Translators' Introduction
Introduction by Sayyid Hasan Khomeini
Dedications
Author's Preface

DISCOURSE ONE
Concerning the Disciplines Which Are Necessary in All States of the Salat, or Rather in All Worships and Rituals

Chapter One : Cordial disciplines
Chapter Two : The Stages of the Stations of the People of Suluk
Chapter Three : Concerning submissiveness [khushu]
Chapter Four : Tranquility
Chapter Five : Protecting the Worships from Satan's Intrusion
Chapter Six : On Vivacity and Cheerfulness
Chapter Seven : On Informing the Heart
Chapter Eight : On the Presence of Heart
Chapter Nine : Hadiths Concerning the Presence of Heart
Chapter Ten : On Calling to Acquiring the Presence of Heart
Chapter Eleven : On Curing the Wandering Imagination
Chapter Twelve : Explaining that Loving this World Causes Distraction of the Mind
Completion : On Turning The Soul Away From The World

DISCOURSE TWO
On the Preliminaries of the Salat and Some of its Cordial Disciplines

Objective One
On Purification

Chapter One : On Purification in General
Chapter Two : Concerning the Stages of Purification
Chapter Three : The Cordial Disciplines of the Salik When Coming to Water for Purification
Chapter Four : Concerning the Purifier
Chapter Five : Some Disciplines of the Wudu' (Ritual Ablution) in Respect of the Interior and the Heart
Chapter Six : Concerning the Ghusl and its Cordial Disciplines
Chapter Seven : Some Cordial Disciplines for Removing Filth and Purifying Impurities

Objective Two
Some Disciplines Concerning the Clothes

STATION ONE : General Disciplines for the Clothes
STATION TWO : Some Disciplines Concerning the Musalli's Clothing
Chapter One : The Secret of the Purity of Clothing
Chapter Two : Concerning Cordial Considerations of Covering the Nakedness

Objective Three
On the Cordial Disciplines Concerning the Place of the Musalli

Chapter One :About Knowing the Place
Chapter Two : On Some Disciplines Concerning Permissibility [ibahah] of Place

Objective Four
On the Cordial Disciplines of the Time

Chapter One : Times of Salat
Chapter Two : On Watching Over the Time

Objective Five
On Some Disciplines Concerning Orientation

Chapter One : On the General Secret of Orientation
Chapter Two : On Some of the Cordial Disciplines of Orientation

DISCOURSE THREE
The Affinities [Muqarinat] of the Salat

SECTION ONE
On Some Disciplines of the Adhan and Iqamah

Chapter One : General Secret and Disciplines of the Adhan and Iqamah
Chapter Two : Some Disciplines and Secrets of Takbirs in the Adhan and Iqamah
Chapter Three : Some Disciplines Concerning Testifying Divinity And its Connection with the Adhan and the Salat
Chapter Four : Some Disciplines of Testifying to the (Prophet's) Messengership Implying Testifying to the Guardianship
Chapter Five : Some Disciplines of the Hayya 'ala (s)

SECTION TWO
Concerning the Qiyam (the Standing Position in the Salat)

Chapter One : The General Secret of the Qiyam
Chapter Two : On the Disciplines of the Qiyam

SECTION THREE
On the Secret of the Niyah [Intention]

Chapter One : The Truth of the Niyah in Worship
Chapter Two: [Sincerity]
Chapter Three : A Brief Account on Some Stages of Sincerity To Fit Within These Papers
Chapter Four : [Refuting a Group of Ignorants]
Chapter Five : Some other degrees of sincerity

SECTION FOUR
Some Disciplines of Recitation and its Secrets

This section includes the tafsir [explanation] of the blessed surah of al-Hamd, and a part of the tafsir of the blessed surahs of at-Tauhid and al-Qadr. It is the most favoured section of this thesis. It covers a number of "torches".

Torch One
General Disciplines of Reciting the Glorious Qur'an

Chapter One : The Discipline of Reverence
Chapter Two : Brief Hints at the Objectives, Subjects and Contents of the Glorious Divine Book
Chapter Three : How to be benefited by the Qur'an
Chapter Four : The obstacles and the barriers preventing being benefited by the Qur'an
Chapter Five : [Meditation]
Chapter Six : Application to one's own condition

Torch Two
On Some Disciplines of Recitation in the Salat

Chapter One : Degrees of recitation and the groups of the reciters
Chapter Two : Some Disciplines of Isti`adhah 
Chapter Three : On the Four Pillars of Isti'adhah
Chapter Four : On Some Disciplines of Naming [tasmiyah] 
Chapter Five : A Brief Exegesis of the Blessed Surah of al-Hamd and Some Disciplines of Praising and Recitation 
Chapter Six : Some Exegesis on the Blessed Surah of at-Tauhid
Chapter Seven : Some Comments on the Blessed Surah of al-Qadr as Much as Suits these Papers

SECTION FIVE
Some Disciplines and Secrets of the Ruku`

Chapter One : On the Takbir before the Ruku`
Chapter Two : Concerning the Disciplines of Bowing in Ruku`
Chapter Three : The ruku` of the salat of the Messenger's mi`raj
Chapter Four : Delicacies and secrets of the ruku`, sujud and their cordial disciplines
Chapter Five : Concerning Raising the Head from the Ruku`

SECTION SIX
A Brief Explanation of the Secrets and Disciplines of the Sujud

Chapter One : General Secret of the Sujud
Chapter Two : Disciplines of the sujud
Chapter Three : [Contents and meaning of the form, mood and invocation of the sujud]
Chapter Four : The moods of the sajid during the sujud

SECTION SEVEN
General Notes on the Disciplines of Tashahhud

Chapter One : [Meaning and effect of testifying to the Tauhid and the Messengership (of the Prophet)]
Chapter Two : The disciplines of tashahhud

SECTION EIGHT
On The Disciplines of the Salam

Chapter One : State of the musalli during saying the salam, and the condition for the salam to be truthful
Chapter Two : Concerning the meaning and the secret of the salam in the salat, and its disciplines

CONCLUSION OF  THE BOOK
Concerning Some Disciplines of the Inside and Outside of the Salat

Chapter One : The secrets and the cordial disciplines of the four tasbihs
Chapter Two : Concerning the Cordial Disciplines of the Qunut
Chapter Three : After-the-Salat Invocation
Conclusion and Invocation (Du'a')