Al-Uqud al-Durriyya - Ibn Abd al-Hadi - (الكتاب/412)

[Several replies by the scholars of Baghdad in support of the Shaykh]
Another reply; its text is as follows (1):

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

O Lord, make it easy and grant help (2).

The servant in dire need of Allah, the Exalted, says:

After praising Allah—whose favors are all-encompassing, whose bounties abound (3)—and sending blessings upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers, Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, his family, and all his companions.

Now that Allah has bestowed His grace upon His servants and extended His mercy to His lands by entrusting the affairs of the Muhammadan community and placing the reins of the Hanif religion (4) in the hands of one whom Allah has distinguished with the finest spiritual perfections and the most complete heavenly felicities—the reviver of the ways of justice, the manifestor of the paths of virtue, the one who clings to the rope of Allah, relies upon Allah, finds sufficiency in the blessings of Allah, carries out the commands of Allah, draws strength from the power of Allah, and is illumined by the light of Allah—may Allah strengthen his sovereignty, elevate his rank above all other kings, and may the necks

(1) In MSS F and K the passage reads: “wa-qad wasala ma ajaba bihi al-shaykh fi hadhihi al-masala ila ulamaʾ Baghdad, fa-qamu fi al-intisar [F: al-amsar] lahu, wa-katabu bi-muwafaqatihi, wa-raʾaytu khututahum bi-dhalika, wa-hadha suratu ma katabu” (“and the reply the shaykh gave on this question reached the scholars of Baghdad, who rose to defend him [F: the lands] and wrote endorsing him; I saw their signatures to that effect, and here is a copy of what they wrote”). (2) Omitted in MSS B and F. (3) MS F reads: “al-sabiʿah al-saʾighah minanihi” (“the seventh, permissible among his favors”); MS K: “al-sabiʿah al-sabighah minanihi” (“the seventh, ample among his favors”). (4) MSS F and K read: “ʿala” (ʿala).

[عدّة أجوبة لعلماء بغداد انتصارًا للشيخ] جوابٌ آخر وصورته (١): ﷽ ربّ يسِّر وأعِن (٢) يقول العبدُ الفقير إلى الله تعالى: بعد حَمْدِ الله السابغة نعمُه، الشائعة مِننُه (٣)، والصلاة على أشرف الأنبياء والمرسلين، محمد ﷺ وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين. إنه حيثُ قد منَّ الله على عباده، وتفضَّل برحمته على بلاده، بأن وسَّد أمور الأمة المحمديَّة، وأسند أزِمَّة المِلَّة الحنيفية إلى (٤) من خصَّصه الله تعالى بأفضل الكمالات النفسانية، وخصَّصه بأكمل السعادات الروحانية، محيي سنن العدل، ومُبدي سُنن الفضل، المعتصم بحبل الله، المتوكِّل على الله، المكتفي بنعم الله، القائم بأوامر الله، المستظهر بقوة الله، المستضيء بنور الله، أعزَّ الله سلطانه، وأعلى على سائر الملوك شأنه، ولا زالت رقابُ

(١) مكانه في (ف، ك): «وقد وصل ما أجاب به الشيخ في هذه المسألة إلى علماء بغداد، فقاموا في الانتصار [ف: الأمصار] له، وكتبوا بموافقته، ورأيت خطوطهم بذلك، وهذا صورة ما كتبوا». (٢) ليست في (ب، ف). (٣) (ف): «السابعة السائغة مننه»، (ك): «السابغة مننه». (٤) (ف، ك): «على».