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A
Commentary on Prayer
Posted: December
15,
2006
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Author: |
Muhsin
Qara'ati |
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Translator: |
Mansoor Limba |
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Publisher: |
Ahl al-Bayt ('a)
World Assembly (ABWA) |
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Year of
Publication: |
2006 |
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No. of pages: |
204 pages |
Contents
Publisher's Foreword
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1: Worship [‘ibadah] and
Servitude [‘ubudiyyah]
What is worship [‘ibādah]?
Natural disposition [fitrah]
and worship [‘ibādah]
The root of
worship
The profundity of
worship
Indifference toward
worship
The pleasure of God as the axis of
worship
The spirit of
worship
Moderation in
worship
Management in
worship
Worship as a 24-hour
pharmacy
Worship as the source of
tranquility
Worship and
acquisitions
The reciprocal effects of faith and
worship
The philosophy of worship according to the
Qur’an
Prayer in the words of ‘Alī (‘a)
The effects and blessings of servitude and
submission
1. Sense of honor
and esteem
2. Sense of
strength
3. Sense of dignity
4. Training agent
5. Summoning the
souls!
6. Guardianship [wilāyah]
over the creation!
The visage of
prayer
Prayer and the
Qur’an
Prayer and qisās!
Worship [‘ibādah] and guardianship [wilāyah]
Prayer and
leadership
The degrees of worship [‘ibādah]
The visage of worship [‘ibādah]
Prayers that relieve
difficulty
The prayer of
Ja‘far at-Tāyyār
The sanctity of prayer
The universality of
prayer
Chapter 2:
Intention
[niyyah]
Intention [niyyah]
Sincere
intention
The motive for seeking nearness [qurb] to
Allah
The degrees of proximity [qurb]
We have to love God for the sake of
God
Attainment of the state of proximity [qurb]
A recollection
Quality or quantity?
A recollection
Another
recollection
The intention gives value to the work
Two historical
accounts
A recollection
The effects and blessings of pure
intention
The preeminence of intention [niyyah]
over action [‘amal]
The degrees of intention
The role of intention on the penal
issues
Gnosis [ma‘rifah] as the preliminary step
toward intention for nearness [qurbah]
The effects of corrupt intention
Chapter 3:
Takbīrah al-Ihrām
Allāhu akbar
[Allah is the
great]
Takbīr
in other
prayers
How we should recite the takbīr in the
prayer?
The meaning of takbīr
Takbīr
in the Islamic culture
Chapter 4:
Sūrah al-Fātihah
Sūrah al-Fātihah
The instructive lessons of Sūrah al-Fātihah
Bismillāhi’r-raḥmāni’r-raḥīm
[In the Name of Allah, All-beneficent, the
All-merciful]
Bismillāh
[In the Name of Allah]
The word “Allāh”
“Al-Hamdulillāh”
[All praise belongs to Allah]
“Rabb al-‘ālamīn” [Lord of all the
worlds]
“Ar-rahmāni’r-rahīm”
[the All-beneficent, the All-merciful]
“Māliki
yawmi’d-dīn”
[Master of the Day of Retribution]
The Arabic word “dīn”
“Iyyāka na‘bud wa iyyāka nasta‘īn” [You
[alone] do we worship and to You [alone] do we
turn for help]
“Ihdinā’s-sirāt
al-mustaqīm”
[Guide us on the straight path]
Which one is the straight path [Sirāt
al-mustaqīm]?
“Sirāt
alladhīna an‘amta ‘alayhim ghayri’l-maghdūbi
‘alayhim
wa lād-dāllīn”
[The path of those whom You have blessed—
such as have not incurred Your wrath, nor are
astray]
Who are those who are astray and incurred the
divine wrath?
Chapter 5: Sūrah
al-Ikhlās
The importance of Sūrah al-Ikhlās
“Qul huwa’llāhu ahad”
[Say, ‘He is Allah, the One’]
“Allāhu’s-Samad”
[Allah is the All-embracing]
“Lam yalid wa lam yūlad” [He neither
begat nor was begotten]
“Wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad”
[Nor has He any equal]
Chapter 6: Bowing
Down [rukū‘] and Prostration [sujūd]
Bowing down [rukū‘]
The effects of rukū‘
The etiquettes of performing rukū‘
The rukū‘ of the saints of
God
The history of sujūd
The importance of sujūd
The wisdom behind sujūd
The etiquettes of performing sujūd
The soil of Karbalā’
Prostration of thanks [sujūd shukr]
The blessings of sujūd shukr
The prostrations of the saints of
God
Some
points
Chapter 7: Dhikr
at-Tasbīh
“Subhān
Allāh”
[glory be to
Allah]
The station of tasbīh
The reward for tasbīh
Practical tasbīh
Repetition of tasbīh
Remembrance of God [dhikr Allāh] in the
culture of our forebears
The tasbīh of other
creatures
Chapter 8: Qunūt
Qunūt
The qunūt
of different
prayers
The qunūt of the Infallibles (‘a)
Chapter 9:
Tashahhud and Salām
Tashahhud
The slogan of tawhīd
Pristine tawhīd
Testimony to the apostleship
Salāwāt
The manner of sending
Salāwāt
Salām
The physiognomy of salām
Bibliography
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