The book provides an Arabic version of Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi’s speeches in Lebanon. These lectures was delivered in Lebanon in October 1999 to a group of intellectuals, and contains excerpts from issues like ontology, epistemology, anthropology, philosophy of law, philosophy of ethics, and philosophy of politics, which constitute the foundations of Islamic teachings. The interpretations of these discussions have been provided by a number of students in Imam Khomeini’s Educational and Research Institute, and Chap-o-Nashr Publications has published it. Of course, some miscellaneous speeches have been performed in Lebanon which has been mentioned in this book. The lectures were provided in fifteen speeches, eleven of them contain the fundamental ideas of Islam, and four speeches are public gatherings speeches.

Born in 1934 in the desert city of Yazd in southern Iran, Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi finished his preliminary religious studies in his hometown before leaving for the Iraqi holy city of Najaf for advanced studies. After one year in Najaf, he returned to Iran and settled in the holy city of Qom. He followed courses offered by Imam Khomeini and other qualified religious scholars in Qom from 1952 to 1960 until he became a scholar. In addition to teaching, Mesbah Yazdi has conducted research about the social aspects of Islam, including Jihad, judgment and Islamic government. Before and after the Islamic Revolution, he has established severa universities, schools and institutes as Imam Khomeini supported and persuaded him. Mesbah Yazdi is currently among the prominent Shia scholars at Qom Seminary. He has authored numerous books on Islamic philosophy, theology, ethics and Islamic beliefs. He is currently heading Imam Khomeini Education and Research Institute in Qom. So far he has authored more than 50 books on basic subjects in Islam most of which have become textbooks or references