The Compendium of Jewels

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The Compendium of Jewels :
'On Your Way to the Divine'
[A5] Paperback - 290 pages,
by Al-Sharif Sayyid al-Husaini,
Published by Naqsh al-Anwar.

Description :

This beautiful book is a compendium of enlightened inspirations and precious jewels for the seeking heart. It guides those who want guideness as well as those who have an inquisitive mind for the truth.

To Seek is to Find!
Be a Seeker of the Divine,
for only the Divine is Truth!

No matter who you are, your background, your culture, your virtues, or your sins, this Compendium of Jewels can help you immensely. You can either use it as a manual for success or you can just keep looking into it until you get a light spark from it - and soon it will become a flame.

Table of Contents :

---Abbreviations and Arabic terms,
---English equivalents of some Arabic letters,
---Preface of Enlightenment,
---Love of My Seeker.

---Book of Tariqah,
------Introduction to the Jewel of Life : Tariqah,
------The Blessed Naqshbandi Wird,
------Translation of the Blessed Naqshbandi Wird,
------Tazkiyah: Purification of the Inner Self,
------The Noble Silsilah Siddiqiya,
------The Noble Silsilah Zhahabiya,
------Prayer of the Noble Naqshbandi Chain,
------Imam of the Blessed Tariqah,
------Method of Silent Zhikr,
------Essential Daily Deeds,
------Etiquette (Adaab) of the Seeker,
---------General Adaab,
---------Adaab of the Seeker with his Shaykh,
---------Adaab for Attending the Shaykh’s Gatherings,
------Khatm Khawajagan,

---Book of Truth,
------Allah is Truth,
------The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
------The Ahl ul-Bayt,
------Sayyidah Fatima bint Muhammad,
------Sayyiduna Ali ibn Abi-Talib,
------Sayyiduna Al-Hasan ibn Ali,
------Sayyiduna Al-Husain ibn Ali,
------Early Masters of Truth,
------Sayyiduna Abu-Bakr As-Siddiq,
------Sayyiduna Omar ibn Al-khattab,
------Sayyiduna Othman ibn Affan.

---Book of Prayers,
------Introduction to Book of Prayers,
------Calendar of Blessed Annual Occasions,
------New Year’s Prayer,
------End of Year Prayer,
------Prayer on the Day of Ashura,
------Laylat ul Bara’ah: Night of Salvation,
------Prayers for the First Ten Days of Zhul-Hijjah,
------Prayer for your Shaykh,
------Translation of ‘Prayer for your Shaykh’
------Begging for Divine Help.

---The Book of Salawat,
------Introduction to the Jewel of Salawat,
------Salawat of al-Sharif Al-Husaini,
------Al-Salawat al-Madaniyyah,
------Al-Sharif’s Selection of Dala'il al khayrat.

---Book of Safety,
------Introduction to Book of Safety,
------Safety from Loss of Faith,
------Safety from Fitan (Tribulations),
------Safety from Grief and Distress.

---Book of Sacred Images,
------Introduction to Sacred Images.

---About the Author.

About the Author :

Shaykh Dr Sayyid al-Sharif ibn-Hashim 'Abdullah al-Husaini an-Naqshbandi al-Mujaddidi is an Arab scholar, and direct descendant of Imam al-Hussain, the blessed son of Imam Ali and Sayyidah Fatimah, may Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, be pleased with them all. He was born and raised in Madina al-Munawwarah, in the vicinity of Masjid al-Nabawi. He was blessed to become a scholar in various Islamic and secular sciences, particularly Qur'anic exegesis, in recitation, Hadith, Hanafi fiqh, and in Sira. Dr. al-Sharif al-Hussaini is also a Professor of Arabic and English philology and literature.