"described spouse," "fixed limit," "caused cause," and "lineage" they attribute to You out of negligence—for they have erred and strayed.

Is it because of the weakness of my gratitude or the lightness of my burden that You prevented me from being one of them, or raised me above that which they are occupied with in their distance from You? For which blessing then should I thank You?

And with what tongue shall I mention You for lifting from me the burdens (al-awzār) and removing from me the shackles (al-aghlāl) which You have made binding upon others? That is their recompense for what they disbelieved—and do We recompense except the ungrateful?

You have granted me patience and firm establishment, as You have bestowed favor upon me. This is not a favor from me to You, but rather by Your grace upon me, O Owner of the Bahmanid Domes, the Pearly Unveiling, and the Persian and Alawite Manifestations, as You willed. Increase me in insight alongside Your insight, and raise my rank in every moment, joining me with the righteous, the sincere, the chosen, and the elect. Strip me of everything in which the atheists doubted You, and that which the Neglectful (al-Muqaṣṣirūn) and the astray attributed to You. You are far exalted above that with great loftiness.

For that is Your power attributed to You, and Your visit is Your grace initiated from You. 'Every thing is perishing except Your Face' and fading except Your permanence. Of this, I am an acknowledging confessor; so accept it from me, and accept the little I bring in adhering to the rights of