This second English volume covers the exegesis of verses 94-182 of the second chapter of the Qur’an, “The Cow”.
The important discussions of this volume include:
- the Sabeans;
- the revival of the dead;
- metamorphosis;
- refutation of the doctrine of Sonship of Christ;
- the meaning of the Imamate-spiritual leadership – its proofs, and other important issues related to it;
- magic and the obsolete occult sciences;
- the laying of the foundation of the Holy Ka’bah and
- the legislation concerning the Qiblah;
- the meaning and stages of islam and the iman;
- meaning of dhikr (remembrance of God);
- the world of Barzakh (intermediary stage between death and Resurrection);
- detachment of the self; morality;
- dependence of man-made things upon God Almighty;
- the meaning of love and its relations to God;
- perpetuity and eternity of punishment;
- taqlid (spiritual following or imitation in religious matters) and its meaning;
- the meaning of ibraz (producing or bringing out certain proofs); and lastly
- the issue of qisas (the law of retaliation) with reference to the objections raised against the laws of qisas and their refutation.
Translator: Late Allamah Sayyid Akhtar Rizvi