Sunday, 13 July 2008

The Lantern of the Path

I found out recently that one of my favourite books, The Lantern of the Path, by Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq [as], may not be 100% accurate.

hmm.

The transmission chain is apparently not 100% reliable, and the book was recovered from sufis. However, it is still beautifully eloquent. And contains pearls of wisdom that could only have come from someone divinely inspired. So I will continue to read it. I just have to be very careful in making sure I do not attribute every single word as having coming from my blessed Imam [as].

It is 9 days into Rajab now, and whilst I haven't done much more than I used to before in terms of prayers, I feel a lot more calmer and peaceful. I hope this feeling remains.

I've discovered, or rather, rediscovered one of my favourite sets of lectures. These are on Irfan, by Shaykh Bahmanpour. This is the first set I downloaded. And I'm happy I've rediscovered them now, the timing is perfect.

Enjoy [link]

EDIT: I found another set of fantastic lectures, by Shaykh Arif AbdulHusayn, on the same theme, spirituality. [link]

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