The Scholarly Theological Effort of Al-Allama Al-Hilli (May Allah sanctify his secret): His Book “The Way of Right and Discovering Truth” an Example

Abstract

Our present paper aims at elucidating the scholarly theologicaleffort of A-Allama Al-Hilli in his book Nahjul-Haq wa Kashfus-Sidq (The Way of Right and Discovering Truth). We have organized it into three chapters. Chapter One presents a summary of Al-Allama Al-Hilli’s (May Allah sanctify his secret) life. Chapter Two deals with the titles of scholastic theology and the reasons of naming it by using each of them, its definition, subject, status, the evidences of its high rank and its aim according to Al-Allama Al-Hilli(May Allah sanctify his secret).Chapter Three presents a synopsized view of the scholastic theological books of Al-Hilli and some concerns of these books.We have put his book(The Way of Right and Discovering Truth) at the end. We divided the research concerning that book intothree parts. Part One includes the reasons for writing the book.Part Two is divided into two themes: one of them concerns the most important and the oldest copies of the book; the second concerns its most important explanations. Part Three also contains two themes: Al-Hilli’s approach in using titles; his style in deduction and the resources he borrowed his evidences from.