PREFACE

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-taqlīd )
　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, taṣdīq 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 OF PERSONS AND SECTS
INDEX OF ARABIC WORDS