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Translators' Introduction
Introduction by Sayyid
Hasan Khomeini
Dedications
Author's Preface
DISCOURSE ONE
Concerning the Disciplines Which Are Necessary in All States of the
Salat, or Rather in All Worships and Rituals
Chapter One
Cordial disciplines
Chapter Two
The Stages of the Stations
of the People of Suluk
Chapter Three
Concerning submissiveness
[khushu]
Chapter Four
Tranquillity
Chapter Five
Protecting the Worships
from Satan's Intrusion
Chapter Six
On Vivacity and Cheerfulness
Chapter Seven
On Informing the Heart
Chapter Eight
On the Presence of Heart
Chapter Nine
Hadiths Concerning the
Presence of Heart
Chapter Ten
On Calling to Acquiring
the Presence of Heart
Chapter Eleven
On Curing the Wandering
Imagination
Chapter Twelve
Explaining that Loving
this World Causes Distraction of the Mind
Completion
On Turning The Soul
Away From The World
DISCOURSE TWO
On the Preliminaries of the Salat and Some of its Cordial Disciplines
Objective One
- On Purification
Chapter One
On Purification in General
Chapter Two
Concerning the Stages
of Purification
Chapter Three
The Cordial Disciplines
of the Salik When Coming to Water for Purification
Chapter Four
Concerning the Purifier
Chapter Five
Some Disciplines of
the Wudu' (Ritual Ablution) in Respect of the Interior and the Heart
Chapter Six
Concerning the Ghusl
and its Cordial Disciplines
Chapter Seven
Some Cordial Disciplines
for Removing Filth and Purifying Impurities
Objective Two
- Some Disciplines Concerning the Clothes
STATION ONE
General Disciplines
for the Clothes
STATION TWO
Some Disciplines Concerning the Musalli's Clothing
Chapter One
The Secret of the Purity
of Clothing
Chapter Two
Concerning Cordial Considerations
of Covering the Nakedness
Objective Three
- On the Cordial Disciplines Concerning the Place of the Musalli
Chapter One
About Knowing the Place
Chapter Two
On Some Disciplines
Concerning Permissibility [ibahah] of Place
Objective Four
- On the Cordial Disciplines of the Time
Chapter One
Times of Salat
Chapter Two
On Watching Over the
Time
Objective Five
- On Some Disciplines Concerning Orientation
Chapter One
On the General Secret
of Orientation
Chapter Two
On Some of the Cordial
Disciplines of Orientation
DISCOURSE THREE
The Affinities [Muqarinat] of the Salat
SECTION ONE
On Some Disciplines of the Adhan and Iqamah
Chapter One
General Secret and Disciplines
of the Adhan and Iqamah
Chapter Two
Some Disciplines and
Secrets of Takbirs in the Adhan and Iqamah
Chapter Three
Some Disciplines Concerning
Testifying Divinity And its Connection with the Adhan and the Salat
Chapter Four
Some Disciplines of
Testifying to the (Prophet's) Messengership Implying Testifying to the
Guardianship
Chapter Five
Some Disciplines of
the Hayya 'ala (s)
SECTION TWO
Concerning the Qiyam (the Standing Position in the Salat)
Chapter One
The General Secret of
the Qiyam
Chapter Two
On the Disciplines of
the Qiyam
SECTION THREE
On the Secret of the Niyah [Intention]
Chapter One
The Truth of the Niyah
in Worship
Chapter Two
[Sincerity]
Chapter Three
A Brief Account on Some
Stages of Sincerity To Fit Within These Papers
Chapter Four
[Refuting a Group of
Ignorants]
Chapter Five
Some other degrees of
sincerity
SECTION FOUR
Some Disciplines of Recitation and its Secrets
This section includes the tafsir [explanation] of the blessed surah
of al-Hamd, and a part of the tafsir of the blessed surahs of at-Tauhid
and al-Qadr. It is the most favoured section of this thesis. It covers
a number of "torches".
Torch One
General Disciplines of Reciting the Glorious Qur'an
Chapter One
The Discipline of Reverence
Chapter Two
Brief Hints at the Objectives,
Subjects and Contents of the Glorious Divine Book
Chapter Three
How to be benefited
by the Qur'an
Chapter Four
The obstacles and the
barriers preventing being benefited by the Qur'an
Chapter Five
[Meditation]
Chapter Six
Application to one's
own condition
Torch Two
On Some Disciplines of Recitation in the Salat
Chapter One
Degrees of recitation
and the groups of the reciters
Chapter Two
Some Disciplines of
Isti`adhah
Chapter Three
On the Four Pillars
of Isti'adhah
Chapter Four
On Some Disciplines
of Naming [tasmiyah]
Chapter Five
A Brief Exegesis of
the Blessed Surah of al-Hamd and Some Disciplines of Praising and Recitation
Chapter Six
Some Exegesis on the
Blessed Surah of at-Tauhid
Chapter Seven
Some Comments on the
Blessed Surah of al-Qadr as Much as Suits these Papers
SECTION FIVE
Some Disciplines and Secrets of the Ruku`
Chapter One
On the Takbir before
the Ruku`
Chapter Two
Concerning the Disciplines
of Bowing in Ruku`
Chapter Three
The ruku` of the salat
of the Messenger's mi`raj
Chapter Four
Delicacies and secrets
of the ruku`, sujud and their cordial disciplines
Chapter Five
Concerning Raising the
Head from the Ruku`
SECTION SIX
A Brief Explanation of the Secrets and Disciplines of the Sujud
Chapter One
General Secret of the
Sujud
Chapter Two
Disciplines of the sujud
Chapter Three
[Contents and meaning
of the form, mood and invocation of the sujud]
Chapter Four
The moods of the sajid
during the sujud
SECTION SEVEN
General Notes on the Disciplines of Tashahhud
Chapter One
[Meaning and effect
of testifying to the Tauhid and the Messengership (of the Prophet)]
Chapter Two
The disciplines of tashahhud
SECTION EIGHT
On The Disciplines of the Salam
Chapter One
State of the musalli
during saying the salam, and the condition for the salam to be truthful
Chapter Two
Concerning the meaning
and the secret of the salam in the salat, and its disciplines
CONCLUSION OF THE BOOK
Concerning Some Disciplines of the Inside and Outside of the Salat
Chapter One
The secrets and the
cordial disciplines of the four tasbihs
Chapter Two
Concerning the Cordial
Disciplines of the Qunut
Chapter Three
After-the-Salat Invocation
Conclusion and Invocation
(Du'a')
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