counter and loop

hello how to get to this counter in a loop ?

i wante dto show most popular articles with that great plugin any ideas?

<?php

$args = array(
WHAT TO PUT HERE LOL ? :
‘posts_per_page’ => 10,
‘cat’ => $cat,
‘post__in’ => get_option( ‘sticky_posts’ ),
‘ignore_sticky_posts’ => 1
);

$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) :
while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>

<div class=”post”>
” rel=”bookmark”><?php the_title(); ?>
</div>

<?php
endwhile;
endif;
wp_reset_postdata();
?>