Self Building Ibrahim Amini Translator’s Foreword Biography of Ayatullah Ibrahim Amini Preface An Important Reminder Self-Purification, the Main Goal of Divine Messengers 1. Self-awareness and Self-building 2. Human-soul and Animal-self 3. Human Virtues 4. Esoteric Life 5. What to Be? The Heart in Quran 1. Reasoning and Comprehension 2. Un-comprehending and Reasoning 3. Faith 4. Blasphemy and Disbelief 5. Dissension 6. To Receive Guidance 7. Negligence 8. Certainty and Tranquility 9. Anxiety and Conflict 10. Blessing and Kindness 11. Hot-temper and Cruelty Soundness and Sickness of Heart Heart in Traditions 1) The Heart of an Unbeliever 2) The Heart of a Believer 3) The Heart of a Believer- Occasionally Contaminated Hard-heartedness Heart's Physicians Refinement and Perfection of Self Evacuation or Self-refinement (Takhliyeh) Self-refinement 1. Negligence from the Disease 2. Diagnosis of Self-sickness 2.1. Strengthening of Reason 2.2. Thinking before Action 2.3. Being Pessimistic towards the Self 2.4. Consulting Spiritual Physicians 2.5. Consulting a Wise Friend 2.6. Learning from Other's Faults 2.7. Learning from Criticism 2.8. Symptoms of Heart's Sickness 3. Decision for Treatment 4. Control and Domination of Self Self-Struggle 1. Greater Struggle (Jihad al-Akbar) A. First Reason B. Second Reason C. Third Reason 2. Struggle and Divine Assistance 3. Man, His own Physician The Stages of Self-refinement 1. Prevention 2. Sudden Renunciation 3. Gradual Renunciation Things which are Helpful for Self-refinement 1. Meditation 2. Reward and Punishment 3. Dignity of Human Essence and Strengthening Human Virtues 4. Renunciation of Bad Company 5. Avoiding Potential Blunders Egotism - the Root of all Evils 1. Worldliness, the Source of all Sins 2. What is World? 3. World's Reality 4. The Next Worlders 5. The Worldly Beings 6. The Worldly and Next Worlders Piety, the Most Important Factor for Purification 1. Piety, Objective Behind the Divine Commands 2. Definition of Piety 3. Piety and Seclusion 4. Piety and Insight 5. Piety and Victory over the Difficulties 6. Piety and Freedom 7. Piety and Treatment of Diseases The Characteristics of Pious (Sermon of Hammam) Supervision - the Most Important Factor for Self-restraint 1. Recordings of Deeds 2. Accounting on the Judgment Day 3. Self-scrutiny Before the Judgment Day 4. How to Scrutinize? 4.1. Making Commitments (Mosharateh) 4.2. Supervision and Control (Moraqebat) 4.3. Accounting of Deeds Repentance and Self-cleansing 1. The Need for Repentance 2. Acceptance of Repentance 3. What is Repentance? 4. Things which Require Repentance 4.1. Moral Sins 4.2. Practical Sins Nourishment and Perfection of Self (Tahliyeh) 1. God's Nearness 2. Meanings of God's Nearness 1. Nearness Relative to Place 2. Nearness Relative to Time 3. Metaphorical Nearness Faith, the Foundation of Spiritual Perfection The Means of Perfection and God's Nearness First Means -God's Remembrance (Dikhr) A) The Aim of Invocation (Dikhr) B) The Degrees of Invocation (Dhikr) The Effects and Indications of Invocation (Dhikr) 1. Commitment for God's Obedience 2. Humility 3. Excitement for Worshipping 4. Tranquility and Assurance 5. God's Attention towards the Servant First Reason Second Reason 6. God's Love towards the Servant 7. The Most Important Effects The Means of Attainment 1. Meditation and Reasoning 2. Deliberations over the Qur’anic Verses 3. Worshipping 4. Invocations and Supplications Instructions 1. Instructions of the Commander of the Faithful Imam ‘Ali (a.s.) 2. Instructions of Imam al-Sadiq 3. Instructions of ‘Allamah Majlisi 4. Letter of Akhund-Mulla Husayn Quli Hamdani 5. Instructions of Mirza Javad Agha Malaki Tabrizi 6. Instructions of Sheikh Najmuddin Obstacles of the Path 1. First Obstacle: Incompetence 2. Second Obstacle: Worldly Attachments 3. Third Obstacle: Obedience of Passions 4. Fourth Obstacle: Overeating 5. Fifth Obstacle: Unnecessary Talks 6. Sixth Obstacle -Love for Self (Hubbe-Zat) 7. Seventh Obstacle: Indecisiveness Second Means, Nourishment of Moral Virtues Third Means, the Righteous Deeds The Sincerity Some Righteous Deeds First: Obligatory Prayers 1. Heart's Presence in Prayer 2. Degrees of Heart's Presence First Stage Second Stage Third Stage Fourth Stage Fifth Stage 3. Important Factors for Attaining Heart's Presence Secluded Place Removal of Obstacles Strengthening of Faith Remembrance of Death Readiness Second: Supererogatory Prayers (Nawafil) Third: Night Prayer (Salatul-Layl) 1. Details of Night Prayer 2. Etiquette of Night Prayer Prayer of Witr Fourth Means, Struggle (Jihad) and Martyrdom (Shahadat) A. First Dimension: The supreme Goal of the struggler B. Second Dimension: The magnitude of sacrifice Fifth Means, Benevolence and Service to Humanity Sixth Means, Supplications (Dua) Seventh Means, Fast (Sawm) Role of Fasting in Self-Building Appendix 1: A Mystical Poem (Ghazal al-Irfani) of Imam Khomeini Appendix 2: Supplication of the Holy Month of Sha'ban (Munajat al-Shabaniyyah) Appendix 3: A Prayer Self Building Created with Fabric.js 1.7.22 Self Development A detailed description of special deeds as performed by God's most devoted sincere servants during their lives, the self-restraint and asceticism practiced by them during these worships, and the spiritual purification achieved by them. Original Persian title: Khud Sazi wa Tahzib wa Tazkiyeh Nafs. Get PDF Get EPUB Get MOBI Ibrahim Amini Sayyid Hussein Alamdar Ansariyan Publications - Qum Self-Building An Islamic Guide For Spiritual Migration Towards God Author: Ayatullah Ibrahim Amini Translated from Persian by: Sayyed Hussein Alamdar Publisher: Ansariyan Publications – Qum First Edition: 1997 – 1418 - 1376 Second Reprint 1420 – 1378 - 1999. Third Edition 1424 – 1382 - 2003. Negheen Press Quantity: 2000 Number of pages: 376 Size: 162 x 229 mm ISBN: 964-438-000-2 AND RECORDED FOR THE PUBLISHER Outline Self Building Translator’s Foreword Biography of Ayatullah Ibrahim Amini Preface An Important Reminder Self-Purification, the Main Goal of Divine Messengers 1. Self-awareness and Self-building 2. Human-soul and Animal-self 3. Human Virtues 4. Esoteric Life 5. What to Be? The Heart in Quran 1. Reasoning and Comprehension 2. Un-comprehending and Reasoning 3. Faith 4. Blasphemy and Disbelief 5. Dissension 6. To Receive Guidance 7. Negligence 8. Certainty and Tranquility 9. Anxiety and Conflict 10. Blessing and Kindness 11. Hot-temper and Cruelty Soundness and Sickness of Heart Heart in Traditions 1) The Heart of an Unbeliever 2) The Heart of a Believer 3) The Heart of a Believer- Occasionally Contaminated Hard-heartedness Heart's Physicians Refinement and Perfection of Self Evacuation or Self-refinement (Takhliyeh) Self-refinement 1. Negligence from the Disease 2. Diagnosis of Self-sickness 2.1. Strengthening of Reason 2.2. Thinking before Action 2.3. Being Pessimistic towards the Self 2.4. Consulting Spiritual Physicians 2.5. Consulting a Wise Friend 2.6. Learning from Other's Faults 2.7. Learning from Criticism 2.8. Symptoms of Heart's Sickness 3. Decision for Treatment 4. Control and Domination of Self Self-Struggle 1. Greater Struggle (Jihad al-Akbar) A. First Reason B. Second Reason C. Third Reason 2. Struggle and Divine Assistance 3. Man, His own Physician The Stages of Self-refinement 1. Prevention 2. Sudden Renunciation 3. Gradual Renunciation Things which are Helpful for Self-refinement 1. Meditation 2. Reward and Punishment 3. Dignity of Human Essence and Strengthening Human Virtues 4. Renunciation of Bad Company 5. Avoiding Potential Blunders Egotism - the Root of all Evils 1. Worldliness, the Source of all Sins 2. What is World? 3. World's Reality 4. The Next Worlders 5. The Worldly Beings 6. The Worldly and Next Worlders Piety, the Most Important Factor for Purification 1. Piety, Objective Behind the Divine Commands 2. Definition of Piety 3. Piety and Seclusion 4. Piety and Insight 5. Piety and Victory over the Difficulties 6. Piety and Freedom 7. Piety and Treatment of Diseases The Characteristics of Pious (Sermon of Hammam) Supervision - the Most Important Factor for Self-restraint 1. Recordings of Deeds 2. Accounting on the Judgment Day 3. Self-scrutiny Before the Judgment Day 4. How to Scrutinize? 4.1. Making Commitments (Mosharateh) 4.2. Supervision and Control (Moraqebat) 4.3. Accounting of Deeds Repentance and Self-cleansing 1. The Need for Repentance 2. Acceptance of Repentance 3. What is Repentance? 4. Things which Require Repentance 4.1. Moral Sins 4.2. Practical Sins Nourishment and Perfection of Self (Tahliyeh) 1. God's Nearness 2. Meanings of God's Nearness 1. Nearness Relative to Place 2. Nearness Relative to Time 3. Metaphorical Nearness Faith, the Foundation of Spiritual Perfection The Means of Perfection and God's Nearness First Means -God's Remembrance (Dikhr) A) The Aim of Invocation (Dikhr) B) The Degrees of Invocation (Dhikr) The Effects and Indications of Invocation (Dhikr) 1. Commitment for God's Obedience 2. Humility 3. Excitement for Worshipping 4. Tranquility and Assurance 5. God's Attention towards the Servant First Reason Second Reason 6. God's Love towards the Servant 7. The Most Important Effects The Means of Attainment 1. Meditation and Reasoning 2. Deliberations over the Qur’anic Verses 3. Worshipping 4. Invocations and Supplications Instructions 1. Instructions of the Commander of the Faithful Imam ‘Ali (a.s.) 2. Instructions of Imam al-Sadiq 3. Instructions of ‘Allamah Majlisi 4. Letter of Akhund-Mulla Husayn Quli Hamdani 5. Instructions of Mirza Javad Agha Malaki Tabrizi 6. Instructions of Sheikh Najmuddin Obstacles of the Path 1. First Obstacle: Incompetence 2. Second Obstacle: Worldly Attachments 3. Third Obstacle: Obedience of Passions 4. Fourth Obstacle: Overeating 5. Fifth Obstacle: Unnecessary Talks 6. Sixth Obstacle -Love for Self (Hubbe-Zat) 7. Seventh Obstacle: Indecisiveness Second Means, Nourishment of Moral Virtues Third Means, the Righteous Deeds The Sincerity Some Righteous Deeds First: Obligatory Prayers 1. Heart's Presence in Prayer 2. Degrees of Heart's Presence First Stage Second Stage Third Stage Fourth Stage Fifth Stage 3. Important Factors for Attaining Heart's Presence Secluded Place Removal of Obstacles Strengthening of Faith Remembrance of Death Readiness Second: Supererogatory Prayers (Nawafil) Third: Night Prayer (Salatul-Layl) 1. Details of Night Prayer 2. Etiquette of Night Prayer Prayer of Witr Fourth Means, Struggle (Jihad) and Martyrdom (Shahadat) A. First Dimension: The supreme Goal of the struggler B. Second Dimension: The magnitude of sacrifice Fifth Means, Benevolence and Service to Humanity Sixth Means, Supplications (Dua) Seventh Means, Fast (Sawm) Role of Fasting in Self-Building Appendix 1: A Mystical Poem (Ghazal al-Irfani) of Imam Khomeini Appendix 2: Supplication of the Holy Month of Sha'ban (Munajat al-Shabaniyyah) Appendix 3: A Prayer Translator’s Foreword › SHARES 64857 views EDIT All our content is free, thanks to the generosity of our beloved supporters! 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