Haqiqa - Citizendia

Ḥaqīqah (Arabic: حقيقة) is literally translated as Reality, Essence or Truth. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language The Absolute is the concept of an absolute unconditional reality which transcends limited conditional everyday existence In Philosophy, essence is the attribute or set of attributes that make an object or substance what it fundamentally is and which it has by necessity Haqq (حقّ is the Arabic word for truth. In Islamic context it is also interpreted as Righteousness, Right and (certain In Sufi thought, it refers to the inward vision of divine power achieved through mystical union with God, or alternatively "the ultimate way". Sufism ( تصوّف - taṣawwuf, Persian: صوفی‌گری sufigari, Turkish: tasavvuf, Urdu: تصوف Approached by Sufis through the use of intuitive and emotional spiritual faculties trained under the guidance of a sheikh, it is considered one station in the way towards God. God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. Both Shiis and Sufis believe haqiqa can be reached through adherence to shariah and the principle of tawhid, although specific methods differ. Sharia ( Arabic: ar شريعة) is the body of Islamic Religious law.

For Sufis, when an individual has gone through haqiqa and reached the station of marifa he or she is able to see the true nature of God, and he or she becomes The True Human Being, as God intended when He created the person. Marifa ( literally means knowledge The term is used by Sufi Muslims to describe mystical intuitive knowledge knowledge of spiritual truth as reached through Ecstatic He or she will fully understand the very reason of one's existence.

These are the four different stations:

Sharia
Tariqa
Haqiqa
Marifa

See also