The Naqshbandi Haqqani Principle of Wuquf-i Adadi
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The tenth principle of the Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order is “Numerical Pause”, Wuquf-i Adadi . Wuquf-i Adadi is an expression meaning the observation of the number of individual repetitions of the dzikr . Mawlana Nur ad-Din ‘Abd ar-Rahman Muhammad Dashti Jami’’ ( q.s. ) said, “ Wuquf-i Adadi is the observation of the number of adzkar and of whether this yields results or not.” According to Shah Baha’ ad-Din Muhammad an-Naqshband ( q.s. ), “The observation of the number of repetitions of the adzkar of the heart is for gathering thoughts which are scattered.” According to Khwaja ‘Ala al-Din al-‘Aththar Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Bukhari ( q.s. ), “The important thing is not the number of repetitions but rather the composure and awareness with which one makes them.” According to Shah an-Naqshband ( q.s. ), this awareness is the first stage of entry into the spiritual world. This could also mean that for beg...