SHAFAQNA– The book: “The Psalms of Islam Al-Sahifat Al-Sajjadiyya” (Al-Sahifah Al-Sajjadiyyah) by Imam Zain Al Abidin (AS) is published in 1988 by Muhammadi Trust.
Al-Sahifat Al-Sajjadiyya is a book containing Imam Al-Sajjad’s (AS) 54 supplications and Du’as. After the Quran and Nahjul-balaghah, this book has an important position among the Shia school of thought and is known as “Zabur Al-e-Muhammad (PBUH)”.In addition to the status of this book among Shia, some Sunni scholars have also praised the eloquence of this book.
This beautifully produced book brings alive for the non-Arabic speaker the power and the subtlety of the supplications and prayers taught by the Fourth Imam (AS). This comprehensive book of prayer has been a mainstay of the practical dimension of religion, its lived spirituality, for countless souls down through the ages. It not only engages the deepest dimensions of the yearning of the seeker for God, it also contains penetrating insights into the psychology of the soul, acute observations of the nature of life in this world, and contemplation upon the Divine Qualities and Attributes.
In addition, the book contains moral and ethical teachings -the ideal behaviour of the Muslim in daily life, in relation to parents, children, friends and enemies -that are all the more compelling in being presented in the context of a dynamic relationship between the soul and its Creator. There is presented here, in fact, a veritable treatise on ‘Human Rights’ but linked to human and spiritual duties. Professor W.C. Chittick’s rendition of this classical text into fluent and elegant English stands as an indisputable masterpiece of translation.