Stations
SECTION I
- 001 Wakefulness - اليَقَظَةُ
- 002 Repentance - التَّوْبَةُ
- 003 Self-Reckoning - المُحَاسَبَةُ
- 004 Returning - الإنَابَةُ
- 005 Reflection - التَّفَكُّرُ
- 006 Remembrance - التَّذَكُّرُ
- 007 Taking Shelter - الاعْتِصَامُ
- 008 Fleeing - الفِرَارُ
- 009 Training - الرِّيَاضَةُ
- 010 Hearing - السَّمَاعُ
SECTION II
- 011 Grief - الْحُزْنُ
- 012 Fear - الْخَوْفُ
- 013 Concern - الإشْفَاقُ
- 014 Submissive Solemnity - الْخُشُوعُ
- 015 Serene Submissiveness - الإخْبَاتُ
- 016 Disinterest - الزُّهْدُ
- 017 Pious Conscientiousness - الْوَرَعُ
- 018 Dedication - التَّبَتُّلُ
- 019 Hope - الرَّجَاءُ
- 020 Desirous Quest - الرَّغْبَةُ
SECTION III
- 021 Caring - الرِّعَايَة
- 022 Observance - المُرَاقَبَةُ
- 023 Veneration - الحُرْمَةِ
- 024 Devotion - الإخْلَاصُ
- 025 Refinement - التَّهْذِيبِ
- 026 Straightness - الِاسْتِقَامَة
- 027 Reliance - التَوَكَّل
- 028 Delegation - التَّفْوِيضِ
- 029 Trust - الثِّقَةِ
- 030 Surrender - التَّسْلِيمِ
SECTION IV
- 031 Patience - الصَّبْرِ
- 032 Contentment - الرِّضَا
- 033 Gratefulness - الشُّكْرُ
- 034 Modesty - الْحَيَاءِ
- 035 Truthfulness - الصِّدْقِ
- 036 Altruism - الإيثَارِ
- 037 Character - الخُلُق
- 038 Humbleness - التَّواضُع
- 039 Pietistic Heroism - الْفُتُوَّةِ
- 040 Affability - الانْبِسَاط
SECTION V
- 041 Intent - الْقَصْدِ
- 042 Resolve - الْعَزْمِ
- 043 Willfulness - الْإِرَادَةِ
- 044 Propriety - الأدَبِ
- 045 Certainty - اليَقِين
- 046 Comforting Intimacy - الْأُنْسِ
- 047 Remembrance - الذِّكْرِ
- 048 Poverty - الْفَقْرِ
- 049 Richness - الْغِنَى
- 050 The Sought - الْمُرَاد
SECTION VI
- 051 Excellence - الْإِحْسَانِ
- 052 Knowledge - العِلْمِ
- 053 Wisdom - الحِكْمَةِ
- 054 Insight - الْبَصِيرَة
- 055 Astuteness - الْفِرَاسَةِ
- 056 Exaltation - التعظيم
- 057 Inspiration - الإلهام
- 058 Tranquility - السَّكِينَةُ
- 059 Serenity - الطُّمَأْنِينَة
- 060 Drive - الْهِمَّةِ
SECTION VII
- 061 Love - المَحَبَّةُ
- 062 Protectiveness - الْغَيْرَة
- 063 Yearning - الشَّوْقُ
- 064 Anxiety - الْقَلَقُ
- 065 Thirst - الْعَطَشُ
- 066 Ecstasy - الْوَجْدُ
- 067 Bewilderment - الدَّهَشُ
- 068 Mystification - الْهَيَمَان
- 069 Lightning - البَرْق
- 070 Taste - الذَّوْقِ
SECTION VIII
- 071 Noting - اللَّحْظ
- 072 Timeliness - الْوَقْتُ
- 073 Clarity - الصَّفَاءُ
- 074 Bliss - السُّرُورُ
- 075 Privacy - السِّرُّ
- 076 Breath - النَّفَسُ
- 077 Stranger-ness - الْغُرْبَةُ
- 078 Submersion - الغَرَق
- 079 Absence - الْغَيْبَةُ
- 080 Establishment - التَّمَكُّنِ
SECTION IX
- 081 Disclosure - الْمُكَاشَفَةِ
- 082 Witnessing - الْمُشَاهَدَةُ
- 083 Beholding - المُعَايَنَةُ
- 084 Life - الْحَيَاة
- 085 Constriction - الْقَبْضٌ
- 086 Expansion - الْبَسْطُ
- 087 Intoxication - السُّكْرُ
- 088 Sobriety - الصَّحْوُ
- 089 Connection - الِاتِّصَال
- 090 Detachment - الِانْفِصَال
SECTION X
Allah, the Almighty, said:
{… and they will know that it is Allah Who is the supremely evident Truth.} [an-Noor 24:25]
قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: "وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُ"
‘At-tafreed’ (singling)825 is a word for the exclusive dedication of the allusions to the Real, then by the Real, then from the Real.
التَّفْرِيدُ: اسْمٌ لِتَخْلِيصِ الْإِشَارَةِ إِلَى الْحَقِّ، ثُمَّ بِالْحَقِّ، ثُمَّ عَنِ الْحَقِّ.
As for the exclusive dedication of the allusions to the Real, it is of three levels: the exclusive dedication of the intent out of thirst (eagerness), then the exclusive dedication of the self-destructive love,826 and then the exclusive dedication of the shuhood (witnessing) in connectedness. 827
فَأَمَّا تَفْرِيدُ الْإِشَارَةِ إِلَى الْحَقِّ: فَعَلَى ثَلَاثِ دَرَجَاتٍ: تَفْرِيدُ الْقَصْدِ عَطَشًا، ثُمَّ تَفْرِيدُ الْمَحَبَّةِ تَلَفًا، ثُمَّ تَفْرِيدُ الشُّهُودِ اتِّصَالًا.
As for the exclusive dedication of the allusions by the Real,828 it is of three levels:
- exclusive dedication of the allusions by disclosing one’s pride,829
- by observing one’s conduct,
- and by being in constriction out of protectiveness.830
وَأَمَّا تَفْرِيدُ الْإِشَارَةِ بِالْحَقِّ فَعَلَى ثَلَاثِ دَرَجَاتٍ، تَفْرِيدُ الْإِشَارَةِ بِالِافْتِخَارِ بَوْحًا، وَتَفْرِيدُ الْإِشَارَةِ بِالسُّلُوكِ مُطَالَعَةً، وَتَفْرِيدُ الْإِشَارَةِ بِالْقَبْضِ غَيْرَةً.
As for the exclusive dedication of the allusions from the Real,831 it is outward expansion that entails pure constriction,832 and this is to guide to the Real and invite to Him. 833
وَأَمَّا تَفْرِيدُ الْإِشَارَةِ عَنِ الْحَقِّ فَانْبِسَاطٌ بِبَسْطِ ظَاهِرٍ يَتَضَمَّنُ قَبْضًا خَالِصًا، لِلْهِدَايَةِ إِلَى الْحَقِّ وَالدَّعْوَةِ إِلَيْهِ.
825 To single Allah out as al-fard (the singular, unique, sui generis). The difference between this station and the previous one is that the previous one is about dispossessing the self and as-siwâ (all other than God) and this one is about a focus on the singularity of God Himself.
826 It is the love that makes the lover dissolve out of their total enthrallment.
827 This is about singling out the Intended (not the intent, which was already purified in the station of tajreed)and the Beloved (not the love), and the Beheld (not the beholding). Notice that it begins by the exclusive dedication of the allusions to the Real.
828 As usual, in this phase you disavow your influence and power and realize that your actions are His.
829 You are proud of His favors, not to boast but to speak of His graciousness.
830 Your protectiveness of your inner state and connection with the Lord makes you constricted from and averse to as-siwâ (all other than God).
831 Now you are not the pointer, but He is. You are the tool.
832 You are outwardly cheerful and easygoing, but inwardly full of fear of and reverence for Him.
833 You use your expansion and affability to reach out to people and invite them to Allah.