Lesson One
The Place of
Leadership in Islam
Lesson Two
The Position of the Messenger of God with Respect to the Future of Islam
Lesson Three
The Proclamation of Ali's Leadership by the Prophet
Lesson Four
The Objection of Ali to the Decision of the Companions
Lesson Five
The Rank of Ali as Indicated in Other Sayings of the Prophet
Lesson Six
The Relationship between the Quran and the Progeny of the Prophet
Lesson Seven
Irresponsible Attitudes
of the Companions
Lesson Eight
Does the Quran Provide
an Unconditional Guarantee for the Companions?
Lesson Nine
The Formation of the Caliphal Order at the Saqifah
Lesson Ten
Reliance on Unsound
Criteria
Lesson Eleven
Answer to an Objection
Lesson Twelve
Shi'sm in the Course of History
Lesson Thirteen
The True Nature of the
Holders of Authority
Lesson Fourteen
The Guardians of the
Frontiers of the Shari'a
and the Realm of Islam
Lesson Fifteen
The Imamate as a
Rational Necessity
Lesson Sixteen
Who are Those Capable
of Interpreting Divine Law?
Lesson Seventeen
The Imamate and Inner
Guidance of Man
Lesson Eighteen
The Inerrancy of the
Imams and the Necessity
of Belief in it
Lesson Ninteen
Confirmation from the
Quran and Sunnah
Lesson Twenty
The Imam's Comprehensive
Knowledge of the Islamic
Sciences
Lesson
Twenty-One
The Sources of the Imam's Knowledge
Lesson
Twenty-Two
A Word Concerning the Unseen and the Manifest
Lesson Twenty-Three
The Imam's Communication with the World of the Unseen
Lesson
Twenty-Four
The Method of Choosing
the Imam or Leader
Lesson
Twenty-Five
The Imamate of the Most Excellent