Seeking Elevation - a Short Commentary on One of the Regularly Recited Daily Supplications of the Holy Month of Ramadhan

Cover Title Page Contents Transliteration Table يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَظِيمُ Word of Appreciation Dedication Introduction: The Source of the Du‘ā’ Chapter 1 : A Commentary on the phrase Yā ‘Aliyyu Yā ‘Aẓīmu A Commentary on the phrase Yā ‘Aliyyu Yā ‘Aẓīmu Manifesting the Divine Name al-‘Aliyyu Manifesting the Divine Name al-‘Aẓīm Verses and Traditions that Allude to Achieving Exaltedness (‘Uluww) Traditions that Allude to Achieving Greatness (‘Aẓamah) Other Interesting Allusions to Different Levels Chapter 2 : A Commentary on the phrase Yā Ghafūru Yā Raḥīmu A Commentary on the phrase Yā Ghafūru Yā Raḥīmu Supplication Washing the dead Performing Hajj Ziyarah of Imam al-Riḍā (‘a) Ghusl on specific nights of the month of Ramaḍān Ṣiyām (Fasting) Ṣalāt (Prayer) Love for Imam ‘Alī (‘a) Helping the troubled Sujūd (Prostration before Allah) Ṣalawāt (Invoking Allah’s abundant mercy on Muḥammad and his household): Ḥasanāt (Beautiful deeds) Muṣāfaḥah (Shaking hands) Istighfār (Seeking forgiveness) The Importance of Seeking Forgiveness at Pre-dawn Ziyārah of Imam al-Ḥusayn (‘a) Lawful copulation between a believer and his believing wife The Comprehensive Spirit of the Imam (‘a) Chapter 3 : A Commentary on the phrase Anta al-Rabbu al-Aẓīmu A Commentary on the phrase Anta al-Rabbu al-Aẓīmu Chapter 4 : A Commentary on the phrase Alladhī laysa ka-mithli-hī shay’ A Commentary on the phrase Alladhī laysa ka-mithli-hī shay’ Chapter 5 : A Commentary on the phrase Wa Huwa al-Samī‘u al-Baṣīru A Commentary on the phrase Wa Huwa al-Samī‘u al-Baṣīru Chapter 6 : A Commentary on the phrase Wa hādhā shahrun ‘aẓẓam-ta-hu wa karram-ta-hu wa sharraf-tahu wa faḍḍal-ta-hu ‘alā al-shuhūr A Commentary on the phrase Wa hādhā shahrun ‘aẓẓam-ta-hu wa karram-ta-hu wa sharraf-tahu wa faḍḍal-ta-hu ‘alā al-shuhūr Chapter 7 : A Commentary on the phrase Wa huwa al-shahru alladhī faraḍ-ta ṣiyāma-hu ‘alayya A Commentary on the phrase Wa huwa al-shahru alladhī faraḍ-ta ṣiyāma-hu ‘alayya Chapter 8 : A Commentary on the phrase Wa huwa shahru Ramaḍān A Commentary on the phrase Wa huwa shahru Ramaḍān Chapter 9 : A Commentary on the phrase Alladhī anzal-ta fī-hī al-Qur’ān A Commentary on the phrase Alladhī anzal-ta fī-hī al-Qur’ān Al-Inzāl (Collective Revelation) Al-Tanzīl (Gradual Revelation) Chapter 10 : A Commentary on the phrase Hudan linnāsi wa bayyinātin min al-hudā wa al-furqān A Commentary on the phrase Hudan linnāsi wa bayyinātin min al-hudā wa al-furqān Is there Any Contradiction? Chapter 11 : A Commentary on the phrase Wa ja‘al-ta fī-hī laylat al-Qadr A Commentary on the phrase Wa ja‘al-ta fī-hī laylat al-Qadr Is Determination Compulsion? Chapter 12 : A Commentary on the phrase Wa ja‘al-ta-hā khayran min alfi shahr A Commentary on the phrase Wa ja‘al-ta-hā khayran min alfi shahr Chapter 13 : A Commentary on the phrase Fa yā Dha al-manni wa lā yumannu ‘alay-ka, munna ‘alayya bifakāki raqabatī min al-nār, fī man tamunnu ‘alay-hi A Commentary on the phrase Fa yā Dha al-manni wa lā yumannu ‘alay-ka, munna ‘alayya bifakāki raqabatī min al-nār, fī man tamunnu ‘alay-hi Chapter 14 : A Commentary on the phrase Wa adkhilnī al-Jannata A Commentary on the phrase Wa adkhilnī al-Jannata Chapter 15 : A Commentary on the phrase Biraḥmati-ka yā Arḥama al-rāḥimīn A Commentary on the phrase Biraḥmati-ka yā Arḥama al-rāḥimīn Bibliography