Before We Move On To Surah al Waqia, 56.........Station 5, Khushu', Madarij as Salikin

your excellency,


khushu' in english connotes both humility and stillness in oneself.

in patik's life experience, it is inversely proportional to one's take home pay cheque and relative position on the socio economic ladder and social strata.
almost invariably but not always invariably.

the higher you are on the social economic ladder and strata, the more difficult to be in a state of kyushu'.

sultan ibrahim adzam of baalkh  of old, gave up his throne just because as a 'budding sufi' he found himself increasingly difficult to get beyond this station, the fifth station on our path to allah.

a great lesson for us all mere mortals and spiritual midgets, in the company of giants, the likes of waliallah, like al sultan ibrahim bin adzham.

since all,of us have said our shahadah before, we are all fellow travelers despite our differences ; economic, or by sheer accident of birth, or whatever.

allahualam!


nik howk








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