it not be established within me when You have revealed Your manifestations to me and [shown me] what You have hidden from others?

I am I, and You are You. Everyone in the heavens and the earth is a submissive, acknowledging servant to You; each one glorifies You in his own tongue and sanctifies You to the extent of his knowledge. The disbeliever remains ignorant of You because of his repeated cycles in metamorphosis (al-masūkhiyyah), and I seek refuge in You from that.

My God, my Master, and my Benefactor: I ask You by the Greatest Veil (al-Ḥijāb al-A‘ẓam) through which You manifested as You willed—which only increased its [the Veil’s] stability with You—and by what You have bestowed upon me. O God, favor me with Your Gnosis (Ma‘rifah) and with every hidden unseen (ghayb) within which Your knowledge is concealed, and by the veils You have unfolded for Your saints. By my patience through Your trial, grant me the inspiration of patience as a favor from You.

I am Your servant, at Your service, at Your service (labbayk labbayk), hearing Your call, responding to Your summons, affirming Your Unicity, rejecting Your Opposites, and accepting Your secrets. [I remain so] even if the world deserts me and I am accused of disbelief among the transgressors.

Far be it that their plot should diminish me, or their delusion terrify me, or that I should be angered by what they say and the "known son,"