Mystical life of Imam Ali (peace be upon him)

The present book is one of the works of “Ayatollah Javadi   Amoli”. The author presents a mystical view on life of Imam Ali.

The author
Ayatollah Abdullah   Javadi Amoli, contemporary Iranian   scholar,
born in 19333 in Amol- Iran. He entered. Amol seminary in 1946 and continued his studies in this school up to 1950, then he went to Mashad seminary but he left there soon and entered Tehran seminary
(Marvi school ),
Where he continued his studies for five years.
Then he went to Qom and established “Asra institute of research and publication” in1993

His masters
1- Ayatollah Tabarsi
2- Ayatollah Khomeini
3- Allameh  Tabatabaee
4- Ayatollah Boroujerdi,etc.

Works

1- Tasnim (Quranic Exegesis)
2- The secrets of prayer
3-subject Exegesis of the Koran,  etc.

The book structure

It is composed in 6 chapters as follows:
1- Life and knowledge (including the relation between thought life , and motivation, the  ranks of knowledge , etc)
2- The difference between theosophy, theology and mysticism
 ( including distinction between knowledge and known, the difference between mysticism and religious experiences, the difference between essence known (Malum Bezat ) and accident known ( Malum bel Araz) ,etc).
3- The mystical world view of Imam Ali (The Imams intuitive knowledge, intuition of Resurrection, etc.)
4- The mystical manner and tradition of Imam Ali (the difference between theoretical and practical ethics with practical and theoretical mysticism, etc.)
5- Mystical life of Imam in the view of the Holy prophet’s family (Imam Ali in the view of Fatima (his wife)
6- Mystical life of Imam in the view of great scholars (intuitive Divine knowledge worship, etc.)
The book was  publish in 2001 in Qom- Iran.

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