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Al-Usayfir - Muhammad ibn Shu‘ba al-Harrani

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While Allah is the Emanator (Mufid) of forms and materials, the Maker of the cause and the capacity, the Manifester of the Decree, and the Originator of the Nature (Fitrah).

And regarding the condition of the speaker who negates the Form at one time and affirms it at another: If he is demanded to establish the evidence and prove the argument, what will be his answer?

If he says: "It had no reality, but was [merely] an illusion in the eyes of the beholders," then Allah has belied him in his statement and exposed him in his ignorance by His saying:

{ That is because Allah is the Truth, and that what they call upon other than Him is falsehood }1.

And His saying:

{Is there doubt about Allah, Creator of the heavens and earth?}2

And the saying of the Master 'Meem':

"I would not worship a Lord I do not see."

So if you say: "It is not Him in totality, nor in collection, nor in encompassment, nor in restriction," then He has alerted you and made you understand—if you possess guidance—by His saying:

{ And enter the Gate prostrating and say: 'Hittah' (Relieve us/Unburdening).}3 And enter the Gate prostrating and say: 'Hittah' (Unburdening)] upon arriving at the rank of the Veil, the Veil of Allah4. And by this knowledge and gnosis, they deserved to be called Wayfarers (Salikun), Gnostics (Arifun), and Unitarians (Muwahhidun).

Footnotes

1Surah Luqman, Verse 30.
2Surah Ibrahim, Verse 10.
3Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 58.
4"Enter the Gate prostrating": Meaning, upon arriving at the knowledge of the Manifest, Witnessed Gate of Existence (The Visible Form), commit yourselves to the Station of Servitude (Maqam al-Ubudiyyah). This is the second of the stations of the Wayfarers, preceded by the Station of Acknowledgment (Iqrar) of the Meaning-ness (Ma'nawiyyah) of the Witnessed Master."And say: Hittah" (Upon arriving at the rank of the Veil, the Veil of Allah): Meaning, upon arriving at the knowledge of the Meaning (Al-Ma'na) through the Great Luminosity stripped of materials and forms, say: "Hittah." Meaning: "Our request to You, O our Master, is to unburden (Hatt) our sins from us." This request is only valid in the Station of Worship (Ibada) for the Unitarian Gnostic who has surpassed the stations of Acknowledgment and Servitude, and reached the stage of Certainty (Yaqin) regarding the Lordship of his Master, the Commander of the Faithful, manifesting in the Visible World (Al-Ayn).Our Master the Prince (Exalted be His Might) said: "I am the Gate of Hittah."Al-Makzun (Sanctified be his secret) said:"I entered the Gate of Hittah in a plan (Khitta), A mosque for my hearing, my heart, and my sight." (Khitta: A piece of land a person marks out for himself).
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