Sacred Boundary, an article on the Spiritual Journey to God

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Sacred Boundary An article on spiritual journey to God

Sayyid Muhammad Muhsin HusayniTihrani

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Translation: Sean Arde

In the Name of God, the Ail-Beneficent, the Most Merciful

In the Name of He who is Omniscient

Sacred Boundary An article on spiritual journey to God

Sayyid Muhammad Muhsin HusaynT Tihrani Translation: Sean Arde

TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE.

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The reality and value of every phenomenon............................ 7 The unity of religions................................................................... 9 Only in the school of Islam, reaching the last lofty position IS ACHIEVED...................................................................................... 13 The root of the problems of the age of technology............ 15 Spirituality and caring for virtuous truth............................ 17 Extraordinary actions and their values.................................18 Extraordinary manifestation and ma’rifah.......................... 20 Outward aspect of religion........................................................21 Moderation and rational faculties.......................................... 23 MAKTABTAFKTK............................................................................... 27 The amazing acceleration of Islamic wisdom......................... 30 $ADR AL-MUTA'ALL1HIN'S REPENTANCE..........................................37 ‘Allamah TihranTs words about Sayyid Alt QApI................. 46 Scholars who converted to mysticism after spending their LIVES RESEARCHING THE FOUNDATIONS OF RELIGION...................... 52 A BIT OF THE SCIENCE OF MONOTHEISM IS WORTH ALL THE SCIENCES OF THE MATERIAL WORLD......................................................... 53 55 Deviations of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa’T............................ 56 The opinion of the late QadT about some divine mystics Mystic instructions of Mulla Husayn-QulI HamadanT. 57 62 Obedience to the master's order........................................ 65 Features of Lubb al-Lubab................................................. Description of 'Allamah TabatabA’T by 'Allamah TihranT..66 Chain of divine mystics................................................................ 72 Allamah TihranT joining the perfect mystic, Haqrat Hashim Haddad.............................................................................................74 The results of the debate between “Allamah TihranT and 'Allamah Tabataba'T aboutfana and baqa'............................ 75 REFERENCES

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INDEX.

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TRANSLITERATION

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In the Name of Allah, the All-Beneficent, the Most Merciful Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of all beings. And may Allah's blessings be upon the sent prophet toward all beings and his chosen guardians and may God's curse be upon all their enemies from the first day of creation until the Judgment Day. Eternal glorification and everlasting praise arc worthy of the Divine Essence who has graced all indivisible entities with the power of determination and recognition—he who has granted the crown of nobility to humankind, the holder of highest place among all creatures, and honored him with manifestation of God’s theophany and revelation of Divine Glory. Unlimited salutation to the pure souls of divine prophets who have directed individuals tangled in land of perplexity and darkness, to the divine destination—circle of Maqam Mahmud.1 Special thanks to the master of all beings, reason of all manifestations and their existence,2 bringer of good tidings and a warncr, light-giving lamp, and the Seal of the Prophets, Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah and his Ahl al-Bayt (People of the Prophet’s House) who are the radiant suns and stars of takwfn (natural law of creation) and Tashrf (rules of sharT'ah). Blessing of God be upon them all. SaU>