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Lubb al-Lubab (The Kernels of Kernels) A Short Treatise on Wayfaring

Author: Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Husayni Tehrani
Translator: Ali Quli Qara'i
Publisher: ABWA Publishing and Printing Center
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• Introduction: The Straight Path is one which combines the Exoteric and the Esoteric
• Notes
• A Brief Introduction and General Plan for Godward Wayfaring
• Essentials of Wayfaring and Suluk
• The Obstacle
• The World of Khulus and Ikhlas
• Notes
• A Detailed Description of the Realms Preceding the World of Khulus
• Islam al-Akbar (Greater Islam)
• Ima'm al-Akbar (The Greater Faith)
• Hijrat al-Kubra (The Greatest Migration)
• Jihad al-Akbar (The Greater Struggle)
• Islam al-A'zam (The Greatest Submission)
• Imam al-A'zam (The Greatest Faith)
• Hijrat al-’Uzma (The Greatest Migration)
• An Explanation and Clarification
• A General Description of the Method And Way of Godward Wayfaring
• The First Description
• A Detailed Description of the Method and Way of Godward Wayfaring
• First: Abandoning Habits, Customs and Conventions
• 1. Steadfastness (‘Azm)
• 2. Gentleness and Leniency (Rifq wa Mudara)
• 3. Loyalty (Wafa)
• 4. Stability and Perseverance (Thubat wa Dawam)
• 5. Self‑vigilance (Muraqabah)
• 6. Self‑Accounting (Muhasabah)
• 7. Self‑Censure (Mu'akhadhah)
• 8. Speedy Action (Musara’h)
• 9. Affection (Iradat)
• 10. Reverence and Etiquette (Adab)
• 11. Intention (Niyyat)
• 12. Silence (Samt)
• 13. Hunger (Ju’) and Eating Little
• 14. Seclusion (Khalwat)
• 15. Morning Wakefulness (Sahar)
• 16. Perpetual Observance of Taharah
• 17. Outpouring Humility (Tadarru')
• 18. Refraining from Pleasures
• 19. Secrecy
• 20. The Teacher and the Shaykh
• 21. Wird
• 22 & 23. Thought Control, Contemplation and Dhikr