The Mystical Teachings of al-Shadhili

Preface
Editor's Introduction
Author's Introduction to the Pearl of Mysteries and the Treasure of the Righteous
1. His Noble Lineage, Travels, and Rank
Testimony of Ibn Futuh: Alchemy, and Divine Protection
Story of the Woodcutter
Al-Habibi, First Companion
Testimony of al-Ibri: Mount Zaghawan, Birds, and the Spring
Intervention of Ibn al-Bara' and Abu Zakariya
Narration of Madi
Testimony of Abu 'Abd Allah, the Copyist
'Izz al-Din and the Pilgrimage
The Shaykh Watches over Madi
Madi and al-Shadhili Visit the Tomb of the Prophet
Testimony of Jamal al-Din: Worship and Works
Drunkenness of the Shaykh's Son
Shihab al-Din before the Shaykh
Testimony about 'Arifat al-Khayr
The Shaykh Settles a Dispute with Berbers
Argument with a Group of M'utazila
True Asceticism
A Litigation
Miraculous Multiplication of Sheep and Grain
2. Correspondence with His Companions
Letter of Consolation to a Disciple in Quyrawan
Letter to Followers in Tunis
Exhortation to Certain Judges
Letter to 'Ali Ibn Makhluf
3. Supplication, Devotional Recitations, and Prayers of Confrontations
The Noble Litany and the Mighty Veil (Hijab), or the Great Litany
Blessed Supplication Known as the Litany of the Sea
Litany of Light
An Anecdote
A Devotional Recitation (Dhikr)
A Devotional Recitation: Prayer for Happiness
A Devotional Recitation: The Veiling
A Devotional Recitation: Divine Grace
A Devotional Recitation: God's Love All-Sufficient
A Devotional Recitation: Contemptibility and Respectability
A Devotional Recitation: On Hearing the Call to Prayer
A Devotional Recitation: The Worship
A Dhikr to Dispel Depression
A Devotional Recitation: God the Living and Sole Provider
A Devotional Recitation: Thanksgiving for Benefaction
In Praise of the Maker
A Prayer before the Prophet's Tomb
A Prayer for Forgiveness
An Invocation: The Great Name
A Devotional Recitation: Inner Sight and Providence
A Devotional Recitation: Granting of Requests
A Devotional Recitation: Compassion
4. His Opinions, Injunctions, Doctrine on Sufism, and Other Sciences
Rule of the Religious Retreat ('Uzla)
Help-Procuring Sayings on Entering the Religious Retreat
Section on Overcoming Satan
Perils of the Religious Retreat
Fruits of the Religious Retreat
Watchfulness
On Sainthood
Contraction (Qabd) and Expansion (Bast)
Loss and Gain
The Will
Sincerity
Religious Science
The Elect
The Way
Understanding
Obedience
Recitation and a Prayer
Miscellaneous Instructions
Chapter in Love
Scrupulous Peity
One of His Devotional Recitations (Adhkar)
Anecdotes
Verses of the Shaykh, Saint and Mystic Abu al-'Abbas al-Mursi
My Observation of His Salutation on the Apostle of God
One of His Devotional Recitations
A Devotional Recitation
A Devotional Recitation
A Saying
Verses of al-Mazduri
Sayings and Anecdotes
A Daily Dhikr
Trust
Intention
A Dhikr of the Heart
Disobedience
Resolutions
Seekers
Spiritual Communion
Satan
Conversation
Tranquility
Enigmas
Miscellaneous Teachings
Section on the Commonality and the Elect
Display of Knowledge
Good Breeding
Love for God
Sin and Pardon
Knowledge
A Remedy
Trustworthiness
Worldly Goods
Gazelles
Religious Acts
Realization
Sure Pardon
Security
A Request
Anxiety
A Petition
Divine Management
Final Injunction
Qualities of the Sincere