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The Ranks of the Soul: Marātib al-NafsEvery Muslim has heard of the nafs. Few have seen it mapped with this kind of clarity. Martib al Nafs: The Ranks of the Soul is a translation of the classical Sufi treatise by the virtuous scholar Abd al Khliq Abd al Salm al Shabrw, a master of the Khalwat 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

Every Muslim has heard of the nafs. Few have seen it mapped with this kind of clarity.

Marātib al-Nafs: The Ranks of the Soul is a translation of the classical Sufi treatise by the virtuous scholar ʿAbd al-Khāliq ʿAbd al-Salām al-Shabrāwī, a master of the Khalwatī 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.

Al-Shabrāwī 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.

"The pen was moving faster than my hand while writing it."

The Transmission

Years before his death, Shaykh Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Salam al-Shabrawi handed a manuscript to his student. His student had lived in the same house as the Shaykh for nearly twenty years. He knew his master as a guide of a special kind, one who stopped a murid when spiritual states grew too intense, and took another by the hand when they had grown lazy in their worship.

When the student finally read the manuscript in full, he described finding something wondrous. A precise, graded analysis of the soul and its stations. He called it a deputy for the Shaykh himself. A guide for anyone who wants to walk the path of the people of Allah.

Inside the Book

The Seven Stations of the Soul

  • I

    The Commanding Soul

    Al-Nafs al-Ammarah

    The soul in its lowest condition. Commands toward desire and heedlessness. Attributes include anger, envy, arrogance, and lust. Locus: the chest.

    Remedy La ilaha illa Allah
  • II

    The Reproaching Soul

    Al-Nafs al-Lawwamah

    Begins to see its own faults. The station of self-reproach, sincerity, and the first stirrings of love. Locus: the heart.

    Remedy Allah
  • III

    The Inspired Soul

    Al-Nafs al-Mulhamah

    Receives divine inspiration. Station of passionate love, longing, and bewilderment. The soul enters the world of spirits. Locus: the soul itself.

    Remedy Hu
  • IV

    The Tranquil Soul

    Al-Nafs al-Mutma'innah

    Finds firm establishment. Speech becomes a translation of divine realities. The first degree of perfection. Locus: the inner secret.

    Remedy Haqq
  • V

    The Pleasing Soul

    Al-Nafs al-Radiyyah

    Immersed in witnessing Absolute Beauty. The state of annihilation. Supplication not rejected, yet the tongue is restrained by modesty. Locus: the secret of the secret.

    Remedy Hayy
  • VI

    The Pleased-With Soul

    Al-Nafs al-Mardiyyah

    The station of bewilderment. Greater vicegerency. Guiding creation, overlooking faults. Locus: hiddenness.

    Remedy Al-Qayyum
  • VII

    The Complete Soul

    Al-Nafs al-Kamilah

    Every movement becomes a good deed. Every breath an act of worship. Multiplicity within unity and unity within multiplicity. Locus: the most hidden realm.

    Remedy Al-Qahhar
A prescribed remedy for every station
La ilaha illa Allah Allah Hu Haqq Hayy Al-Qayyum Al-Qahhar

Seven Names. Seven conditions. One destination.

The seven veils

From darkness to light. From the commanding soul to the complete.

Book Details
Author Shaykh Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Salam al-Shabrawi
Translator Shaykh Shams Tameez
Language English and Arabic
Publisher Imam Ghazali Publishing
Binding Paperback
Pages 142
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