Abdul-Latif Shamsudoha og Ahmad Muhammad Selections from the Diwan of Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari

Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari authored twelve volumes of poetry, dealing with many subjects, ranging from the Remembrance and Magnificence of Allāh (جل جلاله), advice for the one traversing the spiritual path to Allāh, exalting the excellence of the Beloved (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and the Ahl al-Bayt (Allāh be pleased with them) and the virtues of the Path's litanies and ṣalawāt. Volumes 1 and 2 deal with the relationship between the Shaykh and Murīd. It also explains the virtues of the Path. Volumes 3 to 8 are known as the "Muḥammadiyyāt", focusing on the Praise of the excellence of the Messenger of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and the Ahl al-Bayt (Allāh be pleased with them). Volumes 9 to 12 are known as the "Ilāhiyyāt", focusing on the Remembrance of Allāh extolling the Almighty's Divine Attributes. Our aim is to present selections from these great works of the shaykh. The core of these selections just as the shaykh's poetry overall is in the genre of madih (praise poetry) and from the "Muḥammadiyyāt".