The mystery of prayer : the ascension of the wayfarers and the prayer of the gnostics /
The mystery of prayer : the ascension of the wayfarers and the prayer of the gnostics = سر الصلاة : معراج السالكين وصلاة العارفين /
Sayyid Amjad Hussain Shah Naqavi's annotated scholarly translation of Ayatollah Khomeini's 'The Mystery of Prayer' brings to light a rarely studied dimension of an author better known for his revolutionary politics. Writing forty years before the Islamic revolution, Khomeini show...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden :
Brill,
[2015]
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| Series: | Modern Shīʻah library ;
volume 1. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Sayyid Amjad Hussain Shah Naqavi's annotated scholarly translation of Ayatollah Khomeini's 'The Mystery of Prayer' brings to light a rarely studied dimension of an author better known for his revolutionary politics. Writing forty years before the Islamic revolution, Khomeini shows a formidable level of insight into the spiritual aspects of Islamic prayer. Through discussions on topics such as spiritual purity, the presence of the heart before God, and the stations of the spiritual wayfarer, Khomeini elucidates upon the nature of reality as the countenance of the divine. Drawing upon scriptural sources and the Shi'ah intellectual and mystical tradition, the subtlety of the work has led to it being appreciated as one of Khomeini's most original works in the field of gnosis. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004298316 9004298312 |
| ISSN: | 2405-8092 ; |
