Journal Of Religious Thought
Year:2005 | Volume:- | Issue:15|Papers Count:10

This article entitled "the Magnificence of Interpretation in Sahifat al Sajjadiyya" is an aesthetic look at this book which is an invaluable spiritual and literary guarantee of Jafari Shiism and a powerful and valuable collection of words, a wonderful exhibition of new and attractive combinations, and the vast expanse of joy and the platform of the flight of soul until the endless borders of the vicinity of the powerful King. In this article, the magnificence of interpretation and its necessity in prayers and recitations, and the stylistic and contextual differences of the sayings and supplications are firstly discussed, and the dimensions of magnificence of Sahifat al Sajjadiyya are finally investigated through presentation of some examples out of this valuable book. The most important directive of this research is that all the teachings of this permanent work are a combination of wisdom and eloquence.      

This article aims to analyse the meaning of prayer in Abrahamic religions. To do this, it applies the Wittgenstein's Language Games' theory. At first it explains these language games as forms of life. Secondly it describes that form of life which is a model for prayer. At the end it shows how the prayer can be away for a better understanding of god in Abrahamic religions.      

The language of prayer is one of the most common and important elements of all human beings and cultures. It also enjoys a special place in Shi'ite culture. This language has a historical and innate origin as old as the history of human beings. It provides for the special link between man and God. It has certain characteristics which makes it distinct from other languages yet closer to the language of mysticism. In this paper this language is analyzed, its characteristics mentioned and many examples are brought from the prayers of the Imams, especially Imam Sajjad (PBUH).      

The Divine Unity and the supplications of the infallible Imams (A.S.), specially Imam Sajjad's Sahifat al-Sajjadiyya, are closely inter-connected from, theoretical and practical perspectives. These prayers both teach the Divine Unity, its process and kinds, and are also purest manifestations of theoretical and practical Divine unity. This article tries to study the manifestation and aspects of Divine Unity in the supplication of the infallible Imams (A. S.). Based on this premise, first the decisive role of the Divine Unity in Islam and the significance of supplication are explained. Then, while referring to some of Imam's supplications, it is demonstrated that supplication is both a step towards the Divine Unity and a manifestation of practical Divine Unity.      

Sahifat al-Sajjadiyya is one of the most deliberate and beautiful collections of prayers. At the same time it consists of many issues concerning political, social, moral, psychological, philosophical, scientific and economic fields. This article by analyzing some of these prayers, discusses a kind of Anthropology from the viewpoint of the Imam Sajjad. At first, it has a general glance on the subject. Then it discusses subject such as: positive and negative attributes of human being, his strong and short come aspects, and the factors that causes him to fall down from his statue. At last, "perfect or ideal man" is described which the aim of all the Prophets an Imams had been to define and to train a human as such.      

Imam Sajjad's Sahifat al Sajjadiyya is one of valuable religious teats which can be used as a source for the study of many social, ideological, anthropological and educational subjects. In this book a portrayal of the perfect man is presented by the writer who is himself a perfect human being. It describes the characteristics of human beings based on Islamic beliefs and teachings. In this essay these characteristics are analyzed and their educational guidelines are explained in order to put together "a theory of Islamic Education".      

The prayers that have been cited from the religious leaders, especially, Sahifat al-Sajjadiyya, is one of the important sources for discussing the Islamic system of education. In this article, the aims, the foundations, the principles, and the methods of education is discussed from the viewpoint of Sahifa. At first the meaning and the relationship between the mentioned concepts are explained. Then based on the rational analysis, the practical viewpoints of Sahifa concerning education has been deduced by mentioning three aims, three foundation and three principles and twelve methods.      

The invocations of Imam Sajjad in Sahifat al Sajjadiyya are replete with pure and pleasant concepts. These prayers display his exceptional talent, sublime spirit and grand personality. The reader of these prayers immediately feels such as a spiritual joy which cannot be equaled with any worldly pleasure. He finds that this book is a book of knowledge the book of insight. In spite of the researches done on this book, it has not been studied from a literary point of view. In this paper after a brief introduction and a glance at Imam's socio-political environment, while examining the literature of his time, the literary aspects of Sahifat al Sajjadiyya will be studied.