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:
{…but they did not observe it [monasticism] with due observance…}200 [al-Ḥadeed 57:27]
قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: " فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا"
Caring is about safeguarding [what is precious] through diligence, and it is of three levels. The first level is taking care of the actions. The second level is taking care of the states (aḥwâl). The third level is taking care of the times.
الرِّعَايَةُ صَوْنٌ بِالْعِنَايَةِ. وَهِيَ عَلَى ثَلَاثِ دَرَجَاتٍ. الدَّرَجَةُ الْأُولَى: رِعَايَةُ الْأَعْمَالِ. وَالثَّانِيَةُ: رِعَايَةُ الْأَحْوَالِ. وَالثَّالِثَةُ: رِعَايَةُ الْأَوْقَاتِ.
Taking care of the actions means:
فَأَمَّا رِعَايَةُ الْأَعْمَالِ:
- فَتَوْفِيرُهَا بِتَحْقِيرِهَا
- وَالْقِيَامُ بِهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ نَظَرٍ إِلَيْهَا
- وَإِجْرَاؤُهَا عَلَى مَجْرَى الْعِلْمِ، لَا عَلَى التَّزَيُّنِ بِهَا
Taking care of the states (aḥwâl) means that one considers:
وَأَمَّا رِعَايَةُ الْأَحْوَالِ فَهُوَ أَنْ يَعُدَّ:
- الِاجْتِهَادَ مُرَاءَاةً
- وَالْيَقِينَ تَشَبُّعًا
- وَالْحَالَ دَعْوَى
Taking care of the times is for one to:
وَأَمَّا رِعَايَةُ الْأَوْقَاتِ فَأَنْ:
- يَقِفَ مَعَ كُلِّ خُطْوَةٍ
- ثُمَّ أَنْ يَغِيبَ عَنْ حُضُورِهِ بِالصَّفَاءِ مِنْ رَسْمِهِ
- ثُمَّ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ عَنْ شُهُودِ صَفْوِ صَفْوِهِ
200 Imam Ibn al-Qayyim remarks in Madârij as-Sâlikeen that they were blamed for not taking care of an act they prescribed for themselves. It is worse to not care about an act Allah prescribed for us.
201 As long as you see your acts of worship too small to be befitting of the greatness and generosity of your Lord, they will continue to grow.
202 One should not see the burden, amount, or excellence of their actions, but their sight should be fixated on the Lord to Whom they are devoted. Our actions may be veils obstructing our sight if we do not look through and beyond them.
203 He meant either that they should suspect their certainty and seek to have more, or that the certainty they possess is but a gift from Allah for which they should not claim credit.
204 Whatever state they are in, they must suspect their existence in that ḥâl or maqâm; they may be illusions they wish to believe.
205 To observe one’s intention and correct one’s action and perfect it with iḥsân.
206 After spending time watching the action to perfect it, they must look beyond it so that it will not be a cause of conceit.
207 After one has purified their heart from the dirt of conceit, arrogance, over-confidence, and all other poisons, one must not acknowledge that purity because then they may stumble over that very purity and fail to reach their goal: being with Allah, beholding none but Him.