Makhzan al-Asrar (Treasury of Secrets)

SectionsContents
Introduction (Preface)
Part Two :The First Monologue: On Politics and God’s Wrath
Part ThreeSecond Prayer: In God’s Forgiveness and Generosity
Part Four: Mentioning the Attributes of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
Part Five: The Night Journey and Ascension (the Mi‘raj)
Part Six: 1-Mentioning the Prophet’s attributes and depicting the Battle of Uhud
Part Seven: 2- Mentioning the Prophet’s attributes
Part Eight: 3- Mentioning the Prophet’s attributes
Part Nine: 4- Mentioning the Prophet’s attributes
Part Ten: Praise of King Fakhr ad-Din Bahram Shah ibn Dawood
Part Eleven: Kissing the ground is an act of worship to God
Part Twelve: The status and value of this message
Part Thirteen: A discussion about the virtue of silence
Part Fourteen: The superiority of verse over prose
Part Fifteen: Describing the night and knowing the heart
Part Sixteen: The first solitude in cultivating the heart
Part Seventeen: The fruit of religious seclusion
Part Eighteen: 2The fruit of religious seclusion in nights
Part Nineteen: 2- The fruit of religious seclusion
First Discourse: On the creation of man and human dignity
The story of the desperate king and his forgiveness
Second Discourse: On knowing God and the path of truth.
The story of Noshirvan and his minister
Third Discourse: On justice, equity, and the duties of kings.
The story of Solomon and the farmer
Fourth Discourse: On the truth of life and death (featuring the famous story of Sultan Mahmud and the dervish).
The story of the old bricklayer
Fifth Discourse: On the deceitfulness of the temporal world.
The story of the dog, the hunter, and the fox
Sixth Discourse: On youth, old age, and preparing for the afterlife.
The story of Fereydoun and the deer
Seventh Discourse: On the value of truthfulness and honesty.
The story of the fruit seller and the fox
Eighth Discourse: On controlling the ego and carnal desires.
The story of the penitent hermit
Ninth Discourse: On humility, modesty, and lowliness before God.
The story of Jesus
Tenth Discourse: On mercy and compassion
The story of the expert Mobed
Eleventh Discourse: On repentance and turning back to God.
The story of two quarreling wise men
Twelfth Discourse: On the virtue of silence and guarding one’s tongue.
The story of the pilgrim and the Sufi
Thirteenth Discourse: On generosity and charity.
The story of the tyrannical king and the injustice done to an honest man
Fourteenth Discourse: On patience and endurance through hardship.
The story of the young prince and the old enemy
Fifteenth Discourse: On gratitude for divine blessings.
The story of the injured child
Sixteenth Discourse: On prayer and communion with the Divine.
The story of an old man and a Sufi seeker
Seventeenth Discourse: On the reality of love and divine passion.
The story of Jamshid with the special feature of Muharram
Eighteenth Discourse: On the acquisition of true knowledge and wisdom.
The story of Harun al-Rashid and the barber
Nineteenth Discourse: On the unity of existence (Wahdat al-Wujud) and spiritual awakening.
The story of the nightingale and the falcon
Twentieth Discourse: Epilogue on the composition of the book and final mystical advice
The completion of the book