The Emendation of A Shi‘ite Creed

This text is a translation of Tashihu 'l-I‘tiqad of Abu ‘Abdillah, Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Nu‘man, Known as ash-Shaykh al-Mufid (336/948 or 338/950 – 413/1022)

• Preface
• The Author and His Works
• 1. The Metaphorical Interpretation of the Baring of the Shank (Kashfu 'S-Saq)
• 2. The Metaphorical Interpretation of "The Hand (Al-Yad)"
• 3. The Breathing of the Spirit (into man) (Nafkhu 'l-Arwah)
• 4. Metonym and Metaphor (in the Qur’an)
• 5. The Attribution of Scheming: beguiling and Mockery to Allah
• 6. The Attribution of Forgetfulness to Allah
• 7. The Attributes of Allah (Sifat Allah)
• 8. The Belief concerning the Origination of Human Actions
• 9. Concerning Human Actions (faslun fi af‘Ali 'L-khalq)
• 10. Predestination and Free Will (Al-Jabr wa 't-tafwid)
• 11. The Belief concerning Allah's Intention and Will (Al-Mashiah Wa 'l-Iradah)
• 12. The belief concerning destiny and decree (Al-Qada’ wa 'L-Qadar)
• 13. The interpretation of the reports concerning Al-Qada’ and Al-Qadar
• 14. The Natural Religion (Al-Fitrah)
• 15. Concerning Human Capacity (Al -Istita‘Ah)
• 16. Concerning Al-bada’
• 17. Concerning Religious Disputation (Al-Jidal)
• 18. The belief concerning the tablet and the pen (Al-Lawh Wa 'L-Qalam)
• 19. The Metaphysical Meaning of the Throne (Al-‘Arsh)
• 20. Concerning Souls and Spirits (Al-Arwah wa 'n-Nufus)
• 21. What Ash-Shaykh Abu Ja‘far has described about Death
• 22. The Belief concerning the questioning in the Grave
• 23. What Ash-Shaykh Abu Ja‘far has mentioned about Divine Justice
• 24. Chapter on Al-A‘raf
• 25. The Belief concerning the Bridge (As-Sirat)
• 26. Chapter concerning Al-‘Aqabat
• 27. The belief concerning reckoning and balance (Al-Hisab wa 'l-Mizan)
• 28. Concerning Paradise and Hell (Al -Jannah wa 'N-nar)
• 29. The Point of Unbelief
• 30. Concerning the descent of revelation (Nuzulu 'l-Wahy)
• 31. On the Revelation of the Qur’an (Nuzulu 'l-Qur’an)
• 32. The Belief on Impeccability (Al-‘Ismah)
• 33. Chapter on Excess and Delegation (Al-Ghuluww wa’t-Tafwid)
• 34. On Dissimulation (At-Taqiyyah)
• 35. That the ancestors of the prophet were monotheists (Muwahhidun)
• 36. Concerning the interpretation of the verse 42:43
• 37. On Prohibition and Permission (Al-Hazr wa 'l-Ibahah)
• 38. On Medicine (At-Tibb)
• 39. On the Divergent Traditions (Al -Ahadithu 'l-Mukhtalifah)
• Bibliography