
Many of the verses of the Quran and the concepts of Islam can be understood better using authentic traditions. The book The Lamp Niche for the Best Traditions is a translation into English of the book Mishkat ul-Anwar Fi Ghurar il-Akhbar. This book, which has been based on many authentic documents, is an authentic document on traditions. It is organized into several chapters and sections and contains almost all aspects of life and religion introduced through the maxims of the prophets and Imams.
- Mishkat ul-Anwar Fi Ghurar il-Akhbar, The Lamp Niche for the Best Traditions
- About The Author
- Translators’ Foreword
- A Martyr in Allah’s Way
- Dedication
- About The Author
- Preface
- Section 1: On Faith, Islam And Related Issues
- Chapter 1: On Unity of God
- Chapter 2: On Sincerity
- Chapter 3: On Certitude
- Chapter 4: On Reliance and Trust in God
- Chapter 5: On Perseverance
- Chapter 6: On Thanksgiving
- Chapter 7: On Contentment
- Chapter 8: On Having a Good Opinion About God
- Chapter 9: On Thinking
- Chapter 10: On Faith and Islam
- Chapter 11: On Concealing Faith
- Chapter 12: On Piety
- Chapter 13: On Enjoining the Right and Forbidding the Wrong
- Chapter 14: On Being Trustworthy
- Chapter 15: On Remembrance
- Section 2: On Shiites, Their Signs, and Manners
- Chapter 1: On Shiite Characteristics
- Chapter 2: On Signs of the Shiites
- Chapter 3: On Shiite Manners
- Chapter 4: On Shiite's Position Near God and their Rights
- Chapter 5: On the Status of Shiites
- Chapter 6: On the Nobility of Believers Near God
- Chapter 7: On the Mutual Rights of Believers
- Chapter 8: On Not Bothering Believers or Seeking Out their Flaws
- Chapter 9: On Religiousness
- Section 3: On Good deeds and Noble Traits
- Chapter 1: On Repentance
- Chapter 2: On Worshipping God
- Chapter 3: On Abstinence
- Chapter 4: On Fear and Hope
- Chapter 5: On Love and Eagerness
- Chapter 6: On Affluence and Poverty
- Chapter 7: On Contentment
- Chapter 8: On Science, Scientists, Teaching, Learning and Using Science
- Chapter 9: On Encouraging to Write and to Correspond
- Chapter 10: On Good Words and Deeds
- Chapter 11: On Numbered Characters
- Chapter 12: On Practicing the Traditions and the Quran
- Chapter 13: On Avoiding the Forbidden and the Like
- Chapter 14: On the Rights of the Parents and Treating them Kindly
- Chapter 15: On Visiting the Relations of Kin
- Chapter 16: On Orphans
- Chapter 17: On Respecting the Old
- Chapter 18: On Youth
- Chapter 19: On Honesty, Forgetting People's Faults and Forbidding Gossipping
- Chapter 20: On Watching Your Tongue
- Chapter 21: On Peace-Making
- Chapter 22: On Treating Others with Patience and Proper Habits
- Chapter 23: On Moderation and Warm Welcome
- Chapter 24: On Good Deeds
- Chapter 25: On Charity
- Chapter 26: On Not Depending on the People
- Section 4: On How to Associate with Other People
- Chapter 1: On Choosing Friends
- Chapter 2: On Etiquette
- Chapter 3: On Seeking Permission to Enter
- Chapter 4: On Greeting and Hugging
- Chapter 5: On Shaking Hands and Kissing
- Chapter 6: On Sitting
- Chapter 7: On Sneezing
- Chapter 8: On Associating with Each Other
- Chapter 9: On Becoming Friends
- Chapter 10: On the Rights of the Neighbors
- Chapter 11: On Patience, and Controlling One's Anger
- Chapter 12: On Exchanging Gifts
- Section 5: On Noble Characteristics
- Section 6: On One's Faults, the Heart and the Intellect
- Section 7: On Hardships, Promised Rewards, and Remembering Death
- Chapter 1: On Persevering in the Face of Calamities
- Chapter 2: On the Nobility of Illness and Hiding it48
- Chapter 3: On Grief
- Chapter 4: On Peace of Mind
- Chapter 5: On the Sufferings of Believers
- Chapter 6: On Calamities and Trials
- Chapter 7: On Calamities and Hardships
- Chapter 8: On the Necessity of a Believer's Submission to Destiny
- Chapter 9: On Death
- Section 8: On Undesirable Characteristics
- Chapter 1: On Anger
- Chapter 2: On Jealousy
- Chapter 3: On Hypocrisy
- Chapter 4: On Conceit
- Chapter 5: On Oppression and the Forbidden
- Chapter 6: On Relations with Kings and Obeying the Creatures of God
- Chapter 7: On Prohibited Characteristics
- Chapter 8: On Fame
- Chapter 9: On Humiliating Believers
- Chapter 10: On Keeping Secrets
- Section 9: On Some Advice
- Section 10: On Miscellaneous Topics
- Chapter 1: On Praying for One's Believing Brothers
- Chapter 2: On Lot-Casting
- Chapter 3: On Safeguarding and Refining the Soul
- Chapter 4: On Friendship, Hatred and Success
- Chapter 5: On Remembering Blessings and Their Means
- Chapter 6: On God Gradually Abandoning Man and not Being Grateful to God
- Chapter 7: On Being Bossy
- Chapter 8: On Obeying or Disobeying God
- Chapter 9: On Preparing a Will
- The Main References