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 is one who was dead and We gave him life…} [al-An‘âm 6:122] 716
قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: "أَوَمَنْ كَانَ مَيْتًا فَأَحْيَيْنَاه"
The word ‘life,’ in this respect, is used in reference to three things:
اسْمُ الْحَيَاةِ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ يُشَارُ بِهِ إِلَى ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْيَاءَ:
The first life is coming to life by knowledge from the death of ignorance. It has three breaths:
- the breath of fear
- the breath of hope
- the breath of love 617
الْحَيَاةُ الْأُولَى حَيَاةُ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ مَوْتِ الْجَهْلِ، وَلَهَا ثَلَاثَةُ أَنْفَاسٍ:
- نَفْسُ الْخَوْفِ
- وَنَفْسُ الرَّجَاءِ
- وَنَفْسُ الْمَحَبَّةِ
The second life is coming to life through jam‘ from the death of dispersion 718. It has three breaths:
- the breath of dependence
- the breath of need
- the breath of pride619
والْحَيَاةُ الثَّانِيَةُ حَيَاةُ الْجَمْعِ مِنْ مَوْتِ التَّفْرِقَةِ، وَلَهَا ثَلَاثَةُ أَنْفَاسٍ:
- نَفَسُ الِاضْطِرَارِ
- وَنَفَسُ الِافْتِقَارِ
- وَنَفَسُ الِافْتِخَارِ
The third life is the life of actualization, and it is a life (subsisting) by the True One. It has three breaths:
- the breath of awe,720 which slays all flaws
- the breath of actualization,721 which prevents all detachment 722
- the breath of singularity, which causes attachment723
There is nothing beyond this that can be perceived by the spectators/thinkers or pointed out by allusions.724
والْحَيَاةُ الثَّالِثَةُ حَيَاةُ الْوُجُودِ. وَهِيَ حَيَاةٌ بِالْحَقِّ، وَلَهَا ثَلَاثَةُ أَنْفَاسٍ:
- نَفَسُ الْهَيْبَةِ، وَهُوَ يُمِيتُ الِاعْتِلالَ
- وَنَفَسُ الْوُجُودِ، وَهُوَ يَمْنَعُ الِانْفِصَالَ
- وَنَفَسُ الِانْفِرَادِ وَهُوَ يُورِثُ الِاتِّصَالَ
وَلَيْسَ وَرَاءَ ذَلِكَ مَلْحَظٌ لِلنَّظَّارَةِ، وَلَا طَاقَةٌ لِلْإِشَارَةِ.
716The complete verse says:
أَوَمَن كَانَ مَيْتًا فَأَحْيَيْنَاهُ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُ نُورًا يَمْشِي بِهِ فِي النَّاسِ كَمَن مَّثَلُهُ فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ لَيْسَ بِخَارِجٍ مِّنْهَا كَذَٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
{And is one who was dead and We gave him life and made for him light by which to walk among the people like one who is in darkness, never to emerge therefrom? Thus it has been made pleasing to the disbelievers that which they were doing.} (al-An‘âm 6:122)717 The means to this life is the beneficial knowledge that will result in the blessed triad of fear, hope, and love which sustains this life.
718 So now, one is seeking Allah with their entirety and complete focus. Their will is not fractured. They are not distracted by the variety of phenomena around them.
719 The pride here is the confidence in Allah and His promise and contentment with His agency over us and rejoicing in being His servant. It is not about self-conceit and arrogance. Without Him, we feel our vulnerability, destituteness, and poverty. With and by Him alone, we feel joyful and confident.
720 The awe that befalls us when we witness His majesty and glory.
721 To find Allah, which is when the heart feels complete certainty in and actualization of faith.
722 There is no moment when the will is not conforming to His and the heart is not focused on Him.
723 Attachment to the One through the union of wills and vanishment of perception of anything other than Him.
724 What the knowers perceive through experiential faith is beyond the categories of human understanding, so no words or allusions can describe it.