The Summa Philosophiae of Shahrastani. Kitāb Nihāyatu ʼl-Iqdām fī ʽIlmi ʼl –Kalām (Translation)

Title page......Page 3 Preface ......Page 6 CONTENTS......Page 8 INTRODUCTION......Page 10 The Manuscripts......Page 13 ADDENDA TO TRANSLATION......Page 17 1. PROOF THAT THE WORLD HAD A BEGINNING......Page 19 2. THAT ALL THINGS THAT EXIST HAD A BEGINNING THROUGH GOD'S ORIGINATION......Page 43 3. THE DIVINE UNITY......Page 57 4. THE REFUTATION OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM......Page 61 5. THE REFUTATION OF THOSE WHO DENY THE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES......Page 68 6. STATES (OR CONDITIONS OF THINGS)......Page 70 7. IS THE NON-EXISTENT A THING ? ......Page 78 8. PROOF THAT THE PROPOSITIONS CONNECTED WITH THE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES CAN BE KNOWN......Page 84 9. PROOF THAT THE ETERNAL ATTRIBUTES CAN BE KNOWN......Page 87 10. CONCERNING THE ETERNAL KNOWLEDGE IN PARTICULAR......Page 96 11. ON THE DIVINE WILL......Page 102 12. THAT THE CREATOR SPEAKS WITH AN ETERNAL SPEECH......Page 109 13. THAT GOD'S SPEECH IS ONE......Page 115 14. ON THE REALITY OF HUMAN SPEECH AND PSYCHIC UTTERANCE......Page 123 15. CONCERNING OUR KNOWLEDGE THAT THE CREATOR IS HEARING, SEEING......Page 130 16. THAT THE VISION OF GOD IS AN INTELLECTUAL POSSIBILITY AND A DOGMA OF REVELATION......Page 133 17. CONCERNING WHAT IS TO BE CONSIDERED HONOURABLE AND WHAT BASE......Page 137 18. REFUTATION OF THE ASSERTION (a) THAT THE ACTS OF GOD HAVE A PURPOSE OR A CAUSE; (b) OF UTILITY IN GOD'S ACTS......Page 144 19. THE PROOF OF PROPHECY, OF THE REALITY OF MIRACLES......Page 151 20. PROOF OF THE PROPHETIC MISSION OF MUHAMMAD......Page 160