1. Dilkashi (Attraction)
The first stage of beginning of a story, eyes meet, sparks initiated and something happens. At this stage a boy likes or gets attracted to a girl. But he may not know exactly as to what attracts him, but he realizes that there is something in her which he finds interesting.
2. Uns (Attachment)
And now in this stage he is more interested in her and decides to woo her. So he will try to get any opportunity to talk to her, meet her and so on. He keeps on looking for her signals too. In case he do not get any indication from her in this stage he will move on to other greener pastures but not without a sincere attempt.
3. Mohabbat (Love) :
The most blissful of all stages. Here the guy starts feeling at top of the world unaware of other things in life just lost in thoughts of his beloved. Here, he is totally involved. She showed him attention and he is now madly in love (he thinks but actually he is not)
4. Akidat (Trust/Reverence) :
This stage initiates the process in love. Here one started trusting someone more than anything and anyone. At this stage the boy decides about the relation and gets into it. Now, he is becoming dependent and his feelings are getting serious now. After this there is no turning back in love.
5. Ibadat (Worship) :
In this stage love reaches at the extend of worshiping the beloved where nothing can be wrong with the object of worship. Here love not ends even after a denial by the beloved instead leads to the next stage of love. He is loosing control here.
6. Junoon (Madness) :
In this stage one finds his own identity incomplete without beloved thus his urge to have love reaches to the level of obsession and madness. A stage where mind stops working and heart starts ruling everything, a very dangerous stage where nothing counts except obsession about the beloved counts.
7. Maut (Death) :
The final stage of love now the self identity is completely lost. Here the existence of lover depends on the existence of beloved. There is no turnaround. The final end of a love story either from both the lover or the boy as he believe he can't exist without her