- BOOK ID
- Point
- Table of Contents
- Publisher’s Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter1: Worship {‘ibadah} and Servitude {‘ubudiyyah}
- Point
- 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
- Chapter2: Intention (niyyah)
- Point
- 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
- Chapter3: Takbirah al-Ihram
- Chapter4: Surah al-Fatihah
- Point
- 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?
- Chapter5: Surah al-Ikhlas
- Chapter6: Bowing Down {ruku‘} and Prostration {sujud}
- Point
- 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
- Chapter7: Dhikr at-Tasbih
- Chapter8: Qunut
- Chapter9: Tashahhud and Salam
- Bibliography
A Commentary on Prayer
BOOK ID
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم
In the name of Allah, the
Author(s): Professor Muhsin Qaraati
Translator(s): Mansoor L. Limba
Publisher(s): Ahlul Bayt World Assembly
Category: General Salaat (Ritual Prayer)
Topic Tags: Prayer Salaat Worship Understanding Intention Miscellaneous
information: ISBN: 964-529-136-4
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