The Mystery of Prayer: The Ascension of the Wayfarers and the Prayer of the Gnostics

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Sayyid Amjad Hussain Shah Naqavi Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

The Mystery of Prayer

The Ascension of the Wayfarers and the Prayer of the Gnostics

Sayyid Amjad Hussain Shah Naqavi, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

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Brill
03 July 2015

Islam; Islamic worship, rites & ceremonies; Mysticism

Series: The Modern Shīʿah Library

Sayyid Amjad Hussain Shah Naqavi’s introduction and annotated scholarly translation of Ayatollah Khomeini’s The Mystery of Prayer brings to light a rarely studied dimension of an author better known for his revolutionary politics.

Writing forty years before the Islamic revolution, Khomeini shows a formidable level of insight into the spiritual aspects of Islamic prayer. Through discussions on topics such as spiritual purity, the presence of the heart before God, and the stations of the spiritual wayfarer, Khomeini elucidates upon the nature of reality as the countenance of the divine. Drawing upon scriptural sources and the Shīʿah intellectual and mystical tradition, the subtlety of the work has led to it being appreciated as one of Khomeini’s most original works in the field of gnosis.

By: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Edited and translated by: Sayyid Amjad Hussain Shah Naqavi
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 455g
ISBN: 9789004298149
ISBN 10: 9004298142
Series: The Modern Shīʿah Library
Pages: 206
Publication Date: 03 July 2015
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (1902-1989) – often known in the West simply as ‘The Ayatollah’ – was a Shīʿah Muslim religious authority, the author of over fifty books, and the founder of the modern-day Islamic Republic of Iran. Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. He is the Dean of the Shīʿah Institute in London where he is working on a number of research projects, including an annotated translation of the Nahj al-Balāghah.