Divine Attributes

by Mujtaba Musavi Lari

Belief in God, God in the Qur'an, free will, and a discussion of some of attributes of God. Translated by Dr. Hamid Algar

Paperback

Published January 5, 2017

About the author

Sayyed Mujtaba Musavi Lari was born in 1925 in the city of Lar where he completed his primary education and his preliminary Islamic studies. In 1953, he departed for Qum to continue his study of the Islamic sciences, studying under the professors and teachers of the religious institution, including the main authorities in jurisprudence (maraji’).

In 1962, he became a collaborator of Maktab Al-lslam, a religious and scientific journal, writing a series of articles on Islamic ethics. Thee articles were later collected into a book published under the title Ethical and Psychological Problems.

In 1978, he traveled to America at the invitation of an Islamic organization in that country. He then went to England and France and after returning to Iran began writing a series of articles on Islamic ideology for the magazine Soroush. These articles were later collected in a four volume book on the fundamental beliefs of Islam (tauhid, divine justice, prophethood, imamate, and resurrection) under the title The Foundations of Islamic Doctrine.