SUPPLICATION IN THE EYES OF THE ‎AHL AL-BAYT (A)‎‎

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PREFACE 13
Definition of Prayer 15
The Meaning of Prayer 17
The Value of Prayer 20
Four Ways of Reaching Allah in the Qur’an 23
Prayer: the Essence of Worshipfour 25
Disregard for Prayer is to Turn Away from Allah 27
Allah Yearns for the Supplication of His Servant 28
Asking one’s Needs from Other than Allah 30
Acceptance of the Prayer 33
Prayer is Surrounded by Success and Acceptance 35
Two Benefits of the Acceptance of Prayer 37
The Relation of the Response to Prayer 39
Prayer: the Key of Mercy 40
Action and Prayer: the Two Keys of Allah’s Mercy 42
The Relation between Prayer and Action 44
The Relationship between Prayer and the Response 48
The Need before its Perception and Presentation before Allah 50
The Need after its Perception and Request 56
The Three Laws Regarding the Relation between Prayer and the Response 57
Signs of the Realization of One’s Neediness to Allah 59
Obstacles of the First Kind 63
Obstacles of the Second Kind 66
Delay and Substitution in the Acceptance of a Prayer 68
Transformation of a Prayer into Deed 70
The Relation between Prayer and the Response 72
The Three Stations of Mercy 76
Etiquettes and Requisites of Supplication 87
1. Recognition of Allah 92
2. Entertaining a Good Opinion of Allah 95
3. Being in Need of Allah Desperately 98
4. Entering from the Doors Ordained by Allah 100
5. Turning of the Heart to Allah 0
6. Humiliation and Softening the Heart 104
7. Continuity in Praying in Adversity and Ease 108
8. Fulfilling the Covenant of Allah 110
9. Simultaneity of Prayer with Efforts 0
10. Supplication within the Framework of the Divine Norms 112
11. Abstinence from Sins 113
12. Congregation for Supplication and Asking the Believers to say Àmmin 114
13. Consistency in Praying to Allah 115
14. Preparing the Self for Prayer 0
15. Calling Allah by His Beautiful Names 118
16. Presenting the Needs before Allah 119
17. Persistence in Praying 120
18. Prayer for Others and from Others 122
19. Supplication at the Time of the Descent of Mercy 123
20. Praying in the Middle of the Night 124
21. Wiping the Face and Head after Supplication 127
Obstacles and Hindrances 129
The Role of Sins in Veiling Man from Allah 131
The Twofold Role of the Soul in Receiving and Giving 132
The Role of the Soul in Giving Out Guidance 134
Factors which Cause the Obscurity of the Heart 136
Sins Invert the Heart 137
Sins Deprive Man of the Sweetness of Remembrance 0
Sins that Withhold Prayer 138
Obstacles and Factors of the Ascension of Deeds 140
Obstacles of the Ascension of Deeds 0
Factors of the Ascension of Deeds 144
The Means to be Employed when Praying to Allah 149
Pleading with the Holy Prophet (s) and the Ahl al-Bayt (‘a) 152
Means of Recourse to Allah in the Supplication of Kumayl 153
General Frame of the Supplication of Kumayl 154
Structure of the Supplication of Kumayl 155
Four Means of Recourse in the Supplication of Kumayl 161
Lawful and Unlawful Requests 171
1. Things we should pray for to Allah 173
1. Blessings on Muhammad (s) and His Progeny (‘a) 0
An Example of Invoking Blessings on Muhammad (s) and His Progeny (a) 176
2. Praying for the Believers 0
a. Praying for the Believers in General 177
Examples of Generalization in Prayer 180
Three Forms of Prayer in the Qur’an 182
1. The Prayer of a Person for Himself 183
2. The Prayer of a Person for Others 184
3. The Prayer of All for All 185
An Analysis and Explanation of the Third Form of Prayer 186
b. Praying for the Believers in Particular 190
1. Praying for the Believers in their Absence 191
2. Praying for Forty Believers 192
3. Giving Preference to Others in Prayer 193
3. Praying for the Parents 196
4. Man’s Prayer for Himself 197
1. Generalization in Prayer 198
2. Great Needs Should not Stop us from Asking for Smaller Things 201
3. Praying for the Great Bounties 203
4. Reliance on the Divine Planning 204
5. Pleading for the Face of Allah from Allah 207
2. Things We should not Pray for to Allah 209
1. Petition in Contrary to the Norms of Allah in the Universe and Life 0
2. Praying for Illegal Things 212
3. Wishing the Eradication of Blessings from Others 0
4. Petition Against the Advantage of the Supplicant 214
5. Seeking Refuge from Test 215
6. Not to Invoke Evil Upon the Believers 216
Loving Hearts Cause Allah’s Mercy 219
Harbouring Deceit for the Believers Causes the Wrath of Allah 220
Harbouring Evil for the Believers Witholds the Deed from Allah 221
Allah Never Looks at Those Who Hate the Believers 222
Divine Love in the Supplications of the Ahl al-Bayt (a) 223
The Relation with Allah 225
Love of Allah 227
Belief and Love 229
The Pleasure of Love 230
Love Compensates the Deficiency of the Deed 232
Love of Allah Protects Man from the Punishment 234
Levels of Love 235
The State of Yearning and Intimacy in Love 243
Another Illustration 257
Inspirations and Outflows of the Heart 262
The Principle of Choice 265
A Return to the Whispered Prayer of Al-muridin 266
The Peak and Trough of the Prayer 268
The Three Means 271
The First Means: Neediness 0
The Second Means: Supplication 277
The Third Means: Love 0
Another Illustration of the State of Yearning to Allah 283
Sincerity in Love of Allah 286
The Jealousy of Allah for His Servant 288
Love 'of' Allah and 'for' Allah 291
The First Source of Love 295
1. Allah Loves His Servants 0
2. Allah Confers upon His Servants His Love and Affection 0
3. Allah Shows His Affection toward His Servants 297
Sources of Supplications in the Heritage of the Ahl al-Bayt (‘a) 299
The Importance given by the Companions of the Aimmah to the Recording of the Ahadith 301
The Four Hundred Treatises of Hadith 0
The Burning of the Heritage of the Ahl al-Bayt (‘a) at the Hands of Tughril Beg 303
Immunity of Part of the Heritage of the Ahl al-Bayt (a) from being Destroyed 304
Supplications handed down to Us Intact through Misbah al-Mutahajjid 305
Sources of Supplication that reached Ibn Tawus 306
One Thousand Five Hundred Sources of Hadith and Du‘a’ with Ibn Tawus 0
Fifteen Books of Sayyid Ibn Tawus on Supplication and Adhkar 307
Later Source Books of Supplication 309
Supplication and the Divine Decree and Destiny 311
The Law of Causality in History and the Universe 313
The Relation between the Divine Will and the Law of Causality 315
The Reign of the Divine Will over the Law of Causality by Itself 316
The Law of Mediate Causation 317
The Law of Facilitation 319
The Absolute Reign of Allah’s Will in the Universe 0
The Relation between the Will of Allah and the Law of Causality 320
Change in Allah’s Decree in Creation 322
Obliteration and Affirmation 323
The Effect of Belief in Bada 325
Supplication and Bada 326
Visitation: Its Monotheistic and Political Dimensions 329
The Family of Monotheism in History 331
The Inter-connectedness and Reunion between Generations of this Family 332
The Visitation 337
A Study of the Concepts which have Appeared in the Texts of the Ziyarat 340
The Political and Dynamic Aspect in the Ziyarat 0
Ziyarat within the General Political Relationship 0
1. Testimony 342
a. Testimony to the Messengership of the Prophet (s) in the First Stage of the Conflict 0
b. Testimony for the Imam (‘a) in the Second Stage of the Conflict 343
c. Testimony on the Second Part of the Dispute on the Interpretation 344
d. Testimony for the Inheritance 346
The Witness and the Witnessed for 348
2. The Stand 349
Friendship and Dissociation 352
Pleasure and Anger 353
Peace and Submission 354
Praying for the Triumph of the Revenge 357
Prayer for the Revenge (tha’r) 358
Ziyarat within the Framework of Personal Relationship 359
Bibliography 365

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم

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