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    1. Guidelines (Start Here)

    2. Passages for this Unit (Unit 1, Part One)

    3. i. Beginning with the Name of Allāh Intentions and Biography

    4. ii. Pedagogical Principles of Dars-i Nizāmī in Kalām and Khairabādī: Learning Methods for Studying Al-Musayārah

    5. 01. The Difference Between Scholastic Theology and Creed

    6. 02. Introduction to al-Musāyarah Based on the Preface

    7. 03. The Layout of Al-Musāyarah and the First Integral with its Ten Principles

    8. 04. The First Principle on the Existence of Allāh: God’s Essence is beyond Human Intellect (Passages: al-Aṣl al-Awwal: al-ʿIlm bi-Wujūdihi)

    9. 05. Proving God's Existence: Evidential and Causal Reasoning in Logic (Passages - nil)

    10. 06. Establishing God's Existence: Using Evidential Reasoning in Islamic Theology (Passages - nil)

    11. 07. Inferring God's Existence from Creation (Passages - From: Wa qad arshada Subḥānahu ilayhi - To: end of last verse (of five verses))

    12. 08. Understanding Benefits and Harms in Creation and Scientific Investigation (Passages - From: Fa-man adāra - To: wa Ḥakīmin rattabahu)

    13. 09. The Rational Necessity of God's Existence (Passages - From: Wa ʿalā hādhā darajat - To: mukābaratihi)

    14. 10a. Understanding Disbelief: The Reasons Behind Kufr (Passages - From: Wa innamā kuffirū - To: bil kawākib)

    15. 10b. Understanding Disbelief: The Reasons Behind Kufr (Examples of Disbelievers) (Passages - From: Wa innamā kuffirū - To: bil kawākib)

    16. 11. Fiṭrah and The Universal Acknowledgment of God's Existence (Passages - From: Wa-iʿtarafal kull bi annal khalq - To: kāna fī fiṭratihim)

    17. 12. The Call to Tawḥīd: Affirming the Oneness of God in Prophetic Teachings (Passages - From: Wa li-dhā kānal masmūʿu - To: anna lil khalqi ilāhan)

    18. 13. The Rational Evidence of God's Existence: Exploring the Foundations of Logical Argumentation (Passages - From: Wa qad rattabal ʿulamāʾ - To: Muqaddimatayn)

    19. 14. Establishing Evidence Through Syllogism for God’s Existence (Passages - From: Wa qad rattabal ʿulamāʾ - To: ʿalā sababin yuḥdithuhu)

    1. Quiz: Understanding and Comprehension of the Sections from Unit One, Part One

    2. Quiz Answers

    3. Assignment: Review and Further Reading

    4. Live Tutorial Seminar | Playback

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    1. Guidelines (Start Here)

    2. Passages for this Unit (Unit 1, Part Two)

    3. 15. The Necessity of a Cause: Understanding the Relationship Between Ḥādith (created) and Muḥdith (Creator)

    4. 16. Clarifying the Need for a Mukhaṣṣiṣ (Specifier) in Establishing a Ḥadīth: The Role of Tanbīhāt (Clarifications) in Understanding Ḍarūriyyāt (Self-Evidential Knowledge)

    5. 17. Establishing the Need for Evidence in the First Premises: The Relationship Between Jawhar (Substance) and ʿAraḍ (Accident) in the Realm of Kalām

    6. 18. Establishing Temporality (Ḥudūth): From Substance (Jawhar) to Accident (ʿAraḍ) – A Dual Approach

    7. 19. Three Propositions for Establishing the Ḥudūth (Temporality) of Jawāhir (Substances)

    8. 20. First Daʿwah: The Self-Evident Nature of a Jism's Association with Ḥarakah (Movement) and Sūkūn (Motionlessness)

    9. 21. Second Daʿwah: Establishing Ḥarakah and Sūkūn as Ḥādīth

    10. 22. Objection on the First Evidence and Response: The Case of Motion and Stillness in Mountains

    11. 23. Concluding Section to Evidence One: Allowing Ḥarakah (Movement) and Qalb al-Maḥīyah (Changing of The Essence) in Ajsām Means Establishing Its Temporal Nature as the Locus of Ḥawādith (Temporal Occurrences)

    12. 24a. The Third Daʿwah: That Which is Not Free from Ḥawādith (Temporal Occurrences) is Itself Ḥadīth (Temporal)

    13. 24b. The Third Daʿwah: Evidence Continued

    14. 24c. The Third Daʿwah: Evidence Continued

    15. 24d. The Third Daʿwah: Evidence Continued

    16. 24e. The Third Daʿwah: Evidence Continued

    17. 24f. The Third Daʿwah: Evidence Continued

    18. 24g. A Complete Summary of The Third Daʿwah

    19. 25. Final Synthesis: Proving the Temporality of the Universe and the Necessity of a Creator

    20. Quiz: Understanding and Comprehension of the Sections from Unit One, Part Two

    21. Quiz Answers

    22. Assessment: Review and Further Reading

    23. Live Tutorial Seminar | Playback

    1. Guidelines (Start Here)

    2. Passages for this Unit (Unit 2)

    3. Unit 2 Diagram Slides

    4. 01. The Second Principle: Qadīm Without Beginning

    5. 02a. Establishing evidence: a Ḥādith needs a Muḥdith

    6. 02b. Establishing evidence: refuting infinite regress

    7. 03. Causal sequencing (tartīb ʿillī): differentiating between the ‘lā awwala lahā’ sequence and the cause-effect (ʿillah-maʿlūl) sequence

    8. 04. The Difference Between the Mutakalimīn and Falāsifah on ʿIllah: the Concept of Causing to Occur by Choice

    9. 05. The Refutation of Infinite Regress Continued: The Impossibility of Extramental Existence in the Context of Tasalsul (Infinite Regress)

    10. 06. Closing up the argument: The Necessity of the Eternal Being Who Has No Beginning

    11. Assessment: Review and Further Reading

    12. Quiz: Understanding and Comprehension of the Sections from Unit Two

    13. Quiz Answers

    14. Live Tutorial Seminar | Playback

    1. Guidelines (Start Here)

    2. Passages for this Unit (Unit 3)

    3. Unit 3 Diagram Slides

    4. 01. The Attribute of ‘Qidam’- The Negation of Subsequent Non-Existence

    5. 02. Establishing Evidence - If ʿAdam Lāḥiq is Presumed - The Two Scenarios of Non-Existence

    6. 03. The First is Void: Refuting the Claim of Non-Existence Necessitated by The Divine Essence

    7. 04. The Impossibility of Non-Existence Being Necessitated by the Divine Essence: Understanding The Concept of ‘Takhalluf’

    8. 05. The Second is also Void: The Impossible Scenario of an External Annihilator that is Opposite to the Essence

    9. 06. The Impossibility of an External Annihilator's Eternal Nature: Refuting the First Hypothesis

    10. 07. The Impossibility of an External Annihilator's Temporal Nature: Refuting the Second Hypothesis

    11. 08. Concluding the Evidences: It is Rationally Impossible for Non-Existence to Follow Allah's Existence

    12. Quiz: Understanding and Comprehension of the Sections from Unit Three

    13. Quiz Answers

    14. Assessment: Review and Further Reading

    15. Live Tutorial Seminar | Playback

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