A COMMENTARY ON PRAYER

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First Pages a1
Publisher’s Foreword 11
Introduction 13
Foreword 15
Preface 17
Chapter 1: Worship [‘ibādah] and Servitude [‘ubūdiyyah] 19
What is worship [‘ibādah]? 21
Natural disposition [fiṭrah] and worship [‘ibādah] 22
The root of worship 25
The profundity of worship 27
Indifference toward worship 28
The pleasure of God as the axis of worship 29
The spirit of worship 30
Moderation in worship 31
Management in worship 34
Worship as a 24-hour pharmacy 0
Worship as the source of tranquility 35
Worship and acquisitions 37
The reciprocal effects of faith and worship 38
The philosophy of worship according to the Qur’an 39
Prayer in the words of ‘Alī (‘a) 40
The effects and blessings of servitude and submission 43
1. Sense of honor and esteem 0
2. Sense of strength 0
3. Sense of dignity 44
4. Training agent 46
5. Summoning up spirits! 49
6. Guardianship [wilāyah] over creation! 50
The visage of prayer 56
Prayer and the Qur’an 60
Prayer and qiṣāṣ! 62
Worship [‘ibādah] and guardianship [wilāyah] 63
Prayer and leadership 65
The degrees of worship [‘ibādah] 66
The visage of worship [‘ibādah] 69
Prayers that relieve difficulty 73
The prayer of Ja‘far aṭ-Ṭayyār 0
The sanctity of prayer 75
The universality of prayer 76
Chapter 2 : Intention [niyyah] 85
Intention [niyyah] 87
Sincere intention 88
The motive for seeking nearness [qurb] to Allah 90
The degrees of proximity [qurb] 91
We have to love God for the sake of God 92
Attainment of the state of proximity [qurb] 96
A recollection 97
Quality or quantity? 98
A recollection 99
Another recollection 100
The intention gives value to the deed 101
Two historical accounts 102
A recollection 105
The effects and blessings of a pure intention 107
The preeminence of intention [niyyah] over action… 112
The degrees of intention 113
The role of intention on the penal issues 114
Gnosis [ma‘rifah] as the preliminary step toward the… 115
The effects of corrupt intentions 116
Chapter 3: Takbīrah al-Iḥrām 121
Allāhu akbar [Allah is greater] 123
Takbīr in other prayers 125
How we should recite the takbīr in prayer 126
The meaning of takbīr 127
Takbīr in Islamic culture 0
Chapter 4: Sūrah al-Fātiḥah 133
Sūrah al-Fātiḥah 135
The instructive lessons of Sūrah al-Fātiḥah 136
Bismillāhi’r-raḥmāni’r-raḥīm [In the Name of Allah,… 138
Bismillāh [In the Name of Allah] 142
The word “Allāh” 143
“Al-ḥamdulillāh” [All praise belongs to Allah] 145
“Rabb al-‘ālamīn” [Lord of all the worlds] 146
“Ar-raḥmāni’r-raḥīm” [the All-beneficent, the… 150
“Māliki yawmi’d-dīn” [Master of the Day of Retribution] 152
The Arabic word “dīn” 153
“Iyyāka na‘budu wa iyyāka nasta‘īn” [You [alone] do… 155
“Ihdinā’ṣ-ṣirāṭ al-mustaqīm” [Guide us on the straight… 159
Which one is the straight path [ṣirāṭ al-mustaqīm]? 160
“Ṣirāṭ alladhīna an‘amta ‘alayhim ghayri’l-maghḍūbi… 167
Who are those who are astray and have incurred the… 0
Chapter 5: Sūrah al-Ikhlās 171
The importance of Sūrah al-Ikhlāṣ 173
“Qul huwa’llāhu aḥad” [Say, ‘He is Allah, the One’] 174
“Allāhu’ṣ-ṣamad” [Allah is the All-embracing] 177
“Lam yalid wa lam yūlad” [He neither begat nor… 178
“Wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan aḥad” [Nor has He any … 180
Chapter 6: Bowing Down [rukū‘] and Prostration [sujūd] 185
Bowing down [rukū‘] 187
The effects of rukū‘ 188
The etiquette of performing rukū‘ 189
The rukū‘ of the saints of God 190
The history of sujūd 191
The importance of sujūd 0
The wisdom behind sujūd 195
The etiquette of performing sujūd 196
The soil of Karbalā’ 197
Prostration of thanks [sujūd shukr] 198
The blessings of sujūd shukr 199
The prostrations of the saints of God 200
Some points 201
Chapter 7: Dhikr at-Tasbīḥ 203
“Subḥān Allāh” [glory be to Allah] 205
The station of tasbīḥ 206
The reward for tasbīḥ 209
Practical tasbīḥ 210
Repetition of tasbīḥ 0
Remembrance of God [dhikr Allāh] in Islamic culture 211
The tasbīḥ of other creatures 212
Chapter 8: Qunūt 217
Qunūt 219
The qunūt of different prayers 220
The qunūt of the Infallibles (‘a) 222
Chapter 9: Tashahhud and Salām _Toc273082562 225
Tashahhud 227
The slogan of tawḥīd 0
Pristine tawḥīd 231
Testimony to the apostleship 0
Ṣalawāt 233
The manner of sending ṣalawāt 235
Salām 238
The physiognomy of salām 240
Bibliography 243

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم

In the Name of Allah,
the All-beneficent, the All-merciful





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