Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translators introduction -- Islamic beliefs -- Al-fiqh al-akbar -- Biographies -- Abu l-Muntaha al-Maghnisawi -- Mulla 'Ali al-Qari -- Other commentaries on al-Fiqh al-akbar -- Prelude -- The scholars approach to ʻilm al-kalām summarized from ʻAlī al-Qārī's introduction -- Maghnīsāwī's introduction to his commentary of al-Fiqh al-akbar -- The fundamentals of divine oneness (tawḥīd) and true faith (īmān) -- Allāh and his essential and active attributes -- The Qurān: the speech of Allāh Most High 89 -- That Allāh is unlike anything, and his hand, countenance, and self -- The attributes of creating, knowledge, preordination, and his writing in the preserved tablet -- That Allāh created people pure and the covenant of the beginning -- The creator and the actions of his creation -- The prophets (upon them be peace),Muḥammad , and the companions -- The effects of sin on a person, wiping leather socks (khuffayn), tarāwīḥ, and other matters -- Muʻjizāt, karāmāt, and istidrāj 161 -- The beatific vision of Allāh -- Īmān (true faith), Islām, and dīn (true religion)? -- Knowing Allāh Most High -- Allāh the generous and just -- The intercession and some other eschatological realities -- That Allah guides and misguides -- Some eschatological realitiesconcerning the grave -- Expressing the attributes of Allāh in other than Arabic -- The closeness and distance of a person to Allāh Most High -- More concerning the Qurān -- Abū Ṭālib, the parents of Allāh's messenger, and his children -- What to do when doubt arises regarding any matter from the subtleties of the science of divine oneness (tawḥīd) -- Concerning the ascension and some signs of the Day of Judgment -- Bibliography.