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:
{…And let them not disquiet681 you who are not certain [in faith].} [ar-Room 30: 60]
قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: }وَلَا يَسْتَخِفَّنَّكَ الَّذِينَ لَا يُوقِنُونَ{
Establishment is above ṭuma’neenah (serenity), and it refers to the pinnacle of stability. It is of three levels:
التَّمَكُّنُ فَوْقَ الطُّمَأْنِينَةِ، وَهُوَ الْإِشَارَةُ إِلَى غَايَةِ الِاسْتِقْرَارِ. وَهُوَ عَلَى ثَلَاثِ دَرَجَاتٍ:
The first level is the establishment of the seeker, and it is to combine:
- correct qaṣd (intent) to move them
- the glimmer of shuhood (witnessing) to carry them
- the breadth of the path to give them respite682
الدَّرَجَةُ الْأُولَى تَمَكُّنُ الْمُرِيدِ؛ وَهُوَ أَنْ يَجْتَمِعَ لَهُ:
- صِحَّةُ قَصْدٍ تُسَيِّرُهُ
- وَلَمْعُ شُهُودٍ يَحْمِلُهُ
- وَسِعَةُ طَرِيقٍ تُرَوِّحُهُ
The second level is the establishment of the traveler, and it is to combine:
- genuine detachment683
- the lightning of disclosure
- purity of hâl
والدَّرَجَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ تَمَكُّنُ السَّالِكِ، وَهُوَ أَنْ يَجْتَمِعَ لَهُ:
- صِحَّةُ انْقِطَاعٍ
- وَبَرْقُ كَشْفٍ
- وَ صَفَاءُ حَالٍ
The third level is the establishment of the ‘ârif, and this is:
والدَّرَجَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ تَمَكُّنُ الْعَارِفِ، وَهُوَ أَنْ:
- يَحْصُلَ فِي الْحَضْرَةِ
- فَوْقَ حَجْبِ الطَّلَبِ
- لَابِسًا نُورَ الْوُجُودِ
681 The actual word in Arabic literally means ‘cause you to be light,’ which is also translated as ‘induce you to levity.’ It may also be translated as ‘cause you to be unstable/flighty/volatile/ unsteady/unestablished.’
682 The path is straight but also wide, giving the traveler flexibility, room for rejuvenation, and variety of secondary volitions to engage, leading to his or her one goal.
683 Detachment from as-siwâ (all else [other than Allah]).
684 This is the Divine presence.
685 Having transcended the defects that accompany the worship before the complete refinement of the self (or, to the sheikh [may Allah have mercy on him], complete dissolution of the self, as he seems, in this book, to consider fanâ’ the highest end). As mentioned before, the self needs to be purified to subsist by Allah, for Allah, with Allah. The sheikh may mean here that one’s very consciousness of their worship may be a veil between them and God until they stop perceiving the self and ascribing anything to it.
686 Wujood or finding their pursued goal: the Divine.