Discourse Two
On the Preliminaries of the Salat and Some of its Cordial Disciplines
Discussed in Five Objectives
- Adab as-Salat: The Disciplines of the Prayer Second Revised Edition
- From The Publisher
- Foreword
- Dedication
- Author’s Preface
- Introduction
- Preface
- Discourse One
- Chapter 1: Cordial Disciplines
- Chapter 2: The Stages Of The Stations Of The People Of Sulūk
- Chapter 3: Concerning Submissiveness [Khushū‘]
- Chapter 4: Tranquility
- Chapter 5: Protecting The Worships From Satan’s Intrusion
- Chapter 6: On Vivacity and Cheerfulness
- Chapter 7: On Informing The Heart
- Chapter 8: On The Presence Of Heart
- Chapter 9: Hadiths Concerning The Presence Of Heart
- Chapter 10: On Calling To Acquiring The Presence Of Heart
- Chapter 11: On Curing The Wandering Imagination
- Chapter 12: Explaining That Loving This World Causes Distraction Of The Mind
- Completion: On Turning The Soul Away From The World
- Discourse Two
- Objective One : Purification
- Chapter 1: On Purification In General
- Chapter 2: Concerning The Stages Of Purification
- Chapter 3: The Cordial Disciplines Of The Sālik When Coming To Water For Purification
- Chapter 4: Concerning The Purifier
- Chapter 5: Some Disciplines Of The Wudu’ (Ritual Ablution) In Respect Of The Interior And The Heart
- Chapter 6: Concerning The Ghusl And Its Cordial Disciplines
- Chapter 7: Some Cordial Disciplines For Removing Filth And Purifying Impurities
- Objective Two: Some Disciplines Concerning the Clothes
- Objective Three: On the Cordial Disciplines Concerning the Place of the Musallī
- Objective Four : On the Cordial Disciplines of the Time
- Objective Five: On Some Disciplines Concerning Orientation
- Objective One : Purification
- Discourse Three: The Affinities [Muqārināt] Of The Salat
- Section One: On Some Disciplines of the Adhān and Iqāmah
- Chapter 1: General Secret And Disciplines Of The Adhān And Iqāmah
- Chapter 2: Some Disciplines And Secrets Of Takbīrs In The Adhān And Iqāmah
- Chapter 3: Some Disciplines Concerning Testifying Divinity And Its Connection With The Adhān And The Salat
- Chapter 4: Some Disciplines Of Testifying To The (Prophet’s) Messengership Implying Testifying To The Guardianship
- Section Two:Concerning the Qiyām (the Standing Position in the Salat)
- Section Three: On the Secret of the Niyyah [Intention]
- Section Four: The Discipline Of Reverence
- Section Five: Brief Hints At The Objectives, Subjects And Contents Of The Glorious Divine Book
- Section Six: How To Be Benefited By The Qur’an
- Section Seven: The Obstacles And Barriers Preventing Being Benefited By The Qur’an
- Section Eight: Meditation
- Section Nine: Application To One’s Own Condition
- Section One: On Some Disciplines of the Adhān and Iqāmah
- Conclusion
- Degrees Of Recitation And The Groups Of Reciters
- Some Disciplines Of Isti‘adhah
- On The Four Pillars Of Isti‘adhah
- On Some Disciplines Of Naming [Tasmiyah]
- A Brief Exegesis Of The Blessed Sūrah Of Al-Hamd And Some Disciplines Of Praising And Recitation
- A Gnostic Research
- A Discussion and an Acquisition
- A Tradition and a Research
- Completion
- A Remark
- Another Remark
- A Faithful Awakening
- A Philosophic Research
- An Inspiration Concerning the 'Arsh
- A Gnostic Notice
- A Literary Notice
- An Illuminative Notice
- A Gnostic Inquiry
- A Notice and a Point
- A Gnostic Advantage
- A Faithful Awakening
- A Juristic Branch
- An Advantage
- An Illuminative Notice and A Gnostic Illumination
- A Faithful Notice
- A Gnostic Notice
- Quotings for Further Information
- Conclusion
- Completion
- Some Exegesis Of The Blessed Sūrah Of At-Tawhīd
- Some Comments On The Blessed Sūrah Of Al-Qadr As Much As They Suit These Papers
- On The Takbīr Before The Rukū
- Concerning The Disciplines Of Bowing In Rukū‘
- The Rukū‘of the Salāt of The Messenger’s Mi‘rāj
- Delicacies And Secrets Of The Rukū, Sujūd And Their Cordial Disciplines
- General Secret Of The Sujūd
- Disciplines Of The Sujūd
- Contents And Meaning Of The Form, Mood And Invocation Of The Sujūd
- The Moods Of The Sājid During The Sujūd
- Meaning And Effect Of Testifying To The Tawhīd And The Messengership (Of The Prophet)
- The Disciplines Of Tashahhud
- State Of The Musallī During Utterance Of The Salām, And The Condition For The Salām To Be Truthful
- Concerning The Meaning And The Secret Of The Salām And Its Disciplines
- The Secrets And The Cordial Disciplines Of The Four Tasbīhs
- Concerning The Cordial Disciplines Of The Qūnūt
- After-The-Salāt Invocation
- Conclusion And Invocation (Du‘a’)
- Glossary
- Final Note by Imam Khomeini
