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 He found you poor and made you rich.}411 [aḍ-Ḍuḥâ 93:8]
قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: "وَوَجَدَكَ عَائِلًا فَأَغْنَى"
Ghinâ (richness) refers to complete ownership.412 It is of three levels:
الْغِنَى اسْمٌ لِلْمِلْكِ التَّامِّ. وَهُوَ عَلَى ثَلَاثِ دَرَجَاتٍ.
The first level is the richness of the heart, and it involves:
الدَّرَجَةُ الْأُولَى غِنَى الْقَلْبِ، وَهُوَ:
- سَلَامَتُهُ مِنَ السَّبَبِ
- وَمُسَالَمَتُهُ لِلْحُكْمِ
- وَخَلَاصُهُ مِنَ الْخُصُومَةِ
The second level is the richness of the nafs,416 and it concerns:
- its consistent pursuit of the final goal [Allah]
- its clearance of abominations417
- its clearance of ostentation
والدَّرَجَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ غِنَى النَّفْسِ، وَهُوَ:
- اسْتِقَامَتُهَا عَلَى الْمَرْغُوبِ
- وَسَلَامَتُهَا مِنَ المَسْخوطِ
- وَبَرَاءَتُهَا مِنَ الْمُرَاءَاةِ
The third level is sufficiency by the True One,418 and it is of three levels:
- the first level is considering His remembrance of you
- the second is observing His First-ness (antecedence)
- The third is the ultimate success of finding Him 419
والدَّرَجَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ الْغِنَى بِالْحَقِّ، وَهُوَ عَلَى ثَلَاثِ مَرَاتِبَ:
- الْمَرْتَبَةُ الْأُولَى شُهُودُ ذِكْرِهِ إِيَّاكَ
- وَالثَّانِيَةُ دَوَامُ مَطَالَعَةِ أَوَّلِيَّتِهِ
- وَالثَّالِثَةُ الْفَوْزُ بِوُجُودِهِ
410 Ghinâ literally means richness/affluence, which is freedom from needs and wants. To some, it is actualized by possessing desirables; to others, it is actualized by not having those needs to begin with. To the seekers, it means freedom from worldly wants/needs.
411This refers to both forms of richness: the material one and the spiritual one. While the Prophet ﷺ lived a life of abstemiousness, he was free of need of anyone other than his Lord. He used to invoke Allah by saying:
"اقْضِ عَنَّا الدَّيْنَ وَأَغْنِنَا مِنَ الْفَقْر."
“Remove the burden of debt from us and relieve us from poverty/want.” (Muslim)
412The ownership of the creations is temporal and contingent. Thus, in truth, no one is self-sufficient except Allah. Our ghinâ (inner richness) is by Him. Richness that is attributed to the traveler here is richness by Allah. He (exalted is He) said:
{يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنتُمُ الْفُقَرَاءُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ هُوَ الْغَنِيُّ الْحَمِيدُ}
{O mankind, you are those in need of Allah, while Allah is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.} (Fâṭir 35:15)
413 While one must engage them in accordance with the God-ordained nawâmees (universal law/natural order), their reliance is entirely on the Causer.
414 The commands and prohibitions must be accepted wholeheartedly. The universal decrees must also be received with patience and gratitude. Those that are undesirable should be resisted until they occur. Once they do, then they must be accepted with patience while their effects are being prudently mitigated.
415 One who has no need for the creations will not be antagonistic because of greed or excessive competition. However, they will oppose and resist them for the good cause of Divine justice.
416 While the actions of the heart are greater, Ibn al-Qayyim points out in Madârij that al-Harawi mentions the nafs at this level because it is the most rebellious of the heart’s subordinates; once it is fully tamed, the road is paved for ascendance to the third level.
417 Lowly pursuits.
418Allah says:
{أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِكَافٍ عَبْدَهُ}
{Is not Allah sufficient for His servant?...} (az-Zumar 39:36)
419 Beholding Him with the ‘eyes of the heart’ in this dunyâ and those of the head in the hereafter.