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51 - Ibid. hadith 4.

52 - Ibid. hadith 1.

53 - Ibid. hadith 2.

54 - Surah Isra': 84.

55 - 'Usulul Kafi, vol. 4, p. 4l8, Book on "The Merit of the Qur'an", ch. "Reciting the Qur'an in a Sweet Voice", hadith 1.

56 - Al-Kafi, (Raudah), Vol. 8, p. 167. Biharul Anwar, vol. 67 p. 59, B on "Faith and Disbelief' ch. 44, hadith, 38.

57 - Al-Mahajjatul Bayda' vol. 1. p. 352, Book on "The Secrets of Salat". Ch. on "The Merit of Submission and its Meaning".

58 - Surah al-Ma'idah: 118. Ruhul Ma'ani fi Tafsir al-Qur'an, by 'Allamah al-Alusi Vol. 7, p. 70. Quoted from the Sunans of an-Nasa'i and al-Bayhaqi.

59 - Biharul Anwar, vol. 74, p. 82, Book of "Ar-Raudah" ch. on Prophet's Admonitions', hadith 2, quoted from Makarimul Akhlaq, p. 465.

60 - Ibid. And Biharul Anwar, vol. 67, p. 248, quoted from jami~th4kh p. 117 (with a slight addition).

61 - Refer to footnote No. 33.

62 - Refer to footnote No. 6.

63 - Forty 1-hadiths is one of Imam Khomeini's works, which he finished the month of Muharram, 1358 H. In its preface. after praising, blessing invocation, he says: " ... I, a poor and weak servant, have, for sometime, b thinking to collect forty hadiths of the hadiths of the infallible and pure Ahlul Bayt (A.S.) out of the reliable books of the Companions and Ulama (may Al be pleased with them), and to explain each in a way suitable for the comic people. 1, thus, wrote it in Persian so that the Persian-speaking people n benefit from it, and, insha 'allah: (Allah willing), I may be covered by the no hadith of the Seal of the Prophets (S.A.). Who said: 'whoever preserved for Ummah forty hadith that may' benefit them, Allah would resurrect him on Day of Resurrection a learned jurist.' I was, thanks to God. Successful. With Allah's good help, in starling ii. 1 ask Allah, the Exalted, to help me ~fishing it. Surely He is the Giver of success!"

64 - Surah at-Tahrim: 6.

65 - 'Ilmul Yaqin, vol. 2, p. 1061 (with a slight difference).

66 - Surah 'Ankabut: 45.

67 - It refers to the ayah" "Read your book; your soul suffices as a reckoned against you this day." Surah al-Isra': 14.

68 - I'tiqadat, p. 29. By the late Majlisi Furu ul Kafi, vol. 3, p. 265, 'Book as-Salat," ch. on "The Merit of a~'-Salat, hadith 6.

69 - Surah Mariam: 39.

70 - Surah az-Zumar: 56.

71 - This concept is understood from the narrative of 'Amr ibn Yazid in furu'ul Kafi, vol. 3, p. 242, and in 'Ilmul Yaqin. vol. 2, p. 1051.

72 - As in Biharul Anwar, vol. 8, p. 362, "Book of Justice and resurrection", ch. 12, hadiths 35 and 36.

73 - Biharul Anwar, vol. 74, p. 74, "Book of Ar-Raudah". Ch. 4, hadith 3. 1akarimui Akhlaq, p. 459.

74 - Wasa'i1ush-Shi'ah, vol. 4, p. 688, "Book of as-Salat", chs. On "The Acts as-Salat", ch. 3, hadith 6.

75 - Biharul Anwar, vol. 81, p. 249, "Book of as-Salat", ch. 16, hadith 41.

76 - Mustadrakul Wasa'li, "Book of as-Salat", chs. On "The Acts of the ~lat", ch. 2, hadith 20.

77 - Ibid. hadith 13.

78 - Biharul Anwar, vol. 81, p. 260, "Book of as-Salat", ch. 16, tzad~th59.

79 - Mustadrakul Wasa'il, "Book of as-Salat," chs. On "The Acts of the Salat", ch. 2, hadith 22.

80 - Wasa'ilush-Shi'ah, vol. 4, p. 687, "Book of as-Salat", chs. On "The Acts the Salat", ch. 3, hadith 3.

81 - Ibid. hadith 1.

82 - 'Ilalush-Shara'ih vol. 2, p. 327, ch. 22, hadith 2.

83 - Mustadrakul Wasa'il, "Book of as-Salat", chs. On "The Acts of the Salat", ch. 3, hadith 7.

84 - See footnote No. 59.

85 - See footnote No. 17.

86 - At-Tanbihatul Aliyah Ala Waza'ifis-Salatil Qalbiyah, p. 110 (printed within a collection of the statements of the Second Martyr, lithographed 1313 H., by the handwriting of Muhammad Hasan Jarfadaqani).

87 - A quotation from Amirul Mu'minin (A.S.), 'Ilmul Yaqin Vol. 1, p. 49.

88 - Mustadrakul Wasa'il, "Book of the Salat", chs. on "Invocation ch. 22, hadith I.

89 - Usulul Kafi, "Book of Faith and infidelity", ch. on "Loving This W and Being Attached to it", hadith 1.

90 - Ibid, hadiths i to 17.

91 - Misbahush-Shari'ah, ch. 32 "On This World's Attribute(s)".

92 - Irshadul Qulub, vol. 1, p. 206.

93 - Usulul Kafi, vol. 3, p. 202, "Book of Faith and Infidelity", ch. "Dispraising This World and Neglecting it", hadith 20, and ch. on "Loving World and Being Greedy of it", hadith 7.

94 - ibid., hadith 24.

95 - A part of Moses conversation with his people. "When he saw a Ii he said to his people: 'Stay here! Lo! I see a fire (afar off." Surah Ta 10, and Surah an-Naml: 7.

96 - A poem by }1afi~ Shirazi.

97 - The late Ayatullah Mirza Muhammad Ali Isfahani Shahabadi jurist, Methodist, gnostic and prominent philosopher, son of the late Ayatollah Mirza Muhammad Jawad Husayin-abadi Isfahani, was born in Isfahan in 1 L.H. After finishing his preliminary learning's in Isfahan and Tehran, traveled to study in the theological circles of Najaf Ashraf and Samirra' Iraq). There his tutors were great scholars, such as the late writer of al-jawahir the Akhund Khurasani and Shari' at Isfahani. He soon attained to the degree ijtihad. He reached a high position of fiqh. philosophy and gnosticism. and taught these branches of knowledge. His class was one of the most powerful scholarly circles in Samirra :After returning from Iraq. he settled first in Tehran he moved it) I he sacred town of Qum, where here he dwelt for seven years. L)u ring his stay in Qum, Imam Khomeini ( may Allah be pleased with him and send peace upon him) benefited so much from his lessons on ethics and gnosticism. The Imam of the nation in many places in this book and in his other books and writings refers to his great teacher with utmost respect and esteem, and relates his scholarly, emissions. Besides teaching different branches of knowledge and educating his distinguished disciples the late Shahabadi wrote many books in different fields. At the age of' seventy-seven years, that man of knowledge and action died in the year of' 1369 L.R in Tehran, and was buried in the neighborhood of the shrine of 'Abdul Azim a1-Hasani, in the ,graveyard of the late oShaikh Abul Futuh ar-Razi. May Allah resurrect him together with the Prophet Muhammad and his pure progeny.

98 - A poem by Hafiz. In the printed copies it is stated: "... the show pike of the Secret'.

99 - Such as the noble ayah: "So set our face to the religion, as a man of pure Faith - Allah's original upon which He originated mankind.' (Ar-Rum: 30). Look up the hadiths in Biharul Anwar. vol.3, p. 276. and vol. 64, p. 130, and in At-Tauhid, p. 32~, ch. 53.

100 - A hint at the noble ayah " ... That Allah may forgive your past faults and those to come". ( Rob: 2j.