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Guidance for the Seeker and the Lamp for the Monotheist - Abu Salih al-Daylami

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Had I offered praise, the verse would be the utmost limit

That poems could ever reach in their glorification

And if the seven seas that were created

Were ink, and the heavens were paper

And the trees of Allah's earth were a scribe's pens

Which, if exhausted by writing, were continually renewed

And they all wrote down merit after merit

Not even one of those virtues could be fully counted

Let the praise of Allah suffice you; seek no other

For it is neither diminished nor is it ever increased

O Allah, this Monotheist (Muwahhid)—may Allah sanctify him—has excelled in his Monotheism. Grant him Your mercy and join us all with his world, for You are capable of all things.

Have you not seen, O brother—may Allah guide you—how this masterful scholar has brought forth various matters in his poetry? At times, even the leading scholar might fail to convey such things in his prose. From this, it follows that The desire is strong to present the poetry of the Monotheists (Muwahhidun) and the masters among the believers. So, be observant and awaken to the virtues of the people of merit.

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