Mafatih al-Jinan: A Treasury of Islamic Piety (Translation & Transliteration): Volume One: Supplications and Periodic Observances: Volume 1

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The introduction to the translation provides a broad coverage of essential topics for those seeking to read the Qur’an in Arabic and in translation. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Such conduct is indicative of negligence and indifference to their prayers, although, as pointed out by Imam Ja‘far al-Ṣādiq ( ‘a) in a report, the obligatory prayer is better than 20 ḥajj pilgrimages and a single ḥajj is better than a house full of gold given away in charity.

Mafatih al-Hayat, is a religious work written by Abdollah Javadi-Amoli intended to complete Mafatih al-Janan, a book by Sheikh Abbas Qummi. To take a bath for the ziyārah of each of the Imams [31] and to recite the prescribed supplication, which will be mentioned at the beginning of Ziyārah al-Wārith (p. To embrace the threshold of the blessed shrine, and the Shahīd Awwal (r) has said that it will be better for the visitor to prostrate with the intent of prostrating to God in gratitude for enabling him to reach that place. There was some confusion over the description - it was a box set of 8 x 7" singles, but the description also said "No of disks: 1".As you read through the translation, you will surely come to realize this and, hopefully, appreciate the work of these great scholars of Islam. Allah, enable me to attain whatever I do hope and expect from You and Your awliyā, O Most Merciful of the merciful! The current translation (along with an extensive introduction to the Qur'an): • Represents a safe, mainstream yet non-restrictive understanding of the Message of the Grand Qur’an.

Ibn Qūlawayh reports [76] with a reliable isnād from Muḥammad ibn Mas‘ūd that he once saw Imam Ja‘far al-Ṣādiq ( ‘a) approach the grave of the Prophet ( ṣ). The Arabic language is much more precise than present translations would indicate and God used a different word in each case. The points of etiquette pertaining to ziyārah are many and here we shall confine ourselves to noting a few. Also, one should not forget to say 30 times " Suḥānallāhi, wal hamdulillāhi, wa lā ilāha illallāhu, wallāhu akbar," after the shortened ( qaṣr) prayers made during journey, a practice that has been urged in the traditions. Then You favoured them with the successorship of Your prophets for the preservation of Your precepts and laws.Within the holy shrines they either jostle through the crowd of strange men, or stand clinging to the holy tomb, or engage in reading the ziyārah while sitting at the qiblah of the menfolk, causing distraction for the people and diverting the attention of the worshippers and those engaged in prayers, petitions, entreaties and lamentation.

The analysis shows a reciprocal relationship and their interdependency among the approaches due to the fact that historical approach validates the biographical accounts narrated in the s┴arh that further guides towards the philosophy of the existence of the one and only Allah (swt) as the Creator. Allah, keep me safe and protect me and whatever is with me from harm, and enable me and whatever is with me to reach the destination with Your good and gracious conveyance. In the name of Allah, by Allah, in the way of Allah, and following the creed of the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him and his Family! It is mentioned in a report [45] that those who say takbīr while coming face to face with the Imam ( ‘a) and say Lā ilāha illallāh, waḥdahū lā sharīka lah are written down as those who obtain ‘God’s greatest approval’ ( riḍwān Allāh al-akbar). The third, fifth, thirteenth, and the sixteenth day, / Twenty-first, [3] twenty-fourth and the twenty-fifth.Whichever of the two terms I complete, there shall be no reprisal against me, and Allah is witness over what we say. He has also cited a report on the authority of Abū al-Ṣalṭ al-Harawī that he said to Imam ‘Alī al-Riḍā ( ‘a), O son of the Apostle of Allah, what do you say concerning the tradition narrated by some that the faithful will visit their Lord in paradise. One section contains prayers specific to the fourteen Infallibles (a) and the other one covers other famous prayers such as the Ja'far al-Tayyar Prayer, the prayer at the night of burial, and the prayer on the first day of the lunar months. says, ‘When I was taking the Imam’s leave for pilgrimage to the shrine of his grandfather, Imam ‘Alī al-Riḍā ( ‘a), he said to me, ‘Carry along a ring studded with a yellow agate with the words " Mā shâ’ Allāhu lā quwwata illā billāh.

The Mafatih al-Jinan is the most popular manual of Islamic devotional observances and prayer-texts by Shaykh Abbas Qummi, which draws its contents from well-known, reliable sources.O Allah, You have said, Had they, when they wronged themselves, come to you and pleaded to Allah for forgiveness, and the Apostle had pleaded for forgiveness for them, they would have surely found Allah all-clement, all-merciful. This fresh translation mainly stands out for the following: It represents a safe, mainstream yet non-restrictive understanding of the Message of the Grand Qur’an. Pray a lot in the Mosque of the Prophet, for each prayer performed therein is equal to a thousand prayers.