19 Titles in 52 volumes,

 with over 20,000 pages

Collected Works of

The Muslim Shī'ite Scholar and Thinker :

Allāma Hājj Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Husaynī Tihrānī

 (May his Soul be Sanctified)

The Corpus of:

 Islamic Attitudes, Law, and Culture

Covering from the Origin to Return.

 from the foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nesr to "Kernel of the Kernel"

"The work of Allamah. Tihrani translated here [from Persian] represents a genre of Islamic Gnostic and esoteric writings that has been rarely studied in the West until now. This book is in fact perhaps the first of its kind to appear in the English language...."continue...

Table of content:

Corpus on Knowledge:

Corpus on Sciences:

•  Ethics, Wisdom, and Gnosis:

   

  •  Spiritual Wayfaring, a Treatise Attributed to Bahr al-‘Ulūm (Spiritual journey toward Allah ought to be set out before it is too late.)

  •  Kernel of the Kernel, a Treatise on the Spiritual Journey of those who Possess Intellect (Straight path is the midway between the exoteric life and the esoteric purification.)

  •  Objective and Intellectual Monotheism (The god carved out of subjective contrivances is not worth worshipping!)

  •  The Shining Sun [A Commemoration Volume in Honor of The Islamic & Shī'ites Scholar Allama Tabātabā’ī] (Allāma TabāTabā’ī was a master of the intellect, the heart, and the religious law.)

  •  The Detached Soul [A Commemoration Volume in Honor of  the perfect mystic, the late Hājj Sayyid Hashim Haddad] (The end of man’s journey in the Realm of Being is the vision of Allah.)

   

•  Exegetical Discourses:

   

  •  The Original (Badī‘a) Treatise (God has lifted the burden of toilsome duties and heavy tasks from women’s shoulders.)

  •  The New (Nuwīn) Treatise (The date and calendar of all Muslims of the world ought to be turned to the Lunar.)

   

•  Scientific and Legal Discourses:

   

  •  Treatise on Sighting the Lunar Crescent (Sighting the crescent on the eve of each new Lunar month is valid only for the regions adjacent to or on the East of the sighting location.)

  •  The Duty of Individual Muslims in Reviving Islamic Government (Happiness can be achieved only by thorough implementation of Divine Agenda and Law.)

  •  The Rule of Juristconsultant in Islamic Government (The center for decision making in Islam is exclusive to the most knowledgeable and the most proximate people to God.)

  •  The Angelic Light of the Qur’an (The only way for Muslims to attain salvation is to return to the Qur’an.)

  •  An Examination of the Essay, “The Theoretical Contraction and Expansion in Religious Knowledge” (Human sciences, however highly advanced, are restricted and may not undermine one’s devotedness to the infinite Divine Knowledge.)

  •  Population Control, a Fatal Blow to the Muslim Masses (Major problem in communities is the unbalanced population and improper distribution of facilities, rather than the population growth.)

  •  A Critical Letter Suggesting Ameliorations of the Constitution Draft (In the Islamic Government, all forces are at the disposal of the most wisely aware and the most proximate people to God.)

   

•  Historical Discourses:

   

  •  Divine Flashes of Husayn (The roots and branches of notions and realities are in the hands of the Pure Imams.)

  •  Ghadīriyya Present: Two Letters; One Black, the other White (Truthfulness and certitude is evident in the proponents of Wilāya, and darkness and ignorance in the followers of falsehood.)

   

• Manuscript Collection (treatise, preaches, and memos):

   

  •  Notes and Remarks (Anthologies): Biographies of Dignitaries,  Scholarly & Exegetical Treatises,  Legal Treatises,  Some Letters