And just like that, you will find yourself in the next phase of your ascension - #Excellence.

It's just you and Him.
He has set the stage.
He has created the circumstances.

You are a humble servant following orders, a student forever learning.

All of this is for that Meeting.

Here, you 'recognise' His Word. Then, you understand it and learn to follow it.

Here, you discover that you are eventually going to go to Him, that death is a relief from separation.

This discovery will impassion you to perfect every action, to beautify every thought for Him..

#Monotheism is a fact. Whatever it is, it IS, and every genuine seeker reaches Him (searching within or without!) to #witness His Oneness as the One who creates, maintains, sustains everything.

But then you must #submit. This is the next stage of your psychospiritual ascension.

Hidaya is solely for the God-conscious, for those mindful of Allah.

For the rest, it's a clear statement.

"Qur’an is a proof on your behalf or against you." ~ Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)

The Human Experience includes the #esoteric. So progress along the level of Ehsaan takes some people to magnificent #spiritual heights, giving them amazing experiences that strengthen their Emaan and their bond with #Allah. They become our Teachers.

#Tasawwuf
#Sufism

The final stage of worship is #Ehsaan, which is about Excellence. It means that we worship Allah as if we see Him, and if we cannot do that, we must remember that He sees us, all the time. This is generally considered the domain of the #Sufi. #Ishq Alone works here.

Diseases pull our energy/focus away from Allah towards our(lower)selves.

Hence, the first stage is about developing the skills required for taming the lower self, the second stage is about the actual taming of it. Next comes #Excellence.

The next stage of worship is #Emaan (also the next stage of our psychospiritual ascension). This is about entering the realm of the worship of the #Heart. Here we work on the diseases of the Heart (psychospiritual issues) eg jealousy, arrogance, etc.

It starts with the basics of the practices of Islam, ie we work on our daily prayers, halal/haram awareness, pardah, and other obligations.

(#Islam = circumambulation of #Tawheed in heart, mind, body, and soul)

7. #Paradise is evolution towards #God ie it is about His nearness, and the nearness of His blessings and love.

Hell is the opposite of nearness, it is movement in the opposite direction, ie away from #Allah and His blessings..

Direction (ie #Qibla) matters.

#Islam
#Tasawwuf

6. From a psychospiritual perspective, #Tawhid (ie sincere and complete submission to Him) is the #alchemical process behind human #evolution (#psychospiritual #ascension, refinement of the Soul, the Body, the Mind.).