Kernel of the Kernel -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD by Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION -- 1. Editor's Introduction: The Straight Path Is One Which Combines the Exoteric and the Esoteric -- 2. Kernel of the Kernel -- 3. Description of the Realms Preceding the Realm of Khulus -- 4. Undifferentiated Description of the Path and Methods of Wayfaring Toward God -- 5. Differentiated Description of the Path and Methods of Wayfaring Toward God -- INDEX OF QURANIC VERSES -- INDEX OF AHADITH -- INDEX OF QUOTATIONS OF THE SAYINGS OF THE SHI'ITE IMAMS -- NOTES ON SAINTS, SCHOLARS, AND AUTHORS CITED IN THE TEXT -- GENERAL INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Y -- Z.