Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya on the Invocation of God Al-Wabil al-Sayyib
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya on the Invocation of God Al-Wabil al-Sayyib
In describing ‘Al-Wabil al-Sayyib’, here translated into English for the first time as ‘Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya on the Invocation of God’, the author says, ‘We have mentioned [in it] nearly one hundred benefits of remembrance of God [dhikr], and the secrets of remembrance…This is a book of great usefulness.’ Written in the fourteenth century by the renowned theologian Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, this treatise movingly details the many blessings of the remembrance of God. Through discussions of the ego, the nature of the body, the ephemerality of the world, the degrees of prayer, fasting, charity, and the purification of the heart, this beautifully written work is a genuine contribution to Muslim spirituality. What makes ‘Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya on the Invocation of God’ of great interest is that it illustrates the spiritual life of Ibn Qayyim and of his teacher, the Hanbalite reformer Ibn Taymiyya.
Stories of Repentance, Compiled by: Muhammad Abduh Mughawiri
Stories of Repentance, Compiled by: Muhammad Abduh Mughawiri
Who among us does not sin? And who among us does all that is required of him in the religion? It is an undeniable fact that we all have shortcomings; what distinguishes some of us from the others, what raises some of us above the others, is that the successful ones among us are those who repent their sins and ask Allah to forgive them. It is truly encouraging to know that the door to repentance is always open. Glad tidings, then, to every Muslim who constantly and consistently hastens to repent to Allah and to ask for His forgiveness.
