Salima65
  36. The Application of the Root Salima in the Qur'an – The Parable of the Monotheist and the Polytheist67
  37. The Linguists on This Verse67
  38. At-Tabari on This Verse70
  39. What Should Follow from the Previously Described Misunderstanding of This Verse72
  40. The Linguistic Meaning of the Word Islam and How It Derives from the Verb and the Root75
  41. The Meaning of the Verb aslama75
  42. The Connection Between the Root Salima and the Derived Verb Aslama76
  43. The Clear Explanation of the Word Islam in the Qur'an78
  44. The “Submission of the Face” is Ikhlas81
  45. The Poem of Zayd ibnu 'Amr ibnu Nufayl83
  46. Polytheism85
  47. The Meaning of the Terms “Lesser Shirk” and “Greater Shirk”87
  48. The Forms of Shirk According to the Classification of Tawhid88
  49. The Meaning of 'Ibadah/Worship90
  50. Major Shirk is the Equating of Allah and His Creations in Matters that are Unique to the Creator93
  51. The Shirk of the Arabs in Intercession (Shafa'ah)95
  52. The Unlawful Exclusion of a Muslim from Islam99
  53. The Meaning of the Word Takfir99
  54. The Deviation of the Khawarij100
  55. The Condemnation of Unauthorized Takfir by the Prophet Himself101
  56. The Rulings of the Shari'ah Apply Only to what is Outwardly Visible102
  57. The Principle of Excuse Due to Ignorance (al-'Udhru bi-l-Jahl)103
  58. Why and When Ignorance of Parts of the Revelation is Excusable104
  59. The Difference Between Polytheists and Monotheists in Islamic Theology105
  60. Islam Means Ikhlas – No Polytheist Fulfils the Ikhlas105
  61. Islam is the Hanifiyyah – A Polytheist is not a Hanif107
  62. Islam is the Religion of Abraham (Millatu Ibrahim) – The Polytheist Contradicts This Fundamentally109
  63. If Islam Were Merely a Verbal Declaration, the Arabian Idolaters Would Have Been Muslims110
  64. Islam Means Renunciation of the Taghut – The Polytheist Does Not Fulfil This Principle110
  65. Shirk as the Opposite of Islam114
  66. Allah Does Not Forgive the Sin of Shirk – Except Through Sincere Repentance118
  67. Only a Monotheistic Soul Enters Paradise119
  68. The Polytheist Does Not Fulfil the Purpose of Creation and Religion120
  69. The “Ignorant Polytheist” Does Not Know the Meaning of the Testimony of Faith122
  70. The Hadiths Regarding the Test of Certain People on the Day of Judgment123
  71. A Polytheist Can Only Enter Islam Through Tawbah from Shirk126
  72. Shirk Destroys All Good Deeds128
  73. The Contradiction with the Qur'an in This Regard131
  74. Contradictory Consequences132
  75. The Consequence of Treating All Ignorant Polytheists Equally132
  76. Whoever Ignores One Form of Shirk Must Also Ignore All Others133
  77. Many Polytheists Would Have to Be Considered Muslims Even More Than Those Who Profess Islam Today134
  78. A Contradiction to the Qur'an, Sunnah, and Consensus in Many Aspects135
  79. The Majority of People Fall into Shirk Due to Ignorance135
  80. The Word Mushrikun in the Qur'an Always Includes the Ignorant Polytheist138
  81. Faulty Methods of Evidence Derivation143
  82. Following Ambiguous Revelation Texts and Scholarly Statements144
  83. Scholarly Statements Are Not Independent Evidence150
  84. Examples of Faulty Argumentation with Source Texts or Scholarly Statements152
  85. The Hadith About Dhatu Anwat152
  86. Those Companions of the Prophet Requested an Action That Is Not Classified as Major Shirk154
  87. Why the Prophet Firmly Rejected This Request154
  88. Points That Clarify and Reinforce What Has Been Said155
  89. The Hadith of Mu'adh ibnu Jabal158
  90. The Correct Understanding of This Hadith159
  91. Absurd Consequences of the Incorrect Interpretation of This Hadith160
  92. Various Claims163
  93. “Mistakes Are Forgiven for Muslims”163
  94. A Contradictory Example165
  95. “Someone Who Commits Shirk Under Coercion Is Also Not a Mushrik”167
  96. “If Kufr Can Be Excused Due to Ignorance, Then the Same Must Apply to Shirk”169
  97. The Correct and Incorrect Understanding of the Hindrances to Takfir (Mawani'u t-Takfir)169
  98. Closing Remarks172
  99. Chronological Index of Early Islamic Authors176
  100. References177