Gatherings of Illumination,
In Sending Blessings upon the Best of Creation,
Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam.
[A5] Paperback - 160 pages,
by Ustadha Samar al-Asha,
Translated by Feryal Salem.




Description :

Gatherings of Illumination in Sending Blessings upon the Best of Creation (Majalis al-Nur fi Salati ala al-Rasul) is a rich compilation of some of the most beautiful supplications, litanies, and odes (qasidas) presented in Arabic script, transliteration, and English translation.



Included in this book are: The Prayers of the Lovers (a set of 34 powerful prayers upon the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace), Supplications of Visitation in Madina, the Latifiyya Supplication, and Shaykh Shadhili's Litany of Victory.



This book also offers a glimpse into the works of the many female Islamic scholars who have been pivotal to a women's revival in Islamic spiritually and scholarship in the past decades.



The author, Ustadha Samar al-Asha, is one of the few contemporary women hadith transmitters in the world who is also a scholar of Qur'anic recitation with mastery in the ten canonical readings. She is also distinguished for her written contributions to the fields of Qur'anic and Hadith sciences.



This book is essential for the thirsty soul and the ailing heart whose cure lies in the remembrance (dhikr) of the Divine.






Table of Contents :

---Foreword,

Remembrance among the People of Piety,
---Conditions and Courtesies of Gatherings with the People of Piety,
---Conditions and Actions that Facilitate the Answering of Supplications,
---Times and States in which Supplications are most Accepted,
---Opening Supplication.

Remembrance through sending Prayers on the Messenger, ?,
---The Merits of Sending Prayers upon the Prophet, ?,
---Supplication upon Seeing the Noble Sanctuary of the Prophet, ?,
---The Supplication of Seeking Permission,
---The Supplication of Entering the Noble Sanctuary,
---The Supplication of Visiting,
---Gatherings of Sending Prayers upon the Prophet, ?,
---The Grand Repentance,
---Sending Prayers upon the Prophet, ?,
---The Prayers of the Lovers,
---The Prayers of the Devoted with God's Beautiful Names upon the Prophet Muhammad, ?, with his Traditional Praiseworthy Names,
---The Muhammadan Ode (al-Qasidat al-Muhammadiya),
---Ode Sending Prayers upon the Prophet, ?,
---Closing Supplication in Gatherings of Prayers upon the Prophet, ?.


Remembrance through the Noble Qur'an,
---Gatherings to Recite and Complete the entire Qur'an,
---Abu Amr al-Dani's Supplication upon a Complete Reading of the Glorious Qur'an,
---Additional Supplications,
---Gatherings of Remembrance using specific Qur'anic Chapters,
---Surat al-Anam with it's Supplication,
---Additional Supplications seeking Divine Assistance,
---Additional Supplications,
---Supplication for Seeking the Fulfillment of Needs.


Seeking repentance (tawba) and forgiveness (istighfar),
---The merits of seeking forgiveness,
---Gatherings of seeking forgiveness, (istighfar),
---The supplication of Repentance,


Remembrance through God's Beautiful Names,
---Formula of Remembrance using God's Beautiful Names,
---Supplication through God's Beautiful Names,
---The magnificent Ode in seeking assistance through God's Beautiful Names,
---Remembrance through the Repetition of Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim,
---The Supplication of the Basmala,
---Al-Shadhili's Litany of Victory (Hizb al-Nasr),
---The Latifiyya Supplication,
---The Supplication for Divine Assistance and Rain.


---Bibliography.






More Durood & Salawat.
Also see Awrad and Prayers.