Maqāmāt are the stations of the path, each a virtue to be acquired and established: repentance, abstinence, renunciation, poverty, patience, trust and contentment in one classic list. They are distinguished from aḥwāl, states, which come as gifts and pass.
Maqām
A station: a stage of the Sufi path attained by effort and made permanent, such as repentance or trust.
Also: Maqam, station