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	1.	Religion

	-	What is religion

	-	Is religion necessary

	2.	How to identify the true religion

	-	Is that not rational to test your faith

	-	The Basic rules of the judgment

	-	Compatibility with the Natural law

	-	Unanimity with the biological laws

	-	Celibacy

	-	Slaughtering of animals

	-	Comprehensiveness of the religion

	3.	Benefits of religion

	-	Religion imparts a consciousness of the self-esteem

	-	Announcement of Divine Deputyship

	-	The coronation ceremony of man

	-	Religion offers peace and tranquility

	-	Religion offers sense of security

	-	Why people commit suicide?

	-	Religion gives purpose in life

	4.	Islam - The Only True Religion

	-	Islam is the only true Divine religion

	-	The original teachings of Judaism and Christianity verify Islam

	5.	What does the word Islam mean

	-	Islam means

	-	Who are Muslims

	-	A born Muslim has no advantage over a born Non-Muslim

	6.	Tawheed - Oneness of God

	-	What is Tawheed

	-	Existence of God

	-	Does science prove the existence of God

	-	Does science disprove the existence of God

	7.	Atheism - Kufr

	-	What is atheism

	-	Agnosticism

	-	Does science disprove the existence of God

	8.	Polytheism - Shirk

	-	Kinds of Polytheism Major Shirk

	-	Definition of Major Shirk Idol worship

	-	Associating God with someone

	-	Portraying anyone like God

	-	Portraying Prophets or Imams as God

	-	Divine warnings to Mushriks

	-	Three staunch enemies of Shirk

	-	Minor Shirk or Shirk-e-Asghar

	-	What is Shirk-e-Asghar

	-	What is Shirk and what is not Shirk

	-	Munajat of Imam Ali (as)

	-	Is touching and kissing of sacred objects Shirk

	-	Is visiting the graves of the Imams Shirk

	-	How to prove the oneness of God at school level

	9.	Meaning of Tawheed

	-	The Rules of Tawheed

	-	First condition - To believe in the absolute oneness of Allah

	-	Allah is self-Dependent

	-	Allah alone is the creator of everything

	-	Second condition - Allah alone is the prime source of all blessings

	-	Absolute submission to Allah

	-	Third condition - Allah alone has the absolute Command over everything

	-	Sovereignty of God

	-	Absolute oneness of God

	-	Fourth condition - Unshared worship of God
	9.	Adl - Justice of Allah

	-	What is the meaning of justice

	-	Divine justice in the Natural laws

	10.	Causes of Human Suffering and Natural Disasters

	-	Reactions of our actions

	-	Hunger and poverty

	-	Divine punishments

	-	Diseases and epidemics

	-	Black Death

	-	Natural disasters

	-	Divine warnings to turn back to our Lord

	11.	Nabuwwat- Prophethood

	-	Definition of Prophethood

	-	What is the meanings of Nabi and Rasul

	-	What is the difference between Nabi and Rasul

	-	The Five Ulul-azm Prophets

	-	What was the special work of the Prophets

	-	1st assignment - to guide the people

	-	2nd assignment - to inform the people about the hidden and unseen realities

	-	3rd assignment - to purify the souls and to develop the high morals

	-	4th assignment - to testify the actions of the people on the Day of Judgment

	-	Characteristic feature of Prophets

	-	Appointment of the Prophet

	-	The infallibility of the Prophets - Ismat ul-ambiya

	-	What is the difference between Prophet and a common man

	-	Similarity and dissimilarity of diamond and charcoal

	-	Why the Prophets were human beings and not angels

	-	Miracles - Visible signs of Prophethood

	-	What is the difference between the prophet and the scientists

	-	Basic message of all the Prophets

	-	Blasphemy

	-	Total number of messengers

	12.	Imamat - Leadership

	-	What is Imamat

	-	Disagreement between Shia and Sunni on the belief of Imamat

	-	Major Difference

	-	First case - Sunni Standpoint

	-	Shia Standpoint

	-	Is it rational to believe that the Prophet did not say anything about his successor

	-	Second case

	-	Official announcement of successor

	13.	Qiyamat - Doomsday

	-	Doomsday ! Why-How and When

	-	Different names of Qiyamat

	-	When the doomsday will occur

	-	What will be the length of the Doomsday

	-	An important hadith about the initiation of the Doomsday

	-	The scientific clues of the Doomsday - From the Big-bang to Big-crunch

	-	Why the Doomsday will be indescribably a horrible day

	-	The First Soor

	-	The loudness of the sound of the Soor

	-	The earth will burst and will be leveled flat

	-	The gigantic mountains will fly like dust particles

	-	The vigorous shaking of the earth

	-	The oceans will boil up and catch fire

	-	The earth will pour out its entire contents

	-	The earth will be pounded and pounded again and again

	-	The normal atmosphere of the earth will be filled with suffocating gases

	-	The Sun, planets and moon will collide with each other

	-	The dazzling light will blind the eyes

	-	The galaxies will split asunder

	-	The stars will disintegrate

	-	The galaxies will vigorously shake

	-	The stars in their galaxies will be rolled up like the scroll of papers

	-	The whole universe will collapse and will take a new shape

	-	The second Soor

	14.	Explicit Signs of Qiyamat

	-	The Smoke

	-	Dajjal

	-	Yajuj and Majuj

	-	Dabatul Ardh

	15.	Re-appearance of Imam Mahdi (as)

	-	Shia and Sunni hadith about Imam Mahdi (as)

	-	Difference of opinion between Shia and Sunni about the appearance of Imam Mahdi (as)

	-	Philosophy of occultation

	-	A powerful empire behind the iron curtain

	-	Does identifying the residence of Imam invalidate the purpose of occultation

	16.	Stages of our existence

	-	From womb to tomb and thereafter

	-	Phases of life

	17.	First phase of our existence - Life before birth.

	-	What is Soul

	-	Organic body

	-	The Soul

	-	Soul - Brain Network - Organs of the body

	18.	Second phase of our existence - Life in the physical world.

	-	How the present life shapes the nature of eternal life

	-	How can we accomplish the purpose of life

	-	What is successful life

	-	Some key points of successfull

	19.	Third phase of life - Life after death.

	-	What is life and death

	-	What happens after death

	-	Why we fear death

	-	The taste of death

	-	Death - A sweet Taste

	-	Death - A Bitter Taste

	-	Burial

	-	The Barzakh - the resting place of Souls

	-	What happens in the grave

	-	The squeezing of the body in the grave

	-	How does Souls live in Barzakh

	-	Wadi-us- Salaam

	-	The valley of Barhut

	20.	Fourth phase of our existence - Life after resurrection.

	-	Resurection

	-	Day of Judgement

	-	Shifaat - Intercession

	-	Siraat

	-	Jannat and Jahannum

	-	Aaraaf

Chapter - 9 Meaning of Tawhid.

b - Absolute oneness of God

He alone is the sustainer of the whole universe. He has no par tner in His work.

There are more than 2,000,000,000,000,000,000 different kinds of living species on this planet earth. All these creatures of Allah Subhanahu taala live on the ear th’s surface or close to the surface - underground, underwater, or in the atmosphere. All of them have different kinds of requirements and different survival conditions. Allah (swt) provides all of them everything they need in appropriate quantities.

“And We have provided therein means of subsistence-for you and for those for whose sustenance you are not responsible. And there is not a thing (on earth or in its underground), but its (source and ) treasures (inexhaustible) are with Us, and We only sent down in due and ascertainable measures.” (15:20-21)

c- All power and ability to do any work by anyone belongs to Him.

The great achievements of the Prophets and Imams or great scientific works of scientists are due to His grace.

“(HE) taught man that which he knew not.” (96:5)

“Men, bear in mind Allah’s goodness towards you. Is there any other creator who provides you from heavens and earth. There is no god but Him. How then can you turn away.” (35:2)

“He bestowed wisdom on Luqman.” (31:12)

“Lord, You have given me power and taught me the science of interpreting the dreams. You are the creator of the heavens and the earth.” (12:101)

Thus, to praise anything means to glorify Him.
Muslims are taught by the Holy Prophet (sws) to glorify Allah, when they succeed in any great achievement.

“All praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.” (1:2)

The Holy Quran explains this condition of Tawhid very clearly in the following verse.

“All praise is due to Allah who has taken no spouse nor a child. He has no partner in His act of governing, nor has He a helper to help Him out of weakness. Therefore glorify Him a great deal.” (17:111)

Thus, when we read about the universe which contains billions of galaxies, each galaxy containing billions of stars, bigger than the sun, we should say - ALLAH - O - AKBAR.

When we read about the incredible things in biology, chemistry, physics, botany, zoology, and many other branches of science, we should constantly say: - ALHUMD - O - LILLAH.

WHY! QURAN REFLECTS:

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