Stage 1: Orientation
Stage 3: Beautification
Stage 2: Purification
Start Here: Orientation is the awakening stage. This stage rebuilds the map of reality: Who is God? What is the human being's role? and Why life exists? Faith here is not inherited, it becomes understood. Belief becomes deliberate rather than assumed.
Stage 2: Purification
Stage 3: Beautification
Stage 2: Purification
Once truth is seen, the struggle moves inward. Here we confront anger, pride, envy, anxiety, and attachment, not as moral labels but as movements of the ego. You learn practical methods to soften the heart, regulate reactions, and reform daily habits to reshape character. The ego has to be emptied before it is ready for divine blessings.
Stage 3: Beautification
Stage 3: Beautification
Stage 3: Beautification
The self stabilizes through consistent action. In this stage, worship and law are no longer burdens but structure. Prayer, fasting, and conduct become anchors that organize life rather than interrupt it. The goal is reliability, to act correctly even when emotion fluctuates.
Step 4: Ascendence
Step 4: Ascendence
Stage 3: Beautification
Now knowledge opens.
The Qur’an, history, and teachings of the prophets and Imams are studied not only as information but as a living explanation of human experience. Patterns begin to appear. The student starts to recognize wisdom in events, trials, and relationships.
Stage 5: Presence
Step 4: Ascendence
Stage 5: Presence
Finally, religion becomes awareness.
Practices of remembrance and attention cultivate a constant sense of being before God. Worship becomes intimacy rather than duty, and ethics become natural rather than forced. The aim is not perfection, but a heart that is awake.