This is a rare teaching manual
of orthodox Sufism written
about 1300s by Sheikh Ezzed-din Mahmood Bin Ali Kashani Nazanzi the
student of
Noored-din Abdus-Samad Ben Ali Isfahani Nazanzi a famous Sheikh of the
school
of Sahrwardi.
"The Lantern Of Guidance & Key To
Spiritual Sufficiency"
Introduction
Chapter One: Manifesto For
Sufi Beliefs
Section 1: The Meaning For ‘Belief’
Section
2: Tawhid (Oneness)
Section
3: Names & Attributes
Section
4: Creation of People's Deeds
Section
5: Divine Words
Chapter Two:
Explanation of ‘Ilm (Knowledge)
Section 1:
Definition & Ranks of ‘Ilm (Knowledge)
Chapter Three: Ma'reafat
Divine gnosis
Section 2: Ma'refat of Nafs
Section
3: Ma'refat of Some Attributes of
Nafs
Section 4: Divine
Ma'refat & Ma'rfat of Nafs
Section 5:
Ma'refat of
Rooh (Soul)
Chapter Four: Sufi
Terminologies
Section
2: Jam’ (Togetherness) & Tafraqa (Partition)
Section3:
Tajalli & Istetar
Section 4: Wajd &
Wojood
Section 8: Tajrid
&
Tafrid
Chapter Six: Adab
Section 1:
Definition of Adab
Section 2: Adab for Divine Presence
Chapter Eitgh: Khulq (Behavior)
Section
1:
The Haqiqa (Reality, Truth) of the Khulq (Behavior)
Section
4: Qanā’a (Contentment)
Chapter Nine: The
Ranks
Section 3: Zohd
(Asceticism)
Chapter Ten: Explanation of Ahwāl (Pl. Hāla
Momentary State of Heart)
Section 5:
Hayā (Shyness, Timidity)
©
2004-2002, Dara O. Shayda