and abandoning any departure from the Truth in word and deed, and remaining constant in presence upon the extinction of absence. And whoever reaches it, he is the master of empowerment upon the cushions of certainty, through the knowledge of certainty ('ilm al-yaqin), the eye of certainty ('ayn al-yaqin), the truth of certainty (haqq al-yaqin), and the reality of the truth of certainty; and this is the reality of belief.
Likewise, the stations of the believers in the wayfaring to Allah, the Exalted, are three: the first of them is standing in the reality of service to Allah, Mighty and Majestic; the middle of them is tranquility (al-Sakinah), which gathers strength for the heart in religion, so it is then an increase in belief and a strength in the light of primordial nature; and the highest of them is the awe of the heart, its halting in fear, its passionate longing, and its total engrossment in intimate supplication , until Allah, the Exalted, sends down upon him the lights of safety and the tranquility of the conclusion for whom He wills of His servants,




