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:
{…[Allah] said: Have you not believed? He said: Yes, but [I ask] only that my heart may be satisfied…}802 [al-Baqarah 2:260]
قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: "أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِنْ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي"
Ascertainment 803 is the distilling of your wants from the Real, then by the Real, then in the Real.804 These are the names of its three levels.
التَّحْقِيقُ: تَلْخِيصُ مَصْحُوبِكَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ، ثُمَّ بِالْحَقِّ، ثُمَّ فِي الْحَقِّ، وَهَذِهِ أَسْمَاءُ دَرَجَاتِهِ الثَّلَاثِ.
As for the first degree, it is distilling your wants from the Real, and this is when your knowledge does not contend with His. 805
أَمَّا الدَّرَجَةُ الْأُولَى - وَهِيَ تَلْخِيصُ مَصْحُوبِكَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ - فَأَنْ لَا يُخَالِجَ عِلْمُكَ عِلْمَهُ"
As for the second degree, it is when your beholding does not contend with His. 806
وَأَمَّا الدَّرَجَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ: فَأَنْ لَا يُنَازِعَ شُهُودُكَ شُهُودَهُ.
As for the third degree, it is when your [temporal] form does not mask His antecedence. Then the testimonies fade away, the expressions expire, and the gestures vanish. 807
وَأَمَّا الدَّرَجَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ: أَنْ لَا يُنَاسِمَ رَسْمُكَ سَبْقَهُ فَتَسْقُطُ الشَّهَادَاتُ، وَتَبْطُلُ الْعِبَارَاتُ، وَتَفْنَى الْإِشَارَاتُ.
802 Ibrâheem (peace be upon him) never doubted the power of his Lord but wanted his ascertainment to move from ‘ilm al-yaqeen (certainty of knowledge) to ‘ayn al-yaqeen (certainty of eyesight).
803 This is when you ascertain your subsistence by Allah and distill that from the remnants staying with you of you, like your knowledge and your beholding.
804 You ascertain what you want from Allah, then you want what you want by Him, and then you realize you did not want anything other than Him.
805Everything that is yours will be denied. Allah said:
{[Be warned of] the Day when Allah will assemble the messengers and say: What was the response you received? They will say: We have no knowledge. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen.} (al-Mâ’idah 5:109)
Imam Ibn al-Qayyim remarks in Madârij that they denied their temporal knowledge of the exteriors because it vanishes when it is compared to God’s eternal and encompassing knowledge.
806 Now, after your annihilation, your beholding of Him is, in fact, His, so you attribute it to Him.