Imamate in the Holy Qur'an

Title: THE CONCEPT OF EXPLICIT STATEMENTS ON IMAMATE IN THE HOLY QUR'aN
Author: Ayatullah Muhsin Araki
Project supervisor: Translation Unit, Cultural Affairs Department Ahl al-Bayt (a) World Assembly (ABWA)
Translator: Islamic Ahl al-Bayt Foundation - London
Editor: Islamic Ahl al-Bayt Foundation - London
Proofreader: Sayyid Baqir Husayni
Publisher: ABWA Publishing and Printing Center
First Printing: 2013
All rights reserved

CONTENTS
PREFACE - 9
PREAMBLE - 11
FIRST TOPIC
MEANING OF IMAMATE IN THE HOLY QUR'AN - 21
QUALIFICATIONS OF IMAMATE IN THE HOLY QUR'AN - 21
IMAMATE AND THE REALITY OF BELIEF IN ALLAH AS THE ONE AND ONLY GOD - 37
SECOND TOPIC
VALIDITY OF IMAMATE IS CONDITIONAL ON DIVINE NOMINATION - 51
1- Verses of Commandment - 53
2- Verses of Judgment - 55
3- Verses of Kingdom - 56
4- Verses of Guardianship - 62
5- Verses of Obedience - 64
6- Verses of Choice - 67
7- Verse of Adjudication - 72
8- Verses of Granting Kingdom - 74
THIRD TOPIC
IMPOSING THE IMAMS IN QUR'ANIC TEXTS - 89
1- VERSE OF WILAYAH - 119
2- VERSE OF PURIFICATION - 122
3- VERSE OF RELATIVES - 127
4- VERSE OF DELIVERING THE MESSAGE - 135
5- VERSES OF WITNESSES - 140
A. Among Every Nation, Allah Had Witnesses - 141
B. Feature of the Witnesses - 142
C. The Holy Prophet Witnesses for or against the Muslims of His Time - 145
D. The Next Witness after the Holy Prophet - 146
REFERENCES - 155