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:
{Give good tidings to the mukhbiteen(humble) [before their Lord].} [al-Ḥajj 22:34]
قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وجَلَّ: "وَبَشِّرِ الْمُخْبِتِينَ"
Ikhbât 150 is one of the first stations of tranquility. It is finding refuge from reversal and hesitancy.151 It is of three levels:
الإخْبَاتُ مِنْ أوَائِلِمَقَامِ الطُّمَأْنِينَةِ، وَهُوَ وُرُودُ الْمَأْمَنِ مِنَ الرُّجُوعِ وَالتَّرَدُّدِ. وَهُوَ عَلى ثَلَاثِ دَرَجَاتٍ:
The first level:
الدَّرَجَةُ الْأُولَى:
- أَنْ تَسْتَغْرِقَ الْعِصْمَةُ الشَّهْوَةَ
- وَتَسْتَدْرِكَ الْإِرَادَةُ الْغَفْلَةَ
- وَيَسْتَهْوِي الطَّلَبُ السَّلْوَةَ
The second level:
- when no cause can compromise his/her will
- when no obstacle can cause his/her heart the distress of loneliness155
- when no trial may interrupt his/her path
والدَّرَجَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ:
- أَنْ لَا يَنْقَضُّ إِرَادَتَهُ سَبَبٌ
- وَلَا يُوحِشُ قَلْبَهُ عَارِضٌ
- وَلَا تَقْطَعُ عَلَيْهِ الطَّرِيقَ فِتْنَةٌ
The third level is when:
والدَّرَجَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ:
- أَنْ يَسْتَوِيَ عِنْدَهُ الْمَدْحُ وَالذَّمُّ
- وَتَدُومَ لَائِمَتُهُ لِنَفْسِهِ
- وَيَعْمَى عَنْ نُقْصَانِ الْخَلْقِ عَنْ دَرَجَتِهِ
150 If khushoo‘ is fear mixed with humility and calmness, ikhbât is khushoo‘ with serenity and comfort. These result from having familiarity with and confidence in the One to Whom you surrender. This makes your surrender/submissiveness effortless and a reversal unthinkable.
151 Now that he/she is not only venerating his/her Lord, but also finding comfort in His presence, he/she is immune to returning on his/her heels or finding reluctance in his/her heart against commitment to any of the requirements of the path.
152 Thus, no craving is greater than the ‘iṣmah (Divine protection), whose fences are too high for the untamed horses of his or her desires.
153 Before this station, they were in a race; at times one outdoes the other, but now his/her willpower is always ahead of his/her heedlessness and saving him/her from its sequelae.
154 No matter how cozy his/her dunyah becomes, it never distracts him/her from seeking Allah.
155 Even a lack of companions and supporters will never cause his or her heart to feel lonely and restless.
156 Although the apparent implication of this was not even true for the prophets and messengers, as the Qur’an (ash-Shu‘arâ’ 26:84) tells us that even Ibrâheem (peace be upon him) asked for “a reputation of honor among later generations;” the meaning is that neither praise nor dispraise will ever divert him/her from pursuing the Truth/truth and following Him/it.
157 Without getting himself or herself overwhelmed. ‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “When hearts become overwhelmed, they become blind.”
158 Whereby he or she does not see himself/herself as better than anyone. When such thoughts come across his/her heart and they have some merit, he/she dismisses them by remembering that all he/she has (or has accomplished) is all a favor from Allah, which He may take back anytime He pleases. He/she also remembers that “deeds are judged by their conclusions.”