Translator’s Foreword

Biography of Ayatullah Ibrahim Amini

Preface

Self-Purification, the Main Goal of Divine Messengers

The Heart in Quran

Evacuation or Self-refinement (Takhliyeh)

Self-refinement

Self-Struggle

The Stages of Self-refinement

Things which are Helpful for Self-refinement

Egotism - the Root of all Evils

Piety, the Most Important Factor for Purification

The Characteristics of Pious (Sermon of Hammam)

Supervision - the Most Important Factor for Self-restraint

Repentance and Self-cleansing

Nourishment and Perfection of Self (Tahliyeh)

Faith, the Foundation of Spiritual Perfection

The Means of Perfection and God's Nearness

First Means -God's Remembrance (Dikhr)

The Effects and Indications of Invocation (Dhikr)

The Means of Attainment

Instructions

Obstacles of the Path

Second Means, Nourishment of Moral Virtues

Third Means, the Righteous Deeds

Some Righteous Deeds

Fourth Means, Struggle (Jihad) and Martyrdom (Shahadat)

Fifth Means, Benevolence and Service to Humanity

Sixth Means, Supplications (Dua)

Seventh Means, Fast (Sawm)

Appendix 1: A Mystical Poem (Ghazal al-Irfani) of Imam Khomeini

Appendix 2: Supplication of the Holy Month of Sha'ban (Munajat al-Shabaniyyah)

Appendix 3: A Prayer

A detailed description of special deeds as performed by God's most
devoted sincere servants during their lives, the self-restraint and
asceticism practiced by them during these worships, and the spiritual
purification achieved by them. Original Persian title: Khud Sazi wa
Tahzib wa Tazkiyeh Nafs.


Self Building

Evacuation or Self-refinement (Takhliyeh)
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