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