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- Foreword
- Lesson 1: The Quality of Servitude and the Path to Eternal Bliss
- Lesson 2: The Need for Deriving Correct Benefit from Allah’s Blessings
- Lesson 3: Correct Perception of the Realities of Life and Making Optimum Use of [Man’s] Lifespan
- Making Timely Use Of Opportunities And Keeping Protracted Hopes At Bay
- The Stages Of Negligence
- Asceticism And Wrong Interpretations
- Asceticism and belief in the primacy of the hereafter
- Discharging Religious Duties And Obligations Promptly
- The Thought Of Death Terminates Protracted Hopes
- The Intermediary Role Of The World
- Lesson 4: The Prophet’s (S) Recommendation to Make Good Use of Present Abilities
- Lesson 5: Castigating the Acquisition of Knowledge for Worldly Goals
- The Consequences Of Not Acting Upon Knowledge And Attaining Social Rank By Means Of It
- The Consequences Of Acquiring Knowledge For The Sake Of Deceiving Others
- Admitting Ignorance is a Quality of the Divine Scholars
- Man’s Biggest Regret On The Day Of Resurrection
- The Categories Of Scholars In The Words Of ‘Ali (‘a)
- Lesson 6: The Magnificence and Magnitude of the Rights of Allah’s Blessings and the Need for Attention to Obligations
- Lesson 7: The Vigilance and Alertness of a Believer
- Companionship with the Pious and Religious Scholars, and the Difference of Sin in the Perception of a Believer and an Infidel
- The Need For Choosing A Worthy Friend And Perceiving Sin As Great
- The Danger Of Unrestrained Scholars And Unwise And Foolish Ignorant People
- Paying Heed To Sin And Conceiving It As Great Is A Result Of Allah’s Grace And Favor
- The Need For Paying Heed To The Greatness Of The One Who Is Being Disobeyed Not The Smallness Of Sin
- The Effects of the Correspondence and Lack of Correspondence of Words with Actions
- The Role of Sin in Being Deprived of Subsistence
- Sin in the Chain of Causes
- Guarding the Tongue and Keeping Aloof from Vain Pursuits
- Lesson 9: The Value and Importance of Prayer and the Differences of Status of the Dwellers of Paradise
- Subdividing Some of the Prophet’s (S) Advices
- The Station of Allah’s Devotees and Nocturnal Worshipers
- The Differences in the Gratification Enjoyed by the Dwellers of the Different Stations of Paradise
- The Prophet’s (S) Intense Love for Prayer
- Prayer is the Key to Prosperity and Bliss
- Perceiving the Sweetness of Prayer Is the Secret of Its Continuance
- Lesson 10: The Leaders of Heaven and the Status of Some of the Duties and the Levels of Paradise
- Lesson 11: The Importance and Role of Fear and Sorrow (1)
- Lesson 12: The Importance and Role of Fear and Sorrow (2)
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- Beneficial and Valuable Knowledge
- Security and Peace in Paradise Are a Product of Fear and Dread of Allah in the World
- The Forgiveness of Sins Is a Result of Fear of Allah
- Criticizing Dependence on Good Works
- The Role of Paying Heed to Sin in Shunning the Devil
- A Study of the Nature of Fear and Sorrow and the Meaning of Fear of Allah
- The Simultaneous Appearance of Opposing and Conflicting States
- Lesson 13: The Insignificance and Minuteness of the World and the Importance of Perceiving the Hereafter
- Lesson 14: Extolling Pursuit of the Hereafter, Asceticism and Spiritual Discernment in Religion and Reproaching Materialism
- Lesson 15: Wisdom, Foresight and an Angle of the Prophet’s (S) Way of Life
- Lesson 16: The Danger of Loving Wealth and Position and Praising Contentment and Simple Living
- Lesson 17: The Effects of Crying for the Hereafter, the Broadness of a Believer’s Heart and Piousness
- Lesson 18: Honoring the Divine Majesty and Splendor of Allah
- Lesson 19: The Greatness of Allah’s Status in the Viewpoint of the Angels
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- The Role of Arousing Hope and Fear
- The Essence of Fear and Dread of Allah
- The Benefit and Status of Fear of Allah
- The Status of the Fear of the Leaders and Saints [Awliya’] of Allah
- The Perfection of Man and the Feeling of Humility and Lowliness in Regard to Allah
- Fear of Allah and Fleeing from Sin and Obsession with Popularity and Position
- The Role of Perceiving the Status of the Fear of the Lovers of Allah and the Angels
- Lesson 20: The Prophet’s (S) Description of Heaven and Hell
- Lesson 21: The Importance of Meditation and the Need for Preserving Factors which Ward off Negligence
- Lesson 22: The Realm of Right and Falsehood
- Lesson 23:The Perfect Scholar and the Practical Appearance of Belief in the Unity of Divine Actions
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- Abraham and Belief in the Unity of Divine Actions
- Reliance on Everything Else Other than Allah Is a Result of Lack of Belief in the Unity of Divine Actions
- Shaykh Ansari and His Flight from the Devil’s Trap
- Humility Is an Agent of Dignity and Honor
- Imam al-Sajjad (‘a) and the Perception of Spiritual Deficiency and Poverty
- The Fruits of True Faith in the Words of the Noble Prophet (S)
- Lesson 24: The Importance of Self-examination, Comparing Works and Shame for Allah
PROVISIONS FOR THE JOURNEY : MISHKAT Volume 1
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Title: Provisions for the Journey (Mishkat), Volume 1
Author(s): Ayatullah Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi
Translator(s): Kelvin Lembani (Muhammad ‘Abd al-‘Aziz)
Publisher(s): ABWA Publishing and Printing Center
Category: General General Miscellaneous information:nbsp;Provisions for the Journey (Mishkat), Volume 1
Congress Classification: BP142/5/م6ر904952 1391
Dewey decimal classification: 297/218
National bibliography number: 3829585
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عنوان و نام پديدآور : PROVISIONS FOR THE JOURNEY : MISHKAT/Ayatullah Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi : Translated: Kelvin Lembani
مشخصات نشر : Iran: The Ahl al- Bayt World Assembly، 2012
مشخصات ظاهري : V.
وضعيت فهرست نويسي : در انتظار فهرستنويسي (اطلاعات ثبت)
يادداشت : ج.1 (چاپ اول: 1391).
شماره كتابشناسي ملي : 3867089
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The hadith discussed in the text is one of the most comprehensive and rewarding exhortations of the Noble Prophet (S) to one of his most eminent companions by the name of Abu Dharr.
Foreword
In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful
The invaluable legacy of the Household [Ahl al-Bayt] of the Prophet (may peace be upon them all), as preserved by their followers, is a comprehensive school of thought that embraces all branches of Islamic knowledge. This school has produced many brilliant scholars who have drawn inspiration from this rich and pure resource. It has given many scholars to the Muslim ummah who, following in the footsteps of Imams of the Prophet’s Household (‘a), have done their best to clear up the doubts raised by various creeds and currents within and without Muslim society and to answer their questions. Throughout the past centuries, they have given well-reasoned answers and clarifications concerning these questions and doubts.
To meet the responsibilities assigned to it, the Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly (ABWA) has embarked on a defence of the sanctity of the Islamic message and its verities, often obscured
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