The dhikr [1] of the heart is the secret of the soul, and the dhikr of the soul is the…

The dhikr [1] of the heart is the secret of the soul, and the dhikr of the soul is the secret of the spirit, and the dhikr of the spirit is the secret of the innermost being [2], and the dhikr of the innermost being is the secret of the essence [3].

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. And may Allah bless our master and lord Muhammad, his family, and his companions and grant them abundant peace. Praise be to Allah, the Opener ¹, the All-Knowing, the Guide to the straight path. And blessings and peace be upon our master Muhammad, the Chosen, the Trustworthy, and upon his family and his companions, possessors of glory and veneration. To proceed: When I examined the image of the encompassing ocean ² and what it contains of streams, rivers, villages, cities, land, meadows, islands, climes, and countries, and what inhabits that of animals and various things, and the kinds of beautiful things and subtle pleasing matters, I roamed with the eye of my thought over its breadth, length, deficiency, justice, and strength, and I found it in relation to other created things like a small ant on a vast land—and dominion belongs to Allah, the One, the Subduer, the Creator of night and day. "His Kursi ³ extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation does not weary Him, and He is the Most High, the Magnificent." ⁴ Neither My earth nor My heavens contain Me, but the heart of My believing servant contains Me. ⁵ Say, "If the sea were ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted." ⁶ To Him belongs creation and command. Blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds. When I saw that, my soul yearned to draw an image of a sea whose wonders cannot be counted nor its marvels enumerated, which encompasses everything and cannot be grasped, in whose depths the ships of the near ones ⁷ drown, and which no finite understanding of servants can cross. The talisman ⁸ shared with the seas, and between them in the confluence: "He has let loose the two seas, they meet; between them is a barrier they do not transgress." ⁹ And the two seas are not alike: this is fresh, sweet, pleasant to drink, and this is salty, bitter. ¹⁰ The sea of the eye of reality ¹¹ and the sign of His creatures, the human eye of existence ¹², and the cause of every existent—our master Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and his glory, honor, and generosity. I delighted my sight in the beauties of his gentle form, and I consoled my heart with the likeness of the sea of his noble generosity, and I made it my gaze in my night and day, and the drink of my love in my coming and going, because lovers are revived by the mention of their beloved, and hearts fly at the sight of their sought one. * Majnun ¹³ saw a dog in the desert * and bestowed upon it a garment of kindness. * They blamed him for what he did * and said, "Why do you give a garment to a dog?" * He said, "Leave off blaming me, for my eye * saw it once in Layla's lap." And I surrounded it with trees whose roots are firm in the land of hearts and whose branches are in the heaven of the unseen, "giving its fruit at every season by the leave of its Lord." ¹⁴ The knowers ¹⁵ pluck its secret fruits, and the lovers cling to its branches. It bears the traces of the breaths ¹⁶ and flourishes at the blowing of the fertilizing winds of blessings. It is watered with one water, and some of it excels others in fruit. And I made streams and rivers flow, at the sight of which eyes are bewildered, from the overflow of that great sea of pre-eternal precedence, to seas of knowledge on its two banks, whose people sip what oozes from the overflow of his knowledge, emulating the saying of al-Busiri ¹⁷, may Allah be pleased with him: "And the Messenger of Allah was sought, a scoop from the sea or a sip from the rain." And his saying: "He is the sea, and mankind is illuminated." And behind that I place meadows for the solitary ones ¹⁸ and leaders of the perfect ones, who draw from the praise of those chosen ones. They are given to drink of a sealed nectar, whose seal is musk—and for that let the competitors compete. ¹⁹ One like Layla kills himself, and the sweetness of death appears to him and becomes pleasant. And this is the description of the streams and rivers and the pouring aid from the Presence ²⁰, and the leaves, trees, and branches laden with various fruits and kinds of security and its paths connected to the special qualities of His good beloved ones. "And those who strive for Us—We will surely guide them to Our ways." ²¹ "No, We relate to you from the stories of the messengers that by which We strengthen your heart." ²² "And there has come to you in this the truth and an admonition and a reminder for the believers." ²³ "And you have not been given of knowledge except a little." ²⁴ As for the sea of His greatest secret, understandings do not traverse it, nor do fancies grasp it. "Knower of the unseen, He does not disclose His unseen to anyone, except whom He has approved of messengers." ²⁵ "And to your Lord is the finality." ²⁶ And this tree grew from the womb of the flood of love; none plucks it except one who follows his sunna ²⁷ and loves him. And this is the description of the necklace of the saints ²⁸, the religious one between the secret of those (1) or a friend adorned with the ornament of the elite, or a lover buried in the cemetery of annihilation, or a passionate one revived by the breeze of the coolness of praise. So one foot advanced and the other lagged. And it is little—and Allah is the one whose help is sought. From Him I seek aid, and upon Him is reliance. And what He wills is. And when He wills a thing, He subjugates the pillars for it, directs the spiritual energy ²⁹ for it, and opens the gardens for it. And my success is only from Allah. Upon Him I rely, and to Him I turn. Our Lord, grant us from Yourself mercy and prepare for us from our affair right guidance. And send down for us from the gifts of Your ladunni ³⁰ sciences a supply. His saying: "Whoever draws from the galaxy of the gathering ³¹"—that is, whoever scoops from the sea of the Sharia ³² and the Reality ³³—he writes what was of the jewels of the intellectual and transmitted sciences, and what is not of the subtle sciences and the ladunni gifts. And if you wish, you may say: "Whoever draws from the repository of the gathering"—and it is the point of the guarded secret and the hidden knowledge—he writes what was of the meanings of the Names and Attributes, and what is not in the tablets of intimations and inspirations. And if you wish, you may say: "Whoever draws from the repository of the gathering"—and it is the light of insight and the mirror of the innermost secret—he writes what was in the abridged and extended works, and what is not in the summary and ambiguous ones. And if you wish, you may say: "Whoever draws from the repository of the gathering"—and it is the lamp of the niche of lights and the glass of secrets—he writes what was in the tablets of truth and constancy, and what is not of the unseen matters and future events, by the witness of Allah, the Light of the heavens and the earth: "Like a niche within which is a lamp, the lamp within glass, the glass as if it were a pearly star, kindled from a blessed tree, an olive, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if no fire touched it. Light upon light. Allah guides to His light whom He wills." ³⁴

So glory be to Him who split open the compactness of meanings for those with insight ³⁵, and disclosed to them the hidden secrets of innermost hearts and consciences. Indeed, to Him belongs creation and command; blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds, Knower of the unseen, so He does not reveal His unseen to anyone except whom He chooses of a messenger. And if you wish, you may say: When the light of majesty and beauty took possession of this saint's ³⁶ inner being, and his worlds dissolved in the attributes of splendor and perfection, he trembled in awe and fell down in a swoon, as witnessed: "When his Lord manifested to the mountain, He made it crumble" ³⁷. Then when he recovered from his annihilation and returned to the witness of his sobriety ³⁸, the space of divulging secrets became too narrow for him, and he breathed in the isthmus ³⁹ of the carpet of lights, saying: "Glory be to Him who was before everything, who brings everything into being, and who remains after everything. Allah existed when there was nothing with Him, and He is now as He ever was. I have turned to You, and I am the first of the believers." When the witness of his secret heard: "Indeed, I have chosen you" ⁴⁰, he said: "He who draws from the inkwell of union ⁴¹ writes what was and what will never be." Long is what shines upon the inner from the lights of gnosis, and what appears on the limbs from the witnesses of grace. Long is what I describe to you of the gifts of the Merciful and mention from what ears have heard. Long is what you infer by proof and demonstration, and fortify with piercing intellects. He is the Possessor of length; there is no god but He; to Him is the return. Short is: "If the sea were ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even if We brought the like of it as replenishment" ⁴². Short is: "And if whatever trees on earth were pens, and the sea [were ink], with seven more seas to replenish it, the words of Allah would not be exhausted" ⁴³. Short is: "What you have will perish, but what is with Allah will remain" ⁴⁴. And if you count the blessings of Allah, you cannot enumerate them. "Thing" ⁴⁵—say: "What thing is greatest in testimony?" Say: "Allah." "Thing"—"There is not a thing but glorifies His praise" ⁴⁶. "Thing"—"And there is not a thing but with Us are its treasuries" ⁴⁷. So glory be to Him who encompasses everything in knowledge and counts everything in number. "I was a hidden treasure and I loved to be known, so I created creation that they might know Me" ⁴⁸. "Thing"—"Say: 'Allah,' then leave them to play in their vain discourse" ⁴⁹. "Thing"—"Wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allah" ⁵⁰. "Thing"—"Verily, everything besides Allah is false" ⁵¹. "My earth and My heavens do not contain Me" ⁵². O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him at the descent of the tables of recompense. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him at the scent of the lily of fragrant breezes. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him at the holding of the reins of the limbs. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him at the scent of the basil of sincerity. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him at the seeking of the stations of the elite. 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O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him upon attaining the lofty station and the highest degree. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him upon smelling the camphor of gnosis ⁵⁴ and the hidden sciences. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him upon conforming to the Sunna ⁵⁵ and following the legal rulings. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him upon smelling the clove of mercy. 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O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him when smelling the myrtle of standing firm on the limits ⁶². O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him when preserving the trust and fulfilling covenants. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him when smelling the wild rose of the gardens of sovereignty and the dominion ⁶³. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him when drinking from the springs of mercy and the basins of omnipotence ⁶⁴. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him when choosing the best of the treasures of supply and replenishment. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him when observing good opinion and beautiful belief. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him when smelling the frankincense of contentment and chastity. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him when acquiring good character and perfect attributes. 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O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him when plucking the flowers of Muhammadan tastes.

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him at the descent of the Ahmadine ⁶⁷ outpourings of mercy. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him at the sipping of the drink of the supreme Siddiqiyya ⁶⁸. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him at the unveiling of the benefits of the most exalted secret ⁶⁹. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him at the eating of the sugar of the sweetness of remembrances ⁷⁰. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him at the attendance of the gatherings of the righteous saints ⁷¹. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him at the drinking of the wine of proximity and union ⁷². O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him at the donning of the robes of honor and perfection ⁷³. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the blessing of a servant who prays upon him at the eating of the love of annihilation and absence in the light of Majesty and Beauty ⁷⁴. (9) I seek forgiveness from Allah for my spending and my stinginess. I seek forgiveness from Allah for my cleansing and my perfuming. I seek forgiveness from Allah for my going and my magnifying. I seek forgiveness from Allah for my recitation and my embellishment. I seek forgiveness from Allah for my intelligence and my acumen. I seek forgiveness from Allah for my glance and my gaze. I seek forgiveness from Allah for my knowledge and my understanding. I seek forgiveness from Allah for my prose and my poetry. I seek forgiveness from Allah for my melody and my grammar. I seek forgiveness from Allah for my speech and my response. I seek forgiveness from Allah for my craftsmanship and my mastery. I seek forgiveness from Allah for my eloquence and my clarity. I seek forgiveness from Allah for my seeking forgiveness. I seek forgiveness from Allah for what I have tied my waistcloth ⁷⁵ upon. I seek forgiveness from Allah for my coming and my going. I seek forgiveness from Allah for what I have committed in my night and my day. I seek forgiveness from Allah for divulging my secrets. I seek forgiveness from Allah for plunging into my burdens. I seek forgiveness from Allah for my persistence in sins and my obstinacy. I seek forgiveness from Allah, besides whom we have no support. I seek forgiveness from Allah, besides whom we have no refuge. I seek forgiveness from Allah, besides whom we have no goal. I seek forgiveness from Allah, from whom there is no refuge or escape except to Him. I seek forgiveness from Allah, the Mighty, besides whom there is no god, the Living, the Self-Subsisting, the Forgiver of sins, and I repent to Him. Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him; glory be to Allah, the Mighty; and there is no power or strength except with Allah, the Exalted, the Mighty. O Allah, I ask You by the right of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad. Glory be to You; there is no god but You; I have done evil and wronged myself, so forgive me and have mercy on me, for You are the Best of the merciful. Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You; there is no god but You; I have done evil and wronged myself, so forgive me and have mercy on me, for You are the Best of the forgivers. Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You; there is no god but You; I have done evil and wronged myself, so forgive me and have mercy on me, for You are the Oft-Returning, the Merciful. (10) Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You; I bear witness that there is no god but You alone, without partner; I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You. My Lord, forgive and have mercy, for You are the Best of the merciful. My Lord, forgive and have mercy, for You are the Best of the forgivers. Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us, we will surely be among the losers. Our Lord, grant us from Yourself mercy and prepare for us from our affair guidance. Our Lord, do not let our hearts deviate after You have guided us, and grant us from Yourself mercy; indeed, You are the Bestower. I seek forgiveness from Allah, the Mighty, besides whom there is no god, the Living, the Self-Subsisting, the Forgiver of sins, and I repent to Him. O Allah, bless our master Muhammad, Your servant and Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, and his family and companions, and grant them peace. O Allah, You are my Lord; there is no god but You; You created me, and I am Your servant, and I am upon Your covenant and promise as much as I am able. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favor upon me, and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for none forgives sins except You. O Allah, forgive me, O He whose name is blessed and whose praise is exalted; forgive me, O He whose majesty is high and whose names are sanctified; forgive me, O He who is eternal in His existence; forgive me, O He whose abode is established in elevation; forgive me, O He who is covered with the splendor of Majesty and Beauty; forgive me, O He who has donned praise and glory as a garment; forgive me, O He who is magnified by grandeur and light, which befits none other than Him; forgive me, O He whose work and creation are exalted in the heavens and among creation; forgive me, O He who is veiled by His veil, so no eye sees Him; forgive me, O He whose greatness and ultimate end the describers cannot comprehend; forgive me, O He who created the servants by the power of His decree; forgive me, O He who deserves gratitude from the servants for what He has bestowed upon them; forgive me, O He who by His mercy turned to Adam and guided him; forgive me, O He who saved Noah in the ark made by His hands; forgive me, O He who raised Idris to a high station and chose him; forgive me, O All-Hearing, O Answerer (11), O Kind to whom He wills, and have mercy on me, hear from me, favor me, answer my prayer, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, my seeking forgiveness with my persistence does not protect me, and my excuse with Your warning does not benefit me, and my denial with bearing my burdens does not prevent me, and my sin with the vastness of Your forbearance does not make me despair. You show affection to me with blessings, while I show aversion to You with sins, despite my need for You. O He who, when He promises, fulfills, and when He threatens, pardons, include my great offense in Your great pardon, place me under the wing of Your hidden kindness, pardon me by Your grace, treat me with Your generosity and bounty, revive my heart with the light of knowledge of You and Your oneness, make me among the thankful for Your blessing, the mindful of Your beneficence, and protect me, O Allah, from the evil of my soul and the evil of every evil-doer among Your creation, do not destroy me with Your wrath, do not try me with Your punishment, grant me well-being before that, guide me to the best of paths, and protect me from the trial of the grave and all perils. O Allah, accept the prayer of whoever calls upon You, then hopes for the removal of his affliction from none but You, have mercy on us with Your mercy, bestow upon us Your pardon, do not turn us back disappointed, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. Praise be to Allah, who has guided us to this, and we would not have been guided unless Allah had guided us.

Praise be to God, who created the heavens and the earth and made darkness and light; yet those who disbelieve equate others with their Lord. He it is who created you from clay, then decreed a term, and a specified term is with Him; yet you doubt. And He is God in the heavens and on the earth; He knows your secret and your open, and He knows what you earn. Praise be to God, who has not taken a son, and has no partner in sovereignty, and has no protector from weakness; and magnify Him with magnification. Praise be to God, who sent down the Book to His servant and did not make it crooked, upright, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good news to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward in it forever. Praise be to God, to whom belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth, and to Him belongs praise in the Hereafter; and He is the Wise, the Aware. He knows what enters the earth and what comes out of it, and what descends from the sky and what ascends into it; and He is the Merciful, the Forgiving. Victory from God and a near conquest; and give good news to the believers. So rejoice in your transaction which you have contracted; and that is the great triumph. Indeed, God and His angels send blessings upon the Prophet; O you who believe, send blessings upon him and greet him with a greeting of peace. O God, send blessings upon our master Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad as You sent blessings upon Abraham, and bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You blessed Abraham and the family of Abraham in the worlds; indeed, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious. O God, send blessings and peace upon our master Muhammad, the pinnacle of glory whose limit cannot be reached, the rising star of fortune whose beginning heralded signs of good, the ocean of sciences whose depth and end are unknown. O God, send blessings and peace upon our master Muhammad, the pearl of the necklace whose attributes are unmatched, the ultimate goal that has no end, the path of guidance whose miracles are countless, the locus of piety and asceticism; whoever visits him, his need is fulfilled and his supplications are answered. May God bless him and his family as long as the morning and evening continue. May God bless him and his family as long as movements and stillness of determination endure. May God bless him and his family with a blessing that has no limit, no end, no command, and no termination; and peace be upon him and the mercy of God and His blessings. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of God and His blessings, a yearning peace that longing has woven, so its tears have fallen. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of God and His blessings, a peace that the mounts have led its succession, so its sighs have risen. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of God and His blessings, a loving peace that passion has stirred, so its embers have blazed. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of God and His blessings, the peace of a praising servant who hopes, by your grace, that his stumbles be forgiven. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of God and His blessings, a peace whose fragrance surpasses the scent of ambergris, whose breezes blow upon your illuminated tomb. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of God and His blessings, a good and blessed peace whose breaths perfume the horizons. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O companion of the Divine Presence. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O source of holy secrets. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O possessor of clear lights. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O possessor of divine sciences. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O possessor of sublime gifts. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O possessor of pleasing states. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O possessor of pure character. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O embroidery of prophetic mission. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O possessor of the Ahmadian kingdom. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O possessor of celestial subtleties. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O possessor of the Throne-like aspiration. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O possessor of religious lineage. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O possessor of merciful effusions. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O possessor of pure qualities. Peace be upon you, O seal of prophethood and messengerhood, whom God honored with the secret of speciality, O my master, O Messenger of God. Peace be upon you, O source of knowledge and wisdom; peace be upon you, O locus of generosity and kindness. Peace be upon you, O pure of character and nature; peace be upon you, O possessor of the procession and banner. Peace be upon you, O Imam of the sacred precinct of Medina; peace be upon you, O mercy of God bestowed upon creation. Peace be upon you, O grace of God sent with truth; peace be upon you, O friend of God described with truthfulness. Peace be upon you, O handle of God, sweet in qualities and speech. Peace be upon you, O elite of God, last in resurrection and first in creation. Peace be upon you, O beloved of God, who attained perfection of attributes and the prize of precedence. Peace be upon you, O seal of the prophets; peace be upon you, O intercessor of the sinners. Peace be upon you, O Imam of the pious; peace be upon you, O leader of the bright-faced. Peace be upon you, O Messenger of the Lord of the worlds; peace be upon you, O grace of God upon the believers. Peace be upon you, O Ta Ha and Ya Sin; peace be upon you and upon your pure and purified family. Peace be upon you and upon all your companions; peace be upon you and upon your wives, the mothers of the believers. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O excellent beloved. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O excellent noble. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O excellent near one. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of God and His blessings, O excellent answerer. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O excellent noble. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O excellent physician. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O excellent orator. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of God and His blessings, O excellent protector. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O excellent noble. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O excellent pure one. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, O excellent pious one.

Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent pure one ⁷⁶. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent Meccan ⁷⁷. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent Medinan ⁷⁸. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent Tihami ⁷⁹. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent Najdi ⁸⁰. (15) Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent chosen one ⁸¹. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent faithful one ⁸². Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent kind one ⁸³. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent messenger. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent accepted one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent sought one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent hoped-for one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent truthful one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent trusting one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent forerunner. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent driver ⁸⁴. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent compassionate one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent affectionate one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent companion. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent intimate friend. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent perfect one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent excellent one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent worker. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent just one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent generous giver. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent connector. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent forbidding one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent commander. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent first. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent last. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent hidden one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent manifest one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent contented one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent patient one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent successor. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent gatherer. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent blessed one. (16) Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent joyful one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent victorious one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent mentioned one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent famous one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent thanked one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent visited one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent ascetic. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent praiser. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent prostrator. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent witness. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent witness. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent bower. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent humble one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent submissive one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent abstinent one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent rememberer. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent thankful one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent manifest one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent physician who mends. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent majestic one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent beautiful one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent abundant one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent guarantor. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent guide. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent generous one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent leader. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent merciful one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent righteous one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent sincere advisor. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent seal. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent opener. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent compassionate one. (17) Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent companion. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent friend. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent desirous one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent healer. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent sufficient one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent pardoner. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent bringer of good news. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent warner. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent firmly established one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent obeyed one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent trustworthy one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent strong one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent truth. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent clear one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent succor. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent rain. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent help. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent chaste one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent noble one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent jurist. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent eminent one.

Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent pure one ⁸⁵. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent happy one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent witness ⁸⁶. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent obedient one. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, O excellent intercessor ⁸⁷. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in the highest rank and elevation. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah clothe you with the most splendid robe and honor. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in fame and renown. (18). Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah make you a fortress and a protection. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in loftiness and aspiration. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in status and sanctity. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in secret knowledge ⁸⁸ and wisdom. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in abundant fortune and portion. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in goodness and blessing. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in compassion and mercy. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in might and care. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in victory and protection. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in safeguard and preservation. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in dominion and authority. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in intimate friendship ⁸⁹ and love. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in connection and nearness. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in awe and veneration. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in radiance and beauty. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in honor and perfection. (19) Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in love and acceptance. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in praise and gratitude. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in sublimity and pride. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in repentance and reward. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah make you a treasure and a store. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah set right through you the secret and the open. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah benefit through you this world and the next. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah support through you the religion and establish through you the foundations of faith. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah strengthen through you certainty and illuminate the worlds with your light. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah gift you with gifts of blessing and security, and protect through you from the calamities of time. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah succor through you the distressed and relieve through you sorrows. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah rescue through you the drowning and remove through you grief. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah satisfy through you the hungry and quench through you the thirsty. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah benefit through you the visitor and delight through you the eyes. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah guide through you the perplexed and remove through you the obstacles of deficiency. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah expand through you the breast and illuminate through you the heart. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah awaken through you thought and rouse through you the drowsy. (20) Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah perfume through you remembrance and illuminate through you the suns of gnosis ⁹⁰. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah exalt through you the Most High Assembly ⁹¹ and sanctify you in the gardens of Paradise. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah bring you near and close, and open for you the doors of contentment and good pleasure. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah magnify your worth and through your intercession emancipate the great sinners from the Fire. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in delight and joy. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah grant you chambers and palaces. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah serve you with youths and houris ⁹². Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah give you tents and curtains. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in fame and manifestation. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah increase you in splendor and light. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah perfume your earth and make it inhabited with the secret ⁹³. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; may Allah illuminate your grave and give you to drink from His Kawthar ⁹⁴ a pure drink. Peace be upon you, O Arab Prophet. Peace be upon you, O Unlettered Messenger ⁹⁵. Peace be upon you, O Kind and Merciful. Peace be upon you, O Noble Master. Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah. Peace be upon you, O one of great worth with Allah. May Allah bless your body among bodies, and your soul among souls, and your station among stations, and your presence among presences, and your remembrance among remembrances, O my master, O Messenger of Allah. O Allah, convey to him my greeting, as the Greeting ⁹⁶ mentioned, and peace be upon him and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. The blessings of Allah, His angels, and all His creation, in His heavens and His earth, be upon you, O my master, O Messenger of Allah.

May God bless you and your family and your companions, the knowers ⁹⁷. May God bless you and your family and your companions, the chosen ones. May God bless you and your family and your companions, the pious ones. May God bless you and your family and your companions, the good and pure ones. May God bless you and your family and your companions, those who stand and remember. May God bless you and your family and your companions, those who bow and prostrate. May God bless you and your family and your companions, those who give thanks and praise. May God bless you and your family, the victorious and secure, and your companions, the trustworthy and brought near, and all of God's creation altogether. And our final call is that praise be to God, Lord of the worlds. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whom You made a manifestation of the fountain of the secrets of the Malakut ⁹⁸, and a refuge for witnessing the wonders of the Jabarut ⁹⁹, and a key to the treasuries of the Rahamut ¹⁰⁰, and a ladder to the presence of union after separation ¹⁰¹ encompassing the perfection of attributes, and a lamp by which guidance is found in the East and West and all the heavens, the outward and inward through You in the absences of glory and pride, and the vicegerent representing You on the carpet of luminous might, the manifestation of the most radiant secret of prophethood, the commander of the army of messengers, the most illustrious, the wide gate of Your gnosis ¹⁰² opening onto the rivers, and the sea of Your sciences with abundant benefits, and the secret of Your remembrances, the comprehensive perfume, and the moon of Your heavens, the rising auspicious one, Your guide without whom there is no arrival except through his gate, and Your envoy adorned with the manners of servitude in his speech and response, and Your chosen one regarded with the eye of care in his going and coming, and Your beloved intercessor whose intercession is accepted for those who seek refuge in his sanctuary and cling to his means. May God bless him and his family with a blessing by which we become among those whom God draws to His presence and gives to drink of the delicious drink of His wine. May God bless him and his family with a blessing by which we become among those who are threaded into the string of the people of his love and the elite of his companions, and grant him abundant peace. And praise be to God, Lord of the worlds. O God, I ask You, O Eternal, O Everlasting, O Unique, O Odd, O Self-Sufficient, O One, O Single, O Forbearing, O All-Knowing, O High, O Great, O God, O Possessor of Majesty and Bounty, there is no god but You, glory be to You, indeed I was among the wrongdoers. O Living, O Self-Subsisting, by Your mercy I seek help. I ask You by Your hidden, treasured, blessed, pure, purified, holy name to bless our master Muhammad and his family and to intercede for me with Yourself before Yourself, for none is more merciful to us than You, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. May God bless our master Muhammad and his good and pure family and grant them abundant and exalted peace. And praise be to God, Lord of the worlds. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand onenesses of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the beginning of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the blessing of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the insight of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the glad tidings of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the sea of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the unification of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the delegation of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the repentance of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the support of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the magnification of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the illumination of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the verification of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the success of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the management of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the disposition of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the facilitation of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the expression of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the trade of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the devotion of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the praise of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the reward of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the steadfastness of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the trust of the people of 'There is no god but God'. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the fruit of the tree of humility; whoever clings to it, his rank becomes great and his proof becomes strong. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the branch of the tree of humility; whoever holds fast to it, his aspiration rises and his fragrance becomes good. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the blossom of the tree of humility; whoever clings to it, his intention becomes sound and his emigration becomes correct.

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the root of the tree of humility; whoever clings to it, Allah will elevate his mention. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the essence of the tree of humility; whoever holds fast to it, Allah will strengthen his affair. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the abode of the tree of humility; whoever clings to it, Allah will secure him from his terror. ¹⁰³ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the fruit of the tree of generosity; whoever holds fast to it, Allah will love him. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the branch of the tree of generosity; whoever holds fast to it, he will succeed in attaining Allah's good pleasure. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the blossom of the tree of generosity; whoever inhales its fragrance draws near to Allah. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the root of the tree of generosity; whoever clings to a branch of its branches, Allah will cause him to die upon the community and conformity to the Sunnah. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the essence of the tree of generosity; whoever clings to a branch of its branches, the glad tidings of good and the signs of Paradise will shine upon him. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the mine of the tree of generosity; whoever clings to a branch of its branches, Allah will pardon him with His forgiveness and admit him to Paradise. ¹⁰⁴ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the fruit of the tree of forbearance; whoever seeks shade in its shade, Allah will secure him from what he fears and protect him. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the branch of the tree of forbearance; whoever seeks shade in its shade, Allah will enable him to serve Him and be pleased with him. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the blossom of the tree of forbearance; whoever seeks shade in its shade, Allah will give him beyond what he hoped and pardon him for what he has committed. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the root of the tree of forbearance; whoever holds fast to it, Allah will treat him with His beautiful gentleness. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the essence of the tree of forbearance; whoever holds fast to it, Allah will preserve him in residence and travel. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the foundation of the tree of forbearance; whoever holds fast to it, Allah will pour upon him the gifts of His abundant goodness. ¹⁰⁵ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the fruit of the tree of contentment; whoever holds fast to it surrenders his soul to Allah. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the branch of the tree of contentment; whoever holds fast to it entrusts his affair to Allah. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the blossom of the tree of contentment; whoever holds fast to it runs under the currents of Allah's decrees. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the root of the tree of contentment; whoever holds fast to it is disciplined with the manners of servitude. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the essence of the tree of contentment; whoever holds fast to it acknowledges the right of Lordship. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the abode of the tree of contentment; whoever holds fast to it, Allah grants him the secret of special intimacy. ¹⁰⁶ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the fruit of the tree of patience; whoever holds fast to it, Allah loves to meet him. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the branch of the tree of patience; whoever holds fast to it, Allah fulfills his hope. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the blossom of the tree of patience; whoever holds fast to it, Allah answers his supplication. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the root of the tree of patience; whoever holds fast to it, Allah multiplies his reward. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the essence of the tree of patience; whoever holds fast to it, Allah lightens his reckoning. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the foundation of the tree of patience; whoever holds fast to it, Allah facilitates his means. ¹⁰⁷ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the fruit of the tree of gratitude; whoever holds fast to it, Allah bestows upon him pure blessings. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the branch of the tree of gratitude; whoever holds fast to it, Allah clothes him in the splendid garments of His generosity. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the blossom of the tree of gratitude; whoever holds fast to it, Allah draws him to His sublime presence. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the root of the tree of gratitude; whoever holds fast to it, Allah marks him with the mark of the righteous. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the essence of the tree of gratitude; whoever holds fast to it, Allah bequeaths to him the rank of the doers. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the abode of the tree of truthfulness; whoever holds fast to it, Allah makes him among the successful. ¹⁰⁸ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the fruit of the tree of truthfulness; whoever holds fast to it, his ways become pure. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the branch of the tree of truthfulness; whoever holds fast to it, his sources become wholesome. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the blossom of the tree of truthfulness; whoever holds fast to it, his virtues increase. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the root of the tree of truthfulness; whoever holds fast to it, Allah opens his insight. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the essence of the tree of truthfulness; whoever holds fast to it, Allah illuminates his innermost being. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the abode of the tree of truthfulness; whoever holds fast to it, Allah forgives his offense. ¹⁰⁹

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the fruit of the tree of repentance ¹¹⁰; whoever clings to it, Allah makes him among the chosen and the righteous. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the branch of the tree of repentance; whoever clings to it, Allah whitens his face and grants him the rank of the righteous ¹¹¹. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the blossom of the tree of repentance; whoever clings to it, Allah frees him by His sheer grace from the Fire. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the root of the tree of repentance; whoever clings to it, he fulfills the commands and avoids the prohibitions. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the essence of the tree of repentance; whoever clings to it, Allah saves him from sins and all calamities. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the house of the tree of repentance; whoever clings to it, Allah rectifies his religion and establishes his crumbling foundation upon truth. (33) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the fruit of the tree of beauty ¹¹²; whoever clings to it, he becomes absorbed in the essence of His surpassing beauty. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the branch of the tree of beauty; whoever holds fast to it, he becomes enraptured by the splendor of his rising full moon. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the blossom of the tree of beauty; whoever clings to it, he becomes bewildered in describing his comprehensive perfection. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the root of the tree of beauty; whoever holds fast to it, he spends the black of his eye ¹¹³ in love of him. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the essence of the tree of beauty; whoever clings to it, his spiritual perceptions ¹¹⁴ are safe from every deficiency and blemish. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the ruby of the tree of beauty; whoever holds fast to it, he attains more than what the women who cut their hands without distinction ¹¹⁵ attained. (34) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the fruit of the tree of love; its oil shines with the light of Allah. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the branch of the tree of love; its return flows from the gifts of the secret of Allah. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the blossom of the tree of love; its fragrance is diffused from the gardens of the intimate knowledge ¹¹⁶ of Allah. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the root of the tree of love; its affection is embedded in natures. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the essence of the tree of love; its side is guarded from hypocrisy. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the house of the tree of love; its pearl is treasured in the shells of hearts. (35) And fill our hearts with Your love, and delight them with Your lights, and humble our souls before the authority of Your majesty, and do not entrust us to ourselves for the blink of an eye nor less than that, and rectify our entire affair, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the light of guidance and the secret of sainthood ¹¹⁷, the crown of care, the refuge of protection, the amulet of preservation, the point of beginning and the goal of the end, a blessing by which You protect us from the varieties of misguidance and error, and make us among the people of preservation and care. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the sun of spiritual sciences ¹¹⁸ and divine gifts ¹¹⁹, the spirit of the essence of every pious person and gnostic ¹²⁰, a blessing by which You grant us the secrets of subtle favors ¹²¹, and make it a protection for us from terrors, earthquakes, and all fears. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make us among those whom You have clothed with the radiant light of Your love, raised for them the banners of guidance to union with You, established them in the station of champions for Your will, granted them the fulfillment of Your right, and made them a mercy to Your creation. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make us among those upon whom You have poured patience in opposing You, whose bodies have become manifest through vigilance over You ¹²², whom You have perfumed with the fragrance of the people of Your dealings ¹²³, clothed them in garments woven from Your affection, seated them on the pulpits of proximity, and placed upon their heads the crowns of Your delight. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make us among those whose limbs You have prepared for Your service, whose inner beings You have filled with the secrets of Your wisdom, whose hearts You have filled with the lights of Your awe, so they cast off the garments of ease out of fear of You, and sacrificed themselves in striving and obedience to You, and loved the loss of status out of fear of Your might, and protected themselves from everything that brings them near Your wrath and leads them to disobedience to You. (36) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make us among those who prepared for the Hereafter, folded up the carpet of frivolity, and denied their eyes the delight of sleep. Grief burned their thoughts, tears altered their eyesight, so they made their knees a pillow for their foreheads and the earth a bed for their sides. They are fearful, cautious, trembling, apprehensive, standing on the leg of seriousness, girded up. The Great Terror ¹²⁴ does not grieve them, and the angels receive them: "This is your day which you were promised." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make us among those whose flesh and blood have become intermixed with the Qur'an, so it separated them from spouses, awakened them from the sleep of heedlessness, and stirred them to travel by night ¹²⁵. They placed it upon their hearts and found rest, pressed it to their chests and found expansion. They made it a lamp for their darkness, a clear path for their way, and a victorious argument for their proof. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make us among those who trod upon the laws of the Qur'an, attained purity through the pure offering ¹²⁶, and were illuminated by the light of the All-Merciful. They had not long to wait before the Qur'an fulfilled its promise to them, completed its covenant with them, settled them in its felicities, and granted them safety from its threat. Thus they attained through it the desired things, embraced through it the stars, were secured through it from calamities, and praised through it the outcomes. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make us among those who parted from the delight of this world with a disdainful eye, looked to the reward of the Hereafter with a contented eye, and purchased the eternal with the ephemeral. How excellent is their trade! They profited in both abodes, gathered both goods, and completed both virtues. They reached the best of stations through the patience of a few days. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make us among those who hastened to good deeds and anticipated while there was respite, fearing the accidents of hours, and did not waste their days in frivolity and pleasures, being occupied (37) with what concerns them, traversing the paths of salvation. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing...

Make us thereby among those who complied with the commands and avoided the prohibitions, and raised themselves above everything that leads them to sins and ambiguities, and immersed their times in worship and all acts of obedience. Fatigue weakened their strength, and exhaustion changed their colors, and they remembered a blazing fire ¹²⁷. So attributes fall short of them, and melodies are raised by them, and blessings descend upon them. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us thereby among those whom Allah adorned with beautiful attributes, and raised to the highest stations, and manifested through their hands the flashes of the secret ¹²⁸ and the miraculous events ¹²⁹. They are the highest of people in speech and taste, the most fulfilling of covenant and pledge, the lamp of servants, the beacon of lands, the lamps of darkness, the mines of mercy, the springs of wisdom, and the support of the community. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us thereby among those whose sides forsake their beds ¹³⁰, and whose remembrance adorns the ears, and through whom gatherings and assemblies are made pleasant. They looked to Allah's reward with yearning souls, gazing eyes, and conforming deeds. They are the most accepting of people with excuse, the most forgiving with pardon, the most generous with giving, and the best in dealing and fulfilling rights. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us thereby among those who lowered their gazes from forbidden things, restrained their hands from various foods, and fled with themselves from sins. So they traversed the path of guidance, and prepared its foundation for right guidance. They are the lamps of darkness, the springs of the eyes of intellect ¹³¹, distinguished by the secret of special election ¹³², and purified from affectation by sincerity. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us thereby among those who observe the times, preserve the prayers, and abandon the arenas of amusement and pleasures. They are fasting, standing in prayer, pious, ascetic, humble, submissive: "Indeed, the believers are those who, when Allah is mentioned, their hearts tremble, and when His verses are recited to them, it increases them in faith, and upon their Lord they rely" ¹³³. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us thereby among Your believing servants, those who are humble in their prayer, those who turn away from idle talk, those who are active in giving zakah ¹³⁴, those who guard their private parts, those who keep their trusts and covenant, those who uphold their testimonies, and those who preserve their prayers. They will be in gardens, honored. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us thereby among those whose desires in the hearts have diminished, due to fear of the consequences of sins, and whose souls have departed from greed, cautious of the standing before the Master of the arenas ¹³⁵. They have emaciated their bodies from fear of those sorrows, and purified their hearts for Him by abandoning every food and drink. Their souls became tranquil, and they were content with poverty and hardship. They are like worn-out garments or faded traces. People sleep while they stay awake, and people break their fast while they fast. Those are the successful and secure ones, who fear their Lord above them and do what they are commanded. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us thereby among those who fled to You, so You accepted them; they turned to You, so You loved them; they sought refuge with You, so You granted them refuge; they sought Your help, so You aided them; they sought Your succor, so You supported them; they knocked at Your door, so You answered them; they held fast to You, so You protected them; they ascribed themselves to You, so You adorned them among Your servants with their splendor; they flattered themselves before You, so You bestowed upon them Your favor and mercy; they fled to You, so You saved them from fears and gave them security. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us thereby among those whom You saved from dangers and perils, and led them along the best paths, and illuminated their lamps in the darkness of the pitch-black night. They are the keys to the doors of generosity, the helpers of the religion, the protectors of the sanctuary, and those who possess the highest rank in the stations of might and eternity. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us thereby among those who, when You look at them, Your anger subsides, Your reckoning becomes light, Your punishment is lifted, Your mercy overflows, Your forbearance spreads, and Your bounty and generosity encompass. They are Your intercession among Your servants, and Your mercy which You have spread across Your regions and lands. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us thereby among those whom You seated on the pulpits of honor and lordship, crowned them with the crown of contentment, made them a locus of knowledge and benefit, guided them with Your light to You, led them on the path of happiness, extended the wing of Your covering over them, and promised them kindness from You in the beginning and the return. So they abandoned everything and did not turn to anyone besides You, O Knower of the unseen and the witnessed. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us thereby among those whom the caller of truth called, so they hastened to His noble door, and isolated their hearts from creation, so He guided them to His straight path. They addressed Him with the tongue of truth, so He brought them near and purified them from every blameworthy attribute. They sincerely directed their intentions to Him and returned with sincere repentance and a sound heart. So He favored them and gave them glad tidings with His words: "O My servants, indeed I am the Forgiving, the Merciful" ¹³⁶. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us thereby among those who boarded the ships of fear, used the oars of obedience, and lowered the curtains of trust. Then the winds of longing blew upon them and cast them into the seas of knowledge ¹³⁷. The waves of contentment swallowed them, and the garments of certainty carried them, so they became travelers until they disappeared from the eyes of onlookers. Then the angels received them with spirit and fragrance ¹³⁸, saying: "O noble angels of Allah, is there a path?" And the angels say to them: "Rejoice, you have crossed it by five hundred years." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us thereby among Your righteous servants and the elite of Your close friends ¹³⁹, those who recite His verses during the hours of the night while prostrating, who believe in Allah and the Last Day, enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong, and hasten to good deeds. And those are among the righteous. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us thereby among those for whom You opened the clear victory ¹⁴⁰, and gave them the rank of honor and empowerment.

And You turned them within the circle of Your kingdom, so they established the laws and revived the landmarks of religion, and they held fast to You, so You sufficed them against the evil of the mockers. They placed themselves and their wealth in Your protection and Your secure sanctuary, and they sought victory through You, and they found You the best Helper and Supporter. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us among those who, when the darkness of night deepens, yearn for You as birds yearn for their nests, and rejoice in intimate conversation with You as souls rejoice with their visitors, and hasten to You as mounts hasten to their homelands. They are bewildered by Your remembrance and gentleness, warming themselves by the fire of longing. Love has burned their livers, and passion has worn out their bodies, so they have become absent in the beauty of the Essence ¹⁴¹, casting aside attachments and adorning themselves with beautiful attributes. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us among those whose souls have roamed in the heights and alighted in the watering-places of piety, until they halted in the meadows of bliss and plucked the fruits of the gentle breeze from the thickets, and traversed the deep sea of joy and drank from the cup of happiness, and sought shade under the canopy of generosity, and attained contentment in the abode of safety. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us among those who opened the door of patience and filled the trenches of anxiety and crossed the bridge of desire until they passed beyond the lands of the wrongdoers, and became desolate from the company of the ignorant, and mixed the fruit of action with the light of sincerity, and drew from the spring of wisdom, and boarded the ship of discernment, and set sail with the wind of certainty, and plunged into the sea of salvation, and anchored at the moorings of the brought-near ¹⁴² and the great ones of the elite. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us among those who laugh openly from the vastness of their Lord's mercy, and weep secretly from fear of the severity of their Lord's punishment. They remember Him morning and evening in their pure homes, and call upon Him in hope and fear with their gentle tongues, and ask Him with their hands lowered and raised, and yearn for Him with their hearts at dawn and at the start. They walk with tranquility and draw near through the means ¹⁴³. They are His honored servants and His pious friends. Upon them are present witnesses from Him, and guarding eyes, and manifest blessings. Their souls are in this world, but their minds are in the Hereafter. So they are those who hasten to fulfill rights without delay, and fulfill obedience without deficiency. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us among those whom Allah has made happy through obedience to Him, and preserved through His care, and regarded with His attention, and taken charge of through His governance. So their mount to Him is desire, their driver is fear, their encourager is longing, and their path is taste ¹⁴⁴. No languor in intention overtakes them, nor weakness in resolve, nor feebleness in determination, nor interpretation for a concession, nor inclination toward the temptations of heedlessness. Their concerns are in seriousness and seeking, and their souls are in salvation and flight. They consider much of their deeds as little, and consider little of Allah's blessings upon them as much. If He bestows blessings upon them, they are grateful; if they are denied, they are patient. They are a people whom Allah has made to taste the sweet flavor of His love, and has blessed them with the permanence of sweetness in intimate conversation with Him. So that has cut them off from desires, and they have avoided pleasures, and they remain in the service of the Lord of the heavens and the earth. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us among those whom You have honored with Your love and established at the door of contemplation ¹⁴⁵ from Your proximity, and made them a locus for Your affection, and guides to the paths of Your right guidance, and trustees over the secrets of Your servants. Then You said to them: 'If a fearful one comes to you from Me, give him security; or a commander from Me, warn him; or one desiring My connection, connect him; or one journeying towards Me, provide for him; or one cowardly in My transaction, encourage him; or one despairing of My bounty, count him; or one hoping for My beneficence, give him glad tidings; or one of good opinion of Me, be open with him; or one loving Me, accompany him; or one magnifying My rank, magnify him; or one seeking clarification towards Me, guide him; or one doing evil after My beneficence, reproach him. And whoever connects with you, connect with him; and whoever is absent from you, seek him out; and whoever commits an offense against you, bear with him; and whoever falls short in an obligation regarding My right, leave him; and whoever commits a sin, advise him; and whoever among My friends is sick, visit him; and whoever is dying, give him glad tidings; and if a distressed person seeks refuge with you, grant him refuge. For through you are bestowed gifts, through you are achieved goals, through you are opened doors, through you arises the cloud, through you is lifted wrath, and through you is extinguished the blazing fire.' O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that makes us among those whose hearts You have preserved from evils, and through whom You have shown mercy to Your servants in hardship and shelter, and seated them on the chairs of physicians of the people of Your knowledge regarding ailments and the examination of the sources of remedies. Then You said to them: 'If a sick one comes to you from poverty, treat him; or one ill from remembrance of Me, cure him; or one forgetful of My blessing, remind him; or one confronting Me with disobedience, oppose him; or one loving Me, connect with him. My reward for you is the best reward, My gift to you is the best gift, My bestowal upon you is the best bestowal, My favor upon you is the most abundant favor, My dealing with you is the most fulfilling dealing, and My demand upon you is the most severe demand. I am the Examiner of hearts, I am the Knower of unseen things, and I am the Knower of the realms of thought and the whisperings of breasts.' You and all the inhabitants of Your earth and Your heaven and what is between them and what is encompassed by above and below and before and after, with all kinds of Your complete and accepted blessings, and You send peace with all kinds of Your peace that is connected to You, upon the absolute master, and the one sent to complete the noble traits of character, Your servant and messenger upon whom You revealed in the clear verses of Your Book: 'And indeed, you are of a great moral character.' [Quran 68:4] O Allah, send blessings, peace, and benediction upon the eye of care, the treasure of guidance, the adornment of the Resurrection, the embroidery of the garment, the bride of the kingdom, the tongue of the proof, the intercessor of the community, the imam of the Divine Presence, the Prophet of Mercy, our master Muhammad, and upon Adam, Noah, Abraham the Friend, and upon his brother Moses the Converser, and upon the Spirit of God, Jesus the Trustworthy, and upon David and Solomon, Zechariah and John, and upon their families, whenever those who remember remember You, and whenever those who are heedless are heedless of Your remembrance. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, to the number of the vastness of Your mercy. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, to the number of Your forgiveness after Your power. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, to the number of Your forbearance after Your knowledge.

O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, as many as encompassed by Your knowledge ¹⁴⁶ and counted by Your Book. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, as many as Your creation, the pleasure of Your Self, the weight of Your Throne, the ink of Your words, and the permanence of Your kingdom, and multiples of multiples thereof, a perpetual blessing with Your perpetuity, enduring with Your endurance, with no end without Your knowledge; indeed, You are over all things competent. O Allah, bless Muhammad and his wives and his offspring as You blessed Abraham, and send blessings upon Muhammad and his wives and his offspring as You sent blessings upon Abraham; indeed, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious. O Allah, bless Muhammad and his family as You blessed Abraham, and send blessings upon our master Muhammad and the family of our master Muhammad as You sent blessings upon Abraham and the family of Abraham in the worlds; indeed, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious. O Allah, bless Muhammad, the unlettered prophet, and the family of Muhammad. O Allah, bless Muhammad, Your servant and Your messenger. O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You blessed Abraham and the family of Abraham; indeed, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious. O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You sent blessings upon Abraham and the family of Abraham; indeed, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious. O Allah, have mercy upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You had mercy upon Abraham ¹⁴⁷. Thus she became joyful with happiness and glad tidings; You honored him with the distance of two bow-lengths ¹⁴⁸, You honored him with Your speech free from doubt and Your grace sanctified from uncertainty and defect; You bestowed upon him from Yourself, and thus You disclosed to him the hidden secrets of the cosmos and all mysteries. Grant us the companionship of fear, the dominance of longing, the steadfastness of knowledge, the constancy of reflection, and bestow upon us purity of gnosis and rectitude of conduct between us and You according to the Sunna; grant us sincerity of trust in You and good opinion of You, and favor us with everything that brings us near to You, coupled with pardon in both abodes, by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, O He who looked with His selection upon the elite of His servants and made their hearts houses of His oneness, their innermost selves a dwelling for His uniqueness, and their breasts sources of His remembrance and glorification; so everything that rises for them from the horizon of divine success, or flashes for them from the lightning bolts of realization, the hearts expand with the remembrance of the Beloved, and the drink becomes pleasant for them, and the unseen is unveiled for them. Through You to You, establish us in sincerity of servitude before You, make our tongues moist with Your remembrance, our souls obedient to Your command, our hearts filled with Your gnosis, our spirits honored with Your contemplation ¹⁴⁹, our innermost selves delighted with Your nearness; indeed, You are over all things competent. O You who humbles the hearts of the gnostics, O You who subdues the awe of the yearning ones, by Your pardon and generosity, bestow upon us Your favor, clothe us with the garment of Your concealment, pardon us for our shortcomings by Your generosity, grant us gratitude for Your blessings and kindness, and admit us into Paradise by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. You raised him to the noblest station and the highest rank, and made him a guide to the religion of Islam and a guide to the Abode of Peace. O Allah, just as You commanded us to send blessings upon him, convey our blessings to him, O Lord of the worlds. Place us in his company, make us among those who attain his intercession, follow his law, are guided by his Sunna, and emulate his Companions. Show us his face, deprive us not of his intercession, and gather us with him in the abode of mercy and good pleasure, to the Abode of Peace, by Your mercy, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor ¹⁵⁰. Have mercy upon a servant overwhelmed by calamities, whose proofs are hidden, whom hope and fleeting worldly goods have deceived, so that a barrier has veiled him from You until most of his life has passed in idleness, and he has attained nothing of value. O Allah, I ask You and turn to You through our master Muhammad, Your servant and Your messenger, the sweet of character, whom You chose from the noblest tribes, in whom You gathered diverse qualities, and preferred him over the later and earlier generations. Deliver us, O our Lord, from every great matter and terrible affair, heal us from apparent and hidden diseases and all ailments. O Muhammad, Seal of the Prophets, Confirmer of the Messengers, and Messenger of the Lord of the worlds, intercede for me with your Lord for the fulfillment of all my needs, bestow upon me the subtle favors and goodness, and honor me with all virtues. O Allah, I seek intercession through him to You, through Your generosity and his generosity to Your generosity, through his mercy to Your mercy, and through the people of his love to You. I ask You by every request that any of Your creation has asked of You, a swift request not rejected, and by every supplication made to You, an answered supplication not disappointed, to clothe us in the garments of the righteous, crown us with the crown of honor, awe, and dignity, grant us the secret of secrets that prevents persistence [in sin], so that ¹⁵¹ we may have no rest with sin, and establish us and guide us to righteous deeds through these words which You spread upon the tongue of Your messenger and with which You tested Abraham, Your friend, and he fulfilled them: "He said, 'Indeed, I will make you a leader for the people.' [Abraham] said, 'And of my descendants?' [Allah] said, 'My covenant does not include the wrongdoers.'" So make us among the doers of good from the descendants of Adam and Noah, and cause us to follow the path of the righteous leaders, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You deliver us from pride, self-admiration, showing off, rancor, envy, love of status and wealth, enmity, hatred, insolence on earth, and corruption. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You deliver us from miserliness, stinginess, long hopes, insolence, extravagance, bad character, ugly deeds, self-abasement before the rich, hostility toward the saints, contempt for the poor and needy, departure from obedience to the righteous and the rulers, lack of intention and sincerity, abandonment of trust in the coming of provision, fear of losing status in people's hearts, blindness to changing evil, and lack of support for the religion of the True King ¹⁵². O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You deliver us from rancor, deceit, affectation, rivalry, boasting, harshness, roughness, coarseness, heedlessness, frivolity, levity, haste, alienation, sharpness, narrowness of chest, lack of mercy, abandonment of modesty and contentment, ingratitude for blessings, self-vindication, blameworthy attributes, disregard for sanctity, and base morals.

O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You save us from anxiety, sorrow, incapacity, laziness, miserliness, cowardice, the burden of debt, the oppression of men, the straitness of livelihood, the scarcity of provision, and the evil of the final outcome in the present state and the hereafter. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You save us from disbelief, poverty, the torment of the grave, deceit, and gradual entrapment ¹⁵³, and from hardness of heart, dryness of the eye, lack of contentment with the decree, agitation, the trial of this world, love of women, injustice, deviation from the path of truth, and crookedness. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, fifty blessings by which You save us from the soul's refusal to obey commands, its rushing into prohibitions, adorning the outward with what contradicts the inward, beautifying expressions, filling times with ornate speech, letting the limbs loose in what does not concern them, indulging in desires, inclining towards ease, and the death of the heart amidst pleasures. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You save us from neglecting preparation for death, failing to reflect on what is lost, giving free rein to the soul, selling its delusion for a paltry price, sowing evil, nullifying gatherings of good, and spying on the faults of others. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You save us from thinking ill of people, failing to hold ourselves accountable for every breath, the soul's aversion to obedience and its familiarity with what diminishes the capital ¹⁵⁴, lack of gratitude, ingratitude for blessings, bringing harm, opening the door of calamities, feeling secure from Your scheme ¹⁵⁵, deprivation of contentment, severing ties of kinship, abandoning supplication and seeking forgiveness, and supplicating at night while people sleep. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You save us from the false oath ¹⁵⁶, following the whims of souls, cutting off the rights of servants through false oaths, failing to consider their consequences, blackening the inward with the smoke of sins, delaying rights until a day when forelocks are seized ¹⁵⁷, refusing truth and fairness, following the idle who are characterized by evil traits. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You save us from looking at a small sin with an eye of belittlement, casting responsibilities into the corners of neglect, procrastination, dullness of intellect, failing to hasten towards good, withholding sincere advice, avoiding righteous people, excessive harshness, befriending oppressors, turning away from sources of purity, listening to falsehood, the treachery of the eyes ¹⁵⁸, failing to guard what the tongues utter, not lowering the gaze from forbidden things, and filling the senses with hearing sins. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You save us from pretension, lack of patience when calamities descend, excessive complaining, failing to be mindful of Allah in secret and private conversation, scarcity of provision that leads to the Hereafter and piety, persistence in major sins, indulgence in destructive minor sins, failing to cleanse the folds ¹⁵⁹ from forbidden things, raising the aspiration above ambiguous matters, clinging to what has not been given, and failing to seek the forgiveness of those who have claims against us. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You save us from extinguishing the lamp of truth, immersing in the blackness of night in jest, cutting through the distance of the day in play and amusement, being religious for the sake of gathering worldly goods, not caring about consuming illicit wealth, envying unlawful wealth, neglecting obligatory and supererogatory acts, and wasting the symbols of Islam. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You save us from desiring what is in people's hands, striving in the snares of bankruptcy, deceiving the common people, winning them over with what displeases the All-Knowing King, contradicting words with deeds, concealing evil intentions, traveling through the deserts of destruction, blindness, and the obliteration of insight. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You save us from greed for the love of the immediate ¹⁶⁰, turning the eye of the heart away from the hereafter, casting the poor out of the heart, striving in what brings the Lord's wrath, enslaving the soul in the land of severance ¹⁶¹, disregarding the limits of the Sharia, and divulging every secret and trust that was confided. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You save us from excessive laughter, nonsense, mixing with women and children, committing everything that leads to misery and abandonment, mockery, ridicule, inclining towards the rich, looking with an eye of veneration at tyrants, oppressors, and all the ignorant. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You save us from distress and hardship, rectify our state, straighten our crookedness, remove from us every grief and severity, grant us joy, and make us among those who have followed the straight path and advanced. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You save us from disfigurement ¹⁶², abrogation ¹⁶³, contract ¹⁶⁴, dissolution ¹⁶⁵, gossip, earthquakes, terrors, the assault of time and men, wasting rights, children, and family. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You save us from excessive satiety and sleep, disparaging the way of the people ¹⁶⁶, boasting about knowledge and sharp understanding, raising voices in gatherings, harming passersby and those sitting, spreading the tongue, acting arrogantly towards peers, falsifying statements, wasting knowledge, relying on deeds, winning faces through various tricks, lacking steadfastness, loving honor, and attracting hearts through the snares of vanity. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You save us from using free people ¹⁶⁷ as servants, divulging secrets, enmity towards the righteous, friendship with the wicked, harming the neighbor, bringing harm, and failing to respect the sanctity of elders and children. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You save us from hypocrisy, immorality, wearing the garments of fame and prominence, falling into

the symptoms of the lower parts, the chests, and clinging to the rope of falsehood ¹⁶⁸ and the delusion of pride ¹⁶⁹; for indeed You know the treachery of the eyes and what the breasts conceal. (55) O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You protect us from faults and slips, and grant us rectitude in speech and action, and preserve us from play, amusement, and error, and save us from leprosy, vitiligo, and the confusion of madness and insanity, and heal us from apparent and hidden diseases and all ailments. O Allah, purify my tongue from lying, my heart from hypocrisy, and my deeds from ostentation; and protect me in words, covenants, states, suspicions, fancies, sights, thoughts, remembrances, the most hidden of hidden whisperings ¹⁷⁰, insinuations, worry, ideas, deceptions, intentions, movements, and stillnesses, and in what You know, O Knower of hidden things. And do not make me among those who call upon You due to a favor from Your guidance and remembrance of You, then forget You, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You protect us from the removal of Your favor, the cessation of Your well-being, the suddenness of Your vengeance, and all Your wrath. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad (56) a blessing by which You protect us from reprehensible morals, deeds, and desires, and from the severity of trial, the attainment of misery, evil decree, and the gloating of enemies. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You protect us from knowledge that does not benefit, deeds that are not raised, a heart that does not humble itself, a soul that is not satisfied, a supplication that is not heard, and from hunger, for it is an evil bedfellow. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You clothe us with the garment of Your well-being, and rain upon us the clouds of Your mercy, and make us taste the cool sweetness of Your pardon and forgiveness. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You occupy our inner selves with gratitude to You, our tongues with remembrance of You, and lead our limbs to serve You, and free our necks from desires for Your worship. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make us among those who feared and humbled themselves, and were admonished by Your warnings and desisted. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make us among those who connected for Your sake and severed, and repented from their sin to You and returned. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make us among those who forbade their souls and subdued them, avoided and rebuked them from their error and restrained them. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make us among those who found tranquility in You and slept, and sucked from the breast of Your truths and nursed. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make us among those who drank from Your watering-places and lapped, and fulfilled Your rights and proclaimed (57) He who has settled us in the abode of permanence by His grace, wherein no fatigue touches us nor weariness touches us; He who fulfilled His promise to us and made us inherit the earth, to settle in Paradise wherever we wish. Excellent is the reward of the workers for what You have guided us to of the path of religion, and given us of good certainty, and made beloved to us of Your obedience, and bestowed upon us of Your favor, for what You have made sound of our bodies, and increased of our blessings, and facilitated of our provisions, and refined of our morals, and eased of our affairs, and mended our brokenness, and relieved our distresses, and concealed our faults. And we seek refuge in You from a heart stamped upon corruption, an eye blind to guidance, a sin that begets weariness, and a hope that corrupts action, that You send blessings upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the mercy, the fountain of wisdom, the remover of grief, the dispeller of darkness, and by what You have adorned him with of asceticism and chastity, and beautified him with of obedience and infallibility, and by what You have granted him of sciences and gifts, and caused to flow at his hands of abundant blessings, and by what You have given him of complete honor and status, and high rank and aspiration, of those who hold fast to the Book and the Sunnah, and grant us Your pleasure and Paradise, and relieve us and this Muhammadan community from every hardship and crisis, by Your grace, O Most Generous of the generous, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Messenger of God, I and my family, my companions, and my land are in your protection. O Messenger of God, be a protector for me and for them; there is none who protects besides you. O Messenger of God, I am distressed by what, for other than you, would be a ransom for my soul. So relieve it, grant it by your favor from me; far be it that one who calls upon you should not be answered. O Messenger of God, purify my heart from its desire and adorn it with your desire. O Messenger of God, with ample provision enrich me with the flood of your generosity. O Messenger of God, join me with a people who tomorrow will be gathered under your banner. (58) O Messenger of God, I love one from you; in closeness my eye sees you. O Messenger of God, my heart is yearning, and my mouth is fond of kissing your dust. When I look, I see nothing that fills the heart with love except you. By your most radiant, most beautiful beauty, and your qualities that cannot be imitated, Not a moment of the blink passes but my heart is turned, watching you. My body dwells in the West, but my heart remains always there. Do you think time will be blessed with union, and my eye will delight in your radiance? Upon you be blessings, O best guide, and peace after the measure of your dust. And upon the family, as long as musk diffuses and its fragrance is perfumed with your scent. And upon your noble companions and those who followed and pursued the path of your guidance. O my Master, by the Alif of Your Divinity, the Ba of Your Primordiality, the Ta of Your Oneness, the Tha of Your Reward, the Jim of Your Beauty, the Ha of Your Forbearance, the Kha of the Treasures of Your Kingdom, the Dal of Your Eternity, the Dhal of Your Remembrance, the Ra of Your Compassion, the Zay of Your Might, the Ta of Your Purity, the Za of Your Manifestation, the Kaf of Your Sufficiency, the Lam of Your Gentleness, the Mim of Your Sovereignty, the Nun of Your Light, the Sad of Your Path, the Dad of Your Radiance, the Ayn of Your Pardon, the Ghayn of Your Forgiveness, the Fa of Your Criterion, the Qaf of Your Power, the Sin of Your Secret, the Shin of Your Affair, the Ha of Your Guidance, the Waw of Your Love, the Lam-Alif of Your Prohibition, the Hamza of Your Command, the Ya of Your Blessing, and by the sanctity of Your Prophet, our master Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, by the Kha of Your Creations, and the Ba of Your Glad Tidings.

And the Tā' of Your descents ¹⁷¹, and the Thā' of Your praise, and the Jīm of Your beauty, and the Ḥā' of Your encompassing of Your secrets, and the Khā' of the purity of Your prophets, and the Dāl of the call of Your pious ones ¹⁷², and the Dhāl of the forelock of Your chosen ones, and the Rā' of Your good pleasure, and the Ṭā' of the obedience of Your saints, and the Ẓā' of the manifestation of Your self-disclosures, and the Kāf of Your perfections, and the Lām of the flashes of Your signs, and the Mīm of Your favor, and the Nūn of Your victory, and the Ṣād of Your protection, and the Ḍād of the conscience of Your elite, and the 'Ayn of Your gift, and the Ghayn of Your riches, and the Fā' of Your opening, and the Qāf of Your nearness, and the Sīn of Your glory, and the Shīn of Your intercessions, and the Hā' of Your guidance, and the Wāw of Your friendship, and the Lām-Alif which none of Your creatures can equal, and the Hā' of the inspirations of Your arrivals, and the Yā' of the spring of Your mercies. And the most noble of Your handiworks and the greatest of Your creatures are the openings of the chapters ¹⁷³ and the spirit of the spirits of forms, and the garden of fragrant, blooming beauties, and the element of noble, lofty pearls, and the crescent of clear, bright seasons, and the pole of sovereignty with sound tradition, and the locus of benefit with sound insight, and the key of happiness intended in litanies and breasts and insight and sight, and the jewel of intellect and the field of thought, and the direction of supplication and the means of success, and the bride of the kingdom, preferred over angels, jinn, and all humans, by the sanctity of the adornment with which You beautified him until he became like a ruby among stones, and the secret You entrusted in him until water flowed from between his fingers and poured forth, and the forbearance You created in him until the gazelle sought refuge with him and the camel complained to him of the harm that had befallen it, and by the noble miracles You singled him out with until the moon split in two for him and the tree answered his call, and by the light with which You delighted him until every praiser was unable to describe him and was dazzled, and by the majesty with which You clothed him until every tyrant submitted to his great awe and was subdued, and by the love with which You brought him near until his fame spread throughout the cosmos and became renowned, and by the honor with which You raised him until he surpassed the people of the desert and the city, and by the light You sent down upon his heart, whereby the religion of unbelief vanished and perished, and by the station You gave him until every lover rejoiced in his companionship and boasted, and by the intercession You singled him out with on the day when hearts tremble and thoughts are bewildered. My supply is from the supply of his Muhammadan spirit, and my sciences from his divine sciences ¹⁷⁴, and my secrets from his holy secrets, and my gifts from his angelic gifts, and my aspiration from his Throne-like aspiration, and my states from his pleasing states, and my self-disclosures from his beautiful self-disclosures, and my awe from his majestic awe. Remove the veil between me and him so that there is no barrier or doorkeeper between me and him, and eliminate the intermediaries between me and him, and enrich me through him from what appears in the simple elements, and transform my states into his states, and string the jewels of my praises in the thread of his pure gold, and consume all my limbs in his remembrances, and immerse me in the seas of his lights, and make my stars shine in the orbit of his cycles, and make me, when I die, in his vicinity, so that I may be from him at the distance of two bow-lengths or nearer ¹⁷⁵, with his beloved and saints, for whom happiness and goodness have preceded from You by Your grace and generosity, O Most Generous of the generous, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Messenger of God, help! For I am standing at your door. O Messenger of God, help! For I am a praiser of your noble qualities. O Messenger of God, help! For I am determined and devoted to your pure love. O Messenger of God, help! My heart has succeeded from the wine of your affection, and grant me gifts of endowments and subtle graces. O Messenger of God, help! For you are the physician and the cure. O Messenger of God, help! For you are the path and the way. O Messenger of God, help! For you are the ascent and the ladder. O Messenger of God, help! For you are the nature and the temperament. O Messenger of God, help! For you are the light and the lamp. O Messenger of God, help! For you are the longing and the love. O Messenger of God, help! For you are the light and the blackness. O Messenger of God, help! For you are the sword and the belt. O Messenger of God, help! For you are the pilgrimage and the struggle. O Messenger of God, help! For you are the building and the lands. O Messenger of God, help! For you are righteousness and guidance. O Messenger of God, help! For you are sleep and wakefulness. O Messenger of God, help! For you are the innermost and the heart. O Messenger of God, help! For you are the need and the desire. O Messenger of God, help! For you are the spirit and the body. O Messenger of God, help! For you are the provision and the number. O Messenger of God, help! For you are the succor and the rain and the supply. Help, help, O Messenger of God! For you are the eternal glory and the everlasting bliss forever. O Messenger of God, help! For you are the fragrant and the sweet-smelling. O Messenger of God, help! For you are the light and the brightness. O Messenger of God, help! For you are the opening and the relief. O Messenger of God, help! Have mercy on a stranger in the West who hopes for your bounty, high of rank. Have mercy on palms stretched out to you, harmed by distress and hardship. O Messenger of God, help! Reward me and give abundantly, and accept me despite the crookedness in me. Intercede for me with my Master by your station with Him, and free my preserved gray hair from the sighs of hellfire and the heat of blaze. And make me among those upon whom the breezes of His mercy have blown, so their worry left and they were relieved, and among those whom You honored with His love and seated on the carpet of His presence, so their morning shone and dawned bright. For God is kind, near, swift in relief, abundant in kindness at the descent of hardships and distress. O Most Generous of the generous, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. And may God bless our master and lord Muhammad and his family and companions and grant them peace abundantly. And praise be to God, Lord of the worlds. In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. And may God bless our master and lord Muhammad and his family and companions and grant them peace abundantly. Praise be to God, who alone deserves praise, greatness, and majesty. And praise be to God, whose authority is great, whose kingdom is exalted, and whose praise is mighty. And praise be to God, who chose His Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, from the noblest of His servants and selected him, and made prayer upon him a virtue that attracts the breaths of His all-encompassing good pleasure and satisfaction. And praise be to God, who guided us to this, and we would not have been guided had God not guided us. And we thank You for making us among the community of this noble Prophet, whose light You created before everything, and through whom You made Your angels know You in pre-eternity, and made him the pupil of the eye of existence and its first preceding secret, and from whose light You made lights shine, and from whose secret You caused springs of secrets to gush forth, and granted him the rank of mastery over the first and the last, and singled him out with the highest stations and the most sublime glories, and derived for him from Your praised name, and made for him honor and pride over every existent. O God, bless him and his family with a blessing by which we attain the ultimate goal, and by which we become among those who have attained the high station in the abode of eternity, and grant him abundant peace forever. And praise be to God, Lord of the worlds. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, from whom the Sufi stations are taken and from whom the subtle sciences of divine gift are derived. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whom the definitive proofs support and the transmitted jewels testify to his great rank. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whom the juristic principles cannot contain, nor the grammatical tongues express. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, to whom the heart's thoughts yearn, and at whose mention the pleasing states are stirred.

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, to whom distant states ¹⁷⁶ are brought and by whose supplication the proud souls are subdued. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whom the unseen worlds ¹⁷⁷ attend and by whose mention the treasures of mercy are opened. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by whom the tribes and assemblies boast, and from whose generous hand the streams of generosity flow. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, in whom the higher and lower worlds glorify ¹⁷⁸, and by whom the pearls of the people of the secret ¹⁷⁹ and speciality are extracted. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, from whom the clear lights shine, and from whom the subtle secrets of hidden mysteries are derived. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by whose glance human stubbornness vanishes and by whose training the human creation is reformed. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, from whom the prophetic breezes blow, and from whom the fruits of sublime gifts are plucked. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by whom the fragrant winds of spiritual secrets are brought, and by whose blessing the illusory thoughts disappear. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by whom the prophetic ways ¹⁸⁰ were revived, and by whom the people of pure lineage ¹⁸¹ were honored. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, before whose beauty the angelic beings ¹⁸² were dazzled, and by whose resolve the obstacles of the jabarut ¹⁸³ were overcome. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, upon whom were bestowed the garments of divine pleasure in the presence of nearness ¹⁸⁴, and in the sky of high stations the contemplation of felicity shone. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the spirit with whom the lover no longer has any selfhood ¹⁸⁵, and in whose vision the state of being with ¹⁸⁶ is transformed. 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O Allah, bless him and his family, a blessing that guides us to the straight path and grants us the comfort of a pleasant life. O Allah, bless him and his family, a blessing that treats us with Your hidden kindness and draws over us the cloak of Your ample covering, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom Allah removed hidden evils and repelled base things. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom Allah veiled the brides ¹⁹¹; by his blessing the churches were demolished. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, who purified...

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom Allah filled the gatherings ¹⁹², and benefited the passerby and the sitter. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom Allah populated the cities and revived the ruins ¹⁹³. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom Allah drove away intrusive thoughts ¹⁹⁴ and repelled whisperings ¹⁹⁵. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom Allah adorned the scrolls ¹⁹⁶ and beautified the paradises ¹⁹⁷. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom He perfumed the garments ¹⁹⁸ and made the frowning faces ¹⁹⁹ smile. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom Allah opened the obscure ²⁰⁰ and illuminated the dark ²⁰¹. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom Allah aided the knights ²⁰² and extinguished the fire of Kisra ²⁰³ and Persia. Every wretched one ²⁰⁴ hopes for his intercession, and every poor and miserable one becomes independent through his gift. And grant abundant peace, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the eye of every correctness ²⁰⁵ and the tongue of every answer. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, every penitent ²⁰⁶ and the light of every veil ²⁰⁷. (66) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, every afflicted one ²⁰⁸ and the subduer of every doubter. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, every drink ²⁰⁹ and the glory of every revered one. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, every support ²¹⁰ and the spirit of every body. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, every rectitude ²¹¹ and the secret of every number. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, every lineage ²¹² and the essence of every honor. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, every courtesy ²¹³ and the introduction of every cause. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, every request ²¹⁴ and the attainment of every need. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, every opener ²¹⁵ and the treasure of every giver. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, every righteous one ²¹⁶ and the capital of every profiteer. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, every successful one ²¹⁷ and the tongue of every advisor. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, every unruly one ²¹⁸ and the desire of every inclining one. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, every aspiring one ²¹⁹ and the continuity of every overflowing one. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, every praiser ²²⁰ and the melody of every singing bird. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, every tongue ²²¹ and the light of every proof. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the eye of every human ²²² and the fountain of every beneficence. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, every structure ²²³ and the cave of every safety. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, every register ²²⁴ and the delight of every time. (67) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whose beauty is from beauty. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whose forbearance is from forbearance. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whose giving is from treasuries. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whose lasting glory is from permanence. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whose remembrance is from remembrance. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whose pleasure is from divine pleasure ²²⁵. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whose beauty is from adornment. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whose conduct is from obedience. 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O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whose secret is from closeness. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whose emanation is from the secret. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whose blessing is from gratitude. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whose guidance is from right direction. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whose love is from affection. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whose point is from the letter Alif ²²⁶. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whose favors are from bounties. O Allah, bless him and his family with a blessing by which You open our inner sight with the light of Allah's opening, and crown us with the crown of Allah's might, and make us by it among the secure, the successful, those who rejoice in mercy from Allah and the crown of beauty, and clothe us with the attributes of the people of perfection, draw from the seas of grace and gift, enter us by it into a fortress in the name of Allah, as Allah wills, and there is no power except with Allah. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the aspirations, and the pole of lordship, firm of foot. We praise Allah by it for the blessings He has granted, and thank Him for removing afflictions, and extol Him by His saying: "Praise be to Allah who has guided us to this, and we would never have been guided if Allah had not guided us." ²²⁷ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the key to the doors of acceptance. By it, may I attain from Your pleasure the utmost of hopes and requests, and seek refuge by it from every grave calamity and terrifying matter, and be among those who have written with the light of divine care in a scroll: "He loves them, and those who believe are more intense in love for Allah." ²²⁸ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the security, and the garden of divine pleasure. By it, may we be realized with the realities of faith, and our hearts be illuminated with the lights of guidance and gnosis, and make us by it among those who repent, reform, hold fast to Allah, and purify their religion for Allah. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the devout, and the pole of wayfarers. By it, honor us with the honor of Your righteous servants, enroll us in the ranks of Your successful saints, and make us by it among those who believe and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the lovers, and the mercy for the weak. By it, may we be among Your fearful servants, Your pious saints who enjoin good and forbid evil and preserve the limits of Allah. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, those who hold fast, and the adornment of the diligent. By it, honor my affiliation among those who are affiliated, and sustain me with what You sustained Your truthful servants, make me by it a spring from which the servants of Allah drink. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by Your guarded secret, and the hidden jewel of Your knowledge. By it, watch over me with the eye of Your care in motion and stillness, and distinguish me by it with the secret of "Be, and it is" ²²⁹, and clothe me with the robe of "Say: 'Indeed, the bounty is in the hand of Allah.'" ²³⁰ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the understanding, and the dispeller of the darkness of doubt and illusion. By it, remove from me the distress that has befallen, and unveil from us the worry that concerns, and make us by it among those who, when they commit an indecency or wrong themselves, remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins—and who forgives sins except Allah? O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the deliverance, and the guide to good deeds. By it, bring us joys, and repel from us harms, and make us by it among those who said: "Sufficient for us is Allah, and He is the best disposer of affairs. So they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them, and they pursued the pleasure of Allah." ²³¹ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the knowers, and the wealth of the ascetics. By it, grant me the rank of the truthful, and the sincerity of the certain, and make me by it among those who have good tidings in the life of this world and in the Hereafter—no change can there be in the words of Allah. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the pride, and the essence of noble qualities, pure of lineage. By it, make me among Your chosen, excellent servants, and gather me in the company of Your righteous saints, those from whom Allah has purchased their lives and property, for that they will have Paradise, fighting in the cause of Allah. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the universes, and the delight of eyes. By it, protect us from the snares of Satan, guard us from the calamities of time, and watch over us with the guardianship of those for whom You have appointed: "For him are angels in succession, before him and behind him, guarding him by the command of Allah." ²³² O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, those who turn to Allah, and the handle of those who hold fast to the rope of Allah. By it, guard us from disobedience to Allah, preserve our neighbors from falling into the honor of those affiliated to Allah, and make us by it among those whom Allah has treated with His gentleness, pardoned them with His forgiveness, and addressed them with His saying:

O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah ²³³. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the prophets and the master of the messengers, that we may thereby be among Your humble servants and the elite of Your devoted ones who fear their Lord, then their skins and hearts soften to the remembrance of Allah ²³⁴. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the manifest of miracles and grace, the savior on the day of regret and remorse, that You may grant us thereby the reality of uprightness ²³⁵, and raise us thereby in the arenas of the Resurrection, and make us thereby among those who said: 'Our Lord is Allah, then they remained upright ²³⁶; the angels descend upon them: Fear not, nor grieve, and rejoice in the Paradise which you were promised. We are your guardians in the life of this world and in the Hereafter; therein you shall have whatever your souls desire, and therein you shall have whatever you call for, as a hospitality from the Forgiving, the Merciful. And who is better in speech than one who calls to Allah ²³⁷?' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the banner and the etiquette, the essence of noble traits and lineage, that You may raise us thereby in ranks, protect us thereby from ruin, crown us thereby with the crown of modesty and faith, and make us thereby among those who lower their voices before the Messenger of Allah ²³⁸. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, of high station and honor, the best of those whose mention delights the lips; You manifested his excellence and magnified his station by Your saying: 'Indeed, those who pledge allegiance to you are pledging allegiance to Allah ²³⁹.' A blessing by which we seek refuge in his protection, attain his pleasure, and become among those who enter the Gardens of Eden prepared for the righteous; their call therein is 'Glory be to You, O Allah,' and their greeting therein is 'Peace,' and the end of their call is 'Praise be to Allah...' You are as You have praised Yourself. Praise be to Allah who has removed from us all sorrow; indeed, our Lord is Forgiving, Appreciative ²⁴⁰. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the spring of every thirst, the wine of every intoxication. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the garden of every orchard, the watering place of every thirsty one. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the gnosis ²⁴¹ of every knower, the insight of every vigilant one. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the guide of every bewildered one, the healing of every thirsty one. O Allah, bless him and his family with a blessing by which You treat us with pardon and forgiveness, clothe us with the garments of contentment and pleasure, gather us with the noble leaders, and settle us in the paradises of gardens, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Generous of the generous, Most Merciful of the merciful, Lord of the worlds, the secret of existence, whose consciences are wrapped in doing good, the source of generosity and munificence, whose likeness is rare in the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the witness whose insights were illuminated by the light of truth, the fountain of arrival whose enclosures are surrounded by kinds of blessings, the ascension of ascent whose flowers bloomed in the meadows of the kingdom. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the knots whose locks are fragrant with musk, the guardian of covenants whose secrets are filled with jewels of truth, the noble of destinies whose deeds fill the pages of books. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the extended one whose loins are girded in the path of Allah, the intended door of Allah whose visitor never returns empty-handed, the possessor of the Praiseworthy Station ²⁴² whose glories are great on the Day of Resurrection. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the delegations whose pure lineage honors tribes, the crusher of armies whose hosts are supported by the wind of victory, the possessor of the tied banner whose multitudes unite in doing good. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the robes whose sights have stolen the minds of lovers, the guardian of limits whose pulpits are honored by delicate sermons, the builder of valleys and heights whose prayers were answered and whose commands were obeyed. O Allah, bless him and his family as long as his arrow of aim brings good news and his beholder wins eternal glory and everlasting bliss. O Allah, bless him and his family with a blessing whose inkwells overflow with the secret, and whose jewels spread on the carpet of lovers. O Allah, bless him and his family with a blessing by which we are safe from what we fear and dread, and by which we become among those whom Allah treats with His gentleness and protects from the evil of events, so they do not fear time when its vicissitudes turn; and grant abundant peace, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the first and the last, the forbearer of evil and the commander of good. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the great ones, by whom mosques are built and rows are established. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the treasures, by whom names rejoice and letters are adorned. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the last, who is described with noble character. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the generous, the abundant, the commander of maintaining family ties and honoring guests. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the vanquisher, the savior of whoever seeks refuge with him from every terrible calamity and fearful matter.

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the radiant ²⁴³, the one who commands the establishment of legal punishments, fasting, and seclusion ²⁴⁴. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the luminous ²⁴⁵, through whom means are answered and hands are raised. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, to whom the sinner clings on the Day of Presentation and Standing ²⁴⁶, who transcends limitation by hundreds and thousands. O Allah, bless him and his family with a blessing that purifies through it the hearts that are vessels for gifts. O Allah, bless him and his family with a blessing that protects us through it from the thrust of spears and the strike of swords. Amen, amen, amen. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the unique standard ²⁴⁷ and the subtlety of wondrous style. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the fertile virtues ²⁴⁸ and the arrow of accurate response. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the noble lineage ²⁴⁹ and the sea of generous kinship. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the desolate stranger ²⁵⁰ and the reliever of the sorrow of the ardent lover. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the penitent servant ²⁵¹ and the pleasant cure of souls. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the near one ²⁵² and the beloved of the Responsive Lord. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the noble one ²⁵³ and the owner of the mule and the swift camel. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the spacious virtue ²⁵⁴ and the rain of abundant giving. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the eloquent praiser ²⁵⁵ and the gift of the skilled literary master. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the beloved ²⁵⁶ and the owner of the moon-like face and youthful smile. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the orator ²⁵⁷ and the owner of the Basin and the Staff ²⁵⁸. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the caller and the answerer ²⁵⁹, the beloved whose remembrance is sweet and pleasant in hearts; its sun rises in the hearts of lovers and sets. O Allah, bless him and his family with a blessing that grants us through it the fullest share and portion of Your pleasure. O Allah, bless him and his family with a blessing that saves us through it from the groans of Hellfire and the heat of blazing flame. O Allah, bless him and his family with a blessing that makes us among those for whom the doors of response are opened and who are granted the arrows of accuracy, so that his supplicant is not rejected nor disappointed. And grant abundant and exalted peace. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, towards whose meaning thoughts yearn, and minds swim in the seas of its meaning. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, from whose brilliance lights are borrowed, and rubies are shamed by the light of its radiance. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, from whose drowsiness thought awakens, and whose rust is polished from the mirror of hearts. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, in whose meadows souls roam, and thoughts vanish in the beauty of its splendor. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by whose dew hearts revive, and longings arise upon hearing its call. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with whose adornments living beings are decorated, and lovers sway with the fragrance of its bloom. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by whose gift the chaste become self-sufficient, and clouds of goodness pour from its right hand. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, from whose import wisdom is gained, and limbs humble at hearing its mention. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by which souls are relieved of their complaint and restrained from their error and desire. We seek refuge in its protection and seek shade on the Day of Resurrection under the shade of its banner. O Allah, bless him and his family with a blessing by which we attain the highest ranks of excellence and the purest noble morals. O Allah, bless him and his family with a blessing that the souls of lovers yearn for and desire, and that urges the mounts of travelers toward his abode. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by whose name the branches of lovers flourish, and the fruits of spiritual knowledge are plucked from its harvest. O Allah, bless him and his family. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your delegations ²⁶⁰, the keepers of Your covenants. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, who fulfilled the right of the bride of Your joys. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your servants, the path of Your guidance. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your journeys ²⁶¹, the flood of Your bestowal. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your garden, the source of Your beneficence. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your petition ²⁶², the mercy for Your dependents. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your prophets, the pearl of the crown of Your chosen ones. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your names, the sun of Your sublimity. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your celestial spheres, the pole of the circle of Your angels. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your remembrances, the presence of Your secrets. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your dawn...

The capital of your profit. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your perfections ²⁶³, the alchemy ²⁶⁴ of Your treasuries. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your care, the lamp of Your sainthood ²⁶⁵. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your succor ²⁶⁶, the ultimate degree of Your sovereignty. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your festivals, the lamp of Your regions and lands. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your generosity, the mirror of Your witnessing ²⁶⁷. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your garden ²⁶⁸, the talisman of Your security. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your pillars ²⁶⁹, the manifestor of Your judgments and Your authority. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, for Your support, the source of Your virtues and Your favors. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your forgiveness, the key to the door of Your good pleasure ²⁷⁰. (76) I am in Your protection, O intimate friend of Allah ²⁷¹. I am in Your protection, O chosen one of Allah ²⁷². I am in Your protection, O confidant of Allah ²⁷³. I am in Your protection, O saint of Allah ²⁷⁴. I am in Your protection, O master of the messengers. I am in Your protection, O leader of the God-fearing. I am in Your protection, O refuge of the fearful. I am in Your protection, O support of those who seek refuge. I am in Your protection, O succor of those who cry for help. I am in Your protection, O intercessor of the sinners. I am in Your protection, O I am in Your protection, O light of the manifest victory ²⁷⁵. I am in Your protection, O leader of the white-blazed ones ²⁷⁶. I am in Your protection, O master of the first and the last. I am in Your protection, O master of the angels brought near ²⁷⁷. I am in Your protection, O master of the oft-returning ²⁷⁸. I am in Your protection, O master of the oft-repenting ²⁷⁹. I am in Your protection, O master of the purified. I am in Your protection, O master of the humble. I am in Your protection, O master of the devout. I am in Your protection, O master of those who bow. I am in Your protection, O master of those who prostrate. I am in Your protection, O master of those who pray at night ²⁸⁰. I am in Your protection, O amulet of the bewildered. I am in Your protection, O exemplar of those who claim affiliation ²⁸¹. I am in Your protection, O master of all of Allah's creation. I am in Your protection, O most noble of creation before his Lord, the best through whom one seeks intercession to Him. Blessings and peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah. And peace be upon you, O Prophet of Allah. And peace be upon you, O Beloved of Allah. And peace be upon you, O best of mankind. And peace be upon you, O full moon of perfection. And peace be upon you, O musk of the seal ²⁸². And peace be upon you, O adornment of the veil ²⁸³. And peace be upon you, O splendid of stature. And peace be upon you, O bridegroom of the Abode of Peace ²⁸⁴. And peace be upon you, O lofty of station. And peace be upon you, O master of those who stand [in prayer]. And peace be upon you, O master of those who fast. And peace be upon you, O master of the leading guides. And peace be upon you, O great of covenants. And peace be upon you, O master of Arabs and non-Arabs. And peace be upon you, O descendant of the noble ancestors ²⁸⁵. And peace be upon you, O flower of the sleeves ²⁸⁶. And peace be upon you, O beautiful of order. And peace be upon you, O one upon whom the spider wove and the pigeon nested ²⁸⁷. And peace be upon you, O one to whom the camel complained and the cloud shaded him ²⁸⁸. And peace be upon you, O one to whom the trunk wept and the food glorified in his palm ²⁸⁹. And peace be upon you, O one to whom the gazelle interceded with the most eloquent speech ²⁹⁰. And peace be upon you, O one to whom the lizard spoke in his assembly with his eminent companions ²⁹¹. (77) And peace be upon you, O one by whom Allah honored Najd and Tihama and the Sacred House ²⁹². And peace be upon you, O one for whom the sleeves of garments were opened ²⁹³. And peace be upon you, O house around which the mounts of Islam have circled. And peace be upon you, O pure one by whom the abodes of the noble are perfumed. And peace be upon you, O path whose visitation honored the feet. And peace be upon you, O virtue in whose praise tongues and pens are exhausted. And peace be upon you, O knowledge at which the minds of the intelligent are bewildered. And peace be upon you, O law from which all judgments have branched. And peace be upon you. And peace be upon you, O sea from whose generosity all blessings have flowed. And peace be upon you, O master of the kings of Arabs and non-Arabs. And peace be upon you, O physician of pains. And peace be upon you, O one who healed ailments with his antidote. And peace be upon you, O one before whose majestic beauty the angels of inspiration ²⁹⁴ have humbled themselves. And peace be upon you, O one who broke the tyrants of idols with his sword. And peace be upon you, O one by whose wisdom the varieties of illusions were elevated. And peace be upon you, O one upon whose door's latch those with great sins have gnashed their teeth. Blessings and peace be upon you, O point of supply ²⁹⁵. Blessings and peace be upon you, O pillar of reliance. And peace be upon you, O path of guidance. And peace be upon you, O leader of the solitary ones ²⁹⁶. And peace be upon you, O leader of the ascetics. And peace be upon you, O leader of the worshippers. And peace be upon you, O intercessor of the servants. And peace be upon you, O one who is the support and upon whom reliance is placed. And peace be upon you, O one through whom distresses are relieved, needs are fulfilled, and knots are untied. Blessings and peace be upon you, O ornament of ornaments. Blessings and peace be upon you, O black of the eye ²⁹⁷. Blessings and peace be upon you, O grandfather of al-Hasan and al-Husayn. And peace be upon you, O father of the Virgin ²⁹⁸. And peace be upon you, O noble of origins. And peace be upon you, O noble of seasons. And peace be upon you, O clear of paths. And peace be upon you, O seal of the prophets and master of the messengers. And peace be upon you, O leader of the saints. And peace be upon you, O master of the chosen ones ²⁹⁹. (78) With the crown of the awe of the majesty of the authority of the dominion of the might of greatness. "So let not their speech grieve you" ³⁰⁰. Indeed, might belongs to Allah. Clothe me, O Majestic, O Great, with the robe of the perfection of glorification of acceptance. "So when they saw him, they magnified him and cut their hands and said, 'Far be it from Allah!'" ³⁰¹. And cast, O Mighty, O Loving, upon me love from You, by which the necks of Your servants will be led and submit to me, with love and affection and honor, from the tenderness of harmony. "They love them as they love Allah. But those who believe are more intense in love for Allah" ³⁰². Manifest upon me, O Manifest, O Hidden, the traces of the secrets of lights. "He loves them and they love Him, humble towards the believers, mighty against the disbelievers, striving in the way of Allah and not fearing the blame of any blamer. That is the bounty of Allah" ³⁰³. And direct, O Allah, O Eternal, O Light, my face with the attribute of the perfection of intimacy of radiance. "So if they argue with you, say, 'I have submitted my face to Allah'" ³⁰⁴. And make me, O Originator of the heavens and the earth, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, with eloquence, brilliance, and rhetoric. "And untie the knot from my tongue that they may understand my speech" ³⁰⁵. With compassion of mercy, tenderness. "Then their skins and their hearts soften to the remembrance of Allah" ³⁰⁶. Gird me, O Severe in assault, O Compeller, with the sword of guardianship, strength, severity, and invincibility from the might of the dominion of glory. "And victory is only from Allah" ³⁰⁷. Continue upon me, O Expander, O Opener, the delight of joy. "My Lord, expand for me my breast and ease for me my task" ³⁰⁸. With the subtleties of affections. "Did We not expand for you your breast?" ³⁰⁹. Glad tidings of treasures. "On that day the believers will rejoice in the victory of Allah" ³¹⁰.

And send down, O Allah, O Gentle One, O Compassionate, into my heart faith, submission, tranquility, and serenity, so that I may be among those who believe and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah ³¹¹. Pour upon me, O Patient One, O Appreciative One, patience, and make me among those who sowed the full moon of certainty ³¹², as many a small company has overcome a large company by the permission of Allah ³¹³. Protect me, O Guardian, O Trustee, from before me and behind me, on my right and on my left, and from above me and beneath me, with a witnessing presence ³¹⁴, for each person has guardian angels before him and behind him, protecting him by Allah's command ³¹⁵. And make firm, O Allah, make firm my heart and my foot, as You made firm the one who said: How should I fear what you associate [with Allah] when you do not fear that you have associated with Allah ³¹⁶? Grant me victory, O Excellent Patron and Excellent Helper, over the enemies, the victory of the one to whom it was said: Do you take us in mockery? He said: I seek refuge in Allah ³¹⁷. Support me, O Seeker, O Victorious, with the support of Your Prophet, our master Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace ³¹⁸, who was supported with strengthening, for We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of good news, and a warner, that you may believe in Allah ³¹⁹. And suffice me, O Sufficing One, O Healer of ailments and evils, with benefits, for had We sent down this Quran upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and split asunder from fear of Allah ³²⁰. And bestow upon me, O Bestower, O Provider, with attainment, acquisition, acceptance, subjugation, and facilitation, eat and drink from the provision of Allah ³²¹. And take me as Your protégé, O Protecting Friend, with guardianship, care, protection, and safety, with an increase of supply, happiness, and support, and that is among the signs of Allah ³²². And honor me, O Generous One, O Self-Sufficient One, with happiness, leadership, nobility, and forgiveness, as You honored those who lower their voices before the Messenger of Allah ³²³. Turn to me in repentance, O Acceptor of Repentance, O Wise One, with sincere repentance, so that I may be among those who, when they commit an indecency or wrong themselves, remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins, and who forgives sins except Allah ³²⁴? And realize my faith, O Exalted One, O Magnificent One, by the right of the majesty of Your Greatest Name ³²⁵, the realization of those to whom the people said: Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them. But it increased them in faith, and they said: Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best Trustee. So they returned with grace and bounty from Allah, no harm having touched them, and they pursued the pleasure of Allah ³²⁶. And pour upon my heart, O Turner of hearts, from the water of the sky of success ³²⁷ for the satisfaction of acts of obedience in the hours of the night and the ends of the day, with the existence of the generosity of Your absolute favor, for all eternity, a success that raises the determination of uprightness, for what is there for the helpless like me to reform his soul except the saying: My success is only from Allah ³²⁸. And guide me, O Guide, to the straight path, the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, of the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous, and excellent are those as companions, and the favor is from Allah. Say: Indeed, the guidance is the guidance of Allah ³²⁹. And extend my will from Your will with the good of the Owner, in whose hand are the keys of hearts ³³⁰, with the realization, precision, and affirmation of the success of those immersed in Your pure love for Your noble face, for by the rein of my contingent power in the hand of Your eternal good will to lead me to the eye of correctness, for I am devoid of power and strength, holding fast to Your saying: And you do not will except that Allah wills ³³¹. Seal for me, O Most Merciful, O Compassionate, with a good end of the saved, to whom it was said: O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah ³³². And cause me to dwell, O All-Hearing, O Near One, in gardens of perpetual residence prepared for the righteous, and their greeting therein is peace ³³³. O Allah, and their greeting therein is peace, and the last of their call is: Praise be to Allah ³³⁴. O Opener, O Most Merciful, O Compassionate, by the sanctity of these names, verses, and words, grant me a victorious authority, a contented heart, abundant provision, copious knowledge, illuminating understanding, an easy reckoning, and great dominion in both abodes. And may Allah bless our master and patron Muhammad and his family and companions and grant them peace abundantly. O One who precedes every loss, O Clother of bones with flesh and Resurrector of them after death, by Your great names, by Your Greatest and Most Great Name, the hidden and treasured one that no creature has ever come to know, or cast upon me from Your adornment and love and from the attributes of Your lordship that dazzle minds, to which souls submit, necks bow, eyes sparkle, thoughts scatter, and every arrogant tyrant humbles himself. O Allah, O King, O Mighty, O Compeller, O Allah, O One, O Unique, O Subduer, by Your eye that never sleeps, suffice us with Your protection that is never violated, have mercy on us by Your power over us, do not destroy us while You are our hope. How many a favor have You bestowed upon me for which my gratitude was little, how many a trial have You tested me with for which my patience was little. O He whose favor I have little thanked yet He did not deprive me, O He in whose trial I have little patience yet He did not forsake me, O He who saw me upon sins yet did not disgrace me, that You send blessings and peace upon our master and patron Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, as You sent blessings, mercy, and blessings upon Abraham and upon the family of Abraham; indeed, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious. O Possessor of kindness that never ceases, O Possessor of blessings that cannot be counted, that You send blessings and peace upon our master and patron Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad forever, that You make for us in all our affairs relief and a way out. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and patron Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a comprehensive blessing with Your encompassing goodness. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and patron Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a guiding blessing to Your straight path. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and patron Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a saving blessing from painful punishment. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and patron Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that gives glad tidings of eternal abode in the gardens of bliss. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and patron Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cause me to alight in the stations of Your near servants. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and patron Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me among those whom You have chosen from the elite of Your righteous friends. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and patron Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me among those whom You have drawn to Yourself, so that they become prominent upon the peaks of ranks. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and patron Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me among those whose bodies You have purified with the elixir of Your love, so that they become among Your sincere servants. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and patron Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me among those whom You have brought near to Your carpet and upon whom the lights of Your clear victory have shone. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and patron Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me among those whom You have adorned with the ornaments of obedience, filled their hearts with the lights of fear of You, and granted them repentance, so that they become joyful and rejoicing, reclining on the couches of happiness, and secure in the chambers of Paradise. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and patron Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cast into my heart the lights of realities.

O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You unveil to me the secrets of meanings and subtle intricacies. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cast into my heart the lights of certainty. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me among Your righteous servants. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cast into my heart the lights of preserving the prayers. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You protect me from the instincts of lusts. 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O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You open for me the treasures of knowledge. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cast into my heart the lights of gnosis and spiritual gifts. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You become a companion in places of bewilderment and fears. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cast into my heart the lights of witnessing. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me among the people of patience and struggle. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cast into my heart the lights of humility and submission. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me among those who humble themselves before You in prostration and bowing. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cast into my heart the lights of uprightness. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me among those who restrain their souls from inclining to fame and love of honor. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cast into my heart the lights of divine care. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me among those whose conduct You have praised in the beginning and the end. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cast into my heart the lights of response. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me among the people of truthfulness in return and repentance. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cast into my heart the lights of veneration and awe. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me among those upon whom the signs of understanding and nobility appear. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cast into my heart the lights of detachment and contentment. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me among those whose hand You have extended in the arts of knowledge and craftsmanship. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cast into my heart the lights of generosity and chastity. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me among the people of justice and equity. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cast into my heart the lights of sincerity. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me among the successful on the day when forelocks are seized. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cast into my heart the lights of love and etiquette. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me among those who were called to Your obedience and responded. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cast into my heart the lights of sainthood and spiritual wayfaring.

O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me among those from whose heart You have removed the darkness of illusions and doubts. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cast into my heart the lights of earnestness and striving. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me among the people of righteousness and guidance. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cast into my heart the lights of repentance. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing which You make for me an expiation for every sin and misdeed. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You cast into my heart the lights of honor and obedience. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You make me, in Your sight, one whose intercession is accepted ³³⁵, by Your grace, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, by the right of his noble essence, his subtle substance ³³⁶, and his high and exalted rank, make me among those who have attained their goal and succeeded, and make my foot firm upon the bridge ³³⁷ on the Day of Presentation and Passage ³³⁸; do not separate me from him on the Day of Resurrection, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, by Your knowledge of the unseen and by Your power over creation, keep me alive as long as You know life is good for me, and take me when You know death is good for me. And I ask You for fear of You in private and in public, and the word of truth in anger and in pleasure, and moderation in poverty and in wealth. And I ask You for bliss that never ends, and coolness of eyes ³³⁹ that never ceases, and the comfort of life after death. And I ask You for the vision of Your Face, and longing for Your meeting, without any harmful adversity or misleading trial. O Allah, adorn us with the adornment of faith, and make us guides and rightly guided, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the gardens of opening ³⁴⁰ and the foundation of its structure, the bride of the throne of dominion and the lamp of its time, the companion of the presence of the King and the seed of His beneficence, the pen of disposition and its interpreter, the benefit of the copy of the world and its title, the guide of the path of truth and its proof, the support of the tongue of justice and its balance, the lamp of the beacon of religion and the builder of its pillars, the crescent of the seasons of every age and its festival, the spirit of the body of the world and its form, the pupil of the eye of glory and its sultan, the orator of the pulpit of existence and the musk of its sleeves, the brilliance of the opening of every composition and the curriculum of the sciences of its mastery, the winner of the race in the arena of every art and its field, the keeper of the secret of the unseen and its guardian, the premise of the result of every science and its collection, the isthmus ³⁴¹ of every spiritual spirit and the ocean of its ecstasy, the reviver of the carpet of the Generous One with the greeting of Allah and His good pleasure, the key to the gates of the gardens ³⁴² and the model of its notables, the path of happiness by which Allah saved every believer from the punishment of hell and its fires. May Allah bless him and his family, as there is no limit to Your perfection and the count of his perfection. O Allah, I ask You by Your name which You have treasured in the consciences of the unseen, and by Your secret by which You elevate every wayfarer and attracted one ³⁴³, and by the special qualities of Your beloved ones for whom You have rent the veils of the screens and granted them the desired, that You send blessings upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the beloved of hearts and the ultimate goal of the sought, that You purify my mixed dirham ³⁴⁴ from the filth of impurity and defects, O He in whose hand are the keys of hearts, O Knower of the unseen, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, whom tongues have praised, and whose like has not been seen in villages and cities. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, in whom Allah fulfilled expectations, and by whose love the innermost parts and bellies are filled. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, by whom the branches sway, and by whose fragrance the regions and fortresses are perfumed. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the one granted success in motion and stillness, and the treasure of the laws from which all [branches] derived. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the hidden one and the secret whose brilliant calls are "Be, and it is." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, by whose light the knowers ³⁴⁵ are illuminated, and the crown with which the near angels are adorned. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, whose footsteps the wayfarers follow, and the path of truth upon which the devotees tread. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, upon whom the certain ones are resolved, and upon whose nature the sincere ones die. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, around whom the lovers gather and with whose soul the truthful ones are enamored. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, with whom the strivers fight, and by whose victory the seekers of help call for aid. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, by whom the heedless are awakened, and by whom the desirous rise to Allah. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, by whom the averse are led, and they come to Him from every hill, hastening. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, by whom the seekers fly, and by whose dust the pilgrims cover themselves. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, by whom the travelers are guided, and whose call the obedient answer.

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, to whom the thirsty hasten and the desolate find solace in his remembrance. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom those who seek intercession intercede, and the supplicants raise their needs to him. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom the years become verdant and the lands smile with his blessing. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom the drought-stricken seek rain and the despairing are quenched from the clouds of his mercy. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, to whom the sinners cling, and the fearful flee in times of difficulty. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, in whose guarantee the pious trust, and through whom the disobedient are saved from Your punishment. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, to whom those who seek union hold fast, and the vigilant profit from the gain of his trade. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, to whom the lovers yearn, and the bewildered wander in the valleys of their passion. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom the listeners hear, and those in ecstasy ³⁴⁶ tremble upon hearing his mention. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, whose letters the scribes embellish, and the near ones ³⁴⁷ seek blessing from the light of his form, as long as those who remember remember You and him, and the heedless are heedless of Your remembrance and his. O Allah, I ask You by the sanctity of this noble prophet, the deliverer from painful punishment, the guide to Your straight path, to whom You gave the seven oft-repeated verses ³⁴⁸ and the Mighty Quran, and by the sanctity of his companions, his followers, his adherents, and the elite of his beloved ones, who attained ranks through You, and whom You acquainted with the hidden secrets of hearts and the mysteries of the unseen, and honored with divine ³⁴⁹ sciences and gifts, that You have mercy on us, accept our repentance, purify our hidden faults from the subtleties of desires, strike our souls with the whips of fear so that we turn to none other than You among all creatures, and bless Muhammad and his family, and look upon us with the eye of contentment in life and after death, by Your grace, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. If You have made the face of heaven angry with us, then appease it; if You have burned us with the fire of the earth, then extinguish it; if any of Your creatures has a claim against us, then satisfy him; if sins have blackened the pages of our deeds, then send the water of Your pardon over what has been written and erase it. You are our Master, we have none other than You, and You are the Possessor of vast mercy. You are the Knower of our states and our ugly deeds. We have come before You, strong is our hope in what is with You. So deal with us, O our Master, with Your mercy, overlook us with Your bounty, and bestow upon us Your pardon and forgiveness. For our cattle are lost, our land is black and dry, our hearts are fearful, our houses are empty, while Your heavens are full and Your treasuries are vast. So give us a beneficial rain that renews faith in our hearts, and we will not cease to stand before a Generous One until He gives us drink. Our means to You is our Prophet, whom You made a mercy for us. Our eyes have turned, our thoughts have sunk, our hardship has intensified, our weariness and exhaustion have grown strong. So do not make us hope for a deceptive mirage, nor disappoint our hope in You, O Possessor of the true promise. Give us drink from Your mercy with a pouring rain, and bestow upon us from Your treasuries with ample provision, and do not make us despair of Your mercy, for in Your pardon every hopeful one hopes, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. Make these collected blessings and prescribed supplications a relief for the distress of the community of our master Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, a removal of their grief, a dispelling of their darkness, a repelling of their calamities, a healing for their ailments, a preservation of their health, a fulfillment of their needs, an attainment of their hopes, a blessing in their wealth, and a treasure they find in all their states. Indeed, You are Generous, Kind, Forgiving, Merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the truth, the station whose foundation was laid upon the pillars of piety and truthfulness. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the just, the beloved, whose love suffices without tribe or clan. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the realities, the treasure in which Allah gathered the subtle meanings and secrets of intricacies. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the highnesses, the honor whose rank Allah exalted above all masters. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the two worlds, the generosity by which Allah bestowed favor upon the two weighty ones ³⁵⁰. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the precious, the elixir ³⁵¹ through which Allah purified the hidden impurities. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the giver, the pride whose rank Allah raised above all ranks. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the wonders, the sea of sciences that encompasses the secrets of marvels. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the benefits, the pole ³⁵² at whose mighty signs customs are overwhelmed. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the subtleties, the saint ³⁵³ whose degree no predecessor or successor has attained. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the command, the tongue of the state of those of taste and allusion ³⁵⁴. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the sciences.

The Opening ³⁵⁵ by whose light the brides of understandings are unveiled. Of the Sainthood ³⁵⁶, O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Prophet from whom the lights of guidance shine forth. Of the Subtleties ³⁵⁷, O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Remembrance ³⁵⁸ by which the doors of functions are opened. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Witness, the Imam by whom the masters of mosques follow. Of the Great Ones ³⁵⁹, O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Shrine ³⁶⁰ around which the eminent figures of fame circumambulate. Of Existence ³⁶¹, O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Cause without whom no existent would have appeared. Of the Worlds ³⁶², O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mysterious One ³⁶³ whom Allah distinguished with various kinds of noble qualities. Of Glory ³⁶⁴, O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Sultan of the Kingdom in whose hand is the binding and loosing. Of Response ³⁶⁵, O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Intimate One ³⁶⁶ whose answered supplications are not rejected. Of Gnoses ³⁶⁷, O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Banner of Might under which every fearful one seeks shade. May Allah bless him and his family with a blessing that relieves us through it from the distractions of the world and the multitude of obligations, and forgives us through it our sins, both future and past, by Your grace, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. Of Joys ³⁶⁸, O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Delight by which Allah removed worries and sorrows. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Cleaver of the Dawn ³⁶⁹, the Jewel with which books and tablets are adorned. (89) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Spirits ³⁷⁰, the Secret by which the treasures of profits were opened, of Generosity, the Flower of beauties from which the cosmos became fragrant and diffused, the Diamond of the branches, a turtledove sang and lamented, over his companions, lions of combat, grant peace abundantly. Bless his spirit among spirits to the extent of what You have given him of righteousness and success. Bless his body among bodies to the extent of what You have bestowed upon the servants. Bless his grave among graves to the extent of what You have given him of splendor and light. Bless his spirit among spirits to the extent of the blowing of the morning breeze. Bless his body among bodies to the extent of the caller to guidance. Bless his grave among graves to the extent of a yearning one visiting his visited tomb. Bless his spirit among spirits to the extent of a bird flying with wings. Bless his body among bodies to the extent of the nightingales of longing and love singing. Bless his grave among graves to the extent of hearts being healed by his blessings. And bless, O Allah, his spirit among spirits to the extent of his radiant forehead shining in the morning. Bless, O Allah, his body among bodies to the extent of the suns of his guidance shining upon valleys and hills. Bless his grave among graves to the extent of the guardians of the Frequented House ³⁷¹ rejoicing at his arrival. Bless his spirit among spirits to the extent of his musk spreading and diffusing in assemblies. Bless his body among bodies to the extent of festivals and feasts being adorned by his remembrance. Bless his grave among graves to the extent of the servants of the veils and curtains seeking blessing through his arrival. Bless his spirit among spirits to the extent of morning and evening alternating. Bless his body among bodies to the extent of a lover migrating to him and leaving wealth and children. Bless his grave among graves to the extent of a lover finding solace in his remembrance, so that solace and joy endure for him. Bless his station among stations to the extent of what You have given him of gifts and gnoses. Bless his witnessed presence among witnessed presences to the extent of what You have given him of treasures and benefits. Bless his remembrance among remembrances to the extent of what You have given him of sciences and secrets. (90) ﴿Alif Lam Sad ³⁷². A Book sent down to you—so let there be no distress in your heart from it—that you may warn thereby, and a reminder to the believers.﴾ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Book of the secret of the Furqanic ³⁷³ meanings... the Throne of the Furqanic verses. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Throne of the fragrant breezes of the Samadani ³⁷⁴ Opening, from the sphere of luminous happiness. ﴿Ta Ha ³⁷⁵. We have not sent down the Quran to you to cause you distress, but only as a reminder for those who fear [Allah]—a revelation from Him who created the earth and the high heavens, the Most Merciful, [who] established Himself over the Throne.﴾ ﴿Ya Sin ³⁷⁶. By the Wise Quran, indeed you are among the messengers, on a straight path—a revelation of the Almighty, the Merciful.﴾ ﴿[It is] a word of peace from a Merciful Lord.﴾ ﴿Ha Mim ³⁷⁷. Ain Sin Qaf ³⁷⁸. Thus He reveals to you and to those before you, Allah, the Almighty, the Wise.﴾ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad, the Mim of effacement ³⁷⁹ from the greatest signs of his Lord ﴿(91)﴾. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad... of the Most Glorious Care, the light of the most guiding star of guidance. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, of the Unique Lordship, the rising of the most felicitous blessings and auspiciousness. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by whom Allah sealed prophethood and messengerhood and placed in his hand the Banner of Praise. O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of good news, and a warner, and as one inviting to Allah by His permission, and as an illuminating lamp. And give good news to the believers that they will have from Allah great bounty. May Allah bless you and your family, O Muhammad, O key of the Garden of Divine Pleasure, the Medinan, the Meccan, and the heart of the Furqan Surahs, the pious, the pure. May Allah bless you and your family, O Muhammad, with a blessing whose fragrance surpasses ambergris and pure musk. May Allah bless you and your family, O Muhammad, with a blessing whose meanings every describer and narrator falls short of describing. May Allah bless you and your family, O Muhammad, with a blessing at whose mention the lover experiences ecstasy and weeps. May Allah bless you and your family, O Muhammad, with a blessing of beautiful structure, firmly made and cast. May Allah bless you and your family, O Muhammad, with a blessing of exquisite meanings, strung like gems in a necklace. May Allah bless you and your family, O Muhammad, as long as the bride of Your care ascends the ranks

Prophethood and sovereignty. May Allah bless you and your family, O Muhammad, as long as Allah dispels the darkness of ignorance and polytheism with the light of your countenance. May Allah bless you and your family, O Muhammad, as long as Allah cuts off the sayings of the people of falsehood and slander through the manifestation of your message. May Allah bless you and your family, O Muhammad, as long as Allah repels from hearts the intrusions of illusion and doubt through the manifestation of your message. May Allah bless you and your family, O Muhammad, with a blessing that becomes for us a protection and a shield from the calamities of worry and distress. May Allah bless you and your family, O Muhammad, with a blessing that becomes for us an impenetrable veil from the places of ruin and destruction. May Allah bless you and your family, O Muhammad, with a blessing that protects us from harm and restrains from us the hand of the people of violence and aggression, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Generous of the generous, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the eye of Your abundant grace and the tongue of Your conclusive proof. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Your decisive victory, the light of Your brilliant proof. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whose hearts Allah has illuminated with the lights of His knowledge and opened for them doors from the sciences of His divine gifts ³⁸⁰. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whom Allah has drawn to His presence and made for them means to the stations of proximity. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whom Allah has crowned with the crown of His care and unveiled for them the veils of the hidden brides of secrets. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whom Allah has qualified for His service, so they have acquired with Him a hand and a return. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whose hearts Allah has united upon His love, so they were in this world brothers and in the Hereafter beloved. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whom Allah has gifted with the secret of His wisdom and gave them to drink from the cup of His affection a drink. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whom Allah has supported with His infallibility, and made between them and His disobedience a barrier and a veil. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whom Allah has led by the rein of His guidance and made them seekers of the Hereafter. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whom Allah has honored with His obedience, so they renounced this world and saw its adornments as a mirage. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whom Allah has distinguished with His mercy, and gave them abundant good and reward. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whom Allah has dealt with with His pardon and forgiveness, and cast over them from the cloak of His forbearance a garment. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those who worshipped Allah as is His due, so they neither fear punishment nor hope for reward. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whom Allah has girded with the sword of His protection, and preserved them from the intrusions of doubts, going and coming. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whom Allah has blessed with His gaze, so they delighted in the dawn hours with His intimate conversation and heard from His presence a speech. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whom Allah has chosen for His sainthood ³⁸¹, so they attained through it honor, might, and affiliation. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whom Allah will settle in His spacious Paradise, and marry them to the wide-eyed houris ³⁸², young and of equal age. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whom Allah has empowered in His kingdom, so they extended the hand of authority and feared no reproach. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whom Allah has enraptured with His love, so they filled His mosques with His remembrance and made the houses of this world desolate. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those upon whom Allah has bestowed His favor and rained upon them from the clouds of His mercies a downpour. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whom Allah has made intercessors for His creation, and made them keys to good and doors. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which we become among those whom Allah causes to die upon the Sunnah of His noble Prophet and his religion, and makes them intercessors for brothers and loved ones, old and young.

O Allah, You have indeed made gray hair sacred and Islam a covenant. You are the One who manifests beauty and conceals ugliness. Do not take us to task for sin; indeed You are the Living, the Generous, who accepts excuses. Nothing of our sins, great or small, is hidden from You. From Imam al-Shafi‘i ³⁸³, may Allah be pleased with him, as a sound, transmitted hadith from al-Mughira, from Your beloved, the truthful and confirmed, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, the luminous sun of prophethood, from You, O Lord of Might, that You forgive a thousand major sins for a single excuse, and that You are too shy to punish a gray hair that has grown gray in Islam. So accept, O Allah, my excuse, and free my gray hair. By the sanctity of the gray hair of our master Abu Bakr al-Siddiq ³⁸⁴, the pure and pious, and by the sanctity of the gray hair of our master ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab ³⁸⁵ and his renowned virtues, and by the sanctity of the gray hair of our master ‘Uthman ³⁸⁶, the modest, and his beloved merits, and by the sanctity of the gray hair of our master ‘Ali ³⁸⁷, the chosen, and his momentous excellences, be pleased with them with Your greatest pleasure, beside which every reward vanishes and their recompense is deemed insignificant. And [be pleased] with us and the community of Islam, through our master and prophet and lord Muhammad, upon him be blessings and peace, through Your bounty and generosity, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, with the best, most complete, and most comprehensive reward with which You have rewarded any of the companions of the messengers. Be pleased with Your chosen ones and the best of Your creation, whose hearts You made treasuries of Your books and whom You veiled with Your mercy, and whom You made a security among Your servants; when You look at them, the forgiveness of the sins of the sinners becomes easy for You due to their honor with You. Be pleased with all Your righteous servants. Be pleased with us and our loving brothers through their pleasure, O Most Generous of the generous, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You bring me out of the darkness of illusion and honor me with the light of understanding, and clarify for me what is difficult until it is understood. Indeed, You know and I do not know, and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing by which You open for me the doors of Your wisdom and spread upon me the treasuries of Your mercy, making me understand through You about You, for we do not understand about You except through You, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the fruit of remembrance and the beauty of the time and age. His face shone like the full moon on the night of the full moon, and ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said to him: "How beautiful is your face, O Messenger of Allah." ⁹⁴ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the compassionate, as many as every friend and companion. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the yearning, as many as every generous and miserly. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the affectionate, as many as every affectionate and beloved. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the infallible, as many as every connected and broken. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the pure, as many as every mistaken and correct. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the seal, as many as every revealer and concealer. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the renowned, the supported, the victorious, the brought near, the accepted, as many as the children and the houris ³⁸⁸, and the chambers and the palaces, and what tongues utter and breasts conceal. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as every bowing and prostrating, and every virtuous and glorious. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as every standing and sitting, and descending and ascending. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as every worshiper and ascetic, and absent and present. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as every sleeping and wakeful, and budding and full-breasted. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as every purifier and witness, and patient and striving. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as every reciter and denier, and ignorant and obstinate. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as every one and missing, and fair and critical. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as every seller and contractor, and buyer and payer. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as every inciter and hater, agitator and arrival. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as every thankful and praising, humble and heedless. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as every moving and still, preventing and frozen. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as every bound and straying, departing and arriving. ⁹⁵ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as every expelled and expeller, hot and cold. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as every guided and deviating, firm and inclining.

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as every upper arm and forearm, opposing and assisting. May Allah bless him and his noble family and his companions, the lions of battle and the monks of the mosques, a blessing that bequeaths to us the highest praises and preserves us in all sources and destinations, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Generous of the generous, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as those who stood and prayed at night, and performed devotions and worshiped. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as those who drew near and showed affection, and gathered and were alone. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as those who became leaders and were followed, and walked proudly and approached. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as many as those who bathed and stripped, and lay down and rested their heads on pillows ⁹⁶ — He who made affiliation to him and attachment to the hem of his forbearance bequeath dwelling with him in the Abode of Peace ³⁸⁹; He who made adherence to his Sunnah ³⁹⁰ and holding fast to his rope necessitate veneration and respect; He who made seeking blessing through his name and kissing his exalted essence save from great sins; He who made exaltation of him and recognition of his immense rank bring immense gifts; He who made devotion to his remembrance and seeking blessing through his assemblies bequeath a divine relationship like that of blood relatives; He who raised his structure above every structure and his virtue above the noble messengers; He who supported him with miracles and proofs, and chose him from the noblest tribes, and elevated him to a station that imaginations cannot reach; He who manifested his most upright religion and his exalted law, and made every letter of the alphabet testify to his high station; He who straightened his stature, so that the suns and moons shone with his splendor, and the darknesses of the night were dispelled by him; He whom divine support guarded and protected from every rebellious devil, and established him with firmness in all movements, so he was just; He whom generosity crowned, forbearance clothed, special selection distinguished, and guidance healed, so that the idol worshippers fell before his awe in humiliation and disgrace, with contempt and modesty. He whom He sent as mercy, adorned with asceticism, and opened for him the path of obedience to happiness; He guided his community from oppression and led them on the paths of peace; He whom sufficiency guarded, kindness treated, and through whose hands He manifested great things; He whom the Kingdom gifted, victory supported, and truth adorned, so he fulfilled what he was entrusted with for Islam; He by whose light the universe shone, and through whose knowledge He unveiled the secrets of its hidden aspects, and gave him the keys of understanding; He whose desire was forgiveness, whose insight shone with victory, whose rank was magnified by proximity, and whom He protected from everything that suggests deficiency, and purified him from superfluous speech; He whose creed was clear, whose station was honored by uprightness, whose distinction was manifested in witnessing ³⁹¹, and whose rank He raised through the nibs of pens; He whom He guided as a gift, distinguished by His guardianship, and brought near through his precedence in the procession of honor among the noble leaders of the near ones; He whom He granted without limit to those who journeyed to Him from the gifts of His unseen, repelling the whisperings of devils from his guarded heart; His side was blessedness and happiness; He seated him on the throne of exaltation, piety, and honor. The leading guides and his noble companions: a dove cooed in the thicket, and a longing one yearned for the House, the Corner, and the Station ³⁹²; a visitor covered himself with its dust and greeted his shrine with peace. Grant abundant and precious peace. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And praise be to Allah, by whose praise good deeds are completed, by whose praise ranks are raised. And praise be to Allah, by whose praise evil deeds are forgiven, by whose praise blessings overflow. And praise be to Allah, by whose praise gifts are bestowed, by whose praise mercies descend. And praise be to Allah, by whose praise souls are preserved, by whose praise hardships are relieved. And praise be to Allah, by whose praise punishments are lifted, by whose praise slips are overlooked. And praise be to Allah, by whose praise harms are removed, by whose praise joys are brought. And praise be to Allah, by whose praise desires are fulfilled, by whose praise closed things are opened. And praise be to Allah, by whose praise difficult tasks are made easy, by whose praise structures are set right. And praise be to Allah, by whose praise prayers are answered, by whose praise needs are fulfilled. The driver urged the camels toward your noble grave, so he cut through the darkness of the night with them and hastened. Eyes connected with sight, and horizons shone with the moon. The earths were adorned with rain, and the branches were decorated with flowers. A pilgrim performed Hajj and Umrah ³⁹³, and said Labbayk ³⁹⁴, and shaved, and sacrificed. One stood at Arafat ³⁹⁵ and departed, and circumambulated the Ancient House ³⁹⁶ and kissed the Black Stone ³⁹⁷. He stoned the pillars at Muhassab ³⁹⁸ and aimed and said Allahu Akbar ³⁹⁹. He remembered Allah at the Sacred Monument ⁴⁰⁰, a rememberer, and sought forgiveness. O possessor of the purest heart, the greatest piety, the most dazzling beauty, and the ecstasy—O my master, O Messenger of Allah, your marked cloak, your most magnificent embroidery, your most ancient predecessor, your most upright path—the mirror of the Essence, the named of names and attributes, the descent of the lights of the Omnipotent ⁴⁰¹, the abode of the secrets of the Angelic ⁴⁰², the gathering of the realities of the Divine ⁴⁰³, the source of the subtleties of the Ark ⁴⁰⁴, the one who breathes the spirit of good for him, the giver through the secret of the measure, the one who appears through the force of seclusion, the one who inclines through the gathering of the secret—his heart is the Throne of the Mercy of the Essence, the Footstool ⁴⁰⁵ of names and attributes, the ultimate of initiatives, the canopy of the bed of mysteries, the matter of matter and natures, the dark sphere of divinities, the belt of the constellations of the zenith of lordships, the heavens of the pride of transcendence and ascents, the sun of knowledge and the beginning, the full moon of perfection and the end, the star of election and guidance, the fire of the heat of will, the water of the life of the unseen and the witnessed, the wind of the east breeze of guidance, the breath of mercy and lordship, the clay of the earth and indication and servitude, possessor of the Seven Oft-Repeated ⁴⁰⁶, owner of the second keys, manifestation of perfection, requirement of majesty and beauty—that You make us among those qualified for care to the path of guidance, those intended for the benefits of creation, those raised for initiative and mediation, those supported by empowerment, those made happy by the firm foundations of certain knowledge, those for whom You unveiled the obscure landmarks of religion and opened for them the understanding of the Clear Book ⁴⁰⁷. So let them convey, through what You have bestowed upon them of Your grace and found in them of Your great command, the perfection of what they were commanded and the haste to what they were summoned. Grant us, O Allah, Your awe and reverence, Your magnification, Your companionship, good fortune, haste, and initiative to every word...

And a pure and praiseworthy deed that pleases You. Grant us, O Allah, what You have granted to Your chosen ones and Your saints ⁴⁰⁸, the people of Your obedience and Your beloved, of perpetual remembrance of You and sincere action for Your sake, in the most perfect, enduring, purest, and most beloved state to You. Help us to act accordingly until the end of our term. And bless us, O Allah, in death when it descends upon us; make it a day of gift, honor, nearness ⁴⁰⁹, joy, and delight. Do not make it a day of regret or a day of sorrow. Bring us forth from our graves in joy, happiness, and delight of the eyes. Make them gardens from the gardens of Your Paradise, meadows from the meadows of Your honor, kindness, and mercy. Inspire us therein with proofs ⁴¹⁰ and grant us security from terrors. Make us secure and tranquil until the day You resurrect us, O Gatherer of mankind for a day about which there is no doubt—there is no doubt about that day with us. Grant us security, O Allah, from its terrors, deliver us from its hardships, remove from us its great distress, quench our thirst from it, and gather us in the company of our master Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), with those upon whom You have bestowed favor: the prophets, the truthful ⁴¹¹, the martyrs, and the righteous. Excellent are those as companions. (100) Send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad: the saplings of Your divine tree ⁴¹² and the bride of Your spiritual kingdom. Send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad: the lofty mountain of Your forbearance and the firm foot of Your might. Send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad: the overflowing sea of Your generosity and the high branch of Your tree. Send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad: the pouring rain of Your bounty and the growing essence of Your goodness. Send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad: the pupil of the eye of Your servants and the point of Your supply ⁴¹³. Send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad: the treasure of Your alchemy ⁴¹⁴ and the imam of Your saints.

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1. al-Fattāḥ : The Opener; one of Allah's names, meaning He who opens doors of mercy and victory.
2. al-baḥr al-muḥīṭ : The encompassing ocean; refers to the known world map or the physical ocean surrounding the earth.
3. Kursī : Footstool or throne; a divine attribute symbolizing Allah's sovereignty and knowledge.
4. Āyat al-Kursī : Verse 2:255 of the Quran, known as the Throne Verse.
5. ḥadīth qudsī : A sacred hadith where Allah speaks through the Prophet, indicating the heart of the believer can contain divine knowledge.
6. Quran 18:109 : Verse emphasizing the infinite nature of Allah's words.
7. al-muqarrabūn : The near ones; a Sufi term for those close to Allah, often the highest saints.
8. ṭilasm : Talisman; here meaning a mysterious or symbolic element shared by the seas.
9. Quran 55:19-20 : Verses about the meeting of two seas with a barrier.
10. Quran 35:12 : Verse comparing fresh and salt water.
11. ʿayn al-ḥaqīqa : Eye of reality; a Sufi term for the essence or source of truth.
12. insān ʿayn al-wujūd : Human eye of existence; a reference to the Prophet Muhammad as the perfect human and the purpose of creation.
13. Majnūn : The madman; refers to Qays ibn al-Mulawwah, known as Majnun Layla, a legendary lover.
14. Quran 14:25 : Verse describing a good tree.
15. al-ʿārifūn : The knowers; Sufi term for those who have direct knowledge of God.
16. al-nafaḥāt : The breaths; divine inspirations or spiritual effusions.
17. al-Būṣīrī : A famous Sufi poet, author of the Burdah (Mantle Ode) praising the Prophet.
18. al-awāʾid : The solitary ones; Sufi term for those who isolate themselves for worship.
19. Quran 83:25-26 : Verses about the drink of the righteous, sealed with musk.
20. al-ḥaḍra : The Presence; a Sufi term for the divine presence or the Prophet's presence.
21. Quran 29:69 : Verse promising guidance to those who strive.
22. Quran 11:120 : Verse about strengthening the Prophet's heart through stories.
23. Quran 11:120 : Continuation of the previous verse.
24. Quran 17:85 : Verse stating that human knowledge is limited.
25. Quran 72:26-27 : Verses about Allah's exclusive knowledge of the unseen.
26. Quran 53:42 : Verse indicating the final return to Allah.
27. sunna : The prophetic tradition; the practices and teachings of Muhammad.
28. al-awliyāʾ : The saints; friends of Allah, those with spiritual authority.
29. al-himma : Spiritual energy or aspiration; a Sufi concept of focused intention.
30. ladunnī : Divine or inspired knowledge; knowledge from God's presence.
31. majarra al-jamʿ : Galaxy of the gathering; a Sufi term for the source of spiritual knowledge.
32. al-sharīʿa : The Islamic law; the external dimension of religion.
33. al-ḥaqīqa : The Reality; the inner, esoteric truth of religion.
34. Quran 24:35 : The Light Verse, describing Allah as light.
35. baṣā'ir : Spiritual insights or inner vision, often referring to the eye of the heart.
36. walī : A saint or friend of God, one who is close to Allah through spiritual attainment.
37. Qur'an 7:143 : Reference to the verse where Moses asked to see God and the mountain crumbled.
38. ṣaḥw : Sobriety or spiritual wakefulness after the state of annihilation (fanā').
39. barzakh : An isthmus or intermediate realm between two things, here between the divine and creation.
40. Qur'an 20:122 : Reference to God choosing Adam after his repentance.
41. jam' : Spiritual union or gathering, a state of concentration on the Divine.
42. Qur'an 18:109 : Verse about the vastness of God's words.
43. Qur'an 31:27 : Another verse on the inexhaustibility of God's words.
44. Qur'an 16:96 : Verse on the permanence of what is with God.
45. shay' : Thing; a term used in the Qur'an to denote any entity or concept.
46. Qur'an 17:44 : Verse stating that everything glorifies God.
47. Qur'an 15:21 : Verse on the treasuries of all things being with God.
48. Hadith Qudsi : A sacred hadith where God says He was a hidden treasure and loved to be known.
49. Qur'an 6:91 : Verse instructing to say 'Allah' and leave them.
50. Qur'an 2:115 : Verse on the omnipresence of God's face.
51. Hadith : Prophetic saying: 'Everything besides Allah is false.'
52. Hadith Qudsi : Sacred hadith: 'My earth and My heavens do not contain Me, but the heart of My believing servant contains Me.'
53. jadhb : Spiritual attraction or divine pull, a state of being drawn towards God.
54. ma'rifa : Gnosis; direct experiential knowledge of God.
55. Sunna : The prophetic tradition; the sayings, actions, and approvals of Prophet Muhammad.
56. miswak : A teeth-cleaning twig made from the Salvadora persica tree, used for oral hygiene.
57. tahajjud : The night vigil prayer performed after sleeping.
58. ihlilaj : Myrobalan; a fruit used in traditional medicine, here symbolizing spiritual enrichment.
59. munajat al-sahar : Whispered prayer or intimate conversation with God during the pre-dawn hours.
60. sakanjabin : Oxymel; a mixture of vinegar and honey, here symbolizing the abandonment of personal choice.
61. al-maqām : Spiritual station or rank in the Sufi path.
62. al-ḥudūd : Divine limits or boundaries set by God in Islamic law.
63. al-mulk wa al-malakūt : The visible world (mulk) and the invisible spiritual world (malakūt).
64. al-jabarūt : The realm of divine omnipotence, a higher spiritual domain.
65. al-ḥaḍarāt al-ʿindiyya : The divine presences or stations of nearness to God.
66. al-maqāmāt al-muṣṭafawiyya : The spiritual stations of the Chosen One (Prophet Muhammad).
67. Ahmadine : Relating to Ahmad, a name of the Prophet Muhammad, indicating the Muhammadan spiritual reality.
68. Siddiqiyya : The spiritual station of the truthful (siddiq), often associated with Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, denoting a high level of veracity and closeness to God.
69. most exalted secret : Refers to the innermost divine secret or the highest spiritual mystery.
70. remembrances : Dhikr, the practice of remembering God through repetition of His names or phrases.
71. righteous saints : Awliya' al-abrar, the pious friends of God who have attained spiritual closeness.
72. wine of proximity and union : Metaphor for the spiritual intoxication of nearness to God and union with the Divine.
73. robes of honor and perfection : Symbolic garments bestowed by God upon the spiritually advanced, indicating honor and completeness.
74. annihilation and absence in the light of Majesty and Beauty : Fana' (annihilation of the self) and ghayba (absence from creation) in the contemplation of God's attributes of Majesty (Jalal) and Beauty (Jamal).
75. waistcloth : Izar, a garment worn around the waist, metaphorically representing one's commitments or state.
76. zakiyy : Pure, virtuous; one of the attributes of the Prophet Muhammad.
77. Makkiyy : Of Mecca; referring to the Prophet's origin from Mecca.
78. Madaniyy : Of Medina; referring to the Prophet's migration and life in Medina.
79. Tihamiyy : Of Tihamah, a region in Arabia including Mecca; an epithet of the Prophet.
80. Najdiyy : Of Najd, a region in Arabia; an epithet of the Prophet.
81. safiyy : Chosen, pure; a title of the Prophet as Allah's chosen one.
82. wafiyy : Faithful, fulfilling promises; an attribute of the Prophet.
83. hafiyy : Kind, gracious; an attribute of the Prophet.
84. sa'iq : Driver; one who drives the caravan, a metaphor for the Prophet leading his community.
85. al-nazīh : The pure, the one free from faults.
86. al-shahīd : The witness, one who testifies to the truth.
87. al-shafī‘ : The intercessor, one who pleads on behalf of others.
88. sirr : Secret knowledge, inner spiritual mystery.
89. khulla : Intimate friendship, a special rank of love for Allah.
90. al-‘irfān : Gnosis, spiritual knowledge of Allah.
91. al-mala’ al-a‘lā : The Most High Assembly, the angels and prophets in the divine presence.
92. ḥūr : Houris, pure companions in Paradise.
93. al-sirr : The secret, a reference to the inner spiritual reality.
94. Kawthar : A river in Paradise, also a surah of the Quran.
95. al-rasūl al-ummī : The Unlettered Messenger, referring to Prophet Muhammad who could not read or write.
96. al-salām : The Greeting, a name for Allah as the Source of Peace, or the greeting of peace.
97. al-‘urafā’ : The knowers; those endowed with spiritual knowledge (ma‘rifa) in Sufism.
98. Malakut : The celestial or angelic realm; the world of divine sovereignty and spiritual realities.
99. Jabarut : The realm of divine power and might; the intermediate world between the divine essence and creation.
100. Rahamut : The realm of divine mercy; a term derived from rahma (mercy).
101. al-jam‘ ba‘d al-farq : Union after separation; a Sufi term for the state of being reunited with God after experiencing distinction.
102. ‘irfān : Gnosis; direct spiritual knowledge of God, often associated with Sufi mysticism.
103. ذُعْر : Terror, extreme fear.
104. مَعْدِن : Mine, source; here metaphorically the origin or source of the tree.
105. أَسَاس : Foundation, base.
106. سِرَّ الْخُصُوصِيَّة : The secret of special intimacy or closeness to Allah.
107. أَسْبَاب : Means, causes; here referring to the means of achieving one's goals.
108. بَيْت : House, abode; here metaphorically the dwelling or locus of the tree.
109. جَرِيرَة : Offense, sin, crime.
110. shajarat al-tawba : The 'tree of repentance' is a metaphorical expression referring to the spiritual state of turning back to God in repentance, with the Prophet Muhammad as its fruit, branch, etc.
111. al-abrār : The righteous; a term for those who are devout and obedient to God, often used in the Qur'an.
112. shajarat al-ḥusn : The 'tree of beauty' symbolizes divine beauty and perfection, with the Prophet as its manifestation.
113. sawād al-ʿayn : Literally 'the black of the eye,' meaning the pupil; idiomatically, it means something most precious, like one's eyesight.
114. ʿawārif : Spiritual perceptions or gifts; in Sufism, it refers to divine knowledge and states bestowed upon the seeker.
115. al-niswa allātī qaṭaʿna aydīhunna dūna mayz : Reference to the women in the story of Prophet Joseph (Qur'an 12:31) who cut their hands upon seeing his beauty, without distinction (i.e., without realizing they were cutting).
116. maʿrifa : Gnosis or intimate knowledge of God, a key concept in Sufism.
117. wilāya : Sainthood or spiritual authority; the state of being a friend of God (walī).
118. maʿārif : Spiritual sciences or gnostic knowledge; plural of maʿrifa.
119. ʿawārif : Divine gifts or spiritual endowments; often synonymous with maʿārif in Sufi context.
120. ʿārif : A gnostic; one who possesses maʿrifa (intimate knowledge of God).
121. laṭāʾif : Subtle favors or spiritual subtleties; in Sufism, the subtle centers of perception in the human being.
122. murāqaba : Vigilance or mindfulness of God; a spiritual practice of being aware that God is watching.
123. ahl muʿāmala : People of spiritual dealing; those who engage in sincere worship and ethical conduct with God.
124. al-fazaʿ al-akbar : The Great Terror; refers to the Day of Judgment or the major fright of the resurrection.
125. idlāj : Traveling by night; metaphorically, spiritual journeying or striving in worship during the night.
126. qurbān : Offering or sacrifice; here, it refers to the act of drawing near to God through devotion.
127. nāran dhāta lahab : A reference to the blazing fire of Hell, as mentioned in Quran 111:3.
128. lawāmiʿ al-sirr : Flashes of the secret; a Sufi term referring to divine illuminations or spiritual insights granted to the elite.
129. khawāriq al-ʿādāt : Miraculous events that break the natural order, often associated with saints (karāmāt).
130. tatajāfā junūbuhum ʿan al-maḍājiʿ : A Quranic phrase (32:16) describing those who forsake their beds to pray at night.
131. ʿuyūn al-ḥijā : Eyes of intellect; a metaphorical expression for spiritual insight or wisdom.
132. khafiyy al-ikhtiṣāṣ : The secret of special election; a Sufi concept referring to a hidden, divine selection of certain individuals.
133. Quran 8:2 : A verse describing the qualities of true believers.
134. zakāh : Obligatory almsgiving, one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
135. mālik al-maṣāriʿ : Master of the arenas; a reference to Allah as the sovereign over all places of death or struggle.
136. Quran 15:49 : A verse where Allah declares His forgiveness and mercy.
137. biḥār al-maʿrifah : Seas of knowledge; a Sufi metaphor for the vast, divine knowledge attained through spiritual journey.
138. al-rūḥ wa al-rayḥān : Spirit and fragrance; a Quranic phrase (56:89) referring to the rewards for the righteous at death.
139. awliyāʾ al-muqarrabīn : Close friends of Allah; a term for saints who are especially near to God.
140. al-fatḥ al-mubīn : The clear victory; a Quranic term (48:1) often interpreted as the conquest of Mecca or spiritual triumph.
141. al-Dhāt : The Divine Essence, referring to God's innermost reality beyond attributes.
142. al-Muqarrabūn : Those brought near to God, a high rank of spiritual proximity.
143. al-Wasīlah : The means of approach to God, often referring to seeking intercession through the Prophet or saints.
144. al-Dhawq : Spiritual taste or direct experiential knowledge of divine realities.
145. al-Naẓar : Contemplation or vision, here referring to spiritual insight into divine truths.
146. ʿilmuka : Your knowledge; refers to Allah's all-encompassing knowledge.
147. tarahḥam : Have mercy; a form of blessing invoking mercy.
148. qāba qawsayn : Two bow-lengths; a Qur'anic reference (53:9) indicating the Prophet's proximity to Allah during the Mi'raj.
149. mushāhadatika : Your contemplation; spiritual vision of Allah in the hereafter.
150. dhā l-jalāli wa l-ikrām : Possessor of Majesty and Honor; one of Allah's attributes.
151. al-iṣrār : Persistence in sin; insistence on wrongdoing.
152. al-malik al-ḥaqq : The True King; refers to Allah.
153. al-istidrāj : Gradual entrapment; a divine punishment where one is given increasing blessings while persisting in sin, leading to destruction unaware.
154. al-biḍāʿah : Capital; metaphor for one's spiritual deeds and provisions for the afterlife.
155. al-makr : Scheme; refers to Allah's subtle punishment of the wicked, as mentioned in the Quran.
156. yamīn al-ghamūs : A false oath that plunges the swearer into sin and then into Hellfire.
157. yawm yuʾkhadhu bi-l-nawāṣī : The Day when forelocks are seized; a Quranic reference to the Day of Judgment when the wicked are seized by their forelocks.
158. khāʾinat al-aʿyun : The treachery of the eyes; refers to secret glances at forbidden things.
159. al-ghuḍūn : Folds; metaphor for the hidden aspects of the soul or body that need purification.
160. al-ʿājilah : The immediate; refers to the fleeting pleasures of this world.
161. arḍ al-qaṭīʿah : Land of severance; a metaphorical place of spiritual disconnection from Allah.
162. al-maskh : Disfigurement; a punishment where one's form is changed into a lower form.
163. al-naskh : Abrogation; here possibly meaning the removal of blessings or status.
164. al-ʿaqd : Contract; possibly refers to being bound by difficulties or covenants.
165. al-faskh : Dissolution; the breaking of bonds or agreements.
166. al-qawm : The people; often refers to the Sufi path or righteous predecessors.
167. al-aḥrār : Free people; those who are not slaves, implying treating others as servants unjustly.
168. ḥabl al-zūr : Literally 'rope of falsehood'; a metaphorical expression for reliance on falsehood or deceit.
169. ʿazwat al-ghurūr : Literally 'the delusion of pride'; refers to self-deception arising from arrogance or vanity.
170. khafī khafī al-hawājis : The most hidden of hidden whisperings; refers to subtle, barely perceptible thoughts or inspirations that occur in the heart.
171. tā'u tanazzulātika : The letter Tā' symbolizes the descending manifestations or self-disclosures of God.
172. atqiyā'ika : The pious ones, those who are God-fearing and righteous.
173. fawātiḥu s-suwar : The opening letters of certain Quranic chapters, considered by Sufis to contain profound mysteries.
174. al-‘ulūm al-ladunniyya : Divine or inspired knowledge granted directly by God to the saints.
175. qāba qawsayni aw adnā : A Quranic phrase (53:9) describing the Prophet's proximity to God during the Mi'raj, meaning 'two bow-lengths or nearer'.
176. al-aṭwār al-nā’iya : Distant spiritual states or stages in the Sufi path.
177. al-‘awālim al-ghaybiyya : The unseen worlds, including the angelic and spiritual realms.
178. yusabbiḥu : Glorify or declare God's transcendence; here referring to the cosmic praise of God through the Prophet.
179. ahl al-sirr : People of the secret; Sufi adepts who possess esoteric knowledge.
180. al-ṭuruq al-sunniyya : The prophetic ways; the orthodox Sunni path.
181. ahl al-nisba al-zakiyya : People of pure lineage; those spiritually connected to the Prophet.
182. al-ashkhāṣ al-malakūtiyya : Angelic beings; inhabitants of the Malakut (angelic realm).
183. al-jabarūt : The realm of divine power and might; a spiritual domain in Sufi cosmology.
184. al-ḥaḍra al-‘indiyya : The presence of nearness; the divine presence in which the Prophet stands.
185. ayniyya : Selfhood or individuation; the sense of separate existence.
186. al-ma‘iyya : The state of being with; divine companionship or presence.
187. al-dhāt al-aḥmadiyya : The Ahmad essence; the spiritual reality of the Prophet Muhammad.
188. al-futūḥāt al-makkiyya : Meccan openings; spiritual illuminations associated with Mecca, often referencing Ibn Arabi's work.
189. al-kawthar : A river in Paradise; also a Quranic chapter symbolizing abundant good.
190. al-najdī : From Najd; a region in Arabia, here possibly referring to the Prophet's lineage or a spiritual attribute.
191. al-‘arā’is : Brides; metaphor for hidden spiritual truths or the veiled realities.
192. al-majālis : Gatherings; refers to spiritual or religious assemblies.
193. ad-dawāris : Ruins; places that were desolate or abandoned.
194. al-hawājis : Intrusive thoughts; distracting or troubling ideas.
195. al-wasāwis : Whisperings; evil suggestions from Satan.
196. al-qarāṭīs : Scrolls; sheets of paper or parchment for writing.
197. al-farādīs : Paradises; gardens of Paradise.
198. al-malābis : Garments; clothing.
199. al-ʿawābis : Frowning faces; gloomy or stern expressions.
200. aṭ-ṭawāmis : Obscure things; hidden or unclear matters.
201. ad-dawāmis : Dark things; darkness or gloomy places.
202. al-fawāris : Knights; horsemen or warriors.
203. Kisrā : Title of the Sassanid Persian emperor.
204. bāʾis : Wretched one; a person in distress or misery.
205. ṣawāb : Correctness; rightness or truth.
206. awwāb : Penitent; one who returns to God in repentance.
207. ḥijāb : Veil; a barrier or covering, often spiritual.
208. muṣāb : Afflicted one; one struck by calamity.
209. sharāb : Drink; spiritual refreshment or sustenance.
210. madad : Support; divine assistance or aid.
211. sadad : Rectitude; correctness or right direction.
212. nasab : Lineage; ancestry or genealogy.
213. adab : Courtesy; proper conduct or etiquette.
214. ṭalab : Request; a desire or petition.
215. fātiḥ : Opener; one who opens or initiates.
216. ṣāliḥ : Righteous one; a pious and virtuous person.
217. nājiḥ : Successful one; one who achieves success.
218. jāmiḥ : Unruly one; one who is rebellious or stubborn.
219. ṭāmiḥ : Aspiring one; one who aims high.
220. mādiḥ : Praiser; one who praises.
221. lisān : Tongue; language or speech.
222. ʿayn : Eye; essence or source.
223. bunyān : Structure; building or edifice.
224. dīwān : Register; a collection of poems or records.
225. riḍwān : Divine pleasure; God's satisfaction and approval.
226. Alif : The first letter of the Arabic alphabet, often symbolizing the primordial point or the essence of divine unity in Sufi symbolism.
227. Quran 7:43 : Reference to the Quranic verse: 'Praise be to Allah who has guided us to this, and we would never have been guided if Allah had not guided us.'
228. Quran 2:165 : Reference to the Quranic verse: 'And those who believe are more intense in love for Allah.'
229. Be, and it is : Reference to the divine creative command 'Kun fayakun' (Be, and it is) mentioned in the Quran (e.g., 2:117).
230. Quran 3:73 : Reference to the Quranic verse: 'Say: Indeed, the bounty is in the hand of Allah.'
231. Quran 3:173-174 : Reference to the Quranic verses: 'Sufficient for us is Allah, and He is the best disposer of affairs. So they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them, and they pursued the pleasure of Allah.'
232. Quran 13:11 : Reference to the Quranic verse: 'For him are angels in succession, before him and behind him, guarding him by the command of Allah.'
233. Allah : The Arabic name for God in Islam.
234. remembrance of Allah : Dhikr Allah, the act of remembering and invoking God.
235. uprightness : Istiqamah, meaning steadfastness in faith and righteousness.
236. remained upright : Reference to Quran 41:30, describing those who say 'Our Lord is Allah' and then remain steadfast.
237. calls to Allah : Inviting others to the path of God.
238. lower their voices before the Messenger of Allah : Reference to Quran 49:2, instructing believers not to raise their voices above the Prophet's voice.
239. pledging allegiance to Allah : Reference to Quran 48:10, about the pledge of allegiance to the Prophet.
240. Appreciative : Ash-Shakur, one of God's names, meaning the One who rewards gratitude abundantly.
241. gnosis : Ma'rifah, spiritual knowledge or direct experiential knowledge of God.
242. Praiseworthy Station : Al-Maqam al-Mahmud, a station of intercession granted to Prophet Muhammad on the Day of Judgment.
243. al-bāhir : Radiant, brilliant; a term describing the Prophet Muhammad's luminous nature.
244. al-ḥudūd wa al-ṣiyām wa al-ʿukūf : Legal punishments, fasting, and seclusion (iʿtikāf) in the mosque; acts of worship and law.
245. al-zāhir : Luminous, manifest; another attribute of the Prophet.
246. yawm al-ʿarḍ wa al-wuqūf : The Day of Presentation (of deeds) and Standing (before Allah); eschatological terms.
247. al-ʿalam al-gharīb : The unique standard; a metaphor for the Prophet as a distinctive sign.
248. al-maḥāsin al-khaṣīb : Fertile virtues; abundant good qualities.
249. al-sharaf al-ḥasīb : Noble lineage; high and esteemed ancestry.
250. al-mustawḥish al-gharīb : The desolate stranger; a reference to the Prophet's sense of alienation in this world.
251. al-ʿabd al-munīb : The penitent servant; the Prophet as the perfect worshipper who turns to Allah.
252. al-qarīb : The near one; the Prophet's closeness to Allah.
253. al-najīb : The noble one; of excellent lineage and character.
254. al-faḍl al-raḥīb : Spacious virtue; vast and abundant grace.
255. al-mādiḥ al-labīb : The eloquent praiser; the Prophet who praised Allah with wisdom.
256. al-ḥabīb : The beloved; a title of the Prophet as Allah's beloved.
257. al-khaṭīb : The orator; the Prophet's eloquence in speech.
258. al-ḥawḍ wa al-qaḍīb : The Basin (al-Ḥawḍ) and the Staff (al-Qaḍīb); symbols of the Prophet's intercession and authority.
259. al-dāʿī wa al-mujīb : The caller and the answerer; the Prophet calls to Allah and is answered.
260. wufūd : Delegations; referring to the Prophet as the representative of Allah.
261. riḥāl : Journeys; metaphor for the Prophet as a means of spiritual travel.
262. suʾāl : Petition; the Prophet as the one through whom supplications are made.
263. maḥāsin : Perfections or beautiful attributes, often referring to the Prophet's excellent qualities.
264. kīmiyā' : Alchemy, here used metaphorically for the transformative spiritual power of the Prophet.
265. wilāya : Sainthood or spiritual authority, the state of being a saint (walī).
266. madad : Spiritual succor or assistance, often from a saint or the Prophet.
267. shuhūd : Witnessing or spiritual vision, the state of witnessing divine realities.
268. janān : Garden, often referring to paradise or the heart as a spiritual garden.
269. arkān : Pillars, here referring to the spiritual pillars or foundations of divine order.
270. riḍwān : Divine good pleasure or satisfaction, a high spiritual station.
271. khalīl Allāh : Intimate friend of Allah, a title of Prophet Abraham.
272. ṣafī Allāh : Chosen one of Allah, a title of Prophet Adam.
273. najī Allāh : Confidant of Allah, a title of Prophet Moses.
274. walī Allāh : Saint of Allah, a title for prophets and saints.
275. al-fatḥ al-mubīn : The manifest victory, a Qur'anic phrase (Sūrat al-Fatḥ, 48:1).
276. al-ghurr al-muḥajjalūn : The white-blazed ones, referring to the Prophet's companions who will have bright faces on Judgment Day.
277. al-malā'ika al-muqarrabūn : The angels brought near to Allah, the highest rank of angels.
278. al-awwābūn : Those who frequently return to Allah in repentance.
279. al-tawwābūn : Those who repent often, a Qur'anic term.
280. al-mutahajjidūn : Those who perform the night prayer (tahajjud).
281. al-muntasibūn : Those who claim affiliation or lineage, often to the Prophet.
282. misk al-khitām : Musk of the seal, a Qur'anic phrase (Sūrat al-Muṭaffifīn, 83:26) symbolizing the ultimate reward.
283. al-lithām : The veil or face-covering, here referring to the Prophet's beauty.
284. dār al-salām : The Abode of Peace, a name for Paradise.
285. sarawāt : Noble ancestors or chiefs, referring to the Prophet's lineage.
286. zahr al-akmām : Flower of the sleeves, a poetic metaphor for beauty emerging from concealment.
287. al-‘ankabūt wa ‘ashshasha ‘alayhi al-ḥamām : Reference to the spider weaving a web and pigeons nesting at the cave of Thawr to protect the Prophet during the Hijra.
288. al-ba‘īr wa ẓallalahu al-ghamām : Reference to the camel that complained to the Prophet and the cloud that shaded him.
289. al-jidh‘ wa sabbaḥa fī kaffihi al-ṭa‘ām : Reference to the palm trunk that wept when the Prophet left it, and the food that glorified Allah in his hand.
290. al-ẓaby : The gazelle that spoke to the Prophet, a miracle.
291. al-ḍabb : The lizard that spoke to the Prophet, a miracle.
292. Najd wa Tihāma wa al-bayt al-ḥarām : Najd (highland), Tihama (lowland), and the Sacred House (Kaaba) in Mecca.
293. ghalā’il al-akmām : Sleeves of garments, possibly referring to the opening of sleeves to receive blessings.
294. malā’ikat al-ilhām : Angels of inspiration, those who bring divine inspiration to prophets and saints.
295. nuqṭat al-imdād : Point of supply, a Sufi term for the spiritual source from which all blessings flow.
296. al-afrād : The solitary ones, a rank of saints in Sufism who are spiritually independent.
297. sawād al-‘ayn : Black of the eye, i.e., the pupil, meaning most beloved and precious.
298. al-batūl : The Virgin, referring to Fatima, the Prophet's daughter, who was known for her purity.
299. al-aṣfiyā’ : The chosen ones, a term for the elite saints.
300. Qur'an 36:76 : Sūrat Yā Sīn, verse 76.
301. Qur'an 12:31 : Sūrat Yūsuf, verse 31.
302. Qur'an 2:165 : Sūrat al-Baqara, verse 165.
303. Qur'an 5:54 : Sūrat al-Mā’ida, verse 54.
304. Qur'an 3:20 : Sūrat Āl ‘Imrān, verse 20.
305. Qur'an 20:27-28 : Sūrat Ṭā Hā, verses 27-28.
306. Qur'an 39:23 : Sūrat al-Zumar, verse 23.
307. Qur'an 3:126 : Sūrat Āl ‘Imrān, verse 126.
308. Qur'an 20:25-26 : Sūrat Ṭā Hā, verses 25-26.
309. Qur'an 94:1 : Sūrat al-Sharḥ, verse 1.
310. Qur'an 30:4-5 : Sūrat al-Rūm, verses 4-5.
311. dhikr Allah : Remembrance of Allah, often through recitation of His names or Quranic verses.
312. badr yaqīn : Full moon of certainty; a metaphor for complete and luminous faith.
313. bi-idhni Allah : By the permission of Allah; Quranic phrase (2:249).
314. wujūd shuhūd : A witnessing presence; a Sufi term for the state of being aware of Allah's constant presence.
315. muʿaqqibāt : Guardian angels who follow one another in succession to protect a person (Quran 13:11).
316. āshraktum : You have associated partners with Allah; reference to Quran 6:81.
317. aʿūdhu bi-llāh : I seek refuge in Allah; phrase from Quran 2:67.
318. ṣallā llāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam : May Allah bless him and grant him peace; formula of blessing upon the Prophet Muhammad.
319. shāhidan wa-mubashshiran wa-nadhīran : A witness, a bearer of good news, and a warner; Quran 48:8.
320. khāshiʿan mutaṣaddiʿan : Humbled and split asunder; Quran 59:21.
321. rizq Allah : Provision from Allah; Quran 2:60.
322. āyāt Allah : Signs of Allah; Quran 29:44.
323. yaghudḍūna aṣwātahum : They lower their voices; reference to Quran 49:3.
324. tawbatan naṣūḥan : Sincere repentance; Quran 66:8.
325. al-ism al-aʿẓam : The Greatest Name of Allah, believed to be the most powerful name.
326. ḥasbunā llāhu wa-niʿma l-wakīl : Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best Trustee; Quran 3:173.
327. tawfīq : Divine success or facilitation granted by Allah.
328. wa-mā tawfīqī illā bi-llāh : My success is only from Allah; Quran 11:88.
329. ṣirāṭ al-mustaqīm : The straight path; Quran 1:6.
330. maqālīd al-qulūb : Keys of hearts; a phrase indicating Allah's control over hearts.
331. wa-mā tashāʾūna illā an yashāʾa llāh : And you do not will except that Allah wills; Quran 76:30.
332. lā taqnaṭū min raḥmati llāh : Do not despair of the mercy of Allah; Quran 39:53.
333. jannāt ʿadnin : Gardens of perpetual residence; Quran 9:72.
334. al-ḥamdu li-llāh : Praise be to Allah; Quran 10:10.
335. shafā‘ah : Intercession; the Prophet's intercession on behalf of believers on the Day of Judgment.
336. jawharah laṭīfah : Subtle substance; a Sufi term referring to the spiritual essence or inner reality of the Prophet.
337. ṣirāṭ : The bridge over Hell that all must cross on the Day of Judgment; the righteous pass safely.
338. yawm al-‘arḍ wa al-jawāz : The Day of Presentation and Passage; a reference to the Day of Judgment when deeds are presented and souls pass over the bridge.
339. qurrat ‘ayn : Coolness of eyes; an Arabic idiom meaning delight or comfort, often used in supplications for eternal bliss.
340. riyāḍ al-fatḥ : Gardens of opening; a Sufi metaphor for spiritual unveiling and divine disclosure.
341. barzakh : Isthmus; in Sufism, an intermediate realm between the physical and spiritual worlds, or a being that connects both.
342. jinan : Gardens; refers to Paradise.
343. sālik wa majdhūb : Wayfarer and attracted one; Sufi terms: a sālik is a spiritual seeker on the path, a majdhūb is one drawn by divine attraction.
344. dirham mashūb : Mixed dirham; a metaphor for the soul or deeds mixed with impurities, needing purification.
345. ‘ārifūn : Knowers; Sufi term for those who have direct experiential knowledge (ma‘rifah) of God.
346. mutawājidūn : Those in a state of spiritual ecstasy or intense emotion, often associated with Sufi practices of dhikr.
347. muqarrabūn : The 'near ones' or those brought close to God, often referring to the highest rank of saints or angels.
348. sab‘an min al-mathānī : The 'seven oft-repeated verses,' a reference to Surah Al-Fatiha, which is recited repeatedly in prayers.
349. ladunniyyāt : Divine or God-given knowledge, often associated with direct inspiration from God.
350. al-thaqalayn : The 'two weighty ones,' a term referring to humans and jinn, or sometimes to the Quran and the Prophet's family.
351. al-iksīr : The 'elixir,' a term used in Sufism for a spiritual substance that transforms the soul.
352. al-quṭb : The 'pole' or 'axis,' a term in Sufism for the highest-ranking saint who is the spiritual center of his time.
353. al-walī : A 'saint' or 'friend of God,' a person with a high spiritual station.
354. ahl al-dhawq wa al-ishāra : Those of 'taste and allusion,' referring to Sufis who experience spiritual states and communicate through symbolic language.
355. al-fatḥ : The Opening; a Sufi term referring to divine unveiling or spiritual illumination.
356. al-wilāyah : Sainthood; the state of being a saint (walī) in Islamic mysticism.
357. al-laṭāʾif : Subtleties; spiritual faculties or subtle centers in the human being.
358. al-dhikr : Remembrance; the practice of invoking God's names or phrases.
359. al-akābir : The Great Ones; eminent spiritual figures.
360. al-mazār : Shrine; a place of pilgrimage, often the tomb of a saint.
361. al-wujūd : Existence; a key concept in Sufi metaphysics, often referring to the divine reality.
362. al-ʿawālim : Worlds; the various realms of existence.
363. al-sirrī : The Mysterious One; a title referring to the Prophet's inner, hidden dimension.
364. al-majd : Glory; a divine attribute or station.
365. al-ijābah : Response; the quality of having prayers answered.
366. al-muqarrab : The Intimate One; one brought near to God.
367. al-maʿārif : Gnoses; spiritual knowledge or direct experiential knowledge of God.
368. al-afrāḥ : Joys; spiritual delights.
369. falaq al-iṣbāḥ : Cleaver of the Dawn; a title for the Prophet, derived from Quranic imagery.
370. al-arwāḥ : Spirits; the spiritual essences of beings.
371. al-bayt al-maʿmūr : The Frequented House; a celestial counterpart of the Kaaba in Islamic cosmology.
372. alif lām ṣād : Alif Lam Sad; Quranic initials (muqattaʿat) at the start of Surah Al-A'raf.
373. al-furqānī : Furqanic; relating to the Furqan (the Criterion), a name for the Quran.
374. al-ṣamadānī : Samadani; derived from al-Ṣamad (the Eternal), a divine name; here referring to a spiritual opening.
375. ṭā hā : Ta Ha; Quranic initials at the start of Surah Ta Ha.
376. yā sīn : Ya Sin; Quranic initials at the start of Surah Ya Sin.
377. ḥā mīm : Ha Mim; Quranic initials at the start of several surahs.
378. ʿayn sīn qāf : Ain Sin Qaf; Quranic initials at the start of Surah Ash-Shura.
379. mīm maḥq : Mim of effacement; a mystical interpretation of the letter Mim, symbolizing annihilation or effacement in God.
380. al-mawāhib al-ladunniyya : Divine gifts or sciences granted directly by God without intermediary means, often associated with spiritual knowledge bestowed upon saints.
381. wilāya : Sainthood or spiritual authority; a state of closeness to God and being under His protection.
382. ḥūr ʿīn : Maidens of Paradise described as having wide, beautiful eyes; companions for the blessed in the afterlife.
383. al-Imam al-Shafi‘i : Founder of the Shafi‘i school of Islamic jurisprudence (767–820 CE).
384. Abu Bakr al-Siddiq : The first Caliph of Islam and close companion of Prophet Muhammad.
385. ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab : The second Caliph of Islam, known for his justice and strength.
386. ‘Uthman : The third Caliph of Islam, known for his modesty and compilation of the Quran.
387. ‘Ali : The fourth Caliph of Islam and cousin/son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad.
388. huris : Maidens of Paradise described in the Quran as companions for the righteous.
389. Dār al-Salām : The Abode of Peace, a name for Paradise in Islamic tradition.
390. Sunnah : The practices and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad.
391. mushāhadah : Spiritual witnessing or direct vision of divine realities.
392. al-Rukn wa al-Maqām : The Corner (of the Kaaba containing the Black Stone) and the Station of Abraham.
393. Ḥajj wa ʿUmrah : The major and minor pilgrimages to Mecca.
394. Labbayk : The talbiyah phrase meaning 'Here I am, O Allah, here I am.'
395. ʿArafāt : The plain near Mecca where pilgrims stand on the 9th of Dhul Hijjah.
396. al-Bayt al-ʿAtīq : The Ancient House, referring to the Kaaba.
397. al-Ḥajar al-Aswad : The Black Stone set in the corner of the Kaaba.
398. Muḥaṣṣab : A valley near Mina where pilgrims stone the pillars.
399. Allāhu Akbar : God is the Greatest.
400. al-Mashʿar al-Ḥarām : The Sacred Monument, a site in Muzdalifah.
401. Jabarūt : The realm of divine omnipotence.
402. Malakūt : The angelic realm.
403. Lāhūt : The realm of divinity.
404. al-Tābūt : The Ark, possibly referring to the Ark of the Covenant or a symbol of divine presence.
405. Kursī : The Footstool of God, mentioned in the Throne Verse.
406. al-Sabʿ al-Mathānī : The Seven Oft-Repeated verses, usually referring to Surah Al-Fatiha.
407. al-Kitāb al-Mustabīn : The Clear Book, referring to the Quran.
408. awliya' : Saints or friends of God; those who are close to Him through piety and devotion.
409. zulfa : Nearness to God; a station of proximity in the afterlife.
410. hujaj : Proofs or arguments; here, the correct answers to the questioning in the grave.
411. siddiqin : Truthful ones; a rank of righteousness, often referring to those who fully affirm the truth.
412. dawha rabbaniyya : Divine tree; a metaphor for the spiritual lineage or source of prophetic light.
413. nuqtat imdad : Point of supply; a Sufi term for the source of spiritual effusion or grace.
414. kimya' : Alchemy; here, a metaphor for the transformative spiritual power of the Prophet.