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The Book of Stations

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  1. Context: The Emir follows Ibn ʿArabī in three contested claims: unveiling can show whether a transmitted ruling belongs to the Law; the Muḥammadan Reality supplies every prophet and saint; the pronouns of Q 2:198 refer to the Prophet. Most jurists and ḥadīth critics, like Ibn Taymiyya, reject all three; Akbarīs defend them. He insists the Law binds the 'arrived', against antinomian Sufis.

    قَالَ تَعَالَى: «فَإِذَا أَفَضْتُمْ مِنْ عَرَفَاتٍ فَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ⁽³⁾» الْآيَةَ.

    He, exalted is He, said: "Then when you pour forth from ʿArafāt, remember God" (Q 2:198), the verse.

    In brief

    Reading the ʿArafāt verses (Q 2:198–199) as the knower's return from the Oneness of the Essence to the world of the Attributes and the Law, the Emir says the returning wayfarer must remember God by keeping His commands. The Prophet is the Sacred Mashʿar. His Law binds every saint, and even Jesus at his return. A saint can at most be shown which rulings the transmitters got wrong. All supply to prophets and saints passes through the Prophet. Saints must practise with the community and hide their states, unlike messengers.

    See the print: Damascus 1966, p. 360 ↗, Damascus 1966, p. 361 ↗, Damascus 1966, p. 362 ↗, Cairo, vol. 1, PDF p. 343 ↗, Cairo, vol. 1, PDF p. 344 ↗, Cairo, vol. 1, PDF p. 345 ↗ (archive.org)

  2. هِيَ اِرْشَادٌ وَتَعْرِيفٌ، وَأَمْرٌ وَتَكْلِيفٌ، لِمَنْ حَجَّ الذَّاتَ الْعَلِيَّةَ مِنَ السَّالِكِينَ الْمَرْدُودِينَ• وَوَقَفَ بِعَرَفَاتِ الْوَحْدَةِ الذَّاتِيَّةِ، حَضْرَةِ الْقُرْآنِ الْعَظِيمِ، اِذَا أَفَاضَ وَرَجَعَ مِنْهَا اِلَى حَضْرَةِ الصِّفَاتِ وَمَوْطِنِ الْفُرْقَانِ وَالتَّكْلِيفِ، أَنْ يَذْكُرَ اللَّهَ- تَعَالَى- بِأَمْرِهِ وَنَهْيِهِ الَّذِي هُوَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللِّسَانِ، قَائِماً عِنْدَمَا حَدَّ، وَشَرَعَهُ الْمَشْعَرُ الْحَرَامُ مُحَمَّدٌ- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ-

    It is guidance and instruction, command and charge, for whoever among the wayfarers who are sent back has made the pilgrimage to the exalted Essence and stood at the ʿArafāt of the essential Oneness, the presence of the Mighty Qurʾān: when he pours forth and returns from it to the presence of the Attributes, the homeland of the Furqān and of the legal charge, he is to remember God, exalted is He, by His command and His prohibition, which is better than remembrance with the tongue, standing at what has been defined and laid down by the Sacred Mashʿar, Muḥammad, God bless him and grant him peace.

  3. اِذْ كُلُّ مَأْمُورٍ بِتَعْظِيمِهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ اِلَى الْحَقِّ- تَعَالَى- فَهُوَ مَشْعَرٌ، كَمَا قَالَ: «وَمَنْ يُعَظِّمْ شَعَائِرَ اللَّهِ» الْآيَةَ.

    For everything whose veneration has been commanded beforehand, [as a way] to the Real, exalted is He, is a mashʿar, as He said: "And whoever venerates the rites of God" (Q 22:32), the verse.

  4. وَلِأَنَّهُ- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- مِنْ حَيْثُ حَقِيقَتُهُ• مَحَلُّ الشُّعُورِ وَالْمَعْرِفَةِ، فَلَيْسَ لِوَلِيٍّ وَلَا لِنَبِيٍّ يَأْتِي بَعْدَهُ- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- كَعِيسَى- عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ- أَنْ يَتَعَدَّى شَرْعَ مُحَمَّدٍ- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- أَوْ يُبَدِّلَ أَوْ يُغَيِّرَ شَيْئاً مِنْهُ•

    And because he, God bless him and grant him peace, is, in respect of his reality, the locus of awareness and knowledge, no saint, and no prophet who comes after him, God bless him and grant him peace, such as Jesus, upon him be peace, may overstep the Law of Muḥammad, God bless him and grant him peace, or alter or change anything of it.

  5. فَغَايَةُ الْوَلِيِّ الْكَامِلِ الْعَظِيمِ الْمَنْزِلَةِ فِي مَنَازِلِ الْقُرْبِ وَالْوِلَايَةِ أَنْ يُعَرِّفَهُ الْحَقُّ- تَعَالَى- مَا جَهِلَ النَّاسُ مِنْ شَرْعِ مُحَمَّدٍ- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- فَيُخْبِرَهُ بِأَنَّ هَٰذَا الْحُكْمَ مِنْ شَرْعِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَغَلِطَ فِيهِ النَّقَلَةُ، فَلَمْ يَعْمَلُوا بِهِ• وَهَٰذَا الْحُكْمَ لَيْسَ مِنْ شَرْعِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَغَلِطَ فِيهِ النَّقَلَةُ فَأَدْخَلُوهُ فِيهِ•

    The utmost attainment of the perfect saint, great in rank among the stations of nearness and sainthood, is that the Real, exalted is He, make known to him what people have not known of the Law of Muḥammad, God bless him and grant him peace, and so inform him that this ruling belongs to the Law of Muḥammad and the transmitters erred about it and so did not act on it, and that this ruling does not belong to the Law of Muḥammad and the transmitters erred about it and inserted it into it.

  6. لَيْسَ غَيْرَ هَٰذَا•

    Nothing beyond this.

  7. فَسِلْسِلَةُ الشَّرْعِ الْمُحَمَّدِيِّ لَاتَنْفَكُّ عَنْ رَقَبَةِ سَالِكٍ، وَلَا وَاصِلٍ، وَلَا عَالِمٍ بِاللَّهِ، وَلَا جَاهِلٍ،

    The chain of the Muḥammadan Law does not come loose from the neck of any wayfarer, nor of one who has arrived, nor of one who knows God, nor of one who is ignorant.

  8. فَلْيَحْذَرِ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُشْفِقُ عَلَى دِينِهِ مِنَ الزَّنَادِقَةِ الْمُلْحِدَةِ، الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ اِنَّهُمْ وَصَلُوا اِلَى عَيْنِ الْحَقِيقَةِ، وَاسْتَغْنَوْا عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- أَوْ عَنِ الْعَمَلِ بِشَرْعِهِ الْحَرَامُ، عَنْ كُلِّ مَخْلُوقٍ الْوُصُولُ اِلَى مَعْرِفَةِ حَقِيقَتِهِ، كَمَا هِيَ، فَلَمْ تُعْلَمْ وَلَنْ تُعْلَمَ أَبَداً: «وَاذْكُرُوهُ كَمَا هَدَاكُمْ».

    So let the believer who fears for his religion beware of the godless heretics who say that they have arrived at the very Reality and no longer need Muḥammad, God bless him and grant him peace, or acting by his Law. Barred to every creature is arrival at the knowledge of his reality as it is; it has not been known and will never be known: "And remember him as he has guided you" (Q 2:198).

  9. أَيْ أُذْكُرُوا مُحَمَّداً بِتَعْظِيمٍ وَتَوْقِيرٍ، وَاعْرِفُوا لَهُ قَدْرَ وَسَاطَتِهِ لِأَجْلِ هِدَايَتِكُمْ اِلَى اللَّهِ- تَعَالَى-، وَاِلَى مَعْرِفَتِهِ، وَاِرْشَادِكُمْ اِلَى الصِّرَاطِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ، كَمَا قَالَ:

    That is: remember Muḥammad with veneration and reverence, and acknowledge the worth of his mediation, on account of your being guided to God, exalted is He, and to knowledge of Him, and your being directed to the straight path, as He said:

  10. «وَإِنَّكَ لَتَهْدِي إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ⁽¹⁾».

    “And truly you guide to a straight path” (Q 42:52).

  11. صِرَاطِ اللَّهِ ، فَهُوَ – صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ – الْمَدَدُ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ وَوَلِيٍّ مِنْ لَدُنْ خَلْقِ الْعَالَمِ اِلَى غَيْرِ نِهَايَةٍ ، عَرَفَ ذَلِكَ مَنْ عَرَفَهُ ، وَجَهِلَهُ مَنْ جَهِلَهُ ،

  12. فَاِذَا قَالَ الْوَلِيُّ ، قَالَ لِيَ الْحَقُّ – تَعَالَى – كَذَا وَكَذَا ؛ فَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ اِلاَّ بِوَاسِطَةِ رُوحَانِيَّتِهِ – صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ –

  13. وَالْأَكَابِرُ لَايَجْهَلُونَ ذَلِكَ ،

  14. وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ ، قَبْلَ الْتِفَاتِهِ اِلَيْكُمُ الْتِفَاتَ عِنَايَةٍ بِالْاِمْدَادِ وَالْاِرْشَادِ ؛ لَمِنَ الضَّالِّينَ الْحَائِرِينَ الْجَائِرِينَ عَنْ صَوْبِ الصَّوَابِ ، وَمَعْرِفَةِ الْمَدْخَلِ وَالْبَابِ ،

  15. وَلَايَصِحُّ عَوْدُ الضَّمِيرِ الْمُتَّصِلِ «بِقَبْلِ» اِلَى اللَّهِ – تَعَالَى – ، وَلَا اِلَى غَيْرِهِ اِلاَّ بِتَكَلُّفٍ :

  16. « ثُمَّ أَفِيضُوا مِنْ حَيْثُ أَفَاضَ النَّاسُ⁽²⁾ » .

  17. هُوَ تَأْكِيدٌ وَتَفْصِيلٌ لِلْأَمْرِ السَّابِقِ ،

  18. أَيْ اِذَا وَقَفْتُمْ عِنْدَمَا شَرَعَهُ مُحَمَّدٌ – صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ – ظَاهِراً وَبَاطِناً فَقِفُوا حَيْثُ وَقَفَ النَّاسُ ، وَأَفِيضُوا مِنْ حَيْثُ أَفَاضُوا ،

  19. فَأَقِيمُوا مَعَهُمْ وَاجِبَاتِ الشَّرْعِ الْعَيْنِيَّةَ ، وَوَاظِبُوا مَعَهُمْ عَلَى سُنَنِ الْجَمَاعَاتِ ، وَلَا تُخَالِفُوهُمْ فِي اِقَامَةِ شَعِيرَةٍ مِنْ شَعَائِرِ الدِّينِ ،

  20. وَلَا تَقُولُوا نَحْنُ الْحُمْسُ أَهْلُ الْحَرَمِ ، وَأَصْحَابُ الشَّرَفِ ، لَا يَلْزَمُنَا مَا يَلْزَمُ النَّاسَ ، فَاِنَّ هَذَا الْقَوْلَ هُوَ الضَّلَالُ الْبَعِيدُ ، وَالْخُسْرَانُ الْمُبِينُ :

  21. « وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا اللَّهَ » .

  22. أُطْلُبُوا مِنْهُ السَّتْرَ عَلَى أَحْوَالِكُمُ الَّتِي تَفَضَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِهَا ، وَخَصَّكُمْ بِمَزِيَّتِهَا ، فَاِنَّ الظُّهُورَ يَقْطَعُ الظُّهُورَ ، اِلاَّ لِكَامِلٍ مُتَمَكِّنٍ وَاحِدِ الْوَقْتِ ،

  23. وَفِي الْخَبَرِ : « لَايَسْتَوِيَانِ مُؤْمِنٌ يُشَارُ اِلَيْهِ ، وَمُؤْمِنٌ لَايُشَارُ اِلَيْهِ » .

    Quotes a hadith: not found in the Six Books or the Muwaṭṭaʾ (sunnah.com data, 11 Nov 2026) · grade not yet checked by a person

  24. فَكَمَا أَنَّ الرَّسُولَ مَأْمُورٌ بِاِظْهَارِ حَالِهِ وَنَشْرِ دَعْوَتِهِ وَالتَّحَدِّي بِالْمُعْجِزَةِ فَالْوَلِيُّ بِضِدِّهِ مَأْمُورٌ بِسَتْرِ حَالِهِ ، وَاِخْفَاءِ مَوَاهِبِ اللَّهِ لَهُ ، اِلاَّ لِأِخْوَانِهِ أَهْلِ طَرِيقَتِهِ ،

  25. فَاِنْ أَظْهَرَهُ اللَّهُ – تَعَالَى – رَغْماً عَلَيْهِ فَذَلِكَ اَنَّ اللَّهَ – تَعَالَى – ، لَا اخْتِيَارَ لَهُ فِيهِ ، وَلَوْ خُيِّرَ لَاخْتَارَ الْاِخْفَاءَ .

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