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:
{This is a reminder….} [Ṣâd 38:49]
قالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: "هَذَا ذِكْرٌ"
Dhawq (taste) is more permanent than wajd (ecstasy) and clearer than barq (lightning).580 It is of three levels:
الذَّوْقُ أَبْقَى مِنَ الْوَجْدِ وَأَجْلَى مِنَ الْبَرْقِ. وَهُوَ عَلَى ثَلَاثِ دَرَجَاتٍ:
The first level is the believer tasting the savor of the promises, thereby:
الدَّرَجَةُ الْأُولَى ذَوْقُ التَّصْدِيقِ طَعْمَ الْعِدَةِ:
- فَلَا يَعْقِلُهُ ظَنٌّ
- وَلَا يَقْطَعُهُ أَمَلٌ
- وَلَا تَعُوقُهُ أُمْنِيَةٌ
The second level is the tasting of comforting intimacy (uns) by the will, thereby:
- it does not get tethered by any diversion,
- or corrupted by any interferences,
- or spoiled by any dispersion (tafriqah)583
والدَّرَجَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ ذَوْقُ الْإِرَادَةِ طَعْمَ الْأُنْسِ:
- فَلَا يَعْلَقُ بِهِ شَاغِلٌ
- وَلَا يُفْسِدُهُ عَارِضٌ
- وَلَا تُكَدِّرُهُ تَفْرِقَةٌ
The third level:
- the disconnected tasting connectedness
- the one with great resolve tasting togetherness (with the Divine)
- tasting the beholding [of the Divine] during soft conversation
والدَّرَجَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ:
- ذَوْقُ الِانْقِطَاعِ طَعْمَ الِاتِّصَالِ
- وَذَوْقُ الْهِمَّةِ طَعْمَ الْجَمْعِ
- وَذَوْقُ الْمُسَامَرَةِ طَعْمَ الْعِيَانِ
580 The heart tastes concepts and abstractions like the tongue tastes flavors. The heart that tasted the Truth and experienced its wonders is not like the heart that realized it only through intellectual inquiry. The Prophet ﷺ said:
ذَاقَ طَعْمَ الإِيمَانِ مَنْ رَضِيَ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِالإِسْلاَمِ دِينًا وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولاً" "
He has tasted the savor of faith (eemân) who is content with Allah as his Lord, with Islam as his religion, and with Muhammad as his Prophet.” (Muslim)
Tasting faith is more than believing in the truth of the Messenger ﷺ. Contentment is not only about belief or acceptance. One needs that basic belief and acceptance to be Muslim. Those who taste faith are above that. Taste is clear and permanent. Tasting the ultimate Truth makes the person capable of tasting the truths of the Revelation and of this world. While their taste will never be a substitute for the knowledge of Shari‘ah, it refines their understanding of it.
581Heraclius said to Abu Sufyân, concerning the Prophet ﷺ:
"وَسَأَلْتُكَ هَلْ يَرْتَدُّ أَحَدٌ سَخْطَةً لِدِينِهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ فِيهِ، فَزَعَمْتَ أَنْ لاَ، وَكَذَلِكَ الإِيمَانُ حِينَ تُخَالِطُ بَشَاشَتُهُ الْقُلُوبَ، لاَ يَسْخَطُهُ أَحَدٌ."
“I further asked you whether there was anybody who, after embracing his religion, left it out of resentment. You replied in the negative, and in fact, this is (a sign of) true faith. When its delight enters the heart and mixes with it, nobody will resent it thereafter.” (Agreed upon)
582 From pursuing the ultimate goal they believe in.
583 When the multiplicity of creations and events distracts one from the oneness of the Creator.