The Ranks of the Soul : New,
Maratib al-Nafs,
[A5] Paperback - 142 pages,
Bi-lingual : English and Arabic,
by Shaykh Abd al-Khaliq al-Shabrawi [d.1366h],
Transl. by Shams Tameez,
Published by IGI, USA.
Description :
Every Muslim has heard of the nafs. Few have seen it mapped with this kind of clarity.
Maratib al-Nafs: '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, rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi, a master of the Khalwati path who spent his life guiding students through the inward journey back to Allah.
The 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.
Before 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 Hadith, and its prescribed treatment.
Shaykh 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.
The ranks are real. The journey is real. This book shows you where you are.
About the Author :
He is Shaykh Abd al-Khaliq al-Shabrawi Abd al-Salam al-Shafi'i (1887-1947), may Allah have mercy on him. 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, may Allah be pleased with him, through his father, and of Sayyadina Imam al-Husayn, may Allah be pleased with him, through his mother.
Shaykh Abd al-Khaliq, rahimahullah, 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 Khalwati Order of Sufis. A tireless worker for spiritual unity and harmony, he was also initiated into the Shadhili and Naqshbandi Orders.
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Dimensions : 21.5 x 13.8cm.
