A GUIDE FOR SPIRITUAL ASPIRANTS

CONTENTS PAGE   1. INTRODUCTION The world is never without Aulia Allah (Friends of God) 4 Need for this book 6 Our difficulties 6 Genealogical Schema 7 Family history 8 Birthplace 9 Birth 11 Education 12 Spiritual pursuits 12 What is this Book 13 His sayings (Malfuzat) 14   2. MALFUZAT: SECRETS OF SHARIAH Existence of God 16 Humility 16 Good Manners 17 Escorts of the Soul 18 Fasting 19 Prayer (Namaz) 19 Islam is beyond Rationalization 21   3. WORLDLINESS CONTRASTED WITH OTHER WORLDLINESS Childish behaviour 22 Need for Judgement 23 More Analogies of the worldly people 24 Madness of worldly people 27 Some examples with a Moral 29 Love of power 30 Avoiding worldly people 33 The snare of satan 34 On traveling light 34 The Age of the Earth 35   4. VERILY HAVE I APPOINTED A VICEGERENT ON EARTH Man's Greatness 37 Breathing the Soul into Man 37 The Episode of Adam 38 Inner Perfections 40 Man's Limitations 41 More on Man's Greatness 41   5. SPIRITUAL MASTER (SHAIKH) AND DISCIPLE (MUREED) The Role of Prophecy 43 The Need for a Shaikh 44 Qualifications of a Spiritual Guide 45 Categories of Guides 46 Blessings of the Shaikh 47 Baiat 51 Ijazat (Permission) 52 Concentrated Attention from a Distance (Tawajjuh-i-Ghaibana) 52 Relations between Shaikh and Mureed 53 Propriety of behaviours as Mureed (Adab-i-Mureed) 58 Hazrat Hassan bin Thabit 59 Maqbuliat-i-Silsilah 62 Dignity of the Saints 63 Thinking well of the Saints 64 Shaikh Ahmad Jar(R) 65 Punishment for Disrespect for the Saints 66 Love for Allah 68   6. REPENTANCE AND FORGIVENESS The Blessings of Forgiveness 72 Divine call 73 Quest for Guidance (Talab-i-Taufiq) 73   7. THE QUEST FOR TRUTH The Blessings of Faith 76 (Barakat-i-Iman)

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