is content with what is good and enduring
When the sālik (spiritual traveler) attains kamāl (perfection), he always receives divine lights. At this point, he is the possessor of a maqām (spiritual station) and murād (that which is sought).
Whoever finds ease in the place he is in, that is a maqām granted to him. (Kawānīn, 18)
The maqāmāt (spiritual stations) continue as the murīd (aspirant, disciple) ascends from one to another, until reaching the goal desired for felicity, namely tawhid (the oneness of God) and maʿrifa (gnosis, experiential knowledge of God). The murīd must ascend in this manner. The foundation of all maqāmāt is obedience, affirmation, and, prior to these, iman (faith), which continues alongside them. If there is any incapacity or deficiency in reaching the result, let it be known that it is due to something that occurred previously. The same applies to human inspirations (khawāṭir) and spiritual arrivals (wāridāt). For this reason, the murīd needs to take account of his nafs (the lower self) in his other actions and to reflect upon their realities. For, just as it is necessary (ḍarūrī) for results to be obtained from actions, so too is it necessary for there to be deficiency due to errors. Thus, the murīd finds this (maqām). (Bughyah, 18)
The maqāmāt are to think, during dhikr (remembrance of God) and all acts of worship, that Allah Most High is gazing upon you and is with you; this is the maqām of ihsan (spiritual excellence). As in the words of the Master of Beings (the Messenger of God, peace be upon him): "Ihsan is to worship Allah as if you see Him. Even if you do not see Him, He sees you." That is, if you do not have the power (qudra) to think that you are gazing at Him, then worship Him by thinking that He is looking at you and seeing you. When you consider that Allah's riḍā (contentment with God's decree) encompasses you from all directions, you melt and diminish in the midst of this gaze, and no trace of your existence remains. Then, from this state, without being characterized by any quality or division, you rise to the thought and imagination that you are in the generous light of your Lord, who is not attached to anything. He encompasses all beings, both corporeal and spiritual. He is the All-Encompassing. (Jāmiʿ, 20)