Salat (Prayer): The Mode of Divine Proximity and Recognition

Author: Ayatullah Mirza Mahdi Isfahani

This text highlights the esoteric reality and importance of the daily prayers.

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Chapters

  1. Preface
  2. The Importance of Salat and Meeting Allah
  3. Meeting Allah in Human Mysticism
  4. Meeting with Allah: Divine Cognition vis a vis Human Mysticism
  5. Purity (taharah) an Essential Condition
  6. Adhan and Iqamah
  7. Takbirat ul Ihram and the Invocation of Attention
  8. Humility, Modesty and Concentration in Salat
  9. Invocation in Prayers
  10. Reality of Salat
  11. Innate Recognition of Allah and Its Role in Salat
  12. Worship and Submission

First published on al-islam.org.

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