JOURNEY OF LOVE (AN EXPOSITION OF THE MIRAJ TRADITION)

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PREFACE 13
INTRODUCTION 15
DISCOURSE 1 THE STATIONS OF SATISFACTION AND TRUST IN GOD 17
THE REALITY OF TRUST AS THE QUR’AN VIEWS IT 18
TRUST AS A REQUIREMENT FOR BELIEF IN GOD 25
TRUST IN GOD, AND THE NEED FOR ACTIVITY 26
PROPHET IBRĀHĪM (‘A) AND TRUST IN GOD 28
DISCOURSE 2 THE DIGNITY OF HAVING TRUST IN DIVINE DECREE AND BEING SATISFIED WITH IT 31
GOD WISHES MAN GOOD 33
DISCOURSE 3 LOVE OF GOD AND [DIFFERENT] WAYS TO ATTAIN IT 39
[DIFFERENT] WAYS TO ATTAIN THE LOVE OF GOD 40
DISCOURSE 4 PARTICULARITIES OF GOD’S AWLIYĀ’ 45
BELIEVERS’ JOY AND DELIGHT 47
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REMEMBERING GOD AND DIVINE LOVE 0
WAYS TO ACHIEVE PIETY AND ASCETICISM 48
DISCOURSE 5 THE TRAITS OF THOSE WHO MAKE THEIR WAY INTO PARADISE 53
THE FOUR TRAITS 0
AN EXPLANATION OF THE PRAISED HUNGER 55
POSITIVE EFFECTS OF HUNGER 0
DISCOURSE 6 NEED TO PERFORM PRAYERS WITH FULL ATTENTION AND PERCEIVE THE PRESENCE OF GOD 59
REALITY AND ESSENCE OF RITUAL PRAYER [SALĀT] 60
IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF PRAYER 61
A REFLECTION UPON PRAYER AND GOD’S GRANDEUR 63
DISCOURSE 7 PRIVILEGE OF GOD’S AWLIYĀ’ 67
REMEMBERING GOD AND SPEAKING TO HIM AS THE AWLIYĀ’S BEST DELIGHT 68
DISCOURSE 8 ESTABLISHING FRIENDSHIP, AND LOVING THE INDIGENT AND THE NEEDY 73
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POOR WHO BELIEVE IN GOD AND LOVE HIM 74
WEALTH AND POVERTY AS TWO MEANS OF TRIAL 75
KEEPING COMPANY WITH THE POOR 79
DISCOURSE 9 DISOBEYING SENSUAL DESIRES 81
PEOPLE VERSUS SENSUAL DESIRES 84
DISCOURSE 10 REJECTING THE WORLD AND THE WORLDLY 91
TWO CONCEPTS: A DESIRE FOR THIS WORLD AND FOR THE HEREAFTER 92
ISLAM VERSUS UNBELIEF: THE CRITERIA OF LOVE AND HOSTILITY 95
TWENTY QUALITIES OF THE WORLDLY 96
DISCOURSE 11 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FOLLOWERS OF THE HEREAFTER (PART ONE) 101
INCREASED BASHFULNESS AS AN OUTSTANDING TRAIT OF GOD’S AWLIYĀ’ 102
LOVERS OF THE HEREAFTER AND WAKEFULNESS 103
GOD’S AWLIYĀ’ AND THEIR FEAR OF THE DIVINE MIGHT 105
DISCOURSE 12 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FOLLOWERS OF THE HEREAFTER (PART TWO) 109
THOSE WHO LOVE THE HEREAFTER, AND THEIR SPECIAL REGARD FOR GOD 0
GOD’S AWLIYĀ’ AND (THEIR) PURE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD 111
MANIFEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FOLLOWERS OF THE HEREAFTER AND THE LOVERS OF THIS WORLD 113
DISCOURSE 13 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FOLLOWERS OF THE HEREAFTER (PART THREE) 117
IMPORTANT OF STRUGGLE AGAINST THE CARNAL SOUL 0
AWLIYĀ’ AND THEIR ABSOLUTE AMAZEMENT AT DIVINE BEAUTY 118
GOD’S AWLIYĀ’ AND THE DIVINE FAVORS 120
DISCOURSE 14 ASCETICS’ STATION AND KNOWLEDGE 125
ASCETICS: THEIR DEVOTION AND SERVITUDE 0
THE THREE DIVISIONS OF DEVOTEES 126
RENUNCIATION OF THIS WORLD AS THE FIRST STEP TO ATTAIN KNOWLEDGE OF GOD 128
DISCOURSE 15 VALUE OF FASTING AND SILENCE 133
PROXIMITY TO GOD AND POSITIVE/NEGATIVE ACTS 0
SILENCE NOURISHES THE HEARTS OF GOD’S AWLIYĀ’ 134
GIFTS OF FASTING: WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, AND CERTAINTY 136
DISCOURSE 16 THE BELIEVERS GOAL; CERTAINTY AND DIVINE SATISFACTION 141
DETACHMENT FROM THE WORLD AS AN OUTCOME OF TURNING TO GOD 144
GOD’S PLEASURE: A BELIEVER’S GREATEST DESIRE 145
DIVINE SUCCESS: BEING HONORED 0
DISCOURSE 17 CHARACTERISTICS OF A PLEASANT AND LASTING LIFE 147
CHARACTERISTICS OF A PLEASANT LIFE 148
CHARACTERISTICS OF A LASTING LIFE 151
DISCOURSE 18 SUCCESS IN THE DIVINE TEST AND GOD’S SPECIAL FAVORS 157
FOCUS OF BELIEVERS’ THOUGHT AND ATTITUDE: GOD AND HIS BLESSINGS 158
SMALLNESS OF THE WORLD APPREHENDED BY BELIEVERS 160
THREE CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED GOD’S PLEASURE 162
DISCOURSE 19 STATION OF MEN OF PIETY AND MESSENGERS OF GOD 167
REMEMBRANCE OF THE DIVINE 168
APPLICATION OF THE INTELLECT 170
WHY PROPHET MUHAMMAD (S) EXCELS OTHER PROPHETS 0
SPEAKING AND EATING LITTLE: CONDUCIVE TO KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHEN- SION 171
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MEN OF PIETY [‘ĀBIDĪN] 173
DISCOURSE 20 HOW NESS OF THE LOVE FOR GOD 174
ASCETICISM [ZUHD] AND THE LOVE FOR GOD 176
CRYING IN THE LOVE FOR GOD 177
FRIENDSHIP WITH SCHOLARS [‘ULAMĀ’] AND THE POOR 179

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