♦ Spiritual Quest

Humanity today is going through a time of upheaval and confusion on a global scale and there is a marked increase in the number of people sincerely searching for what can make their life meaningful and bring tranquility to their heart and peace to their mind. This quest for spirituality needs a systematic, methodical and scholarly approach.

Spiritual Quest is an English language biannual journal published by the Centre for Cultural and Ethical Studies (London) in association with the International Institute for Islamic Studies which seeks to present scholarly works on Islamic Ethics and Spirituality to its readers.

Spiritual Quest hopes to be a platform for the presentation of classic works by Muslim ethicists and mystics as well as a meeting point for contemporary contributions to theoretical and practical aspects of ethics and spirituality.

Each issue contains writings and translations on these subjects by various renowned and experienced authors, many translated into English for the first time.

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Table of Contents ( all Volumes)

No.	Volume	Page	Project	Title	Author	Translator
1	1	7	Article	Seeking Assistance from Prayer and Fasting	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
2	1	21	Article	The Virtue of Love of God: A Basis for Moral Theology	Sayyed Mohammad Reza Hejazi	--------
3	1	33	Project; Part One	Stations of the Spiritual Journey, Part I: Faith & Persistence	Ayatullah Abdullah Javadi Amuli	Mohammad Reza Farajian Shoushtari
4	1	51	Article	Reflections on the Supplication of Abi Hamzah	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
5	1	63	Project; Part One	Practical Steps towards Moral Purification, Part I: Repentance	Ayatullah Nasir Makarim Shirazi	Mohammad Rassafi
6	1	97	Book Reviews	Jāmi‘ al-Sa‘ādāt	Mohammad Rassafi	--------
7	1	115	Article	An Essay on Ethics and the Spiritual Journey	Ayatullah Reza Ustadi	Vahid Mohamamdi Sirat and Mohammad Javad Shomali
8	2	5	Article	Intention as the Spirit of Prayer	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
9	2	15	Article	The Manners of speaking in Islam	Ali Allahbedashti	Mohammad Rassafi
10	2	35	Project; Part Two	Stages of Mystics and Stations of Spiritual Journey, Part II	Ayatollah Jawadi Amuli	Mohammad Reza Farajian Shoushtari
11	2	63	Article	Reflections on the Supplication of al-Iftitah	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
12	2	75	Project; Part Two	Practical Steps towards Moral Purification, Part II	Ayatollah Nasir Makarim Shirazi	Seyyedeh Zahra Mirfendereski
13	2	97	Article	The Nasirian Ethics	Mahmoudi	Mohammad Heydarpoor
14	2	109	Article	Significance of Manners (Adab) in Islam	Mahmoud Akbari	Vahid Mohammadi Sirat
15	3	5	Article	Ablutions: Its Effects and Secrets	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
16	3	17	Project; Part One	Summary of Jami' al-Sa'adat, Part I	Sayyid Jalal al-Din Mujtabavi	Mohammad Rassafi
17	3	35	Article	Serving the Servants of God	Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani	Mohammad Reza Farajian Shoushtari
18	3	45	Project; Part Three	Stages of the Mystics and Stations of the Spiritual Journey, Part III	Ayatollah Jawadi Amuli	Mohammad Reza Farajian Shoushtari
19	3	69	Article	Reflections on the Supplication of Kumayl	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
20	3	83	Project; Part Three	Practical Steps towards Moral Purification, Part III	Ayatollah Nasir Makarim Shirazi	Seyyedeh Zahra Mirfendereski
21	3	99	Article	Different Types of Courtesy	Mahmoud Akbari	Vahid Mohammadi Sirat
22	4	5	Project; Part One	Timing and Clothing for Prayer	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
23	4	19	Article	On the Divisions of-Ethics	Mawla Mahdi Naraqi	Mohammad Heydarpoor
24	4	41	Article	Resolving Conflicts and Caring for Orphanss	Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani	Mohammad Reza Farajian Shoushtari
25	4	55	Project; Part Four	Stages of the Mystics and Stations of the Spiritual Journey, Part IV, Patience Gratitude and Iradah	Ayatollah Jawadi Amuli	Mohammad Reza Farajian Shoushtari
26	4	69	Article	Reflections on Dua Jawshan Kabir	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
27	4	85	Project; Part Four	Practical Steps towards Moral Purification, Part IV, To Avoid Hypocrisy	Ayatollah Nasir Makarim Shirazi	Seyyedeh Zahra Mirfendereski
28	4	103	Project; Part III	Islamic Manners	Mahmoud Akbari	Mohammad Javad Shomali
29	5	5	Article	Place, Direction and Beginning of Prayer	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
30	5	21	Article	The Collector of Felicities, Part III	Mawla Mahdi Naraqi	Vahid Mohammadi Sirat
31	5	37	Article	Benevolence and Sympathy in Social Interaction	Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani	Mohammad Reza Farajian Shoushtari
32	5	49	Article	Munajat of Imam Ali (a) in the Mosque of Kufa	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
33	5	61	Article	Keeping Silence and Correcting Speaking Habits	Ayatollah Nasir Makarim Shirazi	Seyyedeh Zahra Mirfendereski
34	5	81	Article	An Introduction to al-Tabarsi's Makarim al-Akhlaq	Alireza Maktabdar	Mohammad Heydarpour
35	5	101	Project; Part Four	Islamic Manners, Part IV	Mahmoud Akbari	Mohammad Javad Shomali
36	6	7	Article	Secrets of Prayer, Part VI: Recitation of Surat al-Hamd, Ruku' and Sujud	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
37	6	23	Project; Part Four	Summary of Jami' al-Sa'adat, Part IV	Sayyid Jalal Al-Din Mujtabavi	Vahid Mohammadi Sirat
38	6	35	Article	Remembrance of God	Alireza Maktabdar	Mahdi Rastani
39	6	53	Project; Part One	Dua in Islamic Teachings, Part I	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
40	6	63	Project; Part Six	Practical Steps towards Moral Purification, Part VI: Self-Knowledge	Ayatollah Nasir Makarim Shirazi	Seyyedeh Zahra Mirfendereski
41	6	83	Article	Iman	Amir Divani	Amin Rastani
42	6	101	Project; Part Five	Islamic Manners, Part V: Social Manners	Mahmoud Akbari	Vahid Mohammadi Sirat
43	6	123	Article	Parables and Sayings of Jesus (a)	Ayatollah Muhammadi Rayshahri	Mahnaz Heydarpour
44	7	7	Project; Part One	A Journey from Darkness towards Light: the Quranic Perspective on the Concept of Light, Part I	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
45	7	25	Project; Part Five	Summary of Jami‘ al-Sa‘adat, Part V: Thinking to Oneself, Good Thought and Contemplation	Sayyid Jalal al-Din Mujtabavi	Vahid Mohammadi Sirat
46	7	39	Article	Repentance	Alireza Maktabdar	Mohammad Reza Farajian Shoushtari
47	7	59	Project; Part Two	Dua in Islamic Teachings, Part II	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
48	7	75	Article	Happiness	Mohsen Javadi	Mahdi Rastani
49	7	91	Project; Part Six	Islamic Manners, Part VI: Social Manners	Mahmoud Akbari	Mohammad Javad Shomali
50	7	105	Article	Trusting in God	Baqir Ghubari Bunab	Mahdi Rastani
51	8	7	Project; Part Two	A Journey from Darkness towards Light: the Quranic Perspective on the Concept of Light, Part II	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
52	8	23	Article	Self-knowledge for Self-development	Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Misbah Yazdi	Karim Aghili
53	8	37	Article	Tawakkul	Alireza Maktabdar	Mahdi Rastani
54	8	55	Project; Part Three	Dua in Islamic Teachings, Part III	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
55	8	71	Article	Remembering God and Refining the Soul	Ayatollah Nasir Makarim Shirazi	Seyyedeh Zahra Mirfendereski
56	8	87	Project; Part Seven	Islamic Manners, Part VII: Social Manners	Mahmoud Akbari	Mohammad Javad Shomali
57	8	99	Article	Aqa Muhammad Bidabadi (d. 1198 AH)	Ni'matullah Forughi	Mohammad Reza Farajian Shoushtari
58	9	5	Article	Supplication: an Islamic Viewpoint	Alireza Maktabdar	Mahdi Rastani
59	9	23	Project; Part Four	Dua in Islamic Teachings, Part IV	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
60	9	49	Article	A Reflection on the Arrangement for Communal Daily Prayer in the Benedictine Tradition and according to the Work of Said Nursi	Timothy Wright OSB	--------
61	9	73	Article	Communitarian Dimension of Prayer in Contemporary Christianity	Roberto Catalano	--------
62	9	93	Article	In the Heart of the Treasury of Christian Prayer: The Our Father in the Practice and Teaching of Jesus	benoit Standaert OSB	--------
63	10	5	Project; Part Three	A Journey from Darkness towards Light: the Qur’anic Perspective on the Concept of Light, Part III	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
64	10	17	Article	What Love Can Mean within the Christian Tradition	Anne-Marie Visser	--------
65	10	35	Article	On the Necessity of Having Affection for the Poor	Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Misbah Yazdi
66	10	41	Article	Paul of Tarsus, Teacher of Love (doctor caritatis): His Insights on Love and Charity	benoit Standaert OSB	--------
67	10	55	Article	Mutual Love and the Presence of God in the Community according to Christian Thought and Experience	Judith Marie Povilos	--------
68	10	67	Article	Spiritual Poverty and Spirituality of the Poor from an Islamic Perspective	Hamed Fayazi	--------
69	10	79	Article	The Practice of Charity in Catholic Spirituality	William Skudlarek	--------
70	10	93	Article	Zakat and Khums as Two Obligatory Alms in Islam	Sayyed Mohammad Reza Mohaddes	--------
71	10	103	Article	Charity as a Paradigm for Interfaith Dialogue	Roberto Catalano	--------
72	11	5	Project; Part Four	A Journey from Darkness towards Light: the Qur’anic Perspective on the Concept of Light - Part IV	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
73	11	19	Project; Part One	Happiness and Closeness to God - Part I: Meaning and Description	Mohammad Reza Barteh	Mohammad Reza Farajian Shoushtari
74	11	31	Article	Thankfulness (Shukr)	Alireza Maktabdar	Husayn Razavi
75	11	49	Project; Part One	Dignity in Islam - Part I	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
76	11	65	Article	The Face of Mercy: Learning the Concept and Usages of Ihsan in the Qur’an	Ali Asadi	Mohammad Reza Farajian Shoushtari
77	11	81	Article	Ethics in Saving Injured Criminals: Philosophical and Religious Principles	Amir Ahmad Shoja'i & Ahad Faramarz Gharamaleki	Mohammad Reza Farajian Shoushtari
78	11	91	Article	Muqaddas Ardabili: Role Model of Piety	sayyid Sajjad Musavi	Mohammad Reza Farajian Shoushtari
79	12	5	Project; Part Five	A Journey from Darkness towards Light: the Qur’anic Perspective on the Concept of Light - Part V	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
80	12	19	Project; Part Two	Happiness and Closeness to God - Part II	Mohammad Reza Barteh	Mohammad Reza Farajian Shoushtari
81	12	37	Article	Patience	Alireza Maktabdar	Mohammad Reza Farajian Shoushtari
82	12	57	Article	Inconsistency between Qur’anic Morality and Muslim Morality in the Realm of Relation to God	Mohammad Heydarpour	--------
83	12	81	Project; Part Two	Dignity in Islam - Part II	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
84	12	93	Project; Part One	Moral Conduct of the Noble Prophet (s): Part I	Alireza Maktabdar	Mohammad Reza Farajian Shoushtari
85	13	5	Project; Part Six	A Journey from Darkness towards Light- the Qur’anic Perspective on the Concept of Light – Part VI	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
86	13	21	Article	Honesty	Alireza Maktabdar	Mahdi Rastani
87	13	39	Project; Part Three	Dignity in Islam–Part III	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
88	13	65	Project; Part Five	Stages of the Mysics and Stations of the Spiritual Journey, Part V	Ayatollah Jawadi Amuli	Mohammad Reza Farajian Shoushtari and Yasser Ebrahim
89	13	95	Project; Part Two	Moral Conduct of the Noble Prophet (s)- Part II-Family and Social Ethics	Alireza Maktabdar	Shiraz Hussain Aqa
90	14	5	Project; Part Seven	A Journey from Darkness towards Light- the Qur’anic Perspective on the Concept of Light – Part VII	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
91	14	19	Article	Love	Alireza Maktabdar	Yasser Pouresmaeil
92	14	45	Project; Part Four	Dignity in Islam–Part IV	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
93	14	61	Project; Part Six	Stages of the Mysics and Stations of the Spiritual Journey, Part VI	Ayatollah Jawadi Amuli	Yasser Ebrahim
94	14	77	Article	Principles of Professional Ethics in Imam Ali’s(a) View	Mohammad Ali Mashayekhipour & Mahmoud Wa'ezi & Abdulhadi Faqihizadeh	Husayn Latifi
95	14	103	Article	Qur'anic Solutions for Relief from Greed and Miserliness	Khalil Jawahiri	Mohammad Reza Farajian Shoushtari
96	15	5	Project; Part One	Wisdom-Part I	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
97	15	23	Project; Part One	Self-Construction – Part I	Alireza Maktabdar	Yasser Pouresmaeil
98	15	59	Project; Part Five	Dignity in Islam–Part V	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
99	15	73	Project; Part Seven	Stages of the Mysics and Stations of the Spiritual Journey, Part VII	Ayatollah Jawadi Amuli	Yasser Ebrahim
100	15	97	Article	The Intuition of Essential Impoverishment and its Effect on the Actions and Outlook of Man from the Point of View of 'Allamah Tabataba'i	Mohammad Reza Fereydooni	Shiraz Hussain Aqa
101	16	5	Project; Part Two	Wisdom: Part II	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
102	16	23	Project; Part Two	Self-Construction: Part II	Alireza Maktabdar	Yasser Pouresmaeil
103	16	55	Project; Part One	On Ethics: Part I	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
104	16	77	Project; Part One	On Intention: Part I	Mulla Muhsin Fayd Kashani	Mohammad Heydarpoor
105	16	93	Article	The Effect of Intention on the Ethical Value of Actions from the Viewpoint of the Holy Qur’an	Mahmoud Rajabi & Mohammad Baqiriyan Khuzani	Yasser Ebrahim
106	17	5	Project; Part Three	Wisdom: Part III	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
107	17	19	Article	Goodwill and Advice	Alireza Maktabdar	Yasser Ebrahim
108	17	37	Project; Part Two	On Ethics: Part II	Mohammad Ali Shomali	--------
109	17	51	Project; Part Two	On Intention: Part II	Mulla Muhsin Fayd Kashani	Mohammad Heydarpoor
110	17	71	Article	Mystical Ethics of the Quran with a Focus on Allamah Tabatabaʾi’s View	Reza Elahimanesh & Saeed Hozouri	Yasser Pouresmaeil