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:
{Does he not know that Allah sees?} [al-‘Alaq 96:14]
قَالَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: "أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ"
Ḥayâ’ is one of the first steps on the stairway for the elite. It arises from glorification that rests on a foundation of love.
It is of three levels:
الْحَيَاءُ مِنْ أَوَّلِ مَدَارِجِ أَهْلِ الْخُصُوصِ، يَتَوَلَّدُ مِنْ تَعْظِيمٍ مَنُوطٍ بِوُدٍّ. وَهُوَ عَلَى ثَلَاثِ دَرَجَاتٍ:
The first level is a type of ḥayâ’ that results from the servant’s realization of the Lord’s beholding of him/her. This entices him/her to endure the struggle, causes him/her to see the ugliness of his/her crimes, and keeps him/her from complaining.
الدَّرَجَةُ الْأُولَى حَيَاءٌ يَتَوَلَّدُ مِنْ عِلْمِ الْعَبْدِ بِنَظَرِ الْحَقِّ إِلَيْهِ، فَيَجْذِبُهُ إِلَى تَحَمُّلِ هَذِهِ الْمُجَاهَدَةِ، وَيَحْمِلُهُ عَلَى اسْتِقْبَاحِ الْجِنَايَةِ، وَيُسْكِتُهُ عَنِ الشَّكْوَى.
The second level is ḥayâ’ that results from beholding the flags of nearness, thus inviting one to ride the mount of love, connecting him/her through the breeze of uns (comforting intimacy with Allah), and making him/her resent mixing with the creations.302
الدَّرَجَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ حَيَاءٌ يَتَوَلَّدُ مِنَ النَّظَرِ فِي عَلَمِ الْقُرْبِ، فَيَدْعُوهُ إِلَى رُكُوبِ الْمَحَبَّةِ، وَيَرْبُطُهُ بِرُوحِ الْأُنْسِ، وَيُكَرِّهُ إِلَيْهِ مُلَابَسَةَ الْخَلْقِ.
The third level is ḥayâ’ that arises from attending the Divine presence; a level that is mixed with awe, void of tafriqah (dispersion),303 and with no finite end.304
الدَّرَجَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ حَيَاءٌ يَتَوَلَّدُ مِنْ شُهُودِ الْحَضْرَةِ، وَهِيَ الَّتِي تَشُوبُهَا هَيْبَةٌ وَلَا تُقَارِنُهَا تَفْرِقَةٌ وَلَا يُوقَفُ لَهَا عَلَى غَايَةٍ.
301 Ḥayâ’ is firstly about your shyness from Allah to be seen by Him in a position or state He disapproves. At-Tirmidhi reported from ‘Abdullâh ibn Mas‘ood that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Have ḥayâ’ for Allah as is His due.”
[He said:] “We said:
‘We have ḥayâ’, and all praise is due to Allah.’”
He said:
“Not that, but having the ḥayâ’ for Allah which He is due is to protect the head and what it contains and the guts and what they hold, and to remember death and the trials, and whoever intends the hereafter, he leaves the adornments of the world. So whoever does that, then he has indeed fulfilled ḥayâ’, meaning the ḥayâ’ which Allah is due.” (at-Tirmidhi, who graded it ghareeb)
302 Except mixing that is for Allah and through Him.
303 Noticing the farq (variances, differences, distinctions, multiplicity) in your circumstances and Allah’s wants of you, while acknowledging the unity of the Origin, Maker, Owner, and Controller, and enjoying your jam‘ (togetherness) with Him, will keep you away from tafriqah (dispersion) of thoughts and fragmentation of resolve.
304 When you reach Him, you reach infinity; it is bliss without end, without cessation, constantly increasing, and forever gratifying.