The mystery of prayer :the ascension of the wayfarers and the prayer of the gnostics = Sirr al-ṣalāh : miʻrāj al-sālikīn wa-ṣalāt al-ʻārifīn /

The mystery of prayer :the ascension of the wayfarers and the prayer of the gnostics = Sirr al-ṣalāh : miʻrāj al-sālikīn wa-ṣalāt al-ʻārifīn /

Sayyid Amjad Hussain Shah Naqavi's introduction and annotated scholarly translation of Ayatollah Khomeini's The Mystery of Prayer brings to light a rarely studied dimension of an author better known for his revolutionary politics. Writing forty years before the Islamic revolution, Khomeini...

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Main Author: Khomeini, Ruhollah.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston, MA : Brill, 2015.

Series: The Modern Shīʿah Library 1.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287464.

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Prayer > Islam.

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Call Number: BP178 .K4913 2015

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material /
  • Editors The Mystery of Prayer
  • Author's Dedication /
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  • Prologue /
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  • The Degrees and Progressions of Man and the Degrees and Levels of Prayer /
  • Editors The Mystery of Prayer
  • On the Prayer of the Wayfarer and the Perfect Nearmost One /
  • Editors The Mystery of Prayer
  • On the Mystery of the Prayer of the Folk of Gnosis /
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  • On the Presence of the Heart and its Levels /
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  • On the Means of Realising the Presence of the Heart /
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  • On Matters which Aid in Realising the Presence of the Heart /
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  • On the Mystery of Purity /
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  • On the Mysteries of Purification with Water and Earth /
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  • On the Tradition of Imām al-Ṣādiq Regarding Ablution /
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  • On the Mysteries of a Noble Ḥadīth /
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  • On the Mystery of the Covering Up of Shame /
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  • On the Removal of Impurity /
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  • On the Location of Prayer /
  • Editors The Mystery of Prayer
  • On the Permissibility of a Location of Worship /
  • Editors The Mystery of Prayer
  • On the Mysteries of Time /
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  • On the Mystery of Turning Towards the Kaʿbah /
  • Editors The Mystery of Prayer
  • On the Mysteries of the Calls to Prayer /
  • Editors The Mystery of Prayer
  • On the Mysteries of Standing During Prayer /
  • Editors The Mystery of Prayer
  • On the Mysteries of Intention /
  • Editors The Mystery of Prayer
  • On the Mystery of the Opening Magnifications /
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  • On Some of the Mysteries of Qurʾānic Recitation During Prayer /
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  • On the Mystery of Seeking Refuge in God /
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  • On the Mysteries of Sūrat al-Ḥamd /
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  • On an Allusion to the Exegesis of the Noble Sūrat al-Tawḥīd /
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  • On Some of the Mysteries of Bowing During Prayer /
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  • On the Mystery of Raising the Head after Bowing /
  • Editors The Mystery of Prayer
  • On the Mystery of Prostration /
  • Editors The Mystery of Prayer
  • On the Mystery of the Testimony and the Invocation of Peace in Prayer /
  • Editors The Mystery of Prayer
  • On the Mystery of the Three Final Magnifications /
  • Editors The Mystery of Prayer
  • Translator's Bibliography /
  • Editors The Mystery of Prayer
  • Persian Editors' Bibliography /
  • Editors The Mystery of Prayer
  • Index /
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  • Index of Qurʾānic Verses /
  • Editors The Mystery of Prayer.