Chapter 1
Translator’s Foreword

Chapter 2
Biography of Ayatullah Ibrahim Amini

Chapter 3
Preface
An Important Reminder

Chapter 4
Self-Purification -the Main Goal of Divine Messengers
Self-awareness and Self-building
Human-soul and Animal-self
Human Virtues
Esoteric Life
What to Be?

Chapter 5
The Heart in Quran
Soundness and Sickness of Heart
Heart in Traditions
Hard-heartedness
Heart's Physicians
Refinement and Perfection of Self

Chapter 6
Part I: Evacuation or Self-refinement (Takhliyeh)
Negligence from the Disease
Diagnosis of Self-sickness
Decision for Treatment
Control and Domination of Self

Chapter 7
Self-Struggle
Greater Struggle (Jihad-e-Akbar)
Struggle and Divine Assistance
Man -His own Physician

Chapter 8
The Stages of Self-refinement
Prevention
Sudden Renunciation
Gradual Renunciation

Chapter 9
Things which are Helpful for Self-refinement
Meditation
Reward and Punishment
Dignity of Human Essence and Strengthening Human Virtues
Renunciation of Bad Company
Avoiding Potential Blunders

Chapter 10
Egotism - the Root of all Evils
Worldliness -the Source of all Sins
What is World?
World's Reality
The Next Worlders
The Worldly Beings
The Worldly and Next Worlders

Chapter 11
Piety -the Most Important Factor for Purification
Piety -Objective Behind the Divine Commands
Definition of Piety
Piety and Seclusion
Piety and Insight
Piety and Victory over the Difficulties
Piety and Freedom
Piety and Treatment of Diseases

Chapter 12
The Characteristics of Pious (Sermon of Hammam)

Chapter 13
Supervision -the Most Important Factor for Self-restraint
Recordings of Deeds
Accounting on the Judgment Day
Self-scrutiny Before the Judgment Day
How to Scrutinize?

Chapter 14
Repentance and Self-cleansing
The Need for Repentance
Acceptance of Repentance
What is Repentance?
Things which Require Repentance

Chapter 15
PART II: Nourishment and Perfection of Soul  (Tahliyeh)
God's Nearness
Meanings of God's Nearness

Chapter 16
Faith -the Foundation of Spiritual Perfection

Chapter 17
The Means of Perfection and God's Nearness
First Means -God's Remembrance (Dikhr)

Chapter 18
The Effects and Indications of Invocation (Dhikr)
Commitment for God's Obedience
Humility
Excitement for Worshipping
Tranquility and Assurance
God's Attention towards the Servant
God's Love towards the Servant
The Most Important Effects

Chapter 19
The Means of Attainment
Meditation and Reasoning
Deliberations over the Quranic Verses
Worshipping
Invocations and Supplications

Chapter 20
Instructions
Instructions of the Commander of the Faithful Imam ' Ali (A)
Instructions of Imam al-Sadiq (A)
Instructions of Allameh Majlisi (R.A.)
Letter of Akhund-Mulla Hussein Quli Hamdani
Instructions of Mirza Javad Agha Malaki Tabrizi (R.A)
Instructions of Sheikh Najmuddin (R.A)

Chapter 21
Obstacles of the Path

Chapter 22
Second Means -Nourishment of Moral Virtues

Chapter 23
Third Means -the Righteous Deeds
The Sincerity

Chapter 24
Some Righteous Deeds
First - Obligatory Prayers
Second -Supererogatory Prayers (Nawafil)
Third-Night Prayer (Namaz-e-Shab)

Chapter 25
Fourth Means -Crusade (Jihad) and Martyrdom (Shahadat)

Chapter 26
Fifth Means -Benevolence and Service to Humanity

Chapter 27
Sixth Means - Supplications (Dua)

Chapter 28
Seventh Means -Fasting (Sawm)
Role of Fasting in Self-Building

Chapter 29
A Mystical Poem (Ghazal-e-Irfani) of Imam Khomeini (R.A.)

Chapter 30
Supplication of the Holy Month of Sha'ban (Munajat-e-Shabanyeh)

Chapter 31
A Prayer