The Mystical Teachings of al-Shadhili

<p><i>Preface</i><br/> <i>Editor's Introduction</i><br/> <i>Author's Introduction to the Pearl of Mysteries and the Treasure of the Righteous</i><br/> <i>1. His Noble Lineage Travels and Rank</i><br/><i> </i>Testimony of Ibn Futuh: Alchemy and Divine Protection<br/> Story of the Woodcutter<br/> Al-Habibi First Companion<br/> Testimony of al-Ibri: Mount Zaghawan Birds and the Spring<br/> Intervention of Ibn al-Bara' and Abu Zakariya<br/> Narration of Madi<br/> Testimony of Abu 'Abd Allah the Copyist<br/> 'Izz al-Din and the Pilgrimage<br/> The Shaykh Watches over Madi<br/> Madi and al-Shadhili Visit the Tomb of the Prophet<br/> Testimony of Jamal al-Din: Worship and Works<br/> Drunkenness of the Shaykh's Son<br/> Shihab al-Din before the Shaykh<br/> Testimony about 'Arifat al-Khayr<br/> The Shaykh Settles a Dispute with Berbers<br/> Argument with a Group of M'utazila<br/> True Asceticism<br/> A Litigation<br/> Miraculous Multiplication of Sheep and Grain<br/> <i>2. Correspondence with His Companions</i><br/> Letter of Consolation to a Disciple in Quyrawan<br/> Letter to Followers in Tunis<br/> Exhortation to Certain Judges<br/> Letter to 'Ali Ibn Makhluf<br/> <i>3. Supplication Devotional Recitations and Prayers of Confrontations</i><br/><i> </i>The Noble Litany and the Mighty Veil (<i>Hijab</i>) or the Great Litany<br/> Blessed Supplication Known as the Litany of the Sea<br/> Litany of Light<br/> An Anecdote<br/> A Devotional Recitation (<i>Dhikr</i>)<br/> A Devotional Recitation: Prayer for Happiness<br/> A Devotional Recitation: The Veiling<br/> A Devotional Recitation: Divine Grace<br/> A Devotional Recitation: God's Love All-Sufficient<br/> A Devotional Recitation: Contemptibility and Respectability<br/> A Devotional Recitation: On Hearing the Call to Prayer<br/> A Devotional Recitation: The Worship<br/> A <i>Dhikr</i> to Dispel Depression<br/> A Devotional Recitation: God the Living and Sole Provider<br/> A Devotional Recitation: Thanksgiving for Benefaction<br/> In Praise of the Maker<br/> A Prayer before the Prophet's Tomb<br/> A Prayer for Forgiveness<br/> An Invocation: The Great Name<br/> A Devotional Recitation: Inner Sight and Providence<br/> A Devotional Recitation: Granting of Requests<br/> A Devotional Recitation: Compassion<br/> <i>4. His Opinions Injunctions Doctrine on Sufism and Other Sciences</i><br/> Rule of the Religious Retreat (<i>'Uzla</i>)<br/> Help-Procuring Sayings on Entering the Religious Retreat<br/> Section on Overcoming Satan<br/> Perils of the Religious Retreat<br/> Fruits of the Religious Retreat<br/> Watchfulness<br/> On Sainthood<br/> Contraction (<i>Qabd</i>) and Expansion (<i>Bast</i>)<br/> Loss and Gain<br/> The Will<br/> Sincerity<br/> Religious Science<br/> The Elect<br/> The Way<br/> Understanding<br/> Obedience<br/> Recitation and a Prayer<br/> Miscellaneous Instructions<br/> Chapter in Love<br/> Scrupulous Peity<br/> One of His Devotional Recitations (<i>Adhkar</i>)<br/> Anecdotes<br/> Verses of the Shaykh Saint and Mystic Abu al-'Abbas al-Mursi<br/> My Observation of His Salutation on the Apostle of God<br/> One of His Devotional Recitations<br/> A Devotional Recitation<br/> A Devotional Recitation<br/> A Saying<br/> Verses of al-Mazduri<br/> Sayings and Anecdotes<br/> A Daily <i>Dhikr</i><br/> Trust<br/> Intention<br/> A <i>Dhikr</i> of the Heart<br/> Disobedience<br/> Resolutions<br/> Seekers<br/> Spiritual Communion<br/> Satan<br/> Conversation<br/> Tranquility<br/> Enigmas<br/> Miscellaneous Teachings<br/> Section on the Commonality and the Elect<br/> Display of Knowledge<br/> Good Breeding<br/> Love for God<br/> Sin and Pardon<br/> Knowledge<br/> A Remedy<br/> Trustworthiness<br/> Worldly Goods<br/> Gazelles<br/> Religious Acts<br/> Realization<br/> Sure Pardon<br/> Security<br/> A Request<br/> Anxiety<br/> A Petition<br/> Divine Management<br/> Final Injunction<br/> Qualities of the Sincere<br/> <i>5. Al-Shadhili's Death and the Appointment of Abu