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Love of God

362 pages · English

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

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Contents

  1. Foreword p. 9
  2. CHAPTER ONE LOVE OF GOD
  3. Realization of God p. 14
  4. Making God One’s Supreme Concern p. 15
  5. Submission to God p. 16
  6. Acknowledgement of God p. 18
  7. Cause of the Failure to Love God p. 19
  8. Two Aspects of God Realization p. 20
  9. Praise be to God (Alhamd-O-Lillah p. 21
  10. The Source of the Love of God p. 22
  11. Strong, Emotional Attachment to God p. 25
  12. Real Love, Relative Love p. 26
  13. Two Categories of Paradise p. 27
  14. Intense Love of God p. 29
  15. Strong Believer, Weak Believer p. 30
  16. Two Levels of Realization (Maarifah p. 31
  17. People Worth Envying p. 32
  18. Sacred Narration p. 33
  19. Love, Obedience p. 35
  20. Love of God p. 36
  21. Relationship with God p. 37
  22. Closeness to God p. 39
  23. The Concept of Incarnation p. 40
  24. Glorification of God p. 41
  25. A Case of Exceptional Mercy p. 43
  26. God in Our Hearts p. 44
  27. The Remembrance of God p. 45
  28. Two Lifestyles p. 47
  29. The Power of Helplessness p. 48
  30. Crying in Remembrance of God p. 49
  31. The Spirit of Religion p. 51
  32. God’s Pleasure, Man’s Pleasure p. 52
  33. The Glorification of God p. 53
  34. The Omnipotent God and Helpless Man p. 55
  35. Initial Hamd (Praise), Ultimate Hamd p. 56
  36. Consciousness in Nature p. 57
  37. Thankfulness and knowledgement p. 59
  38. The High Degree of the Divine Experience p. 60
  39. Limitless Majesty of God p. 61
  40. The Importance of the Fear of God p. 62
  41. The Majesty of God in the Vast Universe p. 64
  42. The Feelings of Worship p. 65
  43. The Experience of God p. 67
  44. The Consciousness in Human Nature of God’s Existence p. 68
  45. Seeking God’s Pleasure p. 69
  46. What is Polytheism? p. 71
  47. In the Company of God p. 73
  48. CHAPTER TWO PARADISE
  49. God’s Neighbourhood p. 76
  50. A Similar World p. 77
  51. Introduction to Paradise p. 79
  52. Deserving Paradise p. 80
  53. The World of Paradise p. 81
  54. Paradise Made Known p. 83
  55. At the Seat of Truth p. 84
  56. The World and the Hereafter p. 85
  57. Introduction to Paradise p. 87
  58. The Wisdom of Creation p. 88
  59. The Principle of Pairs p. 89
  60. Become a Seeker of Paradise p. 90
  61. Paradise: A Known World p. 91
  62. The Paradise of this World, the Paradise of the Hereafter p. 93
  63. The Purpose of Creation p. 94
  64. Heavenly Personality p. 97
  65. Two Groups of People of Paradise p. 98
  66. The Paradisiacal Personality p. 99
  67. The Greatest Happiness p. 101
  68. The Craving for Paradise, The Fear of Hell p. 102
  69. The Seeker of Hereafter p. 103
  70. The Desire for Paradise p. 105
  71. Man and Paradise p. 107
  72. Paradise and Hell p. 108
  73. Seeker of Paradise p. 111
  74. Value of Paradise p. 114
  75. The Condition of Finding an Entry into Paradise p. 115
  76. Paradise: An Ideology of Life p. 117
  77. The World of Paradise p. 118
  78. Paradise for Whom? p. 119
  79. The Value of Paradise p. 123
  80. The Greatest Problem p. 124
  81. No Recommendation, Only Merit p. 126
  82. The Building of a Personality p. 127
  83. Cultural Introduction of Paradise p. 128
  84. The Realization, The Paradise p. 130
  85. Paradise: A Gift of God p. 131
  86. Paradise and Man p. 133
  87. In the Gardens of Paradise p. 134
  88. The Award of Paradise p. 135
  89. What is Paradise? p. 137
  90. Imperfect Paradise, Perfect Paradise p. 138
  91. The Inheritance of the Earth p. 140
  92. A Contradiction in Nature p. 141
  93. The Greater Empire p. 143
  94. The Difference Between this World and the Hereafter p. 144
  95. Paradise: Material or Spiritual? p. 146
  96. The Concept of Paradise p. 147
  97. The Feeling of Eternity p. 148
  98. An Exceptional Case p. 150
  99. This World and the Hereafter p. 151
  100. Deprived of Meeting with Each Other p. 153
  101. The Search for Paradise p. 154
  102. Noise, Noise, and Noise p. 155
  103. The Cause of Dissatisfaction p. 157
  104. Who Deserves Paradise? p. 158
  105. Divine Civilization p. 160
  106. The Life of Paradise p. 162
  107. A Ticket to Paradise p. 164
  108. The Wish List p. 166
  109. The Fifteen Billion Year Planning p. 167
  110. CHAPTER THREE PARADISE FOR PURIFIED SOULS
  111. Purification of the Self p. 172
  112. The Reality of Tazkiyah p. 173
  113. The Importance of Tazkiyah p. 175
  114. Heart-based Tazkiyah, Mind-based Tazkiyah p. 176
  115. Tazkiyah and Renunciation of the World p. 178
  116. Without Mediation p. 179
  117. Prior to Tazkiyah p. 181
  118. Seeing a Test Paper in Advance p. 182
  119. The Form of Tazkiyah p. 184
  120. Ijtihad is not Permissible in Worship p. 185
  121. Tazkiyah: A Continuous Process p. 186
  122. Tazkiyah at Every Moment p. 187
  123. Tazkiyah and Modesty p. 189
  124. Tazkiyah and Introspection p. 190
  125. Introspection after Making a Mistake p. 191
  126. How to Engage in Introspection? p. 192
  127. Hadith: A Source of Tazkiyah p. 194
  128. Prophetic Prayers p. 195
  129. Tazkiyah and Dua p. 197
  130. Conscience: A Guide to Tazkiyah p. 198
  131. The Need of a Guide p. 199
  132. The Method of Tazkiyah p. 201
  133. Tazkiyah: Re-engineering of the Mind p. 202
  134. The Building of a Positive Personality p. 204
  135. The Process of De-conditioning p. 206
  136. The Method of De-conditioning p. 207
  137. Distraction: A Deadly Habit p. 209
  138. Save Yourself from Distraction p. 210
  139. Tazkiyah and Knowledge p. 211
  140. Tazkiyah: A Psychological Act p. 213
  141. The Importance of Positive Psychology p. 214
  142. Tazkiyah: A Source of Intellectual Development p. 216
  143. The Importance of Interaction for Tazkiyah p. 217
  144. The Criterion of Tazkiyah p. 218
  145. The Acceptance of Reality p. 220
  146. The Seeker of Tazkiyah p. 221
  147. Tazkiyah: A Means of Reaching God p. 222
  148. Tazkiyah: An Act of Preparation p. 223
  149. What is Introspection? p. 226
  150. Introspection: The Basis of Tazkiyah p. 227
  151. Tazkiyah and Remembrance of Death p. 228
  152. Rabbaniyat: Islamic Spirituality p. 230
  153. Spirituality without Intellectual Development p. 231
  154. What are the Means of Attaining Tazkiyah? p. 233
  155. Spiritual Progress p. 235
  156. Tazkiyah: Spiritual Nourishment p. 236
  157. The More Effective Way to Attain Tazkiyah p. 238
  158. Paradise for the Purified Soul p. 239
  159. Tazkiyah and Sacrifice p. 240
  160. Paradise: The Purpose of Tazkiyah p. 242
  161. Towards Spiritual Civilization p. 245
  162. CHAPTER FOUR THE FINAL DESTINATION
  163. Love: A Two-Sided Matter p. 248
  164. Salvation in the Hereafter p. 249
  165. Man’s Future p. 250
  166. The Blessing of Old Age for Man p. 251
  167. Old Age: Prior Notice of Death p. 253
  168. Complete Deprivation p. 254
  169. Preparing for Tomorrow p. 255
  170. God-Fearing People p. 256
  171. Old Age: Preparation for Death p. 258
  172. Death: The Greatest Means of Reformation p. 259
  173. What is Death? p. 260
  174. What is the Memory of Death? p. 262
  175. The Tempest of Death p. 263
  176. The Biggest Misunderstanding p. 264
  177. Journey Towards An Unknown Goal p. 265
  178. A Strange Forgetfulness p. 266
  179. Pleasant Beginning, Painful End p. 268
  180. The Comedy or the Tragedy p. 269
  181. Unaware of the Future p. 270
  182. Death, Remembrance of Death p. 271
  183. The Experience of Death p. 272
  184. The Lesson of Death p. 274
  185. The Living Concept of Death p. 275
  186. Before Death, After Death p. 276
  187. A Break in History p. 278
  188. Return Not Possible p. 280
  189. Death: A Reminder p. 281
  190. Happiness Only in the Hereafter p. 283
  191. After Death p. 284
  192. An Experience of Doomsday p. 286
  193. The Building of the Personality p. 288
  194. The Business of Breath p. 290
  195. The Concept of Death p. 291
  196. The Reality of Life p. 292
  197. Everyone is A Traveller Towards Death p. 294
  198. Explanation of a Deceased Person p. 295
  199. Beyond this Life p. 297
  200. A Reminder of Death p. 298
  201. Striving Without Any Destination p. 300
  202. When the Veil will be Removed p. 302
  203. The Happiness We All Look For p. 303
  204. The Final End p. 305
  205. The Thanks giver and the Denier of God p. 307
  206. The Time is Set p. 308
  207. The Unawareness of Death p. 310
  208. Death, A Unilateral Matter p. 311
  209. An Event of Death p. 312
  210. The Cataclysm of Death p. 314
  211. The Greatest Conditioning p. 315
  212. The Death Event p. 316
  213. Death: A Permanent Reminder p. 318
  214. The Stages of the Journey of Death p. 319
  215. The Time to Come p. 320
  216. Why be Oblivious of Death? p. 322
  217. The Remembrance of Death p. 323
  218. The Inkling of Death p. 324
  219. Life and Death p. 326
  220. Sudden Death and Doomsday p. 327
  221. Finding and Losing p. 328
  222. Old Age, Death p. 330
  223. The Journey Towards Death p. 331
  224. Death For Everyone p. 333
  225. The Greatest Unawareness p. 334
  226. The Greatest Question p. 335
  227. Successful Life, Unsuccessful End p. 338
  228. Think, Think, Think p. 340
  229. Eternal Consequence p. 343
  230. Wealth is not Enough p. 344
  231. Ephemeral Period, Eternal Period p. 345
  232. The Destination of Man p. 347
  233. Building of the Hereafter p. 349
  234. One’s Own Funeral Prayer p. 351
  235. Time is Up p. 352
  236. Life and Health p. 353
  237. The News of Death p. 355
  238. Paradise or Illusion p. 356
  239. Airport of the Hereafter p. 357
  240. The People of Paradise p. 358
  241. Towards the Noblest Companion p. 359
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