{"product_id":"the-ranks-of-the-soul-maratibal-nafs","title":"The Ranks of the Soul: Maratib al-Nafs","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery Muslim has heard of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003enafs\u003c\/em\u003e. Few have seen it mapped with this kind of clarity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #666600;\"\u003eMaratib al-Nafs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e: 'The Ranks of the Soul' is a translation of the classical Sufi treatise by the virtuous scholar ʿAbd al-Khaliq ʿAbd al-Salam al-Shabrawi,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003erahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi\u003c\/em\u003e, a master of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKhalwati\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epath who spent his life guiding students through the inward journey back to Allah.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore 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 Qurʾanic grounding, its Prophetic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHadith\u003c\/em\u003e, and its prescribed treatment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShaykh al-Shabrawi 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ranks are real. The journey is real. This book shows you where you are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is Shaykh Abd al-Khaliq al-Shabrawi Abd al-Salam al-Shafi'i (1887-1947),\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emay Allah have mercy on him\u003c\/i\u003e. He was born in a small town north of Cairo and raised under the watchful eye of his grandfather Shaykh 'Umar al-Shabrawi - a renowed Sufi Master and eminent scholar. Shaykh Abd al-Khaliq was a descendent of the second caliph Sayyadina 'Umar ibn al-Khattab,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003emay Allah be pleased with him\u003c\/i\u003e, through his father, and of Sayyadina Imam al-Husayn,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003emay Allah be pleased with him\u003c\/i\u003e, through his mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShaykh Abd al-Khaliq,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003erahimahullah\u003c\/em\u003e, commited the Noble Qur'an to memory at an early age and joined Al-Azhar University in Cairo to study under the foremost authorities of his time. He went onto teach and was employed as a professor at Al-Azhar, but was best known as a realised master of the great\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKhalwati\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOrder of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSufis\u003c\/i\u003e. A tireless worker for spiritual unity and harmony, he was also initiated into the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eShadhili\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaqshbandi\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eOrders.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dar al Taqwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55565125452161,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/5303\/5419\/files\/TheRanksoftheSoulMaratibalNafs.jpg?v=1777118798","url":"https:\/\/daraltaqwa.com\/products\/the-ranks-of-the-soul-maratibal-nafs","provider":"Dar al Taqwa","version":"1.0","type":"link"}