♦ 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 |
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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 |
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