Discourses on Spirituality- Guftarhaye Ma'navi- Mutahhari islamic tracing its various stages—from the

tracing its various stages—from the divine heavens to its entry into the mythical realms—until its final station and the appearance of the modern world

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Discourses on Spirituality- Guftarhaye Ma'navi- Mutahhari islamic tracing its various stages—from theSpiritual Discourses is a translation of the Persian book Guftr h ye Ma 'nawi by the great Muslim thinker and reformer Ayatullh Murtad Mutahhari. This book is a collection of thirteen lectures delivered by the Ayatullah on various topics, such as the criteria for humanity, the school of humanity, spiritual freedom, nobility and magnanimity of spirit, worship and prayer, repentance, migration and ijthd, and belief in the unseen. All these lectures are