The Secrets of Prayer
The Secrets of Prayer is one of the significant works of Ayatollah Javadi Amoli, in Arabic. It has been translated into Persian by Ali Zamani Qomsheyi.
The author
Ayatollah Abdullah Javadi Amoli is a contemporary Iranian scholar, born in 1934 in Amol- Iran, into a religious and scholarly family. After finishing the primary school in 1947, entered Amol Seminary and studied up to 1951 then went to Tehran Seminary and studied intellectual and#### transmitted sciences in Marvi Madrasa, finally went to Qom and continued in Qom Seminary. The following works have been written by him:
1- Tasnim
2- The Quranic Commentary
3- Subject commentary of the Quran
4- The Secrets of Prayer
5- The Rule of Jurisprudent
Structure of the book
The book consists of a preface, beginning and five chapters:
The preface includes two sections:
1- the intellectual reason with the transmitted reason
2- the transmitted reason supported by the intellectual reason
The beginning includes: the secret of prayer
The chapters:
1- On the secrets of chanting “Allah Akbar” (God Is Great) before starting prayer
2- On the secrets of purpose of prayer
3- On the secrets of saying prayer
4- On the secrets of genuflection and prostration
5- On the secrets of other stages of prayer
Publication
The book was published in 1994; and the Persian translation in 2004 in Qom.
Sources :
The secrets of prayer (Ayatollah Javadi Amoli)
Translation of “The secrets of prayer” (Ali Zamani)