the Ranks of Soul

Every Muslim has heard of the nafs. Few have seen it mapped with this kind of clarity.Mar¿tib al-Nafs: The Ranks of the Soul is a translation of the classical Sufi treatise by the virtuous scholar ¿Abd al-Kh¿liq ¿Abd al-Sal¿m al-Shabr¿w¿, a master of the Khalwat¿ path who spent his life guiding students through the inward journey back to Allah.The book walks through seven stations of the soul. Beginning with the commanding soul, the self that pulls toward desire and heedlessness, and ascending through the self-reproaching, the inspired, the tranquil, the pleasing, the pleased-with, and finally the perfected soul. Each station receives its own chapter, mapping its world, its locus in the body, its spiritual influx, its dangers, and the remedy for ascending beyond it.Before the seven stations, the book opens with a full treatment of the blameworthy qualities that block the path. Anger, malice, envy, arrogance, ostentation, love of status. Each one receives its Qur¿anic grounding, its Prophetic Hadith, and its prescribed treatment.Al-Shabr¿w¿ lived what he taught. His student, who compiled this text, knew his master for nearly twenty years and witnessed a man who never let his students drift from the path.The ranks are real. The journey is real. This book shows you where you are.Author: Shaykh ¿Abd al-Kh¿liq ¿Abd al-Sal¿m al-Shabr¿w¿Language: English and ArabicPublisher: Imam Ghazali PublishingBinding: PaperbackPages: 142

Pagina's: 146, Paperback, Imam Ghazali Publishing