CONTENTS PAGE

BOOK ONE

BELIEF IN GOD 7

by Shah Shaheedullah Faridi

 

THE PATHETIC CONDITION OF THE WORLD 13

Alhaj W.B.S. Rabbani

 

WHAT IS SUFISM 19

Alhaj W.B.S. Rabbani

 

KHWAJA HASSAN BASRI 49

Reproduced from Tadhkaratul Aulia of

Sheikh Fariduddin Attar

 

RETURN, RETURN, SWEET MADNESS 55

Q.M. Saeed

 

GEMS OF SUFI GNOSTICISM 57

Alhaj W.B.S. Rabbani

 

CALL TO HUMANITY 60

Q.M. Saeed

 

ESOTERICISM OF ISLAM 61

Alhaj W.B.S. Rabbani

 

 

BOOK TWO

 

CONCEPTION OF GOD IN SUFISM 1

Alhaj W.B.S. Rabbani

 

HAZRAT ALI IBNE ABI TALIB 11

Qazi Mohammad Saeed

 

ISLAMIC MEDITATION 23

Dr Ikram Azam

 

SOME SPECIAL MEDITATIONS OF SUFISM 41

Alhaj W.B.S. Rabbani

 

CALLS FROM THE WEST FOR MUSLIM HELP 43

 

 

BOOK THREE

 

PARAMOUNTCY OF GOD 2

Shah Shahidullah Faridi

 

SPIRITUAL PSYCHOLOGY OF ISLAM 4

Shah Shahidullah Faridi

 

HAPPINESS OF LOVE 17

Shams Tabrizi

 

ALCHEMY OF HAPPINESS 18

Imam Muhammad Ghazzali

 

TELL ME NOT I PERISH 25

Q.M. Saeed

 

IBRAHIM IBNE ADHAM 26

From Saints of Islam

 

RECOGNITION OF ISLAM 38

by World Genius

 

ABU ABDULLAH IMAM JAFAR AS-SADIQ 44

Q.M. Saeed

 

GLIMPSES INTO SUFI LIFE 50

from "Tadhkiratul Awliya"

 

 

BOOK FOUR

 

 

EXTRACTS FROM: THE MORAL MESSAGE OF GOD

AND HIS PROPHET 6

- Prophethood of Muhammad

-What is Virtue

Shah Shahidullah Faridi

 

GRADES OF BEING 11

Shah Shahidullah Faridi

 

SHYRK (POLYTHEISM) 24

Shah Shahidullah Faridi

 

EXTRACT FROM "HUNDRED LETTERS" 28

Sharfuddin Yahya Muneri

 

EXTRACT FROM "ALCHEMY OF HAPPINESS" 31

Imam Muhammad al-Ghazali

 

HAZRAT JUNAID BAGHDADI 37

Extract from "Saints of Islam"

 

Al-MUNAJAT 48

From the "Hikam of Ibn-Ata Ullah"

 

HAKIM SANAI 49

Q.M. Saeed

 

GLIMPSES INTO SUFI LIFE 55

From "Tadhkiratul Auliya"

 

BOOK FIVE

 

 

QUOTATIONS FROM THE HOLY QURAN 2

 

MORAL MESSAGE OF GOD AND HIS PROPHET 3

-Goodness to Parents

-Kindness to Wives

Shah Shahidullah Faridi

 

 

GLIMPSES INTO THE LIVES OF THE HOLY PROPHET

AND HIS COMPANIONS 6

 

HEROIC DEEDS OF MUSLIM WOMEN 9

 

SUNNAH OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (S.A.W.) 13

 

FREE-WILL, PREDETERMINATION,

AND SELF-REVELATION 14

Shah Shahidullah Faridi

 

EXTRACT FROM "HUNDRED LETTERS" 45

Sharfuddin Yahya Muneri

 

FAITH AND EVERYDAY PRACTICE IN ISLAM 58

Shah Shahidullah Faridi

 

 

BOOK SIX

 

 

MORAL MESSAGE OF GOD AND HIS PROPHET 3

-Honesty and Justice

-Striving (Jihad) in the way of Allah

Shah Shaidullah Faridi

 

MUHAMMAD (s.a.w.) RECOGNIZED 11

AS TRUE PROPHET OF GOD

by World Genius

 

HAZRAT ABUBAKR AND HAZRAT ALI'S LOVE 17

AND RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER

 

THE LOVE OF GOD 21

Imam Muhammad al-Ghazali

 

EXTRACT FROM "HUNDRED LETTERS" 31

Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri

 

MEANING OF TASAWWUF 54

Shah Shahidullah Faridi