The one who remembers [1] the Most High [2] is the one who is remembered [3] by the Most…

The one who remembers [1] the Most High [2] is the one who is remembered [3] by the Most High [2].

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. And may Allah bless our master Muhammad, his family, and his companions and grant them peace abundantly. Praise be to Allah, who made the honored word of tawhid ¹ the foundation of faith and the greatest of means. And praise be to Allah, who made uttering it a cure for apparent and hidden diseases and a purification from blameworthy traits and all vices. And praise be to Allah, who caused its goodly tree to grow in the hearts of His saints, so its branches bore fruit in the unseen of their innermost secrets, and they gathered its fruits at dawn and dusk. And praise be to Allah, who poured upon their hearts the lights of its gnoses and gifts until they established, through it, proofs and evidences of the existence of their Lord. And praise be to Allah, who unveiled to them the intricacies of its secrets and the meanings of its remembrances, so they extracted from it exquisite sciences that dazzle the minds of the later and earlier generations. And praise be to Allah, who made it a ladder and a mi'raj ² by which the servant ascends to the highest ranks and the noblest stations. And praise be to Allah, who made persistence in its remembrance the emblem of the saints and the righteous and the mark of the arriving poles ³, until through it manifest miracles and breaches of custom appeared among them in all assemblies and tribes. And praise be to Allah, who blended its meanings with their flesh and blood, so it became their constant habit and custom, and through its blessing their morals and traits were beautified. And praise be to Allah, who made it the pasture of lovers and the nourishment of the souls of the yearning ones, so they became independent through it of eating, drinking, and the scant goods of this world and its fleeting allure. And praise be to Allah, who made it the key to the gardens ⁴ and the gift of the Most Merciful, and multiplied for them, through its blessing, in the abode of eternity, everlasting bliss, spouses, and consorts. And praise be to Allah, who made it the fortress of safety and security, the means of proximity and nearness, and bestowed favor upon those who persevere in it with the highest merits and noblest qualities. And praise be to Allah, who honored its people with the blessing of Islam ⁵ and faith, and gifted them with the gifts of pardon and forgiveness, and made whoever says it sincerely from his heart and prolongs it with magnification be forgiven four thousand major sins. It was said: If he does not have that, he said: He is forgiven the sins of his family and neighbors. And that is among the greatest acts of worship and the most eminent virtues. And praise be to Allah, who made it great in status and dignity, and the robe of pleasure and good pleasure, removing worries, griefs, and sorrows, and freeing necks from the blaze of hellfire and the torment of the fire. So much so that whoever mentions it, a green bird with two white wings adorned with pearls and rubies emerges from his heart and ascends to heaven, making a buzzing sound like that of bees. It is said to it: Settle down. It says: No, until my companion is forgiven. Then the utterer is forgiven, and then that bird has seventy tongues seeking forgiveness for its companion until the Day of Resurrection. So glorified is He who, through it, brought the ignorant out from the mires of tawhid and freed his neck from the captivity of blind imitation, and made it a comprehensive barzakh ⁶ encompassing the noblest sublime sciences, abundant benefits, and complete issues, and singled out this Muhammadan community for its virtue, and perfected its honor through His beloved, our master Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, the orator of the divine presences and the bride of assemblies. So bless him, O Allah, and his noble, excellent family, and his companions, the lions of battle and the leaders of hosts, with a blessing that will cause us to alight in the best of stations and protect us from afflictions, terrifying horrors, and earthquakes, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. And this is the description of the tree of tawhid, sanctified for the Essence of the Most Merciful, whose secret permeates all spirits and bodies. ⁷ 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 tawhid, extending from the seas of truthfulness, love, and faith, planted in the land of affirmation, sincerity, and certainty, and the shining lights of gnosis, watered with the water of knowledge, forbearance, and the gifts of grace and favor, whose buds have burst forth with the flowers of pleasure and good pleasure, whose fruits have been made accessible with the fruits of realities, gnoses, and evidences of certainty, whose breezes have wafted with the tenderness of mercies and the glad tidings of proximity and nearness, whose branches have been preserved from the coverings of doubts and illusions and the accidents of negation and deficiency, whose virtues have been mentioned in authentic traditions, transmitted chains, and the surahs of the Qur'an, whose meanings have been supported by conclusive proofs, evidence, and demonstration. And successful is he who has gathered its fruits and taken that as provision for the pleasure of his Lord, the Sovereign, the Judge. When the thoughts of the people of gnosis entered its fields and their spirits roamed in its gardens, they extracted from it for this spiritual world, through sound taste and lordly unveiling, gardens in whose meadows they delight, and rivers from whose basins they drink. Thus they come to know what Allah has bestowed upon them of the gifts of His gracious favor and what He has gifted them with of the support of His eternal secret. And He wrote it upon the pages of their hearts and the faculties of their minds with the pen of His luminous opening. So the garden of hearts is the garden of faith; the garden of intellects is the subtleties of gnosis; and the garden of spirits is the meadow of direct vision. For every grain of it there is a river, a tree, fruits, and a remembrance. The river of the garden of hearts is the water of life of the pre-eternal effusion that flows with the attribute of self-disclosure from the springs of Oneness, reviving hearts with the light of certainty so that the death of ignorance does not overtake them. Its trees are the qualities of faith, its fruits are the indication of acts, and the remembrance of its people is: "Allah, there is no god but He, the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed; He is the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful." The river of the garden of intellects is the milk of their nurturing with hope and fear, to strengthen them for the knowledge of might ⁸ and majesty. Its trees are wisdom, its fruits are discernment, and its remembrance is: "Allah, there is no god but He, the Sovereign, the Holy." The river of the garden of spirits is the unveiling of beauty, whose source is the sea of majesty; the Truth waters them from it to quench them with the pleasure of beauty and the vision of majesty. Its trees are love, its fruits are passionate love, and the remembrance of its people is: "The Peace, the Faithful, the Guardian, the Mighty, the Compeller, the Proud. Glory be to Allah above what they associate." The river of the garden of secrets is the unveiling of the Holy Essence. Its trees are tawhid, its fruits are verification, and the remembrance of its people is: "Allah is the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner; to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names." So blessed is he who eats from the fruits of these gardens, fills his heart and innermost being with their secret, gives rest to spirits and bodies in the shades of their intimacy, and delights the eyes and eyelids in the enclosures of their sanctity. How excellent are those men who have attained a happiness after which there is no misery and have won the pleasure of their Lord, the Sovereign, the Judge. They are the men—and it is a flaw to call a man *man* who is not characterized by the meanings of their description.

And they recited: Sweeter than the delight of beautiful women Is that his remembrance be carried and he live alone His delight is recitation wherever he turns And at his death a bringer of good tidings comes to him So he attains what he desired and wished for When they approach in beautiful garments ⁹ And he gains security on the Day of Resurrection And his remembrance is in the heart and on the tongue He is given glad tidings of salvation from humiliation Among the ranks in the chambers of Paradise O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the essence Of the tree of tawhid ¹⁰, blossoming with the lights of the sciences of the Essence, bearing the subtle secrets of the Names And Attributes, which are not shaken by the storms of illusions and imaginations, nor cut off by the claims Of weak arguments and various arbitrary rulings. Its root is pre-eternity, its self is existence, its head is everlastingness, Its trunk is oneness, its secret is dissimilarity to contingents, its spirit is life, its fruits are self-subsistence, Its majesty is power, its beauty is will, its perfection is knowledge, its splendor is hearing, Its radiance is sight, its core is speech, and its subtleties are what adorn it from the descriptions of the perfections of our Master, The All-Knowing King. The encompassing of the totality of the secrets of its meanings ⁸ is: There is no god but Allah, the Originator of the heavens And the earth, Possessor of Majesty and Bounty, Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, upon him be the best of blessings and the purest Peace. The glorification of its people is Allah, the declaration of its people is Allah, the praise of its people is Allah, the magnification of its people is Allah, the sanctification of its people is Allah, the speech of its people is Allah, the remembrance of its people is Allah, the contraction of its people is Allah, The expansion of its people is Allah, the joy of its people is Allah, the delight of its people is Allah, the might of its people is Allah, the treasure of its people is Allah, the honor of its people is Allah, the pride of its people is Allah, and those who seek shade under its shade are men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah. And this glorious Name is the Greatest Name of Allah ¹¹, encompassing The meanings of the Essence, Attributes, and Acts. He, exalted, said: ﴾He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden﴿ ¹², Thus He indicated by this verse the secret of His Essence, His Attributes, His Descriptions, and His Names, and manifested the hidden of His unseen And the unseen of His unseen, the secret of His secret, and the secret of His secret, causing the bewilderment of the spirits of the gnostics ¹³ in the seas of His pre-eternity and everlastingness, and the annihilation Of the secrets of the monotheists ¹⁴ in His Attributes and Essence. And nothing conveys these secrets except bewilderment at comprehending Him. So the remembrance of His secret—and no one has known that secret, nor will anyone ever know it—He is its rememberer And He is the Knower of it ¹⁵, none other. So how can one know the Firstness who has no firstness? And how can one know The Lastness who has no lastness? And how can one know the hiddenness of a Sovereign whose might has subdued those who do not know the way to the hiddenness of the Essence? And how can the secret of the secret and the root of the root be perceived by one who has no reality of comprehending His essence? Where am I from approaching with the attribute of perception to the pre-eternity of pre-eternity and the eternity of eternity, And the inwardness of knowledge, and the radiance of the sun of divinity, whose glories burn the eyes, and whose secrets bewilder the minds? Rather, flight—all flight—from the lion of pre-eternity and the dragon of endless duration. What has dust to do with the Lord of lords? Time and space, the first and the last, containers and places, Understandings and sciences have fallen from his heart before the lights of His Firstness and Lastness and the manifestation of the glories of His Manifestness, And the brilliance of the secrets of His Hiddenness. So the tongue remains not, where neither expression nor proof remains, Nor gnosis nor certainty, nor faith. Faith in whom? Gnosis for whom? Certainty concerning whom? And He Is inaccessible by the might of His omnipotence to the perception of thoughts and the flow of consciences. Glory be to Him, glory be to Him. His saying: ﴾He is the First﴿ Is the manifestation of eternities in eternities. And His saying: ﴾He is the Last﴿ Is the manifestation of infinities in infinities. And His saying: The Manifest is His visibility in His Essence ⁹ and Attributes in His Acts, since Acts are in Attributes the concealment of the essence of His essence by His essence, and His secret by His secret. No one perceives His inwardness after illusions nor the diving of understandings. Glory be to Him beyond what creation has indicated by its perfection. Glory be to Him beyond what creatures have pointed to by its limit. Who knows the knots of the causes of things so as to know His Firstness? And who knows the epochs of ages so as to know His Lastness? And who knows the quiddity of acts so as to know His Manifestness? And who knows the secrets of the inwardness of spirits and souls so as to know His Hiddenness? If the creature knew the quiddity of the reality of the quiddity of His existence by way of encompassing knowledge of it, he would know the root of every root or the cause of every cause, since none knows them except the one who brings them into existence, and He is

He whose attributes are the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden. Do not suppose in His Firstness a number of ages, nor suppose in His Lastness a limitation of epochs, nor suppose in His Manifestness the open plains of signs, nor suppose in His Hiddenness the secrets of hidden things. For these attributes are negated from the perfection of the primordial Divinity. He is the First, whom Firstness, Lastness, Manifestness, and Hiddenness do not bring forth into the attributes of indwelling and separation. How could anything of His creation encompass Him or perceive Him? (11) And He is the Encompasser of pre-eternity and pre-eternities, and post-eternity and post-eternities from all aspects. To Him is the goal and the ultimate end. He is pre-eternal in knowledge, pre-eternal in power, pre-eternal in state, pre-eternal in will, pre-eternal in light, pre-eternal in mercy, manifest to every world and known thing, and to every witness and witnessed thing. In this noble manifestation is the very perfection of *tawḥīd* (declaration of divine unity), the secret of whose meaning none perceive except the elite of the chosen ones, those who are severed in the seclusions of intimacy and singling out, to whom He has revealed the treasures of Lordship and the secrets of Divinity. And that is from the perfection of His love for their love and His will for their knowledge of Him. He, exalted, said: "I was a hidden treasure, and I loved to be known, so I made Myself known." Glory be to Him, by His name the First to the spirits of the veracious ones through the sincerity of attentions, and by His name the Last to the hearts of the lovers through the beauty of protections, and by His name the Manifest to the people of His knowledge through the attribute of unveiling of secrets, and by His name the Hidden to the people of His sainthood through the exposition of the knowledge of the unknown and the unveiling of the reality of lordly wisdoms to the holy intellects. And what favor is greater than this favor from the Truth, glory be to Him, to the knowers among His saints? These are sanctifications, gifts, and perfections, and holy meanings and allusions, which have been unveiled by the sanctified tree of *tawḥīd*, which is established in the hearts (12) of the people of faith, certainty, and gnosis—a tree whose fruit is the knowledge of experiential realization and whose yield is the affirmation of Solitariness. And that is the very purpose of the existence of existents and the formation of formed things. For were it not for the knowledge of experiential realization and the affirmation of Solitariness, the proofs of existence would not have been drawn upon an existent, nor would a lost thing have emerged from the darkness of non-existence, as evidenced by: "And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me." A tree that shone with the suns of *tawḥīd* and certainty upon the hearts of the people of Islam, faith, and excellence. By its meanings, the traces of their souls dissolved; by its secrets, the darkness of their humanity was dispelled; by its lights, the lamps of their consciences shone; by its lanterns, the hidden realms of their innermost secrets and the defects of their insights were illuminated. And the elite of creation—the prophets, the messengers, the saints, the righteous, and all the believing servants of God—came to seek shade under its ample shade and entered into its company and beneath its abundant banner. And the people of *tawḥīd* are, in the kindling of its lights, the plucking of its flowers, the gathering of its fruits, the adorning with its secrets, and the drinking from its rivers, divided into three (13) categories, according to the wisdom of the All-Knowing King: The first category: The people of verification, the foremost from the forefront of this path, those who stand by the pillar of the pole of the Divine Presence, those who are independent of their own *tawḥīd* through God's *tawḥīd* of Himself, when He brought them forth, through witnessing, from inference and struggle. Only the gleam of the Truth appeared to them, so He made them absent in the Truth through the Truth. Thus they drank the cups of love in annihilation, so what was not ceased to be, and what never ceased remained. No eye or trace remained for them, due to their independence through the report from the report. And of them it is said: My annihilation in the Beloved is the essence of my survival; by Him I swear, I have indeed accepted annihilation. I annihilated through Him from myself, so I lived in bliss, though I had feared my hardship and my hope. And He revealed to me the secret of the secret from His attributes: a beauty that manifested, surpassing my radiance and my splendor. The second category: They have cast aside the ascending causes from the station of intellects and the present witnesses in the rank of heedlessness, being independent through certain knowledge that God is One, Unique, Singular, Eternal. He has placed things by His wisdom in their proper places and has caused destinies to flow by His knowledge in their courses and places. He has concealed His knowledge from perceptual traces and posited causes. So they pursued their path upon the negation of temporality and the affirmation of pre-eternity. They are the people of the *tawḥīd* of spiritual wayfaring, those who are honored (14) in the presence of kings. And of their like it is said: As if in a heart, when it departed, the body remained as a locus of ailments. As if a full moon rising in darkness, radiant with *tawḥīd*, then it set. His longing for his Lord increased—the companion of the thunderclap on the day of stratagems. He fell prostrate in His presence, and the trace of subsistence was erased and dissolved. He complained of distance, and the call came: "O My servants, the time of action has passed. Raise your head; what do you seek?" I said: "My Master, the arrival of the appointed term." "My imprisonment has been long." He said: "Die and know that in prison lies the attainment of hope." "O my heart, you have reached Him; say to Him the words of a cherished beloved." "Were it not for My Throne, the 'Istiwā' (establishing Himself) would not be valid, and by light the striking of the parable is valid." The third category: They inferred by proofs, sought testimony by sayings, and stood with the rulings and limits in negating the partner from the One Worshipped. Upon this rank the *qibla* (direction of prayer) was established and the religion was validated, as a protection for wealth and blood, and as a testimony of faith for the eye of certainty. They are the generality of Muslims; their proofs are the sayings, and their aim is the hopes. Their proofs are by the signs, and their hold is by the legal prescriptions. However, they did not partake (15) of what lies beyond the worlds of their stages, except what their tongues have attained, and they did not reach the Kawtharian sources except what they affirmed from the sayings of their imams. And of their like it is said: O company of my people, teach me what has befallen me; I call out, but no hearer answers— A Knower, All-Aware, Present, Bountiful—as if I were an inanimate thing that I prostrated obediently. By my life, I came from myself, so it is right that I hasten to tear through all the veils, To extract a treasure in the wall by demolishing it, and to cut through the bewilderment of the transient things swiftly. Can a body composed in the air veil a powerful spirit in the simple, wondrous? A servant seeking to enslave a master, and a lower one hoping to surpass a higher? It is fitting that I never cease weeping throughout time, that you see me prostrate among the plants. O would that it were from a noble, lofty tree, of great worth and precious before its Master. Whoever holds fast to its firm handle is safe; whoever inhales its scent and clings to its strong rope is protected; whoever seeks mercy through its great station is shown mercy; whoever acquires the jewels of its noble remembrances wins the attainment of its secrets and gains. And for this reason, the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said concerning it: "The best thing that I and the prophets before me have said is: 'There is no god but God.'" And Moses (16), peace be upon him, said: "O Lord, teach me something by which I may remember You." He said: "O Moses, say: 'There is no god but God.'" He said: "O Lord, all Your servants say: 'There is no god but God.' I only want something specific to me." He said: "O Moses, say: 'There is no god but God.' For if the seven heavens and the seven earths were placed in one scale and 'There is no god but God' in the other, 'There is no god but God' would outweigh them." And the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "I have been commanded to fight people until they say: 'There is no god but God.' When they say it, they protect..."

And whoever comes to them with their due rights, their reckoning is with Allah." And the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said in what Gabriel narrated from his Lord: "I heard the Lord of Might say: 'There is no god but Allah is My fortress; whoever says it enters My fortress, and whoever enters My fortress is safe from My punishment.'" * All are lost in the embrace of His love * And they have annihilated in the secret of His meaning * They confirmed the covenant, sincere to Him * By saying: There is no god but He * O company of those who remember, all of you * Say with me: There is no god but He * And watch for Him who bestows upon you generously * By His grace: There is no god but He * The cosmos has diffused its fragrance * With His remembrance: There is no god but He * The Throne ¹⁶ glorifies Him eternally * Glory be to Him, there is no god but He (17) * And every angel in heaven * Their glorification is: There is no god but He * And every bone in the mountains * Their glorification is: There is no god but He * And every tree in the meadows * Their glorification is: There is no god but He * And every fish in the seas * Their glorification is: There is no god but He * And every human in existence * Their glorification is: There is no god but He * And every wonder in time * Amazes him who is: There is no god but He * And every beautiful thing you see * Has been made beautiful by: There is no god but He * And every pleasant thing that appears * Has been adorned by: There is no god but He * And all people of knowledge have known * That He is: There is no god but He * And all people of intellect have understood * That He is: There is no god but He * And whoever complains of pain or illness * Is healed by: There is no god but He * And whoever strays from the path of guidance * His guide is: There is no god but He * Humans and jinn ¹⁷, all have testified * That He is: There is no god but He * Thunder and lightning, when they glorify Him * Say: There is no god but He * And whoever comes to Him in humility and need * Is enriched by: There is no god but He And whoever comes wretched and broken * Is mended by: There is no god but He O you drowning in the seas of heedlessness * Arise and say: There is no god but He (18) You disobey Him openly, yet His forbearance is generous * So He forgives you: There is no god but He He is the Great God, His power is mighty * Glory be to Him, there is no god but He O the victory of one who dies believing * Testifying that there is no god but He Glory be to Him, how vast is His mercy * For those who repent from their sins O what a tree ¹⁸ of faith, divine, gnostic, neither eastern nor western, neither negating ¹⁹ nor idolatrous, neither materialist nor dualist, neither Jewish nor Christian, neither anthropomorphist ²⁰ nor Mu'tazilite ²¹, neither Qadari ²² nor Jabri ²³, but Muhammadan, Sunni, Ahmadi ²⁴, lofty, neither earthly nor heavenly, neither of the Throne nor above nor below, neither high nor low, but holy, pure, and radiant with the lights of sanctification and declaration of God's oneness. It separated from creation and flew in pursuit of the Truth, so it is separated from creation and connected to the Truth. Thus it became neither eastern nor western, neither worldly nor otherworldly, desiring neither the pleasure of this world nor the bliss of the Hereafter, but only the Face of Allah. A noble, blessed tree, planted in the qibla ²⁵ of affirmation (19) and watered with the water of sincerity and divine success, tended with righteous deeds by the people of truth and verification. Its trunk stood firm, its roots took hold, its leaves turned green, its fruits ripened, its flowers multiplied, yielding its fruit at every season by its Lord's permission. Its fruits are repentance and vigilance, asceticism and piety, trust and delegation ²⁶, submission and every inward spiritual attribute, and every outward bodily characteristic. At every moment and breath, this tree's fruit is sustenance for the world of hearts and spirits. O what a tree that erases from you the blameworthy and restores in you the praiseworthy! If its light shines upon any part of your meritorious aspects, it removes the darkness of the corresponding part of your deficient aspects. It is the beginning and the end; with it one begins and to it one returns. It is the goodly word ²⁷, the goodly speech, the decisive address, the word of piety, the word of equity, the call of truth, righteous deeds, the covenant, goodness, and excellence. It is the impregnable fortress mentioned in his saying, peace be upon him: "Whoever says 'There is no god but Allah' enters My fortress, and whoever enters My fortress is safe from My punishment." May Allah make us and you among those who (20) enter its impregnable fortress, cling to its strong rope, are illuminated by the light of its manifest victory, and drink from the sea of its generosity and manifest secret, amen, amen. And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. Then the branches of that tree bent over the throne of the hidden King of Divinity, and the fragrant breezes of its scents spread in the meadows of every inspired and venerated one. So the noble gifts of their knowledge came, gathering pearls for its precious, well-ordered necklace, and the abundant results of their beliefs. The secret of its faith was realized by what appeared to them from the flashes of the secrets of the science of its unshakeable oneness. When they sat in its ample shade and set up their tablets for the knowledge of the majestic opening ²⁸, He wrote for them on the tablet of existence: "Wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allah" ²⁹; and on the tablet of pre-eternity: "He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden" ³⁰; and on the tablet of permanence: "Everything is perishing except His Face" ³¹; and on the tablet of incomparability: "Nothing is like Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing" ³²; and on the tablet of self-sufficiency: "O people, you are the poor toward Allah, and Allah is the Self-Sufficient, the Praiseworthy" ³³; and on the tablet of oneness: "Your God is one God" ³⁴; and on the tablet of power: "Blessed is He in whose hand is the kingdom, and He is over all (21) things competent" ³⁵; and on the tablet of will:

And in the Tablet of Knowledge: "Not absent from His knowledge is the weight of an atom in the heavens or in the earth, nor in the sky." And in the Tablet of Life: "He is the Living, there is no god but He." And in the Tablet of Hearing: "Indeed, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." And in the Tablet of Sight: "Indeed, Allah is All-Seeing of His servants." And in the Tablet of Speech: "And Allah spoke to Moses directly." How excellent is what one said in meaning: "The face of His existence is prior, nothing resembles Him, and there is no partner for Him, no doubt in it. No space confines Him, no helper supports Him, no unveiling manifests Him, no loudness reveals Him. No time creates Him, no text reaches Him, no word precedes Him, no intellect comprehends Him. All creatures are bewildered in the depth of His power, and no one grasps a meaning from His meanings. Glory be to Him and exalted is He in His majesty, and great is His might and subtle favors in His exaltation." And the Truth, glorified and exalted, has gathered the meanings of His holy Essence and His lofty attributes, and the jewels of His sublime wisdoms, in the truthful word of sincerity ³⁶, then He disclosed to His elite chosen ones the special secret within it, and alerted them to the wisdoms and properties it contains. So they delved into it with sound reflection, and sent forth the scout of thought into it, and found it a hidden pearl and a guarded treasury of secrets ³⁷. Its knowledges are endless, its sciences are boundless and matchless. The generality of monotheists and the imams of scholastic theology ³⁸ among the verifying scholars delved into the meanings of its expressions and the extent of the transmission of its memorizers, and found it a word whose beginning is negation and whose end is affirmation. Its beginning entered the heart and it emptied ³⁹, and its end took hold in it and it manifested ⁴⁰. So it abrogated ⁴¹ then became firmly rooted, and was stripped ⁴² then became deserving, and was erased then established, and undid then bound, and annihilated then preserved. So its beginning refers to annihilation ⁴³ and its end refers to subsistence ⁴⁴, upon that the jewel of this sacred charity ⁴⁵ and the Kaaba of its sanctuary, which is founded upon the foundations of tawhid ⁴⁶, and the stone of its house, and the prayer niche of its qibla ⁴⁷, and the center of its presence, and the flower of its garden and the fruit of its unity, and the spirit of its essence, and the very essence of its meanings and attributes, to which the core of hearts points and the innermost secrets of the monotheists cleave with the purity of their certainty—that is the Name of Majesty, the Unique ⁴⁸, which encompasses the secret of absolute oneness ⁴⁹ and relative oneness ⁵⁰, the holy, the Self-Sufficient ⁵¹, and He is Allah, the One, the Truth, the Merciful ⁵², for it is the Greatest Name ⁵³ and the majestic, magnified King. And it is ⁵⁴ the intended in the word of tawhid, sincerity, and the sought treasure for the common and the elite. Indeed, the phrase "there is no god but Allah" came indicating Him and pointing with all its meanings to Him. And this Name came at its end, indicating that there is nothing after Him, while the phrase "there is no god" proclaims that there is nothing before Him. So to Allah belongs the command before and after. What a noble tree and great favor! Planted by the hand of power on the bank of the Kawthar ⁵⁵ of knowledge, straightened by the specification of will, watered with the water of knowledge, nurtured with the substance of life, guarded by the secret of hearing, observed by the light of sight, attached to the subtleties of speech, and adorned with what is obligatory for the noble messengers of truth, trustworthiness, and delivery of what they were commanded to convey to all. So whoever eats from this luminous, blooming tree, and folds his innermost being upon the jewels of its unique tawhid and its excellent sciences, Allah will establish him with the firm word in the life of this world and in the Hereafter, and will distinguish him with His guardianship and take charge of all his affairs, outward and inward. So I ask You, O my Master, to make us among those who eat from the fruits of its lordly tawhid, and are illuminated in the darkness of their ignorance by the radiance of its gnostic light, and drink the fullest cup from the supply of its Self-Sufficient secret. Amen, amen, amen. And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. ⁵⁶ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the element of the tree of tawhid whose realities have taken root in the hearts of the masters of gnosis, and whose subtleties have permeated the innermost secrets of their secrets, and whose intricacies have been unveiled to the worlds of their spirits, and whose paths have become clear to them by the light of lordly opening, and whose difficulties have been eased for them by the care of the Self-Sufficient Might. So they looked to its lofty roots with the acute insight of inner sight ⁵⁷ and to its growing branches with the lamps of the lanterns of consciences ⁵⁸, and they extracted from its exquisite benefits the meaning of "I was a hidden treasure, and I loved to be known, so I created creation that they might know Me" ⁵⁹ and from the meanings of its surpassing secrets: absolute oneness ⁴⁹ and relative oneness ⁵⁰, uniqueness ⁴⁸ and Self-Sufficiency ⁵¹. "Say: He is Allah, the One. Allah, the Self-Sufficient. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him." ⁶⁰ So they were stirred by the breezes of Self-Sufficient inspirations and the affections of divine mercies, and there covered them from the light of His majesty and beauty what guided them to the sought secret and the veiled reality. When they witnessed that and became lost in the expanse of those paths, the overwhelmed one cried out, saying "He is He," and the lover tore his garments before reaching the drink ⁶¹, saying "I am I," and the enraptured one spoke, saying "Allah, Allah." Say: "What thing is greatest in testimony?" Say: "Allah." ⁶² When they recovered from the shock of their intoxication and returned after their effacement to the form of their sobriety, they apologized to the masters of states and alluded to what had appeared to them of the shining lights of the Names and Attributes and descriptions of the Possessor of Might and Majesty, who is transcendent above temporality, similarity, opposites, rivals, and forms, in His saying, exalted: "There is nothing like unto Him." ⁶³ That is: everything that exists from the Throne to the earth—He, exalted, is transcendent above that. If He were to manifest from the holiness of majesty... the contingent things would vanish and the universes would perish. Glory be to Him, exalted above the thoughts of imaginations, above what settles in understandings, above what intellects perceive and hearts witness and spirits behold and innermost secrets encounter. Whoever mentions Him with a portion has indeed fabricated, and whoever thanks Him for a portion has indeed cut himself off, and whoever perseveres in the balance of His foot has indeed dared. Were it not for His vast mercy upon all His creation, He would not have brought them into existence nor addressed them, for His address to them is from behind every contingent thing. So there is no behind, no expanse, no void, no place, no time in the might of His foot. Whoever points to Him with the attribute of passionate love is veiled by his portion ⁶⁴ from Him, and whoever points to Him with the attribute of gnosis is transcendent above that his known should be by his knowledge, and whoever points to Him with tawhid, his tawhid returns to Him, and He is One in His Oneness, not separating from duality until He became unique. For His Oneness is transcendent above multiplicity and paucity. Contingent things have no existence in reality such that they could be like Him, since their subsistence is through Him. How can things be similar to Him when things subsist by His power? Were it not for His power, things would not come into being. There is no like to His making, so how could there be for His attributes and Essence? O my brother, be consumed in the fires of worries, sorrows, despair, and hopelessness from grasping the very essence of His reality.

If you are perpetually witnessing Him, then the cosmos disappears in the sea of 'There is no god but God' and the negation of 'like unto Him' ⁶⁵, negating modality, duality, and location, at the first emergence of the peak of His holiness by His saying: 'And if the addressees had understood the letters of the beginning of the Surah, they would have seen the meaning of 'like unto Him' in its symbol—glory be to Him—the bewildered heart of His gnosis, and every tongue of His description. So glory be to Him, how great is His majesty! Thus it became clear that all matters of tawhid ⁶⁶ issued from this ultimate principle, which is: {There is nothing like unto Him} ⁶⁷. For no expression of the Reality is made without the cause being accompanied and worship being deficient ⁶⁸, because the Real cannot be described according to His measures, since every describer is illumined over the described, and exalted is He above being illumined by a creature. Whatever you distinguish by your illusions and perceive by your intellects in your most perfect meanings is known to you and returned to you, created and made like yourselves, for His Reality is beyond being reached by any expression, or perceived by illusion, or encompassed by knowledge. No! How can knowledge encompass Him when opposites have agreed concerning Him by His saying: {He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward} ⁶⁹. What expression can inform of the cloak of the reality of these words? No! Expressions fall short of Him and tongues are silenced by His saying: {There is nothing like unto Him}. He veiled Himself from His creation by His creation, then made them know His act by His act, and drove them to His command by His command. So illusions cannot attain Him, intellects cannot imagine Him, eyes cannot represent Him, ears cannot contain Him, desires cannot demean Him. He is the One with no before or after, no end, no limit, no boundary, no term. No veil conceals Him, no place carries Him, no air contains Him, no space encompasses Him, no void includes Him. {There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing} ⁷⁰. O God, I call You to witness, O my Master, and I call Your near angels, Your sent prophets ⁷¹, the bearers of Your Throne, the inhabitants of Your heavens and the expanse of Your carpet, and those present among the spiritual beings, or those absent from among Your honored servants, or those who have heard of it and are hidden from the eyes of beholders, or our time from the noble scribes ⁷², or those who have taken charge of our reckoning and questioning, or those who have seized our souls, or those through whose hands You have caused any of our affairs to pass—I affirm with true certainty and believe with firm conviction, with my heart and body, my blood and flesh, my limbs and my core, that God Almighty is one God, with no second, transcendent above consort and child. Rather, He is the One, the Unique, the Single, the Eternal ⁷³, a King with no partner in His kingdom and no minister, a Preventer with no administrator with Him, no opposite, no equal. He exists by His essence without need of any existentiator to bring Him into existence; rather, every existent is dependent on Him for its existence. The entire world exists through Him, and He exists by Himself, with no beginning to His existence. He is eternal, with no opening for His existence. He is wise, with no existent resembling Him. He is great, no parent has begotten Him, and no offspring inherits Him. He is generous, every generous one depends on Him, and no worshipped being contends with Him. He is one, subsisting by Himself, and no contingent thing subsists by itself. He is glorious, holy in His eternal attributes, and no inheritor inherits Him. He is powerful, without helpers or supporters. He is the Originator ⁷⁴, without thoughts or ideas. He is knowing, nothing escapes His knowledge, without acquisition or compulsion. He is perpetual, without time or measure. He is the Disposer, without strain of soul. He does in His kingdom what He wills and judges what He desires. He is the Beginner and the Repeater; as He began creation, He will repeat it, not to ward off a deficiency or to attract a benefit, for He is the Free Agent. He is Hearing, without listening; He is the Incomparable, without reflection or sight; He is Seeing, without pupil or sense; He is Near, without place or contact; He is Speaking, without tongue or palate; He is transcendent above every instrument and tool. He is described with attributes of pre-eternity and characterized by qualities of everlastingness. He is the Creator of creation by His power, the Extender of provision by His mercy, the Perfector of actions by His knowledge and wisdom, the Originator of things by His decree and will. {There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing}. And with all this I bear witness to Him with a testimony issuing from certainty and gnosis, affirmation and faith. The gardens ⁷⁵ are transcendent—I cannot measure Him as He deserves, nor perceive the perfection of His secret. The gnostics, in what they know, are knowing in some respects and ignorant in others; and in what they do not know, they are ignorant in all respects. Therefore, when the Real—glory be to Him—knew the incapacity of creation to know His majesty and perceive His perfection, and that they cannot bear an atom of the lights of His essence or a grain's weight of the attributes of His perfections, He summarized all in His saying: {They have not measured God with His true measure} ⁷⁶; they have not known Him with true knowledge. Indeed, to Him belongs creation and command. Blessed be God, Lord of the worlds. In the meaning of this speech it is said: Say to him who understands from me what I say: Shorten the speech, for this explanation is long. Then a mysterious secret, beyond which —by God—the necks of the mighty stallions are struck. You do not know yourself, nor Do you know what you are, nor how to reach. Nor do you know the attributes that are compounded In you; intellects are bewildered in their hidden aspects. Where is the spirit in its essence from you? Do you see it, or see how it moves? These breaths you cannot count, Nor do you know when they will depart from you. So when were you, and who are you? Do not Find seriousness; so tell me, O hasty one. Where is intellect and understanding from you when Sleep overcomes? Tell me, O ignorant one. You eat bread without knowing it— How does it flow from you, or how do you urinate? And if your hidden things that are Between your sides are such that you see confusion in them, How can you know Him who is established on the Throne ⁷⁷, Or say 'How is He established?' and 'How is the descent?' How can you describe, or see, or perceive? By my life, this is nothing but excess. He has no 'where' and no 'how', And He is the Lord of 'how' and 'how' changes. He is above the above, with no above for Him, And He is in every direction, never ceasing. Glorious in essence and attributes, exalted, So transcendent is His measure above what I say. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the essence of the tree of tawhid, extending from the purity of the light of the Essence, whose true knowledge the eyes of intellects have failed to grasp, and whose attributes of perfections the insights of the discerning and the understandings of the masters of reason and tradition have been bewildered. The thoughts of the people of symbols and allusions have swum in the seas of its meanings, and the masters of eloquence and principles have fallen short of perceiving its reality. The suns of those with penetrating minds have been eclipsed by the light of its majesty and hastened to set. The lights of its proofs and the rays of its evidences have obliterated the arguments of the rebellious deniers and the ignorant proponents of union and incarnation ⁷⁸. The foundations of the firmly rooted and established have been deprived in the two premises of its conclusions, leaving them with no subject or predicate. The necks of the cherubim ⁷⁹ and the chiefs of the dominating angels and the great stallions have bowed in awe of its dread. The tongues of the expert scholars and the knowing gnostics have become too weak to express the true reality of its essence, and they have stood in a station of astonishment and bewilderment, none knowing what to say. The intellects of the masters of spiritual knowledge and gnosis have plunged into the oceans of its holy lights, yet have refrained from attaining the perfection of its knowledge and reaching it. Expressions have vanished, allusions have perished, and gnoses have become unrecognizable.

And the spiritual gifts (al-ʿawārif) vanished, and the connections (al-ṣalāt) were severed, and the returning one (al-ʿāʾid) and the relative clause (al-mawṣūl) were omitted. So glory be to Him who veiled the intellects from attaining their perfections that are beyond reach, and their holy endowments that are without modality and without peer, and veiled them with the lights of majesty and the mantles of grandeur, while in their divine beauty are the intellects of the saints (al-awliyāʾ) and the righteous (al-ṣāliḥīn). And He concealed in His essential light the thoughts of the firmly rooted individuals and the penetrating poles (al-aqṭāb al-wāṣilīn), and He alone possesses knowledge of its reality, so that the intellects cannot be guided to attain a description of His grandeur, which is exalted beyond "whereness" (al-ayniyya), "betweenness" (al-bayniyya), "howness" (al-kayfiyya), and what is said and spoken (al-qīl wa al-maqūl). And how can perceptions grasp it, when it is a light from His glorifying lights (al-anwār al-subūḥiyya), and a secret from His unseen secrets (al-asrār al-ghaybiyya)? There is nothing like unto Him, everything glorifies His praise, and in His hand is the dominion of everything. So He is as He says, and above what the speakers say: "Glorified be your Lord, the Lord of Might, above what they describe" (Qur’an 37:180). So O people of symbols (al-rumūz) and allusions (al-ishārāt), and wisdoms (al-ḥikam) and benefits (al-fawāʾid); O people of receptions (al-talaqqiyāt) and inspirations (al-ilhāmāt), and subtleties (al-laṭāʾif) and unique gems (al-farāʾid); O people of remembrances (al-adhkār) and secrets (al-asrār) and devotions (al-waẓāʾif) and beliefs (al-ʿaqāʾid); O people of bewilderment (al-ḥayra) and passionate longing (al-walah), and tastes (al-adhwāq) and ecstatic states (al-mawājid); O people of gnoses (al-maʿārif) and spiritual gifts (al-ʿawārif), and self-disclosures (al-tajalliyāt) and witnessed visions (al-mashāhid)—make the object of your eyes, the light of your understandings, and the outcome of your sciences that the originated (al-ḥādith) cannot perceive the Eternal (al-qadīm), and that He, exalted, is mightier and more generous, more majestic and greater, more inaccessible and more protected, higher and more sublime, than that understandings can reach His essence, or that intellects and imaginations can conceive Him. And no gnostic (ʿārif) has a way to grasp His eternal attributes (nuʿūtuhu al-azaliyya), or His lofty holy companions (aṣḥābuhu al-saniyya al-qudsiyya). So He is exalted beyond the knowledge of every gnostic, sanctified beyond the description of every describer, elevated beyond the glorification of every glorifier, and veiled from the vision of every beholder. So there is no encompassing, nor anything near encompassing, of the One, the Eternal (al-Ṣamad al-Wāḥid). What has dust to do with the Lord of lords? And what can the speakers say, or the describers describe? So by Him whose name is exalted beyond perception, because of its indication of His attributes subsisting in His essence—blessed be the name of your Lord, Possessor of Majesty and Honor (Dhī al-Jalāl wa al-Ikrām). And excellent is what he said: "Indeed, the gnosis of the Majestic One is glory, radiance, delight, and love of light. And upon the gnostics too is radiance, and upon them from love is light. So blessed is the gnostic of You, my Lord; by God, his time is joyful." Then when the bird of the spirit heard that, and the morning breeze (rīḥ al-ṣabā) clapped for him with the swaying of the praised branch, and the carpet of praised might flew from its nests, the angel of inspiration (malak al-ilhām) received him, greeted him with the purest salutation, and said to him: "Where to?" He said: "To the secret that no eye perceives, and that is not described by 'how' or 'where'." So he asked him for companionship, and he said to him: "Return, for that sought secret and desired beauty is veiled in the Holy Presence (ḥaḍrat al-quds), its bride unveiled on the carpet of intimacy (bisāṭ al-uns). And the bride is seen only by the bride." "And the betrothed of beauty is veiled, and none attains her except her beloved. When she manifests to a gnostic, and the fragrance of her scent guides to him, Attributes vanish and essences remain, by what beauty has revealed of her subtlety. If a lover seeks a glance from her and cannot, due to the loftiness of her description, She lends him an eye by which he sees her, and she sees only through her own eye." Then when he reached that station (al-maqām) and camped in the courtyard of those tents, its brides gestured to him, and its precious ones received him with cheerfulness and welcome, and said: "Draw near to us, O beloved lover, and pure chosen one, for we have unveiled for you the covering, and relieved you from the fatigue of ecstasy and passionate love, and prepared for you descent and abode. Did you not know that the Beloved (al-maḥbūb) strips away, by the subtlety of His particularity, love and draws its parts to Himself, by the power of His authority, just as when the parts of iron attach to a magnet, they are drawn to it by its essence, and it turns with it wherever it turns, and is drawn to it wherever it goes? So among the attributes of the lover is constant inclination, with a bewildered heart, and opposition to the blamer. And concerning that it was said: "O lover of the meaning of our beauty, our dowry is costly for those who seek us. A body worn out, a soul in affliction, and eyes that taste no sleep, And a heart in which there is none but us—so if you wish, pay the price. So annihilate, if you wish, an eternal annihilation, for annihilation draws near to that annihilation. And remove your sandals if you come to that abode, for therein is our holiness. And strip yourself of both worlds, and take charge of what is between us from between us. And when it is said, 'Whom do you love?' say, 'I am the one I love, and the one I love is I.'" And to this meaning alluded one overcome by his intoxication, who said in his ecstatic utterances (shaṭaḥāt): "I am God (anā Allāh)." That is because he speaks not with his tongue, sees not with his eyes, hears not with his ears; rather, he speaks with the speech of the Truth (al-Ḥaqq), hears with His hearing, sees with His sight. And this is the meaning of His saying, exalted: "My servant continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory acts until I love him, and when I love him, I am his hearing with which he hears, his sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he strikes" (ḥadīth qudsī). And when the madman (al-majnūn) was asked, "Do you love Laylā?" he said, "No." It was said, "How so?" He said, "Because love is a means to union, and union has fallen away between me and Laylā, so I am Laylā and Laylā is I." As for the one who speaks with the gift (al-hadiyya), he is established in his intoxication, his moment preserved for him, and his secret guarded over him. So he is taken from himself and returned to his heart, annihilated from himself, and it (the self) annihilated from him, so there remains for him no "between" in the between, nor any trace or eye in it. And he knows that there is none but He, so he says "He" (huwa), and there is none but God in truth and reality. To this meaning alluded some of the gnostics (al-ʿārifīn) by saying: "O cupbearer of the people, from his fragrance, all, when you are given to drink, are diverted. None drinks the cup and sips it except a lover whom He has chosen. They vanished, and by intoxication in You they were delighted, and they declared love openly and spoke. O blamer, leave me and my drink, for you do not know what the drink is. Arise and take the purest of meanings in the purest of the cup when He manifests it. And hear, when the verses (al-mathānī) sing, saying: 'O He (yā hū), at Your service, O He (labbaik yā hū).' I did not say to my heart, 'Where is my beloved?' except that the conscience said: 'He is there (rahā hū).'" So glory be to Him who occupied their tongues with His remembrances, illuminated their inner beings with His lights, and chose them for His ladunī sciences and gnoses, and singled them out for His holy gifts and spiritual endowments, and veiled their brides in the enclosures of His intimacy, and seated them on the chairs of precedence in the sanctuaries of His holiness. God chooses for Himself whom He wills and guides to Himself whoever turns in repentance, and inspires whoever has been preceded by felicity to the path of right guidance and rectitude. And excellent is what the speaker said: "God divided the matter among His servants: the passionate one seeks, and the free one glorifies. By my life, glorification is the best worship for the devout, but this is fitting for one like me." And you see the mountains, thinking them solid, while they pass like the passing of clouds (Qur’an 27:88). And indeed, the speaker spoke truly when he said:

The caller of overwhelming ecstasy stirred him in his saying: O You to whom a soul clung, though it had perished, * And in You its love is my death and my life. O Eye of my eye, O Support of my hope, * O my speech, my expression, and my gesture. O All of my all, O my hearing and my sight, * O my totality, O my part and my portions. Do I call You, or do You call me to You? * And have I whispered to You, or have I whispered to myself? If You are veiled from my eye by the unseen, * Yet the heart watches You from far and near ⁸⁰. I have left people their religion and their world, * Occupied with Your love, O my religion and my world. O Allah, I call Allah to witness, and I call His near angels, the bearers of His Throne, those possessed of knowledge of Him, His righteous friends, and the inhabitants of His Footstool to witness—and He is the Witness by Himself, and nothing is greater than Him—a testimony, and sufficient is He as Witness: that He is One God in His Essence, His Attributes, and His Acts. His knowledge is one, encompassing all known things; His power is one, encompassing all possible things. He is exalted above being a body, a substance, or an accident. Rather, He is the Creator of existent things—bodies, substances, and accidents. If He were a body, He would be composed, while He—glorified is He—is the Composer, not composed. If He were a body, He would be qualified, while He—glorified is He—is not qualified. If He were qualified, He would need a qualifier. If He were formed, He would need a former. He—glorified is He—is the Originator of composition, qualification, and formation. "There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing" ⁸¹. If He were an accident, He would need a substrate in which to subsist, while He—glorified is He—is exalted above indwelling in anything or subsisting in anything. Rather, He was before everything. And Allah existed when there was no place, no human, no jinn, no heaven, no earth, no Throne, no Footstool ⁸², no angel, no sphere, no sun, no moon, no eye, no trace, no stone, no clay, no water, no tree, no space, no light, no darkness, no behind, no front, no right, no left, no above, no below, no inanimate, no plant. He was before the worlds, and He is now as He was, and He will ever be before the ages and times. His nearness is without contact, His distance is without separation, His action is without limbs or instruments. He is exalted above settling and moving, transcendent over change and passing away, holy above indwelling in places. "There is no god but He, the Great, the Exalted" ⁸³ above sense, imagination, and fancy. He has no form, no image, no likeness, no helper, no supporter, no minister. "There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing." He has no opposite, no equal. Directions do not encompass Him, states do not change Him. His Essence does not resemble essences, His Attributes do not correspond to attributes. His Essence is sanctified above the marks of contingent beings, and His Attributes above the attributes of originated things. The Eternal is exalted above the temporal, the Pre-eternal is holy above the originated. If you say "how many," He was before parts and members; if you say "how," He was before the existence of states and accidents; if you say "where" and "when," He was before ⁸⁴ the existence of places and times. He preceded all things in existence and brought them forth from the nothingness of pre-eternity as a favor and generosity. "He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden" ⁸⁵: First, with nothing before Him; Manifest, with nothing veiling Him; Hidden, with nothing qualifying Him; One, with nothing like Him. So your attribution to Him in His saying, "And I breathed into him of My Spirit" ⁸⁶, is an attribution of honor, not of part, not of particularity, not of portion; it is an attribution of generosity, not of pre-eternity. And He is exalted above every attribution, even if He said, "And I breathed into him of My Spirit." With all this, I declare His transcendence in a manner befitting the perfection of divinity, and I sanctify Him in a manner befitting the greatness of His lordship. And I testify to His Oneness—the sanctified, purified Oneness—to which His friends testified, and His chosen ones, His beloved ones, acknowledged. And I make it a deposit and a trust with Him, and I take it as a covenant and a pledge with Him. For He is Generous, and the Generous does not disappoint His deposits, nor does He waste His trust, nor does He break His covenant or pledge. And just as I have called Him—glorified is He—and His angels and all His creation to witness upon myself to His Oneness, His transcendence, His sanctification ⁸⁷, and His glorification, so too I call Him—glorified is He—and His angels and all His creation to witness to faith in the one He chose above all His creation, approved, selected from His elite and chosen, and sent as a mercy to all the worlds, guiding creatures by his guidance—our Master, our Prophet, our Patron Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace—whom Allah sent to all people universally as a bearer of good tidings, a warner, a caller to Allah by His permission, and a luminous lamp. He conveyed, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, what was revealed to him from his Lord, fulfilled his trust, advised his community, and stood during the Farewell Pilgrimage before all who were present of his followers, delivering a sermon, reminding, warning, cautioning, promising, and threatening. He did not single out anyone over another in that reminder, by permission of the One, the Eternal. Then he said, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: "Behold, have I conveyed? Three times: O Allah, bear witness." And I believe in what he brought and established: that death is by a fixed term from Allah; when it comes, it is not delayed. So I believe in this with a faith in which there is no doubt or uncertainty, just as I have believed and affirmed that the questioning of the two examiners of the grave is true, the punishment of the grave is true, the resurrection of bodies from graves is true ⁸⁸, the presentation before Allah is true, the crossing is true, the Balance is true, the flying of scrolls is true, the Path is true, Paradise is true, the Fire is true, a group in Paradise and a group in the Blaze is true, the distress of that Day upon a group is true, and another group whom the Great Terror does not grieve is true, the intercession of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is true, the intercession of angels, prophets, and believers is true, the intercession of the Most Merciful of the merciful is true, a group of those who commit major sins among the believers will enter Hell then emerge from it through the intercession of our Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is true, the eternal abode for believers in everlasting bliss is true, the eternal abode for disbelievers and hypocrites in painful torment is true, and everything that the Books and Messengers brought from Allah—whether known or unknown—is true. So this is my testimony upon myself as a trust with everyone to whom it reaches, conveying it to me as a questioner wherever he may be. May Allah benefit us and you with this faith, and make us firm upon it at the time of transition to the Abode of Life, and settle us and you in the Abode of Honor and Pleasure, and place between us and the abode whose inhabitants wear garments of pitch, and make us among the group that received the Books with faith, and among those who return from the Pool satiated, whose ⁸⁹ Balance is heavy, and whose feet are firm on the Path. Indeed, He is abundant in bounty and beneficence. Amen, amen, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. Allah, majestic is His majesty, Allah * He is One in His kingdom, Allah. Allah, existence is necessary for His Essence * Eternal are His attributes, Allah.

God has no equal. God was not born, nor did He beget. His essence is beyond perception; God is majestic. He encompasses us but is not encompassed. He encompasses all things. God knows what our breasts conceal. The Throne would perish if God manifested Himself; God is above creation, the Greatest, the Subduer. He is exalted above any likeness; where is His equal? His name is majestic. Self-sufficiency is established by His essence; God is the richest of the rich by His essence. He is the Originator of events, the Eternal; God was when nothing else existed. He is eternal and final in existence; God remains when His creation perishes. None created existence but God; all in the cosmos is His handiwork. There is no god but God; He created servants to know Him. None finds light in it but God; He settles hearts with His remembrance. In what He willed and decreed, God ⁴⁵ their hearts according to His will. None possesses this attribute but God; He is the true object of worship for all. None shows mercy to creation but God; He is ever Compassionate, Merciful. None provides for the living but God; He sustains life by His grace. None brings sustenance but God; He protects embryos in the womb. None manages all things but God; He ordains their affairs in the wombs. Humble, however He manifests, God; His Throne fears His might. None rises above the spirit but God; the spirit trembles in awe of Him. None empowers Gabriel but God; He gave Gabriel strength. None knows the witnessed but God; He showed Israfil the splendor. In His division, He granted provision; God gave Michael His justice. None seizes souls but God; He extended Azrael with His power. None brings goodness but God; how His grace overwhelms creatures. He grants such grace; God gives us without recompense. He grants without limit; God gives us without number. None bestows forgiveness universally but God; He forgives every sin out of mercy. And upon the Prophet, his family, and companions, as long as God's dominion endures. ⁴⁶ This is the Tree of Tawhid ⁹⁰, rooted in the hearts of the masters of gnosis ⁹¹, its realities permeating the innermost secrets of their beings, its subtle essences wafting as divine secrets, shining as holy lights, gleaming as attributes of transcendence, flowing as merciful compassions, stirring as passionate yearnings, and sweetness of Yemeni ⁹² remembrances of faith, and the word of tawhid and sincerity, whose honor is perfected by our master Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, the bridegroom of the kingdom of sovereignty, and the Mount of theophanies of beneficence. So bless him, O God, and his family, with a blessing that clothes us in the robes of his good-pleasing love, and illuminates our insights with the lights of his gnostic sciences, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the full moon of perfection, the sun of high stations, the orator of the presence of the Great and Exalted Lord, the axis ⁹³ of prophecy and the seal of the prophets, the master of messengers, the essence of the Tree of Tawhid, who knows the worth ⁴⁷ of 'There is no god but God' and its virtue, and what it contains of the secrets of negation and affirmation, and the singling out of the worshipped for worship, and the refutation of the arguments of the people of deviation and error, and the debasement of their intellects, and the casting of their conjectures and speculations into the abysses of falsehood and the corners of neglect. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the master of the free and of wealth, the treasure of the rich and the destitute and the supplicants, the sea of immense generosity, virtue, and bounty, the essence of the Tree of Tawhid, which bears fruit with the realities of sciences and the subtle essences of intimacy and familiarity, whose noble, luminous heart and sublime, gnostic knowledge alone can encompass the measure of this radiant word, for his station is realization through excellence ⁹⁴, his nature is reflection in the heart, his constant practice is witnessing with the eye, his mark is assuming the character of the All-Merciful in his garb of humility, submission, and lowliness before his Lord, the Sovereign Judge, and his mantle of asceticism, chastity, and trust in God in secret and in public, his annihilation in God, his vigilance toward God, his gaze upon God, nothing crossing his mind but his Lord, the Owner of dominion, the Vast in grace and favor. ⁴⁸ O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of beautiful, approved states, virtuous, learned actions, pure, exalted, lofty words, righteous deeds, and magnificent, bestowed openings, the essence of the Tree of Tawhid, which bears fruit with the realities of divine knowledge and the clusters of holy, celestial blossoms, whose spiritual temple and unique secret alone can encompass the perfection of this word in truth, for his chosen rank transcends every sublime rank, his lordly aspiration soars above every high aspiration, his noble qualities surpass every essential quality, his ocular unveilings surpass every experiential unveiling, intense in longing and yearning for the vision of his Lord, great in eagerness for what brings him near to Him and His good pleasure, the vision of Oneness ⁹⁵ only increases him in love and longing, and the secret of Unity ⁹⁶ only in ecstasy, rapture, and taste, his heart and his outer form immersed in the essence of his Lord, annihilated in the perfection of witnessing Him to the exclusion of all else, intimacy and beauty, and majesty and awe have taken hold of him ⁴⁹; when the witnessing of majesty overcomes him, he warns and cautions; when the witnessing of mercy overcomes him, he promises and gives glad tidings; he points to God with all his states, and guides to His tawhid with his words and deeds; he calls to 'There is no god but God' and fights for '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 house of noble, superior honor, the face of the pure, most just constitution of the cosmos, the bridegroom of the noble, most exemplary kingdom, the essence of the Tree of Tawhid, which bears fruit with the secrets of divinity and the attributes of its perfections mentioned in the revealed Book, whose perfect, most noble intellect alone knows the reality of this exalted word in its most complete aspect, nor grasps its meaning, for he was perpetually joyful, sensing the witnessing of beauty in the most beautiful, holy description, continuously sorrowful through the testimony of the majesty of his Lord in the most sublime transcendence and magnification, knowing the might of divinity and the greatness of lordship, standing in that station with good manners and pure servitude, folding his sorrow in his joy, and his joy in his sorrow, his security in his fear, and his fear in his security ⁵⁰, his poverty in his wealth, and his wealth in his poverty, his light in his secret, and his secret in his remembrance, his remembrance in his praise and gratitude, his support in his victory, his victory in his patience, his patience in the magnification of his reward, the magnification of his reward in opposing and subduing his enemy, his subduing in His care and pride, his pride in the majesty of his rank and compliance with His command, his heart filled with the majesty of God, his eye with the beauty of God, his tongue with the remembrance of God, his secret with the contemplation of God, his innermost being with the love of God, his soul with the yearning for God, his spirit with the witnessing of God, his intellect with the knowledge of God, his thought with the reflection on God, his will with the desire for God, his intention with the sincerity for God, his action with the obedience to God, his state with the following of God, his station with the nearness to God, his rank with the union with God, his end with the meeting with God, his beginning with the grace of God, his middle with the guidance of God, his end with the good pleasure of God, his all with the mercy of God, and his everything with the bounty of God.

By the unification of God ⁹⁷, and his contemplation through the magnification of God, he sees nothing in existence but God, commanding the good and forbidding the evil, out of observance of the rights of God and preservation of the limits of God. He stands by God, sits by God, supports for God, becomes angry at the anger of God, and is pleased at the pleasure of God. He loves whom God loves and hates whom God hates. He allies with whom God allies and opposes whom God opposes. His party is the party of God, his gratitude is praise to God, his constant refrain is "God suffices me," and "There is no power nor strength except through God." He was often absent ⁹⁸ and immersed in the witnessing of the beauty of God, and his most frequent remembrance was "There is no god but God." Therefore, he said: "The best of what I and the prophets before me have said is: There is no god but God." (51) *O seeker of cups of the sweetest drink, * Offer them pure without measure. *Give them aged wine and mix it, * And let its mixing be with the beloved. *Wine whose drinking is obligatory upon the free, * Abandoning it incurs a painful punishment. *Everything in existence points to it, * And to it yearns with beautiful attraction. *Everything speaks of it by allusion, * And points to it for the seekers. *If its secret were to penetrate even a lifeless object, * It would make it speak with all correctness. *It has ten letters, radiant, * Outweighing all worlds on the Day of Reckoning. *No one else has any foundation for a lifetime; * Love for it is my adornment, O my Lord. *It captivated my soul with spirit, * Occupation, joy, and proximity. *It is, in the believer, a bride whose beauty * Manifests in his belief and address. *O lover of the meanings, its love, * Seize it before the veil is drawn. *Do not tire of its remembrance; how often it has healed us * In witnessing, remembrance, and absence. *Rely on its merit tomorrow on the Day of Gathering, * When all creatures are captives of sorrow and depression. *Take refuge in it with the Majestic, * And purify it from impurities with etiquette. *Would that the scale of my deeds * Were heavy with that acquisition. *By it, and may it be completed upon it, happy * Is everyone who does not die without it, deserving punishment. (52) *If you desire its mixing, here it is, glorious, * Travel with beauty without a veil. *The adornment of its remembrances shines in hearts * Filled with its light, the parties. *The goal of the sincere is the sweetness of its fruit; * Whoever desires the Chosen One ⁹⁹, the lofty station, *The manifestation of the Essence and the Foundation together, * The door of the Possessor of the Throne for creation, the best door. The Pearl of Holiness, the hidden secrets of the unseen for the worlds, the first of causes. The return of seas, his guidance grants right guidance; that is the hope of the intellect of the possessors of understanding. Ask through him whatever you wish, for God gives every supplicant through him all that they seek. Entrust him with your affairs in every moment; he never fails, and God is the succor of the answer. For you, in the Chosen One, is the answer of a lion, and for him, in you, is a standing at the door. If you prolong your standing at the door of Taha ¹⁰⁰, then congratulations, your glad tiding is the greatness of reward. The flame of fire is extinguished for you by the light of the Beloved, if you come on the day of return. The Halabi ¹⁰¹ was devoted to praise out of love, extending his love and departure. God and the Messenger stirred him with the outpourings of divine care for the duration of ages. O our Lord, send blessings and peace upon him, and upon his family and all the Companions. And this is the description of the Tree of Unification ¹⁰², marked with blessedness and happiness, which bears the fruits of subtle gnostic sciences ¹⁰³ and acquired knowledge. (53) (54) O God, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the pole of sovereignty, the great in rank and station, the mountain of nobility, the pure, the clement, the element of the Tree of Unification marked with blessedness and happiness, which, when planted in the direction of affirmation ¹⁰⁴ and watered with the water of sincerity, and tended with righteous deeds that bring one near to the presence of his Lord, its roots become firm, its trunk stable, its leaves green, its blossoms ripe, and its fruits multiplied. It yields its fruit at every season by the permission of its Lord for those who strive in obedience to Him and seek His pleasure. But whoever plants it in the house of denial and discord, and waters it with the water of hypocrisy and dissimulation, and tends it with evil deeds and ugly actions, and cares for it by breaking the covenant and betraying the trust that leads to punishment and falling into God's wrath, the torrent of treachery overflows upon it, and the flame of abandonment scorches it, burning those who rebel against the obedience of their Lord and disobey Him. Then its fruits become fire, its roots are cut off, its trunk is severed, its leaves wither, and the winds of treachery blow upon it, tearing it to pieces, and it becomes (55) scattered dust on the day when the wrongdoer will bite his hands and a person will see what his hands have sent forth. What a tree, without peer or likeness, awakening with the understanding of its meanings the nature of the heedless and the forgetful, perfuming with the fragrance of its remembrance tongues and lips. Whoever seeks shade under its shade attains a happiness after which there is no misery, and gains the pleasure of God. And whoever clings to its branches, faith grows in his heart, and he becomes blessed with the knowledge of his Lord in this world and the next. Concerning it, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have been commanded to fight people until they say, 'There is no god but God.' When they say it, they protect from me their blood and their property, except for its due, and their reckoning is with God." So send blessings, O God, upon this Prophet whose name is joined with Your name in the call to prayer and the iqama ¹⁰⁵, and in the saying, "I bear witness that there is no god but God, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of God," a blessing by which we become among those who call to God, make the servants love the essence of God, and comport themselves before Him with the etiquette of servitude, and become independent through Him of all else. And grant him abundant and excellent peace. And praise be to God, Lord of the worlds. O God, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad (56), the best of those whose remembrance delights tongues and lips, the most majestic of those before whose awe necks and foreheads bow in reverence. It is narrated from him concerning the virtue of "There is no god but God" that he said: "Indeed, when the servant says, 'There is no god but God,' he does not complete it until it passes before God Almighty, and He says to it, 'Raise your head, for I have forgiven the one who said it.'" And it is narrated that His mercy and forgiveness come and say, "We are for the people of 'There is no god but God,' and we are two beloved ones in 'There is no god but God,' and we are bestowers of favor upon whoever says 'There is no god but God.' And God forgives every sin of whoever says 'There is no god but God,' and He is more amazed at mercy and forgiveness for whoever says 'There is no god but God.' And Paradise was created only for the people of 'There is no god but God.' So they demand from the people of 'There is no god but God' that which is in accordance with 'There is no god but God.'" O God, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the best of those whom God brought near to His presence and chose, the most honored of those whom He selected for the secrets of prophethood and messengerhood and approved. It is narrated from him concerning the virtue of "There is no god but God" that he said: "Is there any stranger among you?" meaning the People of the Book (57). We said, "O Messenger of God." So he ordered the doors to be closed and said, "Raise your hands and say, 'There is no god but God.'" So we raised our hands for an hour, then he said, "Praise be to God. Indeed, You sent me with this word, commanded me with it, and honored me with Paradise for it. And You do not break Your promise." Then he said, "Rejoice, for God has forgiven you." And he said, "The keys of Paradise are 'There is no god but God.'"

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad, the best of those whose rank and eminence are magnified in the highest assembly (al-mala' al-a'la), and the most excellent of those upon whose tongues You have caused praise and eulogy to flow, from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of "There is no god but Allah" (La ilaha illa Allah) that he said: "Strip your faith bare." It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, how do we strip our faith bare?" He said, "Increase your utterance of 'There is no god but Allah' (La ilaha illa Allah)." And he said, "Indeed, I know a word which no servant utters truthfully from his heart and dies upon that state except that the Fire is forbidden to him: 'There is no god but Allah' (La ilaha illa Allah)." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad, and to the family of our master Muhammad, the sun of prophethood (shams al-nubuwwa), whose essence is exalted beyond perception, and the seal of messengership (khatam al-risala), whose like and similitude have never existed in the world, from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of "There is no god but Allah" (La ilaha illa Allah) that he said: "Gabriel (Jibril), peace be upon him, informed me that 'There is no god but Allah' (La ilaha illa Allah) is the solace of the Muslim at his death, in his grave, and when he emerges from his grave. And O Muhammad, if you could see them when they emerge from their graves, shaking the dust from their heads, some saying 'There is no god but Allah' (La ilaha illa Allah), so their faces become white, and others crying out, 'Alas for my negligence in the matter of Allah!' so their faces become black." So bless him, O Allah, and his family, with a blessing by which we become among those encompassed by His obedience and wisdom, and overwhelmed by His bounty, generosity, and forbearance, through Your favor and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. * All say, and leave aside all existence entirely, * For all, without Allah, if you realize it truly, * And know that you and all the worlds, * Are non-existence in detail and in summary, * Without Him, in obliteration and dissolution, * So His existence, without Him, is sheer impossibility, * Nothing besides the Majestic, the Exalted, * In the present, past, and future, * Nothing besides an act of actions, * So erase with your intellect or your eye: do you see * A vision supported by demonstration, * And look at the highest existence and its lowest, * With the tongue of state or the tongue of speech, * You will find all pointing to His majesty, * He is the Holder of things from the highest to * The lowest, and their Originator without example. Necessary existence (wajib al-wujud) belongs to His Essence and Attributes, Obligatorily upon peers and similars, So be still towards Him with a high aspiration, Transcendent above what is other than the Doer (al-Fa''al), He endures, and all else's existence dissolves, What is Necessary (al-Wajib) is not like that which is bound by cessation. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad, and to the family of our master Muhammad, the center of circles, the treasure of the alchemy of stores, the light of the lamps of hearts and the unseen of secrets, the element of the tree of divine unity (tawhid), from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of "There is no god but Allah" (La ilaha illa Allah) that he said: "No servant says 'There is no god but Allah' (La ilaha illa Allah) except that the gates of heaven are opened for him until he reaches the Throne (al-'arsh), as long as he avoids the major sins." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad, and to the family of our master Muhammad, the master of kings and dominions, the cave of protection that saves whoever seeks refuge in it from the paths of ruin and destruction, and the element of the tree of divine unity (tawhid), from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of "There is no god but Allah" (La ilaha illa Allah) that he said: "Indeed, Allah has a pillar of light before the Throne (al-'arsh). When the servant says 'There is no god but Allah' (La ilaha illa Allah), that pillar trembles. Allah says to it, 'Be still.' It says, 'How can I be still when You have not forgiven the one who said it?' So Allah, Exalted is He, says to it, 'Be still, for I have forgiven him.' Then it becomes still at that." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad, and to the family of our master Muhammad, the bridegroom of the kingdom, great in rank and station, the locus of blessing and grace, humble before his Lord in his secret and whispered prayer, and the element of the tree of divine unity (tawhid), from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of "There is no god but Allah" (La ilaha illa Allah) that he said: "Moses (Musa), peace be upon him, said, 'O my Lord, teach me something by which I may remember You and call upon You.' He said, 'Say: There is no god but Allah (La ilaha illa Allah).' He said, 'O my Lord, all Your servants say this.' He said, 'Say: There is no god but Allah (La ilaha illa Allah).' He said, 'O my Lord, I only want something specific to me.' He said, 'O Moses, if the seven heavens and the seven earths were placed in one scale and "There is no god but Allah" (La ilaha illa Allah) in the other, "There is no god but Allah" (La ilaha illa Allah) would outweigh them.'" O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad, and to the family of our master Muhammad, the manifestation of the most luminous secret, the fountain of the sweetest drink, and the element of the tree of divine unity (tawhid), from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of "There is no god but Allah" (La ilaha illa Allah) that he said: "There is no loneliness for the people of 'There is no god but Allah' (La ilaha illa Allah) in the graves, nor in the resurrection, nor in the gathering. It is as if I see them at the Blast, shaking the dust from their heads and saying, 'Praise be to Allah who has removed from us [all] sorrow. Indeed, our Lord is Forgiving and Appreciative.'" And Abu Hurayra said: "The highest degree of faith is 'There is no god but Allah' (La ilaha illa Allah), and its lowest is removing harm from the path." And in the report, Allah Almighty says: "I swear by My might, My majesty, and My power, I will not punish with My Fire nor burn therein anyone who says 'There is no god but Allah' (La ilaha illa Allah)." And from Ka'b al-Ahbar that he said: "I found in the Torah that whoever from the nation of Muhammad says 'There is no god but Allah' (La ilaha illa Allah) emerges from his sins and is purified as on the day his mother bore him, and Allah gives him the reward of a thousand prophets and a thousand martyrs. And when the servant is taken in that state, he passes to a dominion that does not afflict him." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad, and to the family of our master Muhammad, the light of everything and its radiance, the most excellent of those whose praise and eulogy tongues have uttered, and the element of the tree of divine unity (tawhid), from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of "There is no god but Allah" (La ilaha illa Allah) that he said to Abu Hurayra: "Every deed that the servant performs will be weighed on the Day of Resurrection, except the testimony that there is no god but Allah (La ilaha illa Allah). For if it were placed in one scale, and the seven heavens and the seven earths and all that is in them in the other, it would outweigh them." And it is narrated that Allah Almighty says: "Remove from the Fire whoever has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of faith, and remove from the Fire whoever said 'There is no god but Allah' (La ilaha illa Allah)." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad, and to the family of our master Muhammad, the fortress of security, far-reaching in perception, the path of guidance, clear in its ways and courses, and the element of the tree of divine unity (tawhid), from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of "There is no god but Allah" (La ilaha illa Allah) that he said: "The best remembrance (dhikr) is 'There is no god but Allah' (La ilaha illa Allah). Indeed, for some people, when a sin was committed, his transgression appeared, and he trembled and panicked, not doubting that Allah's anger had befallen him. So, by Allah's inspiration, he said, 'There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, there is no power nor strength except with Allah, the Most High, the Magnificent.' And Paradise had been forbidden to him, but it became calm when he said that." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad, and to the family of our master and lord Muhammad, the sun.

Of the great sainthood ¹⁰⁶, of immense merits and virtues, and the pride of divine care ¹⁰⁷ (63) the lofty in station and ranks, and the essence of the tree of tawhid ¹⁰⁸, from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of 'la ilaha illa Allah' that he said in his counsels to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him: 'O 'Ali, do not strike a mountain nor dig a valley, while your tongue utters 'la ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadun Rasul Allah' ¹⁰⁹, for on the Day of Resurrection everything upon which the sun has risen will testify for you, and the east and west will record your reward.' O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad, and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the best of those from whose sea of generosity delegations have drawn, and the most fragrant whose mention and scent have perfumed gatherings, and the essence of the tree of tawhid, from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of 'la ilaha illa Allah' that he said: 'When a servant says 'la ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadun Rasul Allah' sincerely from his heart, Allah the Exalted creates from that utterance a green bird with two white wings adorned with pearls and rubies. It flies with them beneath the Throne ¹¹⁰, and a buzzing sound like that of bees is heard from them. The Majestic, Glorified be His Majesty, says: 'Be still, O bird.' It says: 'O Lord, by Your Might and Majesty, I will not be still until You forgive the one who uttered this goodly word (64).' Then Allah, Blessed and Exalted, says: 'I call you to witness, O My angels, and I am the greatest of witnesses, that I have forgiven the one who uttered this goodly and great word.' Then Allah creates for that bird seventy thousand necks, in each neck seventy thousand heads, in each head seventy thousand faces, in each face seventy thousand mouths, in each mouth seventy thousand tongues, glorifying and sanctifying Allah the Exalted until the Day of Resurrection. This is what Allah gives to the one who says 'la ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadun Rasul Allah'.' O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad, and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the best of those upon whom the narrators relied in their transmission, and the most excellent whom the virtuous have followed in word and deed, and the essence of the tree of tawhid, from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of 'la ilaha illa Allah' that he said: 'Increase your utterance of 'la ilaha illa Allah' before a barrier is placed between you and it.' And it is narrated that Allah the Exalted commanded Adam to say 'la ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadun Rasul Allah', and there is no leaf, branch, house, wall, brick, or anything that Allah created in Paradise except that at the end of every hour of the days and nights of the world, it says with a clear tongue: 'la ilaha illa Allah (65) Muhammadun Rasul Allah'. The angels hear that and say the same. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad, and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the best of those who advanced in the processions of prophethood and took the lead, and the most noble who sat upon the throne of dominion and ruled, and the essence of the tree of tawhid, from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of 'la ilaha illa Allah' that he said: 'Allah created the Throne for seven things: I make it a ceiling for Paradise; the second, He makes it a dome for those who surround and carry it; the third, He makes it a refuge for the souls of martyrs; the fourth, He makes it a shade for the obedient and the devout on the Day of Resurrection; the fifth, upon its leg is written the name of Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace; the sixth, He makes it the station of Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace; and the seventh, it trembles with the testimony of 'la ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadun Rasul Allah' when it reaches it. Allah says to it: 'Be still.' It says: 'How can I be still when You have not forgiven the one who uttered it?' Then Allah the Exalted says: 'I call you to witness, O My angels, that I have forgiven him his past and future sins.' O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad, and upon the family of our master Muhammad (66), the best of those whose mention tongues have proclaimed from pulpits and preached, and the most beloved whose arrival the angels of heaven rejoiced and welcomed, and the essence of the tree of tawhid, from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of 'la ilaha illa Allah' that he said: 'Prompt your dying ones with 'la ilaha illa Allah', for it demolishes sins completely.' Abu Hurayra said to him jokingly: 'For the dead, O Messenger of Allah? Then what about the living?' He said: 'It is even more demolishing and defeating.' And it is narrated that upon the gates of Paradise is written 'la ilaha illa Allah', and on its pages 'la ilaha illa Allah', and on the gates of heaven 'la ilaha illa Allah'. Whoever says 'la ilaha illa Allah' with a sincere heart and a fluent tongue, the gates of Paradise are opened for him, the angels seek forgiveness for him, the Throne and the Footstool ¹¹¹ tremble for him, the gates of Hellfire are closed and locked for him, and the devils are defeated and flee.' O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad, and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the best of those who said 'la ilaha illa Allah' and attained its virtue, and the most excellent who called the servants to it and honored its people, and the essence of the tree of tawhid, from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of 'la ilaha illa Allah' that he said: 'Shall I inform you of the green meadow in the highest Paradise, in the neighborhood of your Most High Lord, to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them and beneath the soil?' They said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah (67).' He said: 'Say 'la ilaha illa Allah'.' 'Whoever says it enters Paradise without reckoning or punishment.' And it is narrated that Allah the Exalted created a pillar of green emerald and fixed it beneath the lowest earth. When a servant says 'la ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadun Rasul Allah' with a clear tongue, a humble heart, and sincere certainty, the pillar moves and the Throne trembles. The Majestic, Glorified be His Majesty, says to it: 'Be still, O Throne,' while He knows what moved it. The Throne says: 'O Lord, by Your Might and Majesty, I will not be still until You forgive the one who uttered this goodly and great word.' The Majestic, Glorified be His Majesty, says to it: 'O My Throne, by My Might and Majesty, he did not utter it from his tongue except that I have forgiven him all his sins.' O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad, and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the best of those by whose guidance creatures are guided, and the most generous whose bounty and generosity have overwhelmed the worlds, and the essence of the tree of tawhid, from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of 'la ilaha illa Allah' that he said: 'A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and will be reckoned before Allah the Exalted. His good deeds will be weighed against his evil deeds, and his scale will become light until he deserves the Fire. It will draw near to him, but then a small document will come, having a light that, if it appeared in the world, would extinguish the light of the sun. It will be placed (68) in the scale, and it will make it heavy. Then he will go to Paradise, and he will not see the terror of the Resurrection nor hear the crackling of the Fire. Then he will say: 'O this, O Lord?' Allah will say to him: 'This is a choice I have for you in the abode of the world.' I pondered it and found it to be 'la ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadun Rasul Allah'.' So, O Allah, send blessings upon him and upon his family, a blessing by which You honor his abode and ennoble his final state, and grant him among his nation such good things that his eyes are comforted on the day when scales are set up, secrets are disclosed, and a person looks at what his hands have sent forth, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. * The heart's rest is in discarding other than Him * And annihilation in His love and desire * So reject other and witness the Eye as light * Manifest, and my inner self is His abode * And cast off illusion with certainty and hasten to Him * For far is He from being gathered, yet near is He * Every living being called my life by my love * One, Manifest, so realize and you will see Him.

And turn the heart into a heart in which is nearness ¹¹² * He manifested in His holiness its meaning. And the path of witnessing ¹¹³ is the tearing of the veil of the self * And effacement from the scrolls of other-than-Him. And this is the description of the supreme Tree of Tawhid ¹¹⁴, fruitful with the subtleties of sciences and the secrets of exquisite wisdoms. (69) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the best of those whom the Beloved mentioned morning and evening, and the most successful of those through whose blessing the loving praisers attained goodness and righteousness, and the essence of the Tree of Tawhid from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of "There is no god but Allah" that he said: "Whoever says 'There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,' his threat from the sword is forbidden, his wealth is safe from the spoils, his body from the Fire, his spirit from deceit, his secret from evil, and his public from harm." And it is narrated that whoever utters the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, the Throne ¹¹⁵ and those around it shake until his many and few sins are forgiven. And if he says it a second time, the Footstool ¹¹⁶ and those around it shake until he is given in Paradise what a bird flies over from the creation of the world until the Day of Resurrection. And if he says it a third time, the heavens tremble and the angels are agitated until he is written among the witnesses, and after that no one will oppose him, nor will he be punished after death. And when a believer says 'There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah' seven times and affirms it for his deceased relative and beloved, Allah removes punishment from him for seventy mornings. (70) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the string of the pearls of prophethood arranged, the treasure of the divine sciences ¹¹⁷ and the hidden secret, and the essence of the Tree of Tawhid from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of 'There is no god but Allah' that he said: "The saying 'There is no god but Allah' is the adornment of the Resurrection, the lamp of the Reckoning, the ship of the Bridge ¹¹⁸, the weight of the Balance ¹¹⁹, and a veil between people and the Fire." And it is narrated that the first thing written in the Torah was 'There is no god but Allah', and in the beginning of the Gospel, and the beginning of the Preserved Tablet ¹²⁰, and the beginning of the Psalms, and the beginning of the Criterion ¹²¹, and the first heaven of the world, and on the seventh gate of... And on the leaves of the Tree of Tuba ¹²², and on the leg of the Throne, and on the gates of Paradise, and in the hearts of the believers. So whoever believes in Allah with his heart and believes in 'There is no god but Allah' with his tongue enters Paradise, and the inhabitants of the heavens and the bearers of the Throne seek forgiveness for him, and he is distanced from the Fire and Zaqqum ¹²³. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the best of those whom Allah distinguished with the secrets of prophethood and protected, and the most exalted of those whose rank He magnified among the prophets and spoke to, and the essence of the Tree of Tawhid from whom (71) it is narrated concerning the virtue of 'There is no god but Allah' that he said: "The Throne shakes for three: the stranger when he dies in a land of exile, the orphan when he is slapped, and the believer when he says 'There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah' sincerely from his heart." And it is narrated that Moses, peace be upon him, said: 'O Lord, teach me words by which I may draw near to You and gain success before You.' So He said to him: 'O Moses, say: There is no god but Allah. For if all the trees of the world were pens, and the jinn, humans, and angels were scribes, and the seas were ink, the pens would dry up, the angels would depart, and the seas would be exhausted, and not even a tenth of a tenth of this word would be written.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the support of the ecstatic ¹²⁴ and the wayfarer ¹²⁵, and the path of guidance that leads his community to the clearest ways and the best paths, and the essence of the Tree of Tawhid from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of 'There is no god but Allah' that he said: "Whoever says in a market among the markets: 'There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, His is the kingdom and His is the praise, He gives life and causes death, and He is living and does not die, in His hand is all good, and to Him is the return, and He is over all things competent,' Allah writes for him a thousand thousand good deeds, erases from him a thousand thousand evil deeds, builds for him a house in Paradise, and he crosses the Bridge (72) like a flashing lightning bolt and a raging wind." And it is narrated that a rooster crowed before Solomon, peace be upon him, and he said to those around him: 'Do you know what this rooster is saying?' They said: 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said to them: 'It is saying: Remember Allah, O heedless ones. So when you hear a rooster crowing, say: There is no god but Allah, and there will be written for you good deeds equal to the number of feathers on that rooster, and erased from you evil deeds equal to that number.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Prophet of Mercy, characterized by generosity, kindness, and forbearance, and the light of wisdom that removes from hearts the darkness of ignorance, doubt, and illusion, and the essence of the Tree of Tawhid from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of 'There is no god but Allah' that he said to Mu'adh ibn Jabal while he was riding behind him on the saddle: "O Mu'adh ibn Jabal, he said: 'At your service, O Messenger of Allah.' Then he said: 'O Mu'adh ibn Jabal, he said: 'At your service, O Messenger of Allah.' Then he said: 'O Mu'adh ibn Jabal, he said: 'At your service, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'There is no one who testifies that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, truthfully from his heart, except that Allah makes him forbidden to the Fire.' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, shall we not tell the people so that they may rejoice?' He said: 'Then they would rely on it.' So Mu'adh (73) told it at the time of his death, fearing sin." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the firm foundation of the religion, the light of insight for the people of truth and verification, and the essence of the Tree of Tawhid fruitful with the secret of faith and affirmation, from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of 'There is no god but Allah' that when Abu Dharr, may Allah be pleased with him, said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, which of the good deeds is 'There is no god but Allah'? He said: 'It is the best of good deeds.' And he said: 'Faith has seventy-some branches, the highest of which is 'There is no god but Allah,' and the lowest is removing harm from the path.'" O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the full moon of happiness rising in the sky of high stations, its crescent, and the pole of glory manifest among the prophets and messengers in his perfection, and the essence of the Tree of Tawhid from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of 'There is no god but Allah' that he said: "Indeed, Allah will single out a man from my community before all creatures on the Day of Resurrection, and He will spread out for him—or upon him—ninety-nine scrolls, each scroll as far as the eye can see. Then He will say to him: 'Do you deny anything of this? Have My recording scribes wronged you?' (74) He will say: 'No, O Lord.' He will say: 'Do you have an excuse?' He will say: 'No, O Lord.' Then Allah will say: 'Yes, indeed, you have with Us a good deed, and today no injustice will be done to you.' Then He will bring out for him a card on which is written: 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.' He will say: 'Sit and weigh yourself.' He will say: 'O Lord, what is this card compared to these scrolls?' Then He will say: 'You will not be wronged.' Then the scrolls will be placed on one pan and the card on the other, and the scrolls will become light and the card heavy, for nothing can outweigh the name of Allah."

These records come forth, and Allah says to him: "Indeed, you are not wronged." Then the records are placed in one scale and the card (al-biṭāqah) in the other scale, so the records fly up (light) and the card becomes heavy (weighty). Thus, nothing weighs heavy alongside the Name of Allah, Majestic is His Majesty. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muḥammad and upon the family of our master Muḥammad, the best of those to whom the fearful one flees for refuge and protection, and the most blessed of those for whom the lover strives to attain closeness and pleasure, and the essence of the tree of divine unity (tawḥīd), from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of "lā ilāha illā Allāh" (there is no god but Allah) that he said: "Allah opens the gates of Paradise, and the scales (mawāzīn) are set up beneath the Throne, so that Paradise and all the bliss within it may be for you. Then Paradise and all that is within it say: 'We are for the people of lā ilāha illā Allāh, and we yearn for the people of lā ilāha illā Allāh.' And we are guarded against those who do not say lā ilāha illā Allāh and do not believe in lā ilāha illā Allāh. At the time of the roaring (hazār), the Fire says: 'And all the torment within it: May Allah not have mercy on me (75) if I deny lā ilāha illā Allāh, and I seek none but the One who is Lord through lā ilāha illā Allāh. And I am forbidden to those who say lā ilāha illā Allāh, and I do not seize except those who reject lā ilāha illā Allāh. And I have no authority over those who said lā ilāha illā Allāh, and I do not take hold except of those who found lā ilāha illā Allāh bitter.' And Allah says: 'I am for the people of lā ilāha illā Allāh, and I have forbidden the Fire to those who said lā ilāha illā Allāh, and I forgive every sin for those who said lā ilāha illā Allāh.'" O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muḥammad and upon the family of our master Muḥammad, the treasure of openings (al-futūḥāt), gifts, and secrets, the rising place of the suns of sciences, knowledges, and lights, and the essence of the tree of divine unity (tawḥīd), from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of "lā ilāha illā Allāh, Muḥammadun Rasūl Allāh" (there is no god but Allah, Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allah) that he said: "The servant will be asked about every deed he does once, and about lā ilāha illā Allāh a thousand times. So if he misses even one of them, he will be cast into the Fire." So send blessings, O Allah, upon him and upon his pure, noble family and his righteous, pious Companions, a blessing by which You protect us from the evil of the wicked and the plot of the immoral, and by which You have mercy upon us in this abode and in that abode, by Your bounty and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. (76) People differed concerning other than him, * but all agreed in their love for him. And any people who sought a secret (ḍamīr), * then our people have none other than him. So in meanings they have splendor, * that covers the eyes of creation with its radiance. The Truth guided them to paths of truth; * were it not for their guidance, they would have strayed. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master Muḥammad and upon the family of our master Muḥammad, the one of high aspiration, lofty rank and degrees, the intercessor of the nation with clear proofs and miracles, and the essence of the tree of divine unity (tawḥīd), from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of "lā ilāha illā Allāh" that he said: "Whoever says 'lā ilāha illā Allāh, wāḥidan aḥadan ṣamadan, lam yattakhidh ṣāḥibatan wa lā waladan, wa lam yakun lahu hufwan aḥad' (there is no god but Allah, One, Unique, Eternal, who has not taken a companion nor a son, and none is equal to Him) eleven times, Allah writes for him forty thousand good deeds. And in another narration: 'Whoever says "lā ilāha illā Allāh, waḥdahu lā sharīka lahu, aḥadan ṣamadan, lam yalid wa lam yūlad, wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan aḥad" (there is no god but Allah, alone, without partner, One, Eternal, who begets not nor is begotten, and none is equal to Him), a thousand thousand good deeds are written for him.'" And he said: "There is no servant who says 'lā ilāha illā Allāh' at any hour of night or day, except that the evil deeds in the scroll are erased until it settles with an equal number of good deeds." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muḥammad and upon the family of our master Muḥammad (77), the locus of obedience, worship, and devotion, the best of those for whom prophethood, caliphate, and kingship were combined, and the essence of the tree of divine unity (tawḥīd), from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of "lā ilāha illā Allāh" that he said: "Whoever says 'lā ilāha illā Allāh, waḥdahu lā sharīka lahu, lahu al-mulku wa lahu al-ḥamdu, yuḥyī wa yumītu, wa huwa 'alā kulli shay'in qadīr' (there is no god but Allah, alone, without partner, to Him belongs dominion and to Him belongs praise, He gives life and causes death, and He is over all things competent) ten times after the sunset prayer (al-maghrib), Allah sends for him three angels to protect him from Satan until morning, and Allah writes for him ten good deeds that are obligatory (mūjibāt), and erases from him ten destructive evil deeds (mūbiqāt), and it is for him equivalent to freeing ten believing slaves." And in another narration: "Whoever says after the dawn prayer (al-fajr), while his legs are still folded, before he speaks, 'lā ilāha illā Allāh, waḥdahu lā sharīka lahu, lahu al-mulku wa lahu al-ḥamdu, yuḥyī wa yumītu, wa huwa 'alā kulli shay'in qadīr' ten times, Allah writes for him ten good deeds, erases from him ten evil deeds, raises him ten degrees, and his entire day will be in protection from every disliked thing and protection from Satan, and no sin will overtake him on that day except associating partners with Allah (al-shirk), the Exalted." And it is narrated that Moses (Mūsā), peace be upon him, asked his Lord, Mighty and Majestic, in his private conversation (munājāt): "What is most beloved to You, O Lord, among sayings?" He said: "Lā ilāha illā Allāh." He said to Him: "And what is (78) most beloved to You among deeds?" He said: "Faith (īmān) and striving (jihād) in My path." And it is narrated that the first foundation of Islam is "lā ilāha illā Allāh." So whoever comes with it, what follows it is good, and whoever does not come with it, his deeds are nullified and nothing of them benefits him. And it is said concerning the saying of the Exalted: {Whoever comes with a good deed} (Sūrat al-Anʿām, 6:160) meaning the testimony that there is no god but Allah, {shall have better than it} meaning Paradise, {and whoever comes with an evil deed, their faces will be cast down into the Fire} meaning by the evil deed: association (al-shirk). O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muḥammad and upon the family of our master Muḥammad, the best of those who gathered the servants for Allah and guided, the most luminous of those whose full moon shone in the sphere of happiness and settled, and the essence of the tree of divine unity (tawḥīd), from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of "lā ilāha illā Allāh" that he said: "Whoever says 'lā ilāha illā Allāh' sincerely from his heart will enter Paradise." It was said: "And what is its sincerity?" He said: "That it restrains him from the forbidden things of Allah, Mighty and Majestic." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muḥammad and upon the family of our master Muḥammad, the best of those who manifested the religion and established its way (sunnah), the most perfect of those who trusted in Allah and had good opinion of Him, and the essence of the tree of divine unity (tawḥīd), from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of "lā ilāha illā Allāh" that he said: "Everything between him and Allah has a veil (79) except the testimony of 'lā ilāha illā Allāh' and His promise to the parents." And it is narrated that al-Ṣiddīq (Abū Bakr) was seen in a dream after his death, and it was said to him: "Indeed, you always say on your tongue: 'This brought me to the sources (al-mawārid).' So what did Allah do with you?" He said: "I said through it: 'lā ilāha illā Allāh,' so He brought me into Paradise."

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the best of those whose brilliance shone in the sky of high stations, and the greatest of those whose banner and standard were unfurled in the procession of intercession; the essence of the tree of tawhid ¹²⁶, from whom it is narrated concerning the virtue of "there is no god but Allah" that he said, informing from his Lord, Mighty and Majestic: "There is no god but Allah is my fortress; whoever enters my fortress is safe from My punishment." And it is said concerning His statement, Exalted is He: {Forgiver of sin, Acceptor of repentance, Severe in punishment} ¹²⁷ — "Forgiver of sin" for whoever says "there is no god but Allah," "Acceptor of repentance" from whoever says "there is no god but Allah," and "Severe in punishment" upon whoever does not say "there is no god but Allah." And it is narrated from some of them that he said: I had a brother who was excessive against himself with sins. I slept one night and saw him in a dream after his death in a good state. I said to him: O my brother, how did you meet Allah? He said: I met Him with many sins like the firm mountains that had destroyed me. I said: And what did you do with them? He said: I demolished them with the testimony that there is no god but Allah. And it is said concerning His statement, Exalted is He: {Except those who take with the Most Merciful a covenant} ¹²⁸ — the covenant is "there is no god but Allah." And in His statement: {To Him ascends the good word} ¹²⁹ — i.e., the saying of "there is no god but Allah." And in His statement: {He has grasped the most trustworthy handhold} ¹³⁰ — "there is no god but Allah." And in His statement: {And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together} ¹³¹ — "there is no god but Allah." And in His statement: {And the mark of truth} — "there is no god but Allah." And in His statement: {And fear Allah and speak a straight word} ¹³² — "there is no god but Allah." So bless him, O Allah, and his family, the noble ones distinguished by honor of rank and status, and his noble Companions who emigrated for his support and supported him against those who opposed and antagonized him, a blessing by which we inhale the fragrance of his Ahmadic ¹³³ perfume and scent, and by which You make us among those who seek shade under his Muhammadan shade and enter under his banner, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. He is the Possessor of Majesty, and I have none but Him; by Allah, nothing dwells in the heart but Him. He has captivated the lovers, and the secret of His beauty; nothing shakes the firmness of His decree but Him. He has stirred the yearnings from the fire of passion among them, and nothing extinguishes the passion but Him. When He appears, He annihilates them with longing for Him; by Allah, nothing has captivated people but Him. He bewilders the minds of the people of intellect with the essence; nothing has stripped away intellect but Him. He is the quest of the servants during their journey; nothing is the ultimate goal of their purpose but Him. He is the treasure of all seekers among people; nothing is the treasure of the seekers of high stations but Him. He silences the people of witnessing ¹³⁴ in majesty; they do not speak, if they speak, but of Him. He is the One who is unique in existence in His description and in His essence; so they call out: O He! He is in existence; there is no existence for other than Him; nothing has been unique in eternity but Him. He has appeared with His beauty to His servants; nothing has appeared to them with beauty but Him. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the best of those whose speech a person narrates and speaks, and the most honored of those whose love the lover folds within his sides and resolves; the essence of the tree of tawhid, from the honor of whose virtue by which Allah perfected Islam and completed it, what is reported in some Isra'iliyyat ¹³⁵ that a man from the Children of Israel, whose father was a king, had removed the name of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and his description from the Torah out of transgression and envy. When he died and his son, who is the aforementioned man, grew up, he persisted in that in a storehouse that his father had, and he threw it into it, then he returned it to the Torah. Then the man's heart was imbued with love for the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, so he set out seeking his trace on earth. He ended up on an island in the sea containing terrifying snakes that said: "There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." The man said the same, and the snakes said to him: Who are you? He said: From the Children of Israel. They said: We do not know Israel. He said: From the children of Adam. They said: We do not know Adam or his children. He said: And who are you? They said: Snakes of Hell that boil twice a year, and we have come here to rest from its heat. Then the man came to another island containing snakes greater than the first, and they were testifying to the two testimonies ¹³⁶, and they said to him as the first, except that they were not from the snakes of Hell, and among them was a small snake that was their queen. That queen asked him to convey her greetings to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Then the man returned to Jerusalem and encountered a learned person named 'Affan ¹³⁷, and he told him what had happened to him. He said to him: This is not its time, and there remains between you and him a long time. Then they agreed to travel, and they ended up at a dome in the sea containing the garden of Solomon, peace be upon him, and his ring on his finger, and two dragons flanking him. 'Affan wanted to take the ring, but the man prevented him. He persisted in his intention, so Gabriel, peace be upon him, descended for his destruction, and he perished, and the man was thunderstruck. When he recovered, Gabriel, peace be upon him, informed him that Allah had saved him only by the blessing of Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the mine of generosity, beneficence, and patience, and the crown of honor, care, and pride, from the exposition of whose virtue by which Allah perfected Islam and completed it, what is narrated that the aforementioned man lost his way and ended up at the seventh sea on an island of dazzling beauty. There he saw horsemen testifying to the testimony of truth: "There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." They asked him: Who are you? He named himself and traced his lineage and informed them of his quest. They were amazed at his arrival to them, and he asked them. They said: We are believing jinn ¹³⁸ commanded to inhabit this island and fight the disbelievers among the jinn. He asked them: How do you know Muhammad, peace be upon him? They said: We are commanded to testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, so we know him by this. And they mounted him on a horse and ordered him to ride it wherever it stops for their deputy there. So it flew with him in the air and covered in half a day a distance of one hundred and twenty

a year until he came upon a learned shaykh ¹³⁹ and handed him over to him and informed him of the matter. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the master of kings and dominions, the jewel of beauty without peer, likeness, or partner, the essence of the tree of tawhid ¹⁴⁰, by the exposition of whose virtue Allah perfected Islam and completed what was revealed: that the aforementioned man came upon an angel, one of whose hands was in the east and the other in the west, and he was saying, 'There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.' So he asked him, 'Who are you?' and the man informed him of his state and his quest. The angel told him that he was the angel of night and day, and each of them does not precede the other. Then the man came upon another angel, one of whose hands was in the sky and the other in the sea. They questioned each other, and behold, he was the angel of the wind, and he bore witness to the two testimonies of truth ¹⁴¹. Then the man came upon four angels of different forms and tongues, and each of them said at the end of his speech: 'O Allah, place me in the intercession of Muhammad on the Day of Resurrection.' Then he came upon a great angel on Mount Qaf ¹⁴², who is entrusted with it and with the earth, and he bore witness to the two testimonies of truth: 'There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.' He mentioned to him that beyond Mount Qaf there are forty worlds, and in them is a nation of light that has never disobeyed Allah, and all of them say, 'There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.' Then he reached two other great angels, and they bear witness to the two testimonies of truth, and they do not know Adam nor his progeny; they only bear witness to the message of Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, because they were commanded to do so. Section: O Allah, bless him and his family with a blessing that leads us by it to the best of paths and makes it for us a protection from evil decree and destiny and all perils, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. * He defined tawhid for every muwahhid ¹⁴³; none knew in his tawhid except Him. * He taught man the manner of praise by His perfection; none is for praise except Him. * He guided all who praise by His praise eternally upon Him; none is for Him except Him. * He manifested His beautiful names to us; by them the Named is none other than Him. * He remembers those who remember Him and praises those who praise Him; none is this except Him. * He has no equal among His creation in essence or attribute; none is this except Him. * His knowledge encompasses all things; none knows the unseen except Him. * He forgives the great sin for His servant; none forgives him except Him. * He accepts repentance, severe is His punishment; none escapes His torment except Him. * He preserves faith from its afflictions; He is the Preserver, and we have none except Him. * He is with His servant's expectation of His bounty; in good expectation, they have none except Him. * He is the Restorer, the Concealer, the Helper for them; none weakens them except Him. * He grants the brethren all their aims; the Muslims have none they hope for except Him. * He is the One who sends blessings upon the Prophet and his family and Companions; none honors them except Him. And this is the description of the tree of tawhid, sanctified by the light of 'There is no god but Allah,' bearing fruit with the secrets of affirmation and faith in Allah. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a blessing that makes us by it among the people of 'There is no god but Allah.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a blessing that enters us by it into the fortress of 'There is no god but Allah.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a blessing that makes us by it under the protection of 'There is no god but Allah.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a blessing that protects me by it with the safeguard of 'There is no god but Allah.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a blessing that watches over me by it with the care of 'There is no god but Allah.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a blessing that adorns me by it with the attention of 'There is no god but Allah.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a blessing that guides me by it with the guidance of 'There is no god but Allah.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a blessing that fortifies me by it with the guardianship of 'There is no god but Allah.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a blessing that suffices me by it with the sufficiency of 'There is no god but Allah.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a blessing that guards me by it with the protection of 'There is no god but Allah.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a blessing that honors me by it with the honors of 'There is no god but Allah.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a blessing that elevates me by it in the stations of 'There is no god but Allah.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a blessing that has mercy on me by it through the intercession of 'There is no god but Allah.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a blessing that seals for me by it with the seal of 'There is no god but Allah.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a blessing that causes me to die by it upon the word of 'There is no god but Allah.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a blessing that frees me by it through the blessing of 'There is no god but Allah.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a blessing that makes me happy by it with the happiness of 'There is no god but Allah.' O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a blessing

Gather me thereby in the company of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that draws me thereby to the presence of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that supports me thereby with the victory of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that places me thereby in the protection of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that suffices me thereby in the shelter of 'there is no god but Allah'. 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He annihilates him from his attributes and descriptions, and in the union in the eye of reality He preserves him. He clothes him with the crown of gnosis and guidance, and He companions him with nearness to Him and brings him close. (95) O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that elevates me thereby in the ascents of 'there is no god but Allah'.

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 cause me to ascend in the stations of "there is no god but Allah" ¹⁴⁴. 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 cause me to enter the paths of "there is no god but Allah". 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 bestow upon me the fruits of "there is no god but Allah". 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 illuminate me with the illumination of "there is no god but Allah". 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 purify me with the elixir ¹⁴⁵ of "there is no god but Allah". 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(99) O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad. O Allah, bestow upon him and his family a blessing that brings us near to Allah in proximity ¹⁶⁹, and by which we become among those who are infatuated ¹⁷⁰ with "there is no god but Allah" until they attain a high station with Allah and an abundant portion of His pleasure, and grant abundant and exalted peace. And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. The heart's rest is in discarding other than Him, and in self-annihilation in His love and desire. So reject other than Him and witness the Eye ¹⁷¹ as light that manifests, and my inner self is His abode. And cast off illusion with certainty and hasten, for the nearness of His gathering is far. Every living being called out: "My life is in my love; One, manifest, so realize and you will see Him." And turn the heart a turn in which nearness manifests in its sanctity its meaning. And the path of witnessing is the tearing of the veil of the self and the erasure from the scrolls ¹⁷² of other than Him. (100) 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 rectify my heart through the sanctity ¹⁷³ of "there is no god but Allah". 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 forgive my sin through the sanctity of "there is no god but Allah". 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 grant victory to my party ¹⁷⁴ through the sanctity of "there is no god but Allah". 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 relieve my distress through the sanctity of "there is no god but Allah". 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Erase my sin by it, by the sanctity of 'There is no god but Allah' ¹⁷⁵. 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 quell my lust, by the sanctity of 'There is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad (101) a blessing by which You heal my illness, by the sanctity of 'There is no god but Allah'. 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 enrich my family, by the sanctity of 'There is no god but Allah'. 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 raise my aspiration, by the sanctity of 'There is no god but Allah'. 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O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a blessing that I find as a provision in the gathering ¹⁸⁵ and the return ¹⁸⁶ before me, by the sanctity of 'There is no god but Allah'. So bless him, O Allah, and his family, those who uphold the rights of Allah, and his Companions, those who are devoted to His remembrance.

O Allah, [grant us] a prayer that makes us among those who hold fast to the rope of 'there is no god but Allah' ¹⁸⁷, and gather us thereby in the company of those who died knowing that there is no god but Allah, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. The secret of his effusion ¹⁸⁸ has become intertwined, enduring through Allah, and the attributes ¹⁸⁹ stood conversing with him, so He manifested. A gathering harmonized in the harmony of a form, so that tongues might speak of it from every mouth. O Allah, I ask You, O my Master, by the sanctity of this noble word, 'there is no god but Allah', and by the sanctity of Your beloved, our master Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), that You make my tongue utter the secrets of its wisdom ¹⁹⁰, fill my heart with the emotions of its mercy, facilitate my limbs for its service, clothe me with the luster of its beauty and the majesty of its awe, crown me with the crown of its glory and the perfection of its exaltation, enroll me in the ranks of its people of knowledge and affiliation, feed me from the tables of its bounty, give me to drink from its abundant Kawthar ¹⁹¹ and the nectar of its death ¹⁹², brighten my face with the light of its mark, perfume me with the fragrance of its scent and the amber of its breeze, support me with its divine support and perfect protection, drown me in the light of its oneness in the witnessing of Your sublime Essence, annihilate me in the knowledge of its meaning in the descriptions of Your lofty perfections, purify me with the downpour of its grace from human vanities, unveil for me through its blessing the hidden mysteries of Your secret, pour upon the worlds of my innermost being the oceans of its spiritual and sensory gifts, deliver me through its breaking ¹⁹³ from the impurities of soulful stains and worldly matters, admit me into its fortified fortress and strong refuge, observed by the eye of Muhammadan care, carried in the howdahs ¹⁹⁴ of safety and well-being upon the shoulder of the Ahmadan ¹⁹⁵ Sharia, and make me in its secure sanctuary with those for whom happiness has preceded from the people of the secret and speciality ¹⁹⁶, and shade me with its shady shade together with family, spouses, relatives, brothers, and offspring, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. Best of those whom eyes behold, a youth whom Allah made known that He is Allah. He removed from him his worldly shares, so that in the presence of the Truth his aim is Allah. He emptied him of all his world, so that his occupation became Allah. He entered him into a holy retreat, wherein he remembers and his remembrance is Allah. His knowledge is whatever He wills, then he ascended thereby to Him, so Allah knew. He realized acceptance from Him for him, so if he calls, Allah answers him. His kindness, so he ascended in light as a grace, so Allah illuminated him. He reached the utmost and made him reach, so his witnessing became Allah. He clothed him with garments of His Presence, garments whose pattern is Allah. And after he became unique in knowledge, He said to him, 'Verily, I am Allah' ¹⁹⁷. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand beginnings of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand endings of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand guidances of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand followings of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand ascents of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand elections of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand choices of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand indications of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand responses of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand repentances of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand uprightnesses of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand sincerities of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand specializations of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand magnifications of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand supplications of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand connections of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand states of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand sayings of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand deeds of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand bounties of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand honors of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand secrets of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand lights of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand remembrances of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand beliefs of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand dependencies of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand supports of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand strivings of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand litanies of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand preparations of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand securities of the people of 'there is no god but Allah'.

O people of 'there is no god but Allah' ¹⁹⁸. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of faith ¹⁹⁹. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of excellence ²⁰⁰. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of turning ²⁰¹. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. (113) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of distinguished ones ²⁰². O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of prophets. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of saints ²⁰³. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of chosen ones ²⁰⁴. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of pious ones ²⁰⁵. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of intelligent ones ²⁰⁶. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of truthful ones ²⁰⁷. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of trustworthy ones ²⁰⁸. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad (114) with a thousand of good ones ²⁰⁹. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of righteous ones ²¹⁰. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of pure ones ²¹¹. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of helpers ²¹². O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of moons ²¹³. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of scholars ²¹⁴. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of cycles ²¹⁵. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of banners ²¹⁶. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of great ones ²¹⁷. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. (115) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of imams ²¹⁸. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of beloved ones ²¹⁹. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of venerable ones ²²⁰. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of pegs ²²¹. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of unique ones ²²². O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of succor ²²³. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of poles ²²⁴. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of noble ones ²²⁵. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad (116) with a thousand of substitutes ²²⁶. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of heroes ²²⁷. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of guardians ²²⁸. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of succorers ²²⁹. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of self-sufficiency ²³⁰. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of concern ²³¹. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of holding fast ²³². O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a thousand of seizing opportunity ²³³. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad (117) with a beginning of commencement ²³⁴. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a beginning of blessing. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a beginning of insight. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a beginning of glad tidings. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a beginning of splendor. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a beginning of the inner ²³⁵. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a beginning of elucidation. O people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad with a beginning of eloquence.

O people of "There is no god but Allah" ²³⁶. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the proof ²³⁷ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". (118) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the righteousness ²³⁸ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the generosity ²³⁹ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the devotion ²⁴⁰ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the declaration of God's oneness ²⁴¹ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the praise ²⁴² of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the glorification ²⁴³ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the utterance of "There is no god but Allah" ²⁴⁴ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the sanctification ²⁴⁵ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". (119) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the transcendence ²⁴⁶ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the affirmation ²⁴⁷ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the verification ²⁴⁸ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the divine facilitation ²⁴⁹ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the repentance ²⁵⁰ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the divine support ²⁵¹ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the magnification ²⁵² of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the illumination ²⁵³ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, (120) with the facilitation ²⁵⁴ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the interpretation ²⁵⁵ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the discipline ²⁵⁶ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the refinement ²⁵⁷ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the management ²⁵⁸ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the reminder ²⁵⁹ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the insight ²⁶⁰ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the commerce ²⁶¹ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the veneration ²⁶² of the people of "There is no god but Allah". (121) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the recitation ²⁶³ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the divine teachings ²⁶⁴ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the divine descents ²⁶⁵ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the praise ²⁶⁶ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the reward ²⁶⁷ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the steadfastness ²⁶⁸ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the trust ²⁶⁹ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the wealth ²⁷⁰ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, (122) with the fruit ²⁷¹ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the beauty ²⁷² of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the majesty ²⁷³ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the struggle ²⁷⁴ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the army ²⁷⁵ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the soldiers ²⁷⁶ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the station ²⁷⁷ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the answer ²⁷⁸ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, with the generosity ²⁷⁹ of the people of "There is no god but Allah". (123)

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Jim of the side ²⁸⁰, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Jim of Paradise ²⁸¹, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of protection ²⁸², the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of guardianship ²⁸³, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of preservation ²⁸⁴, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of fortress ²⁸⁵, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of fortune ²⁸⁶, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of truth ²⁸⁷, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, (124) the letter Ha of reality ²⁸⁸, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of party ²⁸⁹, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of presence ²⁹⁰, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of love ²⁹¹, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of rope ²⁹², the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of wisdom ²⁹³, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of judge ²⁹⁴, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of sanctity ²⁹⁵, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of basin ²⁹⁶, the people of "there is no god but Allah." (125) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of sanctuary ²⁹⁷, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of determination ²⁹⁸, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of modesty ²⁹⁹, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of life ³⁰⁰, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ha of forbearance ³⁰¹, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Kha of treasury ³⁰², the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Kha of goodness ³⁰³, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Kha of fear ³⁰⁴, the people of "there is no god but Allah." (126) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Kha of fear ³⁰⁴, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Kha of humility ³⁰⁵, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Kha of submissiveness ³⁰⁶, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Kha of sincerity ³⁰⁷, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Kha of speciality ³⁰⁸, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Kha of chosen one ³⁰⁹, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Kha of address ³¹⁰, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Kha of creation ³¹¹, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, (127) the letter Kha of nature ³¹², the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Kha of caliphate ³¹³, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Kha of intoxication ³¹⁴, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Kha of awe ³¹⁵, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Kha of seal ³¹⁶, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Dal of supplication ³¹⁷, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Dal of cure ³¹⁸, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Dal of religion ³¹⁹, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, (128) the letter Dal of rank ³²⁰, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Dal of call ³²¹, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Dal of state ³²², the people of "there is no god but Allah."

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of a spreading tree ³²³, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of a pearl ³²⁴, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of nearness ³²⁵, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of a guide ³²⁶, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of a support ³²⁷, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of brocade ³²⁸, the people of "there is no god but Allah." (129) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of a register ³²⁹, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of a circle ³³⁰, the people of "there is no god but Allah." (130) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of a treasure ³³¹, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of a forelock ³³², the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of remembrance ³³³, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of intelligence ³³⁴, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of protection ³³⁵, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of an atom ³³⁶, the people of "there is no god but Allah." (131) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of compassion ³³⁷, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of mercy ³³⁸, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of desire ³³⁹, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of awe ³⁴⁰, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of elevation ³⁴¹, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of rank ³⁴², the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of a neck ³⁴³, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of care ³⁴⁴, the people of "there is no god but Allah." (132) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of spirit ³⁴⁵, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of basil ³⁴⁶, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of comfort ³⁴⁷, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of rest ³⁴⁸, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of profit ³⁴⁹, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of gardens ³⁵⁰, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of hope ³⁵¹, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of firmness ³⁵², the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad (133) the possessor of a bond ³⁵³, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of a message ³⁵⁴, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of right guidance ³⁵⁵, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of aid ³⁵⁶, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of adornment ³⁵⁷, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of pride ³⁵⁸, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of asceticism ³⁵⁹, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of provision ³⁶⁰, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad (134) the possessor of blossoms ³⁶¹, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of cream ³⁶², the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of a rein ³⁶³, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of nearness ³⁶⁴, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of a group ³⁶⁵, the people of "there is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of obedience ³⁶⁶, the people of "there is no god but Allah."

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the ṭāʾ ³⁶⁷ of the rising ³⁶⁸ of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh ³⁶⁹. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the ṭāʾ of the path of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad (135) the ṭāʾ of the fragrance of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the ṭāʾ of the purity of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the ṭāʾ of the medicine of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the ṭāʾ of the request of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the ṭāʾ of the circumambulation of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the ṭāʾ of the embroidery of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the ṭāʾ of the tranquility of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the ṭāʾ of the shade of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad (136) the ẓāʾ ³⁷⁰ of the supporter of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the ẓāʾ of the manifestation of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the kāf ³⁷¹ of the sufficiency of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the kāf of the treasure of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the kāf of the alchemy of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the kāf of the cave of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the kāf of the heel of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the kāf of the word of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad (137) the kāf of the honor of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the kāf of the garment of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the kāf of the essence of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the kāf of the sponsorship of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the kāf of the perfections of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the kāf of the unveilings of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the kāf of the generosity of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the kāf of the Kawthar ³⁷² of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad (138) the lām ³⁷³ of the gentleness of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the lām of the gleams of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the lām of the fertilizing winds of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the lām of the tongue of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the lām of the tablet of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the lām of the brick of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the lām of the eloquence of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the lām of the lam ³⁷⁴ of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad (139) the mīm ³⁷⁵ of the glory of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the mīm of the sovereignty of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the mīm of the favor of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the mīm of the good pleasure of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the mīm of the trial of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the mīm of the forgiveness of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the mīm of the support of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the mīm of the perpetual of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad (140) the mīm of the orbit of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the mīm of the creed of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh.

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of effacement ³⁷⁶, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of manifestation ³⁷⁷, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of refuge ³⁷⁸, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of blessedness ³⁷⁹, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of meanings ³⁸⁰, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of station ³⁸¹, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of lighthouse ³⁸², the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of lamp ³⁸³, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of key ³⁸⁴, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of city ³⁸⁵, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of covenant ³⁸⁶, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of affection ³⁸⁷, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of intimate conversation ³⁸⁸, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of discourse ³⁸⁹, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of speech ³⁹⁰, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of spectacle ³⁹¹, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of desire ³⁹², the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of ultimate end ³⁹³, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of shelter ³⁹⁴, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of abode ³⁹⁵, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of origin ³⁹⁶, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of rank ³⁹⁷, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of procession ³⁹⁸, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of station ³⁹⁹, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of witnessing ⁴⁰⁰, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of visitation ⁴⁰¹, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of water of life ⁴⁰², the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Nūn of breath ⁴⁰³, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Nūn of breeze ⁴⁰⁴, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Nūn of relationship ⁴⁰⁵, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Nūn of blessing ⁴⁰⁶, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Nūn of victory ⁴⁰⁷, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Nūn of benefit ⁴⁰⁸, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Nūn of light ⁴⁰⁹, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Nūn of result ⁴¹⁰, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Nūn of end ⁴¹¹, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Ṣād of path ⁴¹², the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Ṣād of righteousness ⁴¹³, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Ṣād of truthfulness ⁴¹⁴, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Ṣād of connection ⁴¹⁵, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Ṣād of prayer ⁴¹⁶, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Ṣād of fasting ⁴¹⁷, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Ṣād of purity ⁴¹⁸, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Ṣād of protection ⁴¹⁹, the people of 'there is no god but Allah'.

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ṣād of Ṣakhw ⁴²⁰, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ṣād of Ṣadr ⁴²¹, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ṣād of Ṣarkha ⁴²², the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ṣād of Ḍiyāfa ⁴²³, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ḍād of Ḍiyā’ ⁴²⁴, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ḍād of Ḍāmin ⁴²⁵, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Ḍād of Ḍamīn ⁴²⁶, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of ‘Afw ⁴²⁷, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of ‘Ilm ⁴²⁸, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of ‘Izz ⁴²⁹, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of ‘Aṭā’ ⁴³⁰, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of ‘Iṣma ⁴³¹, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of ‘Urwa ⁴³², the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of ‘Azm ⁴³³, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of ‘Adl ⁴³⁴, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of ‘Uqūl ⁴³⁵, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of ‘Unṣur ⁴³⁶, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of ‘Ahd ⁴³⁷, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of ‘Aqīda ⁴³⁸, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of Ghinā ⁴³⁹, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of Ghanīma ⁴⁴⁰, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of Ghufrān ⁴⁴¹, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of Ghayb ⁴⁴², the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of Ghidhā’ ⁴⁴³, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of Ghawth ⁴⁴⁴, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of Ghayth ⁴⁴⁵, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter ‘Ayn of Ghāya ⁴⁴⁶, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Fā’ of Fatḥ ⁴⁴⁷, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Fā’ of Fahm ⁴⁴⁸, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Fā’ of Faṣāḥa ⁴⁴⁹, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Fā’ of Fiṭra ⁴⁵⁰, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Fā’ of Fiṭna ⁴⁵¹, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Fā’ of Falāḥ ⁴⁵², the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Fā’ of Faraḥ ⁴⁵³, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Fā’ of Faḍl ⁴⁵⁴, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Fā’ of Fakhr ⁴⁵⁵, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Fā’ of Fā’ida ⁴⁵⁶, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Fā’ of Fajr ⁴⁵⁷, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Fā’ of Fawz ⁴⁵⁸, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Qāf of Quṭb ⁴⁵⁹, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Qāf of Qurb ⁴⁶⁰, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Qāf of Qaṣd ⁴⁶¹, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Qāf of Qanā‘a ⁴⁶², the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the letter Qāf of Qūt ⁴⁶³, the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh.

O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Qāf ⁴⁶⁴ as a portion for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh ⁴⁶⁵. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Qāf as a foundation for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Sīn ⁴⁶⁶ for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. (151) O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Sīn as a mark for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Sīn as an arrow for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Sīn as radiance for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Sīn as joy for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Sīn as sovereignty for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Sīn as happiness for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Sīn as a veil for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Sīn as expanse for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad (152) Sīn as support for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Sīn as a path for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Sīn as solace for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Sīn as audition for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Shīn ⁴⁶⁷ as witnessing for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Shīn as longing for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Shīn as passionate love for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Shīn as a flame for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad (153) Shīn as ecstatic utterance for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Shīn as spiritual drink for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Shīn as emblem for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Shīn as healing for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Shīn as honor for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Shīn as compassion for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Shīn as divine law for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Shīn as intercession for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad (154) Hāʼ ⁴⁶⁸ as guidance for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Hāʼ as a gift for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Hāʼ as awe for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Hāʼ as aspiration for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Hāʼ as migration for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Hāʼ as bewilderment for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Hāʼ as slumber for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Hāʼ as delight for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Hāʼ as a crescent moon for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. (155) O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Wāw ⁴⁶⁹ as loyalty for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Wāw as union for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Lām-Alif ⁴⁷⁰—no one knows the reality of his secret from the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Lām-Alif—no one attains the station of his rank from the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Lām-Alif—no praiser can enumerate his praise, his pride from the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Lām-Alif—no one reaches the degree of his might from the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Lām-Alif—no one attains the level of his honor from the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, Lām-Alif—no one rivals the flood of his generosity from the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. (156)

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Lām of the thousand of Lā ⁴⁷¹, the greatest intercession ⁴⁷² for none other than him among the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh ⁴⁷³. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Lām of the thousand of Lā, a refuge more honored in station than him among the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Lām of the thousand of Lā, a rank more vast than his great rank for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Lām of the thousand of Lā, a station that surpasses his station among the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Lām of the thousand of Lā, a perfection that equals his perfection among the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Yā of favor ⁴⁷⁴ for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Yā of ease for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Yā of hand ⁴⁷⁵ for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. (157) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Yā of certainty for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Yā of source ⁴⁷⁶ for the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. So bless him, O Allah, and his family who have borrowed from the light of his brilliance, and his Companions who were absorbed in his love and turned not to anyone else, a blessing that clothes us with the garment of his honor and pleasure, and through which the oceans of his generosity and munificence overflow, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. * There is for the servant none but Allah * So arise and be truthful with Allah * And leave the worlds and journey * From other than Allah to Allah * Beware of others and witness * All things as from Allah * Adhere to the etiquettes and leave * The state of creation for Allah * Thus is he who is a servant * Entrust the matter to Allah * You will never fear evil * If you rely on Allah * No, nor rejection nor expulsion * If you turn to Allah (158) A wondrous garden, a unique style, in praise of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh and the divine gifts ⁴⁷⁷ and near victory ⁴⁷⁸ that are theirs. May Allah make us among those who attain its secrets and gain the fullest share and portion from the elixir of its grace. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand chamomiles ⁴⁷⁹ of the divine attraction ⁴⁸⁰ whose branch resembles that in the presence of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, a thousand citrons ⁴⁸¹ of the lordly relation ⁴⁸² whose breeze wafts in the meadows of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Bā of the garden of holy fragrances ⁴⁸³ whose love is planted in the hearts of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Bā of the spring blossoms ⁴⁸⁴ of fragrant scents whose diffusion pervades the witnessing places ⁴⁸⁵ of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Bā of the violet ⁴⁸⁶ of mixed taste whose purest juice is in the drink of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Tā of the apple ⁴⁸⁷ of love that stirs the passion of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. (159) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Thā of the fruit of truth ⁴⁸⁸ sweet in taste on the tongues of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Jīm of the clove ⁴⁸⁹ of connection whose fragrance perfumes the corners of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Ḥā of the basil ⁴⁹⁰ of perfection whose authority dominates the hearts of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Khā of the bamboo ⁴⁹¹ of beauty that possesses the souls of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh with the grace of its stature. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Khā of the good deeds ⁴⁹² whose description reveals the states of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Dāl of the fragrant musk ⁴⁹³ whose scent spreads in the scrolls of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Dhāl of the fragrance of the breezes of arrival and connection ⁴⁹⁴ that moves the hearts of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh with the wind of its breath. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Rā of the basil ⁴⁹⁵ of intimacy and pillars that raises the aspirations of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh with its sweet scent. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, (160) the Zāy of the flower of beauty that captivates the minds of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh with its splendor. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Ṭā of the good and beautiful character ⁴⁹⁶ and lawful things whose fragrance spreads in the processions of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Ẓā of the shade of the gardens of turning to Allah and advancing toward the stations of the people of Lā ilāha illā Allāh.

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the Kaf ⁴⁹⁷ of the camphor of generosity and bestowal, whose fragrant breezes are sent to the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the Lam ⁴⁹⁸ of the door of the kingdom's openings, perfumed with the fragrant scents of the stations of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the Mim ⁴⁹⁹ of the repeller of the musk of the omnipotent gifts, attracting with the fragrance of its breezes the stages of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the Nun ⁵⁰⁰ of the musk of the compassionate attractions, whose scent is lost in the mosques of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the Nun ⁵⁰¹ of the light of divine love, whose fragrance is sweet in the gatherings of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the Nun ⁵⁰² of the narcissus of merciful estrangement, whose scent is fragrant on the carpet of the people of "There is no god but Allah." (161) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the Sad ⁵⁰³ of the sandalwood of divine gifts, whose vapor rises in the prayer niches of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the Dad ⁵⁰⁴ of the marjoram, whose fragrance emanates in the meadow of the gardens of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the 'Ayn ⁵⁰⁵ of the ambergris of the self-subsisting subtleties, reviving with its sweet scent the dead hearts of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the Ghayn ⁵⁰⁶ of the costliest perfume of bestowed fragrances, whose pure scent is in the manifestations of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the Fa' ⁵⁰⁷ of the musk rat of gnostic knowledge from the divine presence, whose fragrance is inhaled in the witnessing places of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the Fa' ⁵⁰⁸ of the clove of the secret and speciality, whose breaths grow in the covenant of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the Sin ⁵⁰⁹ of the lily of holy mutual purity, whose fragrance emanates from the gardens of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the Sin ⁵¹⁰ of the hyacinth of the desirous subtleties, opening with its inhalation the pores of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the Shin ⁵¹¹ of the tree of Mary, stirring with the fragrance of its scent the states of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the Waw ⁵¹² of the rose of prophetic beauties, whose buds open with the breaths of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the Ya' ⁵¹³ of the jasmine of divine secrets, extending with its praiseworthy support the states of the people of "There is no god but Allah." Section: O Allah, upon him and his family, the seat of every virtue and its abode, and upon his Companions who established the beacon of religion and built its structure, a blessing by which we inhale the fragrance of his pure courtyards and their meaning, and by which You pour upon us the cup of the support of his hidden secret and its meaning, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. The people have arrived at the presence of their Lord, and that beauty appeared to them manifestly. They called the Cupbearer, and they answered in obedience: "At Your service, O You who called us to life." They shed their worldly portions and purified their secrets, and they stripped off and donned the shrouds. They brought to Him the dead souls, and their intellects departed from the worlds in His love. They unloaded their mounts at His doors, never leaving that place for all time. They took refuge in the Beloved's house, and they continually received from Him greetings and security. They sat on the couches of joy without aversion, facing each other in loyalty as brothers. A people who gathered under the shade of His court, they are the kings even if they became servants. (163) He called them: "At Your service, O You whose love dwells in the heart and moves the limbs." And their answer: "With Your union, we are satisfied; I am sufficient for you, fear not separation." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the 'Ayn ⁵¹⁴ of the care of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the crown of the sainthood of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the guide to the knowledge of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the path of the affiliation of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the light of the insight of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the interpreter of the innermost secret of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the secret of the reality of the people of "There is no god but Allah." (164) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the imam of the path of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the center of the circle of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the drink of the people of the love of "There is no god but Allah."

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the ink-drop of the people of "There is no god but Allah." ⁵¹⁵ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the degree of supremacy of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the spirit of life of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the path of obedience of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the cup of wine of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the musk of the seal of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the absence of intellects of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the tablet of transmissions of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the rope of connection of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the foundation of principles of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the embroidery of elucidation of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the creed of faith of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the truthful tongue of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the fruit of utterance of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the explanation of symbols of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the treasure of stores of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the watering-place of arrival of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the leader of delegations of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the presence of witnessing of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the seed of existence of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the countenance of felicities of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the ascension of ascent of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the banner of armies of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the house of lineage of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the pillar of genealogy of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the paradise of guests of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the delight of rows of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the direction of palms of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the blessing of vessels of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the secret of letters of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the scene of standing of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the seclusion of devotion of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Kaaba of circumambulation of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the ornament of attributes of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the flower of plucking of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the elite of nobles of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the jewel of shells of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the abode of sides of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the glory of neighborhood of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the protector of honor of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the pole of orbit of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the lamp of regions of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the fulfiller of needs of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the illuminator of lights of the people of "There is no god but Allah."

O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the outpouring of the secrets of the people of "There is no god but Allah." ⁵¹⁶ O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the fulfillment of the covenant of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the high aspiration of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the gift of giving of the people of "There is no god but Allah." (170) O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the antidote of the remedy of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the sun of the sky of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the full moon of radiance of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the beauty of splendor of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the treasure of alchemy of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the festival of joy of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the magnified hope of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the fragrance of the corners of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad (171) the messenger of the age of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the unique one of the era of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the field of thought of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the result of remembrance of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the cloud of rain of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the preserver of rain of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the destroyer of hardship of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the sword of victory of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the granter of security from fear of the people of "There is no god but Allah." (172) O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the facilitator of affairs of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the mender of brokenness of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the expander of the breast of the people of "There is no god but Allah." O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the crown of pride of the people of "There is no god but Allah." 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O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the lamp of the people of "There is no god but Allah" and the reviver of their traces. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the tablet of their sciences and the heaven of their understandings.

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So bless him, O Allah, and his family, with a blessing by which You adorn us with the ornaments of their virtues and their bounties, and by which You gift us with the blessing of their supplications and their means, 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, the crescent of their seasons and the lamp of their landmarks. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the title of their outward aspects and the field of their sights. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the banner of their armies and the pole of their glories. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the moon of their celestial spheres and the master of their angels. 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Their gardens ⁵²⁵ and the lamp of their innermost hearts ⁵²⁶. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the repose of their bodies and the musk of their homelands. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the garden of their solace and the wine of their intoxication. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the elite of their humanity and the source of their beneficence. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the signature of their safety and the doctrine of their sorrows. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the white blaze of their time and the fortune of their era. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the rising place of their suns and the ink of their cups. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the foundation of their bases and the illuminator of their tombs. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the crown of their heads and the nourishment of their souls. (193) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the remover of their misery and the fruiter of their plantings. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the revelation of their law ⁵²⁷ and the flood of their lexicon. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the sea of their generosity and the treasure of their grace. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the rain of their land and the leader ⁵²⁸ of their bees. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the honey of their nectar and the path of their guidance. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the place of their love and the station of their asceticism. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the building of their cradle and the location of their praise. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the opening of their litany ⁵²⁹ and the fulfillment of their covenant. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad (194) the paradise of their delegation and the ultimate goal of their intention. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the unifier of their scattered state and the dispeller of their terror. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the purifier of their deeds and the rectifier of their words. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the creed of their tawhid ⁵³⁰ and the intimacy of their tafrid ⁵³¹. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the house of their glorification and the tongue of their praise. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the foot of their abstraction ⁵³² and the imam of their emulation. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the preamble of their preparation and the result of their restriction. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the sword of their intimidation and the methodology of their rectification. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the means of their aspirant ⁵³³ and the reviver of their dullard. (195) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the bringer near of their distant one and the granter of security to their outcast. So bless him, O Allah, and his family with a blessing that makes us thereby among the best of their servants and gathers us thereby in the company of their successful and fortunate ones, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O you who desire cups of the sweetest drink, I give them pure without measure. I gave them aged and mix them, and let their mixing be with the beloved. A wine whose drinking is obligatory for the free, its abandonment causes painful torment. Everything in existence points to it, and to it yearns with beautiful attraction. Everything speaks of it by allusion and points with it to the seekers. If its secret were to penetrate even a lifeless thing, it would give it to drink with all correctness. It is ten, its letters radiant, outweighing the worlds on the Day of Reckoning. I do not incline to other than it all my life; its love is Zaynabi ⁵³⁴ when and Rabab ⁵³⁵. It captivated my heart, my heart seeks union with it from the Bestower. My soul remains with it possessing spirit, occupation, joy, and nearness. It is, for the believer, a bride whose beauty manifests in his belief and speech. O lover whose passion is for it, seize it before the veil falls. (196) Do not tire of its remembrance; how often has its remembrance healed us in witnessing and absence. Rely on its grace tomorrow on the Day of Gathering, when creatures are captives in sorrow and registration. Seek refuge with it before the Possessor of Majesty and purify it from impurities with etiquette. Would that the scale of what I have done for it becomes heavy with that acquisition. Strive for it and kiss it, happy; everyone who does not die for it is subject to punishment. If you desire its mixture, here it is, majestic, unveiled in beauty without a veil. The adornment of its remembrances is splendid in hearts filled with its light, not ruin. The goal of the sincere is the sweetness of its fruit from the hand of the Chosen One ⁵³⁶, the lofty station. The manifestation of the Essence and all the Names, the door of the Throne for creatures, the best of doors. The atom of holiness in the hidden recesses of the unseen for the worlds, the possessor of causes. The seas of guides grant guidance; that is the hope of the intellects of those of understanding. Ask through him what you wish, for Allah gives to every supplicant through him the assembly of seekers. Call upon him in difficulties at every moment; he will not fail, and Allah is the succor of response. For you in the Chosen One is the response of a lion, and for him in you is a standing at the door. If you prolong your standing at the door of Taha ⁵³⁷, then congratulations on your glad tidings of great reward. The flame of fire is extinguished by the light of the Beloved if you come on the day of return. The devotion of al-Halabi ⁵³⁸ in praise out of love in the meter of his coming and going. (197) May Allah and the Messenger stir him with the aid of divine care for ages. Bless, O our Lord, and grant peace upon him and upon his family and all the Companions. (198) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the heaven of their receptions ⁵³⁹ and the mi'raj ⁵⁴⁰ of their ascents. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the presence of their greetings and the station of their descents ⁵⁴¹. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the witnessing of their individuations ⁵⁴² and the self of their spiritual breaths. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, their secrets.

And He knew their guidance. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the support of their narrators, and the subduer of their misguiders. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the tongue of their supplications and their seekers. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the commander of their guardians and the path of their salvation. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their imams and the possessor of their reins. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad (199) the imam of their prayer and the supply of their connections. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their pride and the granter of security from their terror. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their dawn and the light of their victory. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their forenoon and the pole (quṭb) of their mill. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their back and the fruit of their remembrance. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their afternoon and the rarity of their age. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their sunset and the brilliant pearl of their goodness. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their nightfall and the seed of their creation. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their pre-dawn and the pupil of their vigil. (200) O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their time and the sword of their victory. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their mosques and the festival of their gatherings. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their prayer niches (maḥārīb) and the star of their experiences. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their schools of thought and the lamp of their processions. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their ascetics and the model of their worshippers. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their fasters and the head of their uprightness. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their groups and the opening of their litanies. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their laws and the preserver of their trusts. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad (201) the imam of their prayers, and the answer to their supplications. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their times, and the blessing of their sustenance. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their rows, and the hand of their charity. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their righteous deeds, and the tongue of their eloquence. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their magnificence, and the crown of their honors. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their distinctions, and the wisdom of their excellences. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their nobility, and the master of their virtues. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their gnosis and the descendant of their honors. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the imam of their differences and the discipliner of their refined ones. (202) O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the locus of their praise and the means of their supplication. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the season of their felicity and the rising star of their ease. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the dawn of their radiance and the splendor of their beauty. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the beacon of their guidance and the imam of their following. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the ladder of their ascent and the pool of their quenching. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the beauty of their passing and the life of their permanence. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the preserver of their blood and the annihilator of their enemies. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the responder to their call and the cave of their refuge. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad (203) the sea of their generosity and the object of their hope. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the mine of their modesty, and the covenant of their fidelity. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the antidote of their remedy, and the ultimate goal of their healing. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the most fortunate of their fortunate ones and the most just of their witnesses. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the most learned of their scholars and the most forbearing of their forbearing ones. O Allah, bestow blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the most merciful

their merciful ones and the most truthful of their trusts. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as a mercy to their weak ones and the greatest of their intercessors. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as the fame of their hidden ones and the mark of their sinners. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as the elite of their saints and the best of their pious ones. (204) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, as the attribute of their chosen ones, and the seal of their prophets. So bless him, O Allah, and his family with a blessing that enrolls us in the ranks of their lovers, and makes us through it among the people of their affection and intimate friends, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. Ahmad the Chosen, the bringer of good tidings and the warner, the manifest in purity, the master of the elect, the best of the messengers truly, and of all the people of the earth, and the best of the people of heaven, the chosen one of Allah from the very core of Quraysh ⁵⁴³, the most generous of Arabs, the most eloquent of the eloquent, the sanctuary of virtue, the Kaaba ⁵⁴⁴ of generosity, the house of knowledge, the pillar of chastity and the wealthy. O Messenger of God, I am poor, so enrich me, O helper of the poor. O Messenger of God, I am a stranger, so succor me, O refuge of strangers. O Messenger of God, if You do not succor me, then to whom do You think I will turn? You are my treasure, my provision, my refuge, my succor, my support, and my hope, and my intercessor on the Day of Resurrection at the Gathering, so be for me, O most generous of intercessors. O vast in bounty, O perfect in virtue, O abundant in generosity and giving, to You I have come as a supplicant, and I have sought intercession through the generosity of Your hands and Your favors. So answer me, O Chosen One, to my request, and bestow forgiveness, for that is my call. (205) And mend my heart today, and accept my praise of You, O great of hope. I was formerly poor, but through my praise I have become among the happiest of the happy. O Imam ⁵⁴⁵ of mankind, O gatherer of virtue, O direction of guidance and supplication, to You from me be a greeting and blessing every day, morning and evening. And peace be upon You, O noblest of creation, from Allah, in the forenoon and the evening. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the master of mankind and the most perfect of creation, from whose blessing every good and virtue has been attained by the prophets and noble messengers. Upon him and upon them be the best of blessings and the purest of peace. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom Adam sought refuge and was forgiven, and who established Idris ⁵⁴⁶ in truth before Him. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom Noah attained safety in the ark, and through whom Salih ⁵⁴⁷ was distinguished with the highest station. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom Shu'ayb and Hud ⁵⁴⁸ were strengthened, and through whom Moses struggled against the Jews in his time. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, who made the fire, after its blazing, cool and safe for the Friend ⁵⁴⁹. (206) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom the sacrificed one ⁵⁵⁰ was ransomed, and through whom was the prayer of Jesus the Messiah. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom Allah removed harm from Job, and by whose name Joseph was returned to Jacob. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom David was given wisdom and decisive speech, and through whom Solomon was granted kingship and a good final abode. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, from whose radiance David found comfort, and through whose exaltedness Zechariah attained patience and contentment. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, through whom Allah saved Lot, and there was no prophet but was connected to him. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, from whose sea the prophets drew, and by the perfection of whose lordship they acknowledged. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, from the flowers of whose gardens the prophets plucked, and from the sea of whose generosity they sipped. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by whose prophethood the prophets were honored, and by affiliation to whom they were known. (207) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, at the shore of whose sea the prophets stood, and by the functions of whose remembrances they adorned themselves. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by whose noble traits the prophets were characterized, and by whose beautiful character they were compassionate. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by bearing whose trust the prophets undertook responsibility, and by the secret of whose words they acted. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by the loftiness of whose station the prophets were honored, and at the crown of whose door they devoted themselves. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by the water of whose nearness the prophets purified themselves, and for the attainment of whose time they regretted. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by the sublimity of whose rank the prophets' aspirations rose, and by whose great intercession their nations were saved. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, who

By his pride the prophets were honored in their lineage, and by his exalted station their rank was elevated. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, in whose love the prophets were truthful and by the sciences of his essence they spoke. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad ⁵⁵¹, in compliance with whose commands the prophets preceded, and for the religion of those other than him from the disbelievers they annihilated. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by whose beautiful character the prophets were characterized, and to the hem of his great forbearance they clung. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, to whose vision the prophets yearned, and by his pure law they were realized. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by whose religion the prophets spoke, and by the gifts of his knowledges they overflowed. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by whose covenants the prophets were assured, and from the fragrances of his perfume they inhaled. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, at whose door the prophets flattered, and in faith in him and support of his religion they vied. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by whom the prophets and angels were honored, and by whom the cosmos shone, and by whom the darkness of the horizons was dispelled. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by whom the prophets and messengers were honored, and by whom the landmarks of guidance and paths were illuminated. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, by whom the prophets and saints were honored, and by whom the insights of the intelligent and clever were opened. ⁵⁵² So bless him, O Allah, and his trustworthy, pious family, and his noble, sin-covering companions, a blessing by which the stations of Your chosen beloved ones descend, and by which You save us from the assault of enemies and the ignorant wealthy, by Your bounty 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, the foremost of the prophets and their exemplar, the elite of the messengers and their best. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the rising star of their felicities, the cause of their existence. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the eye of their perfection, the gardens of their beauty. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the breeze of their winds, the ambergris of their profits. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the white blaze of their blessedness, the splendor of their beauty. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the path of their guidance, the crown of their care. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad ⁵⁵³, the light of their lights, the secret of their secrets. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the door of their entrance, the overflow of their spring. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, their extended shade, their fortified fortress. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, their radiant dawn, their protective mountain. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, their accepted pilgrimage, their thanked endeavor. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, their ample portion, their healing antidote. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, their blooming garden, their radiant beauty. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the necklace of their necks, the substance of their supply. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the solitude of their intimacy, the light of their sun. ⁵⁵⁴ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, their firm pillar, their auspicious rising star. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, their bright morning, their most joyous beauty. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the center of their existence, the sphere of their ascent. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the rope of their holding fast, the light of their understandings. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the eye of their drinking place, the ultimate goal of their quest. So bless him, O Allah, and his family, a blessing by which You gather us in their company, and by which You cause us to die upon their way and school, by Your bounty 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, the prophet of the prophets, their elect, the eye of their supply, the seal of their prophethood. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the book of their revelation, the path of their endeavor. ⁵⁵⁵ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the law of their secret, the order of their affair. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the element of their pride, the elevation of their rank. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the light of their dawn, the granter of their reward. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the necklace of their chest, the delight of their line. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the locus of their gratitude, the opening of their remembrance. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the blessing of their rain, the cloud of their downpour. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the feast of their breaking of fast, the fragrance of their perfume. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the happiness of their time, the breeze of their flowers. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad ⁵⁵⁶, the path of their journey, the outflow of their good.

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the degree of their excellence ⁵⁵⁷, and the manifestation of their revelation ⁵⁵⁸. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the benefit of their attainment ⁵⁵⁹, and the register of their detail ⁵⁶⁰. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the completion of their perfection ⁵⁶¹, and the expression of their representation ⁵⁶². O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the pillar of their veneration ⁵⁶³, and the proof of their rectification ⁵⁶⁴. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the honor of their origins ⁵⁶⁵, and the presence of their arrival ⁵⁶⁶. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the fortress of their protection ⁵⁶⁷, and the cave of their care ⁵⁶⁸. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the opening of their beginning ⁵⁶⁹, and the ultimate end of their conclusion ⁵⁷⁰. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the gathering of their perfections ⁵⁷¹, and the seal of their lineages ⁵⁷², the ore of their mines ⁵⁷³ and the delight of their beauties ⁵⁷⁴. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the sun of their gnoses ⁵⁷⁵ and the light of their spiritual gifts ⁵⁷⁶. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the throne of their establishment ⁵⁷⁷, and the lote tree of their utmost boundary ⁵⁷⁸. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the orator of their pulpits ⁵⁷⁹, and the call of their great ones ⁵⁸⁰. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the reviver of their traces ⁵⁸¹ and the essence of their glories ⁵⁸². O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the rain cloud of their downpours ⁵⁸³ and the register of their multitudes ⁵⁸⁴. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the string of their jewels ⁵⁸⁵ and the adornment of their manifestations ⁵⁸⁶. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the light of their eyes ⁵⁸⁷ and the profit of their trades ⁵⁸⁸. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the ultimate of their splendors ⁵⁸⁹ and the center of their circles ⁵⁹⁰. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the core of their consciences ⁵⁹¹, and the lamp of their secrets ⁵⁹². O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the musk of their locks ⁵⁹³, and the bride of their gardens ⁵⁹⁴. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the rose of their turbans ⁵⁹⁵, and the secret of their amulets ⁵⁹⁶. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the chains of their pillars ⁵⁹⁷ and the breeze of their zephyrs ⁵⁹⁸. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the construction of their lowlands ⁵⁹⁹, and the source of their noble traits ⁶⁰⁰. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the garden of their gardens ⁶⁰¹ and the reality of their realities ⁶⁰². O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the expanse of their comfort ⁶⁰³ and the place of their repose ⁶⁰⁴. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the clarity of their eloquence ⁶⁰⁵ and the mine of their generosity ⁶⁰⁶. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the adornment of their grace ⁶⁰⁷, and the luster of their beauty ⁶⁰⁸. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad. So bless, O Allah, him and his family with a blessing that makes us among those who have laid down their burdens at their spacious court and precinct, and who have followed them in their journey to You and their spiritual wandering ⁶⁰⁹, 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, the house of the highest honor of the prophets ⁶¹⁰ and the Kawthar ⁶¹¹ of their most manifest drink. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the sea of their most pure tawhid ⁶¹² and the law of their most faithful religion. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the door of their praiseworthy deeds ⁶¹³ and the Kaaba ⁶¹⁴ of their accepted pilgrimage. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the house of their inhabited secret ⁶¹⁵, and the Yemeni corner ⁶¹⁶ of their visited [shrine]. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the sultan of their victorious army ⁶¹⁷ and the lion of their crushing battalions ⁶¹⁸. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the opening of their inscribed book ⁶¹⁹ and the pillar of their mentioned honor ⁶²⁰. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the portion of their abundant lot ⁶²¹ and the banner of their spread glory ⁶²². O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the spring of their renowned knowledge ⁶²³ and the sea of their blazing secret ⁶²⁴. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the embroidery of their wondrous garments ⁶²⁵, and the house of their exalted glory ⁶²⁶. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the wall of their impregnable fortress ⁶²⁷ and the prayer of their swift response ⁶²⁸. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the light of their most brilliant proof ⁶²⁹, and the path of their most artful sharia ⁶³⁰. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the antidote of their most beneficial remedies ⁶³¹, and the office of their most exalted dhikr ⁶³². O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the morning of their most radiant day ⁶³³ and the branch of their most flourishing tree ⁶³⁴. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the resting place of their most famous mounts ⁶³⁵ and the treasure of their most dazzling secret ⁶³⁶. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the musk of their most fragrant collars ⁶³⁷ and the flower of their most fragrant gardens ⁶³⁸. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the choicest of their most proud lineage ⁶³⁹, and the flood of their most abundant bounty ⁶⁴⁰. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the vanguard of their most illustrious army ⁶⁴¹ and the standard of their green battalion ⁶⁴².

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the purest of their trust and the greatest manifestation of their honor. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the core of their love and the straight path of their religion. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the ancient element of their might and the all-encompassing flow of their goodness. So bless him, O Allah, and his family of noble and pure lineage, and his Companions of sovereignty, veneration, and glorification, a blessing that draws our souls to the vision of his noble station and overwhelms us with the abundant outward graces and immense favor, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. (219) The glad tidings of the prophets, their foremost and their seal, their sun, the full moon of their perfection, the pole ⁶⁴³ of their law, the M of their poem ⁶⁴⁴, the eye of their battalion and the engraving of their signet ring, the pupil of their eye, the crescent of their night, the embroidery of their garment and the light of their dawn, the eye of perfection, the perfection of the messengers in the greatness of their ranks through guidance, revelation, and infallibility. The messengers are the best of creation, and better than the one upon whom the sun of the forenoon and the light of their glory have risen. The messengers are Ahmad ⁶⁴⁵ in attributes, and the most praiseworthy of them in description is the most praised of them, the praised one of their praise. The messengers are the most noble in character, and the most noble of them in creation is the most generous of them, the overflowing of their bestowal. The messengers are the highest in rank, and the highest of them in station is their orator, the imam of their assembly. The messengers are the most radiant in lights, and the most radiant of them in light is our Muhammad, the lamp of their light. And every messenger of the noble messengers who came with it [the message] only connected from his light through them. For it is a sun of virtue, and they are its stars, appearing with its lights to people in darkness. And he is a full moon that settled in the highest sphere, through which the lights of their religion appeared. The prophet dominated the worlds and settled in the highest station, without crowding. And all of them drew from the seas of his secret and acknowledged his loftiness on the day of their pride. They are the noble ones before the Most Merciful, their Creator, and the best of them in generosity is the lamp of their virtue. Muhammad, the master of the two worlds ⁶⁴⁶ and the two weighty ones ⁶⁴⁷, and the two groups of Arabs and non-Arabs. May Allah bless the best of creation in honor, and his family and all his Companions. (220) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the human being of honor and majesty, the foremost among the people of prophethood and messengership, from the sea of whose secret drew whoever drew, and through the perfection of his Ahmadine witnessing ⁶⁴⁸ was unveiled to the people of reality what was unveiled, and by the loftiness of his glory and the elevation of his rank, every high-ranking one acknowledged and confessed. So no honor is known except through his pure lineage and by it is recognized, and no pride is acquired except from him and by it one is honored, and no virtue in this existence is seen except through his blessing, attained from him, and by it is realized. To him belongs the perfect and highest honor, the most radiant and clearest light, the sweetest and most refreshing spring, the most inclusive and fruitful goodness, the most sublime and majestic station, the highest and most exalted rank, the greatest and most magnificent position, the most protected and elevated presence. For he is the comprehensive isthmus ⁶⁴⁹ of the meanings of the attributes and names, and the Perfect Human ⁶⁵⁰ through whose appearance every good in existence appeared and grew. By his Muhammadan honor, whoever ascended ascended, and by his Ahmadine light, the insight of every intimate one was opened until the veils were rent for him and he heard the call of the revelation of heaven. So bless him, O Allah, and his noble and great family, and his generous imam Companions, a blessing that heals our hearts from the darkness of ignorance and blindness (221) and called the servants to it, and manifested its immense secret, and fought for it until its honor rose high and its love permeated the innate nature of every sound-hearted person. And by the right of what You have deposited of its secrets in the hearts of Your believing lovers, so they loved You; and in the hearts of Your knowing elite, so they knew You; and in the hearts of Your God-fearing pious, so they feared You; and in the hearts of Your remembering saints, so they remembered You; and in the hearts of Your praising elite, so they praised You; and in the hearts of Your trustworthy monotheists, so they declared Your oneness; and in the hearts of Your unique magnifiers, so they magnified You; and in the hearts of Your pegs ⁶⁵¹ who proclaim Your oneness, so they proclaimed Your oneness; and in the hearts of Your substitutes ⁶⁵² who glorify You, so they glorified You; and in the hearts of Your special sincere ones, so they sincerely devoted their worship to You and venerated You; and in the hearts of the people of Your obedience, so they sanctified You from the mark of originated things and exalted You, that You bless him and his family, the noble and rich ones, and his Companions, the elements of generosity and the springs of favor and beneficence. And that You, O Allah, expand our breasts with the lights of sincerity and certainty, fill our hearts with the gifts of divine knowledge ⁶⁵³ and the subtleties of gnosis ⁶⁵⁴, protect us from the afflictions of passion and the ego (222) and the whisperings of Satan and the incitements of falsehood, betrayal, lying, misery, and abandonment, and the coverings of false claims and the accidents of deprivation and deficiency. And plant in our hearts love for it, which is the head of Islam and faith, and realize us through the realities of its oneness, and clothe us with its beautiful and splendid garments. And drown me in the eye of the sea of its unity, and rescue me through its oneness from the mires of ignorance that prevent reaching the stations of the people of direct vision. And support me with the evidences of its conclusive proofs and its clear lights of indication and demonstration. And settle me in the stations of its people who have attained the stations of intimacy and proximity. And deliver me to You and single me out with Your success, and clothe me with the garments of piety and the robes of contentment and pleasure. And grant me the truth of certainty ⁶⁵⁵ with which no tongue moves and no heart trembles. And make me disappear in the vision of Your Essence from all contingent beings. And make me among those whom Your divine love has overcome, so that for them were rent from the secrets of the kingdom and the dominion ⁶⁵⁶ what eyes do not see and minds cannot contain. And they annihilated from themselves, from annihilation, and from the annihilation of annihilation, until they knew none but Him and witnessed only Him on the carpet of intimacy and the lights of unveilings and gnosis. And seat them on the carpet of the might of eternity, and call them with the tongue of the solitary Self-Subsistence: 'Indeed, I am Allah; there is no god but I.' So the eternal power never ceased to sustain them with the recitation of the scrolls of oneness, the gospels of singling out, the psalms of stripping away, the Torah of spiritual struggle, and the Criterion of direct vision. Those are they upon whose hearts He has inscribed faith and supported them with a spirit from Him. And He will admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein forever. Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him. 'Those are the party of Allah. Indeed, the party of Allah are the successful.' ⁶⁵⁷ So illuminate, O Allah, in our hearts from the lights what You illuminated in their hearts, and pour upon us from the secrets what You poured upon their souls. And make us absent from the worlds of our senses in what You made them absent, and annihilate us from the vision of our selves in what You annihilated them. And adorn us with the attributes of perfections with which You adorned them, and elevate us to the highest stations to which You elevated them, and settle us in the highest abodes in which You settled them.

And make us witness of the beautiful manifestations ⁶⁵⁸ and the majestic receptions ⁶⁵⁹ that You made them witness, and raise for us from the degrees and perfections that You raised for Your elect and chosen ones, and grant us from the gifts of gnoses ⁶⁶⁰ and spiritual knowledges ⁶⁶¹ that You granted them, and guide us to You, and draw us by You to You, and establish us in the sincerity of servitude before Your presence, until we see in existence none but You, and hear only through You, and receive only from You, and take only from You. And take charge of our affair with Your hand, and support us with a spirit from Your presence, as You supported Your prophets, messengers, chosen ones, and the elite of the truthful among Your creation. O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, O Possessor of Bounty and Grace, O Most Generous of the generous, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Most Munificent of the munificent, O Answerer of supplicants, O Lord of the worlds. * O you who claim for God our gnosis, * while you have uttered tawhid ⁶⁶² openly, * Do you seek the Truth with a weak heart, * and with analogy and opinion, for verification and certainty? * The Throne seeks from one whose sought is exalted, * and he never ceases in seeking... and our distraction. * The hearts of the gnostics ⁶⁶³ journeyed to Him upon * the mounts of thought, singly and in groups. * And they left family and homelands and became strangers, * and they endured the night at times and seasons. * Until they reached the end of knowledge and gnosis, * and they unveiled with a wondrous... declaration. * There they became pure and vanished from their attributes, * and yearning was kindled in their innards as fires. * And they knew by the beautiful description, so they confessed, * and they made the heart a field for gnosis. * They see among people intoxicated from their gnoses, * likewise, whoever knows them goes intoxicated. * There blew upon them, and it suddenly came to them at dawn, * a breeze that brought spirit and fragrance. * And it settled in the hearts of the folk a gnosis, * and stirred in them ecstasy and sorrows. * When He appears and manifests in His enclosure, * the cupbearer of intoxication gives and offers the full cup. * He showed them intoxicated before they drank, * and their drinker remained thirsty despite drinking. * When their guide sang to them, they shed * what was in their hands, in intoxication and gratitude. * And they surrendered religion and this world to its seeker, * and they made the heart a homeland for the Beloved. * This is my belief, and if I fall short in my deeds, * I ask God for success and forgiveness. Ended with the praise of God Most High and His beautiful assistance and grace, in the year 126 AH.

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1. tawhid : The Islamic concept of the oneness and uniqueness of Allah; the declaration 'La ilaha illa Allah' (There is no god but Allah).
2. mi'raj : Literally 'ascension'; here used metaphorically for a spiritual ladder or means of ascent to higher stations.
3. aqtab : Plural of qutb, meaning 'poles' or 'spiritual axes'; in Sufism, the highest-ranking saints who are the spiritual centers of their time.
4. jinan : Plural of jannah, meaning 'gardens' or 'paradises'; here referring to the spiritual gardens of the heart, intellect, spirit, and secrets.
5. Islam : Submission to the will of Allah; the religion revealed to Prophet Muhammad.
6. barzakh : Literally 'isthmus' or 'barrier'; in Sufi terminology, an intermediate realm or a comprehensive state that connects and distinguishes different levels of reality.
7. tree of tawhid : A symbolic representation of the spiritual reality of the declaration of tawhid, with roots in faith and branches reaching the divine presence.
8. izzah : Might, honor, or invincibility; one of Allah's attributes, often associated with majesty and power.
9. His visibility in His Essence : The concept that God's manifestation is through His own essence, not separate from it.
10. tawhid : The oneness of God; the central Islamic doctrine of God's absolute unity.
11. al-ism al-a'zam : The Greatest Name of God, believed to be the most powerful name of Allah, encompassing all divine attributes.
12. He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden : Quran 57:3; a verse describing God's transcendence and immanence.
13. gnostics : Arifin; those who possess direct experiential knowledge (ma'rifa) of God.
14. monotheists : Muwahhidun; those who affirm the absolute oneness of God.
15. He is its rememberer and He is the Knower of it : Indicates that God alone knows His own secret essence.
16. al-ʿArsh : The Throne of God, a symbol of divine sovereignty and authority in Islamic theology.
17. jinn : Invisible spiritual beings created from smokeless fire, possessing free will like humans.
18. shajarah : Tree; here a metaphor for the foundational Islamic creed of tawḥīd (divine oneness).
19. muʿaṭṭilah : Those who negate God's attributes, a theological position considered heretical.
20. mushabbihah : Anthropomorphists who liken God to creation, opposed to Islamic orthodoxy.
21. Muʿtazilah : A rationalist theological school emphasizing God's justice and unity, often criticized by traditionalists.
22. Qadariyyah : Those who affirm free will, denying predestination; considered a deviant sect.
23. Jabriyyah : Fatalists who deny human free will, attributing all actions to God.
24. Aḥmadiyyah : Referring to the Prophet Muhammad (also named Aḥmad), emphasizing his prophetic tradition.
25. qiblah : The direction of prayer (toward Mecca), here used metaphorically for spiritual orientation.
26. tafwīḍ : Delegation or entrusting one's affairs to God, a Sufi concept of reliance.
27. al-kalimah al-ṭayyibah : The goodly word, referring to the declaration of faith 'Lā ilāha illā Allāh'.
28. al-fatḥ al-jalīl : The majestic opening or victory, a Sufi term for spiritual illumination.
29. Qur'an 2:115 : Verse: 'Wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allah.'
30. Qur'an 57:3 : Verse: 'He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden.'
31. Qur'an 28:88 : Verse: 'Everything is perishing except His Face.'
32. Qur'an 42:11 : Verse: 'Nothing is like Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.'
33. Qur'an 35:15 : Verse: 'O people, you are the poor toward Allah, and Allah is the Self-Sufficient, the Praiseworthy.'
34. Qur'an 2:163 : Verse: 'Your God is one God.'
35. Qur'an 67:1 : Verse: 'Blessed is He in whose hand is the kingdom, and He is over all things competent.'
36. kalimat al-ikhlāṣ : The phrase of sincerity, i.e., 'lā ilāha illā Allāh' (there is no god but Allah).
37. durra maknūna wa khizānat asrār maṣūna : A hidden pearl and a guarded treasury of secrets, referring to the profound meanings of the shahada.
38. ʿilm al-kalām : Scholastic theology; Islamic theological discourse using rational arguments.
39. takhallā : It emptied (the heart) of false gods and attachments.
40. tajallā : It manifested (the divine presence) in the heart.
41. nasakhat : It abrogated previous beliefs or states.
42. sulibat : It was stripped of all that is not God.
43. fanā' : Annihilation of the ego and all that is other than God.
44. baqā' : Subsistence in God after annihilation.
45. ṣadaqa : Charity; here metaphorically referring to the shahada as a spiritual gift.
46. tawḥīd : The oneness of God; Islamic monotheism.
47. qibla : The direction of prayer (toward Mecca).
48. al-fardāniyya : Uniqueness; the attribute of being absolutely unique and indivisible.
49. al-aḥadiyya : Absolute oneness; the essence of God in His incomparable unity.
50. al-wāḥidiyya : Relative oneness; God's oneness as manifested in His attributes and actions.
51. al-ṣamadiyya : Self-Sufficiency; God's attribute of being independent of all, while all depend on Him.
52. al-raḥmāniyya : The attribute of being the All-Merciful (ar-Raḥmān).
53. al-ism al-aʿẓam : The Greatest Name of God, which encompasses all divine names and attributes.
54. huwa : It (the Name of Majesty) is the intended referent.
55. al-kawthar : A river in Paradise; also a sura of the Quran; here metaphorically meaning abundant spiritual knowledge.
56. āmin : Amen; a supplication for acceptance.
57. baṣā'ir al-baṣā'ir : The acute insight of inner sight; a superlative form indicating deep spiritual perception.
58. maṣābīḥ mashākī al-ḍamā'ir : The lamps of the lanterns of consciences; metaphors for spiritual illumination.
59. kuntu kanzan makhfiyyan : A famous hadith qudsi: 'I was a hidden treasure, and I loved to be known, so I created creation that they might know Me.'
60. Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ : Quran 112:1-4, the chapter on divine unity.
61. al-mashrūb : The drink; metaphor for spiritual intoxication or divine knowledge.
62. Qul ayyu shay'in akbaru shahādatan quli Allāh : Quran 6:19: 'Say: What thing is greatest in testimony? Say: Allah.'
63. Laysa kamithlihi shay' : Quran 42:11: 'There is nothing like unto Him.'
64. bi-ḥaẓẓihi : By his portion; meaning his own limited understanding or selfish interest.
65. laysa kamithlihi : Quranic phrase meaning 'there is nothing like unto Him', affirming God's absolute incomparability.
66. tawhid : Islamic concept of the oneness and uniqueness of God.
67. Quran 42:11 : Quranic verse: 'There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.'
68. deficient : Refers to the inadequacy of human worship and understanding in relation to God's transcendence.
69. Quran 57:3 : Quranic verse: 'He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward; and He is the Knower of all things.'
70. Quran 42:11 : Repeated citation of the same verse.
71. prophets : In Islamic tradition, prophets are messengers sent by God to guide humanity.
72. noble scribes : Refers to the recording angels (kiraman katibin) who record human deeds.
73. al-Samad : A divine name meaning 'the Eternal, the Self-Sufficient', from Quran 112:2.
74. Fatir : A divine name meaning 'the Originator' or 'Creator', from Quran 35:1.
75. gardens : Metaphorical reference to the realms of divine knowledge or paradise.
76. Quran 6:91 : Quranic verse: 'They have not measured God with His true measure.'
77. istawa : Arabic term for 'established' or 'ascended', referring to God's attribute of being established on the Throne (Quran 20:5), interpreted by Sufis as a symbol of divine sovereignty without corporeality.
78. union and incarnation : Refers to heretical doctrines of ittihad (union with God) and hulul (incarnation of God in creation).
79. cherubim : High-ranking angels in Islamic cosmology, often associated with the bearers of the Throne.
80. nā’in : Far away; a term indicating distance, but here used to emphasize that the heart perceives God even when He is veiled.
81. Laysa kamithlihi shay’un wa huwa al-samī‘u al-baṣīr : Qur’anic verse (42:11) affirming God’s incomparability and His attributes of hearing and sight.
82. farsh : Footstool; the lowest level of creation, often contrasted with the Throne (‘arsh).
83. Lā ilāha illā huwa al-kabīru al-muta‘āl : Qur’anic phrase (13:9) affirming God’s oneness, greatness, and transcendence.
84. qabla : Before; used to emphasize God’s priority over all created dimensions of time and space.
85. Huwa al-awwalu wa al-ākhiru wa al-ẓāhiru wa al-bāṭin : Qur’anic verse (57:3) describing God as First, Last, Manifest, and Hidden.
86. Wa nafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī : Qur’anic verse (15:29) referring to God breathing His spirit into Adam; interpreted as an honorific attribution.
87. taqdīs : Sanctification; declaring God holy and free from all imperfections.
88. ba‘th al-ajsād : Resurrection of bodies; a core Islamic belief in physical resurrection on the Day of Judgment.
89. thaqula : Became heavy; referring to the weighing of deeds on the Balance (mīzān).
90. Tawhid : The Islamic concept of the oneness and uniqueness of God.
91. gnosis : Spiritual knowledge or direct experiential knowledge of God, often associated with Sufism.
92. Yemeni : Referring to the spiritual lineage or tradition associated with Yemen, often linked to early Sufi masters.
93. axis : Spiritual pole or pivot, a term used in Sufism for the highest saint of an era.
94. excellence : Ihsan, the highest level of faith, meaning to worship God as if you see Him.
95. Oneness : Tawhid, the oneness of God.
96. Unity : Wahdaniyya, the attribute of God's absolute unity.
97. tawḥīd : The Islamic concept of monotheism, the oneness and uniqueness of God.
98. ghayba : A Sufi term meaning 'absence' or 'ecstatic absorption' in contemplation of the Divine, losing awareness of the self and the world.
99. al-Muṣṭafā : An epithet of the Prophet Muhammad meaning 'the Chosen One'.
100. Ṭāhā : One of the names of the Prophet Muhammad, derived from the Arabic letters Ṭā and Hā, which appear at the beginning of Surah Taha in the Quran.
101. al-Ḥalabī : A reference to the poet or author, likely from Aleppo (Halab), or a spiritual figure associated with that region.
102. Shajarat al-Tawḥīd : The 'Tree of Unification', a symbolic representation of the spiritual state of tawḥīd (divine oneness) in Sufi thought.
103. laṭāʾif al-maʿārif : Subtle or esoteric gnostic sciences, referring to inner spiritual knowledge in Sufism.
104. qiblat al-taṣdīq : The 'direction of affirmation', a metaphorical expression for the orientation of faith and sincere belief.
105. iqāma : The second call to prayer, recited just before the communal prayer begins, similar to the adhan but shorter.
106. wilāya : Sainthood or spiritual authority, often referring to the state of being a saint (walī) in Sufism.
107. ‘ināya : Divine care or providence, often used in Sufi contexts to denote God's special attention to a saint.
108. tawḥīd : The oneness of God; the central Islamic doctrine of monotheism.
109. lā ilāha illā Allāh, Muḥammadun Rasūl Allāh : The Islamic declaration of faith: 'There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.'
110. ‘Arsh : The Throne of God, a celestial structure often mentioned in Islamic cosmology.
111. Kursī : The Footstool of God, mentioned in the Quran (2:255), often interpreted as a symbol of His sovereignty.
112. qurb : Spiritual nearness to God, a state of intimacy and proximity to the Divine.
113. shuhūd : Witnessing; in Sufism, the direct vision or contemplation of divine realities.
114. Tawḥīd : The oneness of God; the central Islamic doctrine of monotheism.
115. al-ʿArsh : The Throne of God, a symbol of His sovereignty and majesty.
116. al-Kursī : The Footstool of God, mentioned in the Quran (2:255), often interpreted as a lesser throne or a symbol of divine knowledge.
117. al-ʿulūm al-ladunniyya : Divine or inspired knowledge granted directly by God to the saints and prophets.
118. al-Ṣirāṭ : The bridge over Hell that all must cross on the Day of Judgment; the righteous pass swiftly, the wicked fall.
119. al-Mīzān : The Balance by which deeds are weighed on the Day of Judgment.
120. al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ : The Preserved Tablet, the heavenly tablet on which all destinies are inscribed.
121. al-Furqān : The Criterion; a name for the Quran, distinguishing truth from falsehood.
122. Ṭūbā : A tree in Paradise mentioned in the Quran (13:29), often described as having immense blessings.
123. Zaqqūm : A tree in Hell whose fruit is food for the sinners, mentioned in the Quran (37:62-66).
124. majdhūb : One who is spiritually attracted or drawn to God, often in a state of ecstatic love.
125. sālik : A spiritual wayfarer on the path of Sufism, striving for purification and divine union.
126. tawhid : The oneness of Allah; the core Islamic belief in the unity of God.
127. Ghafir al-dhanb wa Qabil al-tawb shadid al-'iqab : Quranic verse 40:3, describing Allah as Forgiving sin, Accepting repentance, and Severe in punishment.
128. illa man ittakhadha 'inda al-Rahman 'ahdan : Quranic verse 19:87, referring to those who have taken a covenant with the Most Merciful.
129. ilayhi yas'adu al-kalimu al-tayyibu : Quranic verse 35:10, meaning 'To Him ascends the good word.'
130. faqadi istamsaka bil-'urwati al-wuthqa : Quranic verse 2:256, meaning 'he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold.'
131. wa'tasimoo bihabli Allahi jamee'an : Quranic verse 3:103, meaning 'And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together.'
132. wa'ttaqu Allaha wa qooloo qawlan sadeedan : Quranic verse 33:70, meaning 'And fear Allah and speak a straight word.'
133. Ahmadi : Derived from Ahmad, one of the names of the Prophet Muhammad, meaning 'most praiseworthy.'
134. ahl al-shuhood : People of witnessing; Sufi term for those who have direct spiritual vision or contemplation of divine realities.
135. Isra'iliyyat : Narrations from Jewish or Christian sources, often used in Islamic tradition for illustrative purposes.
136. shahadatayn : The two testimonies: 'There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.'
137. 'Affan : A name; possibly a reference to a learned figure in the story.
138. jinn : Spiritual beings created from smokeless fire, possessing free will, and capable of belief or disbelief.
139. shaykh : A spiritual master or teacher in Sufism, often a guide on the mystical path.
140. tawhid : The Islamic concept of monotheism, the oneness of God.
141. two testimonies of truth : The shahada: 'There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.'
142. Mount Qaf : A mythical mountain in Islamic cosmology, often considered the boundary of the known world.
143. muwahhid : One who affirms the oneness of God, a monotheist.
144. lā ilāha illā Allāh : The Islamic declaration of faith: 'There is no god but Allah.'
145. iksīr : Elixir; a spiritual substance that purifies the soul.
146. madad : Spiritual support or supply from God.
147. sirr : Secret; the innermost spiritual mystery.
148. dhikr : Remembrance of God, often through repetition of His names or formulas.
149. ḥalāl : Lawful; what is permitted in Islam.
150. khiṣāl : Qualities or virtues.
151. ṭibb : Medicine; spiritual healing.
152. sīma : Mark or characteristic; the distinguishing sign of the people of God.
153. nisba : Lineage or affiliation; spiritual connection to God.
154. riyāḍ : Gardens; spiritual meadows of divine knowledge.
155. ḥiyāḍ : Watering-places; sources of spiritual refreshment.
156. mawāʾid : Tables; spiritual banquets of divine grace.
157. ḥuliyy : Jewelry; spiritual adornments.
158. hady : Guidance; the way of God.
159. nawāfiḥ : Breezes; spiritual fragrances.
160. rawāʾiḥ : Fragrances; spiritual scents.
161. niʿam : Blessings; divine favors.
162. ḥikam : Wisdoms; divine truths.
163. tāj : Crown; spiritual sovereignty.
164. ʿilāj : Treatment; spiritual cure.
165. mawāhib : Gifts; divine endowments.
166. mashārib : Drinks; spiritual beverages.
167. surūr : Joy; spiritual delight.
168. quṣūr : Palaces; spiritual abodes in paradise.
169. zulfā : Proximity; nearness to God.
170. istahatarū : Became infatuated or obsessed with the love of God.
171. al-ʿayn : The Eye; the divine essence or the reality of God.
172. ṭurūs : Scrolls; records of deeds or illusions.
173. ḥurma : Sanctity; inviolability or honor.
174. ḥizb : Party; group of believers or spiritual followers.
175. lā ilāha illā Allāh : The Islamic declaration of faith: 'There is no god but Allah'.
176. ḥujja : Argument or proof; in Islamic eschatology, the argument one presents before God on the Day of Judgment.
177. ḥaḍra : Presence; in Sufi terminology, the divine presence or the spiritual station of proximity to God.
178. ʿithār : Repentance or turning back from sin; literally 'stumbling'.
179. mīzān : The scale on which deeds are weighed on the Day of Judgment.
180. dīwān : Record or register; the book of deeds.
181. janāb : Side or vicinity; here possibly referring to one's spiritual state or grave.
182. bunyān : Structure or building; metaphorically, one's spiritual edifice or faith.
183. āwān : Vessels or containers; metaphorically, the heart or inner self.
184. awām : Flames or fires; possibly referring to the fire of hell or worldly desires.
185. ḥashr : The gathering of all creatures on the Day of Resurrection.
186. maʿād : The return; the afterlife or the final abode.
187. ḥabl lā ilāha illā Allāh : The 'rope of there is no god but Allah' is a metaphor for the firm bond of faith in the oneness of God.
188. sirr fayḍihi : The 'secret of his effusion' refers to the mystical emanation or outpouring of divine grace from the Prophet Muhammad.
189. ṣifāt : The 'attributes' here likely refer to the divine attributes or the spiritual realities that manifest God's qualities.
190. asrār ḥikmatihā : The 'secrets of its wisdom' refers to the hidden spiritual insights contained within the declaration of faith.
191. Kawthar : A river in Paradise promised to the Prophet Muhammad; here used metaphorically for abundant spiritual sustenance.
192. raḥīq mawtihā : The 'nectar of its death' is a paradoxical Sufi term referring to the blissful state of dying to the self (fanā') through the realization of tawḥīd.
193. kasīrihā : The 'breaking' refers to the shattering of the ego or lower self through the power of the declaration of faith.
194. hawādij : Howdahs are litters carried by camels; here used metaphorically for being carried in safety.
195. Aḥmadiyya : A reference to the Prophet Muhammad, whose name Aḥmad means 'most praiseworthy'.
196. ahl al-sirr wa al-khuṣūṣiyya : The 'people of the secret and speciality' are advanced Sufi saints who have attained intimate knowledge of God.
197. innī anā Allāh : This phrase echoes the Qur'anic statement 'Verily, I am Allah' (20:14), here used in a mystical context of divine self-disclosure.
198. Ahl lā ilāha illā llāh : People of the declaration of faith 'there is no god but Allah', referring to those who uphold tawhid (divine unity).
199. alf īmān : A thousand of faith; a symbolic number indicating abundant blessings.
200. alf iḥsān : A thousand of excellence or spiritual perfection (ihsan).
201. alf iqbāl : A thousand of turning or drawing near to God.
202. alf aʿyān : A thousand of distinguished ones; may refer to spiritual leaders or saints.
203. alf awliyāʾ : A thousand of saints (friends of God).
204. alf aṣfiyāʾ : A thousand of chosen or purified ones.
205. alf atqiyāʾ : A thousand of pious ones (those who fear God).
206. alf adhkiyāʾ : A thousand of intelligent or sharp-minded ones.
207. alf akhṭiyāʾ : A thousand of truthful or sincere ones.
208. alf umanāʾ : A thousand of trustworthy ones.
209. alf akhyār : A thousand of good or excellent ones.
210. alf abrār : A thousand of righteous ones.
211. alf aṭhār : A thousand of pure ones.
212. alf anṣār : A thousand of helpers (supporters of the faith).
213. alf aqmār : A thousand of moons; metaphor for luminous spiritual figures.
214. alf aḥbār : A thousand of scholars (especially Jewish scholars, but here used broadly).
215. alf adwār : A thousand of cycles or periods.
216. alf aʿlām : A thousand of banners or eminent figures.
217. alf akābir : A thousand of great ones (spiritual magnates).
218. alf aʾimma : A thousand of imams (leaders of prayer or spiritual guides).
219. alf aḥibba : A thousand of beloved ones (those loved by God).
220. alf ajilla : A thousand of venerable or majestic ones.
221. alf awtād : A thousand of pegs; in Sufism, refers to the 'pegs' (awtad) who are spiritual supports of the world.
222. alf afrād : A thousand of unique ones (singular spiritual beings).
223. alf injād : A thousand of succor or assistance.
224. alf aqṭāb : A thousand of poles (qutb, the highest rank in Sufi hierarchy).
225. alf anjāb : A thousand of noble or generous ones.
226. alf abdāl : A thousand of substitutes (abdāl, a rank of saints who replace each other).
227. alf abṭāl : A thousand of heroes or champions.
228. alf aḥrās : A thousand of guardians.
229. alf aghwāth : A thousand of succorers (ghawth, a high saint who provides aid).
230. alf ightināʾ : A thousand of self-sufficiency or contentment.
231. alf ihtimām : A thousand of concern or care.
232. alf iʿtiṣām : A thousand of holding fast (to God).
233. alf ightinām : A thousand of seizing opportunity (for good deeds).
234. bāʾ bidāya : With a beginning of commencement; 'bāʾ' is the letter B, used here as a prefix meaning 'with'.
235. bāṭin : The inner or esoteric dimension (as opposed to zahir, the outer).
236. lā ilāha illā llāh : The Islamic declaration of faith: 'There is no god but Allah'.
237. burhān : Proof or evidence, often referring to a clear demonstration of truth.
238. birr : Righteousness, piety, or goodness.
239. badhl : Generosity or self-sacrifice.
240. birūr : Devotion or dutifulness, especially towards parents.
241. tawḥīd : The oneness of God; the core Islamic belief in the unity of Allah.
242. taḥmīd : Praising God, especially saying 'Al-ḥamdu lillāh' (Praise be to Allah).
243. tamjīd : Glorification of God, magnifying His greatness.
244. tahlīl : The utterance of 'Lā ilāha illā llāh' (There is no god but Allah).
245. taqdīs : Sanctification or declaring God holy.
246. tanzīh : Transcendence; declaring God free from any imperfection or anthropomorphism.
247. taṣdīq : Affirmation or belief in the truth.
248. taḥqīq : Verification or realization of truth.
249. tawfīq : Divine facilitation or success granted by God.
250. tawba : Repentance; turning back to God.
251. ta'yīd : Divine support or strengthening.
252. ta'ẓīm : Magnification or exaltation of God.
253. tanwīr : Illumination or enlightenment.
254. taysīr : Facilitation or making things easy.
255. ta'bīr : Interpretation or expression.
256. ta'dīb : Discipline or moral training.
257. tahdhīb : Refinement or purification of character.
258. taṣrīf : Management or disposition of affairs.
259. tadhkira : Reminder or admonition.
260. tabṣira : Insight or spiritual vision.
261. tijāra : Commerce or trade, often used metaphorically for spiritual transaction with God.
262. tawqīr : Veneration or showing respect.
263. tilāwa : Recitation, especially of the Quran.
264. talqiyāt : Divine teachings or inspirations.
265. tanazzulāt : Divine descents or spiritual revelations.
266. thanā' : Praise or commendation.
267. thawāb : Reward, especially divine recompense.
268. thabāt : Steadfastness or firmness in faith.
269. thiqa : Trust or confidence in God.
270. tharwa : Wealth or abundance.
271. thamara : Fruit or result, often of good deeds.
272. jamāl : Beauty, especially divine beauty.
273. jalāl : Majesty or grandeur of God.
274. jihād : Struggle or striving in the way of God.
275. jaysh : Army, often referring to the spiritual army of believers.
276. jund : Soldiers or troops, similar to jaysh.
277. jāh : Station or rank, especially spiritual status.
278. jawāb : Answer or response, especially to prayers.
279. jūd : Generosity or munificence.
280. jīm janāb : The letter Jim (ج) associated with 'janāb' meaning 'side' or 'presence', possibly referring to the Prophet's exalted station.
281. jīm janna : The letter Jim (ج) associated with 'janna' meaning 'Paradise'.
282. ḥāʾ ḥimāya : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥimāya' meaning 'protection'.
283. ḥāʾ ḥīṭa : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥīṭa' meaning 'guardianship' or 'encompassing care'.
284. ḥāʾ ḥafīẓa : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥafīẓa' meaning 'preservation'.
285. ḥāʾ ḥiṣn : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥiṣn' meaning 'fortress'.
286. ḥāʾ ḥaẓẓ : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥaẓẓ' meaning 'fortune' or 'portion'.
287. ḥāʾ ḥaqq : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥaqq' meaning 'truth' or 'right'.
288. ḥāʾ ḥaqīqa : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥaqīqa' meaning 'reality' or 'ultimate truth' in Sufi terminology.
289. ḥāʾ ḥizb : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥizb' meaning 'party' or 'group'.
290. ḥāʾ ḥaḍra : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥaḍra' meaning 'presence', often used in Sufi contexts for divine presence.
291. ḥāʾ ḥubb : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥubb' meaning 'love'.
292. ḥāʾ ḥabl : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥabl' meaning 'rope', as in the 'rope of Allah' (Qur'an 3:103).
293. ḥāʾ ḥikma : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥikma' meaning 'wisdom'.
294. ḥāʾ ḥakam : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥakam' meaning 'judge' or 'arbiter'.
295. ḥāʾ ḥurma : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥurma' meaning 'sanctity' or 'inviolability'.
296. ḥāʾ ḥawḍ : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥawḍ' meaning 'basin', referring to the Prophet's basin (al-Kawthar) in Paradise.
297. ḥāʾ ḥaram : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥaram' meaning 'sanctuary' or 'sacred precinct'.
298. ḥāʾ ḥazm : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥazm' meaning 'determination' or 'firm resolve'.
299. ḥāʾ ḥayāʾ : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥayāʾ' meaning 'modesty' or 'shyness'.
300. ḥāʾ ḥayāt : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥayāt' meaning 'life'.
301. ḥāʾ ḥilm : The letter Ha (ح) associated with 'ḥilm' meaning 'forbearance' or 'clemency'.
302. khāʾ khizāna : The letter Kha (خ) associated with 'khizāna' meaning 'treasury'.
303. khāʾ khayr : The letter Kha (خ) associated with 'khayr' meaning 'goodness'.
304. khāʾ khawf : The letter Kha (خ) associated with 'khawf' meaning 'fear' (of Allah).
305. khāʾ khushūʿ : The letter Kha (خ) associated with 'khushūʿ' meaning 'humility' or 'devoutness'.
306. khāʾ khuḍūʿ : The letter Kha (خ) associated with 'khuḍūʿ' meaning 'submissiveness'.
307. khāʾ khalāṣa : The letter Kha (خ) associated with 'khalāṣa' meaning 'sincerity' or 'purity'.
308. khāʾ khāṣṣa : The letter Kha (خ) associated with 'khāṣṣa' meaning 'speciality' or 'elite'.
309. khāʾ khayra : The letter Kha (خ) associated with 'khayra' meaning 'chosen one' or 'best'.
310. khāʾ khiṭāb : The letter Kha (خ) associated with 'khiṭāb' meaning 'address' or 'discourse'.
311. khāʾ khalq : The letter Kha (خ) associated with 'khalq' meaning 'creation'.
312. khāʾ khilqa : The letter Kha (خ) associated with 'khilqa' meaning 'nature' or 'disposition'.
313. khāʾ khilāfa : The letter Kha (خ) associated with 'khilāfa' meaning 'caliphate' or 'vicegerency'.
314. khāʾ khamra : The letter Kha (خ) associated with 'khamra' meaning 'intoxication', often used metaphorically for divine love.
315. khāʾ khashya : The letter Kha (خ) associated with 'khashya' meaning 'awe' or 'reverential fear'.
316. khāʾ khātima : The letter Kha (خ) associated with 'khātima' meaning 'seal' or 'conclusion'.
317. dāl duʿāʾ : The letter Dal (د) associated with 'duʿāʾ' meaning 'supplication'.
318. dāl dawāʾ : The letter Dal (د) associated with 'dawāʾ' meaning 'cure' or 'medicine'.
319. dāl dīn : The letter Dal (د) associated with 'dīn' meaning 'religion'.
320. dāl daraja : The letter Dal (د) associated with 'daraja' meaning 'rank' or 'degree'.
321. dāl daʿwa : The letter Dal (د) associated with 'daʿwa' meaning 'call' or 'invitation'.
322. dāl dawla : The letter Dal (د) associated with 'dawla' meaning 'state' or 'dominion'.
323. dāli dawḥatin : Possessor of a spreading tree; a metaphorical attribute of the Prophet Muhammad, indicating his far-reaching influence.
324. dāli durratin : Possessor of a pearl; symbolizing the preciousness and purity of the Prophet.
325. dāli dunuwwin : Possessor of nearness; referring to the Prophet's closeness to Allah.
326. dāli dalīlin : Possessor of a guide; the Prophet as a guide to truth.
327. dāli daʿīmatin : Possessor of a support; the Prophet as a pillar of faith.
328. dāli dībājin : Possessor of brocade; symbolizing the Prophet's beauty and honor.
329. dāli dīwānin : Possessor of a register; the Prophet as the record of divine knowledge.
330. dāli dāʾiratin : Possessor of a circle; referring to the Prophet's encompassing mercy.
331. dāli dhakhīratin : Possessor of a treasure; the Prophet as a source of spiritual wealth.
332. dāli dhuʾābatin : Possessor of a forelock; symbolizing the Prophet's submission to Allah.
333. dāli dhikrin : Possessor of remembrance; the Prophet as the embodiment of divine remembrance.
334. dhāli dhakāʾin : Possessor of intelligence; the Prophet's wisdom.
335. dhāli dhimmatin : Possessor of protection; the Prophet's care for his community.
336. dhāli dhurratin : Possessor of an atom; symbolizing the Prophet's humility.
337. rāʾi raʾfatin : Possessor of compassion; the Prophet's tender mercy.
338. rāʾi raḥmatin : Possessor of mercy; the Prophet as a mercy to the worlds.
339. rāʾi raghbatin : Possessor of desire; the Prophet's longing for Allah.
340. rāʾi rahbatin : Possessor of awe; the Prophet's reverential fear of Allah.
341. rāʾi rifʿatin : Possessor of elevation; the Prophet's high status.
342. rāʾi rutbatin : Possessor of rank; the Prophet's station.
343. rāʾi raqabatin : Possessor of a neck; symbolizing the Prophet's leadership.
344. rāʾi riʿāyatin : Possessor of care; the Prophet's guardianship.
345. rāʾa rūḥin : Possessor of spirit; the Prophet as a source of spiritual life.
346. rāʾa rayḥānin : Possessor of basil; symbolizing fragrance and blessing.
347. rāʾa rawḥin : Possessor of comfort; the Prophet's solace.
348. rāʾa rāḥatin : Possessor of rest; the Prophet's tranquility.
349. rāʾa ribḥin : Possessor of profit; the Prophet's spiritual gain.
350. rāʾa riyāḍin : Possessor of gardens; the Prophet's paradise-like qualities.
351. rāʾa rajāʾin : Possessor of hope; the Prophet's optimism in Allah's mercy.
352. rāʾa rusūkhin : Possessor of firmness; the Prophet's steadfastness.
353. rāʾa rābiṭatin : Possessor of a bond; the Prophet's connection with Allah.
354. rāʾa risālatin : Possessor of a message; the Prophet as the bearer of revelation.
355. rāʾa rushdin : Possessor of right guidance; the Prophet's guidance.
356. rāʾa rafdin : Possessor of aid; the Prophet's support.
357. zāya zaynin : Possessor of adornment; the Prophet's beauty.
358. zāya zahwin : Possessor of pride; the Prophet's honor.
359. zāya zuhdin : Possessor of asceticism; the Prophet's detachment from worldly things.
360. zāya zādin : Possessor of provision; the Prophet's spiritual sustenance.
361. zāya zuhrin : Possessor of blossoms; symbolizing the Prophet's radiance.
362. zāya zubdatin : Possessor of cream; the Prophet as the essence of creation.
363. zāya zimāmin : Possessor of a rein; the Prophet's control over affairs.
364. zāya zulfā : Possessor of nearness; the Prophet's closeness to Allah.
365. zāya zumratin : Possessor of a group; the Prophet's community.
366. ṭāʾa ṭāʿatin : Possessor of obedience; the Prophet's submission to Allah.
367. ṭāʾ : The Arabic letter ط, often used in Sufi symbolism to represent various spiritual concepts.
368. ṭalʿa : Rising or appearance, often referring to the spiritual ascent or manifestation.
369. Lā ilāha illā Allāh : The Islamic declaration of faith: 'There is no god but Allah.'
370. ẓāʾ : The Arabic letter ظ, used here as a symbol for spiritual attributes.
371. kāf : The Arabic letter ك, used as a symbol in this litany.
372. Kawthar : A river in Paradise mentioned in the Quran, symbolizing abundant blessings.
373. lām : The Arabic letter ل, used as a symbol in this litany.
374. lām : Here, 'lām' refers to the letter itself, possibly indicating a specific spiritual station.
375. mīm : The Arabic letter م, used as a symbol in this litany.
376. Mīm makhw : The letter Mīm symbolizing effacement or annihilation of the self in divine unity.
377. Mīm maẓhar : The letter Mīm as a manifestation or locus of divine attributes.
378. Mīm malja' : The letter Mīm as a refuge or sanctuary.
379. Mīm maymana : The letter Mīm as blessedness or auspiciousness.
380. Mīm ma'ānī : The letter Mīm as meanings or spiritual realities.
381. Mīm maqām : The letter Mīm as a spiritual station.
382. Mīm manār : The letter Mīm as a lighthouse or beacon.
383. Mīm miṣbāḥ : The letter Mīm as a lamp.
384. Mīm miftāḥ : The letter Mīm as a key.
385. Mīm madīna : The letter Mīm as a city.
386. Mīm mīthāq : The letter Mīm as a covenant.
387. Mīm mawadda : The letter Mīm as affection or love.
388. Mīm munājāt : The letter Mīm as intimate conversation with God.
389. Mīm muḥādatha : The letter Mīm as discourse or conversation.
390. Mīm mukālama : The letter Mīm as speech or dialogue.
391. Mīm manẓar : The letter Mīm as a spectacle or sight.
392. Mīm mushtahā : The letter Mīm as desire or longing.
393. Mīm muntahā : The letter Mīm as the ultimate end or goal.
394. Mīm ma'wā : The letter Mīm as a shelter or refuge.
395. Mīm mathwā : The letter Mīm as an abode or dwelling.
396. Mīm munsha' : The letter Mīm as origin or source.
397. Mīm makāna : The letter Mīm as rank or status.
398. Mīm mawkib : The letter Mīm as a procession.
399. Mīm manṣib : The letter Mīm as a station or position.
400. Mīm mashhad : The letter Mīm as a witnessing or martyrdom.
401. Mīm mazār : The letter Mīm as a place of visitation.
402. Mīm mā' ḥayāt : The letter Mīm as the water of life.
403. Nūn nafḥa : The letter Nūn as a breath or waft.
404. Nūn nasma : The letter Nūn as a breeze or gentle wind.
405. Nūn nisba : The letter Nūn as relationship or attribution.
406. Nūn ni'ma : The letter Nūn as a blessing.
407. Nūn nuṣra : The letter Nūn as victory or help.
408. Nūn naf' : The letter Nūn as benefit or profit.
409. Nūn nūr : The letter Nūn as light.
410. Nūn natīja : The letter Nūn as result or outcome.
411. Nūn nihāya : The letter Nūn as end or termination.
412. Ṣād ṣirāṭ : The letter Ṣād as the path or way.
413. Ṣād ṣalāḥ : The letter Ṣād as righteousness or goodness.
414. Ṣād ṣidq : The letter Ṣād as truthfulness or sincerity.
415. Ṣād ṣila : The letter Ṣād as connection or link.
416. Ṣād ṣalāt : The letter Ṣād as prayer.
417. Ṣād ṣiyām : The letter Ṣād as fasting.
418. Ṣād ṣafwa : The letter Ṣād as purity or choiceness.
419. Ṣād ṣawn : The letter Ṣād as protection or preservation.
420. Ṣakhw : A term meaning 'generosity' or 'munificence'.
421. Ṣadr : Meaning 'chest' or 'foremost', symbolizing leadership.
422. Ṣarkha : Meaning 'cry' or 'call', possibly referring to supplication.
423. Ḍiyāfa : Meaning 'hospitality'.
424. Ḍiyā’ : Meaning 'light' or 'radiance'.
425. Ḍāmin : Meaning 'guarantor' or 'sponsor'.
426. Ḍamīn : Meaning 'surety' or 'pledge'.
427. ‘Afw : Meaning 'pardon' or 'forgiveness'.
428. ‘Ilm : Meaning 'knowledge'.
429. ‘Izz : Meaning 'honor' or 'might'.
430. ‘Aṭā’ : Meaning 'gift' or 'bestowal'.
431. ‘Iṣma : Meaning 'infallibility' or 'protection from sin'.
432. ‘Urwa : Meaning 'handle' or 'support', as in 'the firmest handle'.
433. ‘Azm : Meaning 'determination' or 'resolve'.
434. ‘Adl : Meaning 'justice'.
435. ‘Uqūl : Plural of 'aql, meaning 'intellects'.
436. ‘Unṣur : Meaning 'element' or 'essence'.
437. ‘Ahd : Meaning 'covenant' or 'pledge'.
438. ‘Aqīda : Meaning 'creed' or 'doctrine'.
439. Ghinā : Meaning 'wealth' or 'self-sufficiency'.
440. Ghanīma : Meaning 'spoils' or 'booty'.
441. Ghufrān : Meaning 'forgiveness'.
442. Ghayb : Meaning 'the unseen' or 'the hidden'.
443. Ghidhā’ : Meaning 'nourishment'.
444. Ghawth : Meaning 'succor' or 'help'.
445. Ghayth : Meaning 'rain' or 'mercy'.
446. Ghāya : Meaning 'goal' or 'ultimate aim'.
447. Fatḥ : Meaning 'opening' or 'victory'.
448. Fahm : Meaning 'understanding'.
449. Faṣāḥa : Meaning 'eloquence'.
450. Fiṭra : Meaning 'primordial nature' or 'innate disposition'.
451. Fiṭna : Meaning 'intelligence' or 'discernment'.
452. Falāḥ : Meaning 'success' or 'prosperity'.
453. Faraḥ : Meaning 'joy'.
454. Faḍl : Meaning 'grace' or 'favor'.
455. Fakhr : Meaning 'pride' or 'glory'.
456. Fā’ida : Meaning 'benefit' or 'profit'.
457. Fajr : Meaning 'dawn'.
458. Fawz : Meaning 'triumph' or 'salvation'.
459. Quṭb : Meaning 'pole' or 'axis', a spiritual rank in Sufism.
460. Qurb : Meaning 'nearness' to God.
461. Qaṣd : Meaning 'intention' or 'purpose'.
462. Qanā‘a : Meaning 'contentment'.
463. Qūt : Meaning 'sustenance' or 'nourishment'.
464. Qāf : The Arabic letter Qāf (ق), used here as a mystical symbol representing a divine attribute or station.
465. Lā ilāha illā Allāh : The Islamic declaration of faith: 'There is no god but Allah.'
466. Sīn : The Arabic letter Sīn (س), used here as a mystical symbol.
467. Shīn : The Arabic letter Shīn (ش), used here as a mystical symbol.
468. Hāʼ : The Arabic letter Hāʼ (ه), used here as a mystical symbol.
469. Wāw : The Arabic letter Wāw (و), used here as a mystical symbol.
470. Lām-Alif : The Arabic ligature Lām-Alif (لا), used here as a mystical symbol representing negation and affirmation.
471. Lām alfi Lā : A mystical reference to the letter Lām in the word 'Lā' (no), repeated a thousand times, symbolizing negation of all but God.
472. shafā‘ah kubrā : The greatest intercession, referring to the Prophet Muhammad's intercession on Judgment Day.
473. Lā ilāha illā Allāh : The Islamic declaration of faith: 'There is no god but Allah.'
474. Yā of favor : The letter Yā (ي) symbolizing divine favor or grace.
475. Yā of hand : The letter Yā symbolizing the hand of God's power or generosity.
476. Yā of source : The letter Yā symbolizing a source or spring of divine knowledge.
477. mawāhib ladunniyya : Divine gifts or graces bestowed directly from God without intermediary.
478. fatḥ qarīb : Near victory or opening, a Qur'anic term (Sūrat al-Fatḥ, 48:1) referring to spiritual conquest.
479. alf aqḥuwān : A thousand chamomiles, a flower symbolizing beauty and fragrance in Sufi poetry.
480. jadhaba ṣamadāniyya : Divine attraction, a Sufi term for being drawn to God by His power.
481. alf utrujj : A thousand citrons, a fruit symbolizing spiritual fragrance and purity.
482. nisba rabbāniyya : Lordly relation, a Sufi term for the connection between the seeker and God.
483. bustān al-nawāfiḥ al-qudsiyya : Garden of holy fragrances, a metaphor for spiritual perfumes.
484. bahār al-rawā’iḥ al-dhakiyya : Spring blossoms of fragrant scents, symbolizing spiritual beauty.
485. mashāhid : Witnessing places, Sufi term for spiritual stations or states of witnessing God.
486. banafsaj : Violet, a flower symbolizing humility and spiritual taste.
487. tuffāḥ al-‘ishq : Apple of love, a metaphor for divine love.
488. thamar al-ṣidq : Fruit of truth, symbolizing sincerity and truthfulness.
489. jāwī al-ittiṣāl : Clove of connection, a spice symbolizing spiritual union.
490. ḥabaq al-kamāl : Basil of perfection, a fragrant herb symbolizing spiritual completeness.
491. khayzarān al-jamāl : Bamboo of beauty, symbolizing flexibility and grace.
492. khābūr ṣāliḥ al-a‘māl : Good deeds, a term for righteous actions.
493. darīrat al-‘awāṭir al-dhakiyya : Fragrant musk, a perfume symbolizing spiritual purity.
494. dhafar nawāsim al-wuṣūl wa al-ittiṣāl : Fragrance of the breezes of arrival and connection, Sufi terms for spiritual attainment.
495. rayḥān al-uns wa al-arkān : Basil of intimacy and pillars, symbolizing spiritual comfort and support.
496. ṭīb al-akhlāq al-jamīla : Good and beautiful character, referring to moral excellence.
497. Kāf : The Arabic letter Kāf (ك) is used here as a symbol for the first letter of 'kāfūr' (camphor), representing a spiritual fragrance or attribute.
498. Lām : The Arabic letter Lām (ل) symbolizes the first letter of 'lubāb' (core) or 'līqā' (meeting), indicating a door to spiritual openings.
499. Mīm : The Arabic letter Mīm (م) stands for 'misk' (musk), representing a divine gift or attraction.
500. Nūn : The Arabic letter Nūn (ن) symbolizes 'nadd' (a type of fragrant compound), indicating a compassionate attraction.
501. Nūn : Another Nūn (ن) representing 'nūr' (light), specifically the light of divine love.
502. Nūn : Another Nūn (ن) for 'narjis' (narcissus), symbolizing a merciful fragrance in spiritual gatherings.
503. Ṣād : The Arabic letter Ṣād (ص) stands for 'ṣandal' (sandalwood), representing divine gifts ascending like vapor.
504. Ḍād : The Arabic letter Ḍād (ض) symbolizes 'ḍūmarān' (marjoram), a fragrant herb indicating spiritual fragrance.
505. ʿAyn : The Arabic letter ʿAyn (ع) stands for 'ʿanbar' (ambergris), representing the reviving scent of divine subtleties.
506. Ghayn : The Arabic letter Ghayn (غ) symbolizes 'ghāliya' (a costly perfume), indicating bestowed fragrances.
507. Fāʾ : The Arabic letter Fāʾ (ف) stands for 'fāratu misk' (musk rat), a source of musk, symbolizing divine knowledge.
508. Fāʾ : Another Fāʾ (ف) representing 'qaranful' (clove), symbolizing the secret and speciality of spiritual covenant.
509. Sīn : The Arabic letter Sīn (س) stands for 'sawsan' (lily), representing holy mutual purity.
510. Sīn : Another Sīn (س) for 'sunbul' (hyacinth), symbolizing desirous subtleties that open spiritual pores.
511. Shīn : The Arabic letter Shīn (ش) stands for 'shajaratu Maryam' (the tree of Mary), a fragrant tree stirring spiritual states.
512. Wāw : The Arabic letter Wāw (و) symbolizes 'ward' (rose), representing prophetic beauties.
513. Yāʾ : The Arabic letter Yāʾ (ي) stands for 'yāsamīn' (jasmine), symbolizing divine secrets and support.
514. ʿAyn : The Arabic letter ʿAyn (ع) here stands for 'ʿināya' (care), indicating divine attention to the people of tawḥīd.
515. nukṭat midād : Literally 'ink-drop'; a Sufi term referring to the primordial point of creation, often associated with the Prophet Muhammad as the source of all existence.
516. Ahl La ilaha illa Allah : Literally 'the people of 'There is no god but Allah''; refers to those who sincerely profess the Islamic declaration of faith, often implying the spiritual elite or those who have realized the oneness of God.
517. lā ilāha illā llāh : The Islamic declaration of faith: 'There is no god but Allah.'
518. sirr : Secret; in Sufi terminology, the innermost spiritual reality or mystery.
519. ward : Rose; a symbol of beauty and fragrance in Sufi poetry.
520. jinān : Gardens; often referring to Paradise or spiritual gardens.
521. ṣudūr : Breasts; metaphorically, the innermost hearts or secrets.
522. Kawthar : A river in Paradise; also a symbol of abundant spiritual blessings.
523. Kaaba : The sacred cube-shaped building in Mecca, direction of prayer for Muslims; here used metaphorically as the focal point of longing.
524. Tasnim : A spring in Paradise mentioned in the Quran (83:27), often used symbolically for the highest spiritual drink.
525. jinan : Gardens; also a play on 'jinan' (gardens) and 'jinan' (hearts).
526. nibras jananihim : Lamp of their innermost hearts; 'janan' refers to the hidden heart or core.
527. wahy namusihim : Revelation of their law; 'namus' refers to the divine law or the angelic messenger.
528. ya'sub : Leader, especially of bees; metaphor for the guiding figure.
529. fatiha wirdihim : Opening of their litany; 'wird' is a regular devotional recitation.
530. tawhid : The oneness of God; core Islamic doctrine.
531. tafrid : Singling out; a Sufi term for focusing solely on God.
532. tajrid : Abstraction; a Sufi term for stripping away worldly attachments.
533. murid : Aspirant; a disciple in Sufi path.
534. Zaynabi : Relating to Zaynab; possibly a reference to a beloved or a Sufi figure.
535. Rabab : A type of lute; also a feminine name, possibly a beloved.
536. al-Mustafa : The Chosen One; epithet of Prophet Muhammad.
537. Taha : One of the names of the Prophet Muhammad; also a chapter of the Quran.
538. al-Halabi : The one from Aleppo; likely the poet's name or epithet.
539. talqiyat : Receptions; divine inspirations or teachings received.
540. mi'raj : Ascension; refers to the Prophet's night journey and ascent to heaven.
541. tadliyat : Descents; a Sufi term for divine self-disclosure or descent.
542. ta'ayyunat : Individuations; Sufi term for the manifestations of divine attributes.
543. Quraysh : The dominant tribe in Mecca at the time of the Prophet Muhammad, to which he belonged.
544. Kaaba : The sacred cube-shaped building in Mecca, the holiest site in Islam, towards which Muslims pray.
545. Imam : A leader, especially in prayer; here used as a title of honor for the Prophet Muhammad.
546. Idris : The prophet Enoch in Islamic tradition, known for his wisdom and righteousness.
547. Salih : A prophet sent to the people of Thamud, known for the miracle of the she-camel.
548. Shu'ayb and Hud : Prophets sent to the people of Midian and 'Ad, respectively.
549. the Friend : A reference to the prophet Abraham, known as Khalil Allah (the Friend of God).
550. the sacrificed one : A reference to Ishmael (or Isaac), whom Abraham was commanded to sacrifice.
551. آل : Family or household, often referring to the Prophet's family and descendants.
552. الأولياء : Saints or friends of God, those close to Him through piety.
553. سر الأسرار : Secret of secrets, a Sufi term for the innermost divine mystery.
554. خلوة أنس : Solitude of intimacy, a spiritual retreat for divine communion.
555. ناموس : Law or divine ordinance, also used for the angel of revelation (Jibril).
556. مصب : Outflow or source, where good flows from.
557. darajat tafḍīlihim : The rank or degree of their preference and superiority over others.
558. maẓhar tanzīlihim : The locus or manifestation of their revelation; the place where divine revelation is made manifest through them.
559. fāʾidat taḥṣīlihim : The benefit or profit derived from attaining or acquiring them (spiritually).
560. dīwān tafṣīlihim : The register or collection detailing their attributes and states.
561. tatimmat takmīlihim : The completion or perfection that completes their perfection.
562. ʿibārat tamthīlihim : The expression or phrase that represents or symbolizes them.
563. rukn taqbīlihim : The pillar or foundation of their veneration or kissing (as a sign of respect).
564. bayyinah taʿdīlihim : The clear proof or evidence of their rectification or justice.
565. sharaf uṣūlihim : The honor of their origins or roots.
566. ḥaḍrat wuṣūlihim : The presence or court of their arrival or attainment (to God).
567. ḥiṣn ḥimāyatihim : The fortress of their protection; a stronghold that guards them.
568. kahf riʿāyatihim : The cave or shelter of their care; a refuge of divine guardianship.
569. fātiḥat bidāyatihim : The opening of their beginning; the initiatory aspect of their spiritual path.
570. ghāyat nihāyatihim : The ultimate end or goal of their finality.
571. majmaʿ kamālātihim : The gathering or locus of all their perfections.
572. khātam salālātihim : The seal of their lineages; the final and most perfect of their descendants.
573. tabr maʿādinihim : The ore or pure gold of their mines; the essence extracted from their spiritual sources.
574. bahjat maḥāsinihim : The delight or beauty of their virtues and good qualities.
575. shams maʿārifihim : The sun of their gnoses; the illuminating source of their spiritual knowledge.
576. nūr ʿawārifihim : The light of their spiritual gifts or divine favors.
577. ʿarsh istiwāʾihim : The throne of their establishment; a reference to divine throne (al-ʿarsh) as a symbol of authority and presence.
578. sidrat intihāʾihim : The lote tree of their utmost boundary; referring to the Sidrat al-Muntahā, the tree marking the end of the seventh heaven in the Miʿrāj.
579. khaṭīb manābirihim : The orator or preacher of their pulpits; one who delivers sermons from their elevated platforms.
580. daʿwat akābirihim : The call or invitation of their great ones; the summons of the spiritual elite.
581. muḥyī maʾāthirihim : The reviver of their traces or legacies; one who brings their spiritual heritage back to life.
582. ʿunṣur mafākhirihim : The essence or element of their glories; the core of their boasts.
583. muznat mawāṭirihim : The rain cloud of their downpours; a metaphor for abundant blessings.
584. dīwān jamāhirihim : The register of their multitudes; the collection of their followers or hosts.
585. simṭ jawāhirihim : The string or necklace of their jewels; a strand of precious gems symbolizing their virtues.
586. zīnat maẓāhirihim : The adornment of their manifestations; the beauty of their outward appearances.
587. nūr maḥājirihim : The light of their eyes; illumination that guides and enlightens.
588. ribḥ matājirihim : The profit of their trades; the spiritual gain from their transactions with God.
589. ghāyat bawāhirihim : The ultimate of their splendors; the peak of their brilliance.
590. markaz dawāʾirihim : The center of their circles; the focal point around which their spiritual realms revolve.
591. lubānat ḍamāʾirihim : The core or pith of their consciences; the innermost essence of their hearts.
592. nibrās sarāʾirihim : The lamp or lantern of their secrets; the light that illuminates their hidden mysteries.
593. misk ghadāʾirihim : The musk of their locks; a fragrant scent from their hair, symbolizing spiritual sweetness.
594. ʿarūs ḥaẓāʾirihim : The bride of their gardens; the most beautiful and cherished element of their spiritual meadows.
595. ward kamāʾimihim : The rose of their turbans; a flower adorning their headgear, symbolizing beauty and honor.
596. sirr tamāʾimihim : The secret of their amulets; the hidden power within their protective talismans.
597. asānīd daʿāʾimihim : The chains or supports of their pillars; the foundational links that uphold their spiritual structure.
598. mahabb nasāʾimihim : The breeze of their zephyrs; the gentle wind carrying their spiritual fragrances.
599. ʿimārat tahāʾimihim : The construction of their lowlands; the building up of their humble regions.
600. manbaʿ karāʾimihim : The source of their noble traits; the spring from which their generous qualities flow.
601. ḥadīqat ḥadāʾiqihim : The garden of their gardens; the most excellent and encompassing of their spiritual gardens.
602. ḥaqīqat ḥaqāʾiqihim : The reality of their realities; the ultimate truth underlying all their spiritual truths.
603. basṭ rāḥatihim : The expanse of their comfort; the vastness of their ease and tranquility.
604. maḥall rāḥatihim : The place of their repose; the locus where they find rest.
605. bayān faṣāḥatihim : The clarity of their eloquence; the lucid expression of their articulate speech.
606. maʿdin samāḥatihim : The mine of their generosity; the source from which their magnanimity is extracted.
607. zīnat malāḥatihim : The adornment of their grace; the embellishment of their charm and beauty.
608. rawnaq ṣabāḥatihim : The luster of their beauty; the radiance and freshness of their comeliness.
609. siyāḥatihim : Their spiritual wandering or journeying (siyāḥa) in the path of God.
610. bayt sharaf al-anbiyāʾ al-aʿlā : The house of the highest honor of the prophets; the supreme station of prophethood.
611. Kawthar : The river of abundance in Paradise granted to the Prophet Muhammad.
612. tawḥīd : The oneness of God; the core Islamic doctrine of monotheism.
613. bāb ʿamalihim al-mashkūr : The door of their praiseworthy deeds; the entry point to their commendable actions.
614. Kaʿba : The sacred cube-shaped house of worship in Mecca, the qibla of Muslims.
615. bayt sirrihim al-maʿmūr : The house of their inhabited secret; referring to the celestial Kaaba (al-Bayt al-Maʿmūr) as a symbol of their inner mystery.
616. rukn yamānihim al-mazūr : The Yemeni corner of their visited [shrine]; the corner of the Kaaba associated with Yemen, visited by pilgrims.
617. sulṭān jayshihim al-manṣūr : The sultan of their victorious army; the sovereign leader of their triumphant spiritual forces.
618. layth katāʾibihim al-haṣūr : The lion of their crushing battalions; the fierce and overpowering champion of their troops.
619. fātiḥat kitābihim al-masṭūr : The opening of their inscribed book; the first chapter of their written record.
620. ʿamūd sharafihim al-madhkūr : The pillar of their mentioned honor; the support of their renowned glory.
621. qismat ḥaẓẓihim al-mawfūr : The portion of their abundant lot; the share of their plentiful fortune.
622. liwāʾ ʿizzihim al-manshūr : The banner of their spread glory; the flag of their widespread honor.
623. yanbūʿ ʿilmihim al-mashhūr : The spring of their renowned knowledge; the source of their famous wisdom.
624. baḥr sirrihim al-masjūr : The sea of their blazing secret; the ocean of their intense hidden mystery.
625. ṭirz ḥulalihim al-badīʿ : The embroidery of their wondrous garments; the intricate pattern of their marvelous robes.
626. bayt majdihim al-rafīʿ : The house of their exalted glory; the abode of their lofty majesty.
627. sūr ḥiṣnihim al-manīʿ : The wall of their impregnable fortress; the rampart of their invincible stronghold.
628. duʿāʾ ijābatihim al-sarīʿ : The prayer of their swift response; the supplication that is quickly answered.
629. nūr burhānihim al-almaʿ : The light of their most brilliant proof; the illumination of their clearest evidence.
630. ṭarīq sharīʿatihim al-aṣnaʿ : The path of their most artful sharia; the way of their most skillfully crafted divine law.
631. tiryāq dawāʾirihim al-anfaʿ : The antidote of their most beneficial remedies; the cure for their most effective treatments.
632. waẓīfat dhikrihim al-arfaʿ : The office of their most exalted dhikr; the function of their highest remembrance of God.
633. ṣabāḥ yawmihim al-azhar : The morning of their most radiant day; the dawn of their brightest day.
634. ghuṣn dawḥatihim al-anḍar : The branch of their most flourishing tree; the limb of their most verdant tree.
635. maḥaṭṭ riḥālihim al-ashhar : The resting place of their most famous mounts; the halting spot of their renowned riding animals.
636. kanz sirrihim al-abhar : The treasure of their most dazzling secret; the hidden wealth of their most brilliant mystery.
637. misk juyūbihim al-adhfar : The musk of their most fragrant collars; the scent from their most aromatic necklines.
638. zahr riyāḍihim al-aʿṭar : The flower of their most fragrant gardens; the blossom of their most perfumed meadows.
639. nukhbat nasabihim al-afkhar : The choicest of their most proud lineage; the elite selection of their most noble descent.
640. fayḍ nawālihim al-aghzar : The flood of their most abundant bounty; the overflowing of their most plentiful giving.
641. muqaddam jayshihim al-agharr : The vanguard of their most illustrious army; the foremost of their most noble troops.
642. ʿalam katībatihim al-akhḍar : The standard of their green battalion; the banner of their verdant company, symbolizing life and victory.
643. quṭb : Pole or axis; in Sufism, the highest spiritual authority of the age.
644. mīm : The Arabic letter M; here symbolically referring to the Prophet Muhammad (the letter mīm is the first letter of his name).
645. Aḥmad : Another name of the Prophet Muhammad, meaning 'most praiseworthy'.
646. al-kawnayn : The two worlds: this world and the Hereafter.
647. al-thaqalayn : The two weighty ones: humans and jinn.
648. al-shuhūd al-aḥmadī : The Ahmadine witnessing; a Sufi term for the spiritual vision of the Prophet's reality.
649. al-barzakh : Isthmus; in Sufism, the intermediate realm or the perfect human who unites all realities.
650. al-insān al-kāmil : The Perfect Human; the highest spiritual station, embodied by the Prophet Muhammad.
651. awtād : Pegs; a rank of saints who are the spiritual supports of the world.
652. abdāl : Substitutes; a rank of saints who replace one another.
653. al-ʿulūm al-ladunniyya : Divine knowledge; knowledge granted directly by God without intermediary.
654. al-ʿirfān : Gnosis; direct experiential knowledge of God.
655. ṣidq al-yaqīn : Truth of certainty; the highest level of certainty in Sufism.
656. al-mulk wa al-malakūt : The kingdom and the dominion; the visible and invisible realms.
657. Qur'an 58:22 : Reference to the Quranic verse: 'Those are the party of Allah. Indeed, the party of Allah are the successful.'
658. tajalliyāt jamāliyya : Beautiful manifestations; divine self-disclosures of beauty and gentleness.
659. talaqqiyāt jalāliyya : Majestic receptions; spiritual states of awe and majesty received from God.
660. maʿārif : Gnoses; direct spiritual knowledge of divine realities.
661. ʿawārif : Spiritual knowledges; intuitive insights granted by God.
662. tawḥīd : The declaration of God's oneness; the core Islamic belief in the unity of God.
663. ʿārifīn : Gnostics; those who possess direct experiential knowledge of God.