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White with Light

An Explanation of Ziyarat Amin Allah

Sayed Mahmoud Al-Mosawi

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Translated from Arabic — the Arabic original is the authoritative text.Read the Arabic original

Title:
White with Light, an Explanation of Ziyarat Amin Allah
Author:
Sayed Mahmoud Al-Mosawi.
Publisher:
The Holy Husayni Shrine, Department of Intellectual Affairs
Edition:
Second, revised and expanded, 1444 AH.
Size:
Waziri – 312 pages.

From the introduction of the Academic Committee at the Husayni Shrine:

The standing and greatness of this ziyarah—Ziyarat Amin Allah—despite its brevity, are beyond count and reckoning, for it contains lofty contents, sublime meanings and far-reaching depths. One cannot plunge into the sea of its meanings unless the reader becomes acquainted with the explanations of these contents and what has been written about them. Before you is one of those studies, which shortens this path to opening the doors of knowledge and pointing to some of its horizons, while observing the spiritual and gnostic depth of those words. In this volume the author has addressed the basic teachings for preparing the visitor for the ziyarah, and has presented a practical, applied model for living under the protection of the Ahl al-Bayt (a) by extracting study material from the text of the ziyarah as a source that inspires the mind and the soul.

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Contents of the book

Table of contents

17 chapters · 151 headings
  1. 1Introduction of the Academic Committeep. 7
  2. 2The Author's Introductionp. 10
  3. 3The Method of the Bookp. 13
  4. 4The Ziyarah of the Infallibles (a): The Key to Goodnessp. 15
  5. The Ziyarah of the Commander of the Faithful (a) as an Examplep. 15
  6. The Text of Ziyarat Amin Allahp. 17
  7. 5The Ziyarah of the Infallibles (a): The Key to Nurturingp. 20
  8. Ziyarah in Its Linguistic Significationp. 20
  9. Ziyarah in Technical Usagep. 21
  10. 1 – Setting Out on the Journey, or Coming to the Noble Gravep. 22
  11. 2 – Reciting the Text of the Ziyarah, Comprising (Salutation, Supplication, and Seeking Intercession)p. 23
  12. 3 – Prayer, a Gift for the One Visitedp. 24
  13. Ziyarah as an Instrument of Nurturingp. 25
  14. The Ziyarah of the Commander of the Faithful (a): A Gateway to Greatnessp. 27
  15. 6The White Spot That Gleams with Lightp. 31
  16. The Reward for Visiting Him (a)p. 33
  17. 1 – A Garden from the Gardens of Paradisep. 33
  18. 2 – Allah, His Angels and His Prophets Visit Himp. 34
  19. 3 – Paradise Is Hisp. 35
  20. 4 – The Gates of Heaven Are Opened for His Visitorp. 36
  21. 5 – The Prophet (s) Delivers Him from His Sinsp. 37
  22. 6 – No Distressed Person Comes to Him without His Distress Being Relievedp. 38
  23. 7 – The Reward of the Martyrs, and Forgivenessp. 39
  24. 8 – None Visit Him but the Truthfulp. 40
  25. 9 – Whoever Comes to Him on Footp. 41
  26. 10 – The Superiority of Visiting Him over Visiting al-Husaynp. 42
  27. 11 – The White Spot Gleams with Lightp. 44
  28. 12 – The Reward for Visiting Him on the Day of al-Ghadirp. 45
  29. 13 – One Who Abandons Visiting Himp. 47
  30. 7Breaths of Longing for the Presence of ʿAli (a)p. 49
  31. Breaths of Longing for the Presence of ʿAli (a)p. 51
  32. 8Ziyarat Amin Allah: Steps on the Path to Allahp. 55
  33. Journeying and Wayfaring in the Presence of ʿAli ibn Abi Talib (a)p. 57
  34. The Source of the Light (The Chain of Transmission of the Ziyarah)p. 59
  35. 1 – Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad Ibn Qulawayhp. 61
  36. 2 – Abu ʿAli Ahmad ibn ʿAli ibn Mahdip. 61
  37. 3 – ʿAli ibn Sadaqa al-Raqqip. 61
  38. The Story of the Ziyarah (Its Contemporaneous Circumstances)p. 62
  39. The Social Circumstance of the Ziyarahp. 66
  40. The Event of the Ziyarahp. 70
  41. The Stages of Development of the Ziyarah of the Commander of the Faithfulp. 72
  42. The First Stagep. 73
  43. The Second Stagep. 73
  44. The Third Stagep. 74
  45. The Fourth Stagep. 76
  46. The Fifth Stagep. 76
  47. Is It a Ziyarah Specific to al-Ghadir?p. 78
  48. 9The Architecture of Ziyarat Amin Allahp. 81
  49. The Architecture of Ziyarat Amin Allahp. 83
  50. The Aims of Ziyarat Amin Allahp. 85
  51. The Methodical Sequence of Ziyarat Amin Allahp. 86
  52. 1 – (The Section of Salutation) In the Presence of Amin Allahp. 86
  53. 2 – (The Section of Supplication) Building the Characterp. 86
  54. 3 – (The Section of Intimate Prayer) The Gnostics' Plea for Rainp. 86
  55. 4 – (The Section of Request) The Utmost of What Is Hoped Forp. 87
  56. The Secret of the Transition from Salutation to Supplicationp. 87
  57. The Return (al-Rajʿa) to Support al-Qaʾim al-Mahdi (a)p. 90
  58. 10In the Presence of Amin Allah: Explanation of the Ziyarah (The Section of Salutation)p. 95
  59. Stations and Portraits in the Life of the Commander of the Faithful (a)p. 97
  60. Portraits of Perfectionp. 97
  61. Longing, and the Embrace of Soulsp. 98
  62. On the Meaning of Salutationp. 99
  63. Salutation in the Ziyarahp. 100
  64. 1 – The Divine Dimensionp. 103
  65. 2 – The Nurturing Dimensionp. 104
  66. (1) Peace be upon you, O Trustee of Allah on His earthp. 105
  67. On the Path of the Imamp. 109
  68. (2) And His proof over His servantsp. 111
  69. An Intrinsic Proofp. 112
  70. The Signification of the Word “Servants”p. 113
  71. Salutation with the Proofp. 115
  72. (3) Peace be upon you, O Commander of the Faithfulp. 117
  73. On the Meaning of “Commander”p. 118
  74. Salutation with the Commanderp. 120
  75. (4) I bear witness that you waged jihad for the sake of Allah, a jihad which is worthy of Himp. 121
  76. The Horizons of Jihadp. 124
  77. Salutation with Jihadp. 125
  78. (5) And acted according to His Bookp. 127
  79. Salutation with the Speaking Qurʾanp. 130
  80. (6) And followed the practices of His Prophet (s)p. 131
  81. The Practices of the Prophetsp. 135
  82. Salutation with the Practices of the Prophet (s)p. 136
  83. (7) Until Allah called you to His proximity and took you to Himself by His choicep. 137
  84. The Call to the Proximity of Allahp. 138
  85. Being Taken to Allah by His Choicep. 140
  86. (8) And held your enemies bound by the proofp. 145
  87. He Held His Killers Bound by the Proofp. 147
  88. Along with the Proofs That Are Yoursp. 149
  89. The End of the Section of Salutationp. 152
  90. 11Building the Character: Explanation of the Ziyarah (The Section of Supplication)p. 153
  91. Building the Character: Explanation of the Ziyarah (The Section of Supplication)p. 155
  92. An Ascent into the Heaven of ʿAli (a)p. 155
  93. (1) O Allah, so make my soul at peace with Your ordainment, content with Your decreep. 159
  94. Being at Peace with Ordainmentp. 162
  95. Contentment with the Decreep. 162
  96. The Foundation of Faithp. 164
  97. (2) Enamored of Your remembrance and of supplicating Youp. 167
  98. Between Supplication and the Decreep. 169
  99. The Soul Enamored of Remembrancep. 169
  100. (3) Loving the elect of Your friends, beloved in Your earth and Your heavenp. 173
  101. Beloved in the Earth and the Heavenp. 175
  102. What Does Allah's Love for the Servant Mean?p. 177
  103. (4) Patient with the descent of Your trialp. 179
  104. (5) Thankful for the excellences of Your favors, mindful of the abundance of Your bountiesp. 183
  105. Blessings between Thanks and Remembrancep. 184
  106. (6) Yearning for the joy of meeting You, provisioned with Godwariness for the day of Your recompensep. 187
  107. (7) Following the practices of Your friendsp. 191
  108. The Practices of the Friends and the Morals of the Enemiesp. 192
  109. (8) Occupied with Your praise and laudation, away from the worldp. 195
  110. Between Praise and Laudationp. 197
  111. 12The Gnostics' Plea for Rain: Explanation of the Ziyarah (The Section of Intimate Prayer)p. 199
  112. The Gnostics' Plea for Rainp. 201
  113. The Thematic Link of the Third Sectionp. 201
  114. (1) O Allah, indeed the hearts of those humble before You are rapt with lovep. 205
  115. The Rapt Heartsp. 207
  116. (2) And the paths of those who long for You are openp. 211
  117. The Motive of Longingp. 212
  118. The Open Pathsp. 215
  119. (3) And the signposts of those who make for You are clearp. 219
  120. (4) And the hearts of the gnostics are fearful of Youp. 223
  121. (5) And the voices of those who call upon You ascendp. 227
  122. The Ascent of the Voicesp. 228
  123. What Are the Voices?p. 230
  124. (6) And the call of whoever confides in You is answeredp. 233
  125. (7) And the repentance of whoever turns penitently to You is acceptedp. 235
  126. (8) And the tear of whoever weeps out of fear of You is shown mercyp. 239
  127. The Tear That Is Shown Mercyp. 241
  128. (9) And help for whoever seeks Your help is at handp. 243
  129. (10) And succor for whoever appeals to You for succor is freely givenp. 247
  130. (11) And Your promises to Your servants are fulfilledp. 251
  131. (12) And the slips of whoever asks You to pardon them are pardonedp. 253
  132. (13) And the deeds of those who work are preserved with Youp. 255
  133. (14) And Your provisions for the creatures descend from Your presencep. 257
  134. Laudation through the Guarantee of Provisionsp. 259
  135. Provision in Its Broadest Sensep. 260
  136. (15) And the sins of those who seek forgiveness are forgivenp. 263
  137. (16) And the needs of Your creatures are fulfilled with Youp. 265
  138. (17) And the gifts for those who ask are abundant with Youp. 267
  139. (18) And the tables of those who seek food are preparedp. 269
  140. A Thematic Analysis of the Section of Intimate Prayerp. 271
  141. 13The Utmost of What Is Hoped For: Explanation of the Ziyarah (The Section of Request)p. 275
  142. The Utmost of What Is Hoped Forp. 276
  143. 1 – O Allah, so answer my supplication and accept my praisep. 277
  144. So What Is That Hope?p. 278
  145. 2 – By the right of Muhammad, ʿAli, Fatimah, al-Hasan and al-Husaynp. 279
  146. 3 – Indeed You are the Master of my blessings and the utmost of my hopep. 281
  147. 4 – The Final Passagep. 283
  148. 14Bidding Farewell to the Commander of the Faithful (a)p. 287
  149. 15Ziyarat Amin Allah at All the Shrinesp. 291
  150. 16Ziyarat Amin Allah for All the Imamsp. 297
  151. 17Sources and Referencesp. 299