That is because the believer, even if he is personally denied an answer, he is granted it through his brother; for the believers are one soul (nafs wahida). A supplicant may have a sin that necessitates the denial of what he asked for himself, yet Allah undertakes the answering of his call when he supplicates for his brother.'

I said to him: 'My Master, what are the most foremost of supplications to be answered?' He said: 'O Abu Shu'ayb, answer Yahya regarding that.'

Our Master Abu Shu'ayb said: 'You should say, O Yahya:

> "O Guide to His guides, O Manifest by His wisdom, O Proclaimer of His call, O Answerer of His Essence by His Essence, O Addresser of His Meaning (Ma'na) by His Attributes. O All, O Eternal (Azal).

> O Cause of causes, O He who initiated that which unto Him returns, and from whom shone forth that which within Him sets. Who made for every Attribute a Name by which it is known, and for every Name a Place (Makan) in which it is