The Sufi Science of Self-Realization: A Guide to the Seventeen Ruinous Traits, the Ten Steps to Discipleship and the Six Realities of the Heart

by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani (Foreword by)

Overview

The Sufi master Abu 'l-Hasan al-Kharqani asserted that the human state contains seventeen chief ruinous traits, each of which resembles a great tree, with main branches, smaller branches, twigs and leaves, all laden with various kinds of negativity. At the same time, human beings were granted six tremendous powers from the Divine: the power of attraction; the power of manifesting God's blessings; the power of intercession for those who oppress themselves; the power of directing the heart of seekers; the power of guidance; and the power to move in time and space. The path from submersion in the negative traits to the unveiling of these six powers is known as the Migration to Perfected Character. Consisting of ten steps, it leads one from the ruinous aspects of the arrogant self, to achieve the state of satisfaction with the Divine decree and to achieve gnostic knowledge on the way to complete realization. Through a ten step program Shaykh Hisham Kabbani, a master of the Naqshbandi Sufi Path, describes the science of eliminating the seventeen ruinous characteristics of the tyrannical ego, to achieve purification of the soul. The sincere seeker who follows these steps, with devotion and discipline, will acheive an unveiling of the six powers which lie dormant within every human heart.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781938058479
Publisher:	Institute for Spiritual and Cultural Advancement (Isca)
Publication date:	10/31/2018
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	252
Sales rank:	711,898
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.57(d)

Table of Contents

PUBLISHER’S NOTES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

PREFACE

ON THE SUFI SCIENCE OF SELF-REALIZATION

FOREWORD

STEPPING FORTH ON THE PATH TO THE DIVINE PRESENCE

The City of Knowledge

The Light of Creation

Saints in Hiding

Balancing the Self

The House of Illness

Dieting for the Soul

Breaking the Ego’s Pride

INTRODUCTION

The Journey to Discipleship

Three Levels of Following

THE SEVENTEEN RUINOUS TRAITS (AL-AKHLAQU ’DH-DHAMIMAH)

The Tree of Bad Manners

1. Anger (al-Ghadab)

A Visit to the Sultan of the Saints

2. Love of This World (Hubbu ’d-Dunya)

The Loyalty of Dogs

3. Malice (al-Hiqd)

Moses’ Response

4. Jealousy (al-Hasad)

Exorcism

5. Vanity (al-‘Ujb)

Jihad of the Inner Self

6. Stinginess (al-Bukhl)

Generosity of Muslims

7. Avarice (al-Tamà)

8. Cowardice (al-Jubn)

9. Indolence (al-Batalah)

The Primordial Pledge of Employment

10. Arrogance (al-Kibr)

The Ocean of Hunger

11. Ostentation (al-Riya’)

The Cleansing of Death

12. Attachment (al-Hirs)

The Two Meanings of Attachment

13. Superiority (al-'Azhamah)

14. Heedlessness and Laziness (al-Ghabawah wa ’l-Kasalah)

15. Anxiety (al-Hamm)

Working without worry

16. Depression (al-Ghamm)

17. The Eight Hundred Forbidden Acts (al-Manhiyat)

THE TEN STEPS TO DISCIPLESHIP (AL-KHUTUWATU ’L-'ASHAR)

Migrating and Meditating (al-Hijrah wa ’l-Muraqabah)

About the Qiblah

Following True Leaders

The Focus of the Heart

1. Standing Up for Truth (al-Istiqamah)

Vigilance

Self-Awareness (al-Yaqazah)

2. Repenting through the Prophet (at-Tawbah)

3. Auditing (al-Muhasabah)

4. Turning Humbly to Your Lord in Surrender (al-Inabah)

Eleven Defects that Must Be Eliminated

1. Arrogance (al-Kibr)

2. Envy (al-Hasad)

3. Greed (at-Tamà)

4. Anger (al-Ghadab)

5. Rancor (al-Ghill)

6. Love of Fame and Praise (Talabu ’l-'Uluw)

7. Ostentation (ar-Riya’)

8. Stinginess (al-Bukhl)

9. Praising the Rich (Madhu ’l-Aghniya’)

10. Despising the Poor (Ihtiqaru ’l-Fuqara’)

11. Cheating (al-Ghush)

The Turning Point: The Eight Stages of Truth

1. Faith in Truth(al-Imanu bi ’l-Haqq)

2. True Decision(Qararu ’l-Haqq)

3. The Word of Truth (Kalamu ’l-Haqq)

4. True Behavior (Suluku ’l-Haqq)

5. True Action ('Amalu ’l-Haqq)

6. The Struggle of Truth (Juhdu ’l-Haqq)

7. The Meditation of Truth (Ta’amulu ’l-Haqq)

8. True Concentration (Tarkizu ’l-Haqq)

5. Contemplating Deeply (at-Taffakur)

6. Remembering Your Subconscious (at-Tadhakkur)

7. Holding Fast (al-'Itisam)

The Presence of Saints

8. Running to God (al-Firaru il-Allah)

9. Training (at-Tamrinu wa ’t-Tadbir)

10. Listening (al-Istimà)

THE SIX POWERS OF THE HEART (AL-HAQA’IQ AL-QALBIYYAH AS-SITT)

The Opening of the Heart

Decoding the Realities