- Book ID
- Point
- Table of Contents
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE
- Part One: Introduction
- Point
- Discussions about Supplication
- Point
- What is the essence of supplication [du‘ā’]?
- The independent effect of supplication
- Is supplication in conflict with the law of causation?
- Does supplication make people lazy and lax?
- Effects of supplication
- Conditions for the acceptance of supplications
- God’s Mastership [wilāyah] over the faithful
- The essential desirability of supplication
- Etiquettes of supplication
- Types of supplicants
- Motives behind supplication
- The meaning of arrogance in supplication
- Transmitted supplications
- Need to reflect on religious laws and repercussions of disrespectful acts
- Part Two: Commentary on Du‘ā’ al-Iftitāḥ
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- First Discourse: Ramadān
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- Ramadān as a golden opportunity
- How to make the most of Ramadān
- Attention to supplication
- Ramadān and iftitāh
- Praising God as the beginning of supplication
- Choosing the correct path and divine approval
- God’s mercy and wrath a blessing in disguise
- The need for fear and hope
- The ability to worship as a favor of God
- His servant’s sin and the perpetuity of God’s grace
- Second Discourse The Essence of Supplication
- Third Discourse Sincerity
- Fourth Discourse Hope
- Fifth Discourse Waiting for the Advent of Imām al-Mahdī (‘atfs)
- Sixth Discourse The Imām of the Age (‘atfs)
- Part Three Commentary on Du‘ā’ Abū Ḥamzah al-Thumālī
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- First Discourse The Supplication of Abū Ḥamzah al-Thumalī
- Second Discourse Paying Attention to the Attributes of Allah
- Third Discourse The Divine Presence
- Fourth Discourse Fear and Hope
- Fifth Discourse Remembrance of Allah
- Sixth Discourse The Heart
- Seventh Discourse Degrees of Remembrance of Allah
- Eighth Discourse Provisions for the Hereafter
- Ninth Discourse Faith
- Part Four Commentary on Du‘ā’ Makārim al-Akhlāq
- Point
- First Discourse Invoking Blessings on the Apostle (ṣ)
- Point
- Supplication of the righteous
- Invoking blessings on the Apostle (s) for the acceptance of supplication
- Way of attaining the most perfect faith and highest decree of certainty
- The difference between faith and belief
- Reasons behind the peoples’ opposition to their respective prophets
- Signs of certainty
- The best of intentions and deeds
- The best worship
- Second Discourse Human Responsibility
- Third Discourse Good and Evil
- Fourth Discourse The Night of Ordainment
- Index
In the presence of the beloved
Book ID
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, The All-Beneficent, The All-Merciful
Title: In the Presence of the Beloved
Author: Professor Muḥammad Taqī Miṣbāḥ Yazdī
Translator and typesetter: Mansoor Limba
Project supervisor: Translation Unit, Cultural Affairs Department
Ahl al-Bayt (‘a) World Assembly (ABWA)
Editor: ‘Iffat Shah
Proofreader: Majid Karimi
Publisher: ABWA Publishing and Printing
Center
First Printing: 2010
Printed by: Laylā Press
Copies: 3,000
ISBN: 964-8686-??-??
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