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Riḍā

Contentment: satisfaction with whatever God decrees, the last of the stations in some Sufi lists.

Also: Rida, contentment

Sufism and Islamic thought

Riḍā is the acceptance of God’s will so complete that the heart is content in hardship as in ease. Some manuals count it as a station, others as a state given by God. The Qurʾān speaks of the souls with whom God is pleased and who are pleased with him.