Last week, I had the opportunity to discuss one popular Muslim blogger's most recent post prior to its publishing. And at the time, when he shared the idea for the post, I thought it would be one of the most important blog topics of Rabi al-Thani 1429. And after reading the post, I realized it is just how significant an issue it was.

In the post, Yursil of the Mind, Body, Soul blog discusses the phenomena of 'Spiritual Ambition'. He touches on a subject that few people want to accept, let alone discuss, and that subject is spiritual rank. The spiritually elite is clearly identified as a reality in the Qur'an al-kerim and the Sunnat of the Holy Prophet (may Peace and Blessings be upon him) and his Companions (may Allah be Pleased with them) but is this a reality today. And what is spiritual rank measured by? Yursil makes his case in the segment below: