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DUA
SUPPLICATION

*          Defining Supplication

*          The Necessity of Supplication

*          Kinds of Supplication

*          The Constituents of Supplication

*          The Truth behind Supplication

*          The Language of Supplication

By
Hasan Mamdouhi

Translated by Edited by
Dr. M. Farrokhpey Abdullah Al-Shahin

 

Mamdouhi, Hasan, 1940 -

Dua (Supplication)/ by Hasan Mamdouhi; translated by M. Farrokhpey; edited by Abdullah Al-Shahin.-Qum: Ansariyan, 2003.

192 P

ISBN: 964-438-447-4

1. Prayer. 2. Prayer-Manners and Customs. 3. Prayer.Philosophy. I. Farrokhpey, M. Tr. II. Al-Shahin, Abdullah, Ed. III. Title.

297.277 BP266.M3D9

2003
 
 

 

 

 

 

 


Dua (Supplication)

Author: Hasan Mamdouhi

Translator: Dr. M. Farrokhpey

Editor: Abdullah Al-Shahin

Publisher: Ansariyan Publications Qum

First Edition 1424 -1382 - 2003

Sadr Press Quantity: 2000

Number of Pages: 192 Size: 143X205 mm

ISBN: 964-438-447-4

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In The Name Of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful

And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am very near; I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls on Me, so they should answer My call and believe in Me that they may walk in the right way. (2:168)

Table of contents

 

Publishers Word ... 9

Introduction.. 11

Supplication (Du'a) 13

Defining Supplication. 13

Definition Based on Meaning. 14

Qualitative Definition. 14

The Definition Based on Qualitative Characteristics. 15

The Definition of Supplication Based on the How of Existence 15

The Definition of supplication based on the content 18

The Necessity of Supplication. 19

The Rationale behind Supplication. 22

The History of Supplication. 25

The Most Natural Secret of Existence. 26

Kinds of Supplication. 28

Division of Supplications based on the coordination of tongue, heart and truth 28

Ÿ Verbal Supplication.. 28

Ÿ Content Supplication: 29

Content Supplication and the supplicants limited knowledge 30

Ÿ Malhun Supplication.. 33

Supplication by the heart 35

The Mood in asking Allahs Assistance. 35

Evolutional Supplication. 37

Supplication should not be in words only. 38

Research on one verse of the Quran. 41

The Constituents of Supplication.. 43

First Constituent: The Spiritual Attraction. 44

Supplication is a Kind of Acceptance. 48

Asking Allah to be given a chance of Supplication.. 49

The Permanent Attraction. 53

The Second Constituent: the Supplicant 57

1) Submission.. 57

2) Believing in Gods Power. 59

3) Regarding Gods Closeness to Man.. 63

4) Sincerity.. 65

5) Real Invoking.. 68

6) Good Manners in Supplication.. 69

Examples Of The Prophets Manners Towards Allah As Mentioned In The Holy Quran 70

Jesus (s). 70

Adam (s). 72

Abraham (s). 73

Manners of Supplication in Imam as-Sadiqs Statements. 74

The Categories of Supplicants. 77

The first stage. 77

The Second stage. 80

The Third Stage. 82

The Fourth Stage. 86

The Fifth Stage. 88

The sixth Stage. 90

A point to be noticed. 92

The Third Constituent: God, Whom we ask for a favor. 93

Knowledge. 93

Sincerity of Supplication. 101

Closeness: The Nigh Relationship. 111

The First Stage. 111

The Second Stage. 112

The Third Stage. 114

The Fourth Stage. 115

The Fifth Stage. 117

The sixth Stage. 119

The Seventh Stage. 120

Conclusion