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CONTENTS.
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INTRODUCTION.
1. General Remarks
2. The Dâdistân-î Dînîk
3. The Epistles of Mânûskîhar
4. The Appendix
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TRANSLATIONS.
DADISTÂN-I DİNİK
1. Introductory
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2. Why a righteous man is better than all creatures, spiritual or worldly
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3. Why a righteous man is created, and how he should act. 4. Why a righteous man is great
5. How temporal distress is to be regarded
6. Why the good suffer more than the bad in this world 7. Why we are created, and what we ought to do
8. Whether good works done for the dead differ in effect from those ordered or done by themselves
9. How far they differ
10. The growth of good works during life
11. Whether the growth of a good work be as commendable as the original good work
12. Whether it eradicates sin equally well 13. Whether one is made responsible for all his sins and good works separately at the last account, or only for their balance
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14. The angels who take account of sin and good works, and how sinners are punished.
15. The exposure of a corpse does not occasion the final departure of life, and is meritorious
16. Whether the soul be aware of, or disturbed by, the corpse being gnawed.
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