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Spiritual Journey Of The Mystics (Saluk-E-Arifan)

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

• Dedication
• A request from the Translator
• Translator's Foreword
• Notes
• Biography of Late Hajj Mirza Javad Agha Malaki Tabrizi (R.A.)
• Notes
• Etiquette and Deeds of the Holy Month of Ramadhan
• 1. Effects of Fasting and Hunger
• 2. Types of Fasting
• 3. Classification of Fast observers On the Basis of Their Aims and Intentions
• 4. Special Fasting - the Affairs of Allah's Favourite Saints
• 5. Classification of Fast observers On the Basis of Their Food Consumption
• Comment
• Notes
• Some Special Distinctions of the Holy Month of Ramadhan
• Comments
• Comment
• A Few Reminders
• Notes
• The Splendour and Eminence of Supplications Compiled by the Ahlul-Bait [a]
• 1. Etiquette of the Holy Qur'an and Supplications
• 2. Etiquette of Recital of the Holy Qur'an
• 3. Understanding of Meanings of the Holy Qur'an
• 4 How to Think and Deliberate Over the Holy Qur'an
• 5. Obstacles in Qur'an's Understanding
• Notes
• Etiquette and Codes of Prayer
• 1. What is Prayer, and What it Ought to Be?
• 2. Secret of Non-acceptance of the Prayer of Righteous
• 3. Questions and Answers
• 4. Etiquette of Prayer
• Being Hopeful towards Allah and Hopeless from Others
• Importance of Remaining Hopeful towards Allah
• Abstinence from Sinning - Oppression Against People's Lives, Possessions, and Honour
• 5. Factors which Influence Prayer's Acceptance
• 5.1. Shedding Tears and Crying
• 5.2. To Offer Thanks, Praise, and Apology
• 5.3. Deliberation and Persistence
• 5.4. Praying Away from People's Sight
• 5.5. Standing Together for Prayer
• 5.6. Humility and Meekness
• 5.7. Salutations Upon the Holy Prophet [s] and His Holy Progeny Ahlul-Bait [a]
• 5.8. Sincerity and Heart's Purity
• 5.9. Prevention is Better than Cure
• 5.10. Remembrance and Preference of Others
• Importance of Friendship of a Believer and His Remembrance during Prayer
• 5.11. Raising Hands Upward in Prayer
• 5.12. Prostration and its Reality
• 5.13. Having a Ring in the Hand
• Importance of the Ring
• 5.14. Paying Alms and Charity
• 5.15. Suitable Timings
• A. Friday Day and Night
• Response of Sayyid Ibn Tawus to Divine Proclamation
• Another Important Point From Sayyid Ibn Tawus
• 5.16. Suitable Place
• 5.17. Important Thing About the Prayer
• Notes
• Some Other Deeds of the Holy Month of Ramadhan
• 1. Comments About the Etiquette of Prayer
• 2. Comments About the Effects of Deeds
• 3. Fast-breaking (Iftar)
• 4. Eating Before the Dawn (Suhur)
• 5. Prayer for Understanding the Nights of Qadr and Fitr
• 6. Night of Power (Lailatul-Qadr) and Appreciation of its Merits
• 7. Witnessing of the Night of Power (Lailatul-Qadr)
• 8. Inviting Others for Fast-breaking (Iftar) and Acceptance of Their Invitations
• Notes
• The Leadership (Imamat) and Preaching (Va'iz)
• 1. How to Examine Sincerity?
• 2. Etiquette of Preacher and Preaching
• Night of Power (Lailatul-Qadr)
• 1. The Ranks of the Night of Power (Lailatul-Qadr)
• 2. Beseeching Allah for Bestowing Readiness for the Night of Power (Lailatul-Qadr)
• 3. Preparation For the Night of Power (Lailatul-Qadr)
• 3.1. Selection of the Most Suitable Deeds
• 3.2. Meditation and Pondering
• 3.3. Not to be Negligent from Allah
• 3.4. Resorting (Tawassul) to Ahlul-Bait [a]
• 3.5. Crying and Shedding Tears
• 4. Some Other Deeds to be Performed During the Night of Power (Lailatul-Qadr)
• 4.1. Comments About the Prayer's Etiquette
• 4.2. Comments About the Importance of Ahlul-Bait's [a] Supplications
• 4.3. A Reminder
• 4.4. Comments About the Prayers of Others
• 4.5. The Night of Twenty Seventh of Ramadhan
• Notes
• The Last Night of the Holy Month of Ramadhan
• 1. Questions and Answers
• 2. Studying Imam al-Sajjad's [a] Affairs
• 3. Self Accounting
• 4. Farewell of the Holy Month of Ramadhan
• 5. Comments About the Sense and Perception Among Solid Bodies
• 6. How to Farewell the Holy Month of Ramadhan
• 7. The Last Day of the Holy Month of Ramadhan
• Notes