The knower of God [1] is the one who sees the Real [2] in everything, and sees everything…

The knower of God [1] is the one who sees the Real [2] in everything, and sees everything through the Real [2].

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. And may Allah bless our master and lord Muhammad, and his family and companions, and grant them abundant peace. Upon him and his family be the purest peace, and upon his companions, as long as the caravan follows the domes. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad, and to the family of our master Muhammad, the eye of life, the spirit of essences, the beacon of guides, the master of masters, the source of subtleties and good words, the key to the treasuries of gifts and the divine (ladunni) sciences, Ta Ha (Ṭāhā), pure in origin and lineage, and Ya Sin (Yā Sīn), great in rank and descent, and Ta Sin (Ṭā Sīn), the opener of pre-eternity, the first in primacies, and Ta Sin Mim (Ṭā Sīn Mīm), the book of the secret of divinity (Lāhūtiyyah), encompassing the meanings of names and attributes, and Kaf Ha Ya ‘Ayn Sad (Kāf Hā Yā ‘Ayn Ṣād), the witnessing place of secrets and individuations, and Ha Mim (Ḥā Mīm), the love of the seal of prophecies and messages, and the Nun (Nūn), the manifestation of noble traits and miracles, and Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, upon whom was revealed in the Book guidance, light, and clear proofs, he who, without whom, difficulties would not have been clarified, nor would the kinds of illusions and imaginations have been elevated, nor would the brightest issues have been known, nor would the knots of intricate matters have been unraveled, nor would the mirror of insights have been polished, nor would the forms of love have been imprinted in the unseen of identities (huwiyyāt), nor would the premises of the sciences of distinction have been sound, nor would the forms of adornments and purifications have resulted, nor would the suns of knowledge have shone upon hearts, nor would the hidden secrets have been unveiled, nor would the elusive sciences have been captured, nor would the eyes of thoughts have plunged into their rational and transmitted meanings, nor would the gardens of gifts have ripened, nor would a seeker have plucked the beautiful, lofty flowers thereof, nor would the limbs have been purified from the impurities of desires, nor would intentions have been sincere, nor would inner thoughts have been righteous, nor would anyone have tasted the sweetness of faith, nor would the garments of perfections of excellence (iḥsāniyyāt) have been donned upon him. {He it is Who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth, to make it prevail over all religions. And sufficient is Allah as a Witness. Allah—there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining.} (1) {He has sent down upon you the Book in truth, confirming what was before it. And He sent down the Torah and the Gospel before, as guidance for the people, and He sent down the Criterion. Indeed, those who disbelieve in the verses of Allah will have a severe punishment, and Allah is Exalted in Might, Possessor of Retribution. Indeed, Allah—nothing is hidden from Him in the earth nor in the heaven. He it is Who forms you in the wombs as He wills. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise. He it is Who has sent down to you the Book; from it are verses precise—they are the foundation of the Book—and others are ambiguous.} So bless him, O Allah, and his family, the luminous stars, and his companions, those of pure bodies and enlightened insights, a blessing by which You raise for us ranks, and by which You lead us along the paths of salvation, and by which You have mercy upon us through its blessing in life and after death, by Your favor 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 sufficient one of sufficiency and perfections, the treasure of eternal and everlasting gifts, the spirit of corporeal and spiritual forms, the center of the circles of the higher and lower realms, the master of the two worlds and the two weighty ones (humans and jinn) and all other created beings, the possessor of the means (al-wasīlah), excellence, and the praiseworthy station in the gardens of Paradise (Firdaws), the manifestation of radiant lights and shining acts of piety, Ta Ha (Ṭāhā), the one who partakes of the fruits of contemplations, the one who draws from the drink of holy secrets, and Ya Sin (Yā Sīn), the one immersed in the seas of divinely bestowed remembrances, the one absent in the presence of divine (Lāhūtiyyah) lights, he who, without him, no lover would attain the rank of special intimacy, nor ascend to the stations of chosenness, nor would an enraptured one cast off restraint, nor inhale the fragrant breezes of lordly scents, nor would a lover be lost in the beauty of his Muhammadan essence, nor tremble with joy upon hearing the melodies of the unseen (ghātiyyāt), nor would an attainer revel on the carpet of might, nor divulge his hidden secrets, nor would the cups of love circulate among the drinking companions, nor would the brides of eternity sing his name in their resplendent palaces, nor would souls yearn for the meeting, nor would the nightingales of lovers warble in the gardens of his passionate longings, (2) nor would the veils and canopies be rent for the people of lordly care, nor would their souls gather in the fields of the Throne-enclosures, nor would a spiritual one sit upon the throne of vicegerency, nor would the luminous beings greet him with the best of greetings. {He it is Who has sent among the unlettered a Messenger from among them, reciting to them His verses, purifying them, and teaching them the Book and wisdom, although they were before in manifest error. And [also] to others among them who have not yet joined them. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.} (3) {That is the bounty of Allah, which He gives to whom He wills. And Allah is the Possessor of great bounty.} (4) So bless him, O Allah, and his family, the elements of honor and immense glory, and his companions, those who walk upon the clearest paths and the straight path, a blessing by which You seat us upon the throne of sovereignty and honor, and by which You clothe us with the garments of the people of perfection and abundant virtue, by Your favor 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 Ha (Ḥā) of mercies, the Mim (Mīm) of perfections, the Dal (Dāl) of ranks, the Sin (Sīn) of felicities, the Ha (Hā) of guidances, the ‘Ayn (ʿAyn) of attentions, the Waw (Wāw) of sanctities, the full moon of prophecies and messages, whose light shines upon the carpet of magnificence and glories, he who, without him, Adam would not have been singled out for chosenness, vicegerency, and the reception of words, nor would Noah have been singled out for victory, deliverance from delusion, and the relief of hardships and crises, nor would Abraham have been singled out for intimate friendship, the granting of proof, and the answering of prayers, nor would Moses have been singled out for selection, direct speech, and the purity of intimate conversation, nor would Jesus have been singled out for support with the Holy Spirit, the granting of clear signs, and the reviving of the dead. {Those messengers—We favored some of them over others. Among them were those to whom Allah spoke, and He raised some of them in degrees.} So bless, O Allah, this noble prophet and all his brothers among the prophets and messengers, who have ascended to the most honorable and lofty stations, supported by infallibility and honored with the revealed heavenly books, and his family, the radiant righteous ones, and his companions, the luminous stars, (3) a blessing by which You include us in the ranks of the righteous among Your male and female servants, and by which You honor us with the honors of the truthful among Your male and female servants, by Your favor 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 lofty one of stations, the clear one of signs, the effuser of honors, Ta Ha (Ṭāhā), the sun of prophecies and messages, Ya Sin (Yā Sīn), the gatherer of scattered beauties and perfections, Ta Sin (Ṭā Sīn), the one whose lights of proofs and evidences shine, Ta Sin Mim (Ṭā Sīn Mīm), the source of gnostic allusions and holy foundations, Kaf Ha Ya ‘Ayn Sad (Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Ṣād), the perfect one in attributes,

of the beauties and the attributes of majesty, and the overflowing love ¹ extended its supply with the lights of theophanies ² and the secrets of receptivities ³, without which no saintly basil would have bloomed in the garden of existence, nor would the spiritual souls have circumambulated his Kaaba ⁴, nor would a pure aspiration have ascended to the lote tree of the utmost sciences ⁵, nor would he have heard the chanting of the glorifiers in the pavilions of the divine enclosures ⁶, nor would the Meccan illuminations ⁷ have appeared, nor would the glad tidings of the Medinan lights ⁸ have shone, nor would the veiled secrets have unveiled their covers to the masters of states ⁹ and the brides of seclusions ¹⁰, nor would the trains of its beauty have flowed from the desert, nor would the firm mountains of hearts have been stirred by the breeze of its fragrance, nor would the swords of its glances have been drawn for battle, nor would the birds of those of high stations have been caught in its snares, nor would the law of the secret ¹¹ have recited the tales of passion, and the witnesses of tears would express its Jacob-like sorrows ¹², nor would a lover have been enamored with the love of al-Baqi' ¹³ and Quba' ¹⁴, nor would he have spent the night conversing with the shining stars, nor would a panegyrist have interceded through the jewels of speech, nor would he have sought mediation through the subtle verses, both sensory and spiritual. So bless him, O Allah, and his family, possessors of pleasing characters and approved states, and his Companions, possessors of essential qualities and purified hearts, a blessing by which our insights are illumined, the mirror of thirsty hearts is polished, the secrets are revealed, the rewards are multiplied ¹⁵, the sins are forgiven, the inward and outward are rectified, and the hard hearts are softened, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O one who goes towards the Beloved, perhaps you * will convey the greeting when you arrive there * And perhaps you will mention someone like me in his presence * For it is the cure for our ailment and for yours * And say: Peace be upon you, O best of creation, from a longing one who loves you endlessly * You are the world; without you, youth would not delight * No, nor would guidance be known without you * Without you, Adam's slip would not have been forgiven * When he sought refuge in your sanctuary at that time * Without you, Jonah would not have been raised in rank * When he was saved from his whale through your guidance * Without you, the son of Imran ¹⁶ would not have ascended * To the discourse and attained from your intimate conversation * If Adam was a chosen one from His creation * He chose you out of love and guided you * Or if Noah was saved by an ark * You were saved from the enemies in the cave * Or if Abraham was given intimacy ¹⁷ * Allah chose you when He called you * Or if Ishmael was given a ransom * From his Lord, just as He ransomed him, so you are ransomed * Or if Moses was a confidant of God * On the night of the Ascension ¹⁸ you conversed with Him * Or if Jesus attained a rank from Him * He gave you from His comprehensive eye ¹⁹ * You attained through the Ascension every virtue * And you saw the Almighty of heaven behind you * So upon you, O best of mankind, be a greeting * That comes to you with acceptance from your Lord ²⁰. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful And may Allah bless our Master and Lord Muhammad, his family, and his Companions, and grant them peace abundantly. Ta Ha ²¹ Kaf Ha Ya 'Ayn Sad ²² Ha Mim ²³ 'Ayn Sin Qaf ²⁴ Ta Sin ²⁵ Ya Sin ²⁶ Fa Ya Ta Jim Fa Kha Mim Ta ²⁷ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Lord Muhammad and to the family of our Master Muhammad: Ba of the splendor of sovereignty and dominion, and Sin of the radiance of mercy and omnipotence. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Lord Muhammad and to the family of our Master Muhammad: Mim of the niche of lights and gnoses, and Alif of the divine openings and gifts. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Lord Muhammad and to the family of our Master Muhammad: Lam of the core of exquisite meanings and subtleties, and Ha of the aspiration of the possessors of special invocations and litanies. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Lord Muhammad and to the family of our Master Muhammad: Alif of the precious gifts and unique pearls, and Lam of the luminous heralds and benefits. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Lord Muhammad and to the family of our Master Muhammad: Ra of the comfort of the yearning ones and the attractions, and Ha of the wisdom of the masters of manifest miracles and virtues. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Lord Muhammad and to the family of our Master Muhammad: Mim of the manifestation of descents and gifts, and Nun of the rare and wondrous sciences. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Lord Muhammad: Alif of the greatest and most magnificent Name, and Lam of the banner of perfect and most glorious praise. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Lord Muhammad: Ra of the mantle of protection marked, and Ha of the presence of secrets, the most generous beloved. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Lord Muhammad: Ya of auspiciousness and blessings, and Mim of the kingdom guiding to the paths of salvation. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Lord Muhammad: Waw of the means of the near ones, and Sad of the path of the pious. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Lord Muhammad: Lam of the desire of the seekers, and Alif of the intimacy of the righteous ascetics. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Lord Muhammad: Lam of the glance of the vigilant, and Ha of the ecstasy of the loving and passionate. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Lord Muhammad: 'Ayn of the care of the perfect ones, and Lam of the comprehensive knowledge of the acting scholars. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Lord Muhammad: Sin of the mark of the attainers, and Ya of the goal of the discerning gnostics. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Lord Muhammad: Dal of the guide of the perplexed, and Nur of the sight of the successful and rightly guided ones ²⁸. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Lord Muhammad: Mim of the substance of the eternal supports, and Ha of the state of the possessors of lordly states, and Mim of the sources of the people of pure doctrines, and Dal of the degree of might and lofty honor. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Lord Muhammad: Waw of the intermediary

People of the high stations and the incisive point of the merciful inspirations ²⁹. 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 heavenly sciences and the Hā' of the guidance of those with fulfilling covenants. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Wāw of the sainthood of those with merciful character and the Ṣād of the form of luminous realities. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Ḥā' of the enclosure of spiritual souls and the Bā' of the glad tidings of gnostic gifts. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Hā' of the halo of the full moons of the kingdom and the Wāw of the dignity of prophetic beauties. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Sīn of the secret of the sovereign kingdom and the Lām of the flashes of the miraculous signs of the Criterion ³⁰. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Mīm of the tables of abundant blessings and the Tā' of the antidote of healing verses. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Sīn of the brilliance of the chosen stations and the Lām of the brick of majestic perfections. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Yā' of the leader of Adamic souls and the Mīm of the mirrors and essential attributes. So bless him, O Allah, and his family, those of pleasing states, and his Companions, those of magnificent virtues and high stations, a blessing that clothes us with the garments of pardon and well-being, and makes us among the people of noble covenants and fulfilling pledges, 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 Mīm of the rising place of the lights of faith, the Ḥā' of the robe of Yemeni glory, the Mīm of the mine of growing virtues, the Dāl of the continuous rain of generous bounty, the Ṭā' of the Mount of the manifestations of beneficence ³¹, and the Hā' of the form of individual secrets. {Ṭā Hā ³². We have not sent down the Quran upon you to cause you distress, but only as a reminder for those who fear [Allah]—a revelation from He who created the earth and the high heavens, the Most Merciful, [who] established Himself above the Throne. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth and whatever is between them and whatever is beneath the soil. And if you speak aloud—then indeed, He knows the secret and what is [even] more hidden. Allah—there is no deity except Him. To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names.} O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad, the Kāf of the sufficiency of the Helper with the truth, the Hā' of the guidance of the one sent as a mercy to creation, the Yā' of the blessing that wins the race, the 'Ayn of the care that proclaims the word of truth, the Ṣād of the righteousness that protects whoever seeks refuge in his presence from destruction and ruin, and Your friend who saves his community from being swallowed up and drowned, and who leads them along the paths of ease and gentleness. So bless him, O Allah, and his family, a blessing that grants us the sweetness of passionate love and taste, and carries us with the burdens of love and longing, 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 Ṭā' of the rising of auspicious fortune, the Hā' of the temple of the guarded secret, the Yā' of the fountain of all kinds of arts, the Sīn of joy and delight and the delight of the eyes, and the secret of the division. {Nūn ³³. By the pen and what they inscribe.} O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the Kāf of perfection, the Hā' of the aspiration of the people of intimacy and boldness, the Yā' of the hand of abundant grace, generosity and gifts, the 'Ayn of the very essence of proximity and union, the Ṣād of the elite of the elect crowned with the crown of majesty and beauty, the Ḥā' of the life of the hearts of the poles and substitutes ³⁴, the Mīm of the ultimate goal of the gnostics and the resting place of travelers, the 'Ayn of the care of the variegated ones and the gnosis of the masters of stations and states, the Sīn of the sword of truth that erases the traces of disbelief and misguidance with the light of His law, and the Qāf of the sustenance of the solitary wayfarers and the closeness of the people of generosity and favor. So bless him, O Allah, and his family, who are the best progeny and the noblest family, and his Companions, the stars of guidance and the good deeds of days and nights, a blessing by which You rectify our words and deeds, and grant us success in sincerity of intention and righteous actions, and inspire us with our saving argument on the Day of Presentation and Questioning, and make us among the secure and tranquil at the accumulation of earthquakes and terrors, O Allah, O Forbearing, O High, O Great, O Magnificent, O Originator of the heavens and the earth, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, O He to whom is the refuge in the present state and the final outcome, 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 Mīm of the outpouring of merciful mercy, the Ḥā' of the ornament of luminous bodies, the Mīm of the manifestation of the manifestations of beneficence, and the Dāl of the indication of gnostic allusions. So bless him, O Allah, and his family, a blessing that draws us to his sublime presence, and brings us to his delightful watering places, and causes us to disappear in the light of his Aḥmadī countenance, 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 Fā' of the discernment of heedless hearts, the Qāf of the heart of the Furqān ³⁵ chapters, the Jīm of the majesty of the Mawlawī ³⁶ message, the Mīm of the desire of pure souls, the Ḥā' of the robe of sufficient honor, the Mīm of the ascension of lofty souls, and the Tā' of the infallible support in secret and public. So bless him, O Allah, and his family, a blessing by which You rectify for us intention and innermost thoughts, and protect us from every trial and calamity, 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 Kāf of the throne of the verses of great worth, the Hā' of the matter of existents of lofty pride, the Bā' of the certainty of the people of struggle and patience, the 'Ayn of the throne of openings of broad heart, the Ṣād of the attributes of perfections of brilliant dawn, the Ḥā' of the enclosure of the names of the named of fragrant scent, the Mīm of the procession of the people of care of good remembrance, the 'Ayn of the gnostic gifts of the masters of miracles of swift victory, the Sīn of the lote tree of the utmost limit of divine sciences of great import, and the Qāf of the pen of the wills of abundant reward and recompense.

Section: O Allah, bless him and his family, the adornment of the age, and his companions who pledged allegiance to him for victory and activity in hardship and ease, a blessing by which we benefit in secret and in public, and by which we become among those adorned with the sash of praise and gratitude, and by which we are given from abundant favor what is beyond limit and enumeration, by Your grace and generosity, O Allah, O Wise, O All-Knowing, O Exalted, O Magnificent, O He to Whom belongs creation and command, 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: Kaf ³⁷ the treasure of sciences and jewels of wisdom, Ha ³⁸ the summit of high glory, status, and aspirations, Ya ³⁹ of blessedness, pure beginning and end, 'Ayn ⁴⁰ of honor fulfilling covenants and pledges, Sad ⁴¹ of preserving precious things, singled out for complete care in ancient times, Ha ⁴² of the fortress of security, great in rank and sanctity, Mim ⁴³ of gifts of grace, vast in generosity and nobility, 'Ayn ⁴⁴ of giving and bestowal, abundant in virtue and blessings, Sin ⁴⁵ of happiness and joy, intercessor for all nations, Qaf ⁴⁶ of the model of eminent beings, pure in character and traits, Ya ⁴⁷ of the ultimate secret and blessedness, healing hearts from the disease of ignorance and sickness, Sin ⁴⁸ of the glorious and beautiful praises, illuminated by his light in the depths of darkness, and the best of Allah's honored servants, obedient attendants, and Allah's grace upon His creation, without whom the world would not have emerged from non-existence. May Allah bless you and your family, O Muhammad, O best of the two groups of Arabs and non-Arabs. May Allah bless you and your family, O you whose meaning and form were perfected, then the Creator of souls chose you as a beloved. May Allah bless you and your family, O house of most glorious honor, O you who surpassed the prophets in creation and character, and none approached you in knowledge or generosity. May Allah bless you and your family, O unique pole of sovereignty, O you whom all prophets and messengers preceded as a served one precedes servants. May Allah bless you and your family, O most fortunate crown of prophethood, O you who traveled by night from one sanctuary to another, as the full moon travels in the darkness of the night. May Allah bless you and your family, O ascending star of light, O you who spent the night ascending stations of proximity until you attained a station of two bow-lengths ⁴⁹ that was neither reached nor aimed for. May Allah bless you and your family, O bride of the most victorious presence, O you who spent the night traversing the seven heavens in a procession in which you were the standard-bearer. May Allah bless you and your family, O most guiding banner of guidance, O you who lowered every station by comparison when you were called with elevation like a proper noun. May Allah bless you and your family, O master of red and black, O you who attained every glory without sharing and passed every station without crowding. May Allah bless you and your family, O Sad ⁵⁰ of the saying and promise, O you than whom none is more pious in word or in yes. May Allah bless you and your family, O bearer of the banner of praise, O best of those whose intercession is hoped for every terrifying ordeal. May Allah bless you and your family, O mine of contentment and asceticism, O you whom the lofty mountains of gold tempted away from himself, but he showed them what disdain! May Allah bless you and your family, O ultimate goal and aim, O you since my thoughts committed to praising you, I found you the best guarantor of my sincerity. May Allah bless you and your family, O vast in giving and bounty, O you who refrains from disappointing the hopeful of his generosities or returning the neighbor without honor. May Allah bless you and your family, O most faithful to pledge and covenant, O you to whom I have a bond through being named Muhammad, and indeed he is the most faithful of creation to covenants. May Allah bless you and your family, O radiant of forehead and cheek, O you who are free from any partner in your beauties, for the jewel of beauty in you is undivided. May Allah bless you and your family, O adornment of form and stature, as long as the east wind sways the tender branches of the willow and the camel driver delights the camels with melodies. May Allah bless you and your family, O my beloved, O Muhammad, and may Allah be pleased with Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, and 'Ali, possessors of glory and generosity, and with the Followers and those who follow them in goodness until the Day of Judgment in the abode of honor and bliss. Peace be upon the messengers, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, I ask You, O my Lord, by the Alif of Your divinity, the Ba of the splendor of Your face, the Ta of Your oneness, the Tha of Your reward, the Jim of Your beauty, the Ha of Your forbearance, the Kha of the treasures of Your kingdom, the Dhal of Your eternity, the Dhal of Your remembrance, the Ra of Your compassion, the Zay of Your might, the Ta of Your purity, the Dha of Your manifestation, the Kaf of Your sufficiency, the Lam of Your gentleness, the Mim of Your dominion, the Nun of Your light, the Sad of Your path, the Dad of Your radiance, the 'Ayn of Your pardon, the Ghayn of Your forgiveness, the Fa of Your criterion, the Qaf of Your power, the Sin of Your secret, the Shin of Your affair, the Ha of Your guidance, the Waw of Your love, the Lam-Alif of Your prohibition, the Hamza of Your command, and the Ya of Your blessedness; and by the sanctity of what these letters contain of the meanings of Your Book and the indication of Your address; and by the sanctity of him in whom You deposited the secret of their secrets and made the suns of their lights shine within his inward, our master and lord Muhammad, the bride of Your prophetic presence and the lamp of Your angelic kingdom; and by the right of what You revealed to him of clear signs and the wise Remembrance; and by the light of Your noble face; and by the majesty of Your ancient might; and by the permanence of Your strong kingdom and Your immense favor: that You bless him and his family with the best blessing and purest peace, and that You grant me, O Allah, a secret from the secrets of these letters which are from the overflow of Your great light and the gifts of Your encompassing secret; and that You open for me a treasure from the treasures of their knowledge, and direct my intellect in the meanings of their understanding, and expand my breast with their lights, and secure my back with their blessing, and purify my spread with their gnosis, and elevate my thought with their secrets, and mend my break with their grace, and raise my mention with their perfection, and increase my reward with their care, and illuminate my grave with their radiance, and prolong my life in righteous deeds through their rank. Grant me, O Allah, good opinion of You with protection, truthful speech with piety, fulfillment of covenants with trustworthiness. Repel from me the accidents of deficiency, save me from the snares of Satan, fill my heart with the light of guidance and faith, and make me firm with the firm word in the life of this world and in the Hereafter, for You are the Compassionate, the Beneficent, the Merciful, the All-Merciful. And gather me with those upon whom You have bestowed favor: the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous.

Paradises of gardens, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Generous of the generous, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. My soul be your ransom, O most precious of souls * O my ornament, O my ornament, O my garment I witnessed You, my spirit, in all my witnessing * with elevation, might, and sanctity And when I mention the discourse of Your union, which in * my ancient heart, my breathing becomes fragrant from it O how often You made me desolate, then You came to me * my heart becomes glad with joy and intimacy O gazelle of Paradise, O one who has perfumed * the breaths of her holy witness my assembly How many a youth have You infatuated with You, enamored * clothed in garments of various kinds of longing From the fragrance of Your remembrance, which is the best of wine * it becomes clear and subtle whenever one drinks it By God, if you desire visitation, then wait for * that beauty, fearing the spy And if you come to us at night as a joy * do not fear the gaze of the stars that hide ¹³ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the white blaze of Your glory that shines forth, the flash of Your lightning that gleams, the sword of Your victory that cuts, the light of Your proof that radiates, the eye of Your abundant grace, the secret of Your penetrating wisdom, the sun of Your guidance that rises, the tongue of Your conclusive argument, the tender shoot of Your divine tree, the bride of Your eternal kingdom, the embroidery of Your merciful robe, the imam of Your luminous presence, the lofty mountain of Your forbearance, the firmly planted foot of Your might, the essence of Your sublime glory, the supporter of Your abrogating law, the overflowing sea of Your generosity, the high branch of Your tree, the pouring rain of Your bounty, the flowing flood of Your goodness, the pupil of the eye of Your servants, the point of the secret of Your supply, the model of Your lovers, the elite of the elite of Your unique ones, the central pearl of the necklace of Your prophets, the watering-place of Your chosen ones, the pole of the circle of Your saints, the quintessence of the treasure of Your alchemy, the source of the secret of Your sciences, the lamp of the lights of Your understandings, the halo of the full moon of Your stars, the reviver of the traces of Your customs, the niche of the lamp of Your lights, the result of the subtle graces of Your remembrances, the treasury of the gifts of Your secrets, the sun of the horizons of Your regions, the orator of the witnessing of Your presence, the locus of the positions of Your regard, the necklace of the jewels of Your wisdom, the hand of Your abundant favors, the sphere of the moon of Your self-manifestations, the manifestation of the secrets of Your inspirations, the breeze of the garden of Your breaths, the rain cloud of the clouds of Your mercies. Chapter: O Allah, bless him and his family, the manifestations of Your miracles and signs, and his companions, the springs of the secrets of Your sciences and Your revelations, a blessing by which we may perceive the fragrance of Your good pleasure and Your greetings, and by which we may kindle the lights of Your gifts and Your miracles, 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 pole of majesty before whose white blaze the Throne-like spirits prostrated ¹⁴, the crown of the message from whose sea of generosity the people of the secret and speciality drew, the book of realities from which the themes of the sciences of Sufism are taken, the fountain of subtleties from which the delicate gnostic gifts are derived, the tongue of truth whose message was supported by definitive proofs, the element of truth whose trustworthiness was attested by the results of rational and transmitted evidences, the master of the humble who stood before You with sincere obedience and perfect servitude, the imam of the brought near who acknowledged to You the greatness of divinity and the right of lordship, the gathering place of the realities of gnosis from which the springs of merciful gifts gushed forth, the lamp of the lights of gnostic sciences by whose mention the people of the celestial enclosures were honored, the core of the secret whose reality the companions of the divine presence failed to grasp, the great in rank whom the masters of unseen allusions refrained from expressing the secrets of his Muhammadan meanings, the quintessence of eloquence by whose noble name the scrolls of scientific books were adorned, the delight of the eyes by whose prophetic light the assemblies of holy presences rejoiced, the lofty station towards whose noble abodes the thoughts of pure hearts yearn, the musk of the seal at whose breezes the fragrant Muhammadan scents are inhaled, the lamp of darkness by whose name the treasuries of the Jabarutic ⁵¹ secrets are opened, the descendant of the noble ones around whose Kaaba ⁵² the worlds of spiritual spirits circumambulate. So bless him, O Allah, and his family, by whose secret of care the distant states are attracted, and his companions, by whose righteous supplications the proud souls are led, a blessing by which You honor us among the other tribes and assemblies, and by which we bow from the overflowing abundance of his generous comfort, and grant abundant and exalted peace. And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the adornment of adornments, at whose Muhammadan beauty the intellects of the higher and lower worlds are bewildered ¹⁵, the light of

The blackness of the eye ⁵³ that has taken possession of the hearts' core with his Ahmadine ⁵⁴ beauties, leaving no trace for others; the beacon of the guides, at the sight of whose noble landmarks the rising places of clear lights shine forth; the pride of the celestial beings ⁵⁵, at the manifestation of whose lofty stations the clouds of hidden secrets pour down rain; the exemplar of wayfarers, by the secret of whose beauty-bestowing glance the blemishes of human foolishness vanish; the desire of ascetics, by the virtue of whose perfect conduct the states of the human creation are rectified; the garden of radiant beauty, from whose most holy fragrance the breezes of prophetic breaths blow; the branch of flourishing perfection, from whose most precious fruits of gnosis the fruits of sublime gifts are plucked; the Prophet of Mercy, by whose chosen mission the traces of the sunni ⁵⁶ paths were revived; the Patron of Grace, by whose Mawlawi ⁵⁷ affiliation the stations of those with praiseworthy morals were raised; the moon of theophanies, whose beauty puts to shame the light of processions, the sun of forenoon and the proofs of good deeds ⁵⁸, by whose delightful praises the tongues of lovers are adorned with jewels; the manifestation of lights, before whose beauty's countenance the worlds of malakut ⁵⁹ persons were dazzled; the revealer of secrets, by whose perfect resolve the thoughts of illusory ideas were repelled; the bride of Paradise, upon whom were bestowed, on the carpet of proximity, the garments of ladunni ⁶⁰ sciences; the desire of souls, from whose luminous grasp the manifestations of eternal witnessed realities shone forth. So bless him, O Allah, and his family through the goodness of the prophetic lineage, and his Companions, the ministers of the chosen state, with a blessing that raises us thereby to the highest lofty stations, and suffices us thereby against the evil of calamities and obstacles, worldly and religious, 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 patron Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the pearl of shells and the master of nobles ⁶¹, the full moon of perfect attributes, gentle in disposition, vast in embrace, the exemplar of the people of asceticism and chastity, pure of character, noble of ancestry, the imam who upholds justice and equity, the means of divine graces, and Your beloved whom You praised in Surat al-A'raf ⁶², and whose pure lineage You chose from the nobles of the sons of Qusayy and Abd Manaf. So bless him, O Allah, and his family, chosen from the loins of nobility, and his Companions, preserved from the accidents of deviation and discord, with a blessing that forgives us thereby the great sins and excesses we have borne, and interposes thereby between us and everything that leads us to the path of crookedness and deviation, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, make his most holy essence the secret of my reality, his most precious light the origin of my creation, and his most noble love my creed and my path; accept his intercession for me, my family, and my loved ones; and have mercy on me through blessing him, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O mine of secrets, O treasure of wealth, O illuminator of lights for the discerning, O opener of the great affair and seal of wondrous creation, a point not understood, O gatherer of the scattered whole, whose manifestation is order, and before whose existence nothing was arranged, O spirit of the highest spheres and their full moon, and mover of the distant, greatest orb, May Allah bless you, O whose light is like the sun, clearing every dark night. O Allah, bless our master Muhammad, the Ha ⁶³ of mercy, the Mim of dominion, and the Dal of eternity, the perfect master, the opener, the seal, to the number of all that in Your knowledge exists or has existed, whenever those who remember remember You and him, and whenever those who forget forget Your remembrance and his, with a blessing perpetual by Your perpetuity, enduring by Your endurance, having no end short of Your knowledge; indeed, You are over all things competent. O Allah, bless our master Muhammad, the Ha of mercy and the refuge of infallibility, Your beloved, the accepted intercessor for the entire community; the Mim of dominion, the locus of worship and devotion, the dawn of realities whose light dispels the darkness of ignorance and polytheism; the Dal of eternity, the great in rank and station, the lamp of prophethood guiding his community to the paths of peace; the master of mankind, the station of might and honor, the mighty one whose refuge is not wronged nor sought; the perfect beloved, the opener, the seal, entrusted with the revelation of heaven, the treasurer of Allah's secret, the distributor; the chosen prophet, the approved messenger, the elite of Your prophets, the imam of Your saints, Your messenger Abu al-Qasim, our master Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, with a blessing befitting the perfection of Your existence upon the perfection of his generosity, and the generosity of Your lordship upon the sincerity of his servitude, to the number of all that in Your knowledge exists or has existed, and to the number of what the Preserved Tablet contains of the secrets of sciences and guards, whenever those who remember remember You and him, and whenever those who forget forget Your remembrance and his, with a blessing that endures by Your endurance, and remains by Your permanence, coupled with Your bounty and favors, having no end short of Your knowledge and praise, from which one drinks

Upon those who remember, there is an overflowing abundance ⁶⁴ that continues until the day of meeting You, and the reward for meeting You is none other than Your good pleasure, and the Garden which is the place of Your honor and the abode of Your recompense. Indeed, You are over all things competent, and worthy of answering [prayers]. There is no power nor strength except through You, O best Master and best Helper. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and patron Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, just as You sent blessings, mercy, and blessings upon our master Abraham and upon the family of our master Abraham in the worlds. Indeed, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious. ⁶⁵ Your Prophet is the Ha of praise ⁶⁶, Your Messenger is the Mim of glory ⁶⁷, Your Beloved is the Dal of eternity ⁶⁸, the eternal, the supported, the light of Your lights, the mine of Your secrets, the gardens of Your flowers, the presence of Your remembrances, the tongue of Your proof, the bride of Your kingdom, the locus of Your infallibility, the secret of Your wisdom, the imam of Your presence, the place of Your gaze, the treasuries of Your mercy, the guardian of Your grace, the path of Your law, the treasure of Your reality, who delights in witnessing You and Your oneness, who acknowledges the perfection of Your sanctification and glorification, who precedes from the light of Your radiance, who is adorned with the jewels of Your attributes and names, who is advanced in the processions of might over all Your prophets and chosen ones, the eye of the eyes of Your creation, the lamp of Your horizon, the path of Your truth, the best one standing for Your right, the pupil of the eye of existence, the treasury of generosity and munificence, the cause of every existent, the master of every parent and child, the orator of the Praiseworthy Station ⁶⁹, the bearer of the banner of might that is lost, the light of the lights of gnosis ⁷⁰, the secret of the secrets of knowledge ⁷¹. May blessings be perpetual with Your eternal permanence, enduring with Your everlasting subsistence, with no end short of Your ancient knowledge and the majesty of Your noble face; blessings that please You and please him, and elevate the one who utters them and choose him, and draw him to the carpet of Your intimacy and select him, and through which You are pleased with us, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Most Generous of the generous, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and patron Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad: the Mim of divine gifts ⁷², the Ha of lordly mercies ⁷³, the Mim of bestowing favors ⁷⁴, the Dal of gnostic proofs ⁷⁵, the delight of cosmic creations, the subtlety of eternal gifts, the substance of merciful effusions, the manifestation of Quranic descents, like Kaf-Ha-Ya-'Ayn-Sad ⁷⁶ the Mount of beneficent theophanies, and Ya-Sin ⁷⁷ the heart of the Furqanic ⁷⁸ chapters. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and patron Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad: the Mim of the purest path of religion ⁷⁹, the Ha of the wisdom of the most radiant secret ⁸⁰, the lamp of the most luminous prophethood, the Dal of the most glorious perpetual glory ⁸¹, the branch of the most flourishing tree of honor, the chief of the most renowned court of the kingdom, the orator of the greatest carpet of might, the center of the most abundant circle of forbearance, the element of noble qualities and glories, singled out with perfect attributes and the most copious supply, Ta-Ha ⁸² of the most fragrant gardens of virtues, Ya-Sin of the master of black and red ⁸³, Ha-Mim ⁸⁴ of the love of the most fragrant musk of collars. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and patron Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad: the Mim of the most extensive dominion ⁸⁵, the Ha of the most impregnable fortress of security ⁸⁶, the Mim of the most exalted station of might ⁸⁷, the Dal of the most beneficial antidote of the cloak ⁸⁸, the guide of the most sincere path of guidance, the breeze of the most luminous scent of fragrant breaths, the means of supplication that does not disappoint whoever seeks intercession through Allah, a means of approach for one who turns to Allah in humility, and Sad ⁸⁹ the path of everyone who fears his Lord and humbles himself, and Nun ⁹⁰ the light of everyone who renounces the world and its familiar things and is scrupulous. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and patron Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad: the Mim of the mine of modesty and patience ⁹¹, the Ha of the life of the people of intimacy and remembrance ⁹², the Mim of the arena of the people of thoughts and reflection ⁹³, the Dal of the court of the people of praise and gratitude ⁹⁴, the secret of the talisman of the people of brokenness and restoration ⁹⁵, the light of the insight of the people of unveiling and mystery ⁹⁶, the sword of care for the people of might and victory ⁹⁷, the Jim of protection for the people of restraint and subjugation ⁹⁸, Kaf-Ha-Ya-'Ayn-Sad of sufficiency for the people of the secret and the public ⁹⁹. Section: O Allah, upon him ¹⁰⁰ and upon his family, the people of care and pride, and his companions, fragrant in sleeves and fragrance, a blessing that multiplies for us thereby the reward, and raises for us thereby the rank, and forgives for us thereby the burden, and releases us thereby from the bonds of captivity and hardship, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. By my father, the fragrance of your sweet scent ¹⁰¹ You are witnessed in my mind, so when In You, O Unique of beauty, yearned The souls of the safe from distress From You the sun of beauty shines You water our gardens forever To You I have performed pilgrimage as I performed 'Umra ¹⁰² O sons of the tree of your flourishing beauty You are absent from me, yet you remain in danger I have singled out this in the witnessing of mankind O wondrous one, by it on the night of the full moon A downpour of overflowing abundance, with intimacy pouring down In You my spirit is in the witnessing of forms.

O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your most exalted light, Your most radiant secret, Your most beloved friend, Your sweetest source, Your highest carpet, Your most splendid bride, Your most favored intimate, Your purest chosen one, the intermediary of the people of love, the qibla ¹⁰³ of the people of proximity, the spirit of the angelic witnesses, the tablet of the eternal secrets, the throne of the lights of majesty, the seat of the descents of mercy, the interpreter of pre-eternity and post-eternity, the tongue of the unseen that no one encompasses, the form of the solitary realities, the reality of the realities of forms adorned with the lights of mercy, the subtlety of the subtleties of the meanings of the Furqanic ¹⁰⁴ surahs and Quranic verses, the human of Your essences specially designated for expression through the jewels of solitary wisdom, the secret of the capacity for possible preparedness ¹⁰⁵ from which the subtleties of gnostic indications are received, Ahmad ¹⁰⁶ in praise and praise with his Lord, the most perfect of those who ascended through the secret of particularity in the stations of his sainthood and proximity, the extremity of the prophetic summit, connected to the First by vision and emanation, the beginning of the point of existential passivity for guidance and felicity, the trustee of the sealed secret of divinity, its guardian over the hidden unseen of divinity, whom the perfect intellects perceive only to the extent that his overwhelming proof establishes for them, and the throne-like souls know of his reality only what the flashes of his radiant lights make known to them, the ultimate aim of the holy ones who began from above the world of natures, the target of the eyes of the monotheists who aspired to witness the comprehensive secret, he from whose mirror of secret the rays of God are manifested to no heart, and he is the absolute light, and his psalms are recited on no tongue except with the resonance of his remembrance, and he is the verified even string, judged as ignorant is everyone who claims knowledge of God in itself, apart from his Muhammadan self, the temporal branch, nurtured in his amulets by what every eternal root from the tree of pre-eternity supplies, the essence of the two copies of existence and non-existence, the servant of God and the best of servants, through whom is the perfection of perfection, the worshiper of God by God without union, indwelling, connection, or disconnection, the beauty of the prophets, the master of the chosen ones, the caller to You on a straight path, specially designated by You with the best of blessings and the purest of peace, the mode of particular manifestations, the majesty of chosen self-disclosures, the hidden in You in the depths of the greatest might, the manifest by Your light in the rising places of the most glorious majesty, the companion of the eternal presence, the sultan of the kingdom of unity, Your servant from the aspect of You as he is Your servant from the aspect of all Your names and attributes, and the level of the manifestation of Your greatness, knowledge, mercy, and wisdom in all Your creatures, he whose eye You anointed with the light of Your holiness ¹⁰⁷ so he saw Your exalted essence openly, and You concealed from everyone among Your creation "his inner self as secrets for You" ¹⁰⁸, and through the word of his Muhammadan particularity You reached the seas of gathering, and You granted him knowledge of You, Your beauty, and the heart, sight, and hearing addressed You, and You postponed everyone from his station with an essential postponement, and You made him, by the decree of Your Oneness, the odd of the number ¹⁰⁹. So bless him, O Allah, and his family, his companions, his followers, his inheritors, and his party, with a blessing that makes us thereby among the people of his sainthood and proximity, and revives us thereby upon his favor, and causes us to die upon his love, 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 imam of the holy presence, the treasure of bestowed sciences, the teacher of creation, the most knowledgeable of creation, the advisor of the Ahmadic ¹¹⁰ community, the beloved of the Truth, the messenger of the Lord of the worlds, the most honored of the prophets and messengers, the purifier of souls and vices, the most manifest of births among all tribes, the master of the children of Adam, the accepted intercessor in all the world, the bringer of glad tidings, the warner, the illuminating lamp, the generous beloved, the compassionate, the merciful, of immense character, glorious lineage, overwhelming and great virtue, abundant and comprehensive good, the answer to the prayer of his father Abraham, the glad tidings of the Messiah, the son of the sacrificed one, the son of the sacrificed one ¹¹¹, prophesied between body and spirit, he through whose sciences the Pen and the Tablet ¹¹² learned, the truthful, the trustworthy, the manifest truth, the obeyed by the Possessor of the Firm Throne, the prophet of mercy, the guide of the community, the remover of distress, the dispeller of darkness, the tongue of revelation and infallibility, the abode of knowledge and wisdom, the means of means, the refuge of orphans and widows, the beloved of Allah and His intimate friend, His chosen one and messenger, the chosen prophet, the selected messenger, selected from the best of the best, chosen from the lineage of the purest nobles, the good ¹¹³, the pure, the chosen, the ultimate honor and source of glory, the master of the messengers, the imam of the pious, the intercessor of sinners, the leader of those with white foreheads and limbs ¹¹⁴, the most honored of the first and the last, the messenger of the Lord of the worlds, the possessor of the means, excellence, and the Kawthar ¹¹⁵, the raiser of the banner of praise on the day of presentation and gathering, sent to the black and the red ¹¹⁶, challenging all of humanity with miracles, he by whose face the clouds were asked for rain and then subsided, the moon split in two for his confirmation and then rejoined, the light of the sun returned for his rising after setting and came back, water flowed from between his fingers and gushed forth, the camel prostrated to his awe and submitted, the mountain stilled at his kick when it shook, and the trunk of the palm tree moaned like a she-camel for his separation and humbled. So bless him, O Allah, and his family, as long as his lightning flashes in the horizon of prophethood and gleams, and his full moon shines in the sky of messengership and rises, with a blessing by which we become among those who devoted themselves in the niche of his love and bowed, and roamed in the gardens of his virtues and grazed, and grant him abundant peace, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the element of noble honor, the possessor of lofty glory and ancient majesty, Your beloved supported by the Holy Spirit Gabriel, Your prophet given glad tidings in the Torah and the Gospel, upon whom was revealed in the decisive Book, "Ha Mim. 'Ayn Sin Qaf. Thus He reveals to you and to those before you" ¹¹⁷, Allah the Mighty, the Wise. Ahmad, praised, the splitter of his praiser, to him belongs praise, the most perfect existent, for whom there is no manifestation or witnessed without him, the rank of the descent of the Essence, the relation of the preference of attributes, the enwrapped ¹¹⁸ with the most beautiful traits, the enveloped ¹¹⁹ with the perfect words, the return of the chain of cycles in the first and the last, the source of the chain of being in the hidden and the manifest, the encompassing matter and the simple meaning, whose matter is recited: "Indeed, We have granted you a manifest victory" ¹²⁰, the Dominant, "and sufficient is Allah as a Witness" ¹²¹, "Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; and those with him are forceful against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and prostrating, seeking bounty from Allah and [His] pleasure. Their mark is on their faces from the trace of prostration. That is their description in the Torah. And their description in the Gospel is as a plant which produces its offshoots and strengthens them so they grow firm and stand upon their stalks, delighting the sowers—so that He may enrage by them the disbelievers. Allah has promised those who believe and do righteous deeds among them forgiveness and a great reward." ¹²²

The Opener, the Seal, the End and the Beginning, sent with the message as a witness, "It is He who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to manifest it over all religion, although those who associate others with Allah dislike it." So he is not the reality of realities, nor the very life of creatures, nor the sight of the eye by the eye openly through the entities of eternal knowledge, "Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe, you are not, by the grace of your Lord, a madman. And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted. And indeed, you are of a great moral character." A merciful intermediary, encompassing, individual, a gracious gift, a comprehensive aspiration, and by the merciful Breath vast for all worlds, the station of two bows' length of Oneness and Unicity, and the reality of the realities of Muhammadan realities, with all priority and posteriority, the rising place of inner and outer manifestation, in the human reality and the isthmus of isthmuses uniting friendship, love, and election, the Pen of the spiritual Intellect, the Tablet of the universal Soul ¹²³ from which is the place of possibility and the time of times, the hyle of the letters of the Cloud, and the nature of the splitting of the closure of the Plenum, the simple universal form, the encompassing luminous body, the pupil of the eye and the eye of man, and the eye of entities by the eye of vision. So He described the pupil of His eye by His own eye, and honored him in His highest expanse and the presence of His holiness. Then the qualitative reality gushed forth, and the structures and intermediacy fell away. He created him upon the two forms, the subtle and the added spiritual of servitude, and established him as an individual obligation upon His eye to act, and chose him for Himself for what from him in Him gathers. He named him with what He named His Essence and said by the likeness of similarity, so He erased the eye of what He affirmed, so there was nothing but through him, upon him, for him a whereness. Then He blessed him before his prayer, with no priority, and made the prayer of generosity after the prayer of bounty between His prayer and his request in his prayer, with no betweenness. So the first was linked to the last, the inner to the outer, and he had powers and limbs, passion and ribs. So the summit curved back to its beginning, and the first was its end. So his reality was all realities, his form the form of all creatures, and his conduct all that they have of character, by the indication of "There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves. Grievous to him is what you suffer." And by his eye you witnessed, so his meaning for meanings is the simple meaning, and his structure for structures is the encompassing cycle. So there is no element without his structure, no nature without his meaning, no name without his aim. So he is the existent in his perfection in every atom, the witnessed witness by the countenance of his beauty in every forelock. He filled with his essence every eye, and his inmost essence is beyond being grasped by the eye of the linked cycle and the last first. He is the manifestation of the Essence and all the Names and Attributes, the named of the Names, the rank of the Supreme Essence, the center of encompassment beyond which there is no end and behind which no aim. So no sight falls except upon him, no ear inclines except to him, because he is the limit of knowledge in every known, and the end of the command ¹²⁴ in every delineated, for he is the reality of everything. Nothing exceeds him; rather, nothing is without him, and there is no thing besides him, let alone with him. It is established that the landmarks in him are faces of the world, limits and ranks, divisions and relations, roots and modes, manifestations and concealments, names and attributes, books and ends, spirits and tablets, likenesses and phantoms, perfect words, entified objects of knowledge, indeed, conceptualizations of the most important things, gleams of Arabic mysteries, radiances of lordly lights, openings of Furqanic suras. Ya Sin is the heart of the Qur'an, Ta Ha is the eye of Ta Sin, Ta Sin Mim is the eye of Ya Sin, and Ya Sin is a master established with his Lord. The text of revelation concerning him: "In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. Ya Sin. By the wise Qur'an. Indeed, you are from among the messengers, on a straight path. Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe, you are not, by the grace of your Lord, a madman. And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted. And indeed, you are of a great moral character." So glory be to Him who singled out this noble prophet with mastery and magnification, regarded him with the eye of majesty and veneration, molded him upon noble character traits, and named him the Kind, the Merciful. So bless him, O Allah, and his family, possessors of glory and honor, and his companions, people of sainthood and precedence, a blessing by which You guide us to Your straight path, settle us in the highest paradises of bliss, and grant us enjoyment of Your nearness and the vision of Your noble face, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to the first light, the most transcendent and perfect secret, the eye of lordly mercy, and the splendor of cosmic inventions ¹²⁵, the possessor of the Islamic religion and the realities of vision, the light of everything and its guidance, the secret of everything and its aspiration, through whom the treasuries of wisdom and mercy were opened, and by whose appearance the lights of dominion and sovereignty were bestowed, the center of the circle of perfection and the ruby of the crown of the beauties of majesty, the pupil of the eye of divine manifestations, the subtlety of the spiritual breaths of the holy presence, the point of supply and the existence of generosity, the one of the ones and the secret of existence, the link of the necklace of spiritual wayfaring, the honor of angels and kings, the full moon of gnostic sciences in the heavens of subtleties, the sun of spiritual knowledges in the thrones of realities, your greatest door, your most upright path, your dazzling lightning, your brilliant light, your meaning that rises in the horizon of every sound heart, your transcendent secret coursing through the particulars and universals of the world, its high and low, from substance and accident and intermediaries, compounds and simples, the setting place of the mysteries of the Essence, the rising place of the lights of the Attributes, the manifestation of theophanies by the lights of glorifications, from the radiance of the canopies, with the spirits of spiritual breaths, the one who prays in the mihrab of the comprehensive gathering with Ahmad, and recites with the Furqan of distinction by Muhammad, the one established in the kingdom by his law and majesty, and the merciful in the dominion by his mercy and beauty, the perfect eye of Your unseen, Your absolute vicegerent in Your all-encompassing kingdom. So bless him, O Allah, and his family, a blessing by which You make us know him in his stations and worlds, his positions and landmarks, until I witness him with the eye of vision, not by proof and demonstration, and know him by realization in every abode and path, and see the flow of his secret in the cosmos, and his meaning shining in his beautiful manifestations. And make, O Allah, my supply from the sun of his reality and from the light of his law, until I am illumined in the night of my ignorance by the lights of his gnoses, and find intimacy in the estrangement of my journey by the intimate companions of his subtleties. Carry me to his holy Ahmadic presence on the shoulder of his Muhammadan law, and populate the stages ¹²⁶ of my journey with the stages of his perfection. Clothe me in the robes of his majesty and beauty, single me out in love for him as You singled him out in his beauty and beneficence, and distinguish me with the characteristics of his nearness and favor, until I become an inheritor with him, a secure gazer upon him, and a gatherer of him through him upon him. O Allah, bless him with Your eternal, onefold blessing in Your everlasting, unitive manifestations, as long as Your self-disclosure is unified and the individual multiplies in number, and the lights of the Attributes shine with successive outpourings.

The lordship of the All-Wise expanded, and the glories of the All-Knowing advanced, through the glorification of exaltation and honor, with the tongue of pre-eternity in the eternity of eternities. The One was sanctified in the two attributes of Majesty and Beauty, and the peace of Solitariness was upon Him, as His numerical stations multiplied in the unity of the ascents of His high degrees, in the stations of servitude, through the succession of the witnessing of Essential Mercy and the inclusion of the pure lights in the modal domains and the angelic flight-paths. The spiritual spirits prostrated to Him in the niche of humanity, in the comprehensive enclosure of the Ahmadian encompassing ¹²⁷, with the glorifying lights that write with spiritual pens on the witnessing tablets, with the secrets hidden from human perceptions. May blessings and peace be upon him, a blessing and peace that are sanctified from the accidents of contingency due to the necessity of his being described with perfections and the universality of his infallibility in all thoughts, as long as the lofty peak of his might is exalted above deficiency and negations, and the firm root of his glory grows by essence and necessity. And be pleased with his Companions, the imams of guidance and the stars of emulation, as long as the cycles of lights alternate and secrets shine through secrets. And grant abundant peace. Sufficient for us is Allah, and He is the best Disposer of affairs. There is no power nor strength except through Allah, the Exalted, the Magnificent. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, Your protected secret, Your hidden treasure, the choicest of the elect and the quintessence of the pious, the master of the prophets, the cause of all beings, the spirit of all creatures, the radiant bride of the kingdom, the pole of the manifest Presence, the imam of the God-fearing, the chief of those brought near, the leader of the distinguished ones ¹²⁸, the pupil of the eye of the worlds, the master of all creation, the great and majestic, of noble lineage and ancient glory, the master of every possessor of mastery, and he who has superiority over every possessor of honor, the possessor of the miraculous composition, the comprehensive and concise, the brother of dazzling miracles and brilliant proofs, the presence of revelation and sending down, the arenas of glorification and veneration, the station of mastery and preference, the court of honored might, the pillar of received mastery, the crown of the message sent as a mercy to the nations, the treasurer of the secret of Divinity ¹²⁹, through whose watering the blossoms of wisdom flourished in the tree of the Law, and through whose breezes the meadows of rulings greened in the gardens of sublime sciences, and by whom the angels of inspiration were addressed in the palaces of exquisite intimacy, and by whose light the suns of understanding shone in the enclosures of obedient hearts, and by whose proofs the accidents of illusions and the sophistry of vile sayings were removed, and by whom the egg of Islam ¹³⁰ was protected from the onslaught of days and the terrible events of horrors, and by whose standing the persons of signs stood, and by whose manifestation the hidden things of miracles appeared, and whose message was affirmed by the deaf inanimate objects. With his auspicious rising, the fragrant breezes of blessings blew. He was sent in the age of eloquent speakers, and he silenced their eloquent tongues with his eloquence, and he gathered the prolixity of their tongues with his concise eloquence. The intellects of their knowledges prostrated to the might of his indication, and the heads of their gnoses bowed to the awe of his majesty. He appeared to their assemblies in processions, and eloquence was humbled to me by carrying a banner: "If mankind and jinn gathered together" ¹³¹. So the suns of their understanding were eclipsed in the comprehensive nature of his words, and the moons of their thoughts were darkened in the brilliant flashes of his wisdom. The worlds of their secrets swam in the seas of his indication, and the leaders of their standards were bewildered in the subtleties of his expression. Glory be to Him who adorned him with the attributes of His perfections, and made him renowned in His earth and heavens, and sent him from the noblest of tribes, and supported him with the clearest proofs, and preferred him over all His jinn and mankind, and chose him for intimate conversation and speech, and took his Muhammadan bride ¹³² on the Night Journey to the presence of His holiness. So bless him, O Allah, and his family, a blessing by which we become among those whom Allah has chosen for Himself, and purified their innermost beings from the darkness of ignorance and its confusion, and made their hearts the sphere of His lights and the rising-places of His sun. And grant abundant peace, abundantly. And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. * We drank, upon the mention of the Beloved, a wine * by which we became intoxicated before the grape was created. * Its cup is the moon, and it is a sun, served by * a crescent moon; and how many a star appears when it is mixed. * Were it not for its radiance, I would not have found its tavern; * were it not for its radiance, imagination could not conceive it. * Time left nothing of it but a remnant * as if its concealment in the breasts of intellects is a secret. * If it is mentioned among a tribe, its people become * intoxicated, and there is no shame upon them nor sin. * If it occurs one day to a person's mind, * joys settle in him and worry departs. * If a spell-caster were to trace the letters of its name upon * the forehead of an afflicted person, he would be cured by the tracing. * Above the banner of an army, if its name were embroidered, * that embroidery would intoxicate those beneath the banner. * It refines the morals of the drinking companions, so that * he who has no resolve is guided by it to the path of determination. * And he whose hand knows not generosity becomes generous, * and he who has no forbearance becomes forbearing at the moment of rage. * They say to me: Describe it, for you are knowledgeable about its description. * Yes, I have knowledge of its descriptions. * Purity without water, and subtlety without air, * so that both prose and poetry excel in describing it. * Take it pure, or if you wish, mix it; * but to deviate from the Beloved's justice is injustice. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the element of noble honor, the pure fragrance, the pearl of truth, the pure character and morals. When Allah desired to honor the seven heavens with the tread of his feet, and to open the closed seals with the light of his Muhammadan countenance, and to transfer him from the corporeal world to the spiritual world, and to show him His dazzling signs and brilliant miracles in all horizons, He commanded the trusted Gabriel to bring him the Burāq ¹³³. So he came to him while the night was let down to its end, with eyes fixed, its lamps adorned with the oils of longing, and its brides boasting with precious morals, and its treasures revolving around the people of states and tastes. He sat at his head until he awoke, and commanded him to prepare for visiting the King, the Creator. So he traveled with him, and the time then was more fragrant than the breeze of a flower garden, and brighter than the light of dawn after the pre-dawn. He unfolded for him from the desert of pride a train, and folded for him the carpet of the earth with a hand: "He took His servant by night" ¹³⁴. The ends of space turned to him by a command: "I have chosen him for Myself, and I will purify him in the presence of My holiness." The worlds of heaven and the dominion of the highest were presented to him in a robe: "That We might show him some of Our signs" ¹³⁵. And We singled him out for Our vision. The veiled daughters of the two worlds, the secrets of the two kingdoms, the affairs of the two abodes, and the sciences of the two heavy ones were brought to him in a gathering: "He certainly saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord" ¹³⁶. The chiefs of the messengers came greeting him in the highest horizon, and their commanders were commanded to sit at the gates of the heavens awaiting his arrival. The kings of the angels came walking as pilgrims before him, and the treasurers of the spheres kissed the places of his feet, until the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary ¹³⁷, the limit of their stations and the utmost of their degrees. When the prayer came, he led them in prayer, and his soul was pleased.

Because of what he saw of their good cheer and love for him, and their leaders had asked God to delight their eyes with his vision, and to refresh their innermost secrets in contemplating his countenance and observing his beauty, so there overwhelmed the utmost of their intellects and the limit of their sciences from the lights of his splendor, what overwhelmed the portico of heaven from the radiance of his light. The pupils of the forms of light were stunned by his majesty, and the thoughts of the inhabitants of the supreme tablet were bewildered by his beauty, and the necks of the people of the highest pavilions bowed in awe of his might ¹³⁸ when he was at a distance of two bow-lengths or nearer ¹³⁹. Joy shone, the hidden was sweet, the glass and the meaning revolved, and the intimate companion of the secret called out: "If you have not tasted the meaning of the wine of love, then leave it." Say to the one who forbids his people from ecstasy: If you have not tasted the meaning of the wine of love, then leave it. When spirits tremble with longing for the meeting, Yes, the bodies reject, O ignorant of the meaning! Do you not see the caged bird, O youth, When it remembers its homeland, it yearns for the abode? And it dances in the cages, longing for the meeting, So the masters of hearts tremble when it sings. Thus are the spirits of lovers, O youth, Longings shake them for the highest world. Do you compel them to patience while they are yearning? And can he who has witnessed the meaning be patient? So O driver of lovers, arise and stand, And hum for us with the name of the Beloved, and refresh our souls. And grant us what we claim, for we, When our longings overcome, we sometimes cry out. And guard our secret in our intoxication from our envier, And if your eyes deny something, then forgive us. For when we are purified and our minds are lost, And the wine of passion overcomes us, we become unveiled. So do not blame the drunkard in his intoxication, For obligation is lifted from us in our intoxication. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the inhabited house of the secret ¹⁴⁰ and the inscribed book of revelation, who, when he ascended to the station of fame and manifestation, and the stations of glorification, majesty, and piety, the servants of the supreme tablet ¹⁴¹ received him with joy and delight, and the figures of the towers of light bowed in awe of his might, and the angels of the spheres and the servants of the veils and curtains crowded at his pure fountain, and the entities of the cherubim and spiritual beings vied to see his most radiant face, and the great ones of the near ones and the chiefs of the dominators stood in rows before him, and the sanctuaries of holiness rejoiced at seeing him with the man of the glorifiers, and the landmarks of transcendence wafted with the breaths of the ecstatics, and the Throne and the Footstool trembled with joy at his sight and were illuminated, and the Tablet and the Pen were illumined by what shone upon them from the beauty of his progeny, and the beautiful gardens adorned themselves with joy at his arrival, and the cosmos surged with its inhabitants in veneration of what they saw of the honor of his rank and the loftiness of his aspirations, and the high boasted over the lowly for what it saw, and the lights of heaven shone with radiances, and he soared with the diffusion of the high with brilliance, and the tongues of the worlds of spirits spoke of glory and praise, and the herald of happiness, joy, and bliss came, and the rising star of good fortune announced the attainment of the goal and the wish, and the secrets were unveiled to the eye of the Chosen One, and the curtains were raised for the possessor of the station of two bow-lengths, and the Trustworthy Spirit advanced with him to the sphere of "And none of us" ¹⁴², and said to him: "O Beloved, prepare to receive God alone, empty, and stripped of the impurities of management and choices." And he thrust him into the light and withdrew from him in order to magnify and glorify, and said: "This is my station; if I had advanced the width of a needle, I would have pierced through by the light of the Possessor of Might and Majesty." O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the pole of sovereignty, lofty of aspirations, the mountain of glory, fragrance, and lineage, who, when he ascended above the figures of the prophets in the sanctuary of sanctity, and advanced over all the chosen ones on the carpet of mercy, his tongue declared gratitude for the blessing, his heart resolved on purity of service, and the law of his secret spoke with jewels of wisdom, saying: "Praise be to God who preserved me from blemish, supported me with the light of infallibility, granted me intercession for the entire community, and made me among the prophets abundant in fortune and portion." So the banner of light was lowered for him, and he was carried in the litter of light ¹⁴³ until he reached in his journey a level where the scratching of the Pen was heard, with what was revealed upon the clarity of the palace of the Supreme Tablet. And he traveled on the banner of light to the highest horizon, and flew with the wing of longing to a station where he drew near and descended, and the Host of Generosity lodged him in the station of two bow-lengths and spread for him the carpet of "or nearer." So he heard from the presence of the Highest Companion: "Peace be upon you, O Prophet," and the Beloved received it with honor, and the Majestic called him with peace. So he spread out the contractedness of his awe, and comforted the disturbedness of his loneliness, and he understood the address: "So He revealed to His servant what He revealed" ¹⁴⁴. And he was unveiled with direct vision: "And he certainly saw him in another descent" ¹⁴⁵. And he intended to respond to the one who greeted him, but destiny preceded him, so he opened his mouth and a drop from the sea of eternal knowledge dripped into it, and by it he knew the knowledge of the first and the last. When he attained his desire and seized the blessing of his Lord and His pleasure, and began to return from his journey, the forms of the angels received him in the ascents of majesty, on the feet of veneration, and the spirits of lovers wandered in the stations of longing, hoping to see him on his return and to inhale from his countenance the breeze of their beloved. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the most excellent of those who overwhelmed creatures with abundant blessings, the noblest of those whose lights of guidance shone from the subtleties of his wisdom, the most perfect of those whose secrets of sainthood overflowed from the gifts of his generosity, who, when he returned to his landmarks and the people of his world, and his crowned bride approached his radiant abodes and sanctuary, and the spiritual spirits came placing their wings at the places of his footstep, and the luminous forms walked before him among his servants, and a herald announced to them, calling: "This is the Beloved whose intercession is hoped for; take refuge in his great presence and seek protection in his covenants." And the Trustworthy Spirit carried before him the covering of his pride, and paraded him among the ranks of angels in veneration of his rank. And Adam raised the banners of his majesty, and Abraham spread the flags of his awe, and Moses conversed with his beloved from the western side of the pages of his face, his eyes having seen his beloved, asking for return after return, perhaps a glance after a glance. So destiny called from the side of the Mount: "We have decreed the matter" ¹⁴⁶. And Jesus swore by the Lord that he would surely descend and inform the people of the earth of what had spread in the regions of heaven of the news of two bow-lengths or nearer. This, while before him, peace be upon him, was a herald: "This is Our gift" ¹⁴⁷, chanting hymns: "A servant upon whom We have bestowed favor" ¹⁴⁸, the crown of his honor: "Muhammad is the Messenger of God" ¹⁴⁹.

and the embroidery of his garment. The sight did not swerve. Then a caller of the Sultan of His Might called out in the layers of existences and the expanses of the space of beneficence, with the tongue of command, as an honor and glorification: 'Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon the Prophet. O you who have believed, send blessings upon him and greet him with a greeting of peace.' O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the possessor of the procession and the banner, the keeper of covenants and pledges, the source of sciences and wisdoms, the key to Paradise and the gatherer of nations, who, when he reached the presence of generosity and munificence, the courtyards of grace and blessings, the stations of mercies, the abodes of benedictions, the witnessing places of good things, and the manifestations of joys, the tongue of his magnificent creation and the witness of his noble secret called out: 'O Creator of existence, O Vast in munificence and generosity, this is the carpet of chivalry, the court of grace, the station of union, and the place of giving. It is not fitting in the law of noble qualities to single out among brothers, nor is it proper in the rule of sincerity to refuse the consolation of loved ones and neighbors.' So He turned to them with the affections of His mercies and bestowed upon them with the sympathies of His piety and noble qualities, and made for them a share of the honor of his station and a blessing from his righteous supplication, mentioning them where the rememberer forgets himself, and did not neglect his kind and species, nor forget them in the station of his solitude with the One, and his intimate conversation with the Lord, the Eternal. So he said: 'Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah.' Then the Beloved called out: 'O master of masters, O imam of the people of miracles, yours is the lofty station without hindrance, the perfect beauties inwardly and outwardly, and yours is manliness and dignity ³⁶ and the sublime honor that connects, and the perfect and perfecting human being, the honored bride of the presences, the hoped-for flow of gifts, the leader of spiritual souls, the fountain of eternal secrets, the manifestation of the sciences of the Essence, the locus of the self-disclosure of Names and Attributes, the place of blessing and benedictions, the witnessing place of the wafts of good and mercies, Ta Ha, pure in branches and roots, Ya Sin, the fragrance of collars and hems, Kaf Ha Ya 'Ayn Sad, the opener of the doors of contentment and acceptance, Ha Mim 'Ayn Sin Qaf, the gatherer of the secrets of the rational and transmitted, the ascension of ascent to the stations of honor and mastery, and the tablet of reception for the masters of gifts and benefit, the pole of the greatest circle, the one singled out for the Praiseworthy Station ¹⁵⁰ of the highest name, the protected and most guarded court, the abundant and growing good, the treasury of generosity and munificence, the pure in character and disposition, the lofty in ranks and aspirations, the possessor of the procession and the banner, the keeper of covenants and pledges, the lexicon of the secret praised in the Surah 'Nun and the Pen' ¹⁵¹, the lexicon of sciences encompassing the jewels of subtleties and wisdoms, the result of the good remembrance of beginning and end, the foremost of the age in the procession of might over every possessor of feet, Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, the Seal, the Opener, the great in rank and station, the trustworthy advisor, the highest of people in station with Allah, the righteous Prophet, the key to the treasuries of Allah, the generous giver, the extended shadow of the Throne of Prophethood, the blessed star of the sphere of the Message, whoever obeys him has obeyed Allah, and whoever disobeys him has disobeyed Allah. 'Say: O mankind, indeed I am the Messenger of Allah to you all, to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death. So believe in Allah and His Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, who believes in Allah and His words, and follow him that you may be guided.' So send blessings upon him ³⁷ and upon his family, O Allah, a blessing by which You open for us the treasure of Your protected secret, and teach us thereby from Your stored esoteric knowledge. And illumine, O Allah, my temple with Your holy lights, and pour upon my soul from Your scientific secrets what brings me near to Your sublime presence, and clothe me with the crown of Your sanctified awe, and gird me with the swords of might and protection, and suffice me against the evil of every evil one with the sword of specification and care, and single me out for lordly openings and luminous unveiling, by which I may repel the deniers of submission and those who walk on the straight path. O Allah, O Light of lights, O Pourer upon existence the clouds of His abundant generosity, O Remover of the patches of darkness with the perfect light, O Unveiler from the heart the veils of nearness by the appearance of the sun of direct vision, I ask You to grant me from Your lights a light that shines upon my entire existence and erases from me the darkness of others ¹⁵² established in my witnessing, and a light by which I am guided to You and by which I guide to You, and which accompanies me in my life and after the transition from the darkness of my niche, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the adornment of adornments, the delight of the eye, the forelock of the sun and its forenoon, and the light of the moon when it follows it, and the brightness of the day when it reveals it, and the wisdom of the night when it covers it, and the majesty of the sky and what built it, and the might of the earth and what spread it, and the honor of the soul and what proportioned it, then inspired it with its wickedness and its piety, and the result of a reminder: 'He has succeeded who purifies it, and he has failed who corrupts it' ¹⁵³, the desire of spiritual souls and the goal of their aspiration, the wish of luminous persons and the gardens of their longing, the interpreter ³⁸ of the unseen sciences and the foundation of their structure, from whom secrets split and uncovered their cover for his Muhammadan mastery, and lights split and shone their mark upon his Ahmad ¹⁵⁴ essence, and in him realities ascended, so his pure soul overflowed with its dew, and subtleties were sweetened by him, so their fragrance diffused in the gardens of existence, and the sciences of Adam descended, so their beginning and end amazed creatures, and for him understandings diminished, bewildered in grasping his reality and falling short of understanding its meaning. No predecessor or successor grasped his rank, so glorified is He who raised his station above stations and exalted it. The gardens of the Kingdom ¹⁵⁵ are adorned with the flower of his beauty, and the pools of the Omnipotent ¹⁵⁶ overflow with the flood of his lights—a specificity with which Allah singled him out and granted him, and nothing is but is attached to him—a wisdom whose keys Allah placed in his hand and on his tongue He made them flow. A blessing befitting You from You to him, as he is worthy of it, insofar as You know best the reality of his essence when You veiled his spirituality with humanity and manifested his guidance, and You chose his luminous handful and made its radiance shine. O Allah, he is Your comprehensive secret pointing to You, Your greatest veil, standing before You. Whoever transgresses him, his mercy is preceded by care with the stars of its sky. O Allah, join me to his clay lineage, realize me in his religious affiliation, and make me know him with a knowledge by which I am safe from the sources of ignorance, so that its accidents do not befall me nor do I circle around its sanctuary, and honor me with such sources of grace, so that I may graze in the gardens of its gifts and pluck its fruits. Carry me on his path to Your presence, a carrying encompassed by Your victory, regarded by Your glance, preventing me from every affliction that the people of states ¹⁵⁷ fear and dread. Cast me upon falsehood so that I may smash it with the lights of Your sciences that dazzle minds and polish the mirror of its echo. Plunge me into the seas

of absolute oneness ¹⁵⁸. And extract me from the mires of affirming unity ¹⁵⁹ with the clear proofs of divine support that heal hearts from their blindness. And drown me in the very eye of the sea of unity ¹⁶⁰ so that I see none but You in existence, hear none but Your address and call, and perceive none but Your attributes by which spirits are delighted and revived through their powers. And make the supreme veil ¹⁶¹ the life of my spirit, the knowledge of my tablet, its spirit the secret of my reality, the light of my inner sight, and its reality the gatherer of my worlds and the beacon of my landmarks, through the realization of the First Truth ¹⁶² and the secret of the Revealed Book ¹⁶³, whose discourse, when understood, refines souls and delivers them from the folly of their desires. O First, O Last, O Manifest, O Hidden ¹⁶⁴, You are the Near, the Responsive, the Witness, the Watchful. Hear my call as You heard the call of Your servant Zachariah, and single me out with what You singled out the elite of Your chosen servants. And grant me victory through You for You, and support me through You for You, and unite me with You in Your sublime presence in the most noble and pleasing state. And separate me from other than You, and occupy with You those who occupy me from Your remembrance, and break everyone who seeks me with evil by the sword of Your might. And bring me under the shelter of Your protection and cover, and regard me with the eye of kindness and care. And grant me the station of the secret ¹⁶⁵ and sainthood ¹⁶⁶, and elevate me to the highest and most exalted ranks. Allah, Allah! Indeed, He who imposed the Qur'an upon you will surely return you to a place of return ¹⁶⁷. And return me, O Allah, to a human sensory world in Your station of excellence ¹⁶⁸, surrounded by Your divine support, accompanied by the subtleties of joy and congratulations, just as You have given me a legal opinion concerning my existence, and been kind to me in the state of my absence and presence. Our Lord, grant us from Yourself mercy and prepare for us from our affair right guidance. Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon the Prophet. O you who have believed, send blessings upon him and greet him with peace ¹⁶⁹. Here I am at Your service, O Allah, my Lord, and at Your command. All the keys of goodness and generosity are in Your hands. O Allah, send blessings, peace, and benedictions upon our master and lord Muhammad, who (40) established the pillars of the Sharia ¹⁷⁰ for the worlds, opened the doors of proximity for those who arrive, clarified the landmarks of the Path ¹⁷¹ for the travelers, granted the secrets of gifts to the sincere, and alluded in the sciences of the Truth ¹⁷² to the knowers. So send blessings, O Allah, upon him and his family, a blessing befitting his noble station and lofty rank, and grant him abundant peace, eternally, O Allah, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. I have abandoned sleep in love of the One who bestows blessings, and sleep has been effaced by longing for Him, so I did not sleep. I disguised my age by concealing myself among people to hide my passion for Him, but it was not hidden. When I saw that love had disclosed itself through longing, I removed my veil and said, "Yes, yes." If it is said, "He is mad," then passion has maddened me; if it is said, "He is ill," I have no sickness. By the truth of passion, love, and the covenant between us, and the sanctity of the spirit of intimacy in the darkness of shadows, the slanderers have blamed me out of ignorance, so I said to my eye, "Speak the excuse, and be modest." So I reproached them with my eye without speaking, and informed them that passion elevates aspirations. I ask You, O Bestower, do not torment me, and bring my visitation near to You, O Creator of souls. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the most renowned standard, the most luminous ornament, the most splendid secret, the greatest vicegerent, the deputy in Your dominion and kingdom, the disposer of Your mercy and the treasuries of Your power, the ultimate goal of the highest aspirations of the Throne, the very essence of the individual entities of the earth, from whom the sacred traditions ¹⁷³ were taken and to whom are attributed spiritual and physical noble gifts, the secret of absolute oneness and relative oneness ¹⁷⁴, the companion of the presence of election and nearness, the point of the "alif" of beautiful innovations and cosmic creations, (41) the "ba" of Muhammadan glad tidings and Ahmadine impulses, the "ta" of descents, receptions, and unseen sciences, the "tha" of praise and steadfastness at the onslaught of lordly arrivals and gracious manifestations, the "jim" of majesty and beauty that attracts, through his aspiration, the stages of spiritual and human creatures, the "ha" of life and forbearance without peer among jinn, humans, and angels, the "kha" of fear and humility that brings near what is far in station from attainment and perception, the "dal" of degrees and indications, great in rank and measure, the "dhal" of remembrances and sources, truthful in news and reports, the "ra" of contentment and good pleasure, purified from the essence of the delights of the chosen, the "zay" of asceticism and proximity, healing all harms with its antidote, the "ta" of obedience and purity that dispels the darkness of others from hearts, the "za" of manifestation and victory, rescuing his community from the hardships of dangers, the "kaf" of perfections and righteous words, good in branch and lineage, the "lam" of flashes and gleams, the intended in issuance and return, the "mim" of gifts and grants, by whose rank one seeks help in all important matters and needs, the "nun" of truth and purity, whose love is fixed in the breasts of the near and the righteous, the "dad" of light and radiance, whose affair is magnified in past centuries and ages, the "ayn" of might and care, glorifying his Lord in the evening and morning, the "ghayn" of wealth and forgiveness, erasing the pages of sins and burdens, the "fa" of opening and grace, beloved in the earth and regions, the "qaf" of proximity and acts of drawing near, the garden of fragrant breeze and flowers, the "sin" of lordship and happiness, saving whoever seeks refuge with him from the terror of the standing and the punishment of the Fire, the "shin" of witnessing and intercessions, by whose light one is illuminated in highlands and lowlands, the "ha" of guidance and ease, whose name is written on the edges of veils and curtains, (42) the "waw" of sainthood and love, whose mention is beloved in all towns and cities, the "lam-alif" of clear signs and hidden secrets, mighty in family and neighbors, the "ya" of certainty and blessing, with whose name one begins in all litanies and remembrances. So send blessings, O Allah, upon him and upon his family, the discerning scholars, and his companions who sacrificed their souls and lives in his love, a blessing that quenches us with the flood of his abundant outpouring, and makes us among those upon whom You have bestowed the favor of seeing him and honored with his love in this abode and in that abode, and grant him abundant and exalted peace. And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, I ask You by the rope of connection to Your proximity, whoever clings to it is saved, and by the pure drink of Your draught, whoever is given to drink from it attains what he hopes, and by the secret of Your secret, to which we rightly flee, and by Your saying: "By the forenoon, and by the night when it covers" ¹⁷⁵ That You unveil for me the stations of sainthood, a continuous unveiling that brings about perfect clarity and vision, along with the realization of the secret of solitude and manifestation in company and solitude, and my inner self calls out after the removal of my distress: "Your Lord has not forsaken you, nor does He hate you, and the Hereafter is better for you than the first" ¹⁷⁶ So it rejoices in all of it, and all of it is for its Beloved, and it witnesses the secrets of His description and His drawing near. O Allah, burst the springs of Your secrets in my heart and make it for them a heaven and an earth, and grant me of the subtleties and knowledges that which satisfies and pleases me, and make me hear a most holy, secret, and intimate address.

"And your Lord is going to give you, and you will be satisfied." ¹⁷⁷ Until I feel the coolness of that descending upon my heart, and my composure and core settle with it. O Allah, make me among those who take refuge in a firm pillar, an invincible, lofty, and praiseworthy fortress, and make me an orphan of meanings ¹⁷⁸, a companion of stations ¹⁷⁹, and grant me understanding of structures ¹⁸⁰, and teach me the secrets of meanings, so that I may comprehend the secret of Your words that intoxicates the intoxicated: "Did He not find you an orphan and give shelter?" ¹⁸¹ And the secret of the bewilderment with which the guided are perplexed, in Your words: "And He found you lost and guided." ¹⁸² And enrich me with Your riches so that I may realize the secret of Your words: "And He found you in need and made you self-sufficient. So as for the orphan, do not oppress." ¹⁸³ And as for the beggar, do not repel. O Allah, make me a connecting path by which every seeker is guided, a revealer of the veil of a barrier that prevents witnessing and obstructs, and be my confidant in the secret, so that I witness none but You as a created thing, and be among those who fulfill Your command in Your power: "And proclaim the grace of your Lord." ¹⁸⁴ O Allah, I ask You by the Surah "By the morning brightness" ¹⁸⁵ and by the gate of the forenoon ¹⁸⁶, which none enter except those who pray the forenoon prayer, to bestow upon me wakefulness of heart so that I may be among those who are alert, and in the existence of their Beloved their own existence is effaced. O Allah, I intercede with You through the one who instituted the forenoon prayer and prayed it, and by "By the sun and its brightness, and the moon when it follows it, and the night when it covers it" ¹⁸⁷ That You lift from the eye of the heart its covering and veil, so that it may witness things as they truly are, and we may perceive that through unveiling and certainty. O Allah, O Allah, O Allah. And may Allah bless our Master Muhammad, upon whom was revealed: "Then He revealed to His servant what He revealed." ¹⁸⁸ And upon his Family and Companions, as long as any worshipper prays the forenoon prayer, and upon the Followers and those who follow them until the Day of Judgment, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Patron Muhammad and to the Family of our Master Muhammad, the garment of splendor and light, the delight of tablets and lines, the beauty of days and ages, the line of divine openings written upon the hearts of obedience and piety, the bride of knowledge and palaces, the gardens of sweet basil and flowers, the pearl of shells and necks, the comfort of the eyes of youths and houris, the Kaaba of the pilgrimage of the servants of veils and curtains, the ocean of ecstasy of the people of absence and presence, the chamberlain of the highest carpet and the Frequented House ¹⁸⁹, the hidden conscience in the unseen of identities, manifest yet concealed, upon whose throne of glorification and veneration his victorious sultan has been seated, and the worlds of spirits and bodies are his kingdom, and by him aspirations are raised to the highest stations and sublime matters, and by him the Islamic community is protected and preserved from disbelief, hypocrisy, and the causes of delusion. So bless him, O Allah, and his noble and pious Family, and his Companions, the truthful imams, with a blessing by which You save us from the trial of life and death and the horror of graves, and by which we become among those whose foreheads You have whitened among the praisers on the Day of Resurrection and Gathering, and whom You have honored with the vision of Your Face and purified in the Abode of Generosity and Joy, 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 Patron Muhammad and to the Family of our Master Muhammad, the pure gold of mines, the pure wine of spirits, the abundant raincloud of goodness, the prayer of response that fulfills needs, from whose radiant light secrets were split, from whose shining full moon lights were cleft, from whose sincere love remembrances became good, from whose fragrant musk flowers bloomed, from whose lofty branch fruits ripened, from whose flowing gushing generosity trees greened, And from whose trustworthy covenant free people were honored, from whose distinguishing law reports were derived. He is the overflowing ocean from which the righteous drank, the dazzling secret by which regions were preserved, the pure lineage to which the virtuous clung, the conquering sword by which the wicked were subdued, the manifest good by which destinies were magnified, the abundant fortune by which sins were forgiven. So bless him, O Allah, and his pure masters of his Family, and his Companions, the imams of emulation and transmitters of reports, with a blessing by which You free our necks from the Fire, and make it a treasure for us in this abode and in that abode, and secure our fear on the day when hearts tremble and thoughts scatter. O Allah, O Mighty, O Compeller, O Great, O High, O Magnificent, O Subduer, O Most Generous of the generous, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Patron Muhammad and to the Family of our Master Muhammad, the line of love written with the ink of longing and yearning, the adornment of companionship molded on praiseworthy traits and noble morals, the high rank whose dawn shines with light: "We will show them Our signs in the horizons" ¹⁹⁰, And the blessed soil, pure in branches and heights, the means of nearness, sweet in source and tastes, the brilliant discourse, warning of the terror of the Day of Meeting, the remover of distress, healing heart diseases from the illness of oppression and hypocrisy, the accepted desire, lifting from his community the obstacles of trials and discord. So bless him, O Allah, and his Family, with a blessing by which You adorn us with precious morals, and clothe us with the most honorable garments and highest necklaces of Your pleasure, and make us among those toward whom eyes yearn in the Abode of Your Generosity and necks stretch, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, by his rank with You, make us among those who manifested morals to You, and were content with Your facilitation of provisions, and were enraptured by Your love in the horizons, girded with truth, wearing compassion, having sold the fleeting term for the lasting term, and raced in the field of competition, and tucked up their garments like the skilled, until they connected with You, O Creator, O Fashioner, O One, O Creator, O Most Generous.

the most generous, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. * O chosen one before the creation of Adam * When the universe had not yet had its locks opened Can any creature praise you after The Creator has praised your character? (46) O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the treasure of the protected secret in the subtle divine allusions and gardens of the flowers of the arts, radiant with the fine garments of bestowed knowledge, the result of the hidden knowledge concealed in the intricacies of secret symbols, and the word "Be! And it is," immersed in the essence of Oneness and Unity, the delight of ages and centuries, whose secret permeates the innermost beings of the people of the secret and speciality, the best of those by whom tribes and lineages are honored, whose bride is displayed on the carpet of the prophetic presences. So bless him, O Allah, and his family with a blessing that endows us with his angelic Muhammadan character, realizes us with the contented Ahmadine aspiration, and gathers us with him in the pavilions of intimacy with the people of his party and pure sect, and grant abundant peace as long as the lights of pure blessings shine upon the faces of lovers morning and evening, forever, forever, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. My God, when the sun of Your knowledge appears, it dispels from hearts the darkness of illusions; when the lights of Your gifts shine, the treasures of understanding are opened for those with insight; when a drop from the oceans of Your gifts falls, it ignites the lamps of inspiration; when a glance from Your compassionate favor falls, it tears through the structures of bodies; when a breeze from the fragrances of Your kindness blows, it stirs the horsemen of pens. So move me, O Allah, with the divine attractions, snatch me away with the eternal flashes, thrust me into the luminous oceans, and teach me the symbols of gnostic allusions, so that through You we may understand the secret of Your Most Beautiful Names, through You we may grasp the meanings of Your most beautiful attributes, and through You we may ascend to You in the praises of Your highest proximity, to hear the address: "Then He revealed to His servant what He revealed" (Quran 53:10) in the station of "two bow-lengths or nearer" (Quran 53:9). My God (47), by the radiance of the sun of Your love in the hearts of the gnostics, by the flashing of its light in the innermost beings of Your remembering servants, by the unveiling of its veil for the elite of Your intimate beloved ones, and by its setting in the eye of Your sincere saints, I ask You, O my Master, to unveil for my inner being the intricacies of Your Tablet-like knowledge, to give me to drink from the supply of Your most holy, transcendent secret, to journey me to the carpet of Your union with the world of my secret and spirit, and to drown them in the sea of Your beauty, to which my inclination and inclination turn, and to intercede through Your Prophet, our master Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), who is the path of my salvation and the ark of my Noah, the manifestation of my inspirations and receptions, and the lamp of my openings. O Allah, open our hearts with the keys of secrets, expand our breasts with the flashes of remembrance, open our innermost beings from the assaults of others, prepare our limbs for the whispered prayer of dawn, make us hear the secret of Your discourse whose abode is the breasts of the pious and whose manifestation is the ears of the chosen elite, polish the mirror of our insights with the lights of opening so that we may witness Your exalted Essence with a vision of sanctification and transcendence, O He whom eyes cannot perceive, yet He perceives all eyes, and there is no second nor likeness to Him. For when the sun of Your Essence appears, it removes the veil of covering from hearts, opens the treasures of giving for those who ask, and protects thoughts from the error of mistake. O Allah, protect me from the pitfalls of sins, purify me from the hidden faults, relieve me of great sorrows, and do not let my committing what I have undertaken of them prevent me from attaining the goal and the sought. Accompany me, O Allah, in my life with well-being and safety, watch me with the eye of kindness in travel and residence, and remove from me when I come to You the liabilities and blame. Make the praises of Your beloved, our master Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), my emblem and sign, and grant me the favor of seeing him and my joy in him on the plains of the Resurrection. Grant me (48), O Allah, through blessing upon him, the sources of love and purity, and make it for us the best remedy, effective antidote, and cure, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. To You is my sign, and You are the one I love And You are the desire of all lovers In Your love they wandered in passion and became enamored And when we came to the water of Midian to draw We alighted upon a generous people whose houses And You are my talk among the people of wisdom, narrated So blessed is the heart that melted in You from affliction And every person inclines toward what he loves Thirsty as we were for the spring of whispered prayer Are sanctified, with no Hind there nor 'Alwa And a fire appeared to us in the distance, kindled We found upon it the one we love and the one we desire He gave us drink, revived us, and revived our souls And intoxicated us with the wine of His majesty, coffee A wine on the condition that I will not allow Except a sincere one in love, free from pretension We understood and wandered in the deserts of our ecstasy And we began to drag our tails in our intoxication, proudly We became drunk and revealed, so our blood was shed Does a wailer kill by the secret of the one he loves? And the secret among the free is but a trust But when the drink is delightful, who can resist? O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the point of the secret of the Alif of Your creations, the Ba of the splendor of Your innovations, the Ta of the reception of Your descents, the Tha of the fruits of Your praise, the Jim of the majesty of Your beauty, the Ha of the encompassing of Your perfection, the Kha of the essence of Your prophets, the Dal of the call of Your pious ones, the Dhal of the dissolution of Your chosen ones, the Ra of the good pleasure of Your trusted ones (49), the Zay of the adornment of Your beloved ones, the Ta of the obedience of Your saints, the Za of the manifestation of Your self-disclosures, the Kaf of the treasure of Your perfections, the Lam of the flashes of Your signs, the Mim of the manifestation of Your favor, the Nun of the fragrances of Your victory, the Sad of the preservation of Your wisdom, the Dad of the conscience of the elite of Your chosen ones, the 'Ayn of the gift of the people of Your presence, the Ghayn of the wealth of the people of Your love, the Fa of the flood of Your openings, the Qaf of the proximity of Your offerings, the Sin of the secret of Your glories, the Shin of the intercession of Your intercessions, the Ha of the guidance of Your miracles, the Waw of the sainthood of Your successors, the Lam-Alif of which none of Your creatures can equal, the Ha of the hemzas of Your litanies, and the Ya of the fountain of the eye of Your mercies, the opener of the secret of prophethood in pre-eternity, the seal of the light of messengership, the first preceding, who adorned himself with the jewels of Ahmadine neck of prophethood after barrenness, and donned from the garments of the chosen messengership the noblest robes, the spirit of spirits of the Throne, the garden of holy beauties, the element of generosities overflowing with gifts, the crescent of seasons rising in the noblest ranks, the pole of lordship, the noble counterpart, the mountain of glory advanced in the forefront of processions, the herald of happiness, lofty in rank and position, the place of benefit, pure in ways and doctrines, the object of will, blessed by his name in assemblies and writings, the light of luminous insights, the unique pearl of gnostic gems, the bride of the divine kingdom, the substance of the supply of spiritual spirits, the fountain of fountains of beneficence, the opening of the openings of Quranic chapters, the delight of the beauty of the gardens of holiness, the noblest orator who spoke on the pulpits of intimacy, the foremost of the prophets and their seal, the imam of the messengers and their seal, the full moon of prophetic moons, the eye of perfection of the people of the secret and speciality.

Chapter: O Allah, bless him and his family, the lineage of Ahmadite connections, and his Companions, the supporters of the Muhammadan faith, with a blessing that realizes for us pure servitude, and through it pours upon us the streams of Your holy secrets, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. ⁵⁰ O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the result of bestowed knowledge, the treasure of the sought-after store, the goodness of brought ores, the continuous drink of love, the outpouring of the cloud of poured generosity, the source of subtleties and delicate beauties of excellent style, through whose spiritual bride the palaces of hearts are adorned, through whose merciful secret the treasuries of the unseen are manifested, through whose lordly breeze the hidden recesses of bosoms are perfumed, through whose solitary pole ¹ every seeker and affiliate is honored, through whose self-sufficient elixir every ruined and mixed thing is purified, through whose luminous beauty every inscribed and written thing is delighted, the means of every seeker and sought, the wine of every wayfarer and attracted one, the cure of every healthy and feverish one, the victory of every vanquished and overcome one, the succor of every distressed and sorrowful one, the soul of the people of the secret and speciality, the target of the eyes of those of lofty stations and throne-like aspirations, the intoxication of heart thoughts, the symbol of hidden allusions, the queen of intelligent minds, the cream of bestowed sciences, the essence of pure sayings, the epitome of sublime actions, the regulator of grammatical rules, the summary of jurisprudential issues, the core of intellectual and transmitted benefits, the link of universal and particular meanings of the meanings of the pearl-like stars, the fountain of delightful tastes, the tongue of honeyed wisdoms, the crown of Muhammadan sovereignty and Ahmadite state, the manifestor of the divine ² without deficiency, the seed of original existence, the robe of approved honor, the sphere of the rising of auspicious stars, the imam of the companions of the divine presence, the eye of the fixed entities, firmly established in the station of supreme veracity, the watering-place of the thirsty, the elevator of the people of states to the carpet of highest honor, the pool of overflowing lights, the door of the intended opening, the station of witnessed honor, the dawn of glad tidings and felicities, the banner fixed upon the treasuries of generosity and munificence, the letter of mercy, the letter of sovereignty, the letter of omnipotence, the letter of awe, the Greatest Name, the most enduring honor, the most magnificent station, the seal of seals, clear in proof and evidence, the lamp of landmarks revealing from hearts the darkness of ignorance and rust, the garden of divine fragrances, the meadow of holy gifts, the permission of goodness, the facilitator of the path of journeying, the bringer of glad tidings and warner, the illuminating lamp. The renowned succor, the momentous decree, the great matter, the abundant gift, the firmly rooted mountain in sciences and narration, the vast sea in the secret and sainthood, the ancient lineage in honor and care, the universal good, the most perfect perfection, the effacement that annihilates the bodies of lovers with the light of his love, the sobriety that gathers the scattered lovers with the secret of his aspiration, the pure refined gold, the clear sparkling drink, the healing antidote for harms, the remembrance that removes sorrows, the foremost of the foremost, the full moon of full moons, ⁵² the niche of light, the guide of joy and happiness, the festival of delight and pleasure, the mercy for the near and far, the insight of the intelligent and dull, the foundation of the straight path, the time of pleasant life, the substance of strong support, the hand of living generosity, the abundance of tastes and delights, the beloved, the intimate, the pure, the unlettered prophet and messenger, the ascetic, the devout, the one trusting in his rich Lord, the imam of the great angels and noble messengers, the beloved of Gabriel, Michael, Israfil, and Azrael, peace be upon them, the command that penetrates the service of veils and pavilions, the prayer through which rains pour and the dead revive, the elite of the Banu Hashim, the shrine through which Medina boasts over the regions, the master of the Khazraj, Aws, and Banu Abd al-Dar, the secret through whose love the notables of the Emigrants and the leaders of the Helpers excelled, the felicity of felicities, the outpouring of the cloud of generosity, the rising of blessed forgiveness, the house of generosity whose love is infused in innermost hearts, the meadows of arts, the matter of matters, the water of the eyes, the robe of preserved honor, the book of the hidden secret, the piercing star, the gatherer, the successor, the reviver of the path of the Sharia after its neglect, the raiser of the edifice of the station of prophethood upon its foundation, the rest of the soul, the key of openings, the healing of the wounded, the drink of the evening and morning, the point of equilibrium, the Throne of equilibrium, the Footstool of encompassment, the fountain of quenching, the garden of good pleasure and satisfaction, ⁵³ the dowry of the houris and beautiful ones, the magnificent gift, the abundant present, the comprehensive blessing, the perfect bestowal, the descending mercy, the continuous favor, the seat of brides, the mine of precious things, the essence of deeds, the head of the class of the people of perfection, the champion who cannot be rivaled in openings and inspirations, the succor who has no equal in miracles and wonders, the proof that fulfills and the promise that is fulfilled, the season of success for the people of litanies and remembrances, the pause of rest for the sleepers who stand at dawn, the light of the morning that reveals the faces of the dawn, the breath of the morning breeze that revives with its fragrance the dead bodies, the pearl of the universes, the comfort of bodies.

The Kawthar of Tasnīm ¹⁹¹, the gardens of Taslīm ¹⁹², the pen of Ta‘līm ¹⁹³, the solitude of Taklīm ¹⁹⁴, the chief of Tafhīm ¹⁹⁵, the supporter of Taḥkīm ¹⁹⁶, the knot of Taṣmīm ¹⁹⁷, the honor of Tafkhīm ¹⁹⁸, the essence of sovereignty and honor, and the light that dispels with its ray the darkness of doubt and illusion, the procession of salvation, the bearer of the banner of guidance, the thicket of lions who protect honor, and the sword of the bells ¹⁹⁹ who guard the regions, the picking of the honored stone, the signing of the firm command, the pupil of the eye, the remover of the loneliness of separation, the place of safety, the protection of the fortress, Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ ²⁰⁰, the image of the elite, the answered supplication, the pleasant word, the remembrance of the people of seclusion and solitude, the cultivation of the lowlands and highlands, the love that penetrates the core of the innermost heart and the heart, (54) and the love fixed in the natures of the bells and pegs, the audition that moves the states of the overcome, the ecstasy that draws the souls of the lovers, the adornment of the deliberate, the emblem of the beloved, the aspiration of the righteous, the desire of the rememberers, the dome of the breasts of the great, the orator of the eminent pulpits, the witnessing place of the men of the unseen ²⁰¹, the purifier of hidden faults from every defect, the presence of blessings, the courtyards of generosity, the ringing of the kingdom that rules with coercive power, the revolution of the sphere encompassing the higher and lower souls, the manifestation of the sciences of the Essence, the blowing of the breezes of good things, the emigration of the pious, the wisdom of the hearts of the free, the shock of the omnipotent Truth, the treasurer of divine knowledge, the identity of identities, the Mount of Theophanies, the sense of auditory things, the light of intellectual things, the puller of the Yemeni battalions in the land of guidance and uprightness, the bestower of lordly benefits to the people of speciality and honor, the Holy House of Purity, the commander of the armies of the most eminent prophets, the pole ²⁰² who reaches and makes reach, the devout one who is alone in the retreats of intimacy, the devoted, Ṭā Hā ²⁰³, the enwrapped, the covered, Yā Sīn ²⁰⁴, the one who stands for the affairs of his community, bearing them, the shady shade from the heat of midday and scorching winds, the sanctuary that protects from the accidents of calamities and punishments, the opening of the divine openings, the spreader of the banners of the Islamic nation, the pride of the clayey religious lineage, the embroidery of the garment of glory of Mecca and Medina, the fragrance of the amber-musk fluttering, the sprinkling of the Tihāmī-Najdī flowers, the garment of jasmine and anemones (55) and the essence of goodness and jasmine, mixed with rosewater and saffron, the exudation of aloeswood, clove, and costus, the full moon rising from Qibā’ and Thaniyyat al-Wadā‘ ²⁰⁵ and the high places, the scent of sandalwood, balsam, and musk of Dārīn ²⁰⁶, the perfume brought from Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and the land of China, the magnet of souls, the blaze of dawn, the hump of glory, the unique pearl, the water of Zamzam ²⁰⁷ that heals hearts from thirst, the most generous land of blessing that removes, for whoever anoints with it, the darkness of blindness, the string of arranged emerald, the book folded upon the unique pearls of the hidden secret, the Ṭā Sīn Mīm ²⁰⁸ of the obscure known, the famous marked, the spoken understood, the guaranteed completed, the clear hidden, the preserved protected, the honored served, the forgiven and mercy upon him, the form written upon the hearts of lovers with the pen of decreed will, the knowledge of Adam, and al-Khaḍir ²⁰⁹ (peace be upon him), the supplication of Zechariah and Jesus, the two lords of high rank and station, the honor of the sacrificed one and Abraham the Friend, the light announced in the Torah and the Gospel, the glad tidings of Jacob, the shirt of Joseph the Truthful, the means of Dhū al-Nūn ²¹⁰ and Noah who favored the call upon verification, the Meccan-Medinan Imam, the hero who informed of the sainthood of al-Khaḍir and Uways ibn ‘Āmir al-Qaranī ²¹¹, the Nūn of endings, the Ghayn of goals, the Kāf of perfections, the crown of messages, the essence that minds cannot qualify nor signs limit, the Tablet of Transmission, the Jewel of Intellect (56) mentioned in the sūras and verses, the light shining from the eye of certainty upon the people of retreats and gatherings, the trade of ascetics journeying through the regions of earth and heavens, the desire of devotees secluding themselves in plains and deserts, the high support in virtue and miracles, the precious ruby among the people of ascent and stations, the First, the Last, the Inward, the Outward, the isthmus ²¹² that gathers the meanings of the Names and Attributes, the affectionate, the compassionate, the mentioned, the described, the chosen for sovereignty before the creation of originated things, the plucking of the flower, the spirit of humanity, the light of sight, the ornament that is like ruby among stone, the chain of light with joined ends, the pearl of necks preferred over all the two weighty ones ²¹³, the essence of ‘Uthmānian ²¹⁴ traits, the honor of ‘Alawid ²¹⁵ lineage, the window of the Bakrian ²¹⁶ abodes, the glory of Fārūqian ²¹⁷ sovereignty, the Ka‘ba ²¹⁸ of union visited, the proof of accepted proximity, the garden of famous fragrant breezes, the tomb of thanked virtue, the crescent of seasons, the perfume of breezes, the sea of generosity that never diminishes, the secret of the secret that never unveils, the point of the secret of the letter Khā’ ²¹⁹, the veil of the circle of gentleness, the key to the treasure “I was a hidden treasure” ²²⁰, the light prostrating in pre-eternity, the glory by whose brick honor was completed, the brilliant shining star, the comprehensive preventing limit, the attracting elevating secret, Kāf Hā Yā ‘Ayn Ṣād ²²¹, the sun of sainthood and gnosis, Ḥā Mīm ‘Ayn Sīn Qāf ²²² (57), the setting of the jewels of benefits, great in worth and station, the scholar of sciences who strings the jewels of meanings in the path of eloquence and clarity, the lamp of understandings, clarifying what is obscure from the intricacies of difficulties and the wonders of the Qur’an, the lighthouse of the persons of light standing in the darkness, the support of chains of transmission that bring near the path of arrival for those who seek refuge in them and raise hope, the master of the pious, the adornment of the chosen messengers, the one sworn by in His saying, exalted: “By the forenoon and the night when it covers, your Lord has not forsaken you nor hated you, and the Hereafter is better for you than the first” ²²³, so glory be to Him who magnified his most high station and honored his most glorious rank, and made for him in every art of the sciences of the unseen the upper hand, then chose him from His creation and selected him, brought him near to His presence and drew him close, embraced him and sheltered him, facilitated goodness for him and guided him, made him worthy of sovereignty and approved him, manifested his excellence by removing the veil, lifting the reproach, and the honor of the side, honored him with sweet discourse, bestowed upon him the conversation of the secret, the elevation of rank, and comforted his loneliness with increased nearness and proximity, seated him on the throne of sovereignty and majesty, and gathered for him between the noble prophethood and messengership, preferred him over all beloved ones, and purified him on the carpet of His earthly kingdom, and addressed him with the honor of His saying: “And your Lord will give you, and you will be satisfied” ²²⁴ (58), and placed in his hands the keys to the doors of acceptance and satisfaction, and illuminated with his Muḥammadan light the sanctuaries of holiness and the city of the white pearl, and awakened his sound thought, and hinted to him with the question of His great saying: “Did He not find you an orphan and give shelter?” ²²⁵ in the bosoms of protection, so He sheltered, “and found you wandering” ²²⁶ in the cradle of religion, so He guided, “and found you in need” ²²⁷ in the station of asceticism and chastity, “and enriched you” ²²⁸.

And He said to him, in recognition of his noble rank and exaltation of his lofty and sublime station: "As for the orphan" ²²⁹, O leader of my heart and path of my hope, "do not oppress [him]" ²³⁰. "And as for the beggar" ²³¹, O source of my generosity and beneficence, and locus of the descents of my Criterion ²³², "do not repulse [him]" ²³³. For I have adorned you with noble character traits, chosen you from the most honorable loins and lineages, and commanded you to announce what I have disclosed to your innermost being of secrets and tastes ²³⁴, so that you may be the best receiver from Me and the most excellent narrator, and fulfill gratitude for what I have revealed to you in its essence as a word. "And as for the favor of your Lord, proclaim [it]" ²³⁵. So be at ease, O My beloved, O Muhammad, for I have granted you a secret that no inspired or illumined one ²³⁶ has ever accessed, nor has any tablet or pen contained it. I have taught you from the choicest benefits and the gems of unique pearls what you did not know, and raised your rank in the Highest Assembly ²³⁷ and honored your community above all other communities. O Allah, bless him and his pure family, the beginning and the end, and his companions of pure character and nature, with a blessing by which we may be among those who have accepted his Yemeni corner ²³⁸ and touched it, stood facing his noble grave and seized the opportunity, and rubbed their gray hair ²³⁹ in his pure soil, so that their soul overflowed and they were buried between his luminous wall and the gardens of his revered Baqi‘ ²⁴⁰, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds, and Fulfiller of the hopes of those who seek, and the desire of those who yearn, O Most Generous of the generous, O Lord of the worlds. My God, I ask You by the sanctity of "By the morning brightness" ²⁴¹, and that You create me with a character, and bestow upon me a gift, and raise my rank through Your care: "As for the orphan, do not oppress [him]" ²⁴², "And as for the beggar, do not repulse [him]" ²⁴³, "And as for the favor of your Lord, proclaim [it]" ²⁴⁴. My God, make me ever engaged in Your praise and gratitude, devoted to Your glorification and sanctification and remembrance, desirous of Your reward and recompense, and fortified from Your punishment. ²⁴⁵ My God, You are the One who created the heaven of luminous intellects, the stages of human worlds, and the subtle graces of providential unveilings. So Your divine wisdom and eternal power necessitated that You take a handful of Your light and create from it the jewel of Your Prophet, our master Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace—the merciful, pure, wholesome, clean, and immaculate one, molded in the molds of radiant and sublime perfection. By him the heaven of human creation and spiritual souls was adorned. When his full moon was complete, his affair perfected, and his luminous rays emanated from the eye of mercy, his lights shone upon the templates of the attendees of the Divine Presence ²⁴⁶, and his secrets overflowed upon the hearts of those with approved states ²⁴⁷. So they borrowed from his blissful glad tidings and the gleam of his pearly stars the subtleties of gnosis and spiritual knowledge, and derived from his prophetic wisdoms the delicate meanings and subtleties, as witnessed by: "Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp; the lamp is within glass; the glass as if it were a pearly star lit from a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if no fire touched it. Light upon light. Allah guides to His light whom He wills" ²⁴⁸. So they contemplated the dominion of those dazzling signs and swam in the seas of those abundant gifts. Their souls yearned to drink from the spring of life, to eat from the tables of blessings, to rest in the mosques of prayers, to pluck from fragrant flowers, and to ascend to the highest stations. Then upon the tablets of their innermost secrets and the niches of their consciences shone the meaning of His verses: "And it is He who made the night and day alternate for whoever desires to remember or desires gratitude" ²⁴⁹. So they employed means to attain those virtues, abandoned beds and spouses to achieve the highest goals, performed the forenoon prayer ²⁵⁰, acted according to the tolerant Sharia, and venerated what Allah swore by for His Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in His saying: "By the morning brightness and the night when it covers, your Lord has not forsaken you nor hates you, and the Hereafter is better for you than the first" ²⁵¹. Their spirits trembled, their forms danced, and their sorrows vanished. They heard the address: "And your Lord will give you, and you will be satisfied" ²⁵². Their yearnings increased, their tastes became pleasant, and a caller called to them: "Did He not find you an orphan and give shelter?" ²⁵³. Their aspirations became clear, their natures purified, and a providential care drew them: "And He found you lost and guided [you]" ²⁵⁴. Their remembrances became sweet, their lights shone, and a witness alerted them: "And He found you poor and enriched [you]" ²⁵⁵. Their attributes became good, their descriptions perfected, and they were addressed with the secret: "As for the orphan, do not oppress [him]" ²⁵⁶. So they were freed from follies and yearned for the highest stations. Their remembrance is: "And as for the beggar, do not repulse [him]" ²⁵⁷. Their seas overflowed with generosity, they lowered their eyes from what is lost, and a witness awakened them: "And as for the favor of your Lord, proclaim [it]" ²⁵⁸. So they drank thereby the utmost joy, rejoiced in what Allah granted them of youths and houris, chambers and palaces, and received glad tidings of entering the abode of eternity and delight, and settled in themselves: "Praise be to Allah, who has removed from us [all] sorrow. Indeed, our Lord is Forgiving and Appreciative" ²⁵⁹. So bless, O Allah, this blessed Prophet and his family, the lamps of light, and his noble and righteous companions, with a blessing by which we may be among those who performed the forenoon prayer and were addressed with a secret, so he revealed to His servant what he revealed, and thus surpassed the degree of excellence among the lovers, and were gathered under the shade of his unfurled banner. My God, when the sun of the forenoon shines, the peacocks of the lovers sway in its gardens, the nightingales of the yearning ones dance in its fields, the entities of the diligent hasten to inhale the fragrance of its sweet basil, and the great ones of the gnostics show mercy to its most radiant assembly to be recorded in its registers. My God, write me in the register of those who performed it, drown me in the sea of its generosity, let me inhale the fragrance of its scent, brighten my face with its mark, rain upon me the clouds of its generosity, and make me among those who persevered in its prayer until they attained its reward and gained its pleasure. For the forenoon is a gate among the gates of Your Garden, and a meadow among the meadows of Your mercy; none enters it except those who pray the forenoon prayer, and I am a servant of Your service and the lord of Your grace, so admit me through it by Your favor, and make me among those whose sin is forgiven and erased, by Your mercy and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. My God, make me ever engaged in Your praise and gratitude ²⁶⁰, devoted to Your glorification and sanctification and remembrance, desirous of Your reward and recompense, fortified by You from Your punishment and scheme, seeking refuge from the storms of Your might and force, imploring You from Your force, hoping for every good that is with You, relying on You in all my affairs. My God, make me immersed in Your love, acknowledging Your grace, burdened with Your wisdom, supported by Your victory, protected from Your might, filled with Your fear, humble before Your awe, standing in Your service, devoted to Your Sunnah, molded on Your innate nature, fleeing from Your disobedience.

perfumed with Your smile, blessed by Your attribution, renowned in Your presence, delighted by Your tenderness. My God, leaven my clay in the vessel of Your love, water it with the water of Your mercy, treat it with Your forgiveness, purify it in Your Garden, bestow upon it Your gaze, honor it with Your connection and union, bring it near to You in proximity, and gather it with the people of Your party and Your affection. My God, I ask You by the radiance of the sun of realities and its splendor, by the flashes of its lightning in the hearts of the knowers and its brilliance, by the honor of the forenoon and those who pray it, and by the station of those who persevere in its recitation and follow it, to make me among those who mounted the journey of discernment and traveled through the deserts of proximity and nearness, who traversed the seas of knowledge and action and anchored in the harbors of preservation and security, who rolled up the sleeve of earnestness for obedience and watched their Lord in secret and in public—so that the witness of divine solicitude called out to them: “But for him who fears the station of his Lord are two gardens” ²⁶¹ with the tongue of holy glad tidings: “Come forth!” “We will surely turn you to a direction that pleases you” ²⁶² So be pleased, O God, with us through Your greatest good pleasure, purify our sights upon the carpet of Your most luminous might, pour upon us the sea of the flow of Your most abundant generosity, grant us, O God, the fullest share of Your pleasure and the pleasure of Your Messenger, and make us among those who stood in Your service until their yearning souls attained their desire. My God, secure our fear in both abodes, make us among those who have obtained the two excellences, completed the two rewards, and been confirmed by the glad tiding: “Indeed, he who purifies it has succeeded” ²⁶³ My God, the night and day are two signs among Your signs, the dawn and dusk are two manifestations among the manifestations of Your self-disclosures, the morning and evening are two gardens among the gardens of Your breezes, and the sunrise and forenoon are two lamps created from the lights of Your glory. So grant us, O God, from the fragrant breaths of these times what will give us glad tidings of attaining Your honors, shine upon us from the gleams of their lights what will convey us to the highest of Your stations, bestow upon us from the secret of their secrets what will open for us the doors of Your bounty and mercy, perfume us with the fragrance of their remembrances what will elevate us to the carpet of Your proximity and witnessing, and give us to drink from the wine of their pure drink what will expand our breasts for the delight of Your remembrance and conversation. My God, I entrust to You in these times my breaths and limbs, my trades and profits, my movements and stillnesses, my sleep and wakefulness, my thoughts and passing fancies—so direct them in Your obedience, watch them with the eye of Your kindness and care, fill them with the lights of Your awe, mold their heart in the mold of Your felicity, protect them from the accidents of disobedience and shield them from the evil of Your punishments, and make my thoughts constantly roam in the wonders of Your handiwork and the marvels of Your creations, and let my secret worlds gaze upon the enclosures of Your holiness and the dominion of Your earth and heavens, unveil to me the secrets of Your most great names, preserve the jewels of my allusion from error, grant me mastery over the keys to the treasures of giving, and guide me to the path of reaching You. O Allah, O Allah, O Allah, O Most Merciful, O Compassionate, O Forbearing, O Generous, O Exalted, O Magnificent, O Eternal, O Everlasting, O All-Hearing, O All-Seeing, O Unique, O Odd, O One, O Eternal Refuge, O Living, O Self-Subsisting, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. My God, gladden our hearts with the coolness of the pre-dawn whispered prayer, loosen our tongues with the subtleties of the gifts of remembrances, remove from the mirror of our insights the darkness of other-than-You, tear asunder with the might of Your care for us the veils and curtains, set up the tablet of preservation before us and make us understand what is in it of hidden words and jewels of secrets, clothe us in the robes of might and honor, crown us with the crown of guidance and uprightness, grant us openings and inspirations that overwhelm minds and dazzle sights, perfume us with the fragrance of Your lordly breezes and Your beneficent gifts that intoxicate among the elite of Your free saints, annihilate us in You through You from ourselves, and make us know the reality of effacement and annihilation, until we are unaware of the succession of night and day, bring us near to You from You, make us hear the delightful address with which You honored Your chosen righteous servants, return us to the beginning of our journey joyful, delighted, clad in the garments of glory and pride, raise for us the decree of attribution to Your lofty station and renown among the elite of the elite of Your pious beloved ones, write for us the document of pardon with the hand of Your mercy, and when You take us, gather us with those upon whom You have bestowed favor—the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous—in the paradises of the abode of eternity and permanence, by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. My God, I ask You by the sanctity of this noble Prophet whom You sent from among ourselves and chose

his noble essence ²⁶⁴ from our souls, and made him the delight of our eyes, and made our hardship dear to him, completing what is deficient in our deeds, eager for our guidance, compassionate regarding the burdens we bear, kind and merciful to us, affectionate and forbearing, an intercessor for us in attaining our goals and hopes, that You send blessings upon him and his family, Your holy, eternal, perpetual, everlasting ²⁶⁵ blessings, and grant me, through the blessing of sending blessings upon him, a longing that connects me to You, a love that bestows upon me what is with You, a light that guides me to You, a deed that benefits me tomorrow before You, a holy spirit that breathes in my heart ²⁶⁶, quenching my thirst and hunger, a spiritual influx ²⁶⁷ that supports me in my separation and union ²⁶⁸, and whose secret permeates my unveilings ²⁶⁹, inspirations, and the worlds of my nature. Open for me every secret whose understanding was obscure to me, or whose knowledge was withheld from me, or every matter whose decree I was incapable of, or every ambiguous thing whose name was hidden from me. Support me with a spirit, protect me in my secret and public, support me with a light from Your lights, and gift me with a secret from Your secrets, by which I may clarify the path of guidance for the wayfarers ²⁷⁰, recognize the station of union for the seekers, give to drink the wine of love to the yearning ones, cause the springs of generosity to gush forth for those who aim, and sweeten the cups of love for the drinkers. Open for me the door of abundant generosity and clear victory, elevate my aspiration to the highest of the high ²⁷¹, clothe me with the garment of sincerity marked with the light of certainty, raise me through the stages of special intimacy ²⁷² to the highest degree of honor and empowerment, make me divine in vision ²⁷³, angelic in station ²⁷⁴, adorn my outward with awe and my inward with mercy, make me oscillate between desire and fear, and suffice me in all that with the coverings of longing, and nourish me with the milk of love and spiritual tastes ²⁷⁵. Indeed, You are the Sufficer, the Guarantor, the Magnificent, the Majestic. You are my sufficiency and the best Disposer of affairs. There is no power nor strength except with You, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the best of those whose expressions are sweet in the ears of listeners, whose allusions dazzle the minds of the knowers, whose glad tidings expand the breasts of the rememberers, the greatest veil ²⁷⁶ that is not shaken by stormy winds nor pierced by spears of destinies, clear in mark and sign, the greatest goal that has overwhelmed the minds of the masters of states and miracles ²⁷⁷, the noble tree, the magnificent lineage, the unique pearl, the great blessing, the immense favor, the beautiful joy, the fragrance of the wafting flowers of breathing, the light of the insights of the people of discernment and learning, the light of the gardens of the people of spiritual disposal and speech, the radiance that dispels with the lights of his gnosis the darkness of doubt and conjecture, the secret that in the processions of honor ²⁷⁸ possesses sovereignty and precedence, the copy of the comprehensive mothers ²⁷⁹, the remembrance by which hearts and ears are adorned, the blooming garden of virtues, the flashing lightning of generosity, the necklace of pearls of benefits, the unique one of precious gems, the essence of witnesses, the wisdom of additions, the builder of mosques, the refuge of stray thoughts, the foundation of principles, the fountain of sweet-flowing spiritual tastes, the choicest of the chosen pious, the adornment of the best messengers, possessor of the purest and most radiant religion, the clearest and most delightful truth, the precursor of the results of existence and the station of witnessing, the sea of generosity and munificence, the lamp whose light shines in the depths of valleys and on the heights of hills, the dawn that breaks with truth, the caller who summons creation to the truth, the pole ²⁸⁰ who guides his community along the paths of gentleness, the path of truth, the essence of speech, the subject of the predicate, "We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth" ²⁸¹, the truthful ambassador of the unseen, the trustee of revelation who bears the burdens of prophethood and messengerhood, the full moon whose countenance dispels the darkness of disbelief and misguidance. So send blessings, O Allah, upon him and upon his family, possessors of veneration and majesty, and his companions, distinguished by righteousness and justice, a blessing by which we become among those whose state and wealth You have set aright, and whose words and deeds You have guided to goodness, and grant abundant and exalted peace. And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the foundation of the base of the verifying scholars, the support of the sciences of the traditionists who attain knowledge, the point of refinement of the imams who exert independent judgment, the establishment of the discussions of the firmly grounded luminaries, the tablet of the transmissions of the distinguished elite who are brought near, the proof of the evidences of the inspired knowers of the divine signs, the ultimate source of the intellects of the unique individuals who are discerning, the pen of the will and the expression of the sincere elect, the robe of the people of felicity, the fame of the venerable affiliates, the basil of the book of the assemblies of the divine presence of intimacy, the subtlety of the secrets of the eternal power, the imam of the people of the secret and special intimacy, the melody of the divine attractions and the masters of lofty states, the bride of the processions and the Mawlawi ²⁸² spiritual observations, the lamp ²⁸³ of clear lights, the aspiration of those with throne-like aspirations, the manifestation of the sciences of the Essence and the holy descents, possessor of lordly realities, sultanic stations, Muhammadan prophetic ethics, and goodly pleasing qualities.

The clinking of the celestial fragrant breezes ²⁸⁴, and the scent of the zephyrs of mercy ²⁸⁵, the hypostasis of divine knowledge ²⁸⁶, and the lamp of eternal understanding ²⁸⁷, the jewel of the wondrous style, and the ruby of the marvelous composition, the breeze of the garden's flowers and the waft of perfume, the desire of the seeker and the means of the penitent servant, the healing of breasts and the refuge of the intelligent, the fruit of the traditions of encouragement and warning, the ascension of attainment and the sword of victory and imminent conquest, the title of honor and the locus of openings and gifts and the core of healing, the essence of the essence of loyalty, the light of the joy of sufficiency, and the secret that removes the concealment from the symbols of truths, the river of pure honey, the source of purity, the chosen and selected, the degree of nearness, the program of comprehension and encompassment and the path of following, the awakening of mankind and the proofs of good deeds, the sun of knowledge and the rising of joys, the garden of gardens and the flower of intimacy, the index of sciences and subtleties and the light of plantings, the pool of lights that is approached and the radiant dawn, the master of the bright full moons and the restoration of the sciences of recitation and exegesis, the tongue of expression and presentation, the fragrant publication and the facilitation of ease, the necklace of pearls of the Small and Large Compendiums ²⁸⁸, the model of the intelligent and the comfort of the poor, the treasury of the Treasurer, the Revealer, and the Plump ²⁸⁹, the torrent of the Surrounding Sea and the precious pearl, the Radiant, the Guidance, and the Embroidery of the Clear Victory, the mirror of virtues and the delight of hearts, the great tree of the Publisher and the elite of the elite and the openings of the unseen, the subtlety of the subtleties of grace and the splendid sciences, the path of the worshippers and the practices of the guided and the etiquettes of this world and the Hereafter, the excellence of conversation and the Siddiqian gift ²⁹⁰ and the delight of ears, the pleasure of the beholder and the joyful companion and the solace of the obedient and the joy of invention, the fragrant flower and the piercing star and the antimony of the eyes, the blessing of longing and the comforter and the unique pearl of the two necklaces, the awakening of the heedless and the deceived and the sufficiency of the seeker, the provision of the needy and the means of those who seek means and the desire of... the joy of assemblies and the superior garden and the ember of borrowing, the pleasantries of prophetic traditions and the delight of the beholder and the light of the lamp, the provision of the traveler and the reminder of the good and skilled one and the alertness of the excellent and clever, the collection of collections and the raincloud of heavy rains and the inhalation of the blow, the work of one who healed for one who loved and the means of nearness, the ladder of ascent and the guardian of covenants, the fragrance of relief that saves from ruin those who cling to it, the silk brocade of gilded virtues and the string of pearls, the destination of journeys preferred over all free men and masters, the gift of the great and the delight of insights and the beauty of days and nights, the elite of knowledge and the fruit of action and the essence of gnosis and the opening of the Most High, the facilitation of benefits and the scattered gold, the sufficient amulet and the chosen path of religion, the removal of the veil, the healing of passion, the gift of the glimpse and the flower of the hills, the lighthouse of definition and notification, the dissemination of the musk of the seal's fragrance, the ocean encompassing the oddities of languages and the lamp of darkness, the result of the beautiful saying, the embroidery of the wrists, the jewel of setting and the ornament of biographies, the adornment of prohibition and the delight of the eye, the illumination that clarifies from a look at the subtleties of His wisdom and the fear of poverty and separation, the rose garden, the opening of instruction, the bride of the kingdoms appearing in the presence of witnessing and determination, the treasure of eloquence, the ink of the reed pen, the imam of the People of the Sunnah and the Community, the qibla of those who supplicate and plead, the dew of generosity, the cry for help, the path of the eloquent, whoever clings to it follows the path of guidance, the publication of the common proverb, the moon of the revolving sphere, the diwan of knowledge, forbearance, and literature, the strange of the strange, the virgin of wonders, the clear exposition and the tongue of the Arabs, the embellishment of clarification and refinement, the speech of the eloquent and the sound compendium, the proof that suffices by its indication without explicit statement or allusion, the brilliant of brilliants and the opening of the Mighty Lord, the chosen master and the arrival of recollection and the victory of the poor, the breeze of fragrant flowers, the full moon of traveling moons, the unique pearl of the shining necklaces, the table of hidden and manifest blessings, the gift of the bride and the rising places of lights, the pillar of explanation and elucidation and the field of thoughts, the pearl of the best glories, the branch of faith, the location of the jewels of the highest intent, the one who by his glance encompasses the great notables, the perceptions of bestowed sciences, the sufficiency of the needy and the secret of the sacred traditions, the picking of pearls and the speech of flowers, the assistance of the reader, the sun of the firmament, the illumination of darkness and the traveling star, the ultimate end and the arrow of hitting the mark and the opening of the Creator, the crown of the diadem of the prophetic biography and the chain of transmission of Bukhari, the spring of the righteous, the treasure of secrets, the classes of the righteous and the gift of the good, the treasure of the Predecessor and the refinement of names and languages, the path of the wayfarer and the book of mercy and blessings, the lamp of the gnostics, the ascension of those who reach, the seal of the secrets of the prophets and messengers, the breath of spirits, the key to profits, the link of the necklaces of gold nuggets and bezels and the jewels of the authentic, the booty of the disciple, the jewel of divine unity, the pillar of the people of trust and abstraction, the nourishment of hearts and the revival of the sciences of religion, the means of the seeker to attain goals and the guiding helper, the healing of the thirsty, the enrichment of the noble, the core of elucidation and attainment, the benefiter of judgments and the opening of the Majestic, the insight of the beginner and the advanced, the reminder of the heedless and the forgetful, the tongue of truth.

And by the moon of radiant beauty, so bless him, O Allah, and his Family with a blessing by which our souls delight in the garden of his luminous gnosis, and by which our thoughts awaken from the sleep of heedlessness and diversions, and by which You turn away from us the onslaught of horrific events and calamities, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. Your beauty, O Prince of Beauty, is unique, and Your right is not subject to comparison. Upon the walls, a light from You shines when it parts from precious coolness ²⁹¹. It is as if the sun borrowed from Your mouth a radiance that shone from Your lips, the intimate companion. It is as if the sun is a deputy when, with Your permission, it appears above heads. It bears Your most exalted light and exults, and penetrates hearts and souls. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Patron Muhammad and to the Family of our Master Muhammad, the center of noble love, the lofty and exalted station of honor, the guidance of the people of divine care and disposal, the station of the people of expansion and definition, the possessor of the pure full moon and the clean heart, the medium of the pearls of the middle and the greater, the delightful garden and the rising places of the stars of prosperity and glad tidings, the title of knowledge and the journey of the devotee, the essence of remembrance and recollection, the foundation of establishment and the wisdom of the benefactor, the determination of the people of success and right guidance, the support of divine connections, the authority of the transmissions of those with hidden allusions and the continuous generosity transmitted from those with approved states and the companions of the Divine Presence, the unveiler of the cover, the shelter of spread forbearance, the light that protects thoughts from error and mistake, the embroidery of assemblies, the encompassing good, the Perfect Human, the victorious Imam for the religion of Allah, the Just, the string of pearls, the wonder of the age, the fragrant garden, the pouring abundant rain, the gift of the righteous, the model of the pious, the garden of remembrances, the breeze of the dawn breaths, the manifestation of clear signs, the source of generosities and miracles, the bride appearing in the highest stations, the one connected and adorned in the robes of virtue and perfections, the pearl of the bridal chamber of thoughts, the function of subtle remembrances, the substance of merciful effusions, the rising place of the lights of the Eternal, the mirror of the gardens, the intelligence of the vigilant, the human of the fixed entities, the eye of the fixed entities, the master of humans and jinn, the Kaaba of the far and near, the embroidery of robes embroidered with the jewels of faith and excellence, the robe of favor inscribed with the lights of gnosis and the sciences of the Quran, the ladder of knowledge ²⁹² that is ascended, the ruby of verified knowledge, the book of successful guidance, the caller to salvation and the truthful summoner to the truth, the brilliance of the opening of the sublime Hamziyya, the verse of the famous Burdah poem of blessing and increase, the glitter of the pearly stars, the source of the foundations of those with gifted sciences, the Muhammadan and prophetic praises, the refuge sought for protection from the gusts of overwhelming winds, the hidden army by which victory is achieved over great predestined matters, the impregnable fortress by which protection is gained from temporal events, the lofty support that leads to the stations of certainty and the highest exalted ranks. So bless him, O Allah, and his Family, possessors of noble lineage, and his Companions, people of praiseworthy character and approved conduct, with a blessing by which You perfume our corners with the fragrant breezes of his pure secrets, and by which You convey our greetings to his noble Ahmadine Presence, and by which You make us among those for whom Your eternal favors of care have preceded, and by which You bring us out of the abode of this world in safety and well-being, without misleading trial, affliction, or calamity, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. Completed by the sending of Muhammad, the best of mankind, are the brilliant lights of all virtues and their adornments. He was distinguished among the prophets by a call whose generality and inclusiveness encompassed all servants. Rays from him poured forth upon the two weighty beings [jinn and humans], rising with no setting after their rising. Humans know that he is their goal, and jinn are certain that he is their hope. How many a sign appeared with truth! How many a sign descended with the sword! And sufficient for you is this revelation, for it is a testimony whose acceptance is the praise of the generosity of the servants. Allah gathered the noble qualities for a community whose messenger is this Hashimite prophet. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our Master and Patron Muhammad and to the Family of our Master Muhammad, the title of the brilliant message, the light of the unique pearl ²⁹³, the flower of opened buds, the cup of aged wine, the light of the insight of verified inner sights, the element of preceding prophethood, the source of subsequent miracles, the branch of the towering tree, the sphere of shining lights, the mine of extraordinary miracles, the basket of fragrant scents, the outpouring of gentle mercies, the blessing of thriving markets, the tongue of speaking states, the target of gazing eyes, the opener of discriminating sciences, the confirmer of harmonious oaths, the flash of the swords of truth, the subduer of approaching terrors, the night journey of those with fluttering wings, the elixir that transforms essences,

And it purifies the bodies, illuminates the hearts, and brings about, through its vision, the pleasure of the All-Merciful. It is the essence of the hidden secret ²⁹⁴, which the seas do not know, nor do the necks aspire to adorn themselves with it. It is the robe of supreme beauty, the delight of radiant virtues, the desire of yearning hearts, and the wine of serene spirits. It is the opener of the openings of sacred knowledge ²⁹⁵, and the secret preferred over every jinn and human. It is the meadow of divine gifts, the mirror of ocular unveilings, the spirit of the cosmic worlds, and the noblest of human creatures. It is the string of pearls of speech that mocks dreams, and whose prophetic eloquence belittles the subtleties of the meanings of words. It is the secret of existence, the cornerstone of perfection, and the Book of Lights ²⁹⁶ sealed with the amber of Shihr ²⁹⁷ and the fragrant breezes of the musk of the seal ²⁹⁸. So, O Allah, bless him and his family and his Companions with the best of blessings and the purest of peace, a blessing by which we attain through Your pleasure and his pleasure the ultimate goal, and by which You place us in his fortified fortress, the shelter of his inviolable rank, and his neighborhood that is not to be wronged. And grant abundant peace forever. And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the secret deposited in the hearts of the pure and free elite, the lofty honor whose rank is above those of might and status, the crowned bride of splendor in the assemblies of the righteous, the light whose radiance shines in the creation of those possessed of knowledge and remembrance, the full moon of high station and its beauty in the manifestations of lights, the dawn whose light reveals the hidden gifts and secrets, the breeze whose fragrance is mixed with the wafts of musk and the petals of flowers ²⁹⁹, and the generosity whose abundant flow of gifts is attested by authentic traditions and reports, the blessing whose secret pervades all regions, the mercy whose benefit encompasses all centuries and ages, the good whose love lies hidden in the breasts of the Emigrants and Helpers ³⁰⁰, and the Messenger whose advent was announced by the revealed books and reports. So, O Allah, bless him and his family, the pure veils ³⁰¹, and his Companions, those who bow, prostrate, and stand in prayer during the late night hours, a blessing by which You cause us to descend to the station of the righteous, crown us with the crown of awe and dignity, avert from us the crises of hardships and adversities, and protect us from the cutting obstacles in the wildernesses of journeying to You and traveling, by Your grace and generosity, O Allah, O Forbearing, O Oft-Forgiving, O All-Merciful, O Compassionate, O Mighty, O Compeller, O Most Generous of the generous, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. My God, I ask You by all that Your knowledge encompasses, Your forbearance contains, and Your generosity covers, and by Your Most Beautiful Names, Your sublime attributes, Your countless favors, the treasuries of Your bounty that are never exhausted nor fully enumerated, by the permanence of Your eternal might, the light of Your ancient and everlasting Face, by Your Name the Light, Your attribute the Light, Your Tablet the Light, Your Spirit the Light, Your Footstool the Light, Your Throne the Light, Your Truth the Light, Your Pen the Light, the permeation of Your secret the Light, the angels of the Presence of Light, by what lies beyond the veil of Majesty of splendor and light, and by that with which You manifested Yourself to the mountain, and it became crushed after its fame and appearance, "By the Mount, and a Book inscribed in a parchment unrolled, by the House frequented, and the roof raised high, and the sea set ablaze" ³⁰², and by what You have instilled in the hearts of Your saints of joy in You and delight, and by what You have gifted them of care, election, and righteousness, and by what You have torn for them in the world of dominion of the dense veils and coverings, by the majesty of Your messengers and prophets, and by the covenant You took from the spirits before creation and appearance, and by what You revealed to the heart of Your Prophet, our master Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, of clear signs and the Wise Reminder, and by what You showed him of the wonders of Your creations when You made him journey by night in the darkness of the deep night, and traveled with him to Your most exalted carpet and the vastness of Your magnificent court, and by what You honored him with of the most noble greetings and purest salutations, and what he experienced of the subtleties of conversation and speech, and You expanded his breast to receive Your bestowed sciences and hidden secrets, and You made his heart firm until he heard Your eternal speech, that You journey with our spirits to the land of Your beauty, immerse them in the seas of Your bounty, give them to drink from the cups of Your might ³⁰³, create us with the lofty states of Your attributes, and return them to us pleased and pleasing, clad in the robes of Your majesty, rejoicing in meeting You, regarded with the eye of Your perfection, enveloped by divine lights and lordly mercies such as enveloped the inhabitants of the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary and the high heavens of Your bounty and favors, and with our bodies to the places of Your intimacy, and the lights of our insights to the sanctuaries of Your holiness, so that we may be among Your special servants whom You have chosen for Yourself, and with our ears to the manifestations of Your might and at Your court, to hear the delightful address of Your speech, to inhale through the removal of Your veil, and to comprehend what You have deposited of the secret in the hearts of Your stakes ³⁰⁴, Your bells ³⁰⁵, and Your poles ³⁰⁶, so that it returns

Reassured by seeing You, joyful in Your protection, desiring the abode of Your reward. My God, journey with our spirits to the highest of Your lofty stations ³⁰⁷, wherein You have manifested to the brides of hearts, and with our bodies to the vastest meadows of Your mercy, wherein the treasuries of the unseen have opened, and with our eyes to the vision of Your most luminous Tablet ³⁰⁸, wherein is inscribed the knowledge of all things, and with our ears to that which You have reserved of Your knowledge, which is veiled from intellects. Grant us from Yourself a holy opening and a clear spiritual secret, by which we may enter into the schools of instruction with the Cherubim ³⁰⁹, who rule by the signature of what they have witnessed in the Mother of the Book ³¹⁰, and raise their voices in glorification and sanctification, and delight in the subtleties of Your response, until we become among the elect of Your saints standing at Your door, and among the chosen of Your intimates dwelling at Your threshold, led by the rein of success to the path of Your rightness, whom You have added to Yourself with an addition of realization and made them among the companions of Your Presence and Your beloved, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. My God, the journey to You elevates the aspirations of the righteous, and turning to You stirs the states of the rememberers, and seeking refuge in You raises the ranks of those who belong to You, and standing at Your door fulfills the hopes of those who seek, and fear of You rectifies the states of the repentant, and passion for Your love fulfills the desire of the desirous, and immersion in longing for You bequeaths the station of those who have arrived, and adherence to Your Sunnah preserves the deeds of the workers, and perseverance in Your service polishes the mirror of the seekers, and seclusion in the mosques of Your obedience expands the breasts of the knowers, and abundance of Your remembrance relieves the sorrows of the despairing, and striving in what pleases You grants dwelling with the great ones of Your beloved in the highest 'Illiyin ³¹¹. So make me, O God, among Your loving and beloved servants, and among the elect of Your sincere and near saints, and among the intelligent of Your wise and inspired ones, who have journeyed to Your angelic presences with earnestness and effort, and traversed the deserts of the journey to You with fear and preparation, and the guide of goodness led them to You, so they followed the path of guidance and rectitude, and sacrificed their souls in what pleases You, so they reached the goal and attained the desired. They are truly Your servants, sincere to You in truth, traveling to You with their spirits on the mounts of longing and affection. So include us, O God, in their ranks, and lead us on their paths, and make us among the noblest of Your servants whom You have chosen for Yourself and guided to You, while there is no guide for us to You except Your guidance, no leader for us in the journey to You except Your care, and no provision for us in turning to You except Your felicity. So grant us felicity, O God, with Your meeting, and gladden us with Your pleasure, and whatever remains of our lives, make it in Your worship, and whatever good You have granted us, increase it, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. * My soul refuses but to be passionate for whom it loves * So leave your blame, for souls and what they desire * The humiliation of passion is dear, and its bitter is sweet * And its colocynth ³¹² is sweeter than manna and quail * Its torment for the lover is the very essence of his bliss * And the striving of blamers in seeking forgetfulness is a contagion * Whoever does not find in himself love for his Beloved * His passion is false and his infatuation is a trial * And he is not free who is enslaved by base desire * So choose for yourself what you desire * Love is only love of the Possessor of bounty and wealth * And His angels, the prophets, and the pious * And the best of God's messengers, the most excellent of His creation * Muhammad, the guide to the Garden of Refuge * A messenger, a reachable one, comprehensive, bountiful * There is none like him in union, virtue, and generosity * A bringer of good news, a warner, a mercy, a grace, a guidance * A luminous lamp, an ultimate goal in piety * Kind, compassionate, not harsh, gentle * In war a lion, irresistible and unconquerable * Beautiful of countenance, radiant of complexion, of medium stature * Handsome, upright, a refuge for the afflicted * In intellect, perfect in character and wisdom * There is none equal to him in knowledge and forbearance * Upon the Master, the Patron, the Intercessor, and his Family * And his Companions, people of righteousness and piety * Peace, with perfect sufficiency, guaranteeing * And repelling evil and trial in both worlds My God, unveil for us the bright faces of benefits, grant us the highest of benefits, accompany us in our journey to You with kindness and safety, and remove from us every reproach and blame, and be with us compassionate and kind until You settle us in the Abode of Peace and Permanence. My God, guide us when we stray from the path, and lead us with Your guidance when we lack a guide, and be for us a companion in our journey and a successor over our family in both states of residence and travel, for You are the Guardian, the Witness, the Truth, the Trustee. My God, give us drink when we thirst from the sweetest of springs, and feed us when we hunger from the tables of gifts, and save us by Your kindness from obstacles and dangers, and make our journey to You praiseworthy in its aims and outcomes, and convey us therein to the highest stations and noblest aspirations of Your pleasure and the pleasure of Your Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace. My God, the journey to You without provision is a trial, and longing for You without a witness is a claim. So make, O God, our provision to You piety, and guard our hearts from afflictions in both states of secrecy and whispered prayer, and grant us from the good of both worlds that by which we may ascend to the ultimate goal. My God, our spirits are imprisoned in the cages of sins, and our bodies are bound by the shackles of faults, and You know, O our Master, what has hindered us from the sought-after. The keys of generosity are in Your hand; none possesses them besides You. So release us, undo our bonds, and relieve our distress. My God, station me in the stations of lowliness before You, until I witness You alone in might and kindness in my reaching You through You, and remove from me every darkness that causes deviation from You, and let me taste the sweetness of Your nearness, and cast upon me love from You, and make me a manifestation of Your most holy beauty, and a locus for the descent of Your most precious secret, and support me in all that with awe accompanied by mercy, and well-being accompanied by blessing, and receive me with spirit and fragrance, and gladden me with security and safety from You, and turn me between longing for You and joy in union with You, and grant me delight in intimate conversation with You, O Merciful, O Compassionate, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, of Bounty and Grace, O God, O God, O God, O Tender, O Benefactor, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O God, make me among Your successful servants, the elect of Your near saints, the most honored of Your certain intimates, the noblest of Your sincere beloved, and the dearest of those whom You chose before You created them, and wrote them in the register of those upon whom You have bestowed favor from among the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O God, polish with the lights of Your essence the mirror of my secret, open with the keys of Your will the locks of my breast, strengthen with the speed of Your response the resolutions of my affair, preserve with Your perfect words the scope of my thought, calm with Your universal mercy the storms of my anger, and raise with the secret of Your care upon the carpet of the lovers.

My banner of pride, and make clear among the praisers the jewels of my prose, and radiate in the highest assembly ³¹³ my mention, and grant victory to my face among the righteous and magnify before them the majesty of my rank, and drown in Your love and the love of Your Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, the worlds of my secret ³¹⁴, and make it in this world and the Hereafter my treasure and my store, and thereby, O God, magnify my reward, and lighten from the burdens of sins my back, and prolong with righteous deeds my life, and pour forth from Your supply the streams of my sea, and protect from ambiguities ³¹⁵ my secret and my public, and veil me with Your Greatest Veil ³¹⁶ and do not tear before creatures the garment of my concealment, and burn with the fires of Your yearnings the attachments of my patience, and do not make my sins a cutting off for me from reaching You and a cause of my abandonment, by Your generosity, O Most Generous of the generous, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. My God, You are for me in every gathering ❖ You answer my call when I call My God, You are in both abodes my store ❖ And You are my provision on the Day of Summoning ³¹⁷ My God, Your hidden name ³¹⁸ is my protection ❖ And Your remembrance is my rest and the healing of my heart My God, You are in desolation my solace ❖ And You are the remover of my distress and my grief My God, You are the richness of my poverty ❖ And You are my care and by You is my support My God, from You for me in the place is rain ❖ When the pouring clouds withhold My God, You are my Master and my sufficiency ❖ And You are with me, so I fear not the enemies And I fear not, by Your nearness, distance from me My God, You are my worshipped, so grant me ❖ Acceptance and guide me to the paths of right guidance My God, You are You, You knew from eternity ❖ With abundant goodness for the servants My God, extend for me an extended supply ❖ With reform and guidance in continuity My God, I have asked You in distress ❖ The asking of a servant from the Generous Master My God, You are O God, my Lord ❖ And my sufficiency in my affairs and my belief My God, if by tawhid ³¹⁹ is my request ❖ To You, and it is of the best provision And bless the intercessor among creatures ❖ The Messenger of God, from the purest of servants. My God, make me hear the glorification of the worlds of the secret ³¹⁴, that I may be among those who glorify You, the sanctified; and teach me the etiquettes of dhikr ³²⁰, that I may be among those who supplicate and implore; and turn away from me the obstacles of compulsion, that I may be with You among the brought near, those who have attained union; and grant me soundness of heart, that I may be among Your merciful, beneficent servants; and protect me from the whisperings of thought, that I may be among those immersed in Your love, the bewildered; and bestow upon me the benefits of patience, that I may be among those who praise and thank You; and single me out with elevation of reputation and majesty of rank, that I may be among Your friends who magnify and honor You; and release me from the bonds of restriction, that I may be among those who act freely in Your kingdom, those who call to You, those who belong to You; and gird me with the sword of victory, that I may be among those who enjoin good and forbid evil, the resolute, the striving; and make me the fragrance of diffusion, that I may be a sweet basil in Your land for those who depart and those who arrive; and give me to inhale the scent of dawn, that I may be among the special ones of Your trusted ones, the truthful, the veracious; and give me to drink the nectar of gratitude, that I may be among the elite of Your beloved, the seekers in Your presence, the attracted, the wayfarers; and grant me mastery of the secret of the antidote of restoration ³²¹, that I may treat those hearts yearning for You, thirsting; and shine upon my inner being the lights of the Night of Decree ³²², that I may be among those who perform Your obligations, those who bow, those who prostrate; and purify me from the insinuations of pride, that I may be among the humble before the might of Your majesty, the eternal, the reverent; and protect me from the disease of disbelief, that I may be among those firm of foot in the sea of tawhid ³¹⁹, sincere to You, certain; and remind me with the admonitions of warning, that I may be, in complying with Your commands and prohibitions, among those who hear and obey; and grant me security from the punishment of the grave, that I may be among those who enter under the banner of Your generosity, those shown mercy by Your grace, those pleased and pleasing; and clothe me in the garment of pride, that I may be protected among the great ones of Your beloved, those who love and are loved; and grant me mastery of the keys of ease, that I may be among those who spend from the treasuries of Your bounty, the honored before You, the revered; and protect me from the accidents of time, that I may be among those who turn to You, fleeing with their religion to You, the saved; and support me with a spirit from You in secret and in public, that I may be among those who comport themselves with propriety before You, those who attain Your pleasure, those who rejoice; and honor me with the gifts of reward, that I may be among Your servants the knowers, from the sea of Your bounty those who arrive, those who drink; and guard me from the obstacles of deceit, that I may be among Your treasured ones, regarded with the eye of Your kindness, guarded, protected; and write me in the register of Your friends at the beginning of the line, that I may be among those gathered in the company of Your Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, the Seal of the Prophets and the Master of the Messengers; may God bless him and his noble family, and his merciful, pure Companions, and grant them abundant peace. And praise be to God, Lord of the worlds.

My God, I ask You by Your grace, whose measure no human can comprehend and no tongue can fully thank ³²³; and by Your power, through which You brought forth what was in the world of concealment into the world of witnessing and vision; and by Your wisdom, through which You expanded breasts and illuminated hearts ³²⁴; and by Your exaltation, through which You raised breasts and delighted hearts; and by Your love, through which You nourished spiritual souls and strengthened bodies; and by Your dazzling signs, through which You hold back the heaven from falling upon the earth and through which You subdued humans and jinn; and by Your mercy, which encompasses all things, through which You have mercy on the far and the near; and by Your abundant favors, which You bestowed upon Your creation and spread their banner over all the worlds; and by the secret of the openings and the conclusions and the revealed books and the mysteries of the Qur'an; and by the beauty of the joy of Your Prophet, our master Muhammad (may God bless him and grant him peace), before which lights dwindle and from which the two moons ³²⁵ derive their light, that You grace me with the vision of his face, which has no partner in its beauty nor any second; and that You create me with his noble and pure character in secret and in public; and that You realize me with the realities of the chosen ones among Your creation, the people of gnosis and faith; and that You bind me with the bonds of grace and favor; and that You raise my existence to the hearing of spiritual gifts and gnosis; and that You pour forth the sea of my generosity with the gifts of contentment and good pleasure; and that You establish my witnessing in the station of perfection and excellence; and that You honor my sitting on the carpet of proximity and nearness; and that You perfume my garments with the fragrant breezes of spirit and basil; and that You crown me with the crown of blessedness and security; and that You protect me from the claims of wretchedness and abandonment; and that You write for me with the hand of Your mercy a document of pardon and forgiveness. O God, O God, O God, O Compassionate, O Merciful, O Forbearing, O Generous, O Tender, O Benefactor, O High, O Great, O Possessor of vast dominion and sovereignty, O Great in grace, generosity, and favor, O He who is every day in a state ³²⁶ and no state distracts Him from another, O Most Generous of the generous, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O God, open the treasuries of the malakutic ³²⁷ secrets, and pour upon my temple the huris ³²⁸ of the rahmutic ³²⁹ lights; and subdue the worlds of the jabarutic ³³⁰ spirits; and with my aspiration tear the veils of the secrets of the saradiqat ³³¹ of desire; and unveil to my inner being the sciences of the invisible allusions and the lahutic ³³² subtleties; and make my sun shine in the heaven of the rising places of the holy lights; and single out my direction toward Your pure radiance and Your pleasing obedience; and annihilate me in You from myself until I realize You with pure servitude and confess to You with the sanctification of Oneness and the perfection of Lordship; and honor me, O God, with the witnessing of the lights of Your holiness; and support me with the manifestation of the beauty of Your intimacy, until I move about in the glories of the gnoses of the lights of Your Names, a movement that makes me aware of the orbit of my existence in the world of my witnessing, so that I may witness what You have deposited of the permeation of the secret of Your holiness in the manifest realms of divinity and humanity ³³³; and grant me perfect knowledge; and teach me universal wisdom, so that no known thing that You have disclosed to Your friends and chosen ones remains but that I am informed of the subtleties of its delicate aspects spread throughout existent things; and remove from me by them the darkness of compulsion that prevents the perception of the realities of the signs; and direct me by them in the world of hearts and spirits, the higher and lower realms. Indeed, You are the Lover and the Beloved, the Seeker and the Sought. O Turner of hearts, O Remover of distress, O Knower of the unseen, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. My God, mark me with the mark of the people of devotion and worship; and raise me through the stations of those of glory and mastery; and clothe me with the garment of the people of piety and asceticism; and grant me the rank of knowledge and instruction; and protect me from the obstacles that prevent in the beginning and the return; and lead me by the rein of success toward You and happiness; and rescue me from the mires of planning, power, and will; and take charge of my affair with Your hand, and make me among those whom You have honored with the best and more ³³⁴, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Generous of the generous, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. My God, when the night pitches its tents, its darknesses grow black ³³⁵, and sorcery spreads its banners, its stars set, and the dawn removes its veil, and the morning reveals the beauty of its face and shows its smile, and praise praises the end of its journey and fulfills its desire, the flood of my longing surges, and above its arrows the agent of my ecstasy intensifies and unsheathes its sword, and the world of my secret cries out: How can the lover enjoy his life and find his sleep sweet? Or how can times be pleasant for him and residence assist him, while the caravan intends the pure land and desires it, and the visitors vie in journeying to the master of the crown and turban, the joy of the worlds, shaded by the cloud ³³⁶, the noblest of those crowned with the crown of prophethood and messengerhood and girded with the belts of piety and uprightness? So make me, O God, among those who ride the mount of longing for him and loosen its rein, who spend their life in his service and expend their days therein, who take his noble praise as their habit until it becomes their mark and sign, and the abundance of his rhymes and the beauty of his prose and verse, and who make his beautiful remembrance their nature and their fast, their refuge and their stronghold, and his great love their drink and their wine. So bless him, O God, and his family, crowned with the crown of grace and generosity, and his Companions, shaded by the cloud of his favor, and grant them peace abundantly.

Under the shade of the Throne ³³⁷ in the plains of the Resurrection, a prayer by which we may be among those whom You have regarded with the eye of Your gentleness, and preserved his covenant and his pledge, and made his abode in the highest 'Illiyyun ³³⁸ and lodged him in the abode of permanence, by Your bounty and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. Say to those who have burdened themselves and imitated ❖ the folk and innovated the sama' ³³⁹ and cried out: Do not think that the wine by which the people of passion are intoxicated is permitted to the bereft. The wine is nothing but a sacred coffee ³⁴⁰ and its drinkers are the bright-faced ones of the morning. Rather, it is for the noble folk a divine care that preceded them, in whose fold are the profits. None plucks the fruit of divine care except the one for whom the palms of encounter have been planted. (84) No, and the enduring treasure is not given except to the one whom a cupbearer has called with generosity and munificence. A cupbearer from whose breaths the universe becomes fragrant, and from whose sleeves spirits waft. A cupbearer whose glance increases intoxication, and a beautiful forehead radiant with splendor. Four things manifest the meanings of beauty in him: rose, blossom, narcissus, and jasmine. And from his beautiful virtues, the stars of heaven and its radiant moon are adorned. And sublime generosities whose crescent has risen in the horizon of highness, and perfection is his weapon. And brilliant traits whose like is rare, so delicate that their fragrant breeze became gentle. They have gathered the highest beauties to the utmost of his beauty, and he has the beauty of Joseph as a sash. All beauty has become captive in his captivity, for every beauty has a revealing beauty. The moons become diminutive at his appearance, and a morning dawns in the pitch-black night. He offers the cups of taste the repose of his spirit, while its basil and wine are balanced. A flow that emanated before the creation of Adam, and Muhammad is its course and source. By Muhammad, the sun of prophethood has appeared, and from it guidance and righteousness have become manifest to us. How noble is he, the Chosen, the Elect, for noble qualities that are not of base origin. The eye of existence and the fountain of generosity, whose munificence has encompassed the worlds. And the gifts of divine pleasure are the outpouring of his right hand, and he is the key to every good that opens. And his Praiseworthy Station ³⁴¹ none can occupy when the messengers confess their inability. (85) And he has the Banner of Praise, under which Adam stands, and the messengers find rest in its folds. The spirits prostrated to him before their existence, and through him the forms appeared from their atoms. And thus they affirmed that he is their chief, and the father of existence, the spirits of their manifestation. His being is from the handful of majestic light, and thus the praises of his description have risen. All virtues have been gathered for him, so he has ascended, his radiant light above the stars. Taha ³⁴², from whose light the horizons split open for us, with lights and mornings. And from him the secrets were disclosed, and in him the realities ascended, so the expression rose. The faculties of the praisers have failed to describe him, and detail and clarification have ended. And the perfection of his essence is veiled by majesty, for the tablets cannot bear its explanation. By Allah, the traces of his virtue cannot be counted, even with descriptions and praises. Can a creature seek to praise him after the All-Opening King has praised him? May Allah and the angels bless him as long as morning and evening pass over us, And his family and companions, as long as his lovers urge their mounts toward his shrine and return. 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 honor my sun in the heaven of Your highnesses, and fill my cup from the flood of Your lordly support, and grant me thereby from Your gnoses what removes the obscurities of my doubts and confusions, and bestow upon me thereby from Your merciful openings whose blessing I witness in my recitation (86) and study, and make fruitful thereby my planting in the gardens of Your innate sciences, and spread over me thereby from the cloak of Your covering what prevents me, by its veil, from the sons of my kind, and annihilate me thereby in You until I am not aware of witnessing my existence and sense, and draw me thereby to You with a drawing that makes me disappear in the light of Your divine majesty and Your holy beauty, and make thereby my breaths preserved by the steward of Your omnipotence in my morning and evening, and the precious praises of Your beloved, our master Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, the retreats of my solitude and the places of my intimacy, and provide me thereby with righteous deeds that bring me the pleasure of the Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, on the day of my settling in my grave, 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, Your secret deposited in the hearts of Your righteous saints, and Your elevated remembrance in the assemblies of Your chosen rememberers, and Your beloved intercessor among the groups of Your fearful servants, and the impregnable refuge of Your security, whom You made a mercy to the worlds, the expansive sea of Your law, by whom You gathered the sciences of the first and the last. So bless him, O Allah, and his family, the noble leaders who connect, and his companions, the very embodiments of the learned who act, a blessing by which I may be among the individuals of Your drawn and traveling servants, and the special ones of Your pegs ³⁴³ who are ascetic and devout, and the inhabitants of Your mosques who bow and prostrate, and the treasures of Your secrets, the trustworthy, the certain, the sincere, and grant abundant peace forever, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, make my heart a source of sublime sciences (87), abundant subtleties, beautiful gifts, and plentiful virtues, and unveil for me the obscurities of delicate matters, and make me skilled in the sciences of realities, and clothe me in the garments of Your lights, and open for me the treasures of Your secrets, and pour upon me the gifts of the gnoses of Your remembrances, O Light of lights, and the Remover of the darkness of otherness from hearts, O Allah, O Mighty, O Compeller, O Forbearing, O Forgiver, O Subtle, O Veiler, I ask You by the waw of Your sainthood, by the lam of Your gentleness, and by the ya of Your ease, to bless our master Muhammad, the sun of Your saints, and the intimate of Your chosen ones, and to fill my existence with light from Your light, which is the substance of every perfection and the goal of every quest and union, so that nothing of what You have deposited in the sphere of my existence is hidden from me, and it is a truthful tongue, expressing a true witnessing, and grant me from the comprehensive words what brings about repentance and communication, and protect me in all that from claiming what is not rightfully mine, and make me upon insight from You in my affair, me and those who follow me. I seek refuge in You from a word that causes confusion, or a deed that brings regret, or a sin that induces languor, or a state followed by trial, or a belief that suggests doubt. You are the musk of heaven and the Teacher of names. There is no god but You, the One, the Unique, the Single, the Eternal, who begets not nor is begotten, and none is like Him. O Allah, gladden me with a joy that opens for me the door of success and prosperity, and makes me know the path of rectitude and righteousness, and qualify me to receive Your most holy effusion and to inhale Your most precious breath, and take me to You from You, and grant me sufficiency in You by You, and do not make me deluded by myself, veiled from my sense, and protect me in deed and word, O Possessor of bounty and grace, 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, Your servant.

And Your Prophet, Your Messenger, Your Beloved, Your Chosen One, Your Intimate Friend, the best of Your prophets and Your saints, and Your chosen one from among Your creation and Your elect, the Generous One specially endowed with universal goodness, the most perfect bestowal, the noble lineage, the ancient glory, the supported might, the established religion, the dazzling secret, the pure light, the sovereign authority, the awe-inspiring majesty, the reverential aspiration, the merciful compassion, the Sīn of the Lote Tree of the utmost of unseen sciences, the Kāf of the Book of bestowed subtleties, the Mīm of the manifestation of the Self-Subsistent's descents of secrets, Ṭā Hā the pupil of the eye, Ṭā Hā the adornment of every adornment, Ṭā Hā the remedy for the loneliness of separation and distance, Ṭā Hā the master of the two weighty beings, Ṭā Hā the unique pearl of the two necklaces, Ṭā Hā the purified from every hidden thing, Ṭā Hā whose secret permeates the essence of every hidden thing, Ṭā Hā the blazing lamp, Ṭā Hā the cloud of abundant goodness, Ṭā Hā the enwrapped in the garments of contentment and divine pleasure, Ṭā Hā crowned with the crown of gifts and gnosis, Ṭā Hā the pearl of the universes, the grant of the All-Merciful, Ṭā Hā the bride of the gardens, the cultivation of the heart, Ṭā Hā the exemplar of the eminent, the lamp of darkness, Ṭā Hā the Ḥā of mercy, the Mīm of dominion, and the Dāl of eternity. So bless, O Allah, him and his family, the great lions, and his companions, the pious and noble, with a blessing by which You seal for us the seal of Islam, and by which You gather us with those upon whom You have bestowed favor in the Abode of Peace, and grant him abundant and esteemed peace, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muḥammad and to the family of our master Muḥammad, Your servant, Your Prophet, Your Messenger, Your Beloved, Your Chosen One, Your Intimate Friend, the ocean encompassing the spiritual worlds of souls, the love hidden in the innermost secrets of those with lordly states, the light shining in the apertures of the people of gnostic insights, the knowledge stored in the treasuries of the people of merciful openings, the goodness found in the hiding places of the people of spiritual stations of excellence, the wine mixed in the drinks of the people of divine tastes, the name permeating the subtleties of the people of Qur'anic inspirations, {Yā Sīn. By the Wise Qur'an. Indeed you are among the messengers, upon a straight path. The revelation of the Almighty, the Merciful.} Yā Sīn, the Sīn of felicity, Yā Sīn, the mountain of glory, Yā Sīn, the Sīn of sovereignty, Yā Sīn, the spirit of benefit, Yā Sīn, the rising place of blazing stars, Yā Sīn, the Sīn of safety, Yā Sīn, the clear sign, Yā Sīn, the support of the people of understanding and allusion, Yā Sīn, the insight of the people of verification and expression. Yā Sīn. By the Wise Qur'an. Indeed you are among the messengers, upon a straight path. The revelation of the Almighty, the Merciful. Yā Sīn, the blowing of the wind of intimacy and the orator of the Holy Presence, Yā Sīn, the blowing of the wind of attraction and the orator of the Presence of Proximity, Yā Sīn, the blowing of the wind of victory and the orator of the Presence of Remembrance, Yā Sīn, the blowing of the wind of might and the orator of the Presence of Success, Yā Sīn, the blowing of the wind of opening and the orator of the Presence of Pardon, Yā Sīn, the blowing of the wind of righteousness and the orator of the Presence of Prosperity, Yā Sīn, the blowing of the wind of longing and the orator of the Presence of Taste, Yā Sīn, the blowing of the wind of care and the orator of the Presence of Sainthood, Yā Sīn, the blowing of the wind of felicities and the orator of the Presence of Generosity, Yā Sīn, the blowing of the wind of blessings and the orator of the Presence of Effusions, Yā Sīn, the blowing of the wind of joys and the orator of the Presence of Mercies, Yā Sīn. By the Wise Qur'an. Indeed you are among the messengers, upon a straight path. The revelation of the Almighty, the Merciful. Yā Sīn, Allah created you from His beauty as the light of His beauty, and adorned you with the attributes of His perfection. Yā Sīn, Allah brought you near and drew you close, and chose you from His creation and selected you. Yā Sīn, Allah singled you out with the perfection of servitude and elected you, and made you worthy of sovereignty and approval. {Say: 'Indeed the bounty is in the hand of Allah; He gives it to whom He wills. And Allah is the Possessor of great bounty.'} Yā Sīn, the blowing of the wind of congratulations and the orator of the Presence of Desires, Yā Sīn, the blowing of the wind of subtleties and the orator of the Presence of Gnoses, Yā Sīn, the blowing of the wind of virtues and the orator of the Presence of Means, Yā Sīn, the blowing of the wind of acceptance and the orator of the Presence of Attainment, Yā Sīn, the blowing of the wind of joys and the orator of the Presence of Forms, Yā Sīn, the blowing of the wind of contentment and divine pleasure and the orator of the Presence of Generosity and Beneficence, {Yā Sīn. By the Wise Qur'an. Indeed you are among the messengers, upon a straight path. The revelation of the Almighty, the Merciful.} {Nūn. By the pen and what they inscribe. You are not, by the grace of your Lord, a madman. And indeed for you is a reward uninterrupted. And indeed you are of a great moral character.} O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muḥammad and to the family of our master Muḥammad, Your servant, Your Prophet, Your Messenger, Your Beloved, Your Chosen One, Your Intimate Friend, the full moon that erases with the light of its rays the darkness of ignorance, the succor who facilitates by his high aspiration the path of union, the pole who raises by the secret of his care the beacon of virtue, the valiant one who revives with the rain of his bestowal the dead lands of sacrifice, the truth who advances by the tongue of his law the scale of justice, the Ṭā Sīn Mīm of the manifest branch and root, the Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Ṣād the jewel of reason and tradition, the Ṭā Sīn of the source of the sciences of the people of purity and the path of the people of loyalty, the Ḥā Mīm ʿAyn Sīn Qāf the remover of concealment and the antidote of healing, the imbued strong support, the chord completing the number, the chosen pure of heart and body, the handful of the light of creation, the pillar of the secret of instruction, the eye of the essences, the one who takes the banner of prophethood with the right hand and the delight of the eyes, the one who wins the prize of precedence in the station of might and empowerment, the presence of intimate conversation and the judge of needs, the Kāf of goodly words, the Yā of the fountain of righteous deeds, the humble and submissive, the fearful and watchful and modest, the chamberlain of the greatest carpet, the commander of the most magnificent army of prophets, the loving and beloved in the beauty of the Essence, the beloved adorned with the perfection of attributes, the master whose prayers are answered, the temple illuminated by the lights of blessings, the station surrounded by the wafts of blessings, the intimacy that delights in His name in seclusions and gatherings, the blooming garden of virtues, the dazzling secret of existence, the radiant moon of prophethood, the unique pearl of the greatest treasures, the station of the highest openings, the garden of gnoses and knowledges, the locus of the jewels of secrets and subtleties. So bless, O Allah, him and his family with a blessing by which You fill our hearts with the lights of remembrances and litanies, and protect us by the secret of its care from the onslaughts of hardships and fears, 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 Muḥammad and to the family of our master Muḥammad, Your servant, Your Prophet, Your Messenger, Your Beloved, Your Chosen One, Your Intimate Friend, the opener of what was closed of the treasuries of gifts, the seal of what preceded of the perfections of those with prophetic glories and ranks, the treasure of objectives, the desire of the yearning and the eager, the lamp of prophethood abundant in special qualities and merits, the emblem of the saints, the mark of the pious, the insight of the intelligent, the adornment of the elect, the seal of the seals of deeds, the ultimate degree of perfection, the sweetness found in the subtleties of remembrances, the hour watched for by the hearts of those who stand in prayer at dawn, the goal of the devotee, the prize of the wayfarer, the Kaaba of the circumambulation of the righteous, the Arafat of the standing of the free, the great gift, the lofty rank, the noble masters, the ancient care, the emerald of beauty brought from the seas of the sovereign secrets,

And the subtlety of subtleties hidden in the treasuries of merciful gifts, the logic of the birds of those with throne-like aspirations, and the joy of the delight of the companions of the divine presence, the caller of souls yearning for the stations of proximity and nearness, and the breeze of spirits bringing glad tidings of attaining the goal and achieving desires, the fragrance of pure scents, and the robe of prophetic gifts, the sufficient essence and the healing summary, the enduring blessing and the protective amulet, the divine wisdom and the practical result, the bestowed subtlety and the heart's needs, the amber breeze ³⁴⁴ and the Kawthar drink ³⁴⁵, the Medinan lineage and the Mecian breath, Muhammad the Messenger of God, the name defined by the article of definition, and the point of the secret of the letter distinguished by swift response and effective disposal. Chapter: O God, bless him and his family, possessors of sovereignty and honor, and his companions, people of high ranks and lofty glory, a blessing by which You regard us with the care of the secret of Your subtle name, and protect us in places of bewilderment and fear, and guard our tongues from slips of error and distortion, 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, Your servant, Your prophet, Your messenger, Your beloved, Your chosen one, and Your intimate friend, the one hidden in the seas of Your oneness, delighting in Your remembrance and glorification, occupied with You to the exclusion of others, offering himself in Your obedience and pleasure, the refined and inspired by the lights of guidance and success, the brought near and inspired with the sciences of truth and verification, the chosen and firmly rooted in the station of truth and affirmation, the veil drawn over the treasuries of the hidden secret, the beloved regarded with the eye of majesty in the station of known glory, the elect before whom the mighty prophets halted from reaching the lote tree of his ultimate goal, the chosen one at whose sight and meeting the servants of the veils and pavilions rejoiced, the honored and exalted whom the surahs and verses praised, the supported sultan to whom the angels pledged allegiance above the seven heavens. Chapter: O God, bless him and his family a blessing by which You honor us with the raising of ranks and the answering of prayers, and distinguish us with the highest stations and loftiest degrees, and grant us through its blessing all needs, and benefit us with its reward in life and after death, 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, the bridegroom of Your merciful kingdom, the imam of Your eternal presence, the mount of Your gracious manifestations, the setting of the jewels of Your gnostic sciences, the secret of the letters of Your discriminating ends, the one who prays in the niche of intimacy with the people of Your spiritual circle, and the preacher in the holy presence with the subtleties of Your luminous exhortations, Your praised beloved in pre-eternity and post-eternity, the sea of Your generosity from which come giving and supply, the door of Your grace whose asker is not disappointed nor turned away from anyone. So bless him, O God, and his family a blessing that flows in hearts as the soul flows in the body, and suffices through the overflow of its gift from the breast of a rose, and whose blessings return upon family, fetuses, parents, and children, 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 secret of existence, the basil of the presences, the spirit of truth, the manifestation of the lights of manifestations, the truthful tongue, the pole of the circles of the higher and lower worlds, the tablet of the sciences of the secrets of the Essence, the opening of the book of the creation of originated things, the perfect of beauties adorned with beautiful attributes, the eye of the essences of throne-like spirits, the treasure of the subtleties of the kingdom-like gifts, the bridegroom of the throne of dominion distinguished by the highest stations and lofty ranks, the named of names and attributes, the brilliant of generosities and miracles, the lamp of prophecy supported by decisive proofs and clear signs. So bless him, O God, and his family a blessing that rectifies affairs and lifts afflictions, multiplies rewards and forgives sins, 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, Muhammad the lamp of Your horizon, the secret of the opening of Your creation, the unique pearl of the necklace of Your string, the sapling of the tree of Your kingdom, the seal of Your prophets and messengers, the subject of the predicate of Your clear verses, the embroidery of the meanings of the summarized and detailed among them, the mirror of manifestations, the core of the secrets of intellectual and transmitted sciences, the key to the doors of hardened and sealed hearts, the spirit of the spirits of existent things, the ultimate goal of the sciences of those with illuminated insights, the source of virtues, noble qualities, and good things, the sun of beauties and joys, the garden of gnoses and breaths, the imam of the presences of proximity and the luminous individuals. Chapter: O God, bless him and his family a blessing of arranged jewels, surpassing all qualities, lofty in glories, perfuming the universe with its pure scents, of good repute, encompassing family, relatives, companions, and descendants, as long as the breezes of blessings blow from the direction of the stations of nearness, and grant abundant and exalted peace from a servant who hopes for the forgiveness of sins and the raising of ranks in life and after death, 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, Your prophet, the vicegerent in Your creation, Your messenger standing with Your truth, Your beloved sent with Your facilitation and gentleness, Your chosen one entrusted with the secret of Your revelation, Your intimate one standing at Your command and prohibition, Your saint manifest in Your kingdom and the deputy in Your dominion, Your friend adorned with Your attributes and entrusted with the treasuries of Your omnipotence, Your intimate one whose secret permeates the enclosures of Your holiness and the worlds of Your mercy. Chapter: O God, bless him and his family a blessing with which You fill our hearts with fear and awe of You, and by which we become among those who uphold Your Sunnah and preserve Your obligations and times, and grant abundant and exalted peace, and praise be to God, Lord of the worlds. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the manifestation of Your entrusted secret, the tablet of Your inlaid sciences, the raised pen of Your will, the tongue of Your expanded law, the cave of Your impregnable protection, the messenger of Your mercy, the intercessor whose intercession is accepted, Your beloved whose musk spread and diffused in the regions of the kingdom and dominion, who was taken by night to the noblest enclosures of Your holiness, roaming in the gardens of Your most holy beauty and enjoying, and in whom You gathered all the scattered prophetic qualities, so that perfect beauty was completed in him and diversified, and You gave him the choice between being a prophet-king or a prophet-servant, and he chose servitude and humbled himself before the sublimity of Your majesty and supplicated. Chapter: O God, bless him and his family a blessing by which we become among those who gird themselves with the sword of his Muhammadan law and arm themselves, and drink from the spring of his Ahmadine reality until satiated and filled, and grant abundant and exalted peace, and praise be to God, Lord of the worlds. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the sword of Your might

And from it ³⁴⁶ is the supported Sultan of Your kingdom, and the chosen, glorified Bridegroom of Your kingdom, and the clear, paved Path of Your Law ³⁴⁷, and the string of pearls of Your Prophethood, radiant and well-arranged, and the overflowing gift of Your eternal, everlasting goodness, and the Garden of Your eternal, immortal bliss, and the way of Your guidance, inspired by Your successful guidance, and Your chosen one who prayed with the elite of Your prophets in the pavilions of intimacy and boldness, and who performed the night vigil, and Your elect who ascended to the highest ranks of glory and sovereignty and became unique, and Your Prophet whom, when You honored him with direct vision and divine conversation, he became in the garments of Your greatest pleasure, blushing. So, O Allah, bless him and his family with a blessing by which we become among those who are made beloved to You through service to his chosen threshold and show affection, and prepare for the day of meeting You by praising his prophetic qualities and take provision, and grant him abundant peace forever, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, possessor of the perfect and perfecting essence, the encompassing and sent mercy, the gatherer of the secrets of the unity of Oneness ³⁴⁸, the one who stands with the attributes of the perfection of servitude, singled out for absolute unity, the informer of the secrets of verified unseen realities, the eye of Your essences ³⁴⁹, the treasure of Your wisdoms and the light of Your gnosis, Your beloved whom You singled out for the means ³⁵⁰, excellence, and the lofty, preferred rank, and in whom You gathered the secrets of prophethood and messengerhood, and praised him with the jewels of Quranic verses and the revealed heavenly books, and made his heart the overflow of Your lights, the mine of Your secrets, and the manifestation of the descents of Your verses, both summary and detailed. So, O Allah, bless him and his family with a blessing by which we become among those whom the Quran honored and preferred, and whom beneficial knowledge refined and perfected, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, I ask You, O my Master, by the cloak of Your sanctified, most holy majesty, and by the girdle of Your transcendent, most precious greatness, and the might of Your glory and the authority of Your perfection, and by You to You, and by Your Greatest Name ³⁵¹, most dear to You, and by the great, magnified station of our master Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with You, that You bring me near through You to You until I witness You, and empty me through You of others until I unify You, and cause me to disappear in You from my nearness and witnessing, and annihilate me through Your self-disclosure from my awareness of Your unity, and strip me through belonging to You from lineage and attributions, and realize me through the realities of the Names and Attributes, and make me a guided guide, a brought-near friend, content and well-pleasing, so that we may remember You much and glorify You morning and evening. And make me, O Allah, a place for Your pardon and mercies to descend, a landing for Your goodness and a locus for Your blessings, and grant me enjoyment of gazing upon Your noble Face, with those upon whom You have bestowed that in the Garden of Bliss, and strengthen me for witnessing the unveiling of Your ancient light, and grant me success to the deed that leads to that, O Generous, O Generous, O Generous. O Allah, clothe me with the armor of Your gentleness, blessing, security, and protection, and protect me from the obstacles that prevent entry into Your Presence, and wash the filth of my heart from sins, and grant me refuge from severance and disgrace among people, and distance me from my sins as You distanced the East from the West, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, and draw me to You and make me love You, and connect me with the spirit of Your Prophet, our master Muhammad, upon him be the best blessings and purest peace, and honor me, O Allah, with his service, love, and vision, and make me among those who cling to his hem and hold fast to his Sunnah, and cause me to die, when I die, upon his religion, and resurrect me in his pious group, with the people of his party and love, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. * Are Your faces or the Day of Visitation, O my full moon? ۞ And Your hair, O my master, or the Night of Decree? ³⁵² * And Your stature, or which of the interlocutor ³⁵³ with his glance ۞ Swallowed the slander of blame when not with magic? * And Your mouth, or the Water of Life? And these ۞ Are Your eyes, or the wine of passion that required my intoxication? * By Your right, I did not know, for Your beauty, O my desire, ۞ A likeness in existence, nor do I know * Because beauty has performed pilgrimage to You and came to it ۞ Upon its eye, hastening from pearls to the gathering. * It is as if You are the House of Allah, nay, You are His House, ۞ And You are the circuit of gentleness in creation and command. * The spirit circumambulates You, seeking His Face, ۞ And thus dispenses with definition by secret vision. * Hopes seek You from every direction, ۞ And they attain, before turning, the command. * A beloved from whom beauties appeared, just as ۞ He poured forth abundant gifts without limit. * A beloved, when the resurrection of His justice arises ۞ And the beauty of Allah comes in the shadow of gratitude, * Then the world shines with the lights of its Lord ۞ And returns the darknesses of the destitute from abandonment. * So love none but the One whose beloved ۞ Is independent of excuse among the just.

Muhammad is the Praised One in every witnessing place ³⁵⁴, the intercessor of all creatures in the vision of the Unique ³⁵⁵. He is the very order of human existence, the attainment of the highest hopes, a guidance for those who travel by night. He is the gain of the cosmos's life, the delight of its existence, the joy of the spirit's life, the profit of time. He is the greatest grace, the mercy through which the All-Merciful manifested in secret and open. He is the succor sent from the Presence of Fulfillment ³⁵⁶ with what those of ecstasy and thought were incapable of. His diffusion in the eye of the Unseen ³⁵⁷ annihilated us, so the hardship of aggregation ³⁵⁸ became the prey of ease. A clear exposition without confusion, an unveiling without cover, through him the messages of the Living One are fragrantly sent without denial. Upon him be God's prayers and peace, and upon his followers, the moons and the bright stars. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad: the presence of generosity, the courtyards of blessings, the lofty aspirations, the pure character, the protector of the sanctuary, the fountain of wisdom, the firmly established foot, the glory of pre-eternity, the intercessor of nations, the mine of mercy, the abundant portion, the remover of distress, the dispeller of darkness, the refuge of infallibility, the fragrance of the breath, the court of grace, the sea of giving, the tongue of justice, the pure origin and virtuous deed, the carpet of chivalry, the locus of manliness, the crown of the message, the pole of majesty, the eradicator of error, the clear proof, the pleasing speech, the descent of the manifestations of the perfections of the Divine kingdom, and the setting of the stars of the jewels of the beautiful and majestic secrets, through whose honor the universal pillar of the cosmos stood, and through whose majesty the necklace of higher and lower existence was arranged. He is the meaning of the letter of the act of creation, the secret of the Word of Truth, the preface to the result of sincerity, the object of all intentions, the pen of the book of the origination of contingent beings, the pupil of the eye of the world, the light of the forehead of Adam, the seal of prophecy, whose covenant was taken from the spirits in times past, the suckling of the breast of revelation, the guardian of the secret of pre-eternity, the interpreter of the tongue of the Unseen, the manifestation of the lights of the first precedents, the bearer of the banner of the greatest might, the holder of the reins of the most glorious majesty, the embroidery of the garment of the most luminous honor, the eye of the life of the most precious succor, the full moon of the sphere of the most famous message, the star of the sky of the most manifest lordship, the lamp of the landmarks of the most brilliant guidance, the beloved, the noble, the purified, the chosen, the generous, the announced, the central pearl of the necklace of prophethood ³⁵⁹ arranged, the pearl of the crown of the message magnified, the leader of the caravan of honored prophets, the commander of the armies of the chosen messengers, the imam of the imams of the elite pious, the eye of the elect of the intimate friends, the bride of the prophetic presences, the sultan of the lordly kingdom, the illuminator of the suns of gnostic lights, and the birthplace of the jewels of the Qur'anic descents. So bless him, O God, and his family, the luminous stars, and his companions, praised in prophetic hadiths and Qur'anic verses, with a blessing that gifts us with his eternal gifts, honors us with his merciful bestowals, and watches over us with the eye of his lordly care, 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 pearl of truth, the one of unique virtues, the house of honor, the Hashimite lineage, the lofty gifts, the sweet tastes and drinks, the perfect attributes, the one distinguished by the highest degrees and noblest stations, the crown of divine care with holy indications and gifts, the lamp of sainthood that erases with the light of his countenance the darkness of polytheism and errors, the path of guidance that clarifies through his Muhammadan law the methods and schools, the chief of the lordly kingdom, victorious in banners and armies, the pride of the eternal majesty, lofty in rank and station, the flood of merciful gifts upon whose love the distant and near are created, the magnet of spiritual souls by whose holy breeze the crowns of the people of spiritual wayfaring and attraction are moved, the Mount of the solitary manifestations ³⁶⁰, whose beautiful Ahmadic beauty draws the souls of lovers from the farthest East and West, the reality of gnostic realities by whose noble name and great hadiths the breasts of assemblies and writings are adorned, the manifestation of the suns of direct witnessing, whose brilliant lights and radiant beauties diminish the rays of rising full moons and stars. So bless him, O God, and his family, the most generous and pure, and his companions, the manifestations of bestowed sciences and wonders, with a blessing that grants us a good end and safety from evil consequences, makes it for us a strong fortress against all fears and calamities, and fulfills for us all our hoped-for noble goals and desires, 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 possessor of the greatest rank and the most magnificent station, the most generous gift and the most comprehensive bestowal, the most perfect light, the most upright path, the penetrating secret, the radiant light, the distinguishing knowledge, the surpassing adornment, the speech

The Truthful One, the fragrant scent, the radiant beauty, the fluttering banner, the unique beauty, the straight path, the great character, the right guidance, the noble report, the handsome appearance, the universal goodness, the sound heart, the magnificent decree, the pure lineage, the absolute perfection, the realized might, the sound opinion, the verified discourse, the highest station, the loftiest honor, the greatest pride, the sweetest drink, the purest full moon, the most pious heart, the eloquent tongue, the wondrous eloquence, the manifest majesty, the pure element, the dazzling splendor, the shining star, the luminous face, the wakeful eye, the encompassing mercy, the perfect grace, the reaching aspiration, the excellent state, the just conduct, the beginning of the matter and the end, the intermediary ³⁶¹ of Your heavens and all Your known things. He is the first in cause, the last in lineage, the deep-rooted in noble descent, the lofty in ranks, the chosen among Arabs, the perfect in etiquette, the answered in supplication, the accepted in desire, the succorer in distress, the foremost in means and nearness, adorned with the most glorious might, singled out for the most famous station, crowned with the most brilliant secret, sent with the greatest law ³⁶² and the purest religion, to support sound natures, awaken sleeping thoughts, correct sound insight, soften difficult matters, erase whisperings of hearts, extend spirits, treat bodies, raise the beacon of success, clarify the landmarks of righteousness, open the treasures of profits, yield the fruits of success, heal the diseases of hearts, unveil the secrets of the unseen, illuminate the darkness of the inward, revive the dead lands, perfume the horizons, complete the noble traits of character, gather the scattered souls, repel the accidents of misfortune, clarify the intricacies of problems, untie the knots of difficulties, remove the great calamities, manifest the results of nearness, free the captivity of desires, purify the destroyer of pleasures, stir the disquiet of yearnings, warn of the Day of Meeting, purify the branches of intrigues, disseminate precious sciences, illuminate the niche of innermost secrets, polish the mirror of insights, remind of the Day of Return, give to drink the beverage of love, guide to the path of rectitude, improve opinion and belief, restrain the hand of transgression and corruption, heal the rancor of breasts, alert to lofty matters, drive away the loneliness of contraction, cut off the argument of objection, bring the intimacy of expansion, guide to the middle of the path, separate the gathered heedlessness, gather the scattered connection, kill the living misery, revive the dead happiness, correct the results of sainthood, raise the banner of guidance, remove distress, elevate to the station of union, make yearn for the meeting of the beloved, kindle the fires of love, remind spirits of their covenant in ancient times, attract hearts by His gaze to the presences of generosity, lighten by seeking forgiveness the weight of burdens, erase by repentance the stain of persistence. Section: O Allah, send blessings and peace upon his noble and free family, and his select and righteous companions, a blessing by which You pour upon us streams of secrets, shine upon us suns of lights, grant us a high station in the Abode of Permanence among Your loving friends and Your chosen elite, by Your bounty and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the manifest light, the dazzling secret, the shining moon, the conquering sword, the pure lineage, the First and the Last, the Inward and the Outward, the Final and the Gatherer, the forbidding commander, the sincere advisor, the patient and grateful, the obedient and remembering, the good and pure, the great in merits, the noble in elements, the perfect in glories, the noble in manifestations, the bride of mosques and pulpits, the imam of the excellent and the great. Section: O Allah, send blessings and peace upon him and upon his family, the overflowing seas, and his companions, the shining stars, a blessing by which You open for us the treasures of stores, illuminate our insights and innermost secrets, send upon us the clouds of Your pouring mercies, and make us inhale the fragrant breezes of Your perfumed breaths, by Your bounty and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the seed of formation, the dye of coloration ³⁶³, the foot of might and establishment, the station of witnessing and specification, by whose light the enclosures of the kingdom and the dominion rejoiced, by the fragrance of whose scent the treasuries of mercy and omnipotence were perfumed, by whose meeting the worlds of desire and awe rejoiced, to whose perfect loftiness the persons of the lanterns of light and what is above the seven heavens and beneath the abyss ³⁶⁴ submitted, by whose majestic awe the pens of the will were split, by whose high aspiration the doors of happiness were opened, from whose sea of generosity the possessors of virtue and lordship drew, from the lights of whose gifts the masters of wisdom and benefit borrowed, from the flowers of the gardens of whose prophetic sunna the people of devotion and worship plucked, by the mediation of whose spirituality the feet of the people of speciality and glory were established, by the blessing of whose lordship the trades of the people of trust and asceticism grew. He is the pillar of original honor, the proof of truth both rational and transmitted, the spirit of the upper and lower worlds, the pillar of religion in word and deed, the gathering place of the subtleties of subtleties and the realities of realities, both partial and universal, who called the spirits of creatures to Your oneness while creation was in the darkness of non-existence, and prayed with them in the niches of Your love in the might of ancient times, and attained the highest degree of prophethood and messengership over every possessor of foot, the prostration of the noble angels in the time of antiquity while creation was in the loins of Adam, Your vicegerent on Your earth and in Your heaven, the manifestation of Your attributes and names, the imam of Your messengers and prophets, the model of Your beloved and chosen ones, the elite of Your elect and generous ones, the perspicacity of Your knowers and trustees, the insight of Your scholars and intelligent ones, the lamp of Your poles and saints, the brought near who heard the hearing of speciality to Your call, the refined who submitted with the submission of servitude to Your glory and exaltation, the conquering sword against Your enemies ³⁶⁵, the praiser and thankful for Your favors and bounties, the rich through You who spent from the treasures of Your gifts and bestowals, the most merciful of Your merciful ones, the most forbearing of Your forbearing ones, the most generous of Your generous ones, the greatest of Your pious ones, the best of Your intercessors, the hero who drew the spirits by the lights of His care, the generous one who filled the bodies with the secrets of His sainthood, the chosen one who led the creatures to You by the reins of His guidance, the source of purity, the fullest cup of love, the manifest conscience in the world of appearance and concealment. Section: O Allah, send blessings upon him and upon his noble and honorable family, and his imam caliph companions, a blessing by which You crown us with the crown of love and election, and bequeath to us the stations of Your upright saints, by Your bounty and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master and lord Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the sun of Your guidance, the eye of Your care, the lamp of Your sainthood, the proof of Your ends, the seal of Your prophecies and messages, whom You crowned with the crown of Your might and happiness, and purified in the abode of Your holiness and honors, and preferred over all who are on Your earth and in Your heavens, possessor of the established help, the rooted honor, the perfect might, the preferred standing, the venerated station, the hoped-for treasure, the revelation

The house, and the detailed saying, the opening of the guarded secret, and the book of the hidden science of divinity, Mīm ³⁶⁶ of the source of every subtle jewel and the essence of every noble relation, and Dāl ³⁶⁷ of the degree of every lofty rank, the sultan of the kingdom favored by God's favor, and the praised of movement whose worth is magnified by His saying: "Indeed, those who pledge allegiance to you, they are only pledging allegiance to God" ³⁶⁸. The master of the perfect and purified religion, and the pure and illumined heart, the gathering place of the sciences of realities, and the treasure of the secrets of subtleties, the logic of the birds of divine inspirations, and the interpreter of the unseen of identities, Ṭā Hā ³⁶⁹, the mirror of theophanies, and Yā Sīn ³⁷⁰, the site of the jewels of the sūras and the Furqānī ³⁷¹ matters, and Ṭā Sīn ³⁷², the one observed with the eye of care and distinguished with the noblest perfections, and Ḥā Mīm ³⁷³, the one witnessed with supreme lordship in all traditions, the copy of the greater world and the embroidery of the robe of the most glorious might, the substance of divine effusions, and the foundation of prophetic devotions, and the locus of Muṣṭafawī ³⁷⁴ benefactions, and the commander of the army of bestowed felicities, Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Ṣād ³⁷⁵, the ultimate of ultimates, and Ḥā Mīm ʿAyn Sīn Qāf ³⁷⁶, the lamp of the sciences of knowledge, Aḥmad ³⁷⁷, the most praised of the praised in the earth and heavens, and the most honored of those born, the bearer of the banner of guidance and right directions, and the most perfect of those who exist, the possessor of beautiful attributes that ends cannot encompass. "O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness and a bearer of good tidings and a warner, and as one who invites to God by His permission and an illuminating lamp." ³⁷⁸ The pearl of beauty and the robe of perfection, and the light of majesty, the possessor of the most radiant face, the most beautiful mouth, the arched eyebrow, the black-and-white eye, the manifest truth, the spirit of eternity, the adornment of meeting, the treasure of piety, the secret of spiritual ascents, Ḥā ³⁷⁹ of mercy whose love is embedded in the unseen of consciences, and Mīm of the kingdom whose secret opens the eyes of insights, and Dāl of eternity without likeness or peer, the seal's musk, the unique pearl of the necklace, the brick of completion, the ultimate aim and goal, the fountain of generosity and munificence, the keeper of covenants and pledges, the kind and merciful, the affectionate and forbearing, the one meant by His saying: "There has certainly come to you a messenger from among yourselves. Grievous to him is what you suffer; he is concerned for you and to the believers is kind and merciful." ³⁸⁰ So, O God, bless him and his family, possessors of lordship and honor, and his Companions, the eyes of glory and veneration, a blessing by which we attain the rank of might and precedence, and profit from the reward of its garments in the abode of recompense and bliss, by Your favor and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muḥammad and to the family of our master Muḥammad, Ḥā of mercy joined with felicity and joy in its time, Mīm of the kingdom that dominates the hearts of lovers with its authority, Dāl of eternity founded on the pillars of might and obedience, Hā ³⁸¹ of guidance whose tongue utters glorification and sanctification, Jīm ³⁸² of beauty that draws the souls of lovers to the presence of union, Ṣād ³⁸³ of truth filled with the subtleties of secrets and wisdom, Mīm of gifts and sciences whose eloquence has incapacitated the tongues of the eloquent, the sea of generosity and bounty whose munificence and beneficence encompassed all servants, the cave of security and salvation whose beloved and neighbors are protected from calamities, the support of pardon and mercy whose title heralds the attainment of felicity and forgiveness, the seal of prophethood and messengerhood whose criterion is united upon the hearts of the people of love and knowledge, the treasure of the secret and sainthood abundant in Your obedience and pleasure and its helpers, the garden of gnoses and spiritual gifts whose blossoms and branches are ripe with forbearance and knowledge, the orchard of remembrances and secrets whose fragrance and basil waft in the carpet of the kingdom and the dominion, the lofty of degrees and stations whose generosity and good pleasure encompass the people of his service and love. So, O God, bless him and his family a blessing by which we become among those who have increased blessings upon him, so that his kindness and security encompass them, and they seek forgiveness in his praise, so that his generosity and favor fill them, and grant abundant and exalted peace. And praise be to God, Lord of the worlds. O God, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muḥammad and to the family of our master Muḥammad, the gold of treasuries and the unique pearl of the necklace of virtues, the beloved addressed in the noblest presences of proximity as Ṭā Hā and Yā Sīn, chosen from the noblest mines and selected from the purest sources, the obeyed, the trustworthy, the forbearing, the intimate near the Possessor of the Throne, the generous, the praised for the great character, honored by Your saying: "There has certainly come to you a messenger from among yourselves..." ³⁸⁰ A revealed revelation, a sent prophet, a firm command, a magnified beloved, an exalted rank, a well-ordered necklace, an intimate messenger, a purified chosen one, a concealed secret, a sealed opening, a touched corner, a revered presence, a supported resolve, an eternal king, a victorious help, a prepared religion, a guided opinion, a glorified honor, "And We gave the messenger what God revealed from his Lord" ³⁸⁴. How noble is the beloved whom He distinguished with His choice and proximity! An established glory, a rooted generosity, a perfected secret, a favored beloved, a detailed book, a full moon, a hoped-for good, "Say, 'O mankind, indeed I am the messenger of God to you all'" ³⁸⁵. A merciful gift, a Self-Sufficient breath, a lordly present, beneficent theophanies, a luminous grasp, a human subtlety, a Qur'anic goal, a corporeal jewel, a gnostic insight, a spiritual breath, a sultanic station, solitary benefits, Furqānī subtleties, ocular unveilings, Yemeni wisdom, faithful love, prophetic degree, Mawlawī ³⁸⁶ attraction, Muṣṭafawī rank, Muḥammadan dignity, Aḥmadī station, lofty position, sublime elevation, conclusive proof, overwhelming end, "Falsehood cannot approach it from before it or from behind it; it is a revelation from the Wise and Praiseworthy" ³⁸⁷. A dazzling miracle, a manifest grace, exalted states, noble traditions, spiritual substance, tablet sciences, Self-Subsistent secrets, everlasting lights, divine perfections, human illuminations, Meccan openings, Medinan glad tidings, hidden symbols, unseen indications, holy flashes, Sufi tendencies, pure fragrances, bestowed gifts, lofty breaths, precious rarities, holy gifts, Most Holy descents, "Exalted is He who took His servant by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing" ³⁸⁸. A loving beloved, a sought treasure, a desired secret, Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Ṣād, the beloved of hearts, the letter Mīm ³⁸⁹ is the key to the treasuries of the unseen, Ḥā Mīm ʿAyn Sīn Qāf is the musk of pockets, a beautiful word.

A most exalted source: Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, the bridegroom of "the distance of two bow-lengths or even closer" (Qāb Qawsayn aw Adnā), a divine particularity, essential qualities, majestic lights, delightful tastes, direct receptions, a lordly blessing, a spiritual aspiration, a practical origin, luminous stars, throne-like virtues. ﴿And he certainly saw him in another descent, at the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary﴾ A creative delight, a celestial breeze, a merciful gift, a omnipotent strength, a pure spirit, a sanctified soul. ﴿Yā Sīn. By the Wise Qur'an﴾ The ruby of wondrous styles, and the jewel of rare traditions, the embroideries of majestic openings, and the filtrations of beautiful receptions. ﴿Indeed, those who pledge allegiance to you, they are only pledging allegiance to Allah﴾ A saving path, (111) a pleasing gift, a bestowed grace. ﴿Qāf. By the Glorious Qur'an﴾ Spiritual perceptions, heavenly sciences, inspired praises, merciful character traits. ﴿Nūn. By the Pen and what they inscribe﴾ So bless him, O Allah, and his family, possessors of lofty ranks, and his companions, people of majestic glories and widespread honors, with a complete, perfect blessing, comprehensive and universal, without peer or likeness, sound in outcome and consequence, firm in meter and rhyme, adorned in middle, ends, and margins. We drink deeply from the basins of its sweet, pure knowledges, and find rest in the gardens of its lush, radiant orchards, and delight in the tables of its abundant, ample blessings. And may it be for us a healing from apparent and hidden ailments, and a saving and protecting from the punishment of this world and the Hereafter, by Your grace and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. My God, I am Your servant, and this is Your beloved, and I have found no intercessor to intercede for me with You other than him, nor any deed I present before You except love for him and his pleasure, nor any savior to save me from the pitfalls of sins except his rank and his exaltedness, nor any light by which I may illuminate the darkness of my ignorance except his most holy light and its brilliance, nor any merciful one to have mercy on me when paths become narrow for me except clinging to his noble praise and its most firm handle. So grant him intercession for me, O my Master, by his rank with You, and benefit me through love for him in this world and the Hereafter, and immerse me in the light of his Muhammadan beauty, and make my heart overflow from the wine of his secrets and the flood of his abundant seas of generosity, and have mercy, through the blessing of prayer upon him, on my frail body and the decayed bones of my remains, by Your grace, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. And you have risen like the moon, O form of the full moon * O delight of the world, O adornment of time O forerunner in the arena of glory, never mounting * anything but the saddle of sublimity, might, and victory O qibla of hopes, O ultimate desire * O one who trails the hem of sovereignty and pride You are the one my heart and mind guard * You are the one I love in secret and in public (112) You are the one whose abode is in the house of my heart * And the dweller of this house knows the claim And indeed, in a heart around whose courtyard you circle * Are the master poles in the world of command So what man befriends you in might and contentment * And what man opposes you in humiliation and subjugation? The unruly affair is led to you, submissive * And comes, by Allah's permission, in the grip of compulsion This, and the greetings of my soul be upon you, as long as * The fragrant breezes blow from the garden of flowers And may the downpour of rain moisten the branches of a paradise * In whose boughs the melody of the moon echoes O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muhammad and to the family of our master Muhammad, the gatherer of sciences and their bestower, the imam of messengers and their orator, the spirit of intimacy for every presence, and the ease of every delight and vision, the pole of beauty and the secret of the subtle essence of hearts and bodies, the guide of hearts to success, the guide of souls and the illuminator of spirits, and their caller to union in the presence of connection, by the secret of the Possessor of Majesty and Beauty, the key of pre-eternal unseen, and the seal of the first secret, the possessor of holy attributes, and the companion of the direct presence, the ultimate of reality and the indication of the path, the blessed in formation in prior determination, the crown of the summit of existence, and the median pearl of necklaces, Muhammad of Majesty, and Ahmad of character traits, the Messenger of Mercy, and the Patron of Blessing, the pride of the Chosen Majesty, and the sun of Prophetic Messengership, the eye of Lordly care, and the lamp of gnostic guidance, the orator of the presences of the people of perfection, and the model for the people of proximity and union, the full moon of perfection rising in the constellation of felicity, and the delight of beauty whose light shines in the horizon of sovereignty, our master and lord Muhammad (113), the praiser and the praised, whose light preceded existence, and whose Ahmadine bride is displayed on the carpet of the Praiseworthy Station, and whose Muhammadan sultan sits on the throne of vision and witnessing on the Witnessed Day. So bless him, O Allah, our Lord, with a blessing of his connection, with the ranks of his perfection, and grant him peace, a peace of Your care, accompanied by the support of Your generosity. And realize us, O Allah, through the realities of his sciences and his elucidation, in the presences of his vision, and send down upon us from the blessings of his descents, that by which we may triumph through his moments, on the carpet of his presences. And distinguish us, O Allah, with the particularity of his knowledges which the people of particularity inherited from him, so that they became, through it, in the most perfect robe of creation. And make, O Allah, our hearts inhabited by his scientific knowledges, and our spirits illuminated by his exalted lights, and our intellects following his prophetic commands, and our souls restrained by his prophetic prohibitions, and our bodies submissive to that great guidance, for as long as You keep us alive, ever. And make, O Allah, our life upon his sunna, and our death upon his creed. And make him the one who answers for us in the Barzakh at the questioning, and the intercessor for us on the Day of Resurrection against punishment and great terrors. And make him, O Allah, for us a protector from Your punishment, and a neighbor in the abode of Your reward, without preceding punishment or trial, nor misery or abandonment, by Your grace and generosity, O Compassionate, O Bestower, O Owner, O Judge, 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 eye of the very essences of existence and the delight of the illuminated, witnessed beauty, the possessor of the overflowing Basin, and the tied Banner, the means of Adam among humanity, the one supported by terror and the east wind, and the one aided (114) by victory and triumph, the majestic, great in glory, and the beautiful, radiant in appearance, and the intercessor whose intercession is accepted on the Day of Gathering, the master of spirits and the reviver of bodies, the festival of joys, and the remover of sorrows, the one who guides creation through you to You, and the one who directs them through you to You, the adornment of scrolls, and the refiner of souls, the pourer of knowledges upon hearts from the presence of the Kingdom and the Unseen, the Pen of the first self-disclosure and the Tablet of the second self-disclosure, the secret of Oneness and the light of Unicity, the presence of the Essence and the rising place of Attributes, the opener of the secrets of pre-eternity and the order of the kingdom of eternity, the sun of the sanctified, purified Messengership and the full moon of the perfect, illuminated Prophethood, the white blaze of unique beauty, and the ultimate perfection in which no servant has shared with him, the elite

The supreme honor, the pinnacle of ever-rising glory, the clear sign, the adornment of the Resurrection, the Prophet shaded by the cloud, the embroidery of the garment of the prophets and messengers, the bride of the kingdom and the proximate angels, the tongue of the conclusive proof of truth, the manifestation of the decisive word of truth, the orator of the divine presences, the eye of mercies, the treasure of the supplicants, the descendant of the noble ones, the lighthouse of the guides, the sun of joys, the guarded treasure of theological knowledge, the steward of the hidden secret of the celestial dominion, the foundation of every thing and its structure, the key to every good and its meaning, the theater of the spirit of every ascetic and its essence, the refuge of every fearful one and his shelter, the dawn of every daybreak and its radiance, the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary of sciences, the lamp of the niche of understandings, the companion of the presence of the One, the Self-Subsisting, *Ṭā-Hā* (Ṭā-Hā), manifest in origin and lineage, *Yā-Sīn* (Yā-Sīn), the quencher of hearts from blindness, *Ṭā-Sīn* (Ṭā-Sīn), the waterer of hearts from thirst. *Ṣād. By the Qur’an.* *Nūn. By the pen and what they inscribe. You are not, by the grace of your Lord, a madman. And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted. And indeed, you are of a great moral character.* So bless, O Allah, this noble Prophet, the compassionate, the forbearing, the kind, the merciful, the light guiding to Your straight path, with an enduring, accepted blessing by which You fulfill for us his great right, and upon his family, possessors of lordship and honor, and his Companions, the stars of guidance and the protectors of the upright religion, a blessing by which You purify our souls in the gardens of perpetual bliss, and by which You grant us enjoyment of his pleasure and the vision of his noble face, by Your favor and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, I seek mediation through You to You, and I seek intercession with You through the standing of our master Muḥammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—before You, and through his honor with You, and his standing in the Praiseworthy Station before You, that You make my spirit ever ascending in the stages of his Aḥmadī perfections, and the worlds of my secret ever receiving the gifts of his Aḥadī descents, and the molds of my poetry and prose ever exalting the praise of his Muḥammadan traits, and the impulses of my secret ever absorbed and annihilated in the light of the beauty of his exalted countenance, and the bearers of my patience ever yearning and sighing for his noble places and his approved landmarks, and the daughters of my thought ever kindling from his *ladunnī* sciences and the treasures of his hidden secrets, and that You discipline me with the manners of his prophetic conduct, and create in me his pure and virtuous character, and sustain me with the support of *Mawlawī* love, and bestow upon me the gift of *ʿĪsawī* honor, and enrich me with the succor of the *Khalīlī* call, and hasten for me with the speed of *Ayyūbī* response, and save me with the *Yūnusī* deliverance, and adorn me with the *Yūsufī* adornment, and gather me with my beloved Muḥammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—in the presences of *Jamālī* lights and the arenas of *Jalālī* secrets, just as You gathered between the *Yaʿqūbī* lordship, and that You grant me a secret from the secrets of the *Sulaymānī* kingdom, and open for me the intricacies of the symbols of *Dāwūdī* wisdom, and that You honor me with the honor of the *Bakrī* blessing, and support me with the support of the *Fārūqī* victory, and gird me with the sword of *ʿAlawī* courage, and pour upon me the gifts of *ʿUthmānī* generosity, and that You clothe me in the garments of *Jīlānī* speciality, and realize me with the realization of the *Shādhilī* affiliation, and crown me with the crown of *Sharqī* care, and grant me in the abode of honor and increase the lofty station, with those upon whom You have bestowed favor, of the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous, by Your favor and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. Every cosmos bears witness to Your beauty, and upon it is a witness from the lights of Your comeliness. Lord of beauty, You are the master of its affair, and to You belongs beauty, and the worshiper is honored. If Your face shines, every full moon is heedless; or if Your stature sways, every branch prostrates. All the beautiful, even if their beauty is exalted, are but a number before You, and You among them are One. The meaning of Your beauty is from the meanings of His beauty; for the unique pearls of the cosmos, from it are benefits. The division of beauties, while He is a single meaning, and they have gathered in Him, so they are unique pearls. You have clothed all of the cosmos with beauties from You, and through You it has been overtaken in existence by ecstasy. You have made the eyes of him whose eye is in his eye witness the eye of direct vision, so they are witnesses to You. And Joseph intended from Zulaykha a guide to his beauty, prostrating before the face of Adam. So the cosmos is a thing emanating from Your existence, and upon You, with the non-existent, a hidden thing comes. There is nothing in it other than You, apparent or hidden; so they are the veil, or customs have made them shrink. O my Master, my abasement intercedes for me with Your might, and my error guides me, for I am rightly guided. Torture me with all kinds of torment, for I am a servant praising with all kinds of praise. My beautiful patience towards You is ever deficient from me, and my ecstasy, like passion, is a guide. Patience has witnessed, in Your love, its subtlety, and the torment of my heart for You is sweet and cool. How can I conceal what I witness, while upon me are proofs and witnesses? My love, like Your beauty, has no denier, and indeed the blaming envier has confessed to it. Were it not for what is in it, no lover would see a return to his life after death. So the two sentences—His beauty and my passion—have a distance in the approximation of expression. But a *wājid* (ecstatic finder) returns from his *wajd* (ecstatic finding); love has returned to him a fleeing gazelle. The soul has gone upon it purely, sincerely, free from its dross, and He is the discerning, critical seer. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muḥammad and to the family of our master Muḥammad, the pure root of honor, the sphere of the rising of shining stars, the delight of the beauties of gazing eyes, the branch of the tree of flourishing glory, the imam of the ranks of splendid might, the light of the lamp of flourishing sciences, the locus of manifest miracles, the secret of clear signs and dazzling wonders, the sweetness of lips and remembering tongues, the table of openings and present secrets, the deep sea of overflowing sciences, the rain-cloud of pouring virtue and generosity, the fragrant basket of gnoses and spiritual gifts, the repose of yearning souls and wakeful eyes, the ascent of lofty souls and limited aspirations, the awakener of sleeping thoughts and languid intellects, the delight of unveiled full moons, the bestower of abundant gifts and grants, the light of insight and grateful hearts, the supporter of states turning towards Allah and patient bodies, the element of successive noble traits and virtues, the treasure of multiplying stores and benefits, the lamp of dazzling sciences and intellects, the unifier of the harsh and those of discordant natures. So bless, O Allah, upon him and upon his family, the cutting swords of truth, and his Companions, the group supported for the religion of Allah, the victorious, a blessing by which You rectify our losing bargain, and by which You have mercy on our decaying bones, and by which You benefit us through its great blessing in this world and the Hereafter, by Your favor and generosity, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless and grant peace to our master and lord Muḥammad and to the family of our master Muḥammad, the bride of the throne of the *Raḥmānī* kingdom, the interpreter of the tongue of the *Ṣamadānī* unseen, the imam of the *Nūrānī* holy presence, the lamp of the *Fardānī* carpet of intimacy, the embroidery of the garment of *Sulṭānī* glory, the pearl of the crown of *Ṣubūḥī* beauty, the source of *Rūḥānī* lights, the secret of *Qayyūmī* manifestations, the *Qur’ān* of *Rabbānī* sciences, the *Furqān* of *Rūḥānī* wisdoms, the *Ṣuḥuf* of *Nūrānī* revelations, the *Zabūr* of *Sulṭānī* praises, the *Tawrāh* of *Qayyūmī* laws, the *Injīl* of *Rabbānī* glad tidings, the *Miṣbāḥ* of *Ṣamadānī* lights, the *Mishkāh* of *Rūḥānī* secrets, the *Zujājah* of *Nūrānī* manifestations, the *Shajarah* of *Qayyūmī* blessings, the *Nār* of *Rabbānī* theophanies, the *Khalīl* of *Ṣamadānī* friendship, the *Kalīm* of *Nūrānī* discourse, the *Rūḥ* of *Rūḥānī* life, the *Nafs* of *Qayyūmī* subsistence, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* gnosis, the *Sirr* of *Ṣamadānī* union, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* love, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* annihilation, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* subsistence, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* tranquility, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* certainty, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* vision, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* unveiling, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* purification, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* sanctification, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* unification, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* realization, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* rectification, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* perfection, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* completion, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* effacement, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* effulgence, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* manifestation, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* concealment, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* expansion, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* contraction, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* intimacy, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* awe, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* witnessing, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* absence, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* presence, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* union, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* separation, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* distance, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* nearness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* closeness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* love, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* yearning, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* passion, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* ecstasy, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* intoxication, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* sobriety, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* annihilation, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* subsistence, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* poverty, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* wealth, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* need, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* sufficiency, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* humility, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* submission, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* surrender, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* trust, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* reliance, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* contentment, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* satisfaction, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* pleasure, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* gratitude, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* patience, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* truthfulness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* sincerity, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* purity, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* clarity, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* transparency, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* luminosity, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* brilliance, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* radiance, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* splendor, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* majesty, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* beauty, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* perfection, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* completion, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* totality, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* universality, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* particularity, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* specificity, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* individuality, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* unity, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* oneness, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* uniqueness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* singleness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* eternity, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* pre-eternity, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* post-eternity, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* everlastingness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* beginninglessness, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* endlessness, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* timelessness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* placelessness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* directionlessness, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* howlessness, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* whylessness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* unconditionedness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* absoluteness, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* boundlessness, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* limitlessness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* measurelessness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* comparability, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* incomparability, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* similarity, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* dissimilarity, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* immanence, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* transcendence, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* manifestation, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* concealment, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* disclosure, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* veiling, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* unveiling, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* vision, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* witnessing, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* presence, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* absence, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* union, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* separation, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* distance, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* nearness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* closeness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* love, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* yearning, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* passion, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* ecstasy, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* intoxication, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* sobriety, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* annihilation, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* subsistence, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* poverty, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* wealth, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* need, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* sufficiency, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* humility, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* submission, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* surrender, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* trust, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* reliance, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* contentment, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* satisfaction, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* pleasure, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* gratitude, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* patience, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* truthfulness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* sincerity, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* purity, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* clarity, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* transparency, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* luminosity, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* brilliance, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* radiance, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* splendor, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* majesty, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* beauty, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* perfection, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* completion, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* totality, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* universality, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* particularity, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* specificity, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* individuality, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* unity, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* oneness, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* uniqueness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* singleness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* eternity, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* pre-eternity, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* post-eternity, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* everlastingness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* beginninglessness, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* endlessness, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* timelessness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* placelessness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* directionlessness, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* howlessness, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* whylessness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* unconditionedness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* absoluteness, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* boundlessness, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* limitlessness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* measurelessness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* comparability, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* incomparability, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* similarity, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* dissimilarity, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* immanence, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* transcendence, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* manifestation, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* concealment, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* disclosure, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* veiling, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* unveiling, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* vision, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* witnessing, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* presence, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* absence, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* union, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* separation, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* distance, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* nearness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* closeness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* love, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* yearning, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* passion, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* ecstasy, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* intoxication, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* sobriety, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* annihilation, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* subsistence, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* poverty, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* wealth, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* need, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* sufficiency, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* humility, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* submission, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* surrender, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* trust, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* reliance, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* contentment, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* satisfaction, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* pleasure, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* gratitude, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* patience, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* truthfulness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* sincerity, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* purity, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* clarity, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* transparency, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* luminosity, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* brilliance, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* radiance, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* splendor, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* majesty, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* beauty, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* perfection, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* completion, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* totality, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* universality, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* particularity, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* specificity, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* individuality, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* unity, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* oneness, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* uniqueness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* singleness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* eternity, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* pre-eternity, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* post-eternity, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* everlastingness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* beginninglessness, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* endlessness, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* timelessness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* placelessness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* directionlessness, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* howlessness, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* whylessness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* unconditionedness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* absoluteness, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* boundlessness, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* limitlessness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* measurelessness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* comparability, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* incomparability, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* similarity, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* dissimilarity, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* immanence, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* transcendence, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* manifestation, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* concealment, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* disclosure, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* veiling, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* unveiling, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* vision, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* witnessing, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* presence, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* absence, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* union, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* separation, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* distance, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* nearness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* closeness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* love, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* yearning, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* passion, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* ecstasy, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* intoxication, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* sobriety, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* annihilation, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* subsistence, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* poverty, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* wealth, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* need, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* sufficiency, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* humility, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* submission, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* surrender, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* trust, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* reliance, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* contentment, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* satisfaction, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* pleasure, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* gratitude, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* patience, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* truthfulness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* sincerity, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* purity, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* clarity, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* transparency, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* luminosity, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* brilliance, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* radiance, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* splendor, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* majesty, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* beauty, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* perfection, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* completion, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* totality, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* universality, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* particularity, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* specificity, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* individuality, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* unity, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* oneness, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* uniqueness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* singleness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* eternity, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* pre-eternity, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* post-eternity, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* everlastingness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* beginninglessness, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* endlessness, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* timelessness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* placelessness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* directionlessness, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* howlessness, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* whylessness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* unconditionedness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* absoluteness, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* boundlessness, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* limitlessness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* measurelessness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* comparability, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* incomparability, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* similarity, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* dissimilarity, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* immanence, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* transcendence, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* manifestation, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* concealment, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* disclosure, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* veiling, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* unveiling, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* vision, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* witnessing, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* presence, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* absence, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* union, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* separation, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* distance, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* nearness, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* closeness, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* love, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* yearning, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* passion, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* ecstasy, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* intoxication, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* sobriety, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* annihilation, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* subsistence, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* poverty, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* wealth, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrānī* need, the *Sirr* of *Qayyūmī* sufficiency, the *Qalb* of *Rabbānī* humility, the *Nafs* of *Ṣamadānī* submission, the *Rūḥ* of *Nūrān

Of the human world, and the child of the cradle of divine love, and the infant of the breast of Furqanic revelation ³⁹⁰, the subtlety of subtleties and the spiritual secret, and the result of gifts and gnostic knowledge, and the essence of yearning and ecstatic love, and the arousor of passion and ecstatic rapture, and the robe of might and perfection of spiritual excellence, and the extensions of the pen of will flowing by the decree of disposition upon the level of the corporeal intellect, and the book of illuminations containing the realities of realities and the subtleties of meanings, the feast of joys, gladness, and congratulations, and the orator of the inspirations of proximity and nearness, and the messenger of truth supported by the Mighty Quran and the Seven Oft-Repeated ³⁹¹, and the rising star of happiness heralding the attainment of the goal and the fulfillment of wishes. So bless him, O Allah, and his family, the springs of opening and faith-guided guidance, and his Companions, the people of unveiling and direct witnessing, with a blessing by which my time and my era become pleasant, and by whose Muhammadan light my breast and my innermost being shine, and by whose Ahmadine secret ³⁹² my assembly and my council are inhabited among the near ones, and by which my region and my place are protected from adversities, 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 moon of the luminous sphere of happiness, and the pole of the great circle of lordship, and the famous imam of the path of the folk, the sea of abundant sciences, and the overflowing of fresh gifts, and the favor of the All-Knowing, the All-Aware, and the Ya of the self and the Ha of the conscience ³⁹³, the interpreter of the tongue of the unseen envoy, and the tongue of mature wisdom and expression, the bride of the kingdom seated upon the throne of sainthood and precedence, and the source of noble qualities, good deeds, and abundant grace, the breeze of (119) the fragrant musk of ambergris, and the adornment of adornment without peer or likeness, and the cup of prophetic love and the blessing of the cupbearer and the server, and the possessor of high repute and formidable standing, and the abundance of pouring grace and generous rain, and the opener of the secret of prophethood and messengership, the bringer of glad tidings and warner, the insight of the knowing saint and the erudite scholar, and the blessing of the yearning visitor and the seeking lover, and the wealth of the rich benefactor and the destitute poor, the mercy of the weak, the young, and the old, and the refuge of the sinner, the fearful, and the seeker of protection, and the title of the book of salvation and the innocence of pardon and manifestation, and the messenger of mercy sent to all nations with gentleness and ease. So bless him, O Allah, and his family, possessors of seriousness and diligence, and his Companions, who won the race in the meanings of realities and the sciences of interpretation, with a blessing that protects us from the afflictions of incapacity and shortcoming, and gives us rest from the accidents of choices and the attachments of planning, 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 gathering point of the realities of the sciences of Oneness and Unicity, and the manifestation of the jewels of bestowed gnoses and unseen secrets, from whom the merciful secrets were originated and the lights of the Self-Sufficient split forth, and in whom the lordly realities ascended, and the sciences of Adam descended by which the realities of all divine attributes were known, and by whose lights he was guided to the path of the high gnoses of the Essence, so he incapacitated creatures with the light of the jewels of his solitary wisdoms, and to him the gnostic understandings became small, so no predecessor or successor among us grasped him in the descents of his ladunni sciences ³⁹⁴, and the subtleties of his divine teachings, and the manifestations of his holy lights. The gardens of the higher malakut ³⁹⁵ are adorned with the flower of his beauty, and the pools of the highest jabarut ³⁹⁶ overflow with the flood of his lights, and the regions (120) of the most luminous mulk ³⁹⁷ are bright and radiant with the glow of his perfection, and the servants of the veils and pavilions are submissive and bowed down before the awe of his Muhammadan majesty, and the elite of the near ones at the door of his Ahmadine generosity are asking and flattering, and the entities of the spiritual kingdom through his Mustafawian lordship ³⁹⁸ are clinging and attached. For nothing exists except that it is connected to him, since without the intermediary, the mediated would disappear, as it is said. A blessing befitting You from You to him, as he is worthy of it in the perfection of his prophethood and pure servanthood, and as You are worthy of it in the majesty of Your lordship and the greatness of Your divinity. O Allah, he is Your comprehensive secret, the guide by You to You, and the rising full moon that points by Your light to You, and Your greatest veil standing before You, and Your most noble beloved, singled out for every good that is with You, and Your straight path calling creation by Your permission to You. O Allah, join me to his noble rank, and realize me according to his exalted rank, and make me know him with a special knowledge by which I come to know the entities of Your special beloved ones, by which I am safe from the terror of ignorance that darkens the innermost secrets of hearts, and by which I drink from the sources of grace flowing from the presences of the unseen. And carry me on his path to Your sublime presence, a carrying encompassed by Your lordly support, supported by Your divine wisdom, regarded by the eye of Your care and Your beautiful regard. O Allah, You know that there is no connection between me and You except his care and his secret, and no intercessor for me with You except his rank and his worth, and no means of nearness to You except his obedience and his piety, and no guide for me to You except him, none other, and no protection for me except his might and his glory. So I ask You, O Allah, by his rank with You and his worth, and his care with You and his secret, and his might through You and his glory, to send down upon me from the treasuries of Your mercy that by which I may ascend to Your presence, and from the lights of Your witnessing that by which You unveil to me the realities of Your knowledge. And accept, O Allah, by the lights of Your Essence, the purity of the mirror of my secret, and by the secrets of Your manifestations, the worlds of my thought. And pour upon me from the seas of Your gnoses and knowledges that by which my heart is tranquil and my breast is expanded. And drown me in the eye of the sea of Oneness, and annihilate me in Your light until light encompasses all (121) my worlds, and I become standing by the secret of supply for creation in the world of concealment and manifestation. O Allah, O Most Merciful, O Compassionate, O Forgiving, O Praiseworthy, O Glorious, O High, O Appreciative, O Everlasting, O Inheritor, O Right Guide, O Patient, O He to Whom belongs creation and command, and in Whose hand are the dispositions of affairs, O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Lord of the worlds. We live when You unveil the face to us, and You kill us when You lower the veil. By Your face, O beautiful of turning away, turn to a lover who has found Your love sweet. If the lover justly deserves abandonment, then Your grace, my Master, has lifted the punishment. You are kind to a lover secretly and openly, and Your union, when the distant one calls, answers. Your face takes the place of full moons, and the moon cannot replace it. When Your face appears in a smile, it becomes a veil for the sun when it rises. The light of the sun in the worlds is manifest, but Your light in hearts has ascended high. The lights of hearts have an elevation above the sun that seeks to veil itself. The light of the heart is a sublime tawhid ³⁹⁹ by which the servant attains gnosis. And that is narrated from the Messenger of Allah, and it is a gift that may be acquired or bestowed. All good, entirely, from his hands is given to us from the Guided, the Answered. The Messenger of Allah, the true servant of Allah, and the first to respond to his call. The greatest intercessor for us on the Day of Gathering, who will save us when we fear the reckoning. And he will rescue us all from the mire, and give us to drink from the Pool the drink. (122)

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1. al-‘ishq al-fā’iḍ : The overflowing love, a Sufi term for divine love that pours forth from God to the seeker.
2. tajalliyāt : Theophanies or divine self-disclosures, manifestations of God's attributes to the heart.
3. talaqqiyāt : Receptivities or spiritual receptions, the soul's capacity to receive divine effusions.
4. Ka‘ba : The Kaaba in Mecca, symbolically referring to the spiritual center or the Prophet's station.
5. sidrat al-muntahā : The Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, a celestial tree marking the end of knowledge in the heavenly ascension.
6. al-ḥaẓā’ir al-‘indiyyāt : The divine enclosures or gardens of proximity, spiritual realms near God.
7. al-futūḥāt al-makkiyya : The Meccan illuminations, referring to Ibn ‘Arabi's work and spiritual openings associated with Mecca.
8. al-anwār al-madaniyya : The Medinan lights, spiritual illuminations associated with Medina.
9. aḥwāl : Spiritual states, transient conditions of the soul in Sufi path.
10. ‘arā’is al-khalawāt : Brides of seclusions, a metaphor for the spiritual insights attained in solitude.
11. nāmūs al-sirr : The law of the secret, a term for the inner divine law or the angelic intermediary of revelation.
12. al-aḥzān al-ya‘qūbiyya : Jacob-like sorrows, referring to Prophet Jacob's grief over Joseph.
13. al-Baqī‘ : The cemetery of al-Baqi‘ in Medina, where many Companions are buried.
14. Qubā’ : The mosque of Quba', the first mosque built by the Prophet in Medina.
15. al-ujūr : Rewards, spiritual merits.
16. ibn ‘Imrān : Son of Imran, referring to Moses (Musa).
17. khulla : Intimate friendship, the special station of Prophet Abraham as 'Friend of God'.
18. al-mi‘rāj : The Night Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad to heaven.
19. ‘aynuhu al-majmū‘ : His comprehensive eye, a term for the Prophet's all-encompassing spiritual vision.
20. al-iqbāl : Acceptance or turning towards, divine favor.
21. Ṭā Hā : One of the mysterious letters (muqaṭṭa‘āt) at the beginning of Quranic surahs.
22. Kāf Hā Yā ‘Ayn Ṣād : Mysterious letters from Surah Maryam.
23. Ḥā Mīm : Mysterious letters from several surahs.
24. ‘Ayn Sīn Qāf : Mysterious letters from Surah al-Shura.
25. Ṭā Sīn : Mysterious letters from Surah al-Naml.
26. Yā Sīn : Mysterious letters from Surah Ya Sin.
27. Fā Yā Tā Jīm Fā Khā Mīm Tā : A combination of letters used in some Sufi litanies, not a Quranic verse.
28. al-musaddadīn : The rightly guided ones, those who are directed aright by God.
29. hamzat al-wāridāt al-raḥmāniyya : The incisive point of merciful inspirations; a Sufi term referring to the subtle, penetrating influxes of divine mercy.
30. al-Furqān : The Criterion; a name for the Quran, meaning that which distinguishes truth from falsehood.
31. tajalliyāt al-iḥsāniyya : The manifestations of beneficence; Sufi term for divine self-disclosures of grace and kindness.
32. Ṭā Hā : The Arabic letters Ṭā and Hā; one of the mysterious opening letters of Quranic chapters, here referring to Surah Ṭā Hā (20).
33. Nūn : The Arabic letter Nūn; an opening letter of Surah al-Qalam (68), often interpreted as symbolizing the inkwell or divine knowledge.
34. al-aqṭāb wa al-abdāl : The poles and substitutes; ranks in the Sufi hierarchy of saints: the 'pole' (quṭb) is the highest, and 'substitutes' (abdāl) are a lower rank.
35. al-Furqān : The Criterion; another name for the Quran.
36. al-Mawlawiyya : Mawlawī; referring to the spiritual path of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, founder of the Mevlevi Sufi order.
37. Kaf : The Arabic letter Kaf (ك), used here as a symbol for the Prophet Muhammad's attributes, representing 'treasure' (kanz).
38. Ha : The Arabic letter Ha (ه), representing 'summit' (hama).
39. Ya : The Arabic letter Ya (ي), representing 'blessedness' (yumn).
40. 'Ayn : The Arabic letter 'Ayn (ع), representing 'honor' ('izz).
41. Sad : The Arabic letter Sad (ص), representing 'preserving' (sawan).
42. Ha : The Arabic letter Ha (ح), representing 'fortress' (hisn).
43. Mim : The Arabic letter Mim (م), representing 'gifts' (mawahib).
44. 'Ayn : The Arabic letter 'Ayn (ع), representing 'giving' ('ata').
45. Sin : The Arabic letter Sin (س), representing 'happiness' (sa'ada).
46. Qaf : The Arabic letter Qaf (ق), representing 'model' (qudwa).
47. Ya : The Arabic letter Ya (ي), representing 'ultimate' (ghaya).
48. Sin : The Arabic letter Sin (س), representing 'praises' (subuhat).
49. two bow-lengths : Reference to Quran 53:9, describing the Prophet's proximity to Allah during the Mi'raj (Ascension).
50. Sad : The Arabic letter Sad (ص), representing 'saying' (qawl) and 'promise' (wa'd).
51. Jabarut : The realm of divine power and might, one of the spiritual worlds in Sufi cosmology.
52. Kaaba : The sacred house of God in Mecca, symbolizing the spiritual center of the universe.
53. sawād al-ʿayn : Literally 'the blackness of the eye', i.e., the pupil; a metaphor for the beloved or the most precious thing.
54. Aḥmadī : Attributed to Aḥmad, one of the names of the Prophet Muhammad, meaning 'most praiseworthy'.
55. sarāt : Plural of sariy, meaning noble or chief; here referring to celestial beings or spiritual elites.
56. sunnī : Orthodox; following the Sunna (tradition) of the Prophet.
57. Mawlawī : Relating to Mawlā (master); often used for the Sufi order of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, but here likely referring to the Prophet's spiritual authority.
58. Dalāʾil al-Khayrāt : A famous collection of prayers upon the Prophet by al-Jazūlī.
59. malakūt : The angelic or spiritual realm; the world of divine sovereignty.
60. ladunnī : Divine, inspired knowledge granted directly by God, as in 'ilm ladunnī (knowledge from His presence).
61. sayyid al-ashrāf : Master of nobles; a title of the Prophet.
62. Sūrat al-Aʿrāf : Chapter 7 of the Qur'an, which contains praise of the Prophet.
63. Ḥāʾ, Mīm, Dāl : The Arabic letters H, M, D; acronym for the Prophet's name Muhammad (Mīm, Ḥāʾ, Dāl) or for attributes: Ḥāʾ for mercy (raḥma), Mīm for dominion (mulk), Dāl for eternity (dawām).
64. fayḍ : Spiritual overflowing or emanation, a key concept in Sufism referring to divine effusion.
65. Ḥamīd Majīd : Two of Allah's names: Praiseworthy and Glorious.
66. Ḥā' al-Ḥamd : The letter Ha (ح) symbolizing praise (ḥamd).
67. Mīm al-Majd : The letter Mim (م) symbolizing glory (majd).
68. Dāl al-Dawām : The letter Dal (د) symbolizing eternity (dawām).
69. al-Maqām al-Maḥmūd : The Praiseworthy Station, a rank granted to Prophet Muhammad on the Day of Judgment.
70. al-'Awārif : Gnostic sciences or spiritual knowledge.
71. al-Ma'ārif : Divine knowledge or mystical insights.
72. Mīm al-Manā'iḥ al-Ilāhiyya : The letter Mim symbolizing divine gifts (manā'iḥ).
73. Ḥā' al-Raḥamāt al-Rabbāniyya : The letter Ha symbolizing lordly mercies.
74. Mīm al-Mawāhib al-Imtināniyya : The letter Mim symbolizing bestowing favors.
75. Dāl al-Dalā'il al-'Irfāniyya : The letter Dal symbolizing gnostic proofs.
76. Kāf-Hā-Yā-'Ayn-Ṣād : The Arabic letters Kaf, Ha, Ya, 'Ayn, Sad; a Quranic abbreviation (Surah Maryam).
77. Yā-Sīn : The Arabic letters Ya and Sin; a Quranic abbreviation (Surah Ya-Sin).
78. Furqān : The Criterion, a name for the Quran.
79. Mīm Minhāj al-Dīn al-Aṭhar : The letter Mim symbolizing the purest path of religion.
80. Ḥā' Ḥikmat al-Sirr al-Abhar : The letter Ha symbolizing the wisdom of the most radiant secret.
81. Dāl Dawām al-Majd al-Afkhar : The letter Dal symbolizing the most glorious perpetual glory.
82. Ṭā-Hā : The Arabic letters Ta and Ha; a Quranic abbreviation (Surah Ta-Ha).
83. al-Aswad wa al-Aḥmar : Black and red; a phrase meaning all people, or all types.
84. Ḥā-Mīm : The Arabic letters Ha and Mim; a Quranic abbreviation (Surah Ha-Mim).
85. Mīm al-Mulk al-Awsa' : The letter Mim symbolizing the most extensive dominion.
86. Ḥā' Ḥiṣn al-Amn al-Amna' : The letter Ha symbolizing the most impregnable fortress of security.
87. Mīm Maqām al-'Izz al-Arfa' : The letter Mim symbolizing the most exalted station of might.
88. Dāl Diryāq al-Ridā' al-Anfa' : The letter Dal symbolizing the most beneficial antidote of the cloak.
89. Ṣād : The Arabic letter Sad; a Quranic abbreviation (Surah Sad).
90. Nūn : The Arabic letter Nun; a Quranic abbreviation (Surah Nun).
91. Mīm Ma'din al-Ḥayā' wa al-Ṣabr : The letter Mim symbolizing the mine of modesty and patience.
92. Ḥā' Ḥayāt Ahl al-Uns wa al-Dhikr : The letter Ha symbolizing the life of the people of intimacy and remembrance.
93. Mīm Majāl Ahl al-Khawāṭir wa al-Fikr : The letter Mim symbolizing the arena of the people of thoughts and reflection.
94. Dāl Dīwān Ahl al-Ḥamd wa al-Shukr : The letter Dal symbolizing the court of the people of praise and gratitude.
95. Sirr Tamīmat Ahl al-Kasr wa al-Jabr : The secret of the talisman of the people of brokenness and restoration.
96. Nūr Baṣīrat Ahl al-Fatḥ wa al-Sirr : The light of the insight of the people of unveiling and mystery.
97. Sayf 'Ināyat Ahl al-'Izz wa al-Naṣr : The sword of care for the people of might and victory.
98. Jīm Ḥimāyat Ahl al-Zajr wa al-Qahr : The letter Jim symbolizing protection for the people of restraint and subjugation.
99. Kāf-Hā-Yā-'Ayn-Ṣād Kifāyat Ahl al-Sirr wa al-Jahr : The letters Kaf-Ha-Ya-'Ayn-Sad symbolizing sufficiency for the people of the secret and the public.
100. Faṣl Allāhumma 'alayhi : A section marker; 'O Allah, upon him' meaning blessings upon the Prophet.
101. Bi-abī fawḥu ṭībika al-'aṭir : By my father, the fragrance of your sweet scent; an expression of love and devotion.
102. 'Umra : The lesser pilgrimage to Mecca, performed at any time of the year.
103. qibla : Direction of prayer, here used metaphorically for the spiritual focus.
104. Furqanic : Related to the Furqan, a name for the Quran meaning 'the Criterion'.
105. possible preparedness : Refers to the primordial capacity of the human soul to receive divine knowledge.
106. Ahmad : Another name of Prophet Muhammad, meaning 'most praiseworthy'.
107. anointed with the light of Your holiness : Refers to the Prophet's spiritual vision of the Divine Essence.
108. his inner self as secrets for You : Allusion to Quran 20:7, indicating that God knows the innermost secrets.
109. odd of the number : Symbolic of the Prophet's unique and singular station.
110. Ahmadic : Pertaining to the Prophet Muhammad, from his name Ahmad.
111. son of the sacrificed one, the son of the sacrificed one : Refers to Prophet Ishmael and his father Abraham, both associated with sacrifice.
112. Pen and the Tablet : In Islamic cosmology, the Pen writes destiny on the Preserved Tablet.
113. good : Arabic 'tayyib', meaning pure and good.
114. those with white foreheads and limbs : Refers to the believers who will be distinguished on Judgment Day by the marks of prostration.
115. Kawthar : A river in Paradise granted to the Prophet.
116. black and the red : Idiom meaning all of humanity, regardless of race.
117. Ha Mim. 'Ayn Sin Qaf... : Quran 42:1-3, a reference to the revelation.
118. enwrapped : Reference to Quran 73:1, 'O you who are enwrapped'.
119. enveloped : Reference to Quran 74:1, 'O you who are enveloped'.
120. Indeed, We have granted you a manifest victory : Quran 48:1.
121. and sufficient is Allah as a Witness : Quran 48:28.
122. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah... : Quran 48:29.
123. nafs al-lawḥī : The universal soul or tablet, a term in Sufi cosmology referring to the receptive principle that receives the divine effusion from the Pen.
124. amr : Command or affair; in Sufi terminology, often refers to the divine command or the creative imperative.
125. ikhtirāʿāt al-akwāniyya : Cosmic inventions or creations; the manifestations of the universe.
126. aṭwār : Stages or phases; in Sufi spiritual development, the various stations or states of the soul.
127. al-Aḥmadiyya : Referring to the comprehensive reality of the Prophet Muhammad, encompassing all perfections.
128. al-ghurr al-muḥajjalīn : Those distinguished by white marks on their foreheads and limbs from the effects of ablution, metaphorically the foremost in faith.
129. sirr al-Lāhūtiyya : The secret of Divinity, a Sufi term for the divine mystery manifested in the Prophet.
130. bayḍat al-Islām : Literally 'the egg of Islam,' meaning the core or stronghold of Islam.
131. Qur'an 17:88 : Reference to the verse: 'Say, If mankind and jinn gathered together to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they helped one another.'
132. ʿarūsihi al-muḥammadiyy : The Muhammadan bride, a metaphor for the Prophet's spiritual reality or his soul.
133. al-Burāq : The mythical steed that carried the Prophet during the Night Journey (Isrā').
134. Qur'an 17:1 : Reference to the verse: 'Exalted is He who took His servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa.'
135. Qur'an 17:1 : Continuation of the verse: 'that We might show him some of Our signs.'
136. Qur'an 53:18 : Reference to the verse: 'He certainly saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord.'
137. Sidrat al-Muntahā : The Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, a celestial tree marking the end of the seventh heaven, beyond which no angel or prophet may pass.
138. asḥāb al-sarādiqāt al-asnā : The people of the highest pavilions; refers to the highest-ranking angels or spiritual beings in the celestial hierarchy.
139. qāba qawsayn aw adnā : A Qur'anic phrase (53:9) describing the Prophet Muhammad's proximity to God during the Mi'raj (Ascension), meaning 'two bow-lengths or nearer.'
140. bayt al-sirr al-ma'mūr : The inhabited house of the secret; a Sufi term for the heart of the Prophet or the celestial Ka'ba, symbolizing the locus of divine mysteries.
141. ṣafīḥ al-a'lā : The supreme tablet; refers to the Preserved Tablet (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ) in Islamic cosmology, where divine decrees are inscribed.
142. wa mā minnā : Reference to Qur'an 37:164: 'And none of us is there but has a known station,' spoken by angels, indicating their fixed ranks.
143. hawdaj al-nūr : The litter of light; a mystical vehicle or conveyance of light used in the Prophet's Ascension.
144. fa awḥā ilā 'abdihi mā awḥā : Qur'an 53:10: 'So He revealed to His servant what He revealed,' referring to the divine revelation given to Muhammad during the Mi'raj.
145. wa laqad ra'āhu nazlatan ukhrā : Qur'an 53:13: 'And he certainly saw him in another descent,' referring to the Prophet's vision of the angel Gabriel or God.
146. qadaynā al-amr : Reference to Qur'an 15:66 or similar, meaning 'We have decreed the matter,' indicating divine decree.
147. hādhā 'aṭā'unā : Qur'an 38:39: 'This is Our gift,' spoken to Solomon, here applied to the Prophet's gifts.
148. 'abdun an'amnā 'alayh : Reference to Qur'an 19:30 or similar, meaning 'a servant upon whom We have bestowed favor,' referring to Jesus or the Prophet.
149. Muḥammadun rasūlu Llāh : Qur'an 48:29: 'Muhammad is the Messenger of God,' a central declaration of faith.
150. al-maqām al-maḥmūd : The Praiseworthy Station, a rank of intercession granted to the Prophet Muhammad on the Day of Resurrection.
151. Sūrat Nūn wa al-Qalam : Surah 68 of the Quran, 'The Pen', which begins with the letter Nun.
152. al-aghayār : Literally 'others', referring to everything other than God, i.e., creation or the veils of multiplicity.
153. Qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā... : Quranic verse 91:9-10, referring to the purification of the soul.
154. al-Aḥmadiyya : Derived from Ahmad, one of the names of the Prophet Muhammad, meaning 'most praiseworthy'.
155. al-malakūt : The spiritual realm or the world of dominion, often associated with the angelic realm.
156. al-jabarūt : The realm of divine power and omnipotence, above the malakūt.
157. arbāb al-aḥwāl : Masters of spiritual states, referring to advanced Sufis who experience various spiritual conditions.
158. al-aḥadiyya : Absolute oneness; a Sufi term for the state of God's undifferentiated unity beyond all attributes and relations.
159. al-tawḥīd : Affirming God's unity; the Islamic doctrine of monotheism. Here, the author seeks to go beyond mere doctrinal affirmation to experiential realization.
160. al-waḥda : Unity; in Sufism, the state of seeing only God in existence (waḥdat al-wujūd).
161. al-ḥijāb al-aʿẓam : The supreme veil; a metaphor for the greatest barrier between the seeker and God, often identified with the ego or the world.
162. al-ḥaqq al-awwal : The First Truth; a name for God as the ultimate reality.
163. al-kitāb al-munzal : The Revealed Book; the Qur'an.
164. al-awwal, al-ākhir, al-ẓāhir, al-bāṭin : The First, the Last, the Manifest, the Hidden; four of the 99 names of God, from Qur'an 57:3.
165. al-sirr : The secret; in Sufism, the innermost faculty of spiritual perception.
166. al-wilāya : Sainthood; the state of being a friend of God (walī).
167. maʿād : Place of return; refers to the afterlife or the ultimate destination.
168. al-iḥsān : Excellence; the third level of Islam after submission (islām) and faith (īmān), defined as worshipping God as if you see Him.
169. ṣallū ʿalayhi wa sallimū taslīman : Send blessings upon him and greet him with peace; Qur'anic injunction (33:56) to invoke blessings on the Prophet.
170. al-sharīʿa : The Sharia; Islamic law derived from the Qur'an and Sunnah.
171. al-ṭarīqa : The Path; the spiritual path of Sufism leading to God.
172. al-ḥaqīqa : The Truth; ultimate spiritual reality, often identified with God.
173. al-aḥādīth al-qudsiyya : Sacred traditions; sayings of God narrated by the Prophet, distinct from the Qur'an.
174. al-aḥadiyya wa al-wāḥidiyya : Absolute oneness and relative oneness; Sufi terms for God's transcendent unity and His unity as manifested in attributes.
175. waḍ-ḍuḥā... : Qur'an 93:1-2; the opening verses of Surah al-Duha.
176. mā waddaʿaka... : Qur'an 93:3-4; continuation of Surah al-Duha.
177. wa-lasawfa yuʿṭīka rabbuka fa-tarḍā : Quran 93:5, promising the Prophet that God will give him until he is satisfied.
178. yatīm al-maʿānī : A spiritual state of being an 'orphan of meanings,' i.e., unique and singular in understanding divine mysteries.
179. nadīm al-maghānī : A companion of spiritual stations or abodes, referring to intimate familiarity with divine presences.
180. al-mabānī : The structures or frameworks of spiritual knowledge and divine names.
181. a-lam yajidka yatīman fa-āwā : Quran 93:6, reminding the Prophet that God sheltered him when he was an orphan.
182. wa-wajadaka ḍāllan fa-hadā : Quran 93:7, indicating God guided the Prophet when he was lost (in a spiritual sense).
183. wa-wajadaka ʿāʾilan fa-aghānā, fa-ammā l-yatīma fa-lā taqhar : Quran 93:8-9, God enriched the Prophet and commands not to oppress the orphan.
184. wa-raʾayta bi-niʿmati rabbika fa-ḥaddith : Quran 93:11, command to proclaim God's blessings.
185. wa-l-ḍuḥā : Surah 93, 'The Morning Brightness,' often recited for blessings.
186. bāb al-ḍuḥā : A spiritual gate associated with the forenoon prayer (Salat al-Duha), symbolizing divine mercy.
187. wa-l-shamsi wa-ḍuḥāhā... : Quran 91:1-3, oaths by the sun, moon, and night.
188. fa-awḥā ilā ʿabdihi mā awḥā : Quran 53:10, referring to the revelation given to the Prophet during the Ascension.
189. al-bayt al-maʿmūr : The Frequented House, a celestial Kaaba in the seventh heaven visited by angels.
190. sa-nurīhim āyātinā fī l-āfāq : Quran 41:53, God will show signs in the horizons and within themselves.
191. Kawthar al-Tasnīm : Kawthar: a river in Paradise; Tasnīm: a spring in Paradise, the highest drink of the righteous.
192. Riyāḍ al-Taslīm : Gardens of submission or surrender, referring to spiritual states of acceptance.
193. Qalam al-Ta‘līm : The pen of teaching, a metaphor for divine instruction.
194. Khalwat al-Taklīm : The solitude of direct speech, referring to intimate divine communication.
195. Ra’īs al-Tafhīm : The chief of understanding, a title for a spiritual guide.
196. Ẓahīr al-Taḥkīm : The supporter of arbitration, one who aids in judging truth.
197. ‘Uqdat al-Taṣmīm : The knot of determination, symbolizing firm resolve.
198. Sharaf al-Tafkhīm : The honor of magnification, a quality of exaltation.
199. Ajrās : Bells; here metaphorical for spiritual entities or guardians.
200. Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ : Chapter 112 of the Qur’an, emphasizing God’s oneness.
201. Rijāl al-Ghayb : Men of the unseen; spiritual beings or saints who govern the world.
202. Quṭb : Pole; the highest spiritual authority in Sufi hierarchy.
203. Ṭā Hā : Letters from the Qur’an (Sūrat Ṭā Hā, 20:1), often interpreted as a name of the Prophet.
204. Yā Sīn : Letters from the Qur’an (Sūrat Yā Sīn, 36:1), a title of the Prophet.
205. Thaniyyat al-Wadā‘ : A mountain pass near Medina where the Prophet bid farewell to pilgrims.
206. Dārīn : A port in India known for high-quality musk.
207. Zamzam : The sacred well in Mecca, believed to have healing properties.
208. Ṭā Sīn Mīm : Mysterious letters from the Qur’an (Sūrat al-Shu‘arā’, 26:1).
209. al-Khaḍir : A legendary figure often associated with wisdom and immortality.
210. Dhū al-Nūn : Title of Prophet Jonah, meaning 'the one of the fish'.
211. Uways ibn ‘Āmir al-Qaranī : A famous saint from Yemen, known for his devotion without meeting the Prophet.
212. Barzakh : Isthmus; an intermediate realm between the physical and spiritual worlds.
213. Thaqalayn : The two weighty things: humans and jinn, or the Qur’an and the Prophet’s family.
214. ‘Uthmānian : Relating to Caliph ‘Uthmān ibn ‘Affān.
215. ‘Alawid : Relating to ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib, the Prophet’s cousin and son-in-law.
216. Bakrian : Relating to Caliph Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq.
217. Fārūqian : Relating to Caliph ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, titled al-Fārūq (the distinguisher).
218. Ka‘ba : The sacred cube-shaped building in Mecca, direction of prayer.
219. Khā’ : The Arabic letter Khā’, often symbolizing the secret of the divine.
220. Kuntu kanzan makhfiyyan : A famous hadith qudsi: 'I was a hidden treasure, and I loved to be known, so I created the creation.'
221. Kāf Hā Yā ‘Ayn Ṣād : Mysterious letters from the Qur’an (Sūrat Maryam, 19:1).
222. Ḥā Mīm ‘Ayn Sīn Qāf : Mysterious letters from the Qur’an (Sūrat al-Shūrā, 42:1-2).
223. Wa al-ḍuḥā... : Qur’an 93:1-4, referring to the Prophet.
224. Wa la-sawfa yu‘ṭīka... : Qur’an 93:5.
225. Alam yajidka yatīman... : Qur’an 93:6.
226. Wa wajadaka ḍāllan... : Qur’an 93:7.
227. Wa wajadaka ‘ā’ilan... : Qur’an 93:8.
228. Fa aghnā : Qur’an 93:8, completion of the verse.
229. al-yatīm : The orphan; here referring to the Prophet Muhammad, who was orphaned at a young age.
230. lā taqhar : Do not oppress or treat harshly; a command from God to the Prophet.
231. al-sā’il : The beggar or one who asks; can also refer to the seeker of knowledge.
232. furqān : The Criterion; a name for the Quran, which distinguishes truth from falsehood.
233. lā tanhar : Do not repulse or scold; a command to treat the asker kindly.
234. asrār wa adhwāq : Secrets and tastes; Sufi terms for spiritual insights and experiential knowledge.
235. faḥaddith : Proclaim or narrate; command to share God's blessings.
236. muḥdath wa mulham : Inspired and illumined; referring to saints or prophets who receive divine inspiration.
237. al-mala’ al-a‘lā : The Highest Assembly; the angelic realm or the company of the most exalted beings.
238. al-rukn al-yamānī : The Yemeni corner; the corner of the Kaaba that contains the Black Stone, associated with Yemen.
239. shaybahu : His gray hair; a metaphor for old age or spiritual maturity.
240. al-Baqī‘ : The cemetery of Medina where many companions and family of the Prophet are buried.
241. wal-ḍuḥā : By the morning brightness; the opening of Surah Ad-Duha (93:1).
242. fa-ammā l-yatīma falā taqhar : Quran 93:9; command to treat the orphan kindly.
243. fa-ammā s-sā’ila falā tanhar : Quran 93:10; command to not repulse the beggar.
244. fa-ammā bini‘mati rabbika faḥaddith : Quran 93:11; command to proclaim God's favor.
245. mutahạṣṣinan min ‘adhābika : Fortified from Your punishment; seeking protection from divine wrath.
246. al-ḥaḍrat al-‘indiyya : The Divine Presence; the state of being in God's presence.
247. aḥwāl marḍiyya : Approved states; spiritual states that are pleasing to God.
248. āyat al-nūr : The Light Verse; Quran 24:35, describing God as light.
249. khilfatan : Alternating; Quran 25:62, referring to the succession of night and day.
250. ṣalāt al-ḍuḥā : The forenoon prayer; a supererogatory prayer performed after sunrise.
251. sūrat al-ḍuḥā : Surah Ad-Duha (93); the chapter beginning with 'By the morning brightness'.
252. fa-tarḍā : And you will be satisfied; Quran 93:5, promise of future reward.
253. a-lam yajidka yatīman fa-āwā : Quran 93:6; reminder of God's care for the orphaned Prophet.
254. wa-wajadaka ḍāllan fa-hadā : Quran 93:7; reminder of God's guidance when the Prophet was 'lost' (in a state of seeking).
255. wa-wajadaka ‘ā’ilan fa-aghānā : Quran 93:8; reminder of God's enrichment when the Prophet was poor.
256. fa-ammā l-yatīma falā taqhar : Quran 93:9; repeated for emphasis.
257. wa-ammā s-sā’ila falā tanhar : Quran 93:10; repeated.
258. wa-ammā bini‘mati rabbika faḥaddith : Quran 93:11; repeated.
259. al-ḥamdu lillāhi alladhī adhhaba ‘annā l-ḥazan : Quran 35:34; praise for removing sorrow.
260. dā’im al-lahj biḥamdika wa shukrika : Ever engaged in Your praise and gratitude; a prayer for constant remembrance.
261. jannatān : Two gardens; a reference to Quran 55:46, promising two gardens for those who fear the station of their Lord.
262. qiblatan tarḍāhā : A direction that pleases you; Quran 2:144, referring to the change of the qibla from Jerusalem to Mecca.
263. qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā : Indeed, he who purifies it has succeeded; Quran 91:9, referring to the purification of the soul.
264. jawharah : Essence or substance; here refers to the noble essence of the Prophet Muhammad.
265. sarmadiyyah : Eternal without beginning; perpetual.
266. raw' : Heart or innermost consciousness; the seat of spiritual perception.
267. warid : Spiritual influx or inspiration that comes to the heart from God.
268. farq wa jam' : Spiritual states of separation (awareness of multiplicity) and union (awareness of divine unity).
269. kushufat : Unveilings; spiritual disclosures of hidden realities.
270. salikin : Spiritual wayfarers on the path to God.
271. 'illiyyin : The highest station in Paradise; the loftiest spiritual rank.
272. khususiyyah : Special intimacy or closeness to God granted to saints and prophets.
273. lahuti al-mashhad : Divine in vision; one who witnesses the divine realm.
274. malakuti al-maq'ad : Angelic in station; one whose abode is the angelic realm.
275. adwaq : Spiritual tastes; direct experiential knowledge of divine realities.
276. hijab al-a'zam : The greatest veil; a title for the Prophet as the supreme intermediary between God and creation.
277. karamat : Miracles or wondrous acts performed by saints as a sign of divine favor.
278. mawakib al-'izz : Processions of honor; spiritual ranks of dignity.
279. ummahat al-jawami' : Comprehensive mothers; refers to the foundational sources or principles of knowledge.
280. qutb : Pole or axis; the highest spiritual authority in a given time, often the Prophet or a saint.
281. Qur'an 41:53 : A verse from the Qur'an promising that God's signs will be shown in the universe and within themselves.
282. Mawlawiyyah : Relating to the Mawlawi Sufi order (followers of Jalal al-Din Rumi), known for their spiritual music and dance.
283. misbah : Lamp; a symbol of divine guidance and illumination.
284. النَّوَافِحِ الْمَلَكُوتِيَّةِ : Celestial fragrant breezes; a Sufi term for divine inspirations or spiritual fragrances from the angelic realm.
285. الرَّوَائِحِ الرَّحْمُوتِيَّةِ : Zephyrs of mercy; spiritual winds carrying divine mercy, derived from the attribute 'Rahman' (the Merciful).
286. أَقْنُومُ الْعُلُومِ اللَّدُنِّيَّةِ : Hypostasis of divine knowledge; 'Aqnūm' is a term for a divine attribute or person, here referring to knowledge granted directly by God (al-‘ulūm al-ladunniyya).
287. الْفُهُومِ الْقَيُّومِيَّةِ : Eternal understanding; 'Qayyūmiyya' relates to God's attribute 'al-Qayyūm' (the Self-Subsisting), indicating understanding that is constant and divine.
288. الْجَامِعِ الصَّغِيرِ وَالْكَبِيرِ : The Small and Large Compendiums; reference to two famous hadith collections by Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti: 'Al-Jami' al-Saghir' and 'Al-Jami' al-Kabir'.
289. الْخَازِنِ وَالْكَشَّافِ وَالسَّمِينِ : The Treasurer, the Revealer, and the Plump; likely references to classical works: 'Khazinat al-Asrar' (Treasury of Secrets), 'Al-Kashshaf' (The Revealer) by Zamakhshari, and 'Al-Samin' (The Plump) by al-Halabi.
290. التُّحْفَةُ الصِّدِّيقِيَّةُ : The Siddiqian gift; a work or concept associated with Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, the first caliph, often referring to a spiritual gift or treatise.
291. بَرْدٍ نَفِيسٍ : Precious coolness: a metaphor for the Prophet's mouth, likened to a cool, precious drink.
292. سَلْمِ الْمَعَارِفِ : Ladder of knowledge: a metaphor for the Prophet as the means to ascend to divine knowledge.
293. الْفَرِيدَةِ الْفَارِعَةِ : The unique pearl: a metaphor for the Prophet's essence or the message of Islam.
294. al-sirr al-maknūn : The hidden secret; a term in Sufism referring to the innermost divine mystery or the secret of the Prophet Muhammad's essence.
295. fātiḥat fawātiḥ al-ʿilm al-qudsī : The opener of the openings of sacred knowledge; a reference to the Prophet Muhammad as the key to divine knowledge.
296. Kitāb al-Anwār : The Book of Lights; a title for the Prophet Muhammad or the Quran, indicating their illuminating nature.
297. al-ʿanbar al-shaḥr : Amber of Shihr; a type of high-quality ambergris from the region of Shihr in Yemen.
298. misk al-khitām : Musk of the seal; a metaphor for the final seal of prophethood or the Quran's concluding verses.
299. qaṭāʾif al-azhār : Petals of flowers; a poetic description of fragrant flower petals.
300. al-muhājirīn wa al-anṣār : The Emigrants and Helpers; the early Muslims who migrated from Mecca and the residents of Medina who supported them.
301. al-sarrāt al-aṭhār : The pure veils; a term for the family of the Prophet, emphasizing their purity and hidden status.
302. wa al-ṭūr... : Quranic verses from Surah At-Tur (52:1-6), used as an oath.
303. kaʾūs jabriyālik : Cups of Your might; a poetic expression for divine spiritual drinks.
304. awtād : Stakes; in Sufism, the highest-ranking saints who are the spiritual pillars of the world.
305. ajrās : Bells; a term for certain saints who are like bells announcing divine truths.
306. aqṭāb : Poles; the highest spiritual authorities in Sufism, often referred to as the Qutb.
307. maqām : Station; a spiritual rank or stage in the Sufi path.
308. Lawḥ : The Preserved Tablet (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ), the heavenly tablet containing all divine decrees.
309. Karūbiyyūn : Cherubim; a class of angels close to God, often associated with knowledge and worship.
310. Umm al-Kitāb : Mother of the Book; the primordial source of all scriptures, often identified with the Preserved Tablet.
311. ʿIlliyyīn : The highest station in Paradise; the record of the righteous.
312. ʿAlqam : Colocynth; a bitter plant, used metaphorically for something bitter yet sweet in the context of love.
313. al-mala' al-a'la : The highest assembly; refers to the angelic realm or the divine presence.
314. sirr : Secret; in Sufi terminology, the innermost spiritual center or the mystery of the soul.
315. shubuhat : Ambiguities; matters that are doubtful or unclear, especially in religious or spiritual contexts.
316. hijabuhu al-a'zam : His Greatest Veil; a divine protection or covering that shields from spiritual harm.
317. yawm al-tanadi : The Day of Summoning; a reference to the Day of Judgment when people are called forth.
318. ismuhu al-makhzun : His hidden name; a secret name of God believed to have special spiritual power.
319. tawhid : The oneness of God; the fundamental Islamic doctrine of monotheism.
320. dhikr : Remembrance of God; a devotional act involving repetition of divine names or phrases.
321. tiryaq al-jabr : Antidote of restoration; a spiritual remedy that heals and restores the soul.
322. laylat al-qadr : The Night of Decree; the night in Ramadan when the Quran was first revealed, considered the most blessed night.
323. lā yafī : Literally 'does not fulfill'; here meaning 'cannot fully express' or 'cannot do justice to'.
324. jinān : Plural of janna, meaning 'garden' or 'paradise'; here metaphorically 'hearts' or 'souls'.
325. al-qamarān : Dual of qamar, 'moon'; often refers to the sun and the moon, or metaphorically to two luminous celestial bodies.
326. kulla yawmin fī sha'n : Qur'anic phrase (55:29) meaning 'every day He is in a state' or 'engaged in some matter'.
327. malakūtiyya : Relating to malakūt, the angelic or spiritual realm of dominion.
328. ḥūr : Plural of ḥawrā', 'maidens of paradise'; here used metaphorically for pure, radiant beings or lights.
329. raḥmūtiyya : Relating to raḥmūt, a term for divine mercy, often associated with the attribute al-Raḥmān (the Merciful).
330. jabarūtiyya : Relating to jabarūt, the realm of divine power and might.
331. sarādiqāt : Plural of surādiq, 'pavilion' or 'canopy'; here metaphorically 'veils' or 'coverings'.
332. lāhūtiyya : Relating to lāhūt, the divine nature or realm of divinity.
333. al-lāhūt wa al-nāsūt : Lāhūt: divinity; nāsūt: humanity. The two realms of divine and human.
334. bi'l-ḥusnā wa ziyāda : Qur'anic phrase (10:26) meaning 'with the best and more' or 'with goodness and an increase'.
335. dayājīruh : Plural of dayjūr, 'intense darkness'.
336. al-muẓallal bi'l-ghamāma : Referring to the Prophet Muhammad, who was shaded by a cloud during his journey to Syria, a sign of his prophethood.
337. al-‘arsh : The Throne of God, a symbol of divine sovereignty and mercy.
338. ‘illiyyīn : The highest station in Paradise, the abode of the righteous.
339. samā‘ : Sufi auditory session involving music and poetry for spiritual ecstasy.
340. qahwa qudsiyya : Sacred coffee, a metaphor for spiritual intoxication.
341. al-maqām al-maḥmūd : The Praiseworthy Station, a rank of intercession granted to Prophet Muhammad.
342. Ṭāhā : One of the names of Prophet Muhammad, from the Quranic chapter.
343. awtād : Spiritual 'pegs' or poles, high-ranking saints who sustain the world.
344. al-nasmah al-ʿanbariyyah : The amber breeze; a metaphor for a fragrant, spiritual emanation.
345. al-sharbah al-kawthariyyah : The drink of Kawthar; referring to the celestial river in Paradise granted to the Prophet Muhammad.
346. Minhu : From it; refers to the divine source or origin of the attributes mentioned.
347. Shari'atika : Your Law; the divine law revealed through prophets.
348. Tawhid al-Ahadiyya : Unity of Oneness; the highest level of divine unity, emphasizing God's absolute uniqueness.
349. Insan 'ayn a'yanik : The eye of Your essences; a Sufi term indicating the Prophet as the perfect manifestation of divine attributes.
350. Al-Wasila : The means; a special rank in Paradise granted to the Prophet Muhammad, also a means of nearness to God.
351. Ism al-A'zam : The Greatest Name of God, believed to have special power when invoked.
352. Laylat al-Qadr : The Night of Decree; the night in Ramadan when the Quran was first revealed, considered better than a thousand months.
353. Al-Kalim : The interlocutor; refers to Prophet Moses, who spoke directly to God.
354. mashhad : A witnessing place or scene of divine manifestation; in Sufism, a station of spiritual vision.
355. al-watar : The Unique; one of the names of God, meaning the Odd or the Single.
356. hadrat al-wafā : The Presence of Fulfillment; a divine station where promises are fulfilled.
357. ayn al-ghayb : The eye of the Unseen; the innermost realm of divine mystery.
358. usr al-jam‘ : The hardship of aggregation; a Sufi term for the difficulty of gathering the dispersed self.
359. nubuwwa : Prophethood; the state or office of a prophet.
360. ṭawr al-tajalliyāt al-fardāniyya : The Mount of solitary manifestations; a reference to the divine self-disclosure in the state of absolute unity.
361. wāsiṭa : Intermediary or means; in Sufi cosmology, the Prophet Muhammad is considered the intermediary between God and creation.
362. nāmūs al-akbar : The greatest law; refers to the divine law or revelation brought by the Prophet Muhammad, often identified with the Angel Gabriel or the Qur'an.
363. ṣibghat al-tilwīn : The dye of coloration; a Sufi term referring to the divine attribute of coloring or manifesting in various forms, indicating the Prophet's role as the manifestation of divine attributes.
364. bahmūt : A mythical creature; in Islamic cosmology, a great fish or beast that supports the earth, symbolizing the lowest depths of creation.
365. al-ḥusām al-qāhir : The conquering sword; a metaphor for the Prophet's power in overcoming enemies and falsehood.
366. Mīm : The Arabic letter Mīm (م) is used here as a symbol for the Prophet Muhammad, often representing his name or essence in Sufi symbolism.
367. Dāl : The Arabic letter Dāl (د) symbolizes eternity or permanence, often associated with divine attributes.
368. Qur'an 48:10 : Reference to the verse about pledging allegiance to the Prophet, indicating God's presence in the act.
369. Ṭā Hā : The opening letters of Surah 20 (Ṭā Hā), often interpreted as a name or attribute of the Prophet Muhammad.
370. Yā Sīn : The opening letters of Surah 36 (Yā Sīn), traditionally considered a name of the Prophet Muhammad.
371. Furqānī : Relating to the Furqān (the Criterion), a name for the Qur'an, indicating matters of distinction between truth and falsehood.
372. Ṭā Sīn : The opening letters of Surah 27 (an-Naml), used here as a symbolic reference to the Prophet.
373. Ḥā Mīm : The opening letters of several Qur'anic chapters (Surahs 40-46), often seen as symbols of divine attributes or the Prophet.
374. Muṣṭafawī : Relating to al-Muṣṭafā (the Chosen One), a title of the Prophet Muhammad.
375. Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Ṣād : The opening letters of Surah 19 (Maryam), used here as a symbolic reference to the Prophet.
376. Ḥā Mīm ʿAyn Sīn Qāf : The opening letters of Surah 42 (ash-Shura), used symbolically.
377. Aḥmad : Another name of the Prophet Muhammad, meaning 'most praised'.
378. Qur'an 33:45-46 : Verse describing the Prophet's roles as witness, bearer of good tidings, warner, and illuminating lamp.
379. Ḥā : The Arabic letter Ḥā (ح) symbolizes mercy (raḥma) in Sufi symbolism.
380. Qur'an 9:128 : Verse emphasizing the Prophet's compassion and mercy towards believers.
381. Hā : The Arabic letter Hā (ه) symbolizes guidance (hidāya) in Sufi symbolism.
382. Jīm : The Arabic letter Jīm (ج) symbolizes beauty (jamāl) in Sufi symbolism.
383. Ṣād : The Arabic letter Ṣād (ص) symbolizes truth (ṣidq) in Sufi symbolism.
384. Qur'an 24:52 : Paraphrased verse about obeying the messenger and giving what God revealed.
385. Qur'an 7:158 : Verse declaring the Prophet as messenger to all mankind.
386. Mawlawī : Relating to Mawlānā (our master), a title of the Prophet, also associated with Sufi orders.
387. Qur'an 41:42 : Verse affirming the Qur'an's protection from falsehood.
388. Qur'an 17:1 : Verse about the Night Journey (Isrā') of the Prophet.
389. Mīm : The Arabic letter Mīm (م) here refers to the Prophet Muhammad, as in the opening of the text.
390. Furqanic : Relating to the Furqan, a name for the Quran meaning 'the Criterion' (between truth and falsehood).
391. Seven Oft-Repeated : Refers to Surah Al-Fatiha, the opening chapter of the Quran, which consists of seven verses and is recited repeatedly in prayers.
392. Ahmadine : Relating to Ahmad, another name of Prophet Muhammad, meaning 'most praiseworthy'.
393. Ya of the self and the Ha of the conscience : Mystical reference to the letters Ya and Ha, which are part of the name 'Yahya' (John) or symbolic of the self and inner consciousness.
394. ladunni sciences : Divinely inspired knowledge or sciences directly from God, without intermediary.
395. malakut : The angelic realm or the world of dominion, an intermediate spiritual world.
396. jabarut : The realm of divine power and might, a higher spiritual world.
397. mulk : The physical world or the kingdom of material existence.
398. Mustafawian : Relating to Mustafa, a name of Prophet Muhammad meaning 'the Chosen One'.
399. tawhid : The Islamic concept of the oneness and unity of God.