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Mawāʿiẓ Ashrafiyyah, Volume 3

The Ashrafī Admonitions

Ḥakīm al-Ummat, Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muḥammad Ashraf ʿAlī Thānawī

Further sermons of the same author, the next year of the monthly gathering that gave the first two volumes.

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  1. The Key to Good This phrase is a fragment of a verse in which Allāh Most High has set out the excellence of wisdom (ḥikmah). The occasion of this discourse is plain...
  2. Spurring On the People of Longing These are a few verses in which Allāh Most High, glorified be His majesty and abundant His bounty, has for the most part set out a theme of the life...
  3. Gratitude for the Blessing This is a verse from near the end of Sūrah al-Tawbah, in which some of the virtues of the Prophet are set out. Although the remembrance (dhikr) of...
  4. Ramadan within Ramadan Preface: before the sermon, near the close of the second Friday sermon (khuṭbah), Ḥaḍrat gave a short address concerning the blessed month of...
    Sections 2
    1. The Address before the Sermon
    2. The Sermon Itself
  5. Raising Up and Casting Down This is a verse in which Allāh Most High has described many attributes of His noble Messenger , and of them the one I intend to speak of now is the...
  6. Al-Murād: The Objective Nothing is intrinsically good or bad in itself. Whether a thing is good or bad depends entirely upon what it is directed towards, that is, upon the...
    Sections 15
    1. The Transmitted Sermon
    2. Purpose of the Discourse
    3. Contemplation (Tadabbur) in the Qurʾān
    4. Standard Translations
    5. The Necessity of a Teacher
    6. Benefits of Recitation (Tilāwat)
    7. The Importance of Deeds
    8. The Fruit of Intention
    9. Resolve and Capability
    10. The Darkness of Sin
    11. The Importance of Intention
    12. This World and the Hereafter
    13. Subtleties and Nuances
    14. Subtleties and Nuances
    15. Method of Annotation
  7. Glossary