Spiritual Journey Of The Mystics (Suluk Al-Arifan)
A Comprehensive Commentary About The Esoteric Essence Of The Holy Month Of Ramadhan
Etiquette and codes of special deeds performed by Allah's most sincere servants during the Holy Month of Ramadhan; the self-restraint and asceticism practised by them during these worships and the self-purification achieved by them.
- Spiritual Journey of the Mystics (Suluk al-Arifan)
- Dedication
- A request from the Translator
- Translator's Foreword
- Biography of Late Hajj Mirza Javad Agha Malaki Tabrizi (R.A.)
- 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
- 6. Classification of Fast observers On the Basis of Eating at Dawn (Suhur) and Fast-breaking (Iftar)
- 7. Etiquette of Eating at Dawn (Suhur) and Fast-breaking (Iftar)
- Some Special Distinctions of the Holy Month of Ramadhan
- The Splendour and Eminence of Supplications Compiled by the Ahlul-Bait [a]
- 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
- 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
- 5.11. Raising Hands Upward in Prayer
- 5.12. Prostration and its Reality
- 5.13. Having a Ring in the Hand
- 5.14. Paying Alms and Charity
- 5.15. Suitable Timings
- 5.16. Suitable Place
- 5.17. Important Thing About the Prayer
- 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
- The Leadership (Imamat) and Preaching (Va'iz)
- 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)
- 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
- 4.6. The Commentary - World Being the House of Illusion (Dar al-Ghuroor)
- 4.7. How to Farewell the Night of Power (Lailatul-Qadr)
- 4.8. The Day of Power (Qadr)
- The Last Night of the Holy Month of Ramadhan
