Endnotes

1. Russell, Why I am not a Christian., p. 37.

2. King, Sociology, p.99.

3. Du'a-yi "Arafa in Mafatih al-Janan, p. 265..

4. Bihar al-Anwar, III, p.41.

5. Nahj al-Balaghah., ed. Subhi Salih, p. 43.

6. There is a clear reference to this matter in the following words of Imam Sajjad, upon whom be peace: "Pure and exalted are You, O Lord, Who knows the weight of the heavens! Pure and exalted are You, O Lord, Who knows the weight of the earth! Pure and exalted are You, O Lord, Who knows the weigh t of the darkness and the light! Pure and exalted are You, O Lord, Who knows the weight of the shade and air!" (Sahifa-yi Saniya, prayer 55).

6a. Hiss-i-Dini, translated by Engineer Bayani.

7. Bihar al-Anwar, III, pp. 51-53.

8. Tafssir al-Mizan, Vol. VIII, p.255.

9. Bihar al-Anwar, III, pp. 103-104.

10. Morrison, Raz-i Afarinish, pp. 102-104.

11. Bihar al-Anwar, II, p.21.

12. Russell, Why I am not a Christian, p. 9.

13. Quoted in Furughi, Sayr-iHikmat dar Urupa, III, p. 162.

14. Will Durant, History of Philosophy, II, p. 497.

15. Russel, Why I am not a Christian, p. 20.

16. Bihar al-Anwar, I, p. 166.

17. Isbat-i Vujud-i Khuda, p. 17.

18. This is reminiscent of the Quranic verse that says, "If all the trees in the world were to be turned into pens, and the seven seas together with an additional ocean were turned into ink" the recording of God's words would still be incomplete, fur truly God possesses wisdom and power."(18:109)

19. Dau Hazar Danishman dar Justuju-yi Khuda-yi Buzurg, p. 13.

20. Isbat-i Vujud-i Khuda, p.60.

20a. Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. III, p. 152.

21. Shaykh al-Mufid, Irshad, p. 142.

22. Mafatih al-Janan., p. 400.

23. Nahj al-Balaghah, Sermon 220.

24. Nahj al-Balaghah, Sermon 225.

25. Sahifa-yiSajjadiya, pp. 163-198.

26. Dau Hazar Danishmand dar Justuju-yi Khuda-yi Buzurg, pp. 61 and 99.

27. Nahj al-Balaghah, Sermon 181 .

28. Nahj al-Balaghah, ed. Fayz al-Islam, p. 14.

29. Usul al-Kafi, Kitab at-Tauhid, p. 150.

30. Usul al-Kafi, Kitab at-Tauhid.

31. Nahj al-Balaghah, Sermon 159.

32. Bihar al-Anwar, IV, p. 143.

33. Saduq, Tauhid, p. 73.

34. Bihar al-Anwar, III, p.297.

35. Kifayat al-Muwahhidin, I, p.442.

35a. Nahj al-Balaghah, ed., Subhi Salh, p. 493.

35b. Muntaha al-Amal, p. 299.

36. al-Kafi, I, p. 160.

37 al-Kafi, I, p. 160.

38. al-Kafi, I, p. 183.

38a. Mafatih al-Janan, p. 185.

39. Safinat al-Bihar, I, p.488.