- BOOK ID
- Point
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter1: Worship {‘ibadah}
- point
- Why worship {‘ibadah}?
- Reasons for worship
- Role of worship
- Dimensions of worship
- How we should worship
- Dangers threatening worship
- Ways of avoiding pride and self-conceit {‘ujb}
- point
- 1. Have we really worshipped?
- 2. Have our acts of worship been accepted?
- 3. Futile acts of worship
- 4. Will we achieve redemption?
- 5. Comparing acts of worship and blessings
- 6. Comparing acts of worship and complacencies
- 7. Comparing acts of worship and needs
- 8. Comparing our state of worship with that of the divine saints {awliya’}
- Invalid acts of worship
- Servitude {‘ubudiyyah} and not worship {‘ibadah}
- Constancy in worship
- Opportunity to engage in worship
- Enduring difficulties of worship
- Promotion of worship
- Duty and its conditions
- Conditions for the soundness of worship
- Motives behind changing the form of worship
- Conditions for the acceptance of acts worship
- Signs of acceptance
- Conditions for the perfection of worship
- point
- 1. Making greater effort
- 2. Concentrating on what is more important
- 3. Concentrating on what has lasting value
- 4. Acting in accordance with the Sunnah of the Prophet (S)
- 5. Having precedence in meritorious works
- 6. Performing devotional acts under difficult circumstances
- 7. Fervor and Constancy
- 8. Humility
- 9. Possessing insight
- Philosophy of worship
- Submission as the greatest philosophy of responsibility
- Pretext or Research?
- An encounter
- Chapter2: Prayer {Salah}
- Chapter3: Let’s Welcome Prayer!
- Chapter4: Intention {niyyah}
- point
- Intention {niyyah} as the criterion of value
- Examples of sincerity {ikhlas}
- Sincerity in worship {‘ibadah}
- Worldly effects of intention
- Intention as an action {‘amal}
- Intention as compensation for deficiencies
- Ways of acquiring sincerity
- point
- 1. Attention to values
- 2. Reflecting on creation
- 3. Attention to the Attributes of God
- 4. Attention to His blessings
- 5. Attention to the sure gain
- 6. Attention to worthlessness of the world
- 7. Attention to impotence of created beings
- 8. Learning from the experiences of others
- 9. Attention to final end of hypocrites in the hereafter
- Sound intentions
- The university of wisdom {hikmah}
- The root of sincerity
- Signs of sincerity
- point
- 1. Not expecting anything from others
- 2. Focusing on duty, not title
- 3. Having no regrets
- 4. Treating receptivity and heedlessness as one
- 5. Consistency of motive and action
- 6. Lack of wealth and position does not hinder
- 7. Oneness of the apparent and the hidden
- 8. Without factional bigotry
- 9. Pursuit of important works undone
- 10. Desisting from error
- Outcome of sincerity
- Sincerity in the context of society
- Chapter5: Let’s Engage in Prayer!
- point
- “Allahu Akbar” {God is the greatest}
- Surah al-Hamd
- point
- Bismillahi’r-rahmani’r-rahim {In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful}
- “Al-hamdulillahi rabbi’l-‘alamin” {All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds}
- “Ar-rahmani’r-rahim” {the All-beneficent, the All-merciful}
- “Maliki yawmi’d-din” {Master of the Day of Retribution}
- “Iyyaka na‘budu 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}
- Sirat alladhina an‘amta ‘alayhim {The path of those whom You have blessed}
- Ghayri’l-maghdhubi ‘alayhim wa ladh-dhallin” {Such as have not incurred Your wrath, nor are astray}
- Surah at-Tawhid
- To Be Calm While Reciting
- Ruku‘ {Bowing}
- Ruku‘ of the saints of God
- In The Company of Angels
- Sujud {prostration}
- Sujud of all created beings to God
- Sujud of the saints of God
- Effects of sujud
- Prostration on the soil of Karbala’
- Meaning of “Subhan Allah” {Glory be to Allah}
- Tasbih as the most oft-repeated command
- Qunut
- Tashahhud
- Salam
- Chapter6: The Post-prayer Supererogatory Devotional Acts {ta‘qibat wa nawafil}
- Chapter7: Congregational Prayer {salat al-jama‘ah}, Etc.
- Chapter8: Other Prayers
- point
- Friday congregational prayer {salat al-jum‘ah}
- Manner of offering Friday congregational prayer
- Importance of Friday congregational prayer
- Life conduct {sirah} of the holy saints {awliya’}
- ‘Id prayers
- ‘Id al-Fitr Prayer
- Divine gift
- ‘Id al-Fitr as a scene of the Day of Resurrection {qiyamah}
- ‘Id al-Adhha prayer
- ‘Id prayer as a prerogative of the leader
- Salat al-Ayat {Prayer for the Signs}
- Salat al-Ayat as a lesson on monotheism {tawhid}
- Manner of performing Salat al-Ayat
- Salat al-Mayyit {ritual prayer for the dead}
- Prayer for rain {salat al-istisqa’}
- Reason behind the absence of rain
- Manner of performing the prayer for rain
- Historical precedence of the prayer for rain
- Other prayers
- Bibliography
- Transliteration symbols
The Radiance of the Secrets of Prayer
BOOK ID
Author(s): Muhsin Qaraati
Publisher(s): Qum: Cultural Affairs Department, 2008=1387,
Category: General
Topic Tags: Prayers Supplications Namaaz Sujud
ISBN: 978-964-529-434-0
Appearance: 250 p
Congress Classification: BP186/ ق4پ404952 1387
Dewey decimal classification: 297/353
National bibliography number: 1626146
Editor: Shah, Effat
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سرشناسه : قرائتی، محسن، 1324 -
Qara'ati, Mohsin
عنوان قراردادی : پرتوی از اسرار نماز. انگلیسی.
عنوان و نام پدیدآور : The radiance of the secrets of prayer/ Muhsin Qara'ati; traslator Mansoor Limba; editor Sayyidah Effat Shah.
مشخصات نشر : Qum: Cultural Affairs Department, 2008=1387.
مشخصات ظاهری : 250ص.
شابک : 978-964-529-434-0
وضعیت فهرست نویسی : فیپا
یادداشت : انگلیسی.
یادداشت : کتابنامه: ص. [247]-249.
آوانویسی عنوان : ردینس آو د سکرتس...
موضوع : نماز
شناسه افزوده : لیمبا، منصور
شناسه افزوده : Limba, Mansoor
شناسه افزوده : شاه، عفت Shah, Effat ، ویراستار
شناسه افزوده : مجمع جهانی اهل بیت (ع)
رده بندی کنگره : BP186/ ق4پ404952 1387
رده بندی دیویی : 297/353
شماره کتابشناسی ملی : 1626146
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