A Mine of Meaning: Ma`din ul-Ma`ani

A Mine of Meaning: Ma`din ul-Ma`ani

A Mine of Meaning: Ma`din ul-Ma`ani

A Mine of Meaning: Ma`din ul-Ma`ani

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Overview

Filled with spiritual advice and inspiring teaching stories, this book will interest both the scholar and the seeker regardless of religious affiliation. Presenting the collected discourses of 14th-century Sufi Master Sharafuddin Yahya Maneri, it covers detailed aspects of theology, law, and spiritual life while communicating the goal of human perfection and the means for its attainment. Derived from a vast array of sources—from the Quran and hadith traditions—this account also constitutes a compendium of essential teachings by many of the most important Sufi Masters known during this vibrant period in the history of Sufism in India.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781891785924
Publisher: Fons Vitae of Kentucky, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/01/2012
Pages: 312
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Sheikh Sharafuddin Maneri is one of the most beloved Muslim saints of India. He is widely known for his "100 Letters" addressed to the Governor of Chausa outlining the path to God. These letters are read, studied, and meditated upon by Sufis and spiritual seekers throughout India and South Asia. Zain Badr Arabi was the transcriber of Sharafuddin Yahya Maneri and the compiler of his “100 Letters.” Paul Jackson, SJ, is a member of the Society of Jesus. He is the author of The Way of a Sufi: Sharafuddin Maneri and the translator and editor of Sharafuddin Maneri: The Hundred Letters and In Quest of God.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Introduction to Ma'din Ul-Ma'ani a Mine of Meaning xi

Compiler's Preface 1

Chapter 1 A Description in Confirmation of the Existence of God and His Oneness-Exalted be His Glory! 6

Chapter 2 A Description of Faith and of Islam, as Well as of Association, Unbelief and Such-Like Things 15

Chapter 3 Knowledge of the Essence and Attributes of the Most Exalted Deity 25

Chapter 4 A Description of the Metaphors Which Are Applied to God Most Exalted, Such as 'Face,' 'Hand' and Similar Things 31

Chapter 5 A Discussion of Knowledge of the Law and of the Way and What Befits Them 35

Chapter 6 Appropriate Quranic Interpretation and Memorization 48

Chapter 7 Traditions of the Apostle: A Description of Some of Them as Verifiers of the Truth; and Commenting On Some of the Sayings of the Sheikhs 65

Chapter 8 The Prophethood of the Apostle: His Ascension and Migration; Visiting His Blessed Tomb; the Effect of A Particle of the Grace of the Companions on All the Believers; the Effect of the Grace of the Community on All Communities; and a Description of What is Fitting 78

Chapter 9 The Migration: Paternal Uncles: and the Apostle's Companions of the Bench 87

Chapter 10 The Excellence of the Companions Compared to Other Believers, and of This Community Compared to Others; the Qualities of A'isha, the Mother of the Believers; and the Structure of the Blessed Tomb 93

Chapter 11 Purity 102

Chapter 12 Ritual Prayer and Its Correct Procedure 110

Chapter 13 Fasting 132

Chapter 14 Pilgrimage to Mecca and Struggle 139

Chapter 15 Repetitive Prayer: Prayers of Petition: Ritual Prayer and Supererogatory Prayer At Assembling Points in Mecca 146

Chapter 16 Remembering God Most Exalted 157

Chapter 17 The Master-Disciple Relationship, and What Benefits It 163

Chapter 18 The Moulding of a Disciple 167

Chapter 19 Shaving One's Head: Cutting, Dividing and Parting One's Hair: and What is Fitting in These Matters 174

Chapter 20 God's Saints 184

Chapter 21 The Secret Thoughts of Holy Men 197

Chapter 22 The Genealogical Tree of The Sheikhs and Seeking Their Intercession in Times of Need 205

Chapter 23 Struggling and Gaining Mastery 206

Chapter 24 Showing Displeasure Towards One's Selfish Soul: A Desription of Its Persistence: and a Peek at its Hidden Nature 215

Chapter 25 Cutting Oneself Off from People and from One's Very Self: and What Pertains Thereto 227

Chapter 26 Asceticism and Fearing God 234

Chapter 27 Fear and Hope 239

Chapter 28 Watchfulness and Meditation 244

Chapter 29 Servanthood and Servitude 252

Chapter 30 Freedom and What is Congruent With It 256

Chapter 31 Conviction 261

Chapter 32 Love 267

Index 281

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