The Book of Stations

1. Mawqif 52 · “He has prospered who purifies it”

   See the print: Damascus 1966, p. 108, Cairo, vol. 1, PDF p. 115, Cairo, vol. 1, PDF p. 116 (archive.org)

   قَالَ تَعَالَى: «قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا»

   He, Exalted is He, said: "He has indeed prospered who purifies it, and he has indeed failed who conceals it" (Q 91:9–10).✦

   ¶ 1439

2. الزَّكَاةُ الطَّهَارَةُ وَتَزْكِيَةُ النَّفْسِ؛ تَطْهِيرُهَا مِنْ دَعْوَاهَا مَا لَيْسَ لَهَا لِنَفْسِهَا، وَكَفُّهَا عَنْ غَصْبِ كَمَالَاتِ غَيْرِهَا وَالتَّحَلِّي بِهَا حَتَّى تَتْرُكَ جَمِيعَ الدَّعَاوَى الْكَاذِبَةِ

   Zakāh is purity. The purifying of the soul is cleansing it of its claiming for itself what is not its own, and restraining it from usurping the perfections of another and adorning itself with them, until it abandons all false claims✦

   ¶ 1440

3. لِأَنَّ النَّفْسَ تَدَّعِي الْوُجُودَ مَعَ الْحَقِّ– تَعَالَى– وَهِيَ فَاجِرَةٌ كَاذِبَةٌ فِي ادِّعَائِهَا،

   for the soul claims existence alongside the Real, Exalted is He, and in this claim it is wicked and lying;✦

   ¶ 1441

4. وَغَصَبَتِ الْكَمَالَاتِ التَّابِعَةَ لِلْوُجُودِ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ وَالْقُدْرَةِ وَالِاخْتِيَارِ وَالْفِعْلِ وَالتَّرْكِ فَتَحَلَّتْ بِهَا وَادَّعَتْهَا وَهِيَ فَاجِرَةٌ فِي دَعْوَاهَا

   and it has usurped the perfections that follow upon existence (knowledge, power, choice, acting and refraining) and adorned itself with them and claimed them, and in its claim it is wicked✦

   ¶ 1442

5. لِأَنَّ الْوُجُودَ وَكُلَّ كَمَالٍ تَابِعٍ لِلْوُجُودِ فَهُوَ خَاصٌّ بِالْحَقِّ– تَعَالَى– لَاشَرِيكَ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ•

   For existence, and every perfection that follows upon existence, belongs exclusively to the Real, Exalted is He; He has no partner in that.✦

   ¶ 1443

6. فَمَنْ عَرَفَ أَنَّهُ الْعَدَمُ الظَّاهِرُ، وَتَحَقَّقَ أَنَّهُ لَا عِلْمَ وَلَا قُدْرَةَ وَلَا فِعْلَ وَلَا اخْتِيَارَ لَهُ، وَأَنَّهُ مَحَلٌّ لِفِعْلِ الْحَقِّ– تَعَالَى– فَهُوَ الْفَاعِلُ فِيهِ وَبِهِ، فَهُوَ الَّذِي زَكَّى نَفْسَهُ وَطَهَّرَهَا مِنَ الْجَوْرِ وَالْفُجُورِ•

   So whoever knows that he is manifest nonexistence, and has verified that he has no knowledge, no power, no act and no choice, and that he is a locus for the act of the Real, Exalted is He (for He is the agent in him and through him), he is the one who has purified his soul and cleansed it of injustice and wickedness.✦

   ¶ 1444

7. وَمَنْ لَمْ يَعْرِفْ هَذَا وَادَّعَى خِلَافَهُ؛ فَهُوَ الَّذِي دَسَّى نَفْسَهُ: «وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا»

   And whoever does not know this and claims its opposite, he is the one who has concealed his soul: "and he has indeed failed who conceals it" (Q 91:10).✦

   ¶ 1445

8. وَالدَّسُّ سَتْرُ الشَّيْءِ وَتَغْطِيَتُهُ،

   Al-dass is the concealing of a thing and covering it over.✦

   ¶ 1446

9. فَمَنِ ادَّعَى لَهُ وُجُوداً مَعَ الْحَقِّ– تَعَالَى– فَقَدْ سَتَرَ عَدَمَهُ بِوُجُودِ الْحَقِّ– تَعَالَى–

   So whoever claims for himself an existence alongside the Real, Exalted is He, has covered his nonexistence with the existence of the Real, Exalted is He.✦

   ¶ 1447

10. وَكَذَا مَنِ ادَّعَى لَهُ كَمَالاً مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَقُدْرَةٍ وَاخْتِيَارٍ؛ فَقَدْ سَتَرَ عَجْزَهُ وَجَهْلَهُ وَضَعْفَهُ بِعِلْمِ الْحَقِّ– تَعَالَى– وَقُدْرَتِهِ وَقُوَّتِهِ•

    Likewise whoever claims for himself a perfection, of knowledge, power or choice, has covered his incapacity, his ignorance and his weakness with the knowledge of the Real, Exalted is He, and His power and His strength.✦

    ¶ 1448

11. وَمَنِ ادَّعَى مَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ؛ افْتَضَحَ، اِذَا حَصْحَصَ الْحَقُّ وَاتَّضَحَ•

    And whoever claims what is not in him is put to shame when the truth comes to light and becomes plain.✦

    ¶ 1449

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