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—relating from Moosâ:
{… and I hastened to You, my Lord, that You be pleased.} [Ṭâ-Hâ 20:84]
قالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ حَاكيًا عَن مُوْسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: "وَعَجِلْتُ إِلَيْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضَى"
Anxiety refers to the stirring of yearning (ash-shawq) by relinquishing patience.525 It is of three levels:
الْقَلَقُ تَحْريكُ الشَّوْقِ بِإِسْقَاطِ الصَّبْرِ، وَهُوَ عَلَى ثَلَاثِ دَرَجَاتٍ:
The first level is an anxiety that:
الدَّرَجَةُ الْأُولَى قَلَقٌ:
- يُضَيِّقُ الْخُلُقَ
- وَيُبَغِّضُ الْخَلْقَ
- وَيُلَذِّذُ الْمَوْتَ
The second level is an anxiety that:
والدَّرَجَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ قَلَقٌ:
- يُغَالِبُ الْعَقْلَ
- وَيُخَلِّي السَّمْعَ
- وَيُطَاوِلُ الطَّاقَةَ
The third level is an anxiety that:
والدَّرَجَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ قَلَقٌ:
- لَا يَرْحَمُ أَبَدًا
- وَلَا يَقْبَلُ أَمَدًا
- وَلَا يُبْقِي أَحَدًا
525 This is a heightened sense of yearning for Allah that will make one anxious, causing him or her to sometimes exhibit the symptoms of that anxiety in their conduct and dealings with people.
526 Because the anxious person will find it hard to be agreeable with people. This may result, at times, in roughness or what may be perceived as such. However, we are instructed to maintain excellent character with people, so the feelings should be tempered by willful compliance with Divine instruction.
527Because the anxious person will not share much in common with them. In his early days, Imam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) would go out to the desert and recite the poem of Laylâ’s lover (but addressing Allah instead):
"I come out to the wilderness so that I may…talk to myself about you in privacy."
528 Wanting to snatch it away from the reality of his or her worldly existence. It must be said that the best of this nation maintained their awareness of reality and engaged it in a way most pleasing to their Lord, to realize the good of the creation while seeking the ultimate good: devotion to God. Sobriety will always be better than intoxication. Also, intoxication is not a necessary bridge to sobriety in the presence of the Divine.
529 Thus, the anxious one may not hear except that which he or she is longing for.
530 The power of patience cannot calm that anxiety.
531 Which means it is an overpowering, irresistible anxiety that gives the anxious no break.
532 The anxiety cannot be constrained, moderated, mitigated, and it will never cease.
533 All will vanish in the consciousness of the anxious one, including their own self.