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 who give what they give while their hearts are fearful…}[al-Mu’minoon 23:60]
قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وجَلَّ: "وَالَّذين يُؤْتُونَ مَا آتَوْا وَقُلُوبُهُمْ وَجِلَةٌ"
Training is accustoming oneself to accepting the truth104 . It is of three levels:
الرِّيَاضَةُ تَمْرِينُ النَّفْسِ عَلَى قَبُولِ الصِّدْقِ، وَهِي على ثَلَاث دَرَجَاتٍ:
The training of the public:
- refinement of manners with knowledge
- purification of deeds with devotion
- fulfilment of all rights in interactions
رِيَاضَةُ الْعَامَّة
- وَهِيَ تَهْذِيبُ الْأَخْلَاقِ بِالْعِلْمِ
- وَتَصْفِيَةُ الْأَعْمَالِ بِالْإِخْلَاصِ
- وَتَوْفِيرُ الْحُقُوقِ فِي الْمُعَامَلَةِ
The training of the select few:
ورِياضَةُ الْخَاصَّةِ
- حَسْمُ التَّفَرُّقِ
- وَقَطْعُ الِالْتِفَاتِ إِلَى الْمَقَامِ الَّذِي جَاوَزَهُ
- وَإِبْقَاءُ الْعِلْمِ يَجْرِي مَجَارِيه
The training of the topmost:
- beholding the True One alone108
- ascension towards togetherness109
- rejection of all objections110 and substitutions111
ورِياضَةُ خَاصَّةِ الْخَاصَّةِ
- تَجْريدُ الشُّهُودِ
- وَالصُّعُودُ إِلَى الْجَمْعِ
- وَرَفْضُ الْمُعَارَضَاتِ وَالْمُعَاوَضَاتِ
104 To speak it and accept it from those who speak it.
105 Blocking off all distractions and concentrating on the goal.
106 He must always be seeking to rise and get closer and never accept regression.
The final level of certainty is haqq al-yaqeen (the truth of certainty), which is by feeling. For example, seeing the fire is one thing and feeling its flames is another.
107 Meaning keeping knowledge of the Revelation as a guide and not succumbing to the satanic temptations to give precedence to tastes, feelings, and opinions.
108 This includes refraining from beholding one’s beholding. As we said before, the highest level is full awareness of one’s actions and one’s dependence on Allah in these actions and in every regard. In the last station, Imam Ibn al-Qayyim’s statement was quoted: “fleeing from Allah, to Allah, by Allah.” You should behold all of that and show servitude in each vision.
109 Being with Allah alone in your thoughts and deeds.
110 You do not object to His commands, nor do you object to His decrees.
111 Your worship is not for immediate compensation, but for the ultimate prizes of His pleasure, nearness, and love.