Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

The Elixir of Love

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

• Foreword
• The Charisma of the Shaykh's Sayings
• The Style of Writing
• Beyond a Commemorative Volume
• Authenticity of the Sources
• Stations of the People possessing Divine Knowledge
• The Human Beings who cannot be perceived
• Notes
• Part 1: Traits
• Life
• The Shaykh's House
• The Shaykh's Clothing
• The Shaykh's Food
• Notes
• Occupation
• Perseverance in his Work
• Equity in Receiving Wages
• A Reward for Equity
• Imam al- 'Asr (aj) in the Blacksmiths' Bazaar
• The Equity of the Old Locksmith
• I will Visit him!
• Notes
• Self -Sacrifice
• Self-Sacrifice toward other People's Children
• Self-Sacrifice toward a Bankrupt Neighbor
• Self-Sacrifice on the New Year's Eve
• Notes
• Acts of Selfless Devotion
• Taqlid
• Dedicating the Work for God
• Refuting un-Islamic Mortification
• First Payoff Your Khums
• Notes
• Ethics
• Humbleness
• Reconciliation
• Profound Reverence for the Sayyids
• Respect for All People
• Indifference to the Worldly Positions
• Notes
• Awaiting the Faraj (Second Coming of Imam al-'Asr (aj))
• The Shaykh's Significant Demand
• How the Ant Strived to Reach the Beloved
• A Cobbler in Shahr-i Ray
• Notes
• Poetry
• Reciting (singing) Poetry in a Delightful Voice
• I seek Allah's forgiveness for my fictitious existence
• A Poem by the Shaykh and Reminiscence
• Notes
• Politics
• Two Political Predictions
• The Future of the Islamic Revolution
• Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar in the Purgatory World
• Praising the Tyrannical Monarch
• Cooperation with the American Military Attaches
• Notes
• Part 2: A Leap Forward
• Divine Training
• The Shaykh's Masters
• A Turning Point
• How he Received Divine Training
• The Eyes and Ears of the Heart
• Notes
• Help from the Unseen World
• Penalty of a Disapproved Thought
• Notes
• Spiritual Perfections
• Absorbed in Monotheism
• The Lover of God
• The Greatest Status
• Finding Way into all Worlds
• The Shaykh at the Age of Sixty
• The great Difference Between our Knowledge and his
• Helping out the Hard-Working Laborer
• Contact with the Souls of Dr. Farzam's Parents
• How a Relation was established between Dr. Shaykh and Shaykh Rajab Ali
• Your Request is granted
• The Effect of Humility toward People for God's Sake
• Talking to Plants
• The Reward for the Inventor of Electric Fan
• Conditional Fulfillment of Supplication
• Helping the One Who Had Lost his Properties
• The Scent of Red Apples
• The Reward for Abstaining from Unlawful Look
• The Fire within the Unlawful Property
• How the Gramophone Stopped Working
• The Appeal by the Youth in Love
• Responding Satan's Temptation
• Notes
• Part 3: Self-Building
• The Ways of Self-Building
• Self-Building by One's Manners
• Educational Methods
• 1. Public Sessions
• Emphasis on Obeying God and Refraining from Carnal Desires
• Recognition of Internal States
• Putting the Shaykh to Test
• The Presence of an Informer
• 2. Special Guidelines
• The Importance of a Perfect Instructor
• Sins and Calamities in Life
• Annoying the Child
• Annoying the Wife
• Annoying the Husband
• The Displeased Sister
• Unkindness toward the Sister
• The Displeased Mother
• The Broken-Hearted Aunt
• Annoying the Employer's Son
• Annoying the Employee
• Usurping the Old Woman's Right
• Cruelty to Animals
• Notes
• The Basis of Self-Building
• Cleansing of Polytheism
• Traveling for the Purpose of Telling a Point
• Personality Cult and Polytheism
• How to Reach the Reality of Monotheism
• Notes
• The Elixir of Self-Building
• The Real Elixir
• The Shaykh's Greatest Art
• Shirin and Farhad
• Fundamentals of Love of God
• Attaining Intuitive Knowledge
• The Pitfall of Love toward God
• The Inward Aspects of the Worldly-Minded People
• The God-Displaying Heart
• Attaining Divine Mysteries
• The Status of the Intellect and that of the Soul
• Worship Based on Affection
• The Highest Levels of Piety
• The School of Love
• Opening up the Heart's Eye
• The Inward Aspect of Heart
• The Heart to which Everything is Present
• The Man who Performs Godly Acts
• The Way to Love God
• Notes
• Sincerity of Friends of God
• All Deeds for God's Sake
• Come Over for God's sake!
• What have you done for God's Sake?
• To Become Good for God's Sake
• Fruits of Sincerity
• Divine Guidance
• The Fragrance of God in Deeds
• Overpowering the Satan
• Opening up of the Heart's Eye
• Material and Spiritual Blessings
• I taught them for God's Sake
• Notes
• The Dhikr of the Friends of God
• Perpetual Presence
• How to Liberate from Carnal Soul and the Satan
• Remembrance of God in Sleep
• A Message from Barzakh
• Virtues of some Dhikrs
• Giving Importance to Two Dhikrs
• On Overcoming Carnal Desires
• Suppressing the Satanic Temptations when Encountering Women other than our Next of Kin
• For the Love of God
• For Attaining the Honor of Meeting Wali 'Asr (aj)
• 1. How Ayatollah Ziyarati Attained this Honor
• 2. How a Shopkeeper found this Honor
• For Solving Problems and Curing Illnesses
• For Averting Heat and Cold
• Notes
• Supplications of the Friends of God
• Supplications of the Shaykh
• His Regular Supplication
• "Find a Pretext to Seek 'Him'!"
• The Value of Weeping and Whispered Prayer
• An instructive intuition is quoted from the shaykh which confirms the above statement
• Ayatollah Fahri quoted the Shaykh as saying
• The Way to Proximity to God
• The Ziyarat of 'Ashura
• The Condition for Getting Answers to Supplications
• The Capacity of the Worshipper
• Courtesy of the Worshipper
• Notes
• Benevolence of the Friends of God
• The Mystery of Creation
• Giving Alms while in Poverty
• "Fast and Give Alms!"
• Benevolence to a Jobless Person Encumbered by a Large Family
• Benevolence to the Sister
• The Shaykh and Rendering Service to People
• Recommendation for Serving Meals
• The Blessings of Rendering Service to People
• The Status of Hazrat Abdul Azim Hasani
• The Blessing of the Taxi Driver's Service
• Assisting the Blind Man and the Luminosity of the Heart
• Giving Meals to Forty People and the Healing of the Patient
• Rain in a Drought
• Giving Victuals by the Father to Beget a Child
• The Blessing of Feeding a Hungry Animal
• Benevolence Based on Love of God
• Words of Imam Khomeini (ra) on rendering Service to People
• Notes
• Prayers of the Friends of God
• 1. Love
• 2. Courtesy
• 3. Presence of Heart
• 4. Perseverance in Performing Prayers at their Due Time
• Anger, the Bane of Prayers
• Notes
• The Hajj of the Friends of God
• Recommendations of the Shaykh to the Hajj Pilgrims
• "From your departure until forty days read the noble ayah
• 3. Complete Orientation towards God While Circumambulating Ka'bah
• 5. Killing the Carnal Soul in Mina
• The Banquet for Returning from Hajj
• The Secret of Circumambulation
• Allegiance to God
• Sa'y (Attempt) in finding the Beloved
• Mindfulness and 'Irfan (Gnosticism) in Mash'ar and 'Arafat
• The Secret of Making Sacrifices in Mina
• Notes
• Friends of God's Fear
• The Meaning of Fear of God
• Fear of Separation
• Fear of not being accepted by the Beloved
• Notes
• Part 4: Passing Away
• The Passing Away of Shaykh Rajab Ali Khayyat
• The Day before his Heavenly Departure
• A Dream by One of his Disciples
• The Shaykh on his Deathbed
• The First Night after the Burial
• Notes
• Occupation
• Perseverance in his Work
• Equity in Receiving Wages
• A Reward for Equity
• Imam al- 'Asr (aj) in the Blacksmiths' Bazaar
• The Equity of the Old Locksmith
• Notes
• The Passing Away of Ayatollah Hujjat
• House Repair
• Resorting to the Holy Qur'an
• "Without an Intermediary?!"
• "Bila fasl, ihch fasili yukhdi, lap bila fasli lap bila fasli kimin fasli war
• Notes
• The Passing Away of Haj Akhund Turbati
• One Week before his Heavenly Departure
• "Salam Alaikum ya Rasulallah (s)! You have come to visit this unworthy servant?!"
• Note