1– Serious mindedness:
Insusceptibility to emotional pronenesses such as elation when praised and
dejection when criticized. The person in possession of this gift holds rich and
poor equal and does not discriminate between joy and sorrow.
His work and effort are unshaken by a change in the environment or
in difficult or fearful circumstances.
2– Bravery (najdat): Patience and endurance in frightening situations and difficult
circumstances and not complaining and not acting inappropriately in those
situations.
3– Having zeal and endeavor (having himmat): Person gifted with this virtue does not care about worldly
ranks, positions, promotions or demotions.
4– Perseverence (thabât): Putting up with difficulties on the way toward one’s goal;
resisting destructive forces or agencies on the way to success.
5– Mildness (hilm): Calmness of the soul; being gentle and mild and avoiding anger.
6– Calmness (sukûn): Having the necessary strength, perseverance and resistance
during a war while defending the country, the religion, and the nation against
the enemy, and not becoming a laughing stock of the enemy.
7– Being ingenious (shahâmat): Strong desire to do good deeds and attain high ranks; also
strong desire to be remembered in good terms and persistent devotion to doing
good deeds in order to earn thawâbs (rewards in the Hereafter).
8– Enduring troubles (tahammul): Undaunted steadiness in developing good habits and performing
good deeds.
9– Humility (tawâdu’): Maintaining a non boastful attitude towards those who are
inferior in worldly terms. For, whatsoever a person has attained in the name of
goodness is merely a kindness of Allâhu ta’âlâ. He is a mere nothing. Those who have attained worldly ranks and
richness should show humbleness and thereby earn rewards (thawâbs). To display humbleness in order to obtain worldly gains or to
avoid worldly difficulty is called fawning (tabasbus). An example of this is a beggar’s expression of humility, which
is a sin.
10– Sense of honor (hamiyyat): Not being slack in protecting and defending one’s nation,
religion and honor; employing all one’s ability, strength and effort in this
duty.
11– Riqqat: Not worrying about the
problems that are caused by human beings. One’s behavior and attitude should
not change because of the problems caused by other people. One should not stop
doing good deeds because of the troubles