The Ranks of the Soul: Maratib al-Nafs Dar al Taqwa Publications

The Ranks of the Soul: Maratib al-Nafs Dar al Taqwa PublicationsEvery 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 Abd al Khaliq Abd 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

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Ahmed Paul Keeler is the author of Rethinking Islam & The West: A New Narrative for The Age of Crises