Week 33: Read: Continuing with reading from Music of the Soul, read “Al-Hajj Al-Akbar” to “Worship Your God So That You May Be Certain.” (Total of about 11 pages.) Since these are available on audio, you can listen to them as well. Now repeat all 99 Qualities (plus Allah for 100) in order several times a day until you can repeat all 99 easily. Since we have learned all the Qualities, I’d like to move on to the Du’a’ from the 6th Door. First read Du’a with the 99 Qualities. Then read and listen to Du’a’ from the 6th Door. Read them and listen to them this week.
Write: Since we finished writing all the stations in Music of the Soul, we’re moving to the stations in Path to Allah. Write An-Nafs ar-Radiyya,,The Well-Pleased Nafs, The Fifth Station. Sit in reflection after writing it. The fifth station in Path to Allah goes beyond the stations from Music of the Soul. It goes into the world of al-lahut. (pronounced la hoot) How is your experience of this world different than the Stations from Music of the Soul? See Seven Stations of the Nafs and print out the chart. Read the info under the Fifth Station.
New Practice: Continue to do Wudu and Ghusl regularly. Do wudu after getting up in the morning. Stay in wudu throughout the day. Continue to do all 5 prayers daily. Be sure to Google for the proper time windows to do each of these prayers. Add doing the Tawba Process to your daily remembrance. Add getting up in the middle of the night to pray. The best time is between 2-3 AM. The veils are the thinnest then. See if you can find a local Sufi group to do group dhikr with.
Now begin to ask Allah for guidance before making decisions. Set your intention of wanting guidance about what to do regarding a particular matter. Sit in Remembrance for about 30 seconds. Receive the answer/guidance through the eye of your heart, not your mind. Make it a habit to ask for guidance before making most of your decisions.
Each time you notice someone while working or running errands, silently send them a blessing. Just say Bismillahi-r-rahmani-r-rahim (In the name of Allah Most Merciful and Compassionate) in your heart on their behalf. Especially do this if you are having a difficult time containing someone. I also do this for the dead animals I see along the road when driving.
New prayer to use regularly. Click on this link since the prayer is quite long. Supplication for Opening of Provision & Solution of Difficulties
Recite: Recite the Du’a with the 99 Qualities and the Du’a from the 6th Door every Thursday and Sunday evening (anytime after maghrib until fajr). You can join others in the community reciting these du’a. Info on all the calls you can join in on are available at: http://www.suficenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=127&Itemid=57
You might want to print out the page and keep it by your calendar so you always know what calls are available each day.
Sit in Remembrance for 20 minutes daily. Continue to recite the Fatiha every time you are consciously choosing to take an action. Recite the Wird once a day. Recite the Qualities over your food while you are eating it, while taking a shower or brushing your teeth. Add some form of Remembrance while driving/commuting/running errands. The point is to stay connected in every moment of the day. You are moving to have every breath for and with Allah.
Week 34: Read: Continuing with reading from Music of the Soul, read “Worship Your God So That You May Be Certain to Who Are You.” (Total of about 10 pages.) Also read the page on Jumu’ah. Since these are available on audio, you can listen to them as well. Now repeat all 99 Qualities (plus Allah for 100) in order several times a day until you can repeat all 99 easily. Since we have learned all the Qualities, I’d like to move on to the Du’a’ from the 6th Door. First read Du’a with the 99 Qualities. Then read and listen to Du’a’ from the 6th Door. Read them and listen to them again this week.
Write: Since we finished writing all the stations in Music of the Soul, we’re moving to the stations in Path to Allah. Write An-Nafs al-Mardiyya, The Well-Pleasing Nafs,The Sixth Station. Sit in reflection after writing it. The sixth station in Path to Allah goes beyond the stations from Music of the Soul. It goes into the world of ash-shahada. How is your experience of this world different than the Stations from Music of the Soul? See Seven Stations of the Nafs and print out the chart. Read the info under the Sixth Station.
New Practice: Continue to do Wudu and Ghusl regularly. Do wudu after getting up in the morning. Stay in wudu throughout the day. Continue to do all 5 prayers daily. Be sure to Google for the proper time windows to do each of these prayers. Add doing the Tawba Process to your daily remembrance. Add getting up in the middle of the night to pray. The best time is between 2-3 AM. The veils are the thinnest then. See if you can find a local Sufi group to do group dhikr with.
Now begin to ask Allah for guidance before making decisions. Set your intention of wanting guidance about what to do regarding a particular matter. Sit in Remembrance for about 30 seconds. Receive the answer/guidance through the eye of your heart, not your mind. Make it a habit to ask for guidance before making most of your decisions.
Each time you notice someone while working or running errands, silently send them a blessing. Just say Bismillahi-r-rahmani-r-rahim (In the name of Allah Most Merciful and Compassionate) in your heart on their behalf. Especially do this if you are having a difficult time containing someone. I also do this for the dead animals I see along the road when driving.
Get on the SSC call for Jumu’ah this week. Or listen to one of the archived recordings.
Recite: Recite the Du’a with the 99 Qualities and the Du’a from the 6th Door every Thursday and Sunday evening (anytime after maghrib until fajr). Sit in Remembrance for 20 minutes daily. Continue to recite the Fatiha every time you are consciously choosing to take an action. Recite the Wird once a day. Recite the Qualities over your food while you are eating it, while taking a shower or brushing your teeth. Add some form of Remembrance while driving/commuting/running errands. The point is to stay connected in every moment of the day. You are moving to have every breath for and with Allah.
Week 35: Read: Continuing with reading from Music of the Soul, read “Who Are You to An-Nur Illahi.” (Total of about 12 pages.) Also read the page on Jumu’ah. Since these are available on audio, you can listen to them as well. Pick one Quality daily at random. If you have a Qualities book, just let the book fall open to a page. If you don’t have a Qualities book, print out the list of all the Qualities and with your eyes closed just let your finger slide down the list until you feel like you should stop. Once you have the Quality for the day, reread that Quality’s description and then work with it throughout the day.
Write: We are still working with the stations in Path to Allah. Write An-Nafs al-Kamala,The Perfect Nafs, The Seventh Station. Sit in reflection after writing it. The seventh station in Path to Allah goes beyond the stations from Music of the Soul. It goes into the world of Perfect Unity. How is your experience of this world different than the Stations from Music of the Soul? See Seven Stations of the Nafs and print out the chart. Read the info under the Seventh Station.
New Practice: Continue to do Wudu and Ghusl regularly. Do wudu after getting up in the morning. Stay in wudu throughout the day. Continue to do all 5 prayers daily. Be sure to Google for the proper time windows to do each of these prayers. Add doing the Tawba Process to your daily remembrance. Add getting up in the middle of the night to pray. The best time is between 2-3 AM. The veils are the thinnest then. See if you can find a local Sufi group to do group dhikr with.
Now begin to ask Allah for guidance before making decisions. Set your intention of wanting guidance about what to do regarding a particular matter. Sit in Remembrance for about 30 seconds. Receive the answer/guidance through the eye of your heart, not your mind. Make it a habit to ask for guidance before making most of your decisions.
Each time you notice someone while working or running errands, silently send them a blessing. Just say Bismillahi-r-rahmani-r-rahim (In the name of Allah Most Merciful and Compassionate) in your heart on their behalf. Especially do this if you are having a difficult time containing someone. I also do this for the dead animals I see along the road when driving.
Get on the SSC call for Jumu’ah this week. Or listen to one of the archived recordings.
Recite: Recite the Du’a with the 99 Qualities and the Du’a from the 6th Door every Thursday and Sunday evening (anytime after maghrib until fajr). Sit in Remembrance for 20 minutes daily. Continue to recite the Fatiha every time you are consciously choosing to take an action. Recite the Wird once a day. Recite the Qualities over your food while you are eating it, while taking a shower or brushing your teeth. Add some form of Remembrance while driving/commuting/running errands. The point is to stay connected in every moment of the day. You are moving to have every breath for and with Allah.
Recite the Quality you picked randomly 100 times. How has you understanding and experience of this Quality deepened since you worked with it the first time?
Week 36: Read: Continuing with reading from Music of the Soul, read “An-Nur Illahi to Haqa’iq al-Mawjudati Hiyya.” (Total of about 14 pages.) Since these are available on audio, you can listen to them as well. Pick one Quality daily at random. If you have a Qualities book, just let the book fall open to a page. If you don’t have a Qualities book, print out the list of all the Qualities and with your eyes closed just let your finger slide down the list until you feel like you should stop. Once you have the Quality for the day, reread that Quality’s description and then work with it throughout the day.
Write: Next we are going to write 5 pages a day of the Wazifa and its explanation from Music of the Soul. We’ll do just the Wazifa first, then the full explanation. I suggest when you write the Wazifa, you write both the transliteration and the English translation. Starting at page 253 (in my version of Music of the Soul), write the first five pages. This prayer can take you deeply into the soul stations, so be sure to sit with each line after writing it.
New Practice: Continue to do Wudu and Ghusl regularly. Do wudu after getting up in the morning. Stay in wudu throughout the day. Continue to do all 5 prayers daily. Be sure to Google for the proper time windows to do each of these prayers. Add doing the Tawba Process to your daily remembrance. Add getting up in the middle of the night to pray. The best time is between 2-3 AM. The veils are the thinnest then. See if you can find a local Sufi group to do group dhikr with.
Now begin to ask Allah for guidance before making decisions. Set your intention of wanting guidance about what to do regarding a particular matter. Sit in Remembrance for about 30 seconds. Receive the answer/guidance through the eye of your heart, not your mind. Make it a habit to ask for guidance before making most of your decisions.
Each time you notice someone while working or running errands, silently send them a blessing. Just say Bismillahi-r-rahmani-r-rahim (In the name of Allah Most Merciful and Compassionate) in your heart on their behalf. Especially do this if you are having a difficult time containing someone. I also do this for the dead animals I see along the road when driving.
Print out the 2 pages of Short Arabic prayers. Begin to use some of the phrases when you do the thing listed.
Recite: Recite the Du’a with the 99 Qualities and the Du’a from the 6th Door every Thursday and Sunday evening (anytime after maghrib until fajr). Sit in Remembrance for 20 minutes daily. Continue to recite the Fatiha every time you are consciously choosing to take an action. Recite the Wird once a day. Recite the Qualities over your food while you are eating it, while taking a shower or brushing your teeth. Add some form of Remembrance while driving/commuting/running errands. The point is to stay connected in every moment of the day. You are moving to have every breath for and with Allah.
Recite the Quality you picked randomly 100 times. How has you understanding and experience of this Quality deepened since you worked with it the first time?