Library

The core books

• The Secrets of the Prayer — Shaykh Habib al-Kadhimi
  Twenty discourses on the spiritual etiquette and inner secrets of the daily prayer, from purity, time and qibla to intention, recitation, bowing, prostration, night prayer and congregation. The Persian translation of As…
• Chelcheragh — The Forty Counsels — Shaykh Habib al-Kadhimi
  Forty short counsels on each of seven themes: ethics for everyone, prayer, hajj, ziyarat, fasting and Ramadan, mourning the Ahl al-Bayt (as), and marriage. Two hundred and eighty practical points, with their sources.
• Reflections — Ayatollah Shaykh Muhammad Hadi Āl Rāḍī
  Twenty sermons of Ayatollah Shaykh Muhammad Hadi Al Radi on ostentation, the effect of knowledge, repentance, reliance on God, fear and hope, supplication, steadfastness, kindness to people and remembrance of the hereaf…
• Ma'refat-e Nafs — Knowledge of the Self — Mostafa Nikeghbal
  Lessons in practical knowledge and the path of gnosis in Shia spirituality, in ten parts and twenty-five lessons: knowledge of God, of free will, of the Messenger, of the Names, of the worlds, of the Quran, of the retur…

Kalam al-Amir

• Kalam al-Amir, Volume One — Mostafa Nikeghbal
  Volume one of Kalam al-Amir: spiritual hadiths and the life of the Commander of the Faithful (as) from the Shia books of narration, compiled and explained by Mostafa Nikeghbal — on knowledge, worship, ethics and the pat…
• Kalam al-Amir, Volume Two — Mostafa Nikeghbal
  Volume two of Kalam al-Amir: further spiritual hadiths of the Commander of the Faithful (as) with commentary — on this world and the next, God-wariness, patience, supplication and the etiquette of living.
• Kalam al-Amir, Volume Three — Mostafa Nikeghbal
  Volume three of Kalam al-Amir, the close of the collection: spiritual hadiths of the Commander of the Faithful (as) on wisdom, justice, the rights of people and the human end.

Golestan Keshmiri

• مراقبه سالکین — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  Watchfulness for the wayfarer: what muraqaba is, why nothing on the path bears fruit without it, and how it is kept through the day.
• الفبای سلوک — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  The alphabet of the path: the first principles of self-discipline and inner conduct, laid out letter by letter for the beginner.
• راه سعادت — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  The road to felicity: the sicknesses of the soul and their cure, as a physician would set them out.
• مقامات معنوی — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  The spiritual stations in ten volumes: the states and stages of the path — repentance, watchfulness, trust, contentment, love — with the words of the masters on each.
• تحفه جوانان — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  A gift to the young: counsel on faith, character, study, friendship and the choices of youth.
• تحفه دانشجو — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  A gift to the student: how to seek knowledge with sincerity, keep faith in the university years, and turn learning into service.
• تحفه معلم — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  A gift to the teacher: the ethics of teaching, the rights of the pupil, and the teacher's own inner life.
• میناگر دل — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  The enameller of the heart: short pieces on polishing the heart through remembrance and good conduct.
• صحبت جانان — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  The company of the Beloved: on love of God, the etiquette of His presence, and the conversation of the heart with Him.
• مژده دلدار — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  Good tidings from the Beloved: hope, mercy and the promises held out to the one who returns.
• میل معشوقان — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  The inclination of the beloved ones: on longing, devotion and the pull of the heart toward God.
• آفتاب خوبان — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  The sun of the good: portraits of the righteous and the light their lives cast for the rest of us.
• روح و ریحان — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  Spirit and sweet basil: reflections on the comfort of faith and the fragrance of remembrance.
• استاد طریق — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  The master of the path: on the need for a guide, the marks of a true teacher and the manners of the disciple.
• کشکول طریقت — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  A wayfarer's miscellany: sayings, stories and counsels gathered for those on the path.
• گلستان کشمیری — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  The rose garden: the founding collection — chapters on knowledge, worship, ethics and the inner life, in the tradition of the classical garden books.
• بوستان کشمیری — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  The orchard: the companion collection to the rose garden, on the practice and fruits of the path.
• خزائن کشمیری — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  The treasuries: a third collection of teachings on ethics, wisdom and the stations of the heart.
• کشکول کشمیری — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  A miscellany of sayings, anecdotes and reflections on the spiritual life.
• داستان‌هایی از زندگی امیرالمؤمنین (ع) — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  Stories from the life of the Commander of the Faithful (as): episodes of justice, humility and devotion, told for practice.
• چهارصد موضوع، دو هزار داستان — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  Four hundred subjects, two thousand stories: teaching stories arranged by ethical theme, in three volumes.
• وظایف شیعیان در زمان غیبت کبری — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  The duties of the Shia in the greater occultation, in four volumes: what awaiting the Imam asks of a believer's daily life.
• ارتباط با امام زمان (عج) — Sayyid Ali-Akbar Sedaqat
  Connecting with the Imam of the Age: how a believer keeps a living bond with the hidden Imam.