Self-Building: An Islamic Guide for Spiritual Migration Towards Allah

Sampul Depan
AuthorHouse, 20 Feb 2014 - 380 halaman
This book deals about the Islamic Gnosticism and present a comprehensive narrative about the Theoretical Gnosticism (Irfan-e-Nazari). In accordance with Islamic Ideology the most exalted aim of God and his divinely appointed prophets is the training and guidance of human being in their spiritual journey from earthly temporary abode towards the eternal Gods Celestial-Kingdom. The main contents of the book as mentioned earlier are the etiquette and instructions of Gnostic journey, ways and manners of servitude, detailed descriptions of deeds and worships that must be performed by a wayfarer, and what sort of behaviors and restrictions they must practice in order to attain the desired results. The book consists of preface and three parts covering the following topics: Self-purification, Human Virtues, What to be?, Heart in Qur'an, Hard-heartedness, Self-refinement, Self-struggle, Egotism, Worldliness, Piety, Characteristics of the Pious, Repentance or Self-Cleansing, Training and Perfection of Self, Faith, Means of Achieving Perfection and Gods Nearness, Invocations, Instructions, Obstacles of the Path, Nourishment of Moral Virtues, Righteous Deeds etc. The most prevalent misunderstanding about Islamic Mysticism which must be clarified is that relinquishment of worldly involvement, seclusion, and monasticism are not prerequisites for undertaking a spiritual migration towards God-Almighty; on the contrary, as it would be shown in the later part of this book, Islam demands from its followers that while living among the people a normal social life discharging the individual and collective obligations, they shouldnt be negligent of their own selves and must pay special attention towards their spiritual purification.
 

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1 Translators Foreword
1
2 Biography of Ayatollah Ibrahim Amini
11
3 Preface
15
4 SelfPurificationthe Main Goal of Divine Messengers
19
5 Heart in the Holy Quran
49
Evacuation or Selfrefinement Takhliyeh
73
6 SelfRefinement
75
7 SelfStruggle
99
15 Nourishment and Perfection of the Self Tahliyeh
207
16 FaithFoundation of the Spiritual Perfection
213
17 Means of Perfection and Gods Nearness
217
18 Effects and Indications of the Invocation Dhikr
235
19 Means of the Attainment
243
20 The Instructions
253
21 Obstacles of the Path
281
22 Second MeansNourishment of the Moral Virtues
293

8 The Stages of SelfRefinement
109
9 Things which are Helpful for the SelfRefinement
119
10 EgotismRoot of all the Evils
129
11 PietyMost Important Factor for the Purification
149
12 The Characteristics of Pious Sermon of the Hammam
167
13 Supervisionthe Most Important Factor for SelfRestraint
173
14 Repentance and SelfCleansing
193
Nourishment and Perfection of the Self Tahliyeh
205
23 Third Meansthe Righteous Deeds
295
24 Some Righteous Deeds
307
25 Fourth MeansCrusade Jihad and Martyrdom Shahadat
333
26 Fifth MeansBenevolence and Service to the Humanity
339
27 Sixth MeansSupplications Dua
343
28 Seventh Meansthe Fasting Sawm
349
INDEX
359
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Sayyid Hussein Alamdar, P.E, holds a MSCE from the University of South Carolina, at Columbia, S.C. He worked for Duke Power Company, Charlotte N.C (1971-1982) and served as Project Manager, Hydroelectric Projects at the Water & Power Company, Tehran, Iran (1983-2003). During his 20 years stay in Tehran, besides attending to his professional duties, he availed of the opportunity to meet with the eminent Scholars and erudite Ulama. Among other things, he had the fortune of attending Islamic Seminary under the able tutorship of Grand Ayatollah Seyed Mohammad Taqi Hakim and Hajj Aghai Ali Solemani in Tehran. On his return to the U.S, he founded the Ahl al-Bayt (AS) Islamic Cultural Services (AICS) of USA to disseminate and impart the learning and knowledge of Ahl al-Bayt (AS). Imam Rida (AS) is reported to have said to one of his followers: “May Allah bless the servant who keeps our vicegerency (vilayat) alive through publication of our learning and knowledge.” Alamdar has translated the following classical books of the most eminent Iranian Islamic scholars from Persian into English, 1. Self-Building: Ayatollah Ibrahim Amini 2. Truth and Falsehood: Martyr Allameh Murtaza Mutaheri (RA) 3. Discourse of Patience: Grand Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenie 4. Profundities of Prayer: Grand Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenie 5. Spiritual Journeys of the Mystics: Grand Ayatollah Malaki Tabrizi (RA) 6. Radiance of Vicegerency: Grand Ayatollah J'afar Sobhanie 7. The Story of Karbala: Ayatollah Ali Nazari Munfarid 10. How to Bridge the Generation Gap? Grand Ayatollah Seyed Muhammad Taqi Hakim 11. Every Body Must Know: Ayatollah Ibrahim Amini 12. The Biography of Sayyid Radi (RA): Muhammad Ibrahim Nejad 13. The Life of Imam Zain al-A’abedin (AS): 14. The Life of Imam Baqir (AS) 15. The Life of Fatimeh Zehra (SA): 16. The Life of Imam Jafar Sadiq (AS): Sayyid Mundhir Hakim.

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