Stations
Introduction
SECTION I
SECTION II
SECTION III
SECTION IV
SECTION V
SECTION VI
SECTION VII
SECTION VIII
SECTION IX
SECTION X
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 the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk on the earth in humility…} [al-Furqân 25:63]
قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: "وَعِبَادُ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا"
Humbleness is for the servant to give in to the might of the truth.330It is of three levels:
التَّوَاضُعُ أَنْ يَتَوَاضَعَ الْعَبْدُ لِصَوْلَةِ الْحَقِّ.
وَهُوَ عَلَى ثَلَاثِ دَرَجَاتٍ.
The first level is humbleness before the religion. It means that one will not:
- oppose the transmitted evidence by a rational one
- question the proofs of the religion331
- find an excuse for divergence
This will not be accomplished except by recognizing that salvation is dependent on [having] insight, and straightness comes only after [having] trust, and clarity is attainable only through the proper evidence.332
الدَّرَجَةُ الْأُولَى التَّوَاضُعُ لِلدِّينِ. وَهُوَ أَنْ:
- لَا يُعَارِضَ بِمَعْقُولٍ مَنْقُولًا
- وَلَا يَتَّهِمَ لِلدِّينِ دَلِيلًا
- وَلَا يَرَى إِلَى الْخِلَافِ سَبِيلًا
وَلَا يَصِحُّ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا بِأَنْ يَرَى أَنَّ النَّجَاةَ فِي الْبَصِيرَةِ، وَالِاسْتِقَامَةَ بَعْدَ الثِّقَةِ، وَأَنَّ الْبَيِّنَةَ وَرَاءَ الْحُجَّةِ.
The second level is to:
الدَّرَجَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ أَنْ:
- تَرْضَى بِمَا رَضِيَ الْحَقُّ بِهِ لِنَفْسِهِ عَبْدًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَخًا
- وَأَنْ لَا تَرُدَّ عَلَى عَدُوِّكَ حَقًّا
- وَأَنْ تَقْبَلَ مِنَ الْمُعْتَذِرِ مَعَاذِيرَه
The third level is to show humbleness before the True One, thus giving up:
الدَّرَجَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ أَنْ تَتَّضِعَ لِلْحَقِّ، فَتَنْزِلَ عَنْ:
- رَأْيِكَ وَعَوَائِدِكَ فِي الْخِدْمَةِ
- وَرُؤْيَةِ حَقِّكَ فِي الصُّحْبَةِ
- وَعَنْ رَسْمِكَ فِي الْمُشَاهَدَةِ
330The Prophet ﷺ said:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَمِيلٌ يُحِبُّ الْجَمَالَ الْكِبْرُ بَطَرُ الْحَقِّ وَغَمْطُ النَّاسِ
Verily, Allah is beautiful, and He loves beauty. Pride is disdaining/rejecting the truth and contempt for the people.” (Muslim)
331 Rather, one will question their intellect and comprehension. The definitively established proofs of the religion will never be in conflict with reality, but one’s understanding of them or of reality may be incorrect. A little knowledge of logic and philosophy may make one disbelieve, but more will likely guide them back to faith.
332 So he/she needs to trust his/her Lord, rely on the insight which is a gift from Him, and seek clarity in the clear proofs of the deen. This will make the worshiper humbled before the evidence and the scholar reliant on the Divine assistance and the gift of insight.
333 And if they are your brothers and sisters, you should never consider yourself superior to them. In fact, Bâyazeed al-Bisṭâmi (may Allah bestow mercy on him) said that humbleness is to consider none of the creations worse or lower than you.
334That is the true test of humbleness. Conceding only to those who are friends is not humbleness. Allah said:
}وَلَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَآنُ قَوْمٍ عَلَىٰ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا}
{…and do not let the hatred/hostility of a people prevent you from being just…} (al-Mâ’idah 5:8)
335 Complete conformity to the Divine and dissolution of your will into His is the goal.
336 Rather, you show gratefulness when He invites you to draw closer and lets you enjoy the comfort of intimacy (al-uns) with Him, but never expect it as a right.
337 For beholding the self/ego bars one from beholding the True One alone. The light of His appearance, for those so blessed to behold Him with the eyes of their hearts, will decimate the darkness of the mortal egos.