Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

A Translation of Naṣir al-Dīn Ṭūsī’s Commentary upon Ibn Sīnā’s al-Ishārāt wa’l- Tanbīhāt, al-Namaṭ al-Tāsi‘ fī Maqāmāt al-‘Ārifīn: Namaṭ Nine on the Stations of the Mystics

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Chapter 1: Remark [on the Stations of the Mystics]
• Salāmān and Absāl
• Chapter 2: Remark [on the Difference Between the Ascetic,the Worshipper, and the Mystic]
• Chapter 3: Remark [on the Asceticism and Worship of the Mystic versus Those of the non-Mystic]
• Chapter 4: Admonition [on the Need for Religious Law and a Prophet]
• Chapter 5: Admonition [on the Proper Objective of the Mystic]
• Chapter 6: Admonition [on the Difference Between One Who Seeks the Truth as a Means and One Who Seeks Him for His Own Sake]
• Chapter 7: Admonition [on Will as the First Stage of the Progress of the Mystics]
• Chapter 8: Admonition [on Spiritual Exercise]
• Chapter 9: Admonition [on the Mystical Moment]
• Chapter 10: Admonition [on the State of Rapture]
• Chapter 11: Admonition [on Concealing Reaction to the State of Rapture ]
• Chapter 12: Admonition [on the State of Constant Recognition]
• Chapter 13: Admonition [on Being Present while Absent]
• Chapter 14: Admonition [on Attaining Recognition by Wishing It]
• Chapter 15: Admonition [on Recognition without a Wish]
• Chapter 16 Admonition [on Becoming a Polished Mirror]
• Chapter 17: Admonition on [Complete Arrival at the Holy Presence]
• Chapter 18: A Remark [on the Imperfection of the Stages before Arrival]
• Chapter 19: Admonition [on the Beginning and End of Mysticism]
• Chapter 20: Admonition [on the Stages of the Ocean of Arrival]
• Chapter 21: A Remark [on the Characteristics of the Mystics]
• Chapter 22: A Remark [on the Mystic’s States Before and After Arrival]
• Chapter 23: Remark [on the Compassion of the Mystic]
• Chapter 24: A Remark [on the Attributes of the Mystic]
• Chapter 25: A Remark [on the Differing Intentions of theMystic]
• Chapter 26: A Remark [on the Mystic’s Exemption from Performing Religious Duties During the Time of Contact with the Truth]
• Chapter 27: An Admonition [That Not Every Soul is Suited to Mysticism]
• Notes