PREFACE (Tokyo, 12 April, 1965)
Chapter Ⅰ The Infidel (Kāfir)
Ⅰ. The Khārijites and the origin of the problem
Ⅱ. The Khārijite concept of kufr
Ⅲ. The basic structure of the Khārijite thought
Chapter Ⅱ The Concept of Takfīr
Ⅰ. The danger of the free practice of takfīr
Ⅱ. Ghazālī’s theory of takfīr
Chapter Ⅲ The Grave Sinner (Fāsiq)
Ⅰ. The concept of the grave sin (kabīrah)
Ⅱ. The grave sinner (murtakib al-kabīrah)
Chapter Ⅳ Īmān and Islām
Ⅰ. The relation between īmān and islām
Ⅱ. Is īmān identical with islām?
Chapter Ⅴ The Essential Structure of the Concept of Belief
Ⅰ. The Murji’ites and the problem of īmān
Ⅱ. The essential structure of īmān
Chapter Ⅵ Belief and Knowledge
Ⅰ. The predominance given to ‘knowledge’ in the definition of
īmān
Ⅱ. Reason and revelation
Ⅲ. Belief on the authority of others (īmān bi-al-taglīd)
Ⅳ. The locus of īmān
Chapter Ⅶ Belief as Assent
Ⅰ. Knowledge and assent
Ⅱ. Ash‘arī’s theory of īmān
Chapter Ⅷ Belief and Verbal Confession
Ⅰ. Which is more important, tas・dīq or iqrār?
Ⅱ. The Karrāmite theory of īmān
Chapter Ⅸ Belief and Work
Ⅰ. The Mu‘tazilites and the Murji’ites
Ⅱ. Ibn Taymiyyah’s theory of īmān
Ⅲ. The increase and decrease of īmān
Chapter Ⅹ ‘I am a Believer, if God Wills’
Chapter Ⅺ Creation of Īmān
Ⅰ. The origin of the question
Ⅱ. Ash‘arī’s position
Ⅲ. The Māturīdite position
Ⅳ. Creation of kufr
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX: Kitāb al-Īmān
INDEX
