menzil-i du'â

The menzil-i du'â (station of dua [supplication] or the rank of invitation) comprises the following stations: menzil-i üns bi'ş-şebh (station of intimacy with what is similar), menzil-i tagazzi (station of nourishment), menzil-i Mekka, Tâif ve hucb (station of Mecca, Ta'if, and veiling), menzil-i mekasir ve ibtilâ (station of deficiency and tribulation), menzil-i cem, tefrika ve men (station of union, separation, and withholding), and the station of