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Preface to the Turkish Edition

Translator's note

FIRST PART OF THE BOOK

FIRST CHAPTER

VICES AND METHODS OF CLEANSING ONE'S SELF FROM THEM

UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR OR IMMORALITY AND ITS REMEDY

  • 1. Disbelief
  • 2. Ignorance
  • 3. Greed for wealth, power, ranks or positions
  • 4. The fear of being accused of having faults
  • 5. Love of being praise
  • 6. Innovations in Belief (Bidat Belief)
  • 7. Following desires of the Soul
  • 8. Imitative Belief (Taqlid)
  • 9. Hypocrisy (Riya)
  • 10. Worldly ambitions (Tul-i amal)
  • 11. Using forbidden means to obtain worldlies (Tama)
  • 12. Conceit (Kibr)
  • 13. Excessive humility (Tazallul)
  • 14. Self Love (Ujb)
  • 15. Jealosy (Hasad)
  • 16. Hatred (Hiqd)
  • 17. Rejoicing at another's misfortune (Shamat.at)
  • 18. Seperation (Hijr)
  • 19. Cowardice (Jubn)
  • 20. Wrath (Tahawwur)
  • 21. Breaking one's promise (Gadr)
  • 22. Perfidy (Hiyanat)
  • 23. Not keeping the promise
  • 24. Having evil opinions for others (su-i zan)
  • 25. Excessive love for the material things
  • 26. Postponing doing good deeds (Taswif)
  • 27. Loving sinnners (Fasiks)
  • 28. Animosity towards scholars
  • 29. Instigation (Fitna)
  • 30. Comprimizing (Mudahana) and Managing (Mudara)
  • 31. Obstinacy (Inad) and "Mukabara
  • 32. Hypocrisy (Nifak)
  • 33. Not thinking profoundly, not pondering
  • 34. Cursing at Muslims
  • 35. Giving improper names to Muslims
  • 36. Rejection of excuse
  • 37. Making wrong interpretations of the Qur'an
  • 38. Insistance on committing forbidden actions
  • 39. Backbiting (Gibat)
  • 40. Not performing repentance

    SECOND PART OF THE BOOK

    FIRST CHAPTER

    PREFACE

    First Topic: Ethics of Islam will be divided into three categories.

    Second Topic: usefulness and application of knowledge of ethics

    Third Topic: explanation of subject of knowledge of ethics

    First step: explanation of spiritual heart (Qalb) and spirit (Ruh)

  • 1. Spiritual Heart and Spirit exist
  • 2. Spiritual Heart and Spirit are sunstance
  • 3. Spiritual Heart and Spirit are simple
  • 4. Spiritual Heart and Spirit are not objects
  • 5. Spiritual Heart and Spirt understand and govern
  • 6. Spirit cannot be perceived through sense organs
  • Second step: explanation of what happens when a person dies.
  • Third step: the Spiritual Heart and Spirit have powers

    FIRST SUPPLEMET TO THE PREFACE

    SECOND SUPPLEMET TO THE PREFACE

    KNOWLEDGE OF ETHICS AND TEACHINGS OF MORALS IN ISLAM

  • First section
  • Second section
  • Eleven virtues that are outcome of courage
  • Chastity begets twelve characters
  • Justice gives birth to twelve habits
  • Third section
  • Fourth section
  • Fifth section - numarating superiorities of Justice
  • Sixth section