Table of Contents

فہرست مضامین

Front Matter

Publisher's Preface (پیش لفظ) — p. 1 Words of Gratitude (کلمات شکر) — p. 1 Biography of the Author (سوانح حضرت مصنف) — p. 1

Muqaddimah — Introduction on Bay'ah

1. Thamarat al-Makkiyyah — Introduction 2. On the Explanation of Bay'ah (مقدمہ در بیان بیعت) 3. Method of Bay'ah (طریقہ بیعت) 4. Investigation of 'the Hand of Allah' (ید اللہ کی تحقیق) 5. The Station of the Shaykh (شیخ کا مقام) 6. The Prophets Are Infallible (انبیاء معصوم ہیں) 7. The Awliya Are Protected (اولیاء محفوظ ہیں) 8. The Necessity of Single-minded Devotion for the Mureed (مریدکویکسوہوناضروری ہے) 9. Types of Bay'ah (بیعت کے اقسام) 10. Bay'ah of the Sufis (صوفیہ کی بیعت) 11. Five Conditions of the Murshid (مرشد کے شرائط خمسہ) 12. Conditions for the Mureed (شرائط مرید) 13. Method of Bay'ah for Women (عورتوں کی بیعت کا طریقہ)

Bab Awwal — Chapter One: Branches of the Order (Dhikr Practices)

14. Dhikr-e-Do Zarbi (Two-stroke Dhikr) 15. Dhikr-e-Arahe 16. Count of the Two-stroke Dhikr 17. Dhikr-e-Se Zarbi (Three-stroke Dhikr) 18. Dhikr-e-Chahar Zarbi (Four-stroke Dhikr) 19. Dhikr-e-Haddadi (Iron Saw Dhikr) 20. Dhikr-e-'Ayni (Eye Dhikr)

Bab Dawum — Chapter Two: Principles of the Qadiri Order

21. Pas Anfas (Breath Control) 22. Barzakh Aala (Higher Intermediate Realm) 23. Barzakh Awsat (Middle Intermediate Realm) 24. Barzakh Adna (Lower Intermediate Realm) 25. Shughl-e-Hamyan (Abdominal Practice) 26. Tasawwur Ism-e-Dhat 'ala al-Qalb (Contemplation of the Name of the Essence upon the Heart) 27. Fana' fi Ism al-Dhat (Annihilation in the Name of the Essence) 28. Tasawwur Ism-e-Dhat 'ala al-Wujud (Contemplation upon the Body) 29. Tasawwur Ism-e-Dhat 'ala al-Afaq (Contemplation upon the Horizons) 30. Fana'-e 'Anasir Arba'ah (Annihilation of the Four Elements) 31. Shughl-e-Juz'-e-La-Yatajazza (Practice of the Indivisible Particle) 32. Shughl-e-Tripod; Shughl-e-Seven Steps; Ascent (Uruj); Descent (Nuzul) 33. The Six Muraqabat (Contemplations) 34. Dhikr-e-Sultan (Sultan Dhikr) 35. Sawt-e-Sarrmad (Sound of Eternity) 36. Surat-e-Mutakhayyilah (Imagined Form) 37. Shughl-e-Qawair (Practice of Crystal Vessels) 38. Tasawwur Basir (Contemplation of the All-Seeing) 39. Tariq-e-Tawajjuh (Method of Spiritual Attention) 40. Shughl-e-Nusayran wa Mahmudah 41. Shughl-e-Aftab (Solar Practice) 42. The Three Annihilations (Anfiya-e-Thalathah): Fana'-e-Af'al, Fana'-e-Sifat, Fana'-e-Dhat 43. Fana'-e-Afaqi (Cosmic Annihilation) 44. The Meaning of Fana' (Annihilation) and Baqa' (Subsistence) 45. Sayr fi Allah (Wayfaring in Allah) 46. Tajdid-e-Amthal (Renewal of Similitudes) 47. Shughl-e-Tajdid-e-Amthal 48. Wilayat 'Amma (General Sainthood) 49. Wilayat Sughra (Lesser Sainthood) 50. Wahdat al-Wujud (Unity of Being)

Bab Soem — Chapter Three: Spiritual Genealogies (Shajarat)

Shajara of the Exalted Qadiri Order Shajara of the Exalted Chishti Order Shajara of the Exalted Rifa'i Order Shajara of the Exalted Naqshbandi Order (via Hazrat Syed Ashraf Makki) Shajara of the Exalted Naqshbandi Order (via Shaykh Ahmad al-Qashashi) Shajara of the Exalted Suhrawardi Order (Mashaikh al-Suhrawardiyya) Shajara of the Exalted Suhrawardi Order (Mashaikh al-Suhrawardiyya) Shajara of the Exalted Ahmadiyya (Hamadaniyya) Order Shajara of the Exalted Khalwatiyya Order Shajara of the Exalted Uwaysiyya Order

Khatimah — Conclusion

71. Some Benefits (Fawa'id): Suluk Qadiriyyah — Principles, Muraqabat, Dhikr Sultan, Three Annihilations, Tajdid Amthal, Unity of Being, Al-Kull fi al-Kull, Wilayat Poems of Praise (Manaqib) and Qasidat

Poems in Praise of Shah Rafi' al-Din

Qat'ah and Manaqib poems by Shah Muhammad Shuja' al-Din Ha'iri and Shah Muhammad Qayam al-Din Muhsin Faruqi al-Qadiri.