It kills (renders inoperative) the senses by its dominance.
One who cannot find order (and arrangement) in their sulūk (spiritual journey) will encounter confusion (and disorder), haste, difficulty, and weariness. These states are exhausting. Those endowed with mawhiba (divine gift) seek refuge in Allah from this. (Kavânin, 18)
Only those who correct their actions can understand the ahwāl (spiritual states). Sharia (the sacred law) and ḥaqīqa (inner reality) are indispensable to each other. It is not correct to prefer one over the other. (Nafahāt, 24)
Ahwāl (spiritual states) include: maḥabba (love), ghayra (zeal), shawq (longing), qalaq (anxiety), ʿaṭash (thirst), wajd (ecstasy), dahsha (awe), haymān (bewilderment), barq (lightning), and dhawq (taste). (Rihla, 206)
Ḥāl (spiritual state) is a meaning that comes to the qalb (the heart) without aiming, striving, or effort. The ahwāl include things like ṭarab (joy), ḥuzn (sorrow), qabḍ (constriction), basṭ (expansion), and hayʾa (condition). When the effects of the nafs (the lower self) manifest, the ḥāl disappears. Whether similar states follow one another or not is the same. When it continues, it becomes a malaka (habitual disposition) and is then called a maqām (spiritual station). It has been said: Ḥāl is the change of the servant's attributes. (Rihla, 209)
halʿ al-ʿādāt (removal of habits) is the realization of ʿubūdiyya (servitude) by the servant through conforming to the command of the Ḥaqq (the Real). Through this realization, no cause can direct the servant to act according to his own nature and habit. (Kāshānī, 161; Jāmī, 83)
(See also: karāma/karāmāt)
ḥāl al-ghayra ʿala’l-Ḥaqq – ḥāl al-ghayra min al-Ḥaqq: Ḥāl al-ghayra ʿala’l-Ḥaqq (zeal for the Real, or zeal upon the Real) is the concealment of hearts and secrets. This state is among the unknown malāmatiyya (people of blame).