The Hikam (Aphorisms) of Imam Ibn 'Ata'illah al-Iskandari

96 videos • 3,010 views • by Al-Maqasid The Rawha takes place every Tuesday at 7:00pm EST. During the Rawha, Shaykh Yahya Rhodus will be covering the Hikam (Aphorisms) of Imam Ibn 'Ata'illah al-Iskandari.
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Hikma #110 “The Great Blessing of Outward Obedience and Inward Submission”
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Hikma #109 “Demand from Your Self Not Your Lord”
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Hikma #108 “A Deeper Understanding of Our Humanness and Servanthood”
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Hikma #107 “The Fear of Desire Overcoming Us”
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Hikmas #105-106 “Lightening the Pain of Tribulation”
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Hikma #104 “The Heart’s Sun Never Sets”
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Hikma #103 “The Knower of Allah Always Remains in a State of Need of Allah”
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Hikma #102 “Being Inspired to Ask Our Lord Is a Sign He Wants to Give”
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Hikma #101 "The Wisdom of Being Estranged from Creation"
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Hikmas #99-100 "Our Intrinsic Neediness"
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Hikmas #97-98 "The Two Blessings Associated with All of Creation"
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Hikmas #95-96 "The Purpose of Worship Is Humility and Brokenness"
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Hikmas #93-94 “Understanding that Allah Makes Himself Known to Us through Giving and Withholding”
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Hikma #92 “Worship and Upholding the Right of Allah’s Attributes”
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Hikmas #89-91 “The Generous Rewards of Our Lord”
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Hikma #88 "The Reality of Receiving from Creation and Having Something Withheld from You by Allah”
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Hikma #87 “Seeing the Hereafter Closer to You Than Your Own Self”
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Hikma #86 “True and Everlasting Honor”
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Hikma #85 “The Outer and Inner Dimension of the World”
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Hikmas #83-84 “A Deeper Understanding of Deprivation and Giving”
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Hikmas #81-82 “Expansion and Constriction: Fear, Proper Conduct, and the Self’s Share”
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Hikma #80 “The Wisdom of Expansion and Constriction”
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Hikma #79 "The Desire of the Knowers of Allah"
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Hikma #78 “True Hope and Action”
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Hikma #77 “The True Knower of Allah”
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Hikma #76 “Loss of Obedience and Lack of Resolve to Rectify One’s State”
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Hikma #75 “Seeking What Allah Is Seeking from Us”
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Hikma #74 “Obedience to Allah and Sufficiency in Him”
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Hikma #73 “Knowing Your Standing with Allah"
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Hikma #72 "Experiencing the Fruit of One’s Deeds in This World as a Sign of Acceptance"
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Hikma #71 "The Everlasting Abode of the Hereafter and Allah’s Reward for His Believing Servants"
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Hikma #70 “Signs of Ignorance of the Path”
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Hikma #69 “The Wisdom of the Sudden Occurrence of Divine Inspiration”
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Hikma #68 “Respecting All Whom Allah Has Bestowed His Favor Upon”
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Hikma #67 “Having Adab with Allah in Regards to Where He Has Placed His Servants”
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Hikma #66 “The Danger of Ignorance and Bad Adab”
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Hikma #65 “Fearing that Allah’s Iḥsān Towards Us While We Persist in Wrong is Istidrāj”
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Hikma #64 “Preserving Blessings through Thankfulness”
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Hikma #63 “Drawing Near to Allah Willingly or Unwillingly”
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Hikmas #61-62 “What Leads to Greedy Desire and Attaining True Freedom”
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Hikma #60 “The Danger of Greedy Desire”
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Hikmas #58-59 “Seeing Our Deeds as Being from Allah”
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Hikmas #56-57 “The Importance of Light in the Spiritual Path”
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Hikma #55 “Light Carries Us to the Divine Presence”
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Hikmas #52-54 “The Wisdoms of Receiving Different Degrees of Wārids”
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Hikma #51 “The Act That Benefits the Heart the Most”
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Hikma #50 “Hoping for Allah’s Grace and Fearing His Justice”
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Hikma #49 “Knowing Allah and Balancing Fear and Hope”
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Hikma #48 “Two Signs of the Heart’s Death”
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Hikma #47 “Perserverance in Dhikr and Being Raised in Its Degrees”
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Hikma #46 “Stations, States, and Works”
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Hikma #45 “Detachment is the Key to Quality Worship”
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Hikma #44 “Bad Companionship Can Delude You”
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Hikma #43 “Whose Company Should We Keep”
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Hikma #42 "Only Desire to Know Allah”
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Hikma #41 “What We Seek as a Sign of the Heart’s Blindness or Awareness”
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Hikma #40 “The Two Degrees of Having a Good Opinion of Allah”
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Hikma #39 “Appealing to Allah for Our Needs”
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Hikma #38 “Fix Your Aspiration upon Allah”
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Hikma #37 “Allah Is Now as He Was”
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Hikma #36 “The Degrees of Inner Sight”
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Hikma #35 “Dissatisfaction with One’s Self Is the Source of All Obedience”
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Hikma #34 “Departing from Characteristics Opposed to Our Servitude”
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Hikma #33 “Our Faults Veil Us from Our Lord”
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Hikma #32 “The Primacy of Perceiving Our Faults on the Spiritual Path”
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Hikma #31 “Belonging to Allah Only”
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Hikma #30 “The Abundance of the Knowers of Allah”
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Hikma #29 “Knowing the creation through Allah and Knowing Allah through His creation”
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Hikma #28 “Whatever Is in the Heart Manifests on the Limbs”
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Hikma #27 “Radiant Beginnings Lead to Radiant Ends”
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Hikma #26 “Turning to Allah as a Sign of Success”
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Hikma #25 “Pursuing Our Goals by Allah”
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Hikma #24 “Understanding the True Nature of the World”
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Hikma #23 “Remaining Vigilant Despite Preoccupations”
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Hikma #22 “Our Breaths and the Divine Decree”
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Hikma #21 “Supplicate Allah to Demonstrate Your Need of Him”
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Hikma #20 “The Goal Is the Creator”
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Hikma #19 “Remain Where Allah Has Put You”
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Hikma #18 “Putting Off Works until You Find Spare Time”
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Hikma #17 “The Complete Ignorance of Desiring Other Than the Decree of Allah”
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Hikma #16 "How Can Creation Veil the Creator?"
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Hikma #15 “The Power of Allah and the Veil of Creation”
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Hikma #14 “How We Gaze upon Creation”
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Hikma #13 “Illumination, Spiritual Wayfaring, the Presence of Allah, and Subtle Knowledge”
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Hikma #12 “Reflection in Solitude”
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Hikma #11 “Obscurity as a Foundation of Spiritual Growth”
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Hikma #10 “Sincerity is the Spirit of Action”
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Hikma #9 “Different Actions as a Result of Different States of Heart”
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Hikma #8 “Our Deeds and Allah Making Himself Known to Us”
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Hikma #7 “Etiquette with What Was Promised”
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Hikma #6 “Earnest Supplication and Trust in Allah’s Choice”
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Hikma #5 “Only Striving for What Is Demanded of Us”
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Hikma #4 “Not Undertaking What Allah Has Carried Out on Our Behalf”
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Hikma #3 “Maintaining Etiquette Inwardly with High Spiritual Aspiration”
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Hikma #2 "Being Content with Where Allah Has Placed Us"
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Hikma #1 "Not Relying on Our Deeds"
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