Table of Contents

فہرست مضامین

The following topics are treated in this work: (1) Necessary Terminology — (2) The Ground of Being — (3) Coming into Existence / Attainment — (4) Manifestation — (5) True Being — (6) Knowledge — (7) Inner and Outer Levels — (8) Absolute Oneness (Ahadiyya) — (9) Unity (Wahdat) — (10) Singular Unity (Wahidiyya) — (11) The Level of Divine Attributes — (12) Types of Attributes — (13) Divine Aspects and Fixed Archetypes — (14) Knowledge (detailed) — (15) The Known — (16) The Greatest Known — (17) Ambiguous Verses — (18) Ontological Interpretation — (19) External Being — (20) Sensory Being — (21) Imaginal Being — (22) Exemplary Being — (23) Intellectual Being — (24) Analogical / Metaphorical Being — (25) Metaphorical Being (compound) — (26) Divine Decree — (27) Two Meanings of 'Making' — (28) Good and Evil — (29) Power/Ability — (30) Divine Speech — (31) Compulsion and Decree — (32) Relation of the Created to the Pre-Eternal — (33) Notionally Composite Created — (34) Effects Arranged on Notional Reality — (35) The Externally Existent — (36) The Trinity (critique) — (37) Illusion, Supposition, and Consideration — (38) Observing Contextual Requirement — (39) Essence and Being — (40) Several Contested Issues — (41) Six Schools on Being — (42) Proponents of Separateness — (43) Unity of Witnessing — (44) Unity of Being — (45) Gathering and Persistence — (46) Unity of the Existent — (47) The Sophists — (48) Distinctions in Witnessing — (49) Several Notes — (50) Substance and Accident — (51) World of Spirits — (52) Standard of Priority and Posteriority — (53) The Supreme Spirit — (54) The Supreme Essence — (55) Universal Intellect — (56) Universal Soul — (57) Universal Nature — (58) The Particular Spirit — (59) Angels — (60) The World of Archetypes — (61) Firm and Suspended Divine Decree — (62) World of Witnessing — (63) Subtle Primordial Substance — (64) Universal Form — (65) Universal Matter — (66) Universal Body — (67) Doctrine/Path — (68) Miracle — (69) Simple Elements — (70) Compound Things — (71) Minerals, Plants, Animals, and Jinn — (72) Impure and Pure Jinn — (73) The Human Being — (74) Evolution/Spiritual Ascent — (75) The Perfect Human, by Essence and by Accident — (76) Saints, Prophets, and Messengers — (77) The Prophet — (78) Saint, Reformer, and Sorcerer — (79) Sainthood — (80) Annihilation of Acts, Attributes, and Essence — (81) The Interworld (Barzakh) — (82) Polytheism — (83) The Afterlife — (84) Salvation — (85) Salvation of the Muslim — (86) Intercession — (87) The Vision of God and Personal Return — (88) Other Divine Names and Attributes.