Sahifat-ul-Mahdi (as) A Bilingual Gilded Edition
£25.00llama Tabataba’i said, ‘I once had a discussion with Henri Corbin about supplications. I asked him, ‘What do you do when you feel that you need to supplicate?’… Corbin said, ‘I avail myself of the supplications reported from your Twelfth Imam. Since the person who has composed these supplications is alive, they inspire special fervour.’
— From Preface by Shaykh Isa Ahari
There are 42 supplications in this book. Each supplication has a note which explains how it originated from the 12th Imam (as) and reached his partisans (i.e., the Shi’a). All the notes appear as endnotes at the end of the book. Each note also provides information of the earlier works where the supplication is recorded. The work is, therefore, of benefit both for the laity and the scholars.
The following shows the supplications included in this edition, followed by the page number in the book:
1. The Supplication for Deliverance 1
2. The Supplication for Knowledge 3
3. The Supplication of the Unity of God 16
4. The Supplication of the Egyptian Alid 20
5. The Supplication of Blessings [al-Salawat] for Friday 59
6. The Supplication for the Fulfilment of Wishes 67
7. The Supplication for Accomplishment and Realisation 70
8. The Supplication for Wisdom 71
9. The Supplication for the Day of Bi’that 75
10. The Supplication for Everlasting Favours 77
11. The Supplication for Rajab 81
12. The Supplication for Relief from Difficulty 83
13. A General Supplication 86
14. The Supplication for General Concerns 88
15. The Supplication for Qunut 91
16. Another Supplication for Qunut 94
17. The Supplication of the Qa’im (as) 100
18. The Glorification [al-Tasbih] Recited by the Qa’im (as) 102
19. The Supplication for Relief from Distress 103
20. The Supplication for Deliverance from Hardships 105
21. The Supplication for a Cure 107
22. The Supplication of the Master of the Affair (as) 108
23. The Supplication of Veiling 109
24. The Supplication for Seeking Wellbeing 111
25. The Supplication for Refuge and Protection 113
26. The Supplication of Visitation 114
27. The Supplication of Lamentation [al-Nudba] 116
28. The Supplication for the Obtainment of Security and Protection 139
29. The Supplication of the Initiation of God’s Praise [al-Iftitah] 142
30. A Supplication for a Portion of the Night 156
31. A Supplication for Seeking the Best
and for Seeking Fulfillment of Needs 160
32. The Supplication of Tears 163
33. The Supplication after the Dawn Ritual Prayer
on the Day of Eid al-Fitr 181
34. The Supplication at the Moment of Orienting the Self
for Prayers, Which Is after the First Takbir 192
35. The Supplication after the dhikr of the Bowing [al-Ruku’]
in the Daily Obligatory Ritual Prayers 194
36. The Supplication after the Daily Obligatory Ritual Prayers 195
37. A Ritual to Seek Felicity and Wellbeing 196
38. A Supplication to Seek Solutions for Straitened Affairs 199
39. The Imam’s Supplication for the Forgiveness of
the Sins of Their Partisans [Shi’a] 200
40. The Twelfth Imam’s Supplication at the Time of His Birth 202
41. A Supplication for the One Who Enters the Place of the Twelfth Imam 203
42. The Supplication after Ziyarat al-Nahiya 205
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The Battle of the Camel
£25.00‘This is a summary of the accounts of [the Battle of] Basra, the reason for the civil discord there, and the doctrines of the theoreticians in judging the civil discord there. We have reported them with brevity. The reports which we have presented are on the authority of the non-Shī‘a narrators to the exclusion of the Shī‘a narrators. Moreover, we have not recorded what the Shī‘a report in their repudiation of them since the purpose of our presentation of this book was to detail the account of the civil discord at Basra, the fighting and actions that took place there, to explain the obstinacy of the people towards the Commander of the Faithful and that their intention in fighting him was to shed his blood without there being any doubt in his affair and any excuse for the opposition they made against him. The purpose is also to elucidate what the reports have implied of the fallacy of the view of those who claim that the people repented from their transgression, their error in waging war against the Commander of the Faithful, and the invalidity of the doctrine of those of the Mu‘tazila, the Murji’a and the ḤashwÄ«yya who hold such a position.’
About the Author
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Harithi al-Baghdadi, known as al-Shaykh al-Mufid (d. 413/1022) is one of the foremost figures of Shi‘a history.
A student of Ibn Babuyah al-Qummi – the great teacher of jurisprudence, the science of traditions (hadith) and theology in the 4th/10th century – Shaykh al-Mufid was in turn the teacher of celebrated Shi‘a theologians such as al-Shaykh al-Murtada.
The author of some 170 treatises concerned almost completely with theology, jurisprudence and hadith, Shaykh al-Mufid soon became one of the main figures of the Shi‘a scholarly tradition, and his works came to occupy a privileged position in the traditional schools of Shi‘a learning.
Over the centuries his writings have continued to enjoy great prominence in scholarly circles and also popularity. To this day his writings remain – along with those of his teacher Ibn Babuyah, al-Kulayni, and Shaykh Muhammad al-Tusi – the core of the theological and juridical curricula of Shi‘a seminaries.
Background to This Work
Many years ago, the Muhammadi Trust entrusted the late Dr Ian Keith Anderson Howard, a distinguished scholar of Islamic studies, with the task of translating The Battle of the Camel. The Trust had earlier assigned two works to be translated by Dr Howard: Shaykh al-Mufid’s The Book of Guidance and Sulayman Kattani’s work entitled Imam Ali: A Beacon of Courage.
The two titles are among the most important works that the Trust has published in its four decades of existence. The Trust is deeply indebted to the late Dr Howard for his contribution to the Shi‘a scholarship.
Over the past three years, the incomplete manuscript of the late Dr Howard has been edited and further annotated by Mr Hamidi. Because Mr. Hamidi was privileged to have access to the most recent edition of the original in Arabic, he proceeded to translate sections that were left out in Dr. Howard’s version.  It is of note that the first 20 annotations were written by the late Dr Howard.
Author:Â Shaykh al-Mufid
Translated by:Â IKA Howard & JA Hamidi
ISBN:Â 978-1-908031-02-0
Publisher:Â Muhammadi Trust of GB & NI
First Published:Â July 2014
Pages:Â 480
Language:Â English
Fatima al-Zahra (sa): The Blessed Tree
£14.99Fatima al-Zahra (sa) is arguably the holiest lady in Islam not because she was the daughter of the Prophet but for her own spiritual attitude and personal achievements. Revered by all Muslim persuasions, she is only comparable to highly esteemed women in history like Mary mother of Jesus. Although she did not live long life, her spiritual impact on Muslim history and culture is long lived. The present book explores the life and times of Fatima (sa) in a chronological order and with a novel approach.
Author:Â M S Bahmanpour
Translated by:Â Abbas Jaffer
ISBN:Â 9781908031006
Binding:Â Paperback
Publisher:Â Muhammadi Trust of GB & NI
First Published:Â June 2011
Pages:Â 200
Language:Â English
Selected Supplications
£12.00The book can be regarded as a prayer manual, teaching various specific supplications to be made after different kinds of prayers, obligatory, optional, those given on particular nights, during Ramadan and on other special occasions; more general supplications that can be made at any time; a chapter on the special properties of certain verses of the Holy Qur’an; and a chapter on the ziarat to the Prophet and his holy progeny.
Binding:Â Paperback
Publisher:Â Muhammadi Trust
First Published:Â 1986
Reprinted:Â 1988
Size:Â 148mm x 210mm
Pages:Â 232
Language:Â Urdu
