This text explains in detail the meaning of Worship and Intention, as well as how different stages of worship are acquired. He then goes on to explain the different actions of Prayer in detail, such as the first Takbir, & the recitation of the Suras
- A Commentary on Prayer
- Publisher’s Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Worship {‘ibadah} and Servitude {‘ubudiyyah}
- What is worship {‘ibadah}?
- Natural disposition {fitrah} and worship {‘ibadah}
- The Root of Worship
- The profundity of worship
- Indifference toward worship
- The pleasure of God as the axis of worship
- The spirit of worship
- Moderation in worship
- Management in worship
- Worship as a 24-hour pharmacy
- Worship as the source of tranquility
- Worship and acquisitions
- The reciprocal effects of faith and worship
- The philosophy of worship according to the Qur’an
- Prayer in the words of Imam‘Ali (‘a)
- The effects and blessings of servitude and submission
- The visage of prayer
- Prayer and the Qur’an
- Prayer and qisas!
- Worship {‘ibadah} and guardianship {wilayah}
- Prayer and leadership
- The degrees of worship {‘ibadah}
- The visage of worship {‘ibadah}
- Prayers that relieve difficulty
- The prayer of Ja‘far at-Tayyar
- The sanctity of prayer
- The Universality of Prayer
- Intention {niyyah}
- Sincere Intention
- The motive for seeking nearness {qurb} to Allah
- The degrees of proximity {qurb}
- We have to love God for the sake of God
- Attainment of the state of proximity {qurb}
- A Recollection
- Quality or quantity?
- A Recollection
- Another recollection
- The intention gives value to the deed
- Two historical accounts
- A recollection
- The effects and blessings of a pure intention
- The pre-eminence of intention {niyyah} over action {‘amal}
- The degrees of intention
- The role of intention on the penal issues
- Gnosis {ma‘rifah} as the preliminary step toward the intention for nearness {qurbah}
- The effects of corrupt intentions
- Takbirah al-Ihram
- Surah al-Fatihah
- The instructive lessons of Surah al-Fatihah
- Bismillahi’r-rahmani’r-rahim {In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful}
- Bismillah {In the Name of Allah}
- The word “Allah”
- “Al-hamdulillah” {All praise belongs to Allah}
- “Rabb al-‘alamin” {Lord of all the Worlds}
- “Ar-rahmani’r-rahim” {the All-beneficent, the All-merciful}
- “Maliki yawmi’d-din” {Master of the Day of Retribution}
- The Arabic word “din”
- “Iyyaka na‘bud wa iyyaka nasta‘in” {You {alone} do we worship and to You {alone} do we turn for help}
- “Ihdina’s-sirat al-mustaqim” {Guide us on the Straight Path}
- Which one is the Straight Path {Sirat Al-Mustaqim}?
- “Sirat alladhina an‘amta ‘alayhim ghayri’l-maghdubi ‘alayhim wa lad-dallin”
- Who are those who are astray and have incurred the divine wrath?
- Surah al-Ikhlas
- Bowing Down {ruku‘} and Prostration {sujud}
- Bowing down {ruku‘}
- The effects of ruku‘
- The etiquette of performing ruku‘
- The ruku‘ of the saints of God
- The history of sujud
- The importance of sujud
- The wisdom behind sujud
- The etiquette of performing sujud
- The soil of Karbala’
- Prostration of thanks {sujud shukr}
- The blessings of sujud shukr
- The prostrations of the saints of God
- Some points
- Dhikr at-Tasbih
- Qunut
- Tashahhud and Salam
- Bibliography
