This book is God's words about Understanding and talks about the following:
- The Divine Commandment
- Types and examples of understanding and discerning
First: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding
Second: Understanding, discerning, and recognizing God's existence and works
Third: Understanding and discerning God's voice, purposes, and dispensations
Fourth: Understanding and discerning between good and evil, truth and vanity
Fifth: Discerning people
Sixth: Understanding and discerning situations and dialogues
Seventh: Discerning between what is holy and permissible, and between the pure and the defiled or the clean and the unclean
Eighth: Examples of people characterized as understanding and discerning
- Blessings of understanding and discerning
First: Dominion and honor
Second: Good and blessing
- Acquiring understanding and discerning
First: Understanding and discerning are gifts and wisdom to be sought from God
Second: The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Wisdom, Understanding, and Discerning
Third: Obtaining understanding and discernment
Fourth: Understanding and discernment due to experiencing trials and chastising
- Limitedness of understanding and discerning, and losing them
First: Limitedness of man's understanding
Second: Wrong understanding
Third: Lack of understanding and discernment
Fourth: Rebuking for not having understanding and discernment
Fifth: The consequence of lack of understanding and discernment
- The Divine Commandment
- Types and examples of understanding and discerning
First: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding
Second: Understanding, discerning, and recognizing God's existence and works
Third: Understanding and discerning God's voice, purposes, and dispensations
Fourth: Understanding and discerning between good and evil, truth and vanity
Fifth: Discerning people
Sixth: Understanding and discerning situations and dialogues
Seventh: Discerning between what is holy and permissible, and between the pure and the defiled or the clean and the unclean
Eighth: Examples of people characterized as understanding and discerning
- Blessings of understanding and discerning
First: Dominion and honor
Second: Good and blessing
- Acquiring understanding and discerning
First: Understanding and discerning are gifts and wisdom to be sought from God
Second: The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Wisdom, Understanding, and Discerning
Third: Obtaining understanding and discernment
Fourth: Understanding and discernment due to experiencing trials and chastising
- Limitedness of understanding and discerning, and losing them
First: Limitedness of man's understanding
Second: Wrong understanding
Third: Lack of understanding and discernment
Fourth: Rebuking for not having understanding and discernment
Fifth: The consequence of lack of understanding and discernment